Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better browsing experience, and supply information to website operators. Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device for a set period or until manually deleted) or "session" cookies (deleted automatically when you close your browser). Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting ("first-party cookies") or by third parties whose services the website uses ("third-party cookies").

2. How We Use Cookies

hammer-crusher.org uses cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes: to ensure the proper technical functioning of our website; to remember your preferences and settings, including cookie consent choices; to analyze website traffic, visitor behavior, and usage patterns so we can improve our content and user experience; to measure the effectiveness of our content and layout; to detect and prevent security threats, fraud, and abuse; and to support our affiliate partnerships by tracking referrals to third-party casino websites when you click on affiliate links.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We deploy the following categories of cookies on hammer-crusher.org:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the basic operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, secure area access, and cookie consent management. Without these cookies, the website cannot function properly. These cookies do not collect personal information and cannot be disabled through our cookie management tool.
• Analytics and Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, including which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors spend on each page, and whether visitors encounter error messages. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymized. We use Google Analytics to process this data. These cookies help us understand and improve the performance of our website.
• Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your language preference, region, or other customization settings. They provide enhanced, more personalized features. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
• Third-Party and Affiliate Cookies: When you click on affiliate links on hammer-crusher.org that direct you to third-party casino websites, those third parties may set their own cookies on your device. These cookies are governed by the respective third party's own cookie and privacy policies, not by this Cookie Policy. We do not control the cookies set by third parties and are not responsible for their use. We encourage you to review the cookie policies of any third-party website you visit through our links.

4. Specific Cookies in Use

The following provides details about the specific cookies used on our website: _ga (Google Analytics, persistent, 2 years) — distinguishes unique visitors by assigning a randomly generated number; _ga_* (Google Analytics, persistent, 2 years) — used to persist session state; _gid (Google Analytics, session, 24 hours) — distinguishes users for analytics purposes; cookie_consent (First-party, persistent, 12 months) — stores your cookie consent preferences; theme_preference (First-party, persistent, 6 months) — stores your preferred display settings. This list may be updated as we modify or add features to our website.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options for managing cookies. When you first visit hammer-crusher.org, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your cookies and revisiting the site. Additionally, most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically find these settings in the "Options," "Preferences," or "Settings" menu of your browser. Common browsers provide the following cookie management pages: Google Chrome — Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies; Mozilla Firefox — Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies; Safari — Preferences > Privacy; Microsoft Edge — Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and limit your ability to use some features.

6. Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers transmit "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals to websites. There is currently no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. As a result, hammer-crusher.org does not currently respond to DNT signals. However, you can manage your tracking preferences through the cookie management options described in Section 5 of this policy. We will update this section if a uniform DNT standard is adopted in the future.

7. Cookie Consent and Legal Basis

In accordance with applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the ePrivacy Directive, we obtain your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device. Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent as they are essential for the operation of our website. Your consent is freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous, and you have the right to withdraw it at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

8. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the bottom of this policy. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies. Your continued use of hammer-crusher.org after any changes to this Cookie Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy. For questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us at contact@hammer-crusher.org.