What Are Cookies and Why We Use Them
When you visit coral-online-casino-uk.com, small text files called cookies are placed on your device. These files allow our website to recognise your browser, remember your preferences, and deliver a consistent experience each time you return. Cookies do not contain information that directly identifies you as an individual, though some of the data they collect may constitute personal data under UK data protection law when combined with other information we hold about you.
As an online casino operating under UKGC licence number 54743 and serving players in the United Kingdom, Coral Casino Online is subject to the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and the Data Protection Act 2018. These rules require us to tell you clearly what cookies we use, what they do, and how you can control them.
Categories of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function. Without them, parts of the site simply would not work. They handle things like keeping you logged in to your Coral Casino account, maintaining your session as you move between pages, and ensuring your deposit or withdrawal requests are processed correctly. Because these cookies are required for the site to operate, they are placed on your device without your prior consent, as permitted under PECR.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow us to remember choices you have made, such as your preferred language, the region you are browsing from, or whether you have previously dismissed certain on-screen notices. They improve your overall experience by avoiding the need to re-enter the same information on each visit. These cookies do not track your activity on other websites.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with coral-online-casino-uk.com. This includes which pages are visited most frequently, how long people spend on particular sections, and where visitors tend to exit. The information collected is aggregated and used solely to improve site performance. We do not use this data to build profiles for targeted advertising.
Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies record your visit to our site, the pages you have viewed, and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our website and any advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. These cookies are only placed on your device after you have given your consent through our cookie preference tool.
Responsible Gambling Cookies
As a UKGC-licensed operator, we are required to take active steps to support safer gambling. Some cookies on our platform are used specifically to support responsible gambling tools, including tracking deposit limits you have set, storing self-exclusion preferences, and flagging behavioural indicators that may trigger our player protection processes. These cookies form part of our regulatory obligations and are treated as strictly necessary for compliance purposes.
Third-Party Cookies
Certain cookies on coral-online-casino-uk.com are set by third parties rather than by us directly. These include game providers such as Evolution, Play’n Go, Playtech Live, PG Soft, and others whose games appear on our platform. Payment processors handling transactions via Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and cryptocurrency networks may also set cookies during the transaction process. Additionally, tools used for site analytics and customer support may introduce their own cookies.
We do not control third-party cookies and cannot access the information they collect. Each third party operates under its own privacy and cookie policy. We encourage you to review those policies directly if you have concerns about the data these cookies collect.
How Long Cookies Stay on Your Device
Cookies vary in how long they remain on your browser or device:
- Session cookies exist only for the duration of your visit and are deleted automatically when you close your browser.
- Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period after your visit ends. The exact duration depends on the specific cookie, but we aim to keep retention periods proportionate to their purpose. Most persistent cookies on our site expire within 12 months.
Your Cookie Choices and How to Manage Them
Cookie Preference Centre
When you first visit coral-online-casino-uk.com, a cookie banner gives you the opportunity to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can revisit and update your preferences at any time through the cookie settings link available in the footer of every page. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it and will take effect immediately, though it does not affect any processing that took place before you changed your preferences.
Browser Settings
Most browsers allow you to view, block, or delete cookies through their settings menus. The steps vary by browser, but guidance is available for the most common options:
Please be aware that blocking all cookies, including strictly necessary ones, may prevent certain features of the site from working correctly, including secure login, game loading, and payment processing.
Opting Out of Analytics
If you prefer that your visits to coral-online-casino-uk.com are not counted in our analytics reports, you may opt out by adjusting your preferences in our cookie settings tool. You can also use browser extensions designed to block analytics tracking across websites generally.
Cookies and Age Verification
Under UKGC requirements, we must ensure that only persons aged 18 or over access real-money gambling services. Cookies play a supporting role in our age and identity verification process by maintaining the state of verification checks completed during registration and login. These cookies are treated as strictly necessary and cannot be declined.
Cookies and Self-Exclusion
If you have used our responsible gambling tools to set a self-exclusion period or requested to be registered with GAMSTOP, cookies help enforce those restrictions on your account. Disabling cookies through your browser while a self-exclusion is active may affect the reliability of these controls. If you have concerns about your gambling or need to speak to someone, you can contact GambleAware or Gambling Therapy for free confidential support.
Legal Basis for Using Cookies
Under the UK GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases for our use of cookies:
- Legal obligation for cookies required to fulfil our duties as a UKGC-licensed gambling operator, including age verification and responsible gambling controls.
- Legitimate interests for functional and performance cookies that help us run and improve the site, where those interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.
- Consent for targeting, advertising, and non-essential analytics cookies. You can withdraw consent at any time without it affecting prior use.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or the way coral-online-casino-uk.com operates. Any significant changes will be communicated through an updated notice on the site. Continuing to use the site after such changes constitutes your acknowledgement of the updated policy, though we will ask for fresh consent where required by law.
Contact Us
If you have questions about how we use cookies or want to exercise any of your data protection rights, you can reach our team by email at support@coral-online-casino-uk.com, by phone on +44 20 3917 3500, or by post at Coral Casino Online, Level 7, Beaumont Business Centres, 16 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DZ, United Kingdom.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe your data is not being handled in accordance with UK law. Details are available at ico.org.uk.