Cookie Policy

This policy explains how Spell of Gold (a social casino platform) uses cookies and similar technologies on its website and services. Cookies are small data files used to enhance your gaming experience, personalize content, and measure site performance. By using our services, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your device (computer, phone, or tablet) when you visit our website. They allow the website to recognize your device and remember your preferences, helping us deliver a more personalized and efficient virtual gaming environment.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until they expire or you delete them).

• Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies: These are vital for the website to function correctly, allowing secure login and basic navigation (e.g., remembering your cookie acceptance status).
• Performance and Analytics Cookies: These collect data on site traffic, usage patterns, and popular features (like which games are played most). This helps us identify performance issues and improve the overall user experience without identifying you personally.
• Functional Cookies: These remember your choices and settings, such as your display preferences or language selection, to provide a more tailored session.
• Virtual Currency & Game State Cookies: Specific to our social casino environment, these cookies track your virtual gold balance, game progress, and achievements to ensure your gaming data is consistent across sessions.

3. Purpose of Cookie Use

Our cookies serve several key purposes, specifically within the context of a virtual social casino:

• Maintaining Game Continuity: To save your state within a game and ensure your virtual currency balance is accurately reflected.
• Security and Integrity: To detect fraudulent activity and protect user accounts in the virtual environment.
• Site Improvement: To monitor performance and analyze user behavior to optimize game loading times and site features.
• Compliance: To meet legal requirements related to user consent (e.g., GDPR/PIPEDA standards, where applicable).

4. Your Consent

In line with Canadian privacy expectations, we request your explicit consent for the use of non-essential cookies. You can manage your preferences through the pop-up banner displayed upon your first visit, or by adjusting your browser settings at any time.

5. Managing Cookies

You have the right to control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can adjust your browser settings to reject or delete cookies. However, disabling certain cookies (especially Essential and Virtual Currency cookies) may affect the functionality of our website and prevent certain game features from working properly.

6. Data Sharing and Security

The data we collect is primarily anonymous and aggregated for analytical purposes. We do not share personally identifiable information collected via cookies with third parties for marketing purposes. Your data is stored securely and processed in compliance with relevant Canadian laws (such as PIPEDA). Remember, all transactions and rewards on our platform involve virtual gold only, not real currency.

7. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy (date placeholder here) and, where required, by providing prominent notice on our website.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about our Cookie Policy or data practices, please contact us using the details below:

• Address: 50 Eileen Stubbs Avenue, Dartmouth, NS B3B 0M7, Canada
• Phone: +1 (902) 462-0015
• E-mail: help@spellofgold.com