This Smart Bet Cookie Policy explains how Smart Bet uses cookies and similar technologies on its Ethiopian website, mobile site, and app-related services where applicable. These technologies may support secure login sessions, account protection, fraud and abuse prevention, website performance, analytics, marketing measurement, language and user preferences, and responsible gaming and age-restriction controls.
This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. The categories below describe possible uses; the technologies actually deployed, their providers, and their retention periods must be reflected in the current cookie inventory and preference information.
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What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a small file stored by your browser that helps a website remember information about your visit or device. For example, it can help maintain your signed-in session as you move between pages, rather than asking you to log in repeatedly.
Similar technologies may include pixels and tags that record interactions, local storage that saves browser settings, and software development kits (SDKs) or device identifiers used in app-related services. Where deployed, these technologies are covered by this policy according to their purpose. Not all browser controls affect app identifiers or local storage in the same way.
A cookie does not automatically reveal your identity. However, an identifier may become personal data when linked to your account, device, or activity.
Why Smart Bet Uses Cookies
Cookies help maintain continuity between registration, login, account navigation, and transaction-related pages. Depending on their purpose, they may also:
- Keep users signed in and help protect accounts against suspicious activity.
- Remember cookie choices, language preferences, and display settings.
- Improve loading speed and identify navigation or page errors.
- Show which pages are useful and where users encounter difficulties.
- Measure campaigns without placing sensitive account or payment details in advertising reports.
- Support applicable legal, security, age-restriction, and responsible gaming obligations.
Some cookies are necessary for requested services to function. Optional analytics, personalization, or marketing technologies should be handled according to the applicable consent requirements and available controls. A cookie’s purpose—not simply its name or provider—determines how it should be classified.
Types of Cookies We May Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies support core functions, including Smart Bet login, account registration, secure account access, session continuity, payment flow protection, and storage of cookie preferences. They may also support age-gate checks described in the Age Restriction Policy.
Blocking them may interrupt a requested service. An age-gate cookie does not replace identity verification, eligibility checks, or customer due diligence where required. Cookie use alone does not establish licensing or regulatory status; users should verify the information described on the Legal Status in Ethiopia page against current competent-authority information.
Security and Fraud Prevention Cookies
Security technologies may help detect suspicious session patterns, reduce automated abuse, and protect account and transaction integrity across betting, keno, live betting, and gaming areas. We do not describe detection thresholds or operational anti-fraud rules here, as doing so could undermine those protections.
Some security cookies may be necessary, while other tools require a separate assessment of purpose and applicable requirements. Cookies may support responsible gaming measures, but deleting them does not cancel account-level self-exclusion or other restrictions. Such controls should not depend solely on information stored on a device.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics may help identify loading problems, device types, navigation paths, and content that needs improvement, including within Smart Bet games. Their purpose is to improve the service, not to publish a player’s private betting activity.
Reports may use aggregated or pseudonymized information where applicable. Pseudonymized data can still be personal data; it should not be described as anonymous without verification. Optional analytics can be rejected where supported by the applicable consent mechanism.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies may remember language, region, odds format, device preferences, or a selected login preference. They reduce repeated setup, particularly when using a mobile browser. Consent-choice storage may instead be classified as strictly necessary because it records your privacy instructions.
Disabling optional functional cookies may reset preferences without preventing basic access. On a shared device, avoid persistent login settings and sign out after use. Website preferences may not carry over to an app or another browser.
Marketing and Advertising Cookies
Where used, marketing cookies may measure campaigns, identify referral sources, limit repetitive advertisements, and support more relevant marketing content. They do not guarantee eligibility for an offer, a bonus, or any betting outcome.
You may manage these cookies through available cookie settings, browser controls, or third-party advertising settings. Rejecting optional marketing cookies should not, by itself, prevent use of core account services. You may still see general advertising that is not based on these cookies.
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are set by Smart Bet on its own domain. Third-party cookies may be set by service providers supporting analytics, security, payment verification, advertising, hosting, fraud prevention, or customer support. Provider access and processing depend on the service, its configuration, and applicable contractual and privacy requirements.
The category-level summary below does not identify confirmed vendors. It should be updated with verified provider names, cookie identifiers, and exact durations when the operator supplies the deployment inventory.
| Cookie category | Purpose | Example use | Duration | Required or optional | Possible provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Core functionality | Login session | [Confirm per cookie] | Required for the relevant service | Smart Bet or infrastructure provider |
| Security | Account protection | Session integrity checks | [Confirm per cookie] | Depends on purpose | Smart Bet or security provider |
| Analytics | Performance measurement | Page-loading reports | [Confirm per cookie] | Optional where applicable | Smart Bet or analytics provider |
| Functional | Preference storage | Language selection | [Confirm per cookie] | Depends on function | Smart Bet or service provider |
| Marketing | Campaign measurement | Referral attribution | [Confirm per cookie] | Optional | Smart Bet or advertising provider |
How Long Cookies Stay on Your Device
Session cookies usually expire when your browser closes or the session ends, although browser session-restoration features may affect this. Persistent cookies remain for a defined period unless you delete them earlier. Their duration depends on their purpose and configuration.
Cookie expiry is separate from retention of information already collected on servers. Deleting a cookie does not necessarily delete account records, transaction records, or previously collected data.
How Users Can Manage Cookies
- Step 1: Open the website’s cookie banner or preference center, if available. Review each category and reject optional analytics or marketing cookies you do not want.
- Step 2: Save your choices. Revisit the controls to change them or withdraw consent where consent is used.
- Step 3: Use your browser’s privacy settings to block cookies or clear browsing data. For app-related services, also review device privacy and advertising settings.
Website controls offer category-specific choices; browser controls may block storage more broadly. Device settings may address app tracking that browser settings do not cover. Preferences may need to be set separately on each browser or device.
Clearing cookies may sign you out and remove saved choices. Disabling strictly necessary cookies may affect login, account security, payment authorization, or gaming features. Avoid clearing data during a pending deposit or withdrawal; check the transaction record before retrying. Cookies do not replace KYC requirements or determine transaction limits, fees, or processing times: review the Terms and Conditions for those matters.
Cookies and Personal Data
Cookies may involve online identifiers, device information, usage records, or information linked to an account. Our Privacy Policy explains relevant collection, storage, processing, sharing, user rights, and contact options.
Processing must be assessed against applicable Ethiopian laws and regulations and the operator’s actual practices. No claim of complete anonymity, absolute security, or regulatory approval is made here. Before sharing account-holder information, verify the domain and authorized service channel; support should not require your password or one-time login code to explain cookie settings.
Updates to This Cookie Policy
Smart Bet may update this policy when technologies, providers, legal requirements, or website features change. The revision date should identify the latest version. Where required, material changes to optional processing should be explained and consent obtained or renewed through the relevant controls.
Contact Us
For questions about cookies, missing preference controls, or privacy choices, use the channels listed on Contact Us. State the browser or app involved and describe the issue without sending passwords, verification codes, or unnecessary financial information.
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