Introduction
The otoquebec.com website uses very few cookies: four in total, all set by OtoQuébec. They keep your session open, remember that you have confirmed your age, store your cookie choices and show the site in the language you picked.
Optional cookies stay off until you accept them. This policy supplements our Privacy Policy.
What Are Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves in your browser. On each visit the browser sends it back to the site, which is how the site recognizes you once you are signed in without asking for your password on every page.
A session cookie disappears when you close your browser. A persistent cookie stays until its expiry date or until you delete it. A cookie cannot read the files on your device.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are needed for the site to work and for us to meet our obligations: without them you could not sign in or reach content reserved for adults. They cannot be switched off from the banner, but they are never used for advertising.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| app_oq | Keeps your session open and protects forms against forged requests. Not readable by scripts (httpOnly). | End of session | Essential |
| age_ok | Remembers that you confirmed you are 18 or older when entering the site. | 1 year | Essential |
| cookie_consent | Stores your cookie choices: necessary, functional, analytics, marketing. | 180 days | Essential |
| lang | Remembers the display language you chose (French or English). | 1 year | Functional |
The age confirmation stored in age_ok does not replace the identity verification required before any real-money play.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies remember preferences that make browsing easier. OtoQuébec has only one: lang, which keeps your language choice from one visit to the next.
If you refuse or delete it, the site still works normally; it will simply show the default language, French, until you choose another. Your language choice is never used to determine where you are connecting from.
Analytics Cookies
No analytics tool is currently installed on the site, and no analytics cookies are set.
This category is off by default. If we add an analytics tool, it will only be switched on with your consent, and this policy will be updated to show its name, its provider, the cookies it uses and how long they last.
Marketing Cookies
OtoQuébec uses no advertising or tracking cookies, and we are not part of any retargeting network.
This category is also off by default. It could only be turned on after a tool is added and described in this policy, and after you give express consent. Self-excluded players would receive no advertising from us in any case.
Third-Party Cookies
At present, no third party sets cookies through the site. The four cookies described above all belong to otoquebec.com.
If a payment, verification or game provider ever needs to set cookies, they will be added to the table, with their purpose and duration, before they go live.
Cookie Retention
- app_oq: deleted when you close your browser; the session also ends after a period of inactivity or when you sign out.
- age_ok: 1 year, after which you are asked to confirm your age again.
- cookie_consent: 180 days. When it expires, the banner comes back so you can confirm your choices.
- lang: 1 year.
You can delete any of these cookies before it expires through your browser settings.
Managing Preferences
On the site. On your first visit, the banner gives you three options: “Accept All”, “Reject Optional” or “Customize”. You can change your mind at any time with the “Cookie preferences” link at the bottom of every page: it reopens the banner so you can tick or untick each category.
In your browser. Your browser’s privacy settings let you view, block or delete cookies. If you block essential cookies, you will not be able to sign in to your account and you will be asked to confirm your age on every visit.
Withdrawing consent does not affect any use made before you withdrew it.
Contact Information
For questions about cookies or your personal information, write to the person in charge of the protection of personal information at privacy@otoquebec.com.
For a technical problem with the banner or your session, write to support at support@otoquebec.com or use the Contact Us page.
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