Cookie Policy
Below is the inventory of cookies and related browser-storage technologies that PlayOJO operates: what each one is for, how long it persists on your device, and how to manage or clear it. The wider personal-data picture is handled separately on the Privacy Policy page; treat the page you are reading as the technical companion to that. A site-wide description sits on the About page, while the flagship operator review is on the PlayOJO Casino homepage.
1. What a cookie is, briefly
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to keep on your device. The next time you load the same site, the browser hands the file back, letting the site recognise the visit, remember a setting, or count traffic. Cookies cannot execute code on your machine, cannot read other files, and cannot identify you personally on their own unless other information is already linked to them. Many things people now call "cookies" are technically other browser-storage mechanisms — localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB — that work in broadly the same way; for the sake of plain language, "cookie" on this page covers all of them.
2. Categories of cookies used on PlayOJO
PlayOJO sets cookies in three categories. They are shown to you on your first visit through a consent banner, and your selection can be changed at any time using the link sitting 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 PlayOJO so the partnership can be credited. | Yes |
PlayOJO does not deploy advertising or remarketing cookies. There is no on-site display advertising, no programmatic ad networks running in the background, and no pixel-tracking of readers across other sites. The funding model behind the site is set out on the Affiliate Disclosure page.
3. Specific cookies, third parties and lifetimes
The table below lists the cookies that may be set when you visit PlayOJO. Third-party cookies are set by services PlayOJO uses; complete control over their behaviour sits with the third party, and links to those providers' own policies are supplied.
| Name | Set by | Category | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
playojo_consent | PlayOJO | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie-banner choice so the banner does not reappear on every page load. | 12 months |
playojo_session | PlayOJO | 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 |
playojo_aff | PlayOJO | Affiliate tracking | Records that a click on an outbound operator link originated from PlayOJO so the partnership is credited. | 30 days |
Third-party policies: Google Privacy & Terms covers Google Analytics. Operator partner sites set their own cookies after you click through to them; those are governed by the operator's own privacy policy rather than by PlayOJO.
4. How to control cookies in your browser
Every modern browser lets you block cookies, delete existing ones, or refuse third-party cookies altogether. The official documentation:
You can also use PlayOJO from your browser's private or incognito mode, which stops cookies 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 sites. Three small differences: your visit will not be counted in the traffic statistics; if you click an affiliate link with affiliate tracking declined, the partnership cannot be credited — the operator still treats you the same way as any other visitor; only the commission to PlayOJO fails to register; and the consent banner will reappear once you clear your cookies, because the consent choice itself is stored in a cookie. The full editorial standards governing every page (including how affiliate links are flagged) are on the Editorial Policy page, and the player-safety commitments are on the Responsible Gambling page.
6. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
PlayOJO respects the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal: when your browser sends GPC, all non-essential cookies are blocked automatically and the consent banner is suppressed. The older Do Not Track header has no agreed enforcement standard and is not used.
7. Updates to this policy
Whenever PlayOJO's cookie set changes, this page gets updated and the "Last updated" stamp at the top is bumped accordingly. Material shifts — adding new categories or new third parties — come with a one-off consent banner refresh, so existing visitors are asked for fresh consent. Light housekeeping edits (wording adjustments, link updates) won't trigger a new consent prompt.
8. Questions and complaints
Specific cookie-related queries about PlayOJO are best sent through the Contact page. Complaints about UK sites under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 are handled by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.