Cookie Policy
What cookies are
Cookies are small files or values that a website or a service used by a website may store in a browser. Similar technologies can include local storage, pixels, tags and scripts that recognise a browser or record an interaction. Their use depends on the actual software loaded by the published website and its hosting environment.
This policy concerns the current static files of the Highway Casino Australia Guide. It does not describe cookies used by Highway Casino, a regulator, a payment provider, an advertising network or any other external website linked from the guide.
Current cookie position
The current static pages do not contain analytics scripts, advertising scripts, consent-management tools, embedded third-party widgets or affiliate-tracking scripts. They do not include a login system, shopping basket or reader account that would require a functional cookie for those purposes.
For that reason, this policy does not invent cookie names, providers, purposes, expiry periods or consent categories that are not present in the supplied website files. A hosting provider may still use technical mechanisms as part of delivery, security or infrastructure management. Whether that happens depends on the live hosting configuration rather than on the article HTML alone.
External websites
The guide may contain links to official brand and regulatory websites. When a reader follows one of those links, the destination may use cookies or similar technologies for its own functions. The destination’s cookie notice and privacy policy govern that activity. A link from this guide does not mean that the destination’s cookies are installed by this website or that this website can read them.
Readers can use the controls built into their browser to block, delete or restrict cookies. Blocking cookies can affect websites that rely on them for sign-in, preferences, security or other functions. It does not turn an external website into part of this guide and does not remove the need to check the destination’s own privacy information.
Technical storage and browser controls
Some hosting, caching or security services may process technical request information without creating a reader profile. The precise behaviour depends on the deployed hosting stack. If the publisher adds a service that stores identifiers in a browser, the published policy should name the service, explain why it is used, state how long the identifier remains available and describe any consent or opt-out choice that applies.
Browser settings generally allow a reader to inspect stored site data, remove it, block third-party storage or receive a warning before storage is used. The names and location of these controls vary by browser and device, so readers should use the current help information for their chosen browser.
Changes after publication
If the publisher later adds analytics, advertising, embedded content, consent tools, affiliate tracking, video players, social widgets or any other feature that sets or reads cookies or similar technologies, this policy must be updated before the change is published. The updated text should describe only the technologies actually used and should match the live configuration.