Cookie Policy
This page outlines the cookies and similar technologies used on Goldenbet, what each one is for, how long it persists on your device, and how to control or delete them. The wider question of personal-data handling is covered separately on the Privacy Policy page; this page is the technical companion to that one. The site as a whole is described on the About page, with the flagship operator review on the Goldenbet Casino homepage.
1. What a cookie is, briefly
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to keep on your device. The next time that site loads, the browser sends the file back, allowing the site to recognise the visit, remember a setting, or count traffic. Cookies cannot run code on your machine, cannot read other files, and cannot identify you personally without other information already linked to the cookie. Many things commonly called "cookies" today are technically other browser-storage mechanisms — localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB — that work in much the same way; for plain English, the term "cookie" on this page covers all of them.
2. Categories of cookies used on Goldenbet
Goldenbet uses three categories of cookie. These are presented on your first visit via a consent banner, and you can change your selection at any time using the link in the site footer.
| Category | Purpose | Consent required |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Make the site work: load the page, remember your cookie-banner choice, route traffic, prevent abuse. | No (legal basis: legitimate interest) |
| Analytics | Anonymous, aggregated traffic measurement: which pages are read, where readers come from, which links are clicked. | Yes |
| Affiliate tracking | Recognise that a click through to an operator came from Goldenbet so the partnership can be credited. | Yes |
Goldenbet does not use advertising or remarketing cookies. We don't display on-site advertising, don't run programmatic ad networks, and do not pixel-track readers across other sites. The funding model that supports the site is described on the Affiliate Disclosure page.
3. Specific cookies, third parties and lifetimes
The list below covers the cookies that may be placed when you visit Goldenbet. Third-party cookies are set by the services Goldenbet uses; control over their full behaviour rests with the third party, and links to their own policies are provided.
| Name | Set by | Category | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
goldenbet_consent | Goldenbet | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie-banner choice so the banner does not reappear on every page load. | 12 months |
goldenbet_session | Goldenbet | Strictly necessary | Anonymous session identifier used to load assets and rate-limit abusive traffic. | Until browser closes |
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics 4 | Analytics | Aggregated traffic statistics: pages per session, traffic sources, average time on page. IP addresses are anonymised before storage. | 14 months |
goldenbet_aff | Goldenbet | Affiliate tracking | Records that a click on an outbound operator link originated from Goldenbet so the partnership is credited. | 30 days |
Third-party policies are referenced separately: Google Privacy & Terms covers Google Analytics. Operator partner sites set their own cookies once you have clicked through; those are governed by the operator's own privacy policy, not by Goldenbet.
4. How to control cookies in your browser
Every modern browser allows you to block cookies, remove existing ones, or decline third-party cookies altogether. The official documentation:
You can also visit Goldenbet using your browser's private or incognito mode, which prevents cookies from being saved across sessions.
5. What happens if you decline non-essential cookies
The site continues to function normally. You can browse every page, follow every internal navigation link, and click out to operator sites. Three small differences: traffic statistics will not include your visit; if you click an affiliate link with affiliate tracking declined, the partnership cannot be credited — the operator still pays you, the user, the same way; only the commission to Goldenbet does not register; and the consent banner will reappear if you clear your cookies, because the choice itself is stored in a cookie. The full editorial standards behind every page (including how affiliate links are flagged) sit on the Editorial Policy page, and the player-safety commitments are on the Responsible Gambling page.
6. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Goldenbet honours the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal: if your browser sends GPC, all non-essential cookies are blocked by default and the consent banner is not shown. The older Do Not Track header has no agreed enforcement standard and is not relied on.
7. Updates to this policy
When the cookies on Goldenbet change, this page is updated, and the "Last updated" date at the top is refreshed. Material changes — new categories, new third parties — are accompanied by a one-time consent banner refresh so existing visitors are asked again. Minor housekeeping changes (rewording, link updates) do not trigger a fresh consent prompt.
8. Questions and complaints
Queries about specific cookies on Goldenbet are best directed through the Contact page. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk handles complaints about UK sites under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.