Our Cookie Policy
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Casinotopsonline.com (known as the “Site”) uses cookies. A cookie is a tiny file of numbers and letters we add to your computer. These cookies have designs that allow us to differentiate you from other website users. When we utilise cookies, it enables us to offer our users a more personalised experience. We employ them as you navigate and interact with our website, enhancing its functionality and user experience.
Ways to Control Cookies
You can manage your cookie usage through your browser settings. The help facility in your selected browser will provide you with accurate details. Some web browsers provide their users with useful cookie guides as follows:
| http://www.allaboutcookies.org | This website is another alternative that provides ways to do this, as well as more details on cookies and how you can manage them. |
| http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout | Google Analytics opt-out choices |
N.B. When using your mobile devices, the instruction manual helps you understand how they use cookies.
How We Utilise Cookies
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Our Site uses cookies and other technologies to help record non-personal statistical information. It includes factors such as the amount of time spent reading a specific page's content or which of our banner advertisements have the most user clicks. These technologies assist us in improving our Site, your overall experience, and our marketing activities. The majority of Web browsers have been set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer to remove and reject cookies, you can set this up in your browser. However, if you remove or reject cookies from us, it may impact some of the services and features of our Site. In accessing or using the Site, you consent to the Site’s cookie use as detailed in Clause 6.
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Cookies are text-only information pieces that the Site transfers to your website browsing equipment or hard drive for record-keeping intentions.
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Information collected through the cookies doesn’t give us any personal data (in other words, it doesn’t collect data such as your name and surname). It allows us to deliver adverts and content based on the information stored by the cookie that could interest you. It can include targeted services, articles, and customised advertisements. Cookies are used to improve your experience online and used for analytical purposes and marketing. Specifically, we use Cookies on the Site for the reasons highlighted in the table in Clause 6(d) below.
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The way we hold your personal data (such as when provided to us during account creation) means we may combine any information received from the cookies with your account profile.
Remember, you can disable cookies in your browser anytime. However, this will reduce some of the value you will gain in terms of helpful and engaging content. Any browser customisations that are in place will be cancelled if you disable them. Removing cookies can also remove any opt-out preferences from specific sites that use cookies to record opt-outs and unsubscribe preferences.
Cookie Classification
| Classification | Description |
Strictly necessary cookies |
These essential cookies enable you to move around the website and use its main features, such as accessing secure website areas.Note that blocking these cookies may prevent registration/authentication to the site and make some of the content/functions unavailable. |
Performance cookies |
These cookies will collect details about how often a user uses a website, such as which pages customers frequent most often and whether they get error messages from the web pages. They don’t collect information identifying a visitor. The information collected by the cookies is aggregated and remains anonymous. |
Functionality cookies |
These cookies allow the website to remember your choices, such as your language, username, or region you are in, and deliver more personal and enhanced features. They can recognise any changes you made to the size of the text size, fonts, and other customisable web pages. Other functions include providing requested services like commenting on a blog or watching videos. The information collected by these cookies can be anonymised. |
| Targeting/ advertising cookies | These cookies record visits, your general site behaviour, visited pages, games played, and any financial transactions you make. The cookies target and deliver adverts that are more relevant to you and any interests. They are also used to help measure the advertising campaign's effectiveness and limit the number of times an advertisement appears. We use this information to make our Site and the displayed advertising received by you better suited to your interests. We may also share the information with third parties who assist us with analytics. |
Cookies Behaviour
Session Cookies: These cookies are temporary when a user visits the Site. They get deleted when the user leaves the Site or closes the browser.
Persistent Cookies: This cookie file remains on the user's device and reactivates when the user visits the Site that created that particular cookie. These cookies expire after a specific time (set in the file) or can be manually removed.
The Cookies We Use
| Cookie Name | Expiration Date | Third-Party? | Reason for Use | Classification |
| fr | 1 Minute | Yes | Used for advertising purposes by Facebook. | Advertising/ Targeting |
| __cfduid | 1 Year | Yes | Used for threat detection and security detection purposes (https://www.cloudflare.com/cookie-policy/). | Functionality |
| delightedfst | 20 Years | Yes | Used for threat detection and security detection purposes (https://www.cloudflare.com/cookie-policy/). | Advertising/ Targeting |
| delightedlrt | 20 Years | Yes | The last instance a customer engaged with a delighted questionnaire by using their user token (https://delighted.com). | Advertising/ Targeting |
| delightedlst | 20 Years | Yes | The time the delighted banner (for user feedback) was last shown to the customer (https://delighted.com). | Advertising/ Targeting |
| _ga | 2 Years | Yes | Used in distinguishing users (Google Analytics). | Performance |
| _gat | 1 Minute | Yes | Limits the rate of requests (Google Analytics). | Performance |
| _gid | 1 Day | Yes | It helps identify users (Google Analytics). | Performance |
| btag | Never | No | Referral from an affiliate. | Targeting |
| btag_data | 14 Days | No | Affiliate tracking that gets set with arbitrary data. It gets sent to us in a query string parameter when a user visits the page from an affiliate. | Advertising/ Targeting |
| BVImplmain_site | Never | Yes | See cookie policy. The specific names of what they achieve are unlisted. However, here is a general overview. http://www.bazaarvoice.com/privacy-policy/ BazaarVoice is used on the CasinoTopsOnline Site to review various games. | Advertising/ Targeting Cookies AND Functionality |
| clickID | 14 Days | No | Affiliate tracking incorporates arbitrary data, which is sent to us in a query string parameter whenever a user uses an affiliate link to the page. | Advertising/ Targeting |
| firstTimeLoginVisit | Never | No | After a user logs into the site, this cookie helps detect whether to display the signup or login page when they visit an authenticated page in the future. | Functionality |
| LaRunningChat | Never | Yes | The running chat status (https://supports.ladesk.com). | Functionality |
| LaSID | Never | Yes | Identifies the session in the chat (https://supports.ladesk.com). | Functionality |
| LaUserDetails | Never | Yes | Sets the name and email that the user inputs when opening a chat (https://supports.ladesk.com). | Functionality |
| LaVisitorId | 1 Month | Yes | Identifies the visitor (https://supports.ladesk.com). | Functionality |
| LaVisitorNew | 1 Day | Yes | Check if it is a new visitor who opens the chat (https://supports.ladesk.com). | Functionality |
| sly-ckd | 365 Days | No | After the user has accepted and confirmed our cookie usage through the disclaimer, this cookie is activated to prevent the disclaimer from being displayed again. | Functionality |
| sly-lng | Never | No | Retains the user's language choice initially selected. | Functionality |
| sly-pyld | 14 Days | No | Here is another parameter that can be seen, similar to the one above. | Advertising/ Targeting |
| sly-st-mins | 365 Days | No | The time the user in GB has been active on the site and logged in. It is necessary for UK compliance. | Functionality (?) |
| sly-st-modals | 365 Days | No | The number of times we have shown the session timer notification in GB so that we don’t show the notification more than necessary. Part of UK compliance. | Functionality (?) |
| LastGames | 30 Years | No | Retains the user's last played games. | Functionality |
| __insp_identity | Never | Yes | A session cookie is deleted when the visit is complete (inspectlet.com). | Advertising/ Targeting |
| __insp_nv | Never | Yes | A session cookie is deleted when the visit is complete (inspectlet.com). | Advertising/ Targeting |
| __insp_ref | Never | Yes | A session cookie is deleted when the visit is complete (inspectlet.com). | Advertising/ Targeting |
