Cookie Policy
The cookies and similar technologies sportsgoldguard.com uses, what each one does and how to change your choices.
You can change your choice at any time with the Cookie settings link in the footer of every page.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file a website stores in your browser. Sites use cookies to remember settings, keep you signed in and measure visits. Similar technologies include local storage and pixels. This policy uses “cookies” for all of them.
How we group cookies
- Necessary: needed to run the site, keep it secure and remember your privacy choice. These are always on.
- Analytics: count visits and popular stories. Off until you switch them on.
- Marketing: measure campaigns and power embeds from partners such as social networks and video players. Off until you switch them on.
If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as a refusal of analytics and marketing cookies.
Cookies we use
| Name | Category | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| sgg_consent | Necessary | Remembers your cookie choices. | 12 months |
| wordpress_test_cookie | Necessary | Checks that your browser accepts cookies on the sign-in page. Staff only. | Session |
| wordpress_logged_in_*, wordpress_sec_* | Necessary | Keeps SGG staff signed in to the publishing system. Readers never receive these. | Session or 14 days |
| wp-settings-* | Necessary | Remembers editor layout preferences for SGG staff. | 12 months |
| wordpress_logged_in_* (members) | Necessary | Keeps SGG Premium members signed in so they can read premium content. | Session or 14 days |
| wp_woocommerce_session_*, woocommerce_cart_hash, woocommerce_items_in_cart | Necessary | Remember your checkout while you subscribe to SGG Premium. | Session to 2 days |
| __stripe_mid, __stripe_sid | Necessary | Set by Stripe on the checkout page to process your payment securely and prevent fraud. | 1 year / 30 minutes |
| _ga, _ga_* | Analytics | Google Analytics visit counts, set only after you allow analytics. | Up to 13 months |
We will update this table before we add any new cookie. The site does not currently run any marketing cookies.
Third-party content
Live score widgets load scores and team logos from ESPN’s servers in your browser. Those requests reveal your IP address to ESPN but set no cookies. Headline images in our news wire load from the publishers’ own servers in the same way; we ask browsers not to send those publishers the page you were reading. Share buttons are plain links, so social networks receive nothing until you click one.
How to control cookies
Use the Cookie settings link in our footer to accept, reject or fine-tune categories. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking necessary cookies may stop parts of the site from working, and deleting sgg_consent means we will ask for your choice again.
Questions
Email [email protected]. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information.