How we use cookies to improve your browsing experience on this website.
In this Cookies Policy, any use of the words "you", "yours" or similar expressions shall mean any user of this website whatsoever. Terms such as "we", "us, "our" or similar expressions shall mean the Football Association Premier League Limited.
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. They are often used as a mechanism for websites to remember useful information, such as your login details, and can contribute to ease of use when navigating a website. Our cookies cannot identify you personally.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
Cookies on our website are used for a variety of different purposes, but generally speaking their use breaks down into the following categories:
a) Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.
b) Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognise and count the number of users of our website and see how such users navigate through our website. This helps to improve how our website works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily.
c) Functionality Cookies: These improve the functional performance of our website and make it easier for you to use. For example, such cookies are used to remember that you have previously visited the website and asked to remain logged in to it
d) Targeting Cookies: These record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will then use this information to make advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
MANAGING COOKIES
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are required for the operation of our website. You may disable these using your internet browser but this may affect website functionality.
| Cookie Name | Purpose |
| cookieNotice | This cookie stores whether the user has accepted the usage of cookies. |
| SessionId | This cookie is a reference to a unique session for a current browsing session. No personal data is stored in it. The session is ended when a user’s browser is closed. |
| one-click-join | This cookie stores the code needing to join a private FPL league so the league can automatically be joined when the user enters the game. |
| Matchweekpoll | This cookie stores a user's response to a Matchweek poll. It expires after 100 days. Please note: [X] relates to a specific Premier League Matchweek. |
| webviewCookie | This cookie stores whether the user is using a webview to browse the website. |
| pl_profile | This cookie contains a unique session token used across Premier League sites (www. + fantasy. + users.) to log people in. It also contains a very small amount of personal data, currently the user’s premier league ID plus their first and last names. The cookie has a two-week lifetime, is only transmittable over HTTPS and is limited to domains under premierleague.com. |
| XSFR-TOKEN | This cookie is a unique token generated when a web form is loaded, and is validated on form submission to ensure that forms are submitted directly through the website and not through third party robots, external forms, etc. |
| pl_store-all-cookies | This cookie is used to notify whether to store all cookies or just essential cookies depending on how the user registers. |
| Datadome | This cookie is used to detect BOTS and malicious traffic. |
Non-essential Cookies
Non-essential cookies are set by premierleague.com. They help us improve the functionality of our website by collecting information and reporting on your use of the website as well as improving your user experience.
You can manage your non-essential cookies here: Manage Cookies.
| Cookie Name | Purpose |
| __gads | These cookies enable us to anonymously track how visitors access and browse our website, thereby enabling us to optimise and improve our service. Further information is available at: www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html |
| _gat | These cookies enable us to anonymously track how visitors access and browse our website, thereby enabling us to optimise and improve our service. Further information is available at: www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html |
| _ga | These cookies enable us to anonymously track how visitors access and browse our website, thereby enabling us to optimise and improve our service. Further information is available at: www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html |
| _gid | This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics and is used to compile statistical reports which help us to improve our website. |
| _dc_gtm_UA | These cookies enable us to anonymously track how visitors access and browse our website, thereby enabling us to optimise and improve our service. Further information is available at: www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html |
| Intercom-id | This is an anonymous visitor identification cookie. |
Third-party Cookies
Third-party cookies are set by another domain. They help us improve the functionality of our website by collecting information and reporting on your use of the website as well as improving your user experience.
You may disable these using your internet browser but this may affect website functionality.
| Cookie Name | Purpose |
| SSID | This cookie is used to store information about how you use the website and any advertising that you may have seen before visiting this website. |
| APISID & SAPISID | These cookies are used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising on other sites. |
| HSID & SID | These cookies contain digitally signed and encrypted records of a user's Google account ID and most recent sign-in time. The combination of these two cookies allows us to block many types of attack, such as attempts to steal the content of forms that you complete on web pages. |
| Secure-3PSID | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising on other sites. |
| NID | This cookie is used to help customize ads on Google properties. |
| 1P_JAR | This cookie is used to store information about how you use the website and any advertising that you may have seen before visiting this website. |
| DV | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. |
| ANID | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising |
| IDE | This cookie is used for targeting purposes to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised advertising. |
| uid | This cookie provides a uniquely assigned, machine-generated user ID and gathers data about activity on the website. This data may be sent to a 3rd party for analysis and reporting. |
| _atssc | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget. This enables visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. |
| _atuvc | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget. This enables visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. |
| CONSENT | Used to store Google Network advertising preferences for use in targeted advertising. |
CHANGES TO THIS COOKIES POLICY
Our policies and procedures are under continual review. We may, from time to time, update our cookies policy. Any such changes will be posted on this page.
CONTACT
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Cookie Policy should be addressed to info@premierleague.com or to the Football Association Premier League Limited, Brunel Building, 57 North Wharf Road, London, W2 1HQ.