This privacy policy explains what personal information Casinochecking.com (casinochecking.com) collects when you visit the website, why, and how it is protected. Our readers live in many countries. We handle personal information in line with New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 and its information privacy principles, and every visitor gets the same protection, wherever they live. Casinochecking.com reviews online casinos and explains casino games. We are not a casino, and we hold no player accounts, deposits or payment details.
In short: we use Google Analytics to measure how the site is used, a few cookies the site needs to work, and affiliate links to casinos. We do not show advertising, we do not run a newsletter and we do not sell personal information.
Who is responsible
Casinochecking.com is represented by the website’s owner, who is responsible for the personal information handled on this website. Questions about your information can be sent through our contact page.
What information we collect
Information you send us
If you email us, we receive:
- your email address
- your name, if you include it
- the content of your message
- anything else you choose to tell us
Information collected automatically
When you visit the website, some technical information is collected automatically by our hosting provider Hetzner and by the security and delivery service Cloudflare:
- your IP address, used to deliver pages and to protect the site against abuse
- browser type and version
- operating system
- the page that sent you to us
- the time of your visit
- the pages you open
This information is recorded in server logs and is used only to run and protect the website.
Statistics from Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, loaded through Google Tag Manager, to count visitors and see which pages are read, so we can improve the site. Google Analytics records, among other things, the pages you view, how long you stay, the type of device and browser you use and your approximate location, and it sets cookies such as _ga and _ga_5N1MSSS0YR that recognize your browser on later visits. Google processes this information for us under its own privacy policy. We use the figures only as statistics; we do not use them to identify you or to show you advertising.
Google Analytics starts when a page loads. You can stop it at any time with Google’s opt-out browser add-on or by blocking cookies in your browser.
Your country and currency
To show bonus amounts in your own currency, a script on the site can ask the geolocation service geoPlugin which country and currency belong to your IP address. When the service answers, the result is saved for 30 days in cookies whose names start with cc_. geoPlugin receives your IP address for this lookup.
We do not collect sensitive information. The website is not intended for anyone under 18.
Cookies
The cookies on this website fall into these groups:
- Necessary cookies from Cloudflare (security, for example telling people apart from automated bots), LiteSpeed Cache (faster loading) and WordPress (mainly for logged-in site administrators).
- Language cookies from WPML, the plugin that runs our English, Danish and Norwegian versions. Cookies such as wp-wpml_current_language and _icl_visitor_lang_js remember which language version you are reading and which language your browser prefers.
- Statistics cookies from Google Analytics (_ga and _ga_5N1MSSS0YR), described above.
- Currency cookies (cc_country, cc_currency and similar), described above.
The cookie notice at the bottom of the page tells you that we use cookies. It is a notice only: clicking OK closes it but does not switch any cookies on or off. You can delete cookies and block new ones in your browser settings at any time; blocking necessary cookies may affect how the website works. Read more in our cookie policy.
Affiliate links to casinos
Many links to casinos on this website are affiliate links. When you click one, the link tells the casino, or the affiliate network that works for it, that you came from Casinochecking.com. If you then sign up or deposit, the casino may pay us a commission. To track this, the casino or the network may set its own cookies once you are on its website, under its own privacy policy.
We do not receive your name, contact details or payment information from casinos. If you open an account with a casino, the casino handles your personal information under its own privacy policy, so please read it.
Embedded videos
Some articles contain videos from YouTube. When you play one, YouTube (Google) can set its own cookies and collect information under Google’s privacy policy.
Why we use your information
We collect and use personal information only for clear purposes connected to running this website:
- Answering your messages: we use what you send us to reply and, where relevant, to correct the page you told us about.
- Running and protecting the website: technical information is used to deliver pages, stop abuse and fix faults.
- Statistics: Google Analytics shows us which pages are useful, so we can improve them.
- Showing amounts in your currency: the country and currency lookup described above.
- Affiliate commission: tracking that a visit to a casino came from our site.
- Search visibility: Google Search Console gives us summary statistics on how the site appears in Google Search. It does not run any code on this website and does not tell us who you are.
We do not use your information for any other purpose without telling you first, unless the law requires or allows it.
How long we keep information
We keep personal information only as long as we need it:
- Messages you send us: up to 3 years after the last contact, then deleted, unless the law requires us to keep them longer
- Server logs at Hetzner: deleted automatically after a short period, normally a few weeks
- Cloudflare security logs: normally about 30 days
- Google Analytics: the _ga cookies last up to 2 years; Google keeps the statistics for the period set in our Analytics account and under its own policy
- Currency cookies: 30 days
- Language cookies: from the end of your browser session up to one day
- Necessary cookies: from the end of your browser session up to one year for some Cloudflare security cookies
When information is no longer needed, we delete it or make it anonymous.
Service providers that handle information
We never sell personal information. These service providers handle information for us so the website can run:
- Hetzner Online GmbH (hosting): handles server logs and IP addresses. A German company; the server for this website is in its data center in the United States. Privacy policy
- Cloudflare, Inc. (security and delivery): handles IP addresses and technical information. Location: United States, with servers worldwide. Privacy policy
- Google LLC (Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Google Search Console): handles statistics about visits and summary search data. Location: United States. Privacy policy
- geoPlugin (geolocation): receives your IP address to look up your country and currency. Privacy policy
Casinos and affiliate networks that you reach through our links are not our service providers; they handle information under their own privacy policies.
We may have to disclose information to public authorities where the law requires it.
Information sent overseas
Our service providers store and handle information in the United States and the European Union, and Cloudflare also uses servers around the world. As the Privacy Act 2020 requires, we use only providers that are bound by privacy laws or contractual protections comparable to those in New Zealand, so your information stays protected wherever it is handled.
How we protect information
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information against loss, unauthorized access, use, change or disclosure:
- HTTPS encryption across the whole website
- Cloudflare’s protection against attacks and automated abuse
- regular updates of WordPress, plugins and themes
- limited access to the website’s administration
- hosting with Hetzner, whose data centers are ISO 27001 certified
- secure storage of email correspondence
If a privacy breach happens that has caused or is likely to cause serious harm, we notify the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the people affected as soon as practicable, as the Privacy Act 2020 requires.
Your rights
Wherever you live, you have the right to:
- ask whether we hold personal information about you and to see it
- ask us to correct information that is wrong
- ask us to delete information about you, which we do unless we still need it for the purpose it was collected for or the law requires us to keep it
- complain if you think your privacy has been interfered with
Local privacy laws may give you further rights depending on where you live, and we will respect them. To use your rights, contact us through our contact page. We reply as soon as possible and no later than 20 working days after we receive your request. We may ask you to confirm your identity first.
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so we can try to put it right. Because we follow New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020, you can also complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, New Zealand’s privacy regulator, online at privacy.org.nz.
Children
Casinochecking.com is about gambling. The website is not intended for anyone under 18 or under the legal gambling age where they live, and we do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy when our practices or the law change. The current version is always published on this page. You can also read our terms of use and our AI policy.