Last updated: 27 June 2026
Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains exactly which cookies Joe Fortune AU Review uses, what each one does, how long it lasts and how you can manage or switch them off. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which covers personal data more broadly. You can use the whole site, read every review and follow every guide without accepting any non-essential cookie.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device — computer, phone or tablet — through your browser. They let a site remember things about your visit, such as your language preference or anonymous visit statistics. Cookies cannot carry viruses and cannot read other files on your device. Some are first-party (set by our site) and some are third-party (set by services such as Google). By lifetime they are either session cookies, deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which stay for a set time. Without cookies, many ordinary website functions would not work properly. This page lists every cookie we use, why, and for how long.
2. Categories of cookie we use
Strictly necessary cookies keep the site working — navigation, security checks and remembering your cookie choice. They collect nothing for marketing and cannot be switched off. Analytics cookies help us understand, in aggregate and anonymously, which pages are popular and how readers arrive, so we can improve the content. Functional cookies remember preferences such as your chosen language. Marketing / affiliate cookies are set when you click through to a casino; their only job is to record that the referral came from us — they do not build an advertising profile or show you targeted ads elsewhere.
Full cookie list
| Cookie | Category | Provider | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cookieconsent_status | Necessary | hmm.kiwi.nz | Stores your choice in the cookie consent banner. | 12 months |
PHPSESSID | Necessary | hmm.kiwi.nz | Maintains your browser session for correct navigation. | Session |
cf_clearance | Necessary | Cloudflare | Confirms you passed the Cloudflare security check. | 30 minutes |
__cf_bm | Necessary | Cloudflare | Bot management — separates real users from automated traffic. | 30 minutes |
_ga | Analytics | Google Analytics | Anonymous ID used to count unique visitors. | 2 years |
_ga_XXXXXXXXXX | Analytics | Google Analytics 4 | Stores the GA4 session state. | 2 years |
_gid | Analytics | Google Analytics | Identifies a visitor for 24 hours to count daily stats. | 24 hours |
_gat_gtag | Analytics | Google Analytics | Throttles the request rate to analytics servers. | 1 minute |
lang | Functional | hmm.kiwi.nz | Remembers your chosen interface language. | 12 months |
theme | Functional | hmm.kiwi.nz | Remembers your chosen display theme. | 12 months |
btag | Marketing | Affiliate network | Records that a casino referral came from Joe Fortune AU Review. No personal data. | 30–90 days |
clickid / affid | Marketing | Affiliate network | Unique click ID used to credit a referral in the affiliate programme. | 30–60 days |
_gcl_au | Marketing | Stores conversion information if Google Ads is used. | 90 days |
3. Third-party providers in detail
Google Analytics (Google LLC): we use GA4 to measure traffic anonymously — page views, session length and traffic sources. IP anonymisation is enabled. You can opt out site-wide with Google's official browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout; Google's privacy policy is at policies.google.com/privacy.
Cloudflare (Cloudflare Inc.): protects the site from attacks and speeds up loading. Its technical cookies identify legitimate users and contain no personal data; see cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
Affiliate networks: when you click a casino link, the network sets a cookie holding only a technical click identifier — never your name, email or other personal details. It auto-expires within 30–90 days. More in our Affiliate Disclosure.
4. How to manage cookies
Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data. Guide: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647.
Mozilla Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data, with Standard, Strict and Custom modes. Guide: support.mozilla.org.
Apple Safari: Settings → Privacy. Safari blocks cross-site tracking by default. Guide: support.apple.com.
Microsoft Edge: Settings → Privacy, search, and services → Cookies, with Basic, Balanced and Strict levels. Guide: support.microsoft.com.
On mobile: iOS Safari — Settings → Safari → Block All Cookies. Android Chrome — Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies.
5. What happens if you disable cookies
If you block strictly necessary cookies, some site functions may not work correctly. If you block analytics cookies, your experience is unaffected but we lose the statistics that help us improve content. If you block marketing cookies, you can still use the whole site, but affiliate referrals may not be tracked. In every case, all of our content stays fully available, and you can change your cookie settings at any time. For broader detail on data handling, see our Privacy Policy, or Contact Us with any question.