Cookie Policy
This page describes the cookies and similar technologies used on Skycrown, what each one does, how long it stays on your device, and how to control or delete them. The wider question of personal data handling is covered separately on the Privacy Policy page; this page is the technical companion to that one. The site as a whole is described on the About page, with the flagship operator review on the Skycrown Casino homepage.
1. What a cookie is, briefly
A cookie is a small text file a website asks your browser to store on your device. The next time the same site loads, the browser sends the file back, allowing the site to recognise the visit, remember a setting, or count traffic. Cookies cannot run code on your machine, cannot read other files, and cannot identify you personally without other information already linked to the cookie. Many of the things commonly called "cookies" today are technically other browser-storage mechanisms (localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB) that work in much the same way; for plain English, the term "cookie" on this page covers all of them.
2. Categories of cookies used on Skycrown
Skycrown uses three categories of cookie. They are presented to you on first visit through a consent banner, and you can change your selection at any time using the link in the site footer.
| Category | Purpose | Consent required |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Make the site work: load the page, remember your cookie-banner choice, route traffic, prevent abuse. | No (legal basis: legitimate interest) |
| Analytics | Anonymous, aggregated traffic measurement: which pages are read, where readers come from, which links are clicked. | Yes |
| Affiliate tracking | Recognise that a click through to an operator came from Skycrown so the partnership can be credited. | Yes |
Skycrown does not use advertising or remarketing cookies. We do not show on-site display advertising, do not run programmatic ad networks, and do not pixel-track readers across other sites. The funding model that supports the site is described on the Affiliate Disclosure page.
3. Specific cookies, third parties and lifetimes
The list below covers the cookies that may be set when you visit Skycrown. Third-party cookies are set by services Skycrown uses; control over their full behaviour rests with the third party, and links to their own policies are provided.
| Name | Set by | Category | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
skycrown_consent | Skycrown | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie-banner choice so the banner does not reappear on every page load. | 12 months |
skycrown_session | Skycrown | Strictly necessary | Anonymous session identifier used to load assets and rate-limit abusive traffic. | Until browser closes |
_ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics 4 | Analytics | Aggregated traffic statistics: pages per session, traffic sources, average time on page. IP addresses are anonymised before storage. | 14 months |
skycrown_aff | Skycrown | Affiliate tracking | Records that a click on an outbound operator link originated from Skycrown so the partnership is credited. | 30 days |
Third-party policies: Google Privacy & Terms covers Google Analytics. Operator partner sites set their own cookies once you have clicked through; those are governed by the operator's own privacy policy, not by Skycrown.
4. How to control cookies in your browser
Every modern browser lets you block cookies, delete existing ones, or reject third-party cookies altogether. The official documentation:
You can also browse Skycrown in your browser's private or incognito mode, which prevents cookies from being saved across sessions.
5. What happens if you decline non-essential cookies
The site continues to work normally. You can read every page, follow every internal link, and click through to operator sites. Three small differences: traffic statistics will not include your visit; if you click an affiliate link with affiliate tracking declined, the partnership cannot be credited (the operator still pays you, the user, the same way; only the commission to Skycrown does not register); and the consent banner will reappear if you clear your cookies, because the choice itself is stored in a cookie. The full editorial standards behind every page (including how affiliate links are flagged) sit on the Editorial Policy page, the operator-rating framework is on the How We Rate page (with the testing process described on the How We Test page), and the player-safety commitments are on the Responsible Gambling page.
6. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Skycrown honours the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal: if your browser sends GPC, all non-essential cookies are blocked automatically and the consent banner is not shown. The older Do Not Track header has no agreed enforcement standard and is not relied on.
7. Updates to this policy
If the cookies on Skycrown change, this page is updated and the "Last updated" date at the top is revised. Material changes (new categories, new third parties) are accompanied by a one-time consent banner refresh so existing visitors are asked again. Minor housekeeping changes (rewording, link updates) do not trigger a fresh consent prompt.
8. Questions and complaints
Questions about specific cookies on Skycrown are best directed through the Contact page. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au handles complaints about Australian sites under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).