Cookie Policy
This page documents the cookies and similar technologies used on BetGoodwin, what each does, how long it lives on your device, and how to control or delete it. The wider topic of personal-data handling sits separately on the Privacy Policy page; what you are reading now is the technical companion to that document. Wider site context lives on the About page, with the flagship operator review at the BetGoodwin Casino homepage.
1. What a cookie is, briefly
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. When the same site loads again, the browser hands the file back, letting the site recognise the visit, remember a setting, or tally traffic figures. Cookies cannot execute code on your machine, cannot read other files, and cannot identify you personally without separate information already linked to the cookie. Several things routinely called "cookies" today are technically other browser-storage mechanisms — localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB — that operate in much the same way; for the sake of plain English, the term "cookie" on this page covers all of them.
2. Categories of cookies used on BetGoodwin
BetGoodwin uses three categories of cookie. They are presented to you on first visit through 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 BetGoodwin so the partnership can be credited. | Yes |
BetGoodwin does not deploy advertising or remarketing cookies. There is no on-site display advertising, no programmatic ad network and no cross-site pixel tracking of readers. The funding model that keeps the site running is documented in full on the Affiliate Disclosure page.
3. Specific cookies, third parties and lifetimes
The list set out below covers cookies that may be placed when you visit BetGoodwin. Third-party cookies are set by services this site relies on; control over the full behaviour of those cookies sits with the third party in question, and links to each provider's own policy are included alongside.
| Name | Set by | Category | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
betgoodwin_consent | BetGoodwin | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie-banner choice so the banner does not reappear on every page load. | 12 months |
betgoodwin_session | BetGoodwin | 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 |
betgoodwin_aff | BetGoodwin | Affiliate tracking | Records that a click on an outbound operator link originated from BetGoodwin so the partnership is credited. | 30 days |
Third-party policies: 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 BetGoodwin.
4. How to control cookies in your browser
Every modern browser allows you to block cookies, delete cookies already stored, or reject third-party cookies outright. The official documentation for each major browser is linked below:
You can also browse BetGoodwin in 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 keeps working normally. You can still read every page, follow every internal link, and click through to operator platforms. 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 BetGoodwin 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
BetGoodwin honours the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal: if your browser sends GPC, all non-essential cookies are blocked automatically 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
If the cookies on BetGoodwin change, this page is updated and the "Last updated" date at the top is revised. 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
Questions about specific cookies on BetGoodwin 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.