Analysis of casinos outside GamStop and of the payout speeds claimed for 2026 is what wagertrailuk.com publishes, and a small number of technical tools are all it needs to do so. Set out here are the cookies and comparable technologies in use, their purposes, and the way consent to them is refused or later changed. A cookie is a small text file placed on a device by a browser; local and session storage entries, along with counting pixels, serve much the same function.
What the law requires
Regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR) supplies the governing rule: information stored on a user's device, or accessed where already stored there, may be used only with clear and comprehensive information and the user's consent — an exception exists where the storage is strictly necessary to deliver a service the user has asked for. Consent must satisfy the UK GDPR standard (Article 4(11) and Article 7): freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous, and no harder to withdraw than to give. Where personal data is processed through cookies, the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 govern as well.
Files the site cannot run without
Reliability would fail without these. A session is kept open, server load is spread, forms are shielded from abuse, and the cookie decision itself is remembered. No separate choice precedes them. Session files lapse when the browser closes, and the recorded decision is held for twelve months at most.
Files for comfort and for counting
Comfort files retain settings, the comparison tables last opened among them. Counting files tally page views and reveal which pages get read, which helps the content improve. Neither group loads before consent is given in the cookie banner. IP addresses are shortened before analysis, and no profile tracking behaviour across separate sites is assembled.
Files from outside providers
Videos, maps and other embedded services may place files of their own. The provider's privacy rules apply alongside the site's, and an objection belongs with that provider. Advertising cookies that profile users for personalised ads are not set here unless the consent banner records a clear choice to allow them.
Withdrawing or adjusting a decision
The "Cookie settings" link in the footer changes or withdraws consent at any point; withdrawal operates going forward and leaves the lawfulness of earlier processing untouched. Browsers themselves allow cookies to be blocked and deleted through their privacy settings, and manufacturers' help pages give the steps for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge. Deleting the necessary files brings the banner back, and some features may be out of action briefly.
Who supervises
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's supervisory authority, receives complaints about how personal data is handled. The privacy policy of this site describes how personal data is processed.
Last updated: 13.11.2026.