Cookie Policy

How SIS use cookies

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we, in common with many other websites, store on your internet browser or on the hard drive of your computer if you agree.

You can find out more about cookies here: ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/ and here: allaboutcookies.org.  You can also find information on how to delete cookies here: allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/clear-cookies-installed.html.

The Sports Information Services Limited (SIS) website (sis.tv) uses third party cookies to distinguish you from other visitors and users of these websites and to help us improve them.  This is turn helps us to provide you with a good user experience when you browse these websites.  By continuing to browse our websites, you are agreeing to the use of cookies detailed below.

If you have any questions about the SIS cookies, you can write to the data privacy manager at: dataprotection@sis.tv or at: SIS Limited, Suite Z, 82 Portland Place, London W1B 1NS.

 

SIS may use the following cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the websites. They may include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of the websites, manage your account or access subscription content or services.
  • Analytical/performance cookies. These cookies allow SIS to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the websites when they are using them. This helps us to improve the way the websites work, for example, by ensuring that you can find what you are looking for easily.
  • Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to the websites. They enable content to be personalised for you and may enable you to be greeted by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
  • Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to the websites, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. This information will be used to make the websites and any advertising displayed on them more relevant to you.  We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our sites and the sites might not work very well.

You can find more information about the individual cookies used and the purposes for which they are used in the table below:

The below list details the cookies used in our website.

CookieDescription
__ssThis cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions.
__ss_referrerThis cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions.
__ss_tkThis cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions.
_ce.gtldNo description
_ce.sNo description
_gaThe _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
_gat_gtag_UA_17789845_1Set by Google to distinguish users.
_gidInstalled by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.
_GRECAPTCHAThis cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
ARRAffinityARRAffinity cookie is set by Azure app service, and allows the service to choose the right instance established by a user to deliver subsequent requests made by that user.
ARRAffinitySameSiteThis cookie is set by Windows Azure cloud, and is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisementSet by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analyticsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functionalThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessaryThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-othersThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performanceThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
koitkThis cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions.
viewed_cookie_policyThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.