This Cookie Policy explains how ClickZen uses cookies and similar technologies when visitors access or interact with ClickZen.io.
Cookies and similar technologies may help the website function correctly, remember certain preferences, understand how visitors interact with content, measure website performance, and track referrals where applicable.
ClickZen is an independent betting information and review platform. We do not operate sportsbooks or casinos, accept bets, process gambling transactions, or manage player accounts. More information about our website and editorial purpose is available on the About ClickZen page.
When you visit ClickZen, strictly necessary cookies may be used to support essential website functionality. Optional cookies, where applicable, are used in accordance with your consent choices and applicable laws.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites may store on a user’s computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device.
Depending on their purpose, cookies may contain information such as:
- Randomly generated identifiers
- Website preferences
- Session information
- Consent choices
- Referral information
- Page interaction data
- Analytics information
Cookies do not automatically give ClickZen access to files, passwords, betting accounts, or unrelated information stored on your device.
Why Does ClickZen Use Cookies?
ClickZen may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality and improve the user experience.
These technologies may be used to:
- Keep the website functioning properly
- Maintain website security
- Remember visitor preferences
- Record cookie consent choices
- Understand how visitors use ClickZen
- Measure page and content performance
- Improve website navigation and usability
- Identify technical problems
- Measure affiliate referrals
- Evaluate marketing effectiveness where applicable
Not every visitor will encounter every type of cookie.
The cookies used may vary depending on factors such as your location, browser settings, consent preferences, and the third-party services enabled on ClickZen.
Types of Cookies We May Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies support essential website functions and are required for ClickZen to operate properly.
They may be used for purposes such as:
- Website security
- Session management
- Recording cookie consent choices
- Technical functionality
- Fraud or abuse prevention
- Load balancing
Where permitted by applicable law, these cookies may be used without prior consent because they are necessary to provide requested website functionality.
Blocking strictly necessary cookies through your browser may cause some parts of ClickZen to function incorrectly.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies may remember choices made by visitors to provide a more consistent experience.
These may include:
- Language preferences
- Display settings
- Regional preferences
- Other website customization options
Where required by applicable law, preference cookies will only be used after the necessary consent has been provided.
Analytics Cookies
ClickZen may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors interact with the website.
Analytics data may help us understand:
- Which pages receive the most visits
- How visitors navigate between pages
- How long visitors spend on content
- Which devices and browsers are commonly used
- Whether visitors encounter technical errors
- Which content performs well
This information may be used to improve website structure, editorial content, performance, and user experience.
Where required by applicable law, analytics cookies will only be activated after the appropriate consent has been provided.
Analytics information may help ClickZen understand content performance, but it does not independently determine editorial conclusions. Our publishing standards are explained in the Editorial Policy, while the criteria used to assess betting platforms are described in our Review Methodology.
Readers can learn more about the people behind ClickZen content on the ClickZen Authors page, including Marcus Zeno, CEO, Betting Analyst & Review Editor, and Zorvan Hale, Betting & Casino Analyst.
Affiliate Tracking Technologies
Some pages on ClickZen may contain affiliate links to third-party sportsbooks, casinos, betting apps, or related services.
When a visitor clicks an affiliate link, ClickZen, an affiliate network, or the third-party operator may use tracking technologies to identify that the referral originated from ClickZen.
Affiliate tracking may involve information such as:
- Referral identifiers
- Click timestamps
- Campaign identifiers
- Landing-page information
- Conversion information supplied by an affiliate partner
This information may allow an operator or affiliate network to determine whether ClickZen is eligible to receive a commission when a qualifying action occurs.
Clicking an affiliate link does not necessarily mean that ClickZen will receive compensation.
Affiliate relationships do not change the price a visitor pays unless otherwise stated by the relevant third-party operator.
For more information about commissions, referral links, and ClickZen’s commercial relationships, please review our Affiliate Disclosure.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies
Depending on the services used on ClickZen, advertising or marketing technologies may be used to measure marketing activity.
These technologies may help to:
- Measure campaign performance
- Understand how visitors reached ClickZen
- Evaluate referral campaigns
- Measure interactions with promotional content
- Limit repeated advertising where applicable
Where required by applicable law, advertising and marketing cookies will only be activated after the user has provided the necessary consent.
Some advertising or marketing technologies may be operated by third-party providers. ClickZen does not directly control all technologies placed or managed by external services.
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Cookies may be classified as either first-party or third-party cookies.
First-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are set directly through ClickZen.io.
They may be used for:
- Essential website functionality
- Security
- Consent management
- Preferences
- Analytics where applicable
Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies may be set by external services integrated into or accessed through ClickZen.
These services may relate to:
- Website analytics
- Affiliate tracking
- Advertising
- Embedded media
- Security
- Social media
- Website performance
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.
Where appropriate, visitors should review the policies of the relevant third-party provider for additional information.
Session and Persistent Cookies
Cookies may also be classified according to how long they remain on a device.
Session Cookies
Session cookies generally remain active only while your browser is open and are usually deleted when the browser session ends.
They may be used to support temporary website functionality or session management.
Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies remain on a device for a defined period or until they are manually deleted.
They may be used to remember information such as:
- Website preferences
- Consent choices
- Analytics identifiers
- Referral information
The duration of a persistent cookie depends on its purpose and the service responsible for setting it.
Cookie Duration
Different cookies may remain active for different periods depending on their purpose.
A cookie may expire:
- At the end of a browser session
- After several hours
- After several days
- After several months
- After a longer period where reasonably necessary for its intended function
ClickZen aims to avoid retaining first-party cookies longer than reasonably necessary for their intended purpose.
Third-party providers may apply their own retention periods.
Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Where ClickZen provides a cookie consent or preference-management tool, visitors can use it to control optional categories of cookies.
Available choices may include:
- Accepting optional cookies
- Rejecting optional cookies
- Enabling or disabling analytics cookies
- Enabling or disabling advertising or marketing cookies
- Updating previous consent choices
Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they are required for essential website functionality.
Where available, you can revisit the cookie settings interface to update or withdraw previous consent choices.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most modern browsers allow users to manage cookies directly through browser settings.
Depending on the browser, you may be able to:
- View stored cookies
- Delete individual or all cookies
- Block cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Allow cookies only from selected websites
- Automatically clear cookies when the browser closes
The exact process varies between browsers and devices.
Blocking all cookies may prevent certain features of ClickZen and other websites from working properly.
Similar Technologies
ClickZen or third-party services may use technologies that perform functions similar to cookies.
These may include:
- Local storage
- Tracking pixels
- Tags
- Web beacons
- Device identifiers
- Conversion tracking technologies
These technologies may be used to remember preferences, measure website interactions, support analytics, or track referrals where applicable.
References to “cookies” in this policy may also include similar storage or tracking technologies where appropriate.
Embedded Third-Party Content
Some ClickZen pages may include content or functionality provided by external services.
Examples may include:
- Video players
- Social media features
- Interactive tools
- External widgets
When you interact with embedded third-party content, the provider may set or access its own cookies or similar technologies.
ClickZen does not control the cookie practices of every external provider. Any data collected directly by those providers may be subject to their own privacy and cookie policies.
External Betting Sites
ClickZen may link to independent sportsbooks, casinos, betting apps, and other third-party services.
When you follow an external link, you leave ClickZen.io and enter a website operated by another organization.
That third party may use its own cookies and tracking technologies in accordance with its:
- Cookie Policy
- Privacy Policy
- Terms and Conditions
ClickZen does not control cookies or tracking technologies used by independent third-party websites after you leave ClickZen.io. More information about the limitations of our responsibility for third-party websites and services is available in our Disclaimer.
Use of ClickZen itself is governed by our Terms and Conditions.
Cookies and Gambling Accounts
ClickZen does not operate or manage betting or casino accounts.
Cookies used directly by ClickZen are not intended to:
- Place bets
- Access player balances
- Approve withdrawals
- Process deposits
- Verify sportsbook or casino accounts
- Manage third-party gambling accounts
Cookies associated with an account on an external sportsbook, casino, or gambling platform are controlled by the relevant operator, subject to that operator’s own policies.
For information about gambling risks, legal-age considerations, personal limits, and safer gambling practices, please review our Responsible Gambling Policy.
Privacy and Personal Data
Depending on applicable privacy law, certain cookie identifiers and related technical information may be considered personal data or personal information.
Where applicable, ClickZen handles such information in accordance with its Privacy Policy and relevant legal requirements.
Cookie-related information may be processed together with technical information such as:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring page
- Interaction information
For more information about how ClickZen handles personal information, please review our Privacy Policy.
International Visitors
ClickZen may be accessed by readers in different countries and regions.
Cookie and privacy requirements vary by jurisdiction. Depending on your location and the applicable law, you may have rights concerning:
- Consent
- Withdrawal of consent
- Access to personal information
- Deletion of certain information
- Objection to or restriction of certain processing
- Control over particular tracking technologies
Where required, ClickZen may adapt its cookie consent and privacy mechanisms to comply with applicable legal obligations.
Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Do Not Track
Some browsers allow users to enable a “Do Not Track” or DNT preference.
There is currently no universally applied technical or legal standard governing how every website must respond to DNT signals.
ClickZen may therefore not respond uniformly to all DNT signals.
Visitors can still manage cookies through available cookie settings and browser controls.
Global Privacy Control
Some browsers or browser extensions may transmit a Global Privacy Control, or GPC, signal indicating a user’s preference regarding certain uses or disclosures of personal information.
Where applicable law requires ClickZen to recognize and honor a legally valid GPC signal, we aim to process that signal in accordance with the relevant legal requirements and available technical capabilities.
The rights associated with GPC may vary depending on the visitor’s jurisdiction and the data-processing activities involved.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
ClickZen may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.
Changes may be made because of:
- New website functionality
- Changes to analytics tools
- Changes in affiliate technology
- Changes to advertising or marketing services
- Legal or regulatory developments
- Changes to our privacy practices
When this policy is updated, the revised version and the applicable “Last updated” date will be published on this page.
Visitors are encouraged to review this Cookie Policy periodically.
Contact ClickZen
If you have questions about cookies, privacy settings, consent preferences, or the tracking technologies used on ClickZen, please contact us through our official Contact Us page.
