Cookie Policy
Every cookie this site sets is first-party. There are no advertising, analytics or third-party tracking cookies. The first time you visit we ask you once whether we may also keep a referral cookie; your answer is remembered for a year and you can change it here.
Strictly necessary
| Cookie | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| sf_sess | Keeps you signed in on this browser until you sign out. httpOnly; renews on each visit rather than expiring on a timer. | Until you sign out |
| sf_verify | Ties a sign-in link to the browser that requested it, so a forwarded link cannot be used elsewhere. | 15 minutes |
| sf_age18 | Remembers that you confirmed you are 18 or over. | 400 days |
| sf_consent | Remembers the choice you made on the cookie notice (all or essential). | 1 year |
Preferences you set
sf_theme, sf_view and sf_odds are written only when you pick a theme, a board view or an odds format, and hold nothing but that choice (400 days). They are set in response to your own action and are not used for tracking.
With your consent: the referral cookie
If you reach SharpFooty through a creator's partner link, sf_ref holds an opaque token for 30 days so that creator is credited if you create an account within that window. It contains no personal data and is read only at the moment an account is created. It is stored only if you choose Accept all; with Essential only it is never set, and choosing Essential only later removes one that was set earlier. How the programme works is described in the Partners pages.
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