This Cookie Policy explains how DraftKings uses cookies, pixels, and similar technology (collectively, "Cookies") on our website. We encourage you to take the time to read and understand this Cookie Policy, which is provided for your information and for transparency purposes.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or device when you visit certain websites. They are used to distinguish you from other users of our website and allow us to recognize you and make your next visit easier and our services more useful to you. Cookies do not typically contain any information that directly identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from Cookies. If personal data is contained in Cookies, the terms set forth in our Privacy Notice located at draftkings.co.uk/help/privacy/uk or mt.draftkings.com/help/privacy/mt will apply, depending on whether you are located in the UK or EU. Cookies can be classified as either "session" or "persistent", depending on how long they last after they are placed on your browser. Session cookies last for as long as you keep your browser open and expire once you close your browser. Persistent cookies expire at a certain point in time or when you manually remove them from your browser.
We generally use the following types of Cookies:
Required Cookies: Required (or "strictly necessary") Cookies are Cookies that are required for the operation of our website. These Cookies help make our website usable by enabling basic functions, such as page navigation and access to certain areas of the website, and they may also be used to comply with a legal obligation. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies. They are necessary to provide our online services.
Performance Cookies: Performance Cookies include functionality Cookies used to recognise you when you return to our website, so that we may personalise our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences. Performance Cookies also include analytics Cookies, which allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and see how visitors move around and use the website. This helps us improve our website's performance and our services - for instance, by ensuring that our users may easily find what they are looking for.
Advertising Cookies: These types of Cookies record your visits to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and advertisements more relevant and specific to your interests. These Cookies help us provide aggregated auditing, research, and reporting for advertisers. They also help us tailor advertising of our products when you visit third-party websites.
You can find more information about the individual Cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the tables located on our Tracker Detail Page.
Please note that the third parties listed in the tables of the Tracker Detail page may also use certain Cookies. These third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analyses. The third-party Cookies listed in the Tracker Detail page are likely to be Performance Cookies or Advertising Cookies:
See Tracker Detail Page.
To deactivate the use of third-party Performance Cookies and Advertising Cookies, please click the Manage Settings link in our Cookie banner to set your preferences for the use of these types of Cookies.
Most web browsers allow you to manage Cookies through the settings and preferences of your browser. It is typically possible for you to disable Cookies or set your browser to alert you when Cookies are being sent. You can delete all Cookies placed on your device and can set your browser to prevent them from being used again in the future. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust certain preferences when you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work. To find out more about Cookies, including how to see what Cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
We require your consent for all non-Required Cookies. Your consent is acquired by clicking the "Accept All" button in the Cookie banner that appears when you visit our website. If you do not click the Accept All button, only Required Cookies will load when you use our website. If at any time you wish to change your preferences for the use of Cookies on our website, please follow the Manage Settings link in our Cookie banner.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. And if we make significant changes, we will let you know, but please regularly check this Cookie Policy to ensure you are aware of the most updated version.
Should you have any questions about this policy or the Cookies used on our website, please contact our Data Protection Officer by writing to privacy@draftkings.com.