Cookie Policy

This cookie policy explains what cookies are, how this website uses them, and how you can control them. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle personal data more broadly.

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device — computer, phone, or tablet — when you visit. They are widely used across the internet to make websites function, improve performance, and provide information to site operators. Cookies are stored by your web browser and can be read by the website that created them on subsequent visits.

Cookies can be “session” cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or “persistent” cookies, which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually.

How This Website Uses Cookies

This website uses a limited number of cookies, categorised by their purpose as follows:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function correctly. They enable basic features such as page navigation, access to secure areas, and remembering your cookie consent preferences. Without these cookies, the website cannot operate as intended. Because they are necessary for the site to work, they do not require your consent under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR).

Cookie consent preference: stores whether you have accepted or declined non-essential cookies. This is a persistent cookie that remains on your device for 12 months so that you are not asked for your preference on every visit.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use this website — which pages are visited most often, how long visitors spend on each page, and whether any pages produce error messages. The information is aggregated and anonymised, meaning it cannot be used to identify you as an individual.

We use analytics data to understand how our greyhound forecast content is used, identify pages that need improvement, and measure the overall performance of the site. Analytics cookies are set only with your consent.

Cookies We Do Not Use

This website does not use advertising cookies, retargeting cookies, social media tracking cookies, or any cookies that build a profile of your browsing behaviour across other websites. We do not serve personalised advertisements and do not share cookie data with advertising networks.

Third-Party Cookies

When you follow links from this website to external sites — such as bookmaker websites, the GBGB, or other greyhound racing resources — those sites may set their own cookies according to their own cookie policies. We have no control over third-party cookies and are not responsible for how external sites use them. We recommend reviewing the cookie policy of any third-party site you visit.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for controlling cookies:

Through Your Browser

All major web browsers allow you to view, manage, and delete cookies through their settings. The process varies by browser, but you can typically find cookie controls in the privacy or security section of your browser’s settings menu. Below are links to cookie management instructions for the most common browsers:

Google Chrome — Settings, then Privacy and security, then Cookies and other site data.

Mozilla Firefox — Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Site Data.

Apple Safari — Preferences, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data.

Microsoft Edge — Settings, then Cookies and site permissions, then Manage and delete cookies and site data.

If you use a different browser, consult its help documentation or settings menu for cookie management options.

Blocking All Cookies

You can configure your browser to block all cookies. Be aware that this may affect the functionality of many websites, not just this one. Some features that rely on cookies — such as remembering your preferences — will not work if cookies are blocked entirely.

Deleting Existing Cookies

You can delete cookies that have already been set through your browser’s settings. This will not prevent new cookies from being placed on future visits unless you also adjust your browser’s cookie acceptance settings.

Consent

When you first visit this website, you are asked whether you consent to the use of non-essential cookies (specifically, analytics cookies). You can accept or decline. Your preference is stored in a strictly necessary cookie so that the site remembers your choice.

If you initially consent and later change your mind, you can withdraw your consent at any time by clearing the site’s cookies through your browser settings and revisiting the site, at which point you will be asked for your preference again.

Legal Framework

Our use of cookies complies with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). Under PECR, strictly necessary cookies may be set without consent. All other cookies require your informed consent before being placed on your device.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s supervisory authority for data protection and electronic communications. Guidance on cookies and similar technologies is available at ico.org.uk.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this cookie policy from time to time if we introduce new cookies, change our analytics provider, or if applicable regulations change. The “last updated” date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was most recently revised.