Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how PlaceLedger uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit horseracingplacebet.com. It is written for readers in the United Kingdom and should be read together with our Privacy Policy.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device when you visit it. Cookies allow the site to recognise that browser on subsequent visits, to remember your preferences, and to gather aggregate information about how the site is used. Similar technologies — such as local storage, pixel tags, and device fingerprints — can perform comparable functions, and references in this policy to “cookies” cover those technologies where they are used for the same purpose.
Most modern browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies, to alert you when a site asks to set one, or to delete cookies that have already been set. How you do this depends on the browser you use and is described in that browser’s own help documentation.
The categories of cookie this site uses
The cookies used on this site fall into a small number of clearly defined categories.
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the site to operate as intended. They handle basic security, remember your cookie preferences once you have made them, and ensure that the site renders correctly on the device you are using. These cookies cannot be refused without breaking the functioning of the site, and they do not require your consent under the law that governs cookies in the United Kingdom because they are essential to the service you have requested by visiting the site.
Analytics cookies, where they are used, count visits to the site, identify which articles are read most often, measure how long readers spend on a page, and report aggregate technical information about the browsers and devices used. These cookies are not strictly necessary for the site to function and are set only with your consent. The analytics tools we use anonymise IP addresses where possible and do not identify individual readers to the editorial team.
This site does not use advertising or marketing cookies. We do not run third-party advertising on the site, do not retarget visitors to other websites, and do not pass behavioural data to advertising networks. We do not use social-media tracking pixels to follow readers across platforms.
Third-party services
The site may load resources from third-party services that are necessary for it to function, such as a web-font provider for the typefaces displayed on each page, and the content delivery network that hosts the site’s static files. These services may set their own cookies on your device under their own privacy and cookie policies. We restrict our use of third-party services to providers whose policies are compatible with UK data-protection law, and we do not pass identifiable personal data to them beyond what is necessary to render the page.
How you control cookies
Where cookies require your consent under UK law, the site presents a cookie notice that asks you to accept or reject non-essential cookies on your first visit. You can change your preferences at any time through the cookie-preference control made available on the site.
You can also manage cookies directly through your browser settings. Every modern browser allows you to view, delete, and block cookies on a per-site basis or globally. Detailed instructions for the major browsers are available on the support pages of each browser. Disabling strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the site from working as expected, including the cookie notice itself.
How long cookies last
Cookies are either session cookies, which are deleted automatically when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. The cookies used on this site have a range of lifetimes depending on their purpose. Strictly necessary cookies that record your preference are kept for up to twelve months so that you do not have to confirm your choice on every visit. Analytics cookies, where used, typically expire within two years or sooner, in line with the retention policies of the analytics provider concerned.
Your rights
You have the right to be informed about the cookies used on the site, which this policy is intended to provide. You have the right to refuse non-essential cookies and to withdraw any previously given consent at any time. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
If you believe the site is using cookies in a way that breaches UK law, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the United Kingdom’s independent regulator for data protection and electronic-communications law.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be revised to reflect changes in the cookies used on the site, in the third-party services that support it, or in the law. Revised versions take effect from the date shown at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after a revision constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.