This page explains the cookies PokerTX uses, why we use them, and how you can turn them off. It sits alongside our privacy policy, which covers data handling more broadly.
What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. They let a site remember things between page loads or visits — a setting you chose, whether you've been before, or where you arrived from. Some are set by us, others by third parties whose services appear on our pages.
The cookies we use
- Essential cookies. These keep the site working — remembering basic preferences and security state. The site can't function properly without them, so they aren't optional.
- Analytics cookies. These help us count visits and see which reviews are read and how people move through the site. The data is aggregated; we use it to decide what to cover and improve.
- Affiliate and tracking cookies. When you click a link to an offshore poker room, a cookie may be set to attribute that referral so the operator can credit us for it. This is how the affiliate model funds the site. It records the click, not your identity.
Why we use them
In short: to keep the site running, to understand what's useful so we can make it better, and to make the affiliate links that fund our work actually function. We don't use cookies to build advertising profiles of you.
Third-party cookies
Some cookies are set by outside services — our analytics provider, and the affiliate networks that handle referral tracking when you click out to an operator. Those parties set and read their own cookies under their own policies, and we don't control them.
How to control or disable cookies
You're in charge of cookies in your browser. Every major browser lets you view stored cookies, delete them, and block some or all of them from its settings or privacy menu — usually under "Privacy" or "Cookies and site data." You can also browse in a private/incognito window, which clears cookies when you close it. Blocking all cookies may break parts of this and other sites, and may stop affiliate links from working as intended.
More information
For the wider picture of what data we collect and your rights over it, see our privacy policy.