What are cookies?
Unfamiliar with cookies on the internet? Well here we will let you know what they are and how we use them on SlotSumo.com. So without further ado, what are cookies?
A cookie can be defined as:
A small text file containing usually text and anonymous information in order to help maintain a user experience for the user
Pretty simple but what does that mean when you visit us on this site?
Why we use cookies
What does this mean here at SlotSumo? Well we like to make your browsing experience as quick as possible, to let you get to the information you are looking for without any fuss. This means faster page loading speeds, helpful hints and other various wonderful things.
But that’s not all. We use analytics to get an insight into how people interact and use the site whether on mobile or on desktop. This means we can keep on improving, making the site better, deliver the content you want and hide away things you are not interested in. And if in case you were wondering it’s all anonymous. We don’t know who you are, where you live or the name of your dog just which pages you like to read and a little more.
Cookies from Third Parties
We sometimes might post content from other sites that we think you will be interested in. That means a video here a a video there and a bit of social media so you can share our great content quicker and easier with your friends and the world.
But what does this have to do with cookies? Well those pieces of content might use cookies too. If you want to find out more about how they use cookies then we suggest you take a look at the respective sites cookie policy as we are not responsible for them, they are.
Here’s a summary of the cookies and what they are used for:
- YouTube: We often embed videos from YouTube in news posts and slot reviews. When you view a video from YouTube then a session cookie will be stored for the duration of your visit to that page. This helps with correct video playback and performance so you can view the video correctly and is deleted once you move away from the page it is placed.
- Social Media Networks: It’s nice to share stuff you find interesting with others. As such we have Facebook, Twitter and Google + social media links around the site. These sites serve cookies to share the information correctly across their corresponding networks.
- Google Analytics: In order to help provide a way to provide the most relevant content, identify areas of improvement across the site then we use GA for this. As such you might find that Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymous data about your visit and how you interacted with the site.
- Affiliate Marketing: We link to casinos via affiliate links which you will see around our site on casino reviews, slots reviews, news posts and more. When you click on one of these links the casino will then add a cookie to your browser. This cookie usually contains a random string of numbers and letters that can help the casino identify which site referred them accurately and holds no personal information.
- SlotSumo.com: We store cookies to let us know if you have accepted our privacy and cookies policy along. We also on occasion store a cookie to help us load the content faster through the use of caching software and by adding a cookie that holds the country you are currently visiting from. This helps us provide you with more relevant offers and information based on your country.
How to control your browser cookies
If you decide you don’t want to use cookies when visiting SlotSumo.com then unfortunately you won; be helping us improve our site.
You have the option to turn off or on whether or not we collect anonymous stats about what pages you see by clicking on the button below. And if you haven’t already agreed, by turning on tracking you’ll also be accepting our privacy policy and this cookies policy.
Turn Tracking Off
Turn Tracking On
Every browser is different, and so finding the right settings to either disable, delete or enable cookies are all different too. We’ve put a list together of the most common browsers and links to their settings preference or how to articles on how you can control cookies in your browsers if you so wish.
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
You’re Welcome to Stick Around
We hope you have enjoyed our brief look in to how we use cookies on SlotSumo.com.
If you are still wanting to find out about some of the best slots online or read reviews about the top casinos to play at we welcome you to stick around a while and read to your hearts content.