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Cookie Notice

Effective 10 October 2026 · Accounts, gameplay and prizes are not open yet.

Only a session cookie in this preview

SlateKings currently sets a first-party PHP session cookie, normally named PHPSESSID. It holds a random identifier, not your submitted email or picks. The server uses it for form security, submission feedback, local account authentication, and a separate random session identifier used to count visits. Sign-in rotates the session identifier; account authentication expires after 24 hours or on logout. It is configured as HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax; the Secure flag is enabled when served over HTTPS. The local development preview uses HTTP.

The cookie has no fixed persistent expiry and is intended for the browser session, although browser session-restore settings can retain it. Server-side session data follows the host’s expiry settings. Blocking it can prevent forms from working.

Appearance and practice picks

Your appearance choice (System, Dark, or Light) is saved in this browser’s local storage. Practice picks and the selected crown are saved in session storage for this browser tab and restored on reload. These example picks are not submitted to a live contest or stored in your account. You can clear them through your browser’s site-data controls.

Google Analytics

On slatekings.com, Google Analytics sets first-party cookies named _ga and _ga_* (they last up to two years) so Google can tell repeat visits apart, and it receives the pages you open (without any query-string details other than the NHL or NFL tab), your browser type, rough location and how you arrived. We use it to see how people find SlateKings and which pages work. Google signals and ad personalization are turned off, and nothing is used for ads. If your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control, nothing from Google loads.

No advertising trackers

We also count visits and page loads using the existing session, without additional cookies, IP addresses or stored user-agent strings. We retain these visit records for 90 days and report only aggregate counts. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control requests are excluded from visit tracking. Launch-list totals come from your submitted requests and confirmation status. SlateKings does not use advertising pixels, cross-site profiling, third-party embedded widgets, or marketing cookies. Fonts and logo assets load from SlateKings. We do not sell or share personal information for behavioural advertising. A Global Privacy Control signal does not need to disable a sale or sharing activity that is not taking place.

Your controls

You can remove or block cookies through your browser. Blocking the analytics cookies will not affect free play or prize eligibility. See the Privacy Policy and Contact.