Readers in Great Britain come to stakecompassuk.com to read about online casinos, British-licensed and offshore, and only a few technical tools are needed to run the site. Which cookies and similar technologies are set, what each of them does, and how they can be refused or changed is what this policy explains. Small text files that a browser stores on a device are cookies; entries in the browser's local and session storage and counting pixels work in much the same way.
Strictly necessary files
Without them the site could not work reliably. A session stays open, load is spread across servers, forms are protected against abuse and the cookie choice itself is remembered. No separate choice is asked for them. Session files expire when the browser is closed, and the stored choice is kept for no more than twelve months.
Legal basis
Regulation 6 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR) is the rule that applies: storing information on a user's device, or gaining access to information already stored there, requires clear and comprehensive information and the user's consent, except where the storage is strictly necessary to provide a service the user has requested. That consent has to meet the standard of the UK GDPR (Article 4(11) and Article 7): freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous, and as easy to withdraw as to give. Where cookies serve to process personal data, the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 apply as well.
Third-party files
Files of their own may be set by embedded outside services, such as videos or maps. The privacy rules of the provider then apply too, and an objection to them is raised with that provider. Advertising cookies that build profiles for personalised ads are not set by stakecompassuk.com without a clear choice in the consent banner.
Functional and analytics files
Settings such as the comparison tables opened last are remembered by functional files. Page views are counted by analytics files, which show which pages are read, so that the content can be improved. Both groups are set only after consent has been given in the cookie banner. IP addresses are shortened for analysis, and profiles that follow behaviour across different sites are not built.
Refusing and changing consent
Through the "Cookie settings" link in the footer, consent can be changed or withdrawn at any time; withdrawal works for the future and does not affect the lawfulness of earlier processing. Every browser also lets its user block and delete cookies in its privacy settings, and the manufacturer's help pages describe the steps for Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge. Once the necessary files are deleted the banner appears again, and some features may stop working for a short time.
Supervision
A complaint about the handling of personal data can be made to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's supervisory authority. How personal data is processed is set out in the privacy policy of this site.
Last updated: 13.11.2026.