Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how kahnawakecasinolicense.ca (“we”, “us”, or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website for visitors and users located in Canada. It is designed to help you understand what these technologies are, why we use them, and the choices you have. This Cookie Policy forms part of, and should be read together with, our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. By continuing to browse or use our site, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Cookie Policy.

Where required by applicable Canadian privacy and electronic communications laws, we will seek your consent before setting non-essential cookies on your device. You can withdraw your consent or adjust your cookie preferences at any time as described below. If you do not agree with our use of cookies, you should adjust your browser settings accordingly, use any available on-site preference tools, or refrain from using our website.

Types of Cookies We Use and Why

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. Related technologies may include local storage, web beacons, pixels, tags, and software development kits. These technologies help operate our site, remember your preferences, enhance security, analyze traffic and usage, measure the effectiveness of our content, and, where permitted, tailor information that may be of interest to you.

Some cookies are set by us (first-party cookies) and some are set by our service providers (third-party cookies). Cookies may be “session cookies” that expire when you close your browser or “persistent cookies” that remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. We categorize the cookies we use as follows:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for core site functionality and security. They enable page navigation, access to secure areas, and fraud prevention. These cookies cannot be switched off through our site because the site cannot function properly without them.
Preferences/Functionality Cookies: Remember your choices, such as language, region, and display preferences, so the site can provide enhanced, more personalized features. If you disable these, some or all of these customizations may not function as intended.
Performance/Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our site by collecting information such as page views, time spent on pages, and error messages. We use this information to improve site performance, usability, and content relevance.
Advertising/Targeting Cookies: Enable us and our partners to deliver content and messages that may be more relevant to your interests, and to limit how many times you see a particular message. These cookies can also measure the effectiveness of promotional campaigns, subject to your consent where required.
Security and Fraud Prevention Cookies: Support our efforts to maintain the integrity of the site by detecting and preventing suspicious or malicious activity, verifying authenticity of requests, and protecting user accounts.
Communications and Support Cookies: Facilitate features such as contact forms or user support functions, ensuring reliable operation of communications you initiate with us and helping us respond effectively.

The specific cookies and lifespans we use may change over time as we refine our services. Session cookies generally last only until you close your browser, while many persistent cookies last from several days up to 24 months, unless you delete them earlier. We apply data minimization principles and do not intentionally use cookies to collect sensitive categories of personal information.

Your Choices, Consent, and How to Manage Cookies

When you visit our site for the first time, you may be presented with a notice (or banner) explaining our use of cookies and asking you to make a choice. By selecting “accept” (or a similar option), you consent to our use of non-essential cookies. You may also choose to decline non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies are always active because they are required for the site to function. Where available, you can revisit your preferences at any time through a cookie settings tool on our site or by adjusting your browser settings.

You can manage cookies through your browser controls, which typically allow you to block cookies, receive a warning before a cookie is stored, or delete cookies already on your device. Instructions vary by browser and device; consult your browser’s help section. Please note that if you block or delete cookies, certain features of our site may not function correctly, and your preferences may be lost. On mobile devices, you may also manage identifiers through your device settings.

We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals. However, you can exercise control using the options described above. If you have provided consent for advertising or analytics cookies, you may withdraw that consent at any time via your browser or any available on-site settings. Some communications (for example, those relating to service updates) may not rely on cookies and may still be sent as permitted by law. For questions about your choices, contact us at [email protected].

Data Collected via Cookies, Retention, Sharing, and Transfers

Depending on the cookie type, we may collect information such as your IP address, device and browser characteristics, approximate location, referring and exit pages, on-site interactions, time and date stamps, and unique identifiers. We use this information to operate and secure the site, understand usage patterns, personalize certain features, measure performance, and (where consented) provide interest-based content. We may aggregate or de-identify information where feasible and appropriate. If you choose to provide your contact details or other information through the site, we may associate that information with cookie-derived data to better tailor our services and communications, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Service Providers: We may share cookie-derived information with vendors who provide hosting, security, analytics, measurement, customer support, and related services under appropriate contractual safeguards.
Advertising and Measurement Partners: Where you have consented to advertising or targeting cookies, we may share limited data to help deliver, cap, or measure content relevance and campaign effectiveness.
Compliance and Protection: We may disclose information if required by law or to protect rights, safety, and the integrity of our services, including preventing fraud or investigating suspected wrongdoing.
Business Transfers: In the event of a reorganization, merger, acquisition, or asset sale, cookie-derived information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
Affiliated Entities: We may share information within our corporate group to support site operations consistent with this Cookie Policy.

We retain cookie-derived data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined above, typically aligning with cookie lifespans ranging from the end of the browsing session to up to 24 months, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law. Our service providers may process information in provinces and territories across Canada and, in some cases, in other countries. Where information is transferred outside your province/territory or outside Canada, we implement appropriate safeguards and require recipients to protect the information in a manner consistent with this Cookie Policy and applicable Canadian privacy laws.

Additional Terms, Changes, and Contact

This Cookie Policy forms part of our Terms of Use. By using the site, you confirm that you are the age of majority in your province or territory of residence, or that you are using the site under the supervision and consent of a parent or legal guardian. If you do not agree with this Cookie Policy, please discontinue use of the site. We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technologies, applicable laws, or our practices. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Effective date” below will be updated. Material changes may be highlighted for a reasonable period after posting. Your continued use of the site after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.

This Cookie Policy is governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. If any provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. For accessibility requests, questions, or to exercise privacy-related rights available to you under Canadian law (such as access or correction), please contact us at [email protected]. If we cannot resolve your concern, you may have the right to contact the privacy regulator in your province or territory, or at the federal level, for further assistance. Effective date: April 20, 2026.