Playcasino Cookie Policy

Our website, PlayCasinos.co.za (“The Site”), uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we put on your computer. These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

You can manage cookie usage through your browser settings. The help function in your preferred browser should provide you with the correct information. Some browsers provide helpful cookie guides:

• Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies
• Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies
• Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
• Safari 5 for Mac: http://docs.info.apple.com/article?path=Safari/5.0/en/9277
• Opera: http://help.opera.com/Linux/10.50/en/cookies

Alternatively, http://www.allaboutcookies.org provides advice on how to do this, and further information on cookies and how to manage them.

In addition, Google Analytics provides its own opt-out options:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

N.B. In the case of some mobile devices, it may be necessary to consult the device’s instruction manual to manage cookies effectively.

How We Use Cookies

  1. i. The Site makes use of cookies and other technologies to assist in recording non-personal statistical information such as how much time is spent reading the content of a certain page, or which banner advertisements receive the most clicks by our users. Such technologies help us improve our Site, our marketing activities and your experience. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Site. By using or accessing the Site, you are consenting to the Site’s use of cookies as explained further in this Clause 6.
  2. ii. Cookies are essentially text-only pieces of information that the Site transfers to your hard drive or other website browsing equipment for record-keeping purposes.
  3. iii. While information collected through cookies gives us no personal data (therefore it does not collect matters such as your name and surname) it does allow us to serve adverts and other content, which, based on the information stored by the cookie, may be of interest to you. This can include articles, customised advertisements and targeted services. Cookies, therefore, are used to improve your online experience, as well as for analytics and for marketing, but specifically, we use Cookies on the Site for the purposes highlighted in the table at Clause 6(d) below.
  4. iv. Where we hold personal data about you (such as where it is provided to us during account creation) we may combine information received from cookies to your account profile.

You can disable cookies in your browser at any time, however, this will reduce the value you can gain in terms of being useful and interesting content. It will also cancel any browser customisations you may have put in place. Removing cookies may also have the effect of removing your opt-out preferences from certain sites that use cookies to record opt-outs/unsubscribe preferences.

Cookie Classification

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website.
Note. Blocking these cookies might prevent registration/authentication to the site and might make some content/functions unavailable.

Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how customers use a website, for instance, which pages customers go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

Functionality cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make such as your username, language or the region you are in and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching videos or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised.

Targeting/advertising cookies

These cookies record your visit, the pages you have visited, the games you have played, the financial transactions you have made, and your general behaviour on the Site. These cookies are used to deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of time you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. We will use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed or received by you more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose who assist us in analytics.

Cookies Behavior

Session Cookies

Session cookies are created temporarily when a user visits the Site. Once the user leaves the Site/closes the browser, the session cookie is deleted.

Persistent Cookies

A persistent cookie file remains on the user’s device and is re-activated when the user visits the Site that created that particular cookie. These cookies expire after a certain period (set in the file), or can be removed manually.

List of Cookies Used

Cookie Name Expiration Date Third Party? Reason for Use Classification
__cfduid 1 Year Yes Used for security and threat detection purposes (https://www.cloudflare.com/cookie-policy/) Functionality
_delighted_fst 20 Years Yes The first time the delighted banner was displayed with their user token (https://delighted.com) Targeting/Advertising
_delighted_lrt 20 Years Yes The last time a user responded to a delighted questionnaire with their user token. (https://delighted.com) Targeting/Advertising
_delighted_lst 20 Years Yes The time the delighted banner (for customer feedback) was last shown to the user (https://delighted.com) Targeting/Advertising
_ga 2 years Yes Used to distinguish users (Google Analytics) Performance
_gat 1 Minute Yes Used to throttle request rate (Google Analytics) Performance
_gid 1 Day Yes Used to distinguish users (Google Analytics) Performance
btag NEVER No affiliate referrer Targeting
btag_data 14 Days No Affiliate tracking, set with arbitrary data sent to us in a query string parameter when a user visits the page from an affiliate. Targeting/Advertising
clickID 14 Days No Affiliate tracking, set with arbitrary data sent to us in a query string parameter when a user visits the page from an affiliate. Targeting/Advertising
firstTimeLoginVisit Never No Once the user logs in to the site this cookie is set to detect whether in the future we should show the user the sign up page or login page when they visit a page that requires authentication Functionality
LastGames 30 Years No Stores the user last played games. Functionality
__insp_identity NEVER Yes session cookie, deleted when visit is over (inspectlet.com) Targeting/Advertising
__insp_nv NEVER Yes session cookie, deleted when visit is over (inspectlet.com) Targeting/Advertising
__insp_ref NEVER Yes session cookie, deleted when visit is over (inspectlet.com) Targeting/Advertising
__insp_scpt NEVER Yes session cookie, deleted when visit is over (inspectlet.com) Targeting/Advertising
__insp_sid NEVER Yes session cookie, deleted when visit is over (inspectlet.com) Targeting/Advertising
__insp_uid NEVER Yes long-term cookie that contains random ID assigned to visitor (inspectlet.com) Targeting/Advertising
__insp_wid NEVER Yes session cookie, deleted when visit is over (inspectlet.com) Targeting/Advertising
__qca 20 Years No Media advertising, stores information about visitors surfing habits Persistent
_gaexp 90 Days No Used to distinguish users Persistent
_hjIncludedInSample 1 Year No This session cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels. Persistent
_uetsid 1 Days Yes Microsoft Bing Ads Universal Event Tracking Targeting/Advertising
_vis_opt_exp_*_combi 100 Days No This cookie is generated when users reach a particular combination. This cookie ensures that users see the same variation that they saw on their previous visit to the page. Persistent
_vis_opt_s 100 Days No This cookie detects if the user is new or returning to a particular test. Persistent
_vis_opt_test_cookie Session end No This is a temporary session cookie generated to detect if the cookies are enabled on the user browser or not. Session
_vwo_uuid 100 Days No This cookie generates a unique ID for every visitor and is used for the report segmentation feature in VWO. It also allows you to view data in a more refined manner. Persistent
_vwo_uuid_v2 100 Days No This cookie generates a unique ID for every visitor and is used for the report segmentation feature in VWO. It also allows you to view data in a more refined manner. Persistent
ai_session 1 Day Yes Used to track application performance (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-insights/) Functionality
ai_user 1 Year Yes Used to track application performance (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-insights/) Functionality
ajs_user_d 365 Days No Username Functionality
ARRAffinity Never KINDA Used by Azure to keep state between node Functionality
ASP.NET_SessionId Until the user session expires No Stores a unique identifier for your session. Functionality
betspin_uid 1 year No Stores a uniq id per connection (This is not longer used) Targeting/Advertising)
bs_affiliateBtag 14 days No Used to store affiliate’s token Targeting/Advertising
bs_affiliateData 14 days No Used to store affiliate’s info Targeting/Advertising
bs_affiliatePayloadTag 14 days No Used to store affiliate’s payload Targeting/Advertising
btagTwo 30 Years No Affiliate tracking, set with arbitrary data sent to us in a query string parameter when a user visits the page from an affiliate. Functionality
C 30 Days Yes adform.net tracking Targeting/Advertising
caccept 365 Days No Once the user has accepted and confirmed our use of cookies (via the cookie disclaimer) this is set in order to not re-show the cookie disclaimer Functionality
CM 1 Day Yes adform.net tracking Targeting/Advertising
CM14 14 Days Yes adform.net tracking Targeting/Advertising
cookieDisclaimer 20 Years (undefined) No Stores information whether customer agreed with the cookie policy Persistent
CT1013032 NEVER Yes adform.net tracking Targeting/Advertising
currentLanguage 30 Years No Stores the user default language. Functionality
DSID 13 Days Yes double click.nt tracking Targeting/Advertising
FavGames 30 Years No Stores the user favorite games Functionality
geoip_country Never No Stores the country code where the user is connected Functionality
IDE 365 Days Yes double click.nt tracking Targeting/Advertising
io Session end Yes Socket.io session id, used for updating the UI in real-time Session
ReferenceCherryTwo 30 Years No Affiliate tracking, set with arbitrary data sent to us in a query string parameter when a user visits the page from an affiliate. Functionality
Referer 30 Days No Used to store information about landing page or last website visited before coming to our landing page Persistent
referrer NEVER No Functionality url referrer
scwWelcome 31 Days No Stores the default user product. Functionality
ShowGamesBar 365 Days No Stores the user setting to show games bar on the footer Functionality
srv_id Session end No Server load balancing. Redirecting user session to one of the servers in a cluster. Session
tbs_affiliateClickId 14 days No Used to store affiliate’s click id Targeting/Advertising
token Yes adform.net tracking Targeting/Advertising
webserver Never No Stores the ID of the node where the data is served Functionality