This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar tracking technologies are collected, used, and managed when you access or use the Alberta website. The Policy applies to all users accessing the platform from Canada, including residents of all provinces and territories.
By continuing to use the website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Cookie Policy. Where applicable law requires express consent before non-essential cookies are placed on a device, that consent is requested through a cookie notice or preference centre before any such cookies are activated.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit. They allow the website to recognise your device across pages and sessions, store certain preferences, and support core functions such as login sessions and security checks.
Cookies may be set directly by the platform (first-party cookies) or by third-party services used for analytics, fraud prevention, or advertising measurement (third-party cookies). Cookies may be session-based, meaning they are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent, meaning they remain on your device for a defined period.
Similar technologies, including pixels, web beacons, and local storage objects, may be used alongside cookies for comparable purposes. This Policy covers all such technologies unless stated otherwise.
2. Categories of Cookies Used
The platform uses cookies that fall into the following categories.
2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function. They support authentication, session management, security controls, fraud prevention, and navigation. Without them, core features of the website cannot operate. Under applicable Canadian privacy frameworks, these cookies do not require user consent because they are essential to the service requested by the user.
2.2 Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how users interact with the website, including which pages are visited, how long users remain on a page, and where errors occur. The data is used in aggregate form to measure and improve website performance. Analytics cookies are not strictly necessary and are only placed on a device where consent is required and has been obtained.
2.3 Marketing and Advertising Cookies
These cookies support advertising measurement, campaign attribution, and, where applicable, personalised promotional content. They may record whether a particular advertisement has been displayed and help assess the effectiveness of marketing activity. In accordance with applicable requirements, including those set by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario for Ontario-based users, marketing cookies related to gambling promotions are only activated following an opt-in process. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
3. Legal Basis and Applicable Privacy Law
Use of cookies in Canada is governed by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) at the federal level and by applicable provincial privacy legislation where it applies. This includes Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and British Columbia’s PIPA, which apply to private-sector organisations operating in those provinces.
Users located in Quebec should be aware that Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector, as amended by Law 25, imposes specific requirements regarding consent for certain tracking and profiling technologies. Where those requirements apply to processing activities carried out through the platform, they are observed.
Implied consent is not relied upon for non-essential cookies where express consent is required by applicable law. Where express consent is required, it is obtained before placing non-essential cookies on a device.
4. Cookie Retention Periods
Retention periods vary by cookie type and purpose.
Cookie Category | Typical Retention Period
Strictly necessary (session) | Deleted when browser session ends
Strictly necessary (persistent) | Up to 12 months
Analytics | Up to 13 months
Marketing and advertising | Up to 12 months
Specific retention periods for individual cookies may differ. Where a third-party service sets cookies through the website, the retention period is determined by that third party. Third parties operating on the website are required to comply with applicable privacy standards.
5. Third-Party Cookies
Certain functions on the website involve third-party services that may set their own cookies on a user’s device. These third parties operate under their own privacy and cookie policies, which users are encouraged to review. The company does not control the cookies set by third parties and is not responsible for their content or practices beyond the contractual obligations imposed on them.
Third-party cookies used on the website may include those set by analytics providers and advertising measurement services. Third parties are not permitted to use cookies collected through the website for their own independent commercial purposes without separate user consent.
6. Managing Cookie Preferences
Users have several options for managing cookies.
- Cookie preference centre: When you first visit the website, a cookie notice appears. You may accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customise preferences by category. The preference centre can be accessed at any time through the cookie settings link available on the website.
- Browser controls: Most browsers allow blocking or deleting cookies through their settings. Blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of the website, including the ability to log in or maintain a session. Instructions for managing cookies in common browsers are available through the browser provider’s support pages.
- Withdrawal of consent: Consent for non-essential cookies may be withdrawn at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before withdrawal. Withdrawing consent for marketing cookies does not affect access to the core features of the website.
7. Cookies and Responsible Gambling Controls
Certain strictly necessary cookies support responsible gambling controls, including session time tracking, self-exclusion enforcement, and account-level restrictions. These cookies cannot be disabled without affecting the operation of those controls. Users are not permitted to opt out of cookies that are required to maintain responsible gambling measures applied to their account.
8. Changes to This Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in applicable law, internal practices, or the technologies used. When material changes are made, the effective date of this document is updated and, where required, users are notified through the website or by other appropriate means. Continued use of the website following notification of changes constitutes acknowledgement of the updated Policy, subject to any consent requirements that apply under applicable law.
9. Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy or requests to exercise privacy rights in connection with cookie-related data processing may be submitted using the contact details provided on the Contact page. Responses to verified requests are provided within the timeframes required by applicable Canadian privacy legislation.