How personal data is handled on slotcircuitgb20.co.uk

1. Scope of this notice

This privacy policy explains how slotcircuitgb20.co.uk collects, uses, stores and protects personal data when you visit the website, read our editorial content, interact with on-site controls such as age confirmation and cookie consent, or contact us directly. We are an editorial comparison site for UK-licensed casino brands. We are not a gambling operator, and we do not ask you to open an account with us, deposit money with us or submit gambling verification documents to us.

The policy is written with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018 in mind. It describes the data we process as site operators and explains where third parties, such as affiliate partners or hosting providers, may process information in their own right. The wording aims to stay readable. Privacy notices should not need translation into ordinary English after the fact.

2. Controller details

slotcircuitgb20.co.uk acts as the controller for the personal data described in this notice. That means we decide the purposes and broad means of processing for the site functions we operate. Questions about privacy, rights requests and concerns about how information is handled can be sent to privacy@slotcircuitgb20.co.uk.

We keep our data model narrow because the site itself is narrow. The service exists to publish casino reviews and comparison content. We do not need your payment card details, copies of identification documents or gambling transaction history to do that job, so those categories are not requested as part of ordinary site use.

3. Information collected automatically

When you visit the site, standard technical data may be generated or logged by the server and related infrastructure. That can include IP address, browser type, device characteristics, approximate geolocation inferred from network data, pages requested, referral source, timestamps and diagnostic information. This sort of data helps us keep the site available, understand performance and detect misuse or malfunction.

We also use local storage in your browser for two tightly defined controls. The keys domendomen_age and domendomen_cookies record whether you have confirmed that you are over 18 and whether you have accepted the cookie banner. These values sit on your device and are used so that compliance prompts behave consistently as you move from page to page.

4. Information you give us directly

If you email our team, we will process the information you include in the message. That normally covers your email address, your name if you choose to provide it, the content of the message and any details needed to reply. We may also retain follow-up correspondence so that the exchange makes sense and we can show what action was taken if the matter involves a correction request, privacy concern or legal issue.

Please do not send unnecessary sensitive information. We do not need passport scans, payment screenshots or detailed gambling histories to answer routine editorial questions. If unsolicited information of that kind is sent to us, we may delete it where appropriate and lawful to do so.

5. Purposes of processing

We use personal data to run and secure the website, analyse how pages perform, remember limited user choices, answer correspondence, maintain records of corrections or complaints and understand whether our content is functioning as intended. That includes checking which pages are used, how readers move through the site and where technical faults occur.

Where affiliate links are involved, some referral-related data may be passed through the click journey so a partner programme can recognise that a visit came from slotcircuitgb20.co.uk. That process helps attribute commission where a referral later becomes a qualifying action. It does not convert us into the operator that you may later choose to use.

6. Lawful bases

Our lawful bases depend on the context. For site security, core functionality, troubleshooting and maintaining a workable service, we generally rely on legitimate interests. Those interests include keeping the site online, preventing abuse and understanding whether our content and interface are operating properly. For storage or tools that require consent under applicable rules, we rely on consent where that is the correct legal basis.

If you contact us, we process the information needed to answer your message under legitimate interests and, in some circumstances, because processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation or to take steps connected with a potential contract. The chosen basis depends on the nature of the request and the legal framework around it.

7. Affiliate tracking and third-party websites

Some outbound links on slotcircuitgb20.co.uk are affiliate links. When you click one, the operator or an intermediary platform may receive information such as campaign identifiers, timestamps, browser data, referral source and technical markers used to attribute the visit. Their processing is governed by their own privacy notices, not by this policy alone.

Once you leave our site and begin interacting with a casino operator, any data you submit to that operator, including registration details, payment data and safer gambling settings, is handled under the operator's legal documents. We encourage readers to review those documents before registering because the stakes are practical, not merely formal.

8. Sharing with service providers

We may share limited personal data with service providers that support hosting, security, analytics, email management or other infrastructure needed to operate the site. Where those providers act on our behalf, we expect them to process data only on documented instructions and to maintain measures that fit the nature of the information involved.

We may also disclose information where required by law, where needed to establish or defend legal claims or where necessary to protect the site, our staff or the public from clear misuse. We do not sell user data as a business model, and we do not build behavioural gambling profiles about readers.

9. International transfers

Some technology providers may process information outside the UK. Where international transfers take place, we aim to use providers that offer appropriate safeguards, such as adequacy arrangements or contractual protections designed to support lawful transfers. The exact route depends on the provider and service involved.

Transfers are one reason we try to keep collection restrained. A smaller data footprint reduces exposure. Data minimisation is not a slogan for us; it is part of the design choice behind the site.

10. Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer period is required or justified by law, a live dispute or a compliance need. Server-side technical records are normally kept for limited operational periods. Email correspondence may be kept longer where it relates to rights requests, complaints, legal matters or corrections to published content.

The local storage items used for age confirmation and cookie choice remain on your device until you clear them or your browser removes them. Because they are stored locally, you can usually delete them directly through browser settings at any time.

11. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, accidental loss, disclosure or alteration. That includes controlled access to administrative systems, mailbox discipline, hosting-level safeguards and efforts to avoid collecting information we do not need. No online service can promise total invulnerability, but we aim to match the controls to the risk presented by the data we actually hold.

Security is helped by simplicity. The fewer moving parts that handle personal data, the fewer points of failure exist. That approach suits both the editorial purpose of the site and the privacy interests of readers.

12. Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to request access to your personal data, seek rectification of inaccurate information, request erasure, object to certain processing, request restriction of processing and receive a portable copy of data that you provided to us. Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent, although withdrawal does not affect earlier processing that was lawful at the time.

We may need to verify identity before fulfilling a request so that information is not disclosed to the wrong person. Verification will be proportionate to the nature of the request. If a request is manifestly unfounded, excessive or inconsistent with legal duties, we may refuse it and explain why.

13. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how your data has been handled, contact us first at privacy@slotcircuitgb20.co.uk. We would rather address the issue directly and with specifics. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office if you believe personal data has been processed unlawfully or without proper care.

Complaints about a casino operator's own handling of account data should normally be addressed to that operator in the first instance, because we do not control the operator's systems or internal records.

14. Changes to this policy

We may revise this policy when site features change, when legal expectations develop or when our use of third-party services changes. Updated wording will be published on this page. If a material change affects consent-based technology, we will review the cookie notice at the same time so the user-facing controls remain aligned with the policy.

We prefer changes to be explicit in the wording rather than hidden behind a quiet date line. If something meaningful changes, the page should read differently enough for that to be obvious.