Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit it. They are widely used across the internet to make websites work efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to website operators. Cookies cannot run programs or deliver viruses to your computer — they are simply data files stored by your browser.

There are several types of cookies based on how long they last:

• Session cookies: These are temporary and are deleted from your device as soon as you close your browser. They are used to maintain your session state while you navigate the Platform.
• Persistent cookies: These remain on your device for a set period (specified in the cookie itself) or until you manually delete them. They are used to remember your preferences and settings between visits.

Cookies can also be categorized as "first-party" (set directly by Happy Joker Gaming) or "third-party" (set by external services we use, such as analytics providers). Both types are used on the Platform and are described in this Policy.

In addition to cookies, we may use similar tracking technologies such as web beacons (small clear images embedded in pages), local storage, and session storage. This Policy covers all such technologies collectively.

2. Why We Use Cookies

We use cookies to make the Happy Joker Gaming platform work properly and to give you the best possible experience. Specifically, cookies allow us to:

• Keep you signed in to your account during a session so you don't have to log in on every page.
• Remember your preferences and settings, such as your chosen display options and notification preferences.
• Store your cookie consent choice and age verification status so you are not prompted repeatedly.
• Understand how visitors use the Platform — which pages are most popular, how long people engage with games, and where technical issues arise.
• Detect and prevent security threats, unauthorized access attempts, and abusive activity.
• Measure the effectiveness of any communications or announcements we publish on the Platform.
• Gradually improve the Platform based on real usage data rather than guesswork.

We do not use cookies for any form of targeted commercial advertising. We do not sell cookie-derived data to third parties. Our use of cookies is strictly limited to operating and improving the Platform for the benefit of our users.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Platform to function. Without them, core features such as account login, session management, age verification, and security controls cannot operate. Because these cookies are essential, they do not require your consent and cannot be disabled through our cookie preference tool — though you can always block them via your browser settings, which will prevent you from using the Platform properly.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow the Platform to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personalized features. For example, they may remember your cookie consent preferences, your preferred display settings, or your session state within a game. These cookies do not track your activity across other websites. Disabling them may impair some Platform functionality but will not prevent basic access.

Analytical / Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how users interact with the Platform by collecting information in an anonymous, aggregated form. They tell us which pages are visited most, how users navigate through the Platform, and where technical errors occur. This data helps us continuously improve the Platform. These cookies are only set with your explicit consent and can be declined at any time.

Marketing Cookies (Not Currently Used)

We do not currently use marketing or advertising cookies on the Platform. If we introduce such cookies in the future, we will update this Policy and seek your consent before setting them.

4. Cookie Reference Table

The table below lists the specific cookies in use on the Platform as of the effective date of this Policy. We will update this table when new cookies are added or existing ones are changed.

5. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on the Platform are set by third-party service providers that we engage to help operate and improve the Platform. These providers may include analytics services, content delivery networks, and platform infrastructure providers. Third-party cookies are subject to the privacy policies of the respective third parties, over which we have no control.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that any third-party providers we use are committed to appropriate data privacy standards. Where we engage third parties that set cookies, we limit their use to strictly necessary operational or analytical purposes and ensure they do not use the data for their own marketing.

We do not integrate any social media tracking pixels, advertising networks, or retargeting technologies on the Platform. If this changes in the future, we will update this Policy accordingly and seek your consent where required.

For more information about how third-party cookies work and how to opt out, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada at youradchoices.ca.

6. Your Consent

When you first visit the Platform, you will be presented with our cookie consent banner. This banner allows you to:

• Accept all cookies: Clicking "Accept" allows us to set strictly necessary, functional, and analytical cookies. Your choice will be saved for 12 months.
• Decline optional cookies: Clicking "Decline" means we will only set strictly necessary cookies that are essential for the Platform to function. Functional and analytical cookies will not be set.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the Platform, which will re-present the consent banner. You may also contact us at privacy@happyjokergaming.com to request changes to your cookie preferences.

Strictly necessary cookies are set regardless of your consent choice because they are required for the Platform to operate. By continuing to use the Platform after declining optional cookies, you acknowledge that strictly necessary cookies will still be active.

Your consent is specific to happyjokergaming.com and does not apply to any other website. We do not use cookie consent records from other websites on our Platform.

7. Managing Cookies in Your Browser

In addition to using our cookie consent tool, you can control and manage cookies directly through your web browser settings. Most browsers allow you to view cookies stored on your device, delete cookies, block cookies from specific sites, or block all cookies. Below are instructions for the most commonly used browsers:

Google Chrome

1. Click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner and select Settings.
2. Click Privacy and security, then Cookies and other site data.
3. Choose your preferred cookie handling option, or click See all site data and permissions to manage cookies for specific sites.
4. To delete all cookies, click See all cookies and site data, then Remove all.

Mozilla Firefox

1. Click the hamburger menu (three lines) and select Settings.
2. Navigate to Privacy & Security.
3. Under Cookies and Site Data, click Manage Data to view or remove cookies for specific sites.
4. To block all cookies, change the Enhanced Tracking Protection setting to Custom and tick Cookies.

Apple Safari

1. Open Safari and click Preferences from the Safari menu.
2. Click the Privacy tab.
3. Under Cookies and website data, select Manage Website Data to see and delete cookies from specific sites.
4. To block all cookies, tick Block all cookies. Note that this will prevent many websites from functioning correctly.

Microsoft Edge

1. Click the three-dot menu and select Settings.
2. Click Cookies and site permissions, then Cookies and site data.
3. Toggle Allow sites to save and read cookie data as preferred, or click See all cookies and site data to manage specific cookies.

Important: Please note that blocking or deleting cookies may impact your ability to use the Platform. In particular, blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent login and age verification from working correctly. We recommend using our consent tool for optional cookies rather than blocking all cookies at the browser level.

8. Contact Us About Cookies

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, want to exercise your rights regarding cookie-derived personal data, or want to update your cookie preferences, please contact us:

• Email: privacy@happyjokergaming.com
• General enquiries: hello@happyjokergaming.com
• Contact form: Visit our Contact page

This Cookie Policy is reviewed and updated regularly to reflect changes in our use of cookies, applicable law, and best practices. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised effective date. For significant changes, we may also notify registered users by email or by displaying a prominent notice on the Platform.

This Cookie Policy forms part of our Privacy Policy and should be read alongside our Terms of Service. All cookie-related personal data is handled in accordance with PIPEDA and applicable Canadian privacy legislation.