This Cookie Policy explains what cookies Amunbet uses, why, and how to control them. It should be read alongside the Privacy Policy, which covers personal data more broadly — this page focuses specifically on cookies and similar tracking technologies covered by the UK's Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).
1. What a cookie actually is
A cookie is a small text file placed on a device when a site is visited. It doesn't run programs or carry viruses — it just stores a piece of information the site can read back on a later visit, like whether a login is still active or which cookie choices were already made. Similar technologies (local storage, pixels, tracking scripts) work on the same principle and are covered by this policy too.
2. The categories Amunbet uses
Strictly necessary. These keep the site functioning — holding a login session, remembering items in a cart, applying security checks against fraudulent traffic. They can't be switched off through the cookie banner because the site doesn't work without them; the only way to avoid them entirely is not using the site.
Performance and analytics. These measure how the site is used in aggregate — which pages get visited, how long they take to load, where errors occur. They help find and fix problems that individual bug reports miss. Data here is typically aggregated and not used to identify one specific visitor.
Functionality. These remember choices — display currency, cookie preferences already set, whether a promotional banner has already been dismissed — so a returning visitor doesn't have to reset the same settings every session.
Marketing and targeting. These track browsing across Amunbet and, in some cases, other sites, to measure the effectiveness of a promotion or show more relevant offers. This is the category with the most direct advertising purpose, and it's the one where opting out has the least effect on the site actually working.
3. Consent, and what "fair choice" means in practice
Only strictly necessary cookies are set automatically. Everything else waits for a decision through the cookie banner shown on first visit. That banner offers "accept all" and "reject non-essential" as equally easy options — one click either way, not an "accept" button in bold with "manage preferences" buried in six-point text, which is the pattern regulators have specifically flagged as not a fair choice.
Consent can be changed at any time through the cookie preference centre, linked in the site footer. Changing a setting takes effect on the next page load; it doesn't require clearing browser data or contacting support.
4. Third-party cookies
Some cookies are set by third parties Amunbet works with — analytics providers, payment processors confirming a transaction, and (where marketing cookies are accepted) advertising partners measuring campaign performance. These providers have their own privacy practices for the data collected through their cookies, alongside what's covered here.
5. How long cookies last
Session cookies clear automatically when the browser closes — most login and security cookies fall into this category. Persistent cookies last for a set period, from a few days up to around two years for some preference and analytics cookies, and expire automatically at that point rather than needing to be manually cleared.
6. Managing cookies through the browser
Beyond the site's own preference centre, cookies can be blocked, deleted or limited through browser settings directly — every major browser has a privacy or cookie section covering this. Blocking cookies at the browser level is a blunter tool than the site's preference centre: it can affect every site visited, not just this one, and blocking strictly necessary cookies specifically will likely break login and checkout functionality here and on most other sites.
7. Changes to this policy
This page is updated when cookie use changes — a new analytics tool, a new marketing partner, or a change in the underlying law. The version published here is the current one.