Cookie Policy

Cookies get a bad reputation, mostly because most sites explain them badly. This page is our attempt to do it properly. You will find out what a cookie actually is, which ones we use on interac-casinos.ca, what each one does, how long it sticks around, and how to get rid of it if you want to. No fluff, no twenty-paragraph preamble.

What a Cookie Actually Is

A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store. That is it. It is not a program, it cannot run on your computer, and it cannot scan your files or read your emails. It is a note that says something like "this visitor prefers dark mode" or "this visitor arrived from a Google search for interac casinos Canada". When you return to the same site, your browser shows that note back to the site, and the site uses it to behave slightly differently.

Some cookies disappear the moment you close your browser — those are called session cookies. Others stay for a set period, from a few hours to a couple of years, and are called persistent cookies. Both types are used on this site, and both are described below.

Why We Use Cookies at All

Three reasons. First, so the site does not break when you navigate between pages. Second, so we can see which guides Canadian players actually read, in aggregate, and improve them. Third, so that when you click through to one of the Interac casinos we recommend, the affiliate network knows the visit came from us and we get paid for the referral. That last one is what keeps the site free to use.

None of these reasons require knowing who you are as an individual. And none of them involve selling your data to advertisers.

The Types of Cookies We Use

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These are the cookies that make the site function. They remember your cookie consent choice, keep your session intact as you move between pages, and protect against basic form abuse. Without them, the site would either forget your preferences every time you clicked a link or fail to load certain elements entirely.

You cannot turn these off through our site, because they are technically required. You can still block them through your browser, but expect the site to behave oddly if you do.

Typical lifespan: session to 12 months

2. Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how the site is used. That means things like: how many people visited the Interac withdrawals page last week, which province most of our traffic comes from, whether visitors bounce immediately or stick around to read the FAQ. This data is aggregated and anonymized before it reaches us — IP addresses are truncated, and no individual visitor profile is built.

We do not use analytics to build advertising audiences, and we do not share raw analytics data with anyone outside our team and Google's own processing infrastructure.

Typical lifespan: up to 14 months

3. Affiliate Cookies

This is the one worth reading carefully. When you click a "Play Now" or "Visit Casino" button on our site, an affiliate network drops a cookie on your device. That cookie contains a referral ID and a timestamp. If you sign up at that casino within the cookie's active window — usually 30 to 90 days, depending on the program — the casino credits us with the referral and pays us a commission.

What that cookie does not contain: your name, your email address, your banking details, your Interac account information, or anything you typed into our site. It is a referral tag, nothing more. Once you land on the casino's website, that casino's own cookies and privacy practices take over — we have no visibility into what they collect, and we recommend reading their policy before you deposit.

Typical lifespan: 30 to 90 days, depending on the affiliate program

4. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on the site are set by third parties whose services we embed. These include Google (for analytics), our hosting provider (for security and performance), and affiliate networks (as described above). We do not control what these third parties do with their own cookies beyond the scope of the service they provide to us. Each of them publishes its own cookie and privacy documentation if you want the details.

What We Do Not Use

To be direct about what is not happening on this site:

• No advertising or retargeting cookies. We do not follow you around the web showing you casino ads.
• No social media tracking pixels from Facebook, TikTok, or similar platforms.
• No cross-site tracking for the purpose of building a behavioral profile.
• No fingerprinting scripts that try to identify you without cookies.
• No data brokers. We do not sell or rent visitor information to anyone.

How to Manage or Delete Cookies

You are in control of cookies on your device. Every major browser lets you view, block, and delete them. Here is where to find the controls:

• Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies
• Safari (macOS and iOS): Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
• Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies

You can also browse in private or incognito mode, which discards most cookies when you close the window. And if you want a more granular approach, browser extensions like uBlock Origin or Privacy Badger give you per-cookie control.

One honest warning: if you block strictly necessary cookies, parts of the site will stop working. If you block affiliate cookies, the site still works — we just do not get paid for the referral, which is fine, but it does affect our ability to keep producing this content.

Your Consent and How to Withdraw It

When you first land on interac-casinos.ca, a banner asks whether you accept non-essential cookies. If you accept, we set analytics and affiliate cookies. If you decline, we only set the strictly necessary ones. Either way, the site works.

You can change your mind at any time. Clearing your browser's cookies for this site will reset the consent banner, and you will be asked again on your next visit. For a more permanent solution, adjust your browser's cookie settings to block third-party cookies entirely — that will stop both the analytics and affiliate cookies from being set.

Under Canadian privacy law, specifically PIPEDA and Quebec's Law 25, you have the right to withdraw consent to non-essential cookies. Blocking them in your browser is a valid way to exercise that right.

The Legal Framework Behind This

Cookie practices in Canada fall under a mix of laws:

• PIPEDA — the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, which treats cookie identifiers as personal information when they can be linked to an individual.
• Quebec's Law 25 — which requires explicit, informed consent for cookies that are not strictly necessary, and which is the strictest cookie regime in Canada.
• BC PIPA and Alberta PIPA — provincial privacy laws that apply to organizations operating primarily within those provinces.
• CASL — the Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation, which is relevant if cookies are ever used in connection with commercial electronic messages. They currently are not on this site.

We aim to meet the strictest applicable standard, which in practice means Quebec's Law 25, and to apply it to all Canadian visitors for consistency.

Updates to This Cookie Policy

If we add a new cookie — for example, if we ever introduce a newsletter signup and need a cookie to remember subscription preferences — this page will be updated and the change noted at the top. The current version is always available at this URL. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised policy.

Where to Learn More

If you want to dig deeper into how cookies work or how Canadian privacy law applies to them, these are good starting points:

• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada — priv.gc.ca
• Commission d'accès à l'information du Québec — for Law 25 specifics
• Your browser's built-in help documentation for cookie controls

For anything specific to this site — a question about a cookie we set, a request to explain how a particular tag works, or a complaint — email us directly.

Contact

Cookie-related questions and requests can be sent to:

Interac Casinos Canada
Email: [email protected]
Last updated: September 2026