Cookie Policy

This cookie policy explains what cookies are, how this website uses them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences. This policy applies to all pages on this site, which publishes editorial content about UK greyhound racing results, form analysis and betting strategy.

What Are Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your device — computer, tablet or smartphone — through your web browser. Cookies allow a site to recognise your device on return visits, remember preferences, and collect anonymised information about how the site is used. Cookies cannot access other data on your device, install software or carry viruses.

How We Use Cookies

This site uses a limited number of cookies for two purposes: analytics and basic functionality. We do not use cookies for advertising, retargeting, personalisation or tracking across other websites.

Analytics Cookies

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our content. Google Analytics sets cookies on your device to collect anonymised data including the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page, how you arrived at the site, your approximate geographic region, and your browser and device type. This data helps us understand which guides and topics are most useful to readers and where we can improve our content.

The specific cookies set by Google Analytics include _ga, which distinguishes unique visitors and is retained for two years; _ga_ followed by a container identifier, which is used to maintain session state and is retained for two years; and _gid, which distinguishes unique visitors within a 24-hour period and expires after one day.

We have enabled IP anonymisation in our Google Analytics configuration, which means Google truncates the last octet of your IP address before storing or processing it. We do not combine analytics data with any personally identifiable information. Google’s privacy policy, which governs how Google processes analytics data, is available at policies.google.com/privacy.

Functional Cookies

We may set a small number of cookies to remember basic preferences, such as whether you have acknowledged a cookie notice or selected a reading preference. These cookies contain no personal information and are stored on your device only. They typically expire within 12 months.

Cookies We Do Not Use

We do not use advertising cookies, social media tracking cookies, remarketing pixels or any cookie-based technology that profiles visitors for commercial purposes. We do not participate in real-time bidding, programmatic advertising or cross-site tracking networks. If you follow an external link from our site to a bookmaker, regulator or other third party, that site may set its own cookies according to its own cookie policy, which is beyond our control.

Third-Party Cookies

Google Analytics is the only third-party service that sets cookies through this site. We embed Google Fonts for typeface delivery, but Google Fonts does not set cookies — it may log your connection request via standard server logs, as described in Google’s privacy policy.

Our articles contain links to external websites including the Greyhound Board of Great Britain, the UK Gambling Commission, GambleAware, GAMSTOP, and licensed bookmakers. Clicking these links will take you to those external sites, which operate their own cookie policies independently of ours.

Managing Your Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. All major browsers allow you to view, delete and block cookies from specific or all websites. The steps vary by browser:

In Google Chrome, open Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Other Site Data. In Mozilla Firefox, open Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Site Data. In Safari, open Preferences, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data. In Microsoft Edge, open Settings, then Cookies and Site Permissions, then Cookies and Site Data.

You can also opt out of Google Analytics specifically by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript from sending visit data to Google.

Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of some websites, though this site is designed to work without cookies enabled. No core content or navigation depends on cookies being active.

By continuing to use this site, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy. Under UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR), we are required to obtain your consent before setting non-essential cookies. Strictly necessary cookies, which are essential for the site to function, do not require consent — however, this site does not currently use any cookies that qualify as strictly necessary.

If you do not consent to our use of cookies, you may adjust your browser settings to block them or choose not to use the site.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this cookie policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in applicable regulations. Any updates will be published on this page with a revised effective date.

This policy is effective as of February 2026.