Cookie Policy
How this Starburst review site uses cookies, which types are set, why they exist, and how to control or remove them from your browser at any time.
Just about every website drops small files onto your device, and this one does too. Those files are cookies, and this page runs through which ones we use and what for. Once you know what they actually do, the choice about them is yours to make.
Since this is a review site and not a casino, there is not much to them here. There is no betting account to follow around, and nothing on these pages takes payment or holds any financial details.
What cookies actually are
A cookie is a little text file a site tucks into your browser to remember something from one page or visit to the next. Some only last a single session and disappear the moment you close the browser, while others hang around for a set time. They keep things like your preferences and a few technical bits, not the details of your actual life.
By themselves, cookies cannot run programs or sneak a virus onto your device. All they really do is let a site recognise your browser when it comes back and behave the same way. Once you see it that way, the word loses most of its mystery.
The types used on this site
Different cookies serve different purposes, and the ones here fall into a few clear groups:
- Essential cookies that let the site load and function correctly
- Preference cookies that remember choices such as a cookie consent selection
- Analytics cookies that show, in aggregate, which pages get read most
The essential ones keep the basics running and cannot really be turned off without something breaking. Preference and analytics cookies are there to make the site nicer to use and to show us which pages people actually read. None of them go toward building a profile to sell to anybody.
Third-party and analytics cookies
Some cookies come from outside services rather than from us directly, most often analytics tools that count visitors. They show which articles get read and roughly where people arrive from, as numbers rather than names. The point is making the content better, not following anyone around the web.
Affiliate links can set their own cookies too, the moment you click through to another site. Those ones run under that site’s policy, not ours. If you want to know exactly what they do, the place to check is the policy on the site you land on.
Controlling and removing cookies
Every major browser lets you block, limit or wipe cookies somewhere in its settings, usually under privacy or security. Clear them out and your saved preferences go too, so you may have to make a consent choice again next time. Block the essential ones outright, though, and bits of the site may stop working properly.
On a first visit you get a consent banner, where you can accept or turn down the non-essential categories up front. Changed your mind later? Clearing cookies and reloading the page lets you choose again. The final say is yours, not ours.
One catch: these settings apply per browser and per device, so a choice on your phone does not follow you to a laptop. Use more than one browser and you will need to set it in each of them. Private or incognito windows tend to clear cookies by themselves once you close the window.
Updates to this policy
If the cookies we use change, this policy changes with them, and the latest version always sits right here. Anything significant goes straight onto this page rather than being announced somewhere else. A quick look now and then is enough to stay current.
Got a question about cookies, or about how we handle data more generally? The contact page is the way to reach us. The privacy policy goes into personal data in more depth, and between the two pages you should find what you are after.
