This Cookie Policy describes how grand-play-base uses cookies and related local storage technologies on the Iowa horse racing platform. Cookies are small text files stored in your browser that allow websites to remember actions and preferences over time. Local storage provides similar functionality for technical preferences and session-level choices. We use these tools to support secure login behavior, maintain performance, reduce repetitive prompts, understand platform usage trends, and satisfy operational obligations connected to licensed racing service delivery. This policy should be read together with our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
1. Why We Use Cookies
Cookies on our platform are used for core functionality, account continuity, security controls, and user experience quality. Without certain cookies, essential actions such as maintaining your active session, preventing repeated verification prompts, or preserving your cookie consent choice may not work correctly. Additional cookies may help us understand how users navigate pages, which content is most useful, and where interface issues affect usability. These insights support improvements in platform reliability, page speed, and layout clarity while reducing friction during account-related tasks.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: required for basic website operation, security checks, and session consistency. These cookies cannot be disabled without affecting essential functionality.
- Preference Cookies: used to remember display or interaction choices such as consent settings, modal state behavior, and selected user interface options.
- Analytics Cookies: used to understand aggregate usage trends, such as page load behavior, navigation patterns, and interaction quality. Analytics data is used for service improvement and technical optimization, not for external advertising broker resale.
3. Local Storage Keys and Practical Examples
In addition to cookies, this site uses browser local storage for selected interface choices. For example, we may store a key indicating your cookie consent preference so the consent modal does not reappear on every visit. We may also store a session-related account indicator that helps restore logged-in visual state in the header after refresh. These values are stored in your browser and can be removed manually in browser settings. Removing local storage may reset preferences and require repeated prompts the next time you visit.
4. Legal and Operational Basis
Necessary cookies are processed as part of legitimate platform operation and security interest. Optional cookies, where required by law, are activated according to your consent preferences. Because the platform operates in connection with Iowa-regulated racing context, some technical processing may be required to preserve safe operation, protect account integrity, and maintain lawful service controls. We design cookie use to remain proportionate to these purposes and avoid unnecessary tracking behavior.
5. Third-Party Technology Providers
Certain embedded libraries, infrastructure providers, and analytics tools may set or read cookies in order to perform specific service functions such as script delivery, uptime monitoring, or aggregate interaction reporting. We review provider roles to ensure data handling aligns with operational need and compliance expectations. We do not permit third-party providers to use our platform data for unrelated profiling purposes where prohibited by contract or law. Provider participation may change over time as systems evolve.
6. Managing and Withdrawing Consent
You can manage cookie preferences in two ways: by using our on-site cookie modal choices and by changing your browser settings. If you choose "Necessary Only," optional analytics behavior is limited and only required technical storage remains active. If you choose "Accept All," both essential and approved optional cookies may be used according to this policy. You may withdraw consent later by clearing browser storage and selecting a different option when prompted again. Browser-level controls can also block or delete cookies at any time.
7. Data Retention and Security for Cookie Data
Cookie and local storage values are retained for durations aligned with their operational purpose. Session identifiers typically expire quickly, while preference choices may persist longer to avoid repeated prompts. We apply appropriate security and integrity controls to systems that process cookie-derived events, and we limit access to authorized personnel who require this data for technical, support, or compliance tasks. Cookie-derived analytics are generally reviewed in aggregate and used to improve performance rather than identify specific individuals wherever possible.
8. Impact of Disabling Cookies
If you disable all cookies, parts of the platform may not function correctly. For example, you may be asked repeatedly for consent, session continuity may break across page transitions, and some security checks may not complete reliably. Account experience may degrade, and certain features may be unavailable until necessary storage tools are enabled again. For best functionality, we recommend allowing necessary cookies even if you decline optional analytics cookies.
9. Policy Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy when technology, legal requirements, or operational practices change. Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised effective date where appropriate. Continued use of the website after publication of updates indicates acknowledgment of the revised policy. We encourage users to review this page periodically to remain informed about current cookie and storage practices.
10. Contact Information
For questions regarding this Cookie Policy or cookie preference handling, please use platform contact pathways. Operational context for this policy: Organization Name is Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino, Inc.; Racetrack is Prairie Meadows Racetrack; Principal Office Address is 1 Prairie Meadows Dr Altoona, Iowa 50009 United States. Include your browser type and a short issue description if you are reporting consent or cookie-display problems.