To give you the best possible experience we use cookies and we do not share your data with third parties. This policy explains how cookies are used on the Kickoff.co.uk website and, below, how you can control the cookies that may be used.
www.kickoff.co.uk (the “Website”) is provided by Sidan Media Limited a company registered in England (Company No. 03174984),with a registered address at 47-57 Marylebone Lane, London W1U 2NT (“we”, “us” or “our”).
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit or certain emails you open. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide business and marketing information to the owners of the site. They contain information about the use of your computer but don't include personal information about you (they don't store your name, for instance).
IMPORTANT: Cookies cannot carry viruses and cannot install malware or other malicious software onto your PC
About this policy
This Cookie Policy forms part of and is incorporated into our Website Terms and Conditions.
By accessing the Website, you agree that this Cookie Policy will apply whenever you access the Website on any device. Any changes to this policy will be posted here. We reserve the right to vary this Cookie Policy from time to time and such changes shall become effective as soon as they are posted. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to all such changes.
Our use of cookies
We may collect information automatically when you visit the Website, using cookies. The cookies allow us to identify your computer and find out details about your last visit. You can choose, below, not to allow cookies. If you do, we can't guarantee that your experience with the Website will be as good as if you do allow cookies.
The information collected by cookies does not personally identify you; it includes general information about your computer settings, your connection to the Internet e.g. operating system and platform, IP address, your browsing patterns and timings of browsing on the Website and your location.
Most internet browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can change the settings of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer.
These links explain how you can control cookies via your browser - remember that if you turn off cookies in your browser then these settings apply to all websites not just this one:
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS.
Types of cookie that may be used during your visit to the Website.
- Analytics cookies
These monitor how visitors move around the Website and how they reached it. This is used so that we can see total (not individual) figures on which types of content users enjoy most, for instance.You can opt out of these if you want:Google Analytics
- Third-party service cookies
The services we offer are run by other companies. These companies may drop cookies on your computer when you use them on our site or if you are already logged in to them.Facebook
Twitter
Google Tag Manager
- Our own ad serving and management cookies
We use space on the Website to promote relevant offers and adverts. Cookies hold information about the sequence of these adverts - they don't hold personal information about you.
- Third Party Advertising Cookies
Some third party advertisers also serve cookies via the Site. These are used to serve advertisements on the Site and track whether these advertisements are clicked on by users, to control how often you are shown a particular advertisement. These cookies cannot be used to identify individuals, only for statistical purposes. We have no access to these cookies other than allowing them to be served.
- Site management cookies
These are used to maintain your identity or session on the Website. For instance, to store the contents of your betslip. These cookies cannot be turned off individually but you could change your browser setting to refuse all cookies (see above) if you do not wish to accept them.If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
- Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
- Payment facilities
We use third-party payment facilities. You make these payments on the following payment provider sites, where the provider's cookie policy will apply:PayPal (online payments using credit cards or your own PayPal account). Please refer to PayPal's cookie policy.
Information on cookie categories:
Cookie Type |
Essential Cookies |
Purpose |
These cookies are strictly necessary to enable you to navigate our websites and to use the features you have requested during the course of your betting experience (such as using your bet slip). They are used to provide content to you, as a user, and to provide products and services that you have requested.
Such cookies are essential to help your device download or stream information so that you can navigate around our websites, use its features and allow you to return to pages you have previously visited. |
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Here are some examples of strictly necessary cookies:
- To keep you logged in when you use our website so you are not required to log in every time you visit; and
- Remember and update your selections in your bet slip.
These cookies do not remember your preferences or username beyond your current visit. |
Data Collection |
Yes some of these cookies do collect your personal data in order to function. They may collect the following types of personal data:
- IP address
- Location data
- Identify you as being logged in our websites
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Cookie Validity |
These cookies are deleted when you close your web browser (browser session). |
Cookie Type |
Functionality Cookies |
Purpose |
These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our websites and allow us to remember the choices you make and to enable us to provide improved features. They also enhance the functionality of our websites by storing your preferences. Functional cookies record information about choices you've made (such as betting odds preferences) and allow us to provide more personal features. |
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Here are some examples of the uses of functionality cookies:
- To remember your preferences since your last visit;
- To remember selections in your bet slip;
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Data Collection |
Some of these cookies do collect your personal data, to enable us to provide the services as outlined above. |
Cookie Validity |
Functional cookie expire after a maximum 2 years. Functionality cookies can be deleted from your browser history at any point before their expiry time (see above). |
Cookie Type |
Performance Cookies |
Purpose |
These cookies are used to collect information on website usage. Such cookies are used to provide aggregated statistics on visitors to our website. These statistics are used for internal purposes to help us to test and improve the performance of the website, providing a better user experience. |
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Here are some examples of the uses of performance cookies:
- To provide statistics on how our websites are used;
- To see how effective our adverts are; and
- To assess errors within the user experience.
Additionally, we use a number of tools to assess cookie information at an aggregate level to carry out analytical functions on our site including, Google Analytics and Maximizer.
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Data Collection |
While these cookies do not identify you personally while you are not logged in, they will collect your browser information and anonymised data, for the purposes outlined above.
In certain cases, some of these cookies are managed by third parties such as Google Analytics. These third parties are not capable of using these cookies for any purpose other than those outlined above and they are unable to identify with these cookies.
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Cookie Validity |
Performance cookies are valid for varying periods. Some performance cookies are deleted once you close your browser, while others have an indefinite validity period. Such cookies can be deleted at any stage using your browser settings (see above). |
If you would like to contact us about our cookies please email info@kickoff.co.uk.