1. Who We Are and What This Policy Covers
This policy is issued by Best Bitcoin Casino UK (“we”, “us”, “our”), the operator of best-bitcoin-casino.co.uk. We are the data controller for the personal data described here, which means we decide why and how that data is used.
The policy covers best-bitcoin-casino.co.uk and any subdomain of it, and it takes effect on the last-updated date above. Best Bitcoin Casino UK is an information and comparison service, not a gambling operator. We do not accept stakes, hold player funds or process betting or payment data of any kind. Privacy enquiries go to [email protected].
2. What Data We Collect
We collect two kinds of data. The first is data you give us deliberately: the email address you enter to receive our newsletter, and the name, email address and message you send through the contact form. The second is data collected automatically by our servers and, where you consent, by analytics cookies.
We do not collect payment card details, bank details, cryptocurrency wallet keys, identity documents or any record of your gambling activity. We could not do so, because no account, deposit or wager ever passes through this site.
| Data category | How it is collected | Why we hold it |
|---|---|---|
| Email address | You submit it to subscribe to the newsletter | To send the newsletter you asked for |
| Name, email and message | You submit the contact form | To answer your enquiry and keep a record of it |
| IP address and approximate location | Automatically, in server logs | Security, abuse prevention and audience geography |
| Device, browser and operating system | Automatically, in server logs and analytics | Site compatibility and troubleshooting |
| Pages viewed, time on page, referring URL | Analytics cookies, with your consent | Measuring which content is useful |
| Consent record for cookies | Stored when you answer the cookie banner | Evidence that your choice was given and honoured |
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
A cookie is a small file a website stores on your device so it can recognise the browser on a later visit. We group ours into four categories, and only the first works without your permission. Analytics and advertising cookies stay switched off until you accept them in the banner shown on your first visit.
You can change your answer at any time through the cookie settings link in the site footer, and you can clear or block cookies in your browser settings. Your choice, together with the date and the version of the banner you saw, is stored as a consent record. The cookies listed below are the categories in use on best-bitcoin-casino.co.uk; the individual cookie names are confirmed against the deployed site at each content review.
| Category | Purpose | Consent required | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Page delivery, security, load balancing, storing your cookie choice | No | Session, or up to 12 months for the consent record |
| Functional | Remembering display preferences such as light or dark mode | Yes | Up to 12 months |
| Analytics | Counting visits and measuring which pages are read | Yes | Up to 14 months |
| Advertising and affiliate | Attributing a referral to this site and measuring campaigns | Yes | Up to 90 days |
4. Affiliate Links and Third-Party Tracking
Most outbound links to gambling operators on this site are affiliate links. When you click one, a tracking parameter or cookie records that the visit came from us, and the operator may set its own cookies on your device as soon as its page loads. If you later register or deposit, we may receive a commission. You pay nothing extra, and the amount is never affected by anything you do on this site.
From the moment you arrive at an operator’s site, that operator’s privacy policy governs your data and this policy no longer applies. We do not receive your name, email address, account details or any other personal data back from operators. Affiliate networks report to us only in aggregate: totals for clicks, registrations and revenue, with no individual identified.
5. Lawful Bases for Processing
Under UK GDPR every purpose needs a lawful basis. Ours are set out below, purpose by purpose, and each one is confirmed with our adviser at every review of this page.
Keeping records to answer a regulator, a platform or a legal claim: legal obligation where one applies, and otherwise legitimate interests.
Newsletter delivery: consent, which you give when you subscribe and can withdraw at any time;
Answering an enquiry sent through the contact form: legitimate interests, the interest being to respond to a message you chose to send us;
Analytics and audience measurement: consent, given through the cookie banner;
Affiliate attribution and campaign measurement: consent, given through the cookie banner;
Server logs for security and abuse prevention: legitimate interests, the interest being keeping the site available and protecting it from attack;
66. How We Use Your Data
We use what we collect for a short and fixed list of purposes:
- operating the site and keeping it available and secure;
- measuring traffic and understanding which pages are read;
- improving and correcting published content;
- sending the newsletter to subscribers who opted in;
- responding to enquiries and complaints;
- meeting legal, accounting and regulatory obligations.
We do not sell personal data. We do not use it for automated decision-making or profiling, and we do not build advertising profiles of individual readers.
7. Who We Share Data With
We share data only with service providers acting on our instructions, and only by category:
- hosting and content-delivery providers, which process server logs on our behalf;
- web analytics providers, where you have consented to analytics cookies;
- email delivery providers, which send the newsletter and store the subscriber list;
- affiliate networks and operator affiliate programmes, which receive click and referral data;
- professional advisers, including legal and accounting advisers, where they need it;
- public authorities, courts or law enforcement where disclosure is required by law.
Each provider is bound by a written contract that limits it to our instructions. The specific companies used in each category are confirmed with our development team at every content review, and a current list is available on request from [email protected].
8. International Transfers
Some of our providers process data outside the United Kingdom. Where that happens, the transfer relies on either an adequacy decision made by the UK government or on the International Data Transfer Agreement, or on the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses, together with a transfer risk assessment. The specific mechanism for each provider is confirmed with our adviser before that provider is used, and we do not rely on a mechanism that has not been checked.
9. How Long We Keep Your Data
We keep each category only as long as it serves the purpose it was collected for. The periods below are reviewed with our adviser and shortened wherever a shorter period would do.
| Data category | Retention period | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter subscriber data | Until you unsubscribe, then 12 months | Proof that consent existed and was withdrawn |
| Contact form correspondence | 24 months from the last message | Continuity if you write again, and defence of any claim |
| Server logs | 12 months | Security investigation and abuse prevention |
| Analytics data | 14 months | Year-on-year comparison, then no longer needed |
| Cookie consent records | 12 months, or until you change your choice | Evidence that the choice was honoured |
10. Your Rights
Under UK data protection law you have the following rights over your personal data:
- the right of access, to get a copy of the data we hold about you and be told how it is used;
- the right to rectification, to have inaccurate data corrected;
- the right to erasure, to have data deleted where we no longer have a reason to keep it;
- the right to restrict processing, to have us pause our use of your data while a dispute is resolved;
- the right to data portability, to receive data you gave us in a machine-readable form;
- the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests, including any direct marketing;
- the right to withdraw consent at any time, which stops the processing that relied on it.
To exercise any of these, email [email protected] and say what you want. We may ask for enough information to be sure the request is yours, which for a newsletter address usually means replying from that address. We respond within one month, and tell you if we need longer because the request is complex. There is no charge in ordinary cases. If you are unhappy with our answer you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office on 0303 123 1113, through ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint, or by post to Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
11. Age Restriction
This site is intended for adults aged 18 or over only. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18, and we do not direct any part of this site at children. If we learn that data from someone under 18 has reached us, we delete it and remove any newsletter subscription immediately. A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted data can write to [email protected] and we will act on that within five working days. Our Responsible Gambling page sets out the practical steps a parent can take.
12. Data Security
The site runs over encrypted connections, administrative access is limited to named accounts protected by two-factor authentication, and providers are checked for their own security arrangements before we use them. Subscriber and enquiry data is accessible only to the people who need it. No transmission over the internet can be guaranteed completely secure, and we make no claim to hold a security certification we have not been awarded.
13. Personal Data Breaches
If we suspect a breach of personal data we investigate immediately and record what happened, what data was involved and how many people are affected. Where a breach is likely to pose a risk to people’s rights, it is reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office within the statutory deadline of 72 hours of our becoming aware of it, and where the risk is high we tell affected users directly and without undue delay. Our privacy contact owns the process; the deadline and the reporting threshold are confirmed with our adviser at every review.
14. Changes to This Policy
We publish any change on this page and move the last-updated date at the top, which is the authoritative version marker. Where a change materially affects how we use your data, newsletter subscribers are told by email before it takes effect.
15. Contact Us
Privacy enquiries and data requests: [email protected]. General enquiries: [email protected]. Telephone +44 20 7946 0958, Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00 UK time. Formal notices should be sent to [email protected]; an email to that address is treated as written notice. Our Terms and Conditions and Responsible Gambling pages sit alongside this policy and are linked in the footer of every page.