Introduction

This policy provides guidance on Spreadex’s use of cookies and was last updated on 22 March 2021.  The site uses cookies to provide you with a good experience when you access our products and services and provide tailored content to you. The purpose of this policy is to give you a clear understanding of the cookies we use and how you can control the use of cookies.

 

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small pieces of information, normally consisting of just letters and numbers which are stored on the device(s) you use when you access a website such as Spreadex.com.  Spreadex uses both session (expire at end of browser session) and persistent (can be stored for longer) cookies.

A cookie is either a first or a third party cookie:

  First Party

  Set directly by the website visited

  Third party

  Set by a domain other than the one the user is visiting



Type of Cookies

There are four different categories of cookies:

  Strictly necessary

  Required for the operation of a website

  Functionality

  Without them the user would be unable to undertake certain activities

  Analytical/performance

  Used for analytics and performance metric purposes

  Targeting

  Used to track users’ activity, primarily to make advertising more relevant

 

purpose & duration of cookies used by spreadex

Spreadex uses all four categories of cookies:

TYPE OF COOKIE

PURPOSE

FURTHER INFORMATION

DURATION

  Strictly necessary

These are used for essential security, logging in and preference storing functionality

Only first party cookies are used and our services cannot be used without these types of cookies

Both session & persistent cookies

Functionality

These are used to allow the Tawk Live chat & Phenix video streaming to function properly

Both first and third party cookies are used. You can use our services without these cookies, but you will not be able to use the live chat & video streaming functions

Both session & persistent cookies

Analytical/

performance

These are used to collect analytics and performance statistics from our services through Google and Adobe.

Both first and third party cookies are used. You can use our services without these cookies.

Both session & persistent cookies

Targeting

These are used to track your activity on our services and form a profile of you to improve the relevance of advertising through Spreadex, including but not limited to Google, Adobe, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft Bing.

Both first and third party cookies are used. You can use our services without these cookies, but the advertising you see on the internet may be less relevant to you.

Both session & persistent cookies

 

your consent

Spreadex requires your consent to use all cookies other than those that are strictly necessary.  You can adjust your consent for specific types of cookie at any time by clicking the link at the top of the Spreadex Cookie Policy page or via this link

 

managing your cookies

The following websites will help you to change your cookie settings in your web browser and adjust your third party cookie preferences:

 

further information about cookies

For general information about cookies you can visit https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/

For further guidance on the use of cookies and similar technologies please visit the Information Commissioner’s Office at Home | ICO where you can read or download Guidance on the use of cookies and similar technologies | ICO

If you would like to find out more about how Spreadex uses cookies, please contact GDPR@spreadex.com



SPREADEX'S privacy policy

Please visit the following links

https://www.spreadex.com/sports/terms-agreements/privacy-policy/

https://www.spreadex.com/financials/terms-and-conditions/privacy-policy/