Cookie policy – stakefocusuk

stakefocusuk compares how quickly casinos, British-licensed and offshore, pay out to readers in Great Britain, and needs only a few technical tools to do it. Which files and similar technologies are placed on a device when the site is used, what each of them does, and the ways in which they can be turned down or altered are the subject of this policy. Small text files kept by a browser on a device are what cookies are; local and session storage entries in the browser, and counting pixels, operate on much the same principle.

Legal basis

Regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR) is the provision in play. Information placed on a user’s device, or information already stored there that is accessed, may be handled only after clear and comprehensive information has been given and the user has consented, unless that storage is strictly necessary for a service the user has asked for. Freedom, specificity, being informed, absence of ambiguity, and an ease of withdrawal equal to the ease of giving it — these are what the UK GDPR asks of consent (Article 4(11) and Article 7). The UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 govern as well wherever personal data is processed through cookies.

Strictly necessary files

Reliable operation of the site depends on them. A session stays open through their work, server load is balanced, forms are shielded from abuse, and the cookie decision itself is remembered. No separate choice is required before they are placed. Closing the browser ends the session files, and twelve months is the maximum period for which the stored decision is held.

Third-party files

Files of their own may be placed by outside services that are embedded here, videos and maps among them. The provider’s privacy rules then come into play as well, and any objection concerning them belongs with that provider. Advertising cookies that build profiles for personalised ads are not placed by stakefocusuk unless a clear choice has been made in the consent banner.

Functional and analytics files

Settings, among them which comparison tables were opened last, are remembered by the functional files. Page views are counted by the analytics files, which also show which pages are read, and the content is improved on that basis. Neither group is placed before consent has been given in the cookie banner. Analysis works on shortened IP addresses, and profiles tracking behaviour across separate sites are never assembled.

Refusing and changing consent

At any time, through the “Cookie settings” link in the footer, consent may be altered or taken back; the effect is for the future, and processing carried out earlier keeps its lawfulness. Blocking and deleting cookies is also possible in the privacy settings of every browser, and the steps for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge are described on the manufacturers’ help pages. Deleting the necessary files brings the banner back, and for a short while some features may cease to work.

Supervision

Complaints about the handling of personal data go to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s supervisory authority. The privacy policy of this site describes how personal data is processed.

Last updated: November 13, 2026.

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