Cookie Policy
This page documents the cookies and similar technologies used on Instaspin, 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 Instaspin Casino homepage.
1. What a cookie is, briefly
A cookie is a small text file the website asks your browser to keep 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 execute code on your machine, cannot access other files, and cannot identify you personally without other information already linked to the cookie. Many 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 Instaspin
Instaspin uses three categories of cookie. They are presented to you on first visit via a consent banner, and you can alter 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 Instaspin so the partnership can be credited. | Yes |
Instaspin does not use advertising or remarketing cookies. We show no on-site display advertising, run no programmatic ad networks, and do no pixel-tracking of 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 Instaspin. Third-party cookies are set by services Instaspin uses; control over their full behaviour sits with the third party, and links to their respective policies are supplied.
| Name | Set by | Category | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
instaspin_consent | Instaspin | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie-banner choice so the banner does not reappear on every page load. | 12 months |
instaspin_session | Instaspin | 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 |
instaspin_aff | Instaspin | Affiliate tracking | Records that a click on an outbound operator link originated from Instaspin so the partnership is credited. | 30 days |
Third-party policies: Google Privacy and Terms covers Google Analytics. Operator partner sites set their own cookies after you have clicked through; those are governed by the operator's own privacy notice, not by Instaspin.
4. How to control cookies in your browser
Every modern browser permits you to block cookies, remove existing ones, or reject all third-party cookies. The official documentation:
Alternatively you can visit Instaspin in your browser's private or incognito mode, where cookies are wiped at the end of each session and do not carry over.
5. What happens if you decline non-essential cookies
The site keeps working without issue. Every page remains visible, internal links work as before, and you can still click through to operator destinations. Three small differences apply: traffic counts will leave your visit out; if you follow an affiliate link with affiliate tracking declined, the partnership cannot be properly credited — the operator still pays you, the user, the same way; only the commission to Instaspin 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, and the player-safety commitments are on the Responsible Gambling page.
6. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Instaspin respects the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal: if your browser sends GPC, all non-essential cookies are blocked by default and the consent banner is hidden. The legacy Do Not Track header has no agreed enforcement convention and is not depended on.
7. Updates to this policy
If the cookies running on Instaspin change, this page is updated and the "Last updated" date at the top is revised. Substantive changes — new categories, new third parties — are accompanied by a one-time consent banner re-prompt so existing visitors are asked again. Minor housekeeping edits (rewording or link updates) do not trigger a fresh consent prompt.
8. Questions and complaints
Specific cookie-related queries about Instaspin are best raised through the Contact page. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), reachable at ico.org.uk, handles complaints about UK websites under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.