Our Cookie Policy in Plain English
This page sets out every cookie we place on your device when you use allbritishcasino-online.uk, why each one exists, how long it stays there and what happens if you refuse it. No legal padding, just the facts. We have run Allbritish Casino since 2013 under MGA licence MGA/B2C/211/2011, and this policy forms part of the terms you accept when you play with us.
What Cookies Actually Do
A cookie is a small text file that a website writes to your browser or device when you visit. Your browser sends that file back on every later visit, so the site remembers something about you: that you logged in, that you picked English, or that you dismissed a warning banner. Cookies cannot read files on your computer, install software or empty your account, and they cannot identify you personally unless you have given us your account details first.
Cookies and similar technologies
Besides classic browser cookies we also use local storage and pixels, which work the same way technically. Local storage keeps data in your browser without an expiry date, and pixels are tiny images that tell our servers whether an email or advert was opened. Throughout this policy the word cookie covers all three, because the rules and your controls are identical.
The Cookies We Set
Four categories, one rule each
Strictly necessary cookies keep the site working. They carry your login session so you stay signed in between pages, they hold the token that proves it is really you placing a bet, and they protect our cashier against cross-site request forgery. Without them you cannot log in, deposit or play, so they run regardless of your consent choice.
Functional cookies remember choices you have already made. The language cookie stores whether you browse in English, Swedish, Finnish or German, and the preferences cookie keeps your table layout and sound settings between sessions. Analytics cookies count how players move through the site in aggregate form: which pages load slowly, where people abandon a deposit, which of our 1,000 games get opened most. The data is aggregated and cannot single you out. Marketing cookies support our retargeting, so if you saw our welcome offer of a 100% match up to £300 but did not finish registering, our advertising partners can show you a reminder. These are the only category that depends entirely on your consent.
| Cookie name (example) | Category | Purpose | Duration | Opt-out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLBRITISH_SESSID | Strictly necessary | Keeps your login session | Until you log out | Not available |
| auth_token | Strictly necessary | Confirms your identity on each request | Session | Not available |
| csrf_key | Strictly necessary | Blocks forged payment requests | Session | Not available |
| lang_pref | Functional | Remembers your language choice | 90 days | Via banner |
| ui_settings | Functional | Saves display and sound preferences | 365 days | Via banner |
| analytics_id | Analytics | Aggregated visit statistics | 365 days | Via banner or browser |
| retarget_pixel | Marketing | Shows you relevant adverts | 30 days | Via banner or browser |
Third Parties We Permit
Who else sets cookies
Some cookies on our site are not set by us but by partners whose services we use, and we only permit three kinds. Analytics providers help us measure site performance, and their cookies work on our pages only. Advertising networks run the retargeting campaigns described above under our written instructions, and their cookies last no longer than 30 days here. Payment providers set cookies during deposit and withdrawal processing through Visa Debit, Mastercard Debit, Trustly, Skrill, Neteller and the other methods in our cashier; these exist for fraud screening and to complete your transaction, and they are strictly necessary.
Our rules for partners
Every partner operates under a written data processing agreement with our owner, L&L Europe Ltd, which limits them to the purpose we assigned and forbids resale of the data. We review the third-party cookie inventory each quarter and remove any partner that no longer serves a defined function. No partner receives your name, address or payment details through a cookie.
Control Your Cookie Settings
Our consent banner
The first time you visit, our banner offers three buttons: accept all, reject non-essential, or open the category menu. In the menu you switch functional, analytics and marketing cookies on or off individually while strictly necessary cookies stay active. You can reopen that menu at any time through the Cookie Preferences link in the footer of every page, and changes apply from your next page load.
Blocking cookies in your browser
If you prefer the nuclear option, every major browser blocks cookies natively.
- Chrome: Settings, then Privacy and security, then Third-party cookies, and pick Block third-party cookies or use Site settings per domain.
- Safari: Preferences, then Privacy, and enable Prevent Cross-Site Tracking or Block All Cookies.
- Firefox: Settings, then Privacy and Security, and choose Standard, Strict or Custom with cookies set to All Third-Party Cookies.
- Edge: Settings, then Cookies and site permissions, and select Block third-party cookies or Block all cookies.
What blocking costs you
Reject marketing and analytics cookies and everything playable stays intact. Reject functional cookies and you will reselect your language and table layout every visit. Block strictly necessary cookies, whether through the banner being unavailable or browser settings, and you will not be able to log in, deposit your £10 minimum or request a withdrawal, because the site cannot hold a session for you. Blocking also clears any game that was mid-round when the cookie vanished, so finish your spin before you change settings.
How Long We Keep Cookies
Retention splits into two kinds. Session cookies live in your browser's memory and die the moment you close it, which covers our login session and security tokens. Persistent cookies sit on your device with a fixed expiry and are measured from your last visit rather than your first, so an analytics cookie set for 365 days keeps rolling forward while you keep playing.
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- Strictly necessary: session only, cleared when you close your browser or log out.
- Functional: 90 days for language, 365 days for display preferences.
- Analytics: 365 days maximum, refreshed on each visit.
- Marketing: 30 days from your last interaction with one of our adverts.
- Payment provider cookies: session only, plus up to 90 days for fraud-screening records where the provider requires it.
Deleting cookies yourself ends them immediately regardless of the table above, and logging out clears the strictly necessary set on the spot. Our records of your consent choice, meaning which categories you accepted and when, are kept for 12 months as evidence under GDPR, stored on our servers and not in your browser.
Changes to This Policy
When we add, remove or repurpose a cookie category we update this page and show a banner to signed-in players describing what changed. If the change widens the data we collect, the new category stays switched off until you consent through the refreshed banner. Material changes are announced at least 14 days before they take effect.
Questions and complaints
Write to our data protection team at [email protected], which our live chat monitors 24/7, and we answer within two business days. You also hold the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office in the UK or to the Malta Gaming Authority as our regulator, and exercising that right never affects your account, your balance or your withdrawals, which we process within 24 hours for e-wallets.
Frequently asked questions
Do cookies slow down my gaming?
No. Each cookie is a few hundred bytes of plain text. Our 1,000 games run from server-side streaming and your device's browser cache, not from cookies, so blocking them has no effect on load speed.
Can I play without any cookies at all?
Not on our site. Strictly necessary cookies carry your login session and payment security, so a fully cookie-free browser cannot deposit, play or withdraw. You can reject every other category through our banner.
Does GAMSTOP or self-exclusion interact with cookies?
Self-exclusion is enforced server-side against your account and identity, never through cookies, so clearing cookies does not weaken it. Marketing cookies are switched off automatically while you are self-excluded.
How do I delete cookies you already placed?
Use your browser's clear browsing data option and select cookies and site data for allbritishcasino-online.uk. This ends every category instantly, and your next visit triggers the consent banner again.