Cookie Policy
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store, so it can recognise the same browser later. Some vanish when you close the tab, others sit on the device for months. This page lists what canada-ontario-games.ca stores, why, and how to say no. Local storage and similar browser technologies are covered by the same choices.
The categories we use
Three categories cover everything on this site. Only the first runs without asking, because the site cannot be delivered without it; the other two wait until you press Accept on the banner. The figures below are the maximum lifetime of the cookie, and most expire sooner.
| Category | What it does | How long it lasts |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Serves pages, remembers your EN or FR language choice, stores your cookie banner answer, protects forms against abuse | Session to 12 months |
| Analytics | Counts visits and page views, shows which articles get read and where readers arrive from | Up to 24 months |
| Affiliate and referral tracking | Records that a click on a partner link came from this site, so the operator can credit the referral | Up to 90 days |
| Advertising and profiling | Not used on this site | Not applicable |
Strictly necessary cookies
These keep the site working. They hold your language preference so a French reader is not thrown back to English on every page, they remember whether you accepted or declined so the banner stops reappearing, and they carry the security token that stops the contact form being abused by bots. They hold nothing that identifies you personally.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies tell us how many people opened a page, which page sent them, roughly which region they read from, and whether they left within a few seconds. We read this as totals, not as individual histories, and use it to decide what to write next. Decline them and we see one visitor fewer in the report.
Affiliate and referral cookies
When you click a link to a casino or sportsbook, that operator or its tracking partner may set a cookie on their own domain recording where the click came from. If you later open an account, the operator pays us a commission. That cookie is set by them, under their privacy policy, and it does not change what you are offered or what you pay. Our Terms and Conditions explain the arrangement.
How to refuse or change your mind
The banner that appears on your first visit has two buttons. Decline blocks analytics and referral tracking and leaves only the strictly necessary cookies in place. Accept allows all three categories. Your answer is remembered for up to 12 months, and you can reopen the banner from the cookie settings link in the site footer at any time to switch.
Your browser gives you a second layer of control. Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge all let you block third party cookies, clear everything already stored, or refuse cookies from a single site. Private or incognito windows discard the whole set when the window closes. Browser settings apply to every site you visit, not just this one.
What changes if you decline
Almost nothing. Every article stays readable, the French and English versions both work, and the contact form still sends. What you lose is invisible to you: the visit does not appear in our traffic numbers, and if you follow a partner link and open an account, we are not credited for it.
Cookies set by other companies
Our analytics provider and the operators we link to set cookies under their own domains and their own rules. Embedded content such as a video player or a map can do the same once it loads. We cannot read or delete those cookies for you, so check that company’s privacy policy or clear them through your browser.
Updates to this page
If we add or drop a service that sets cookies, this page is updated and the date below changes with it. A change that affects the analytics or tracking categories will also reset the banner, so you get a fresh choice instead of a silent switch.
Last updated: August 2026. Questions go to [email protected].