Readers in Great Britain come to stakehorizonuk.com for online casinos, British-licensed and offshore, and only a few technical tools keep the site running. Which cookies and similar technologies are set here, what they do, and how they can be refused or changed is the subject of this policy. A cookie is a small text file that a browser stores on a device; entries in the browser's local and session storage and counting pixels behave in much the same way.
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, needs 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 are used to process personal data, the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 apply as well.
Strictly necessary files
Without them the site could not work reliably. They keep a session open, spread load across servers, protect forms against abuse and remember the cookie choice itself. No separate choice is needed for them. Session files expire when the browser is closed, and the stored choice is kept for no more than twelve months.
Third-party files
Embedded outside services, such as videos or maps, may set files of their own. 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 without a clear choice in the consent banner are not set by stakehorizonuk.com.
Functional and analytics files
Functional files remember settings such as the comparison tables opened last. Analytics files count page views and show which pages are read, so that the content can be improved. Only after consent has been given in the cookie banner are both groups set. IP addresses are shortened for analysis, and profiles that follow behaviour across different sites are not built.
Refusing and changing consent
The "Cookie settings" link in the footer changes or withdraws consent 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.