Sahara Sands Casino Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how Sahara Sands Casino uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use our online casino services in Australia. It describes what these technologies do, the categories we may use, and the choices available to you.
Cookies help Sahara Sands Casino provide a secure, reliable and personalised website experience. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. Sahara Sands Casino is intended for people aged 18 and over. By continuing to use the website, you acknowledge the use of cookies in accordance with this policy, subject to the choices and controls described below.
Understanding Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, mobile device or other internet-enabled device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your browser or device and remember certain information between visits.
A cookie may be stored for the duration of your browsing session or remain on your device for a longer period. Session cookies normally expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain until they expire or are deleted by you. The length of time depends on the purpose of the cookie and the settings applied to it.
We may also use related technologies, such as pixels, tags, software development kits and local storage. These tools can help us understand how the website is used, maintain account functionality, protect our services and measure the effectiveness of communications. In this policy, we use the term cookies to refer to cookies and similar technologies unless a distinction is necessary.
Cookie Categories We Use
The cookies used on the Sahara Sands Casino website can be grouped according to their purpose. Some cookies are necessary for the website to operate, while others support performance, functionality or marketing activities.
- Essential cookies support core website features, account access, security and transaction-related functions.
- Performance cookies provide information about website use, including visits, page activity and technical performance.
- Functional cookies remember selected settings and preferences to make future visits more convenient.
- Marketing cookies may help us understand advertising activity and deliver communications that are more relevant to users.
A cookie may perform more than one technical function, but we aim to use it only for a defined and legitimate business purpose. The availability of particular cookies may change as the website, its features or our service providers develop.
Cookies Needed for Operation
Essential cookies are required for important parts of Sahara Sands Casino to work correctly. They may enable secure login processes, maintain a session, remember progress during a transaction and support the proper display of account pages.
These cookies can also assist with fraud prevention, access controls, load balancing and the detection of unusual activity. Without them, certain services may not be available or may not function as intended. For this reason, essential cookies generally cannot be switched off through the website's cookie preference controls.
Examples of activities supported by essential cookies include:
- Keeping you signed in while you move between secure pages.
- Applying security measures to account and payment-related interactions.
- Remembering information entered during a permitted website process.
- Directing requests to the appropriate technical systems.
- Maintaining basic accessibility and consent preferences.
Essential cookies do not normally create a detailed profile of your browsing interests. Their purpose is to provide a functioning and secure service rather than to personalise advertising.
Measuring Website Performance
Performance cookies help Sahara Sands Casino understand how visitors use the website and whether its pages, features and technical systems are working effectively. They may collect information such as the pages viewed, the time spent on a page, the route taken through the website and whether an error occurred.
The information gathered through these cookies is used to identify slow pages, broken links, navigation difficulties and other technical issues. It can also help us assess whether updates improve the user experience. Where appropriate, performance information may be combined into statistical reports rather than used to identify an individual directly.
These cookies are not intended to record your gameplay choices or payment credentials. Their role is to provide aggregated insight into website performance and usage. If you decline them, the website will generally remain available, although we may have less information to identify and correct technical problems.
Remembering Your Preferences
Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices you make. Depending on the features available, they may store preferences such as language selection, region, display settings or other choices that affect how content is presented.
Using functional cookies can make the website more convenient because you do not need to repeat the same selections during every visit. These cookies may also support optional features that you choose to use. If you disable them, some preferences may not be retained and certain personalised features may operate with reduced functionality.
Functional cookies are not a substitute for account verification or responsible gambling controls. They do not change the minimum age requirement, account rules or any limits that apply to your use of Sahara Sands Casino.
Advertising and Marketing Tools
Marketing cookies may be used to assess the effectiveness of promotional campaigns and to help present information about Sahara Sands Casino that is more relevant to your apparent interests. They may record that you visited the website, interacted with a campaign or viewed particular content.
Where third parties provide marketing or measurement services, those providers may use their own technologies in accordance with their own privacy information. We do not use marketing cookies to obtain your payment credentials. Marketing activity remains subject to applicable preferences, account settings and any restrictions that apply to communications.
You may choose to refuse marketing cookies through the cookie banner or preference tool where one is provided. Refusing these cookies does not necessarily stop all advertising. It may mean that advertising is less tailored or that the same information is shown more often.
Controlling Your Cookie Choices
You can manage non-essential cookies through the cookie preference controls made available on the website. Your selections may be saved in a preference cookie so that the website can remember your decision. If you clear your browser data, your preferences may also be removed and you may be asked to select them again.
Most browsers allow you to block, delete or restrict cookies through their settings. The exact process differs between browsers and devices. You can usually find these controls in a privacy, security or settings menu. Browser controls may affect all websites you visit, not only Sahara Sands Casino.
Please note that disabling essential cookies may prevent secure areas, account functions or other core services from working correctly. Restricting performance, functional or marketing cookies should have a more limited effect, but some optional features may no longer remember your choices or operate as expected.
- Review the cookie banner when you first visit the website.
- Change your selections through the available preference controls.
- Use your browser settings to remove or block stored cookies.
- Delete cookies from individual devices if you no longer want them retained.
Cookie choices are separate from account closure, self-exclusion, deposit limits and other responsible gambling tools. Those controls continue to apply independently.
Cookies Set by Other Services
Some cookies may be placed by service providers that support Sahara Sands Casino. These providers may assist with website analytics, security, technical hosting, fraud prevention, advertising measurement or other operational activities. A third party may place a cookie when its technology is loaded on a page or used as part of a website feature.
Third-party cookies are governed by the relevant provider's own practices and privacy information. Sahara Sands Casino seeks to use suitable providers for defined purposes, but the operation of third-party technologies may change over time. We encourage you to review the information supplied by those providers where you want more detail about their processing activities.
Some external content or links may also have their own cookies once you leave the Sahara Sands Casino website. We are not responsible for the cookie practices of independent websites. Before using an external service, check its terms, privacy notice and available cookie controls.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy when our website, technologies, service providers or legal and operational practices change. Any revised version will be published on the relevant Sahara Sands Casino website page and will apply from the date stated in the updated policy, where a date is provided.
We recommend reviewing this page periodically so you remain informed about how cookies are used. If a change materially affects the way optional cookies operate, the website may present an updated notice or request your preferences again where appropriate.
Your continued use of Sahara Sands Casino after an updated policy is published indicates that you have had an opportunity to review the revised information. If you do not agree with the use of non-essential cookies, you can adjust your choices through the available controls or browser settings. For questions about this policy, please use the Sahara Sands Casino contact page.
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