Cookie Policy
This page describes the cookies and similar technologies used on TrueFortune, what each one does, how long it stays on your device, and how you can control or remove them. The wider question of personal-data handling is covered separately on the Privacy Policy page; this page is its technical companion. The site as a whole is described on the About page, with the flagship operator review on the TrueFortune 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 you load the same site, the browser hands the file back, letting the site recognise the visit, remember a setting, or count traffic. Cookies cannot execute code on your machine, cannot read other files, and cannot identify you personally without other information already tied to the cookie. Many things commonly called "cookies" today are technically other browser-storage mechanisms — localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB — that operate in much the same way; for plain English, the term "cookie" on this page covers all of them.
2. Categories of cookies used on TrueFortune
TrueFortune uses three categories of cookie. They are presented on your first visit through a consent banner, and you can adjust your selection at any time via 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 TrueFortune so the partnership can be credited. | Yes |
TrueFortune 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 behind the site is laid out 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 TrueFortune. Third-party cookies are placed by services that TrueFortune uses; full control over their behaviour rests with the third party, and links to their own policies are provided below.
| Name | Set by | Category | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
truefortune_consent | TrueFortune | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie-banner choice so the banner does not reappear on every page load. | 12 months |
truefortune_session | TrueFortune | 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 |
truefortune_aff | TrueFortune | Affiliate tracking | Records that a click on an outbound operator link originated from TrueFortune 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 click through; those are governed by the operator's own privacy policy, not by TrueFortune.
4. How to control cookies in your browser
Every modern browser lets you block cookies, delete existing ones, or reject third-party cookies outright. The official documentation:
You can also browse TrueFortune in your browser's private or incognito mode, which stops cookies from persisting across sessions.
5. What happens if you decline non-essential cookies
The site keeps working normally. You can read every page, follow every internal link, and click through to operator sites. Three small differences apply: 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 treats you, the user, exactly the same way; only the commission back to TrueFortune fails to 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, and the player-safety commitments are laid out on the Responsible Gambling page.
6. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
TrueFortune 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 displayed. The older Do Not Track header has no agreed enforcement standard and is not relied on here.
7. Updates to this policy
If the cookies on TrueFortune change, this page is updated and the "Last updated" date at the top is revised accordingly. Material changes — new categories, new third parties — come with 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 TrueFortune are best routed through the Contact page. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk handles complaints about UK sites under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.