Cookie Policy
Last updated: 3 September 2026.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, which ones TCL99 Australia (tcl-99-australia.com) uses, why we use them, and how to control or disable them in your browser. It covers this review site only. Cookies set by the TCL99 operator’s own platform, once you leave this site and visit theirs, are not covered here.
What a cookie actually is
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in your browser when you visit. On your next visit, or as you move between pages, the site reads that file back to remember something about your session: that you dismissed a banner, for instance, or how you arrived at the page. Cookies cannot run programs. They cannot install anything on your device, and they cannot read files unrelated to the site that set them. Some related technologies (local storage, pixels, tracking scripts) work similarly and are covered by this policy alongside cookies proper.
Categories of cookies we use
We keep cookie use deliberately narrow. Everything on this site falls into one of three categories:
- Strictly necessary: required for the site to function as intended (for example, remembering that you have already responded to the cookie banner, so it does not reappear on every page). These cannot be switched off through our banner because the site cannot function correctly without them, though you can still block them at browser level if you choose.
- Analytics: help us understand which pages are read, how visitors move through the site, and where content is confusing or broken, so we can improve it. These are set only with your consent.
- Preference: remember a display or interaction choice you made (for example, a dismissed notice) so you are not asked again on your next visit within the cookie’s lifetime.
We do not use advertising or cross-site retargeting cookies on this site.
Session cookies versus persistent cookies
Cookies fall into two broad technical types, and the difference matters because it affects what happens when you close your browser. A session cookie exists only for the length of your visit; it holds together that one visit rather than remembering anything about you afterward, and it is deleted automatically once the browser window closes. A persistent cookie works differently: written to disk with an expiry date, it survives between visits, which is how a site can remember weeks later that you already dismissed a banner or set a preference. Most of what we use here is persistent but short-to-medium lived, as the table below shows. Nothing on this site is set to persist indefinitely.
Cookies used on this site
| Cookie | Category | Purpose | Typical lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookie_consent | Strictly necessary | Remembers your cookie banner choice so it is not shown again | 12 months |
| PHPSESSID (or equivalent session cookie) | Strictly necessary | Maintains basic session state while you browse | Session (deleted when browser closes) |
| _ga | Analytics | Distinguishes unique visitors for aggregate traffic reporting | Up to 2 years |
| _ga_[container ID] | Analytics | Persists session state for the analytics platform | Up to 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Distinguishes visitors within a 24-hour window for short-term reporting | 24 hours |
| display_pref | Preference | Remembers a display or layout preference you selected | 6 months |
Exact cookie names can vary slightly depending on the analytics tooling in use at any given time; the categories, purposes and approximate lifespans above remain representative. If you want the precise, current list your browser is holding for this site, check your browser’s own cookie inspector (see below) while visiting the page.
How to disable or manage cookies
You can allow, block or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Broadly:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data. From there you can block third-party cookies, block all cookies, or see and remove cookies for a specific site.
- Safari: Settings (or Preferences on macOS) → Privacy. Safari blocks most cross-site tracking by default; you can manage per-site data and clear stored cookies from the same screen.
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data. You can choose a blocking level (standard, strict or custom) or clear cookies for individual sites.
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data. You can block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or manage exceptions per site.
Menu wording changes between browser versions, so if the exact path above does not match what you see, search your browser’s help for “manage cookies”; the setting exists in every current major browser.
What happens if you disable cookies
Blocking strictly necessary cookies may cause the cookie banner to reappear on every visit and can affect basic site behaviour. Blocking analytics cookies does not affect your ability to read any page on this site; it only means your visit is not counted in our traffic reporting. Blocking preference cookies means any display choice you made will not be remembered between visits. None of these settings affect your ability to use TCL99’s own platform, which sets and manages its own cookies independently of this site.
Private browsing, Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
Every major browser now offers a private or incognito mode, which typically discards cookies set during that session as soon as the window closes. It is a straightforward way to browse this site without leaving persistent cookies behind, at the cost of having to re-dismiss the cookie banner on your next normal session. Some browsers also send a “Do Not Track” (DNT) or Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. There is no binding legal requirement in Australia that obliges a site to act on these signals in every circumstance, but where our analytics tooling is able to detect and honour a GPC signal, we configure it to skip setting analytics cookies for that visit. This is a best-effort measure, not a guarantee across every browser and configuration.
Mobile browsers and apps
If you read this site through a mobile browser rather than a desktop one, the same cookie mechanics apply: Chrome, Safari and Firefox on mobile expose broadly the same cookie controls as their desktop counterparts, usually under a Privacy or Site Settings menu. This site is a website, not a native app; we do not publish a TCL99 Australia app, and any cookie or tracking behaviour you encounter inside the TCL99 operator’s own app is governed by that operator’s policy, not this one.
Third-party cookies
Where we use an external analytics provider, that provider may set its own cookies as part of delivering the service to us, under its own privacy and cookie practices. We do not control those cookies directly, though we choose providers on the basis that they process data responsibly and do not use it for their own advertising purposes on our behalf. If you follow an outbound link from this site (to the TCL99 platform, to a reviewer source, or to a regulator’s website), that destination sets its own cookies once you land there, under its own policy, not ours.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy if the cookies we use change, or if the law around cookie consent changes. The date at the top of this page shows the most recent revision. If we introduce a new category of cookie (advertising cookies, for example), we will update the cookie banner and this page before that category is set.
For the full picture of what personal information we collect beyond cookies, see our separate Privacy Policy. For our research and ratings on the casino this site reviews, see the TCL99 review hub; that content is unrelated to how this site’s own cookies work.
Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy can be sent to [email protected].