Cookie Policy

Introduction And What This Policy Covers

This cookie policy explains how Ripper Casino uses cookies and similar technologies across our website, and it sets out the choices available for managing them. We are an 18+ online casino brand serving players in Australia, and we rely on a small set of cookies to keep the site secure, to make it work as intended, and to understand how it is used so that we can keep improving it.

The policy applies to the pages, forms and features published under our website, including the lobby, the banking and registration flows, and the informational pages such as this one. It does not cover third-party websites that can be reached through links on our site, because those services run their own cookies under their own policies. When an external link is followed, the practices of that separate operator apply, and reviewing its own notices is recommended.

We have written this policy in plain language so that its purpose is clear without a legal background. It should be read alongside our privacy policy, which describes in fuller detail how personal information is collected, used and protected. Where a term used here also appears in the privacy policy, the two documents are intended to be consistent with one another.

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files that a website places on the device used to browse it, whether that device is a desktop computer, a laptop, a tablet or a phone. Once stored, a cookie can be read back by the site on a later visit, which allows the site to recognise the browser, recall settings that were chosen before, and keep certain actions working smoothly from one page to the next.

A cookie typically holds a short identifier and some basic information about how and when it was set. It does not run programs, and it cannot read other files held on the device. On its own a cookie is a simple record, and the meaning attached to it depends on how the website that set it chooses to use it.

Alongside cookies, several similar technologies can perform related tasks, and references to cookies in this policy should be taken to include them where relevant. These include local storage and session storage, which allow small amounts of data to be kept in the browser without a traditional cookie file; software development kits used within our mobile experience; and tracking pixels, sometimes called web beacons, which are tiny elements embedded in a page or message that can register when content has loaded. Each of these works in a broadly comparable way, in that a small piece of information is stored or signalled so that the site can function or be measured.

Types Of Cookies We Use

The cookies used on our site fall into a small number of categories, grouped by the job they do rather than by the exact file that carries them. The categories below describe what each group is for and give examples of the purposes served. The precise names and lifespans of individual cookies can change as the site is updated, so the categories are the most reliable guide to how cookies are used here.

Strictly Necessary Or Essential Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are the ones without which the site cannot operate properly. They support core actions such as keeping a session active while pages are navigated, holding a signed-in state securely, balancing traffic across our servers, and protecting forms against automated abuse. Because these cookies are essential to a working and secure site, they are always active and cannot be switched off through an on-site preference control. Examples of their purpose include maintaining a login session through the banking area, remembering steps already completed in the registration flow, and applying the security checks that guard the account and cashier pages.

Functional Or Preference Cookies

Functional cookies, sometimes called preference cookies, allow the site to remember choices that shape the experience. They are the reason a setting selected on one visit is still in place on the next, which saves the trouble of choosing it again. Examples include remembering a preferred display option, keeping a chosen language or regional format, recalling whether an information banner has already been dismissed, and holding minor layout preferences so that the interface behaves consistently. These cookies are helpful rather than essential, and disabling them mainly means that some choices need to be made again on each visit.

Performance Or Analytical Cookies

Performance cookies, also described as analytical cookies, help us understand how the site is used so that it can be improved. They gather information about which pages are visited, how visitors move between them, which features are used most, and where errors or slow-loading pages occur. The information collected through these cookies is used in aggregate to spot problems, measure whether changes have helped, and guide decisions about what to build or fix next. Examples of their purpose include counting visits to the games and bonuses pages, measuring how long pages take to load, and identifying steps in the sign-up process where visitors commonly stop.

Marketing Or Advertising Cookies

Marketing cookies, also referred to as advertising cookies, are used to make promotion more relevant and to measure how well it works. They can record that a visit arrived from a particular campaign, help limit how often the same message is shown, and support measurement of whether a promotion led to an action on the site. Examples of their purpose include recognising a return visit that began from a specific offer, avoiding repeated display of the same promotional content, and understanding in aggregate which campaigns bring interested visitors. Where these cookies are used, they are treated as non-essential, and consent is sought before they are set.

First-Party And Third-Party Cookies

Cookies used on our site can be either first-party or third-party, and the difference is simply a matter of who sets them. First-party cookies are set by Ripper Casino directly and are read only by our own site. These carry the essential and preference functions described above, such as keeping a session active and remembering settings, and they are central to a working experience.

Third-party cookies are set by the specialist services we work with to run parts of the site. Rather than build every capability ourselves, we rely on external providers for areas such as measurement and analytics, secure payment processing in the cashier, and identity or age verification during registration. When one of these providers is used, it may set a cookie of its own so that its service can function or be measured. We choose providers that support a legitimate site function and expect them to handle any data responsibly and in line with their own published policies.

We do not name a specific provider in this policy, because the services that support the site can change over time as we improve the experience or move to a better supplier. What stays constant is the type of role a third party plays, whether that is helping us measure performance, processing a payment securely, or confirming that a registrant meets the 18+ requirement. Where a third-party cookie is not essential to the site, it falls under the optional categories and is subject to the same consent approach set out below.

Why We Use Cookies

Cookies serve a handful of clear purposes on our site, and each category above maps onto one or more of them. Taken together, they are the reason the site can function reliably, stay secure and keep improving.

• Making the site work. Essential cookies keep sessions active, hold pages together as they are navigated, and allow features such as login, registration and the cashier to operate as intended.
• Keeping the site secure. Some cookies support the security checks that protect accounts and forms, help detect unusual or automated activity, and guard the parts of the site where sensitive actions take place.
• Remembering preferences. Functional cookies recall settings that have already been chosen, so the interface behaves consistently and choices do not have to be repeated on every visit.
• Measuring performance. Analytical cookies show, in aggregate, how the site is used and where it can be faster or clearer, which allows problems to be found and fixed.
• Improving the experience. The insight gathered through cookies guides decisions about what to build, refine or remove, and, where marketing cookies are permitted, helps make any promotion more relevant and less repetitive.

We keep the set of cookies as small as is practical for these purposes, and we review it as the site changes. Cookies are not used to collect more information than a purpose requires, and the essential categories are limited to what a secure, working site genuinely needs.

How Long Cookies Last

Cookies last for different lengths of time depending on the job they do, and they fall into two broad kinds. Session cookies are temporary and exist only while the site is open in the browser. They are removed automatically once the browser is closed or the session ends, and they are typically used for tasks that need to hold together only for a single visit, such as keeping a login active while pages are navigated.

Persistent cookies remain on the device after the browser is closed and stay until they reach a set expiry date or are cleared manually. They are used where something needs to be remembered across visits, such as a saved preference or a measurement identifier. The lifespan set on a persistent cookie reflects its purpose, so a cookie that remembers a simple setting may last longer than one used for short-term measurement. As a general approach, we set the shortest practical lifespan for the purpose a cookie serves, and expired cookies are no longer read. Cookies can also be removed at any time through the browser, as described in the next section.

Managing And Disabling Cookies

Cookie preferences can be managed at any time through the settings in the browser being used. Every major browser provides controls for viewing, allowing, blocking and deleting cookies, and these settings apply to our site as they do to any other. The exact steps differ from one browser to another, but the controls are generally found under a privacy or security section of the browser settings.

• In Google Chrome, cookie controls sit under the privacy and security settings.
• In Mozilla Firefox, they are found under the privacy and security preferences.
• In Apple Safari, they are managed under the privacy settings on desktop and within the device settings on mobile.
• In Microsoft Edge, they are located under the cookies and site permissions settings.

Browsers usually offer options to block all cookies, to block only third-party cookies, to clear cookies on closing, and to remove cookies that have already been stored. Many also include a private or incognito mode, which limits how long cookies are kept for that browsing window. The help section within each browser gives step-by-step guidance for the version in use.

It is worth noting that disabling cookies has consequences for how the site behaves. Blocking the strictly necessary cookies will prevent core features from working properly, which can mean that login, registration or the cashier cannot function, and that secure areas of the site become unreliable or inaccessible. Blocking functional cookies mainly means that preferences are forgotten and have to be set again on each visit. Blocking analytical or marketing cookies limits the insight we can gather and the relevance of any promotion, but does not stop the site from working. Because the essential cookies are required for a secure, working site, they cannot be switched off through an on-site control, although a browser can still be set to block them at the cost of the functions that depend on them.

Consent And How Choices Are Recorded

When the site is first visited, information about our use of cookies is presented, and consent is sought before any non-essential cookies are set. Strictly necessary cookies are placed because they are required for the site to function and to stay secure, and these do not depend on consent. The optional categories, covering functional, analytical and marketing cookies, are set only where a choice to allow them has been made.

A choice made about cookies is itself recorded so that it can be respected on later visits and the request does not have to be repeated each time. This record is kept for a reasonable period, after which the preference may be requested again, and it can be changed at any point by adjusting the browser settings described above or by returning to the on-site controls where these are provided. Clearing cookies through the browser will also clear the stored choice, in which case consent is sought afresh on the next visit. Withdrawing consent does not affect anything that was already done while consent was in place, and it takes effect for cookies set from that point onward.

Do Not Track And Similar Signals

Some browsers can send a Do Not Track signal, and newer privacy controls can broadcast similar preferences on a visitor's behalf. There is no single agreed standard across the web for how these signals should be interpreted, and support for them is not consistent between services. Our approach is to rely on the cookie controls and consent choices described in this policy, which give a clear and direct way to decide what is allowed. Where a recognised signal can be honoured in a meaningful way, we aim to respect it, and this policy will be updated if our handling of such signals changes. In the meantime, adjusting the browser settings or the on-site controls remains the most reliable way to set a preference.

Relationship To Our Privacy Policy

This cookie policy focuses on cookies and the similar technologies described above. It works together with our privacy policy, which sets out the wider picture of how personal information is handled, including what is collected, the reasons it is used, how long it is kept, how it is protected, and the rights available in relation to it. Where information gathered through cookies amounts to personal information, its handling is governed by the privacy policy as well as by this document. Reading the two together gives the full account of how data is treated across our site.

Changes To This Cookie Policy

We may update this cookie policy from time to time so that it stays accurate as the site, the technologies it uses, and the relevant expectations change. When a change is made, the updated version is published on this page and takes effect once it appears here. Where a change is significant, we aim to make it reasonably clear rather than rely on quiet publication alone. Reviewing this page from time to time is the best way to stay informed about how cookies are used, and continued use of the site after an update reflects acceptance of the current version.

Contact

Questions about this cookie policy, or about how cookies and similar technologies are used on our site, are welcome. The quickest way to reach us is through our contact page, where a message can be sent directly to our team. We aim to respond within a reasonable time and to explain clearly anything about our use of cookies that is not covered here. Ripper Casino is an 18+ platform, and we encourage players to keep control of their play and to use the responsible gambling tools and support services signposted across the site.