1. What cookies are, in plain language
A cookie is a tiny text file that a website drops into your browser so it can recognise the same device the next time you click or visit. That is the entire mechanism. Cookies do not run code, they cannot install software, and they cannot read anything else on your hard drive. Some are set by the site you are visiting (first-party cookies), others by a service embedded into that site (third-party cookies). On casinojules.club, we use the word cookie as shorthand for the whole bundle of storage technologies covered by the ePrivacy directive, including browser local storage, session storage and tracking pixels. If any of them touches your device, it is on this page.
2. The legal basis we rely on
We serve visitors across the European Union, with particular attention to Belgium, so we work within the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy directive as transposed into Belgian law. The rule that matters most is simple: strictly necessary cookies can be set without asking permission, but every other category requires your prior, informed and freely given consent before loading. Refusing optional categories has to be as easy as accepting them, and you must be able to change your mind at any time. Our banner is built exactly this way, and section five explains how to reopen it whenever you like.
The consent tool in one line. Click "Cookie settings" in the footer, or delete the casinojules_consent cookie in your browser, and the preferences banner comes back on the next load, letting you switch analytics or affiliate tracking on or off without writing to anyone.
3. The three categories we use
Rather than slipping dozens of cookies onto the page and burying them under jargon, we keep a tight count and sort what remains into three categories. The label a cookie carries determines whether it needs your consent before loading, and it is the same label the consent tool shows on its toggles.
3.1 Strictly necessary
These cookies keep the site usable. They remember your consent choice so the banner stops bothering you, they protect forms against automated abuse, and they let our CDN serve pages from the nearest point of presence. Without them, you would see the banner on every click, the search field would misbehave and the load balancing would fall apart. Because they are essential to a service you actively asked for, the ePrivacy directive and its Belgian transposition let us set them without a consent prompt. You can still block them in your browser, but the site will feel broken.
3.2 Analytics and performance
These cookies tell us which guides get read, which pages crash on which phone models, and where readers drop off before the end. We use Google Analytics 4 with IP anonymisation, Microsoft Clarity for aggregated heatmaps, and Matomo for a second self-hosted reading. None of these tools sees your name, email or payment details, and we never link analytics data back to identifiable profiles. Nothing in this category loads until you tap "Accept" or move the analytics toggle on our consent banner.
3.3 Marketing and affiliate tracking
We do not serve display ads, retargeting pixels or social-network conversion trackers on casinojules.club. The only marketing-adjacent activity we do is dropping a first-party click identifier when you follow an outbound link to a casino, so the operator can credit us with the referral if you open an account. The plain-language version lives in our affiliate disclosure. This category is off by default and only wakes up after you have given consent.
4. Every cookie at a glance
The table below is the complete, unabridged list of what we set on this domain today. If we add or drop one, this table is the first thing we update, and the "last updated" date at the top of the page follows the same rhythm.
| Category | Cookie / storage key | Purpose | Retention | How to disable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | casinojules_session |
Anonymous session ID for security, rate limiting and CDN routing. | Session (deleted when the browser closes) | Clear browser cookies |
| Strictly necessary | casinojules_consent |
Records your per-category banner choice so the banner does not reappear. | 12 months | Delete the cookie to reopen the banner |
| Analytics | _ga, _ga_<ID> |
Google Analytics 4, anonymised traffic and session counts. | 13 months | Banner toggle, or Google opt-out add-on |
| Analytics | _clck, _clsk |
Microsoft Clarity heatmaps and scroll data, aggregated and anonymous. | 12 months / session | Banner toggle |
| Analytics | _pk_id, _pk_ses |
Self-hosted Matomo analytics with IP anonymisation turned on. | 13 months / 30 minutes | Banner toggle |
| Marketing / affiliate | casinojules_cid |
First-party click identifier added when you follow an outbound casino link, used for referral attribution. | 90 days | Banner toggle |
| Marketing / affiliate | Operator-side (e.g. btag, affid) |
Set by the casino or its network once you land on its site; governed by its cookie policy, not ours. | Typically 30 to 90 days | Manage on the operator's site |
And that really is the full list. No ad marketplace, no browser fingerprinting scripts, no data brokers. If you spot anything on the network that is not covered here, let us know via the contact page and we will open an investigation the same day.
5. Our consent tool and how to change your mind
The first time you land on casinojules.club from a clean browser, a banner appears at the bottom of the screen with three equal-weight buttons: Accept all, Reject all, and Manage preferences. Nothing in the analytics or marketing categories fires before you make a choice. If you tap Reject all, we record the "no" in the casinojules_consent cookie so the question is not asked again on the next click.
Changing your mind later is deliberately painless. Scroll to the footer, click "Cookie settings" and the banner reappears pre-filled with your current choices. You can flip each toggle individually, save, and the change takes effect immediately. Withdrawing consent stops any future collection; anything already gathered stays in our anonymised analytics logs unless you ask us to remove it via the steps set out in the privacy policy.
6. Managing cookies in your browser
If you prefer to drive cookies at the browser level for every site you visit, every mainstream browser offers the same three tools: see what has been stored, block by category or domain, and delete on demand. The exact menu path changes every few versions; the routes below were correct at the last update.
- Google Chrome (desktop): Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies. Pick "Block third-party cookies" or use the "Sites allowed to use cookies" list to allow specific domains.
- Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy and security → Enhanced Tracking Protection. The "Strict" option blocks cross-site tracking cookies, fingerprinting scripts and known trackers by default.
- Safari on macOS: Safari menu → Settings → Privacy. Tick "Block all cookies", or open "Manage Website Data" to delete entries one by one.
- Safari on iOS or iPadOS: Settings app → Safari → Advanced → Website Data, or switch on "Block all cookies" on the main Safari settings page.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data.
- Brave: Settings → Shields → set "Trackers and ads blocking" to Aggressive; cross-site cookies are then blocked automatically.
- Samsung Internet on Android: hamburger menu → Settings → Sites and downloads → Block cookies.
- Private, incognito or InPrivate windows: any cookie set in a private window is automatically deleted as soon as the last private tab closes.
One warning before you wipe everything: blocking the strictly necessary category will stop the consent banner from remembering your choice, so it will reappear on every page load. Blocking analytics or affiliate cookies has no effect on the reading experience and never locks away any content.
7. Third parties and affiliate identifiers
Some of the tracking you encounter while browsing does not originate on our servers at all. The most common case is affiliate attribution: when you click a "Visit casino" button, we append a short click identifier to the destination URL and, in most cases, the operator or its affiliate network then sets its own cookie so any account opened in the following weeks is credited to casinojules.club. That commission is what keeps the lights on without paywalls or display ads, and the fee is paid by the operator, never by you.
The second you land on the casino's domain, its cookie policy takes over from ours. We cannot disable, shorten or read those cookies, and their behaviour varies from one operator to the next. The full plain-language details on how the commercial relationship works, including which links are affiliated and how that does and does not influence our rankings, sit in the affiliate disclosure.
8. How long each cookie lives
Retention on this site follows a "shortest useful window" principle: session cookies die when the tab closes, consent choices last a year so you are not asked every week, analytics cookies expire in line with the provider's thirteen-month default, and the affiliate click identifier clears itself after ninety days. When a cookie hits its expiry date, the browser deletes it automatically; you do not have to do anything. Our server-side analytics logs are cleaned separately on a rolling twenty-six-month cycle, in line with the retention window advertised in the privacy policy.
9. Frequently asked questions
Do I have to accept cookies to read the reviews?
No. Tap "Reject all" on the banner and every review, guide and comparison table stays fully readable. Only the strictly necessary pair stays active, and neither identifies you personally.
Are you going to sell my browsing data?
No. We do not sell, rent or share cookie data with data brokers, ad marketplaces or social networks. The analytics providers listed above are contractual processors and act only on our written instructions.
What happens if I delete my cookies?
The consent banner will reappear on your next visit because the casinojules_consent cookie will be gone. Any affiliate attribution window from an older click will also end, worth knowing if you clicked one of our links a few days ago and were planning to sign up now.
Do you honour Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control?
We treat Global Privacy Control signals as a valid refusal: when your browser sends one, we skip the banner prompt and leave analytics and marketing switched off. The older Do Not Track header is not consistently implemented across browsers, so we do not rely on it alone.
I am on a shared device. Can I clear my history on your side?
Analytics data is stored in aggregate, so there is nothing personally linked to you to clear. If you can identify approximate visit times, get in touch via the contact page and we will go through the options with you.
10. Contact and policy updates
Questions, corrections and formal data protection requests all go through the contact page or by email to [email protected]. Anything that touches personal data more broadly (GDPR access, deletion or portability requests) is covered end to end in the privacy policy. We review this cookie page every time an analytics tool changes, a script is dropped, or the data protection authority publishes fresh guidance; the last-updated date at the top will always match the version you are reading.
