Privacy Policy
As of: December 2024
Online-Casinos.com (“we,” “us,” or the “Company”) provides a service focused on gathering, comparing, evaluating, and structuring information about various online casinos and their offerings. This Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy”) should be read in conjunction with our Terms and Conditions. All definitions herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in our Terms and Conditions. This Privacy Policy governs all privacy practices and procedures of the Company and applies to all users who access our website. This policy fully discloses the information we collect, the methods and reasons for collection, how we use the information, and the conditions under which we may share user data. Before detailing these aspects, we would like to explain the basis on which we operate:
- If you use our Services we process your data to provide you with these services.
- We process data when we have a legitimate interest, such as identifying you when you access our website.
- We also process your data with your consent or upon your request.
We want you to make an informed decision about using our Services and providing us with the required information. Therefore, we encourage you to read our Privacy Policy carefully and base your decisions on it.
Should you have any questions or queries regarding this Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at: info@online-casinos.com, info-italia@online-casinos.com, info-romania@online-casinos.com (or use one of the other options below).
Collected Data Types and Purpose of Use
At www.online-casinos.com, we may collect the following types of data:
- Non-Personal Data – This is information gathered through your use of our website. This information cannot identify you or reveal any of your personal details (name, email, address, etc.). We only receive statistical data on user preferences when using our website.
- Personal Data – Individually identifiable information that identifies an individual or may, with reasonable effort, identify an individual.
- If, for any purpose, we combine your Personal Data with Non-Personal Data, the combined data will be treated as Personal Data in its entirety.
This table provides more details on the types of data we collect and how we use it:
| Type of Collected Data | How We Use It |
|---|---|
| We may collect and aggregate non-personal technical data through your use of the website, including information about your browser, operating system, device, access times and dates, navigation patterns, language preferences, and country-level location. | We use this data to provide and enhance our Services and to ensure the smooth operation of our website. |
| If you voluntarily contact us via email, you may be required to provide personal information such as your name and email address. | We use this data to provide the support or service you have requested and to respond to your inquiries. |
| We may collect your Internet Protocol (IP) address. Under EU and EEA legislation, IP addresses are considered personally identifiable information, and we will treat them accordingly. | We use your IP information to fulfill our legitimate interests, such as maintaining, protecting, and managing our services and website; customizing and improving our services to enhance your experience; conducting research, analysis, and statistics on traffic flow and user interaction; auditing our relationships with third parties, calculating payments, detecting fraud, and resolving security or technical issues. |
How We Collect The Data
We may collect the above-mentioned data from you as follows:
- Automatically, primarily through the use of cookies and other similar tracking tools and technologies when you access our website; or
- Voluntarily, for example, when you contact us, send us an email, etc. We assure you that, whenever technically possible and required under applicable data protection legislation, we will ask for your explicit consent to collect your Personal Data and always provide you with the option to opt-out.
Newsletter Subscription Data
We collect your email address when you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter. This information is collected directly from you through our website’s newsletter signup form. This constitutes Personal Data as defined in this Privacy Policy. We process this data based on your consent, given when you subscribe and confirm your subscription via the double opt-in process described in the Additional Newsletter Privacy Statement below. This data is used exclusively for sending you the newsletter and will not be shared with any third parties, except as explicitly stated in the aforementioned Newsletter Privacy Statement. You can withdraw your consent and unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link provided in each newsletter email, or by contacting us at info@online-casinos.com.
Cookies
At Online-Casinos.com, we use cookies and other tracking tools. This is a standard industry-wide practice. Cookies are small, often encrypted, text files that a website assigns and stores on your computer while you are viewing it. COOKIES ARE NOT VIRUSES! In fact, cookies are very helpful and serve various purposes. For example, they make navigation between pages more efficient, enable the automatic activation of certain features, remember your preferences, and speed up, improve, and customize your user experience on our site. For more information about cookies in general, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org. There are several types of cookies:
- Essential, Functionality, Operation & Security Cookies: These cookies are essential for enabling user movement around the website, ensuring proper functioning, and providing security (e.g. authenticating users, preventing fraudulent use, and protecting user data from unauthorized access). Disabling these cookies is not recommended as it may cause certain features of the website to malfunction.
- Analytic, Measurement & Performance Cookies: These cookies are mainly used to gather data on how users interact with our website to improve our Services and assess the performance of our content. For instance, they allow us to track the number of users who view a particular article and their country of origin. These cookies enable the website to remember preferences like your preferred language and help us assess the popularity of certain content and decide whether to provide similar topics. We also use this information to compile reports.
- Targeting & Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to advertise across the internet and display relevant ads customized for users based on their interactions with the website (e.g. showing ads related to products or websites they have visited). On Online-Casinos.com, we DO NOT use such cookies!
| Tool | Description | Website |
|---|---|---|
| GeoIP Detection | Retrieves geo-information using the Maxmind GeoIP (Lite) Database. | wordpress.org/plugins/geoip-detect/ |
| Google Search Console | Measures traffic and performance | search.google.com/search-console/about |
| Google Analytics | Analytics, measurement, and performance | policies.google.com/privacy; tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
Most browsers give you the option to erase cookies from your computer, block the acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. You can delete our cookies by following the instructions in your device preferences. However, if you block or erase cookies, some features of the Services may not operate properly, and your online experience may not be as satisfying as expected. Please see opt-out information under the “Users’ Rights Regarding Personal Data” section below.
Links to Third Parties
This website contains hyperlinks to third-party websites, which have their own terms and conditions. We advise you to read them in detail before you start using those third-party websites. Furthermore, we do not have any influence over the information on these sites and are not responsible for its accuracy. The responsibility for the content lies with the owners and webmasters of those websites.
Sharing Of Personal And Non-Personal Data with Third Parties
We will not share your Personal Data with any third party under any circumstances, except in the following explicitly indicated events:
- Explicit Consent: We may disclose your Personal Data to any third party upon your explicit consent. Please note that once we share your information with a third party, it becomes subject to that third party’s privacy policy.
- Policy Enforcement: We may share your Personal Data only to the extent needed to enforce our policies or agreements, to establish or exercise our rights, to defend against legal claims, investigations of potential violations, or to take necessary action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraudulent activities, security, or technical issues.
- Third Party Rights: We may share your information to prevent harm or protect the rights of any applicable third party.
- Legal Enforcement: We may disclose or share your Personal Data if the information is legally requested by the official authorities.
- Corporate Transaction: We may disclose your Personal Data with other companies under common control if and when applicable or necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We may also need to process, share, or disclose your Personal Data in the event of a corporate transaction (if we sell part or all of our business, merge, or consolidate).
- Technical or Financial Reasons: We may disclose or share online identifiers collected by us (e.g. IP addresses) for the purpose of operating our business, as well as to calculate payments, detect fraud, and address security or technical issues.
Notwithstanding the above, we may share Non-Personal Data with our business partners and other third parties in any of the above-mentioned cases, as well as for any business operation and commercial use.
Period Of Data Retention
We retain the data we have collected for as long as needed to provide our services, until we have a legitimate interest under applicable legislation, or until an individual requests deletion of their Personal Data, as detailed below.
Users’ Rights Regarding Personal Data
All users have the right to know what information we collect, store, and process about them and, in some cases, to have such information communicated to them. Subject to reasonable limitations and applicable legislation, users may also be entitled to obtain from us the Personal Data they have provided in a structured, electronic format, and have the right to request that we transfer such Personal Data to a third party.
The principal rights under applicable EEA jurisdiction regulation (the General Data Protection Regulation) are as follows: individuals have the right to access any information they have provided to us; the right to rectification; the right to erasure; the right to restrict processing; the right to object to processing; the right to data portability; the right to complain to a supervisory authority; and the right to withdraw consent.
We give you the option to exercise certain control over how we treat your Personal Data, depending on your relationship with us. If you wish to exercise any or all of the above rights, please write to us at: info@online-casinos.com.
The Right To Opt-Out
You may opt-out of the data collection, sharing process, and advertising services related to our website in the following ways:
- You can use your browser’s settings to block all cookies, including cookies associated with our website, or to indicate when a cookie is being stored. For further instructions on how to do this, please visit the support page of the browser you are using. These links refer to the relevant pages of the most popular browsers: Google Chrome; Mozilla Firefox; Internet Explorer; Safari; Edge; Opera
- You may opt-out directly from third-party retargeting cookies or other ad-technology trackers through self-regulatory services like the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) website – NAI consumer opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (“DAA”) website – DAA opt-out page
Of course, you may also contact us, and we will make our best efforts to assist you.
Please be aware that after you opt-out, some features may not work properly, which may affect your user experience.
Data Security
We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of our website to safeguard your Personal Data from any unauthorized access or use. Any Personal Data provided via email will be stored on our servers and accessed only by authorized personnel in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. However, no data transmitted through the internet is 100% secure and safe from malicious acts. Therefore, we cannot be held responsible for any losses resulting from such unauthorized activities. If you feel that your privacy has not been treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy, or if any person has attempted to abuse our website or acted inappropriately, please contact us at info@online-casinos.com.
Usage of the Site by Minors
Gambling is strictly prohibited for individuals under 18 years of age. Therefore, we do not knowingly offer our services to underage individuals, nor do we collect data from or market to children through this website. We request that such individuals do not provide any Personal Data through our Services. We reserve the right to request proof of age at any time to ensure that no individuals under 18 are using the website. If you become aware or have reason to believe that an underage individual has shared information with us, please contact us at info@online-casinos.com.
Data Transfers
We may collect, store, and process your Personal Data within the EEA or in other jurisdictions. If you are using our website from a location outside of the EEA, please be aware that any information you provide through your use of our website or Service may be transferred to and processed in countries different from the one where you accessed our website. Regardless of whether you are a resident of the EEA, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that your Personal Data receives an adequate level of protection when it is transferred outside of the EEA.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change and amend these Privacy Policy terms without prior notice. Users are advised to check this page regularly for updates. This page will always contain the most recent version of our Privacy Policy. Whenever we make any changes, the updated date at the top of the Privacy Policy will be reflected in the “Last Revised” heading. Your continued use of the website or our Services following the display of such modified Privacy Policy constitutes your acknowledgment and consent to such amendments and your agreement to be bound by the terms of the amended Privacy Policy.
If you have any further questions regarding this Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at:
the Address of our company
or send us an email at: info@online-casinos.com
Additional Newsletter Privacy Statement
If you would like to receive regular updates, including weekly news and summaries of current bonuses in the market, you can subscribe to our newsletter. We require your email address to send it to you. Any data related to the newsletter distribution is stored by us and used exclusively for this purpose. It will not be shared with third parties.
Double Opt-in
When subscribing to our newsletter, we use a “double opt-in” procedure. After registering via our newsletter form, you will receive a confirmation email from us. You must confirm this email to complete your registration. This process helps prevent misuse and ensures that the registration is genuinely carried out by the owner of the email address.
Consent
By completing the subscription process, you consent to receiving our newsletter and confirm that you have read, understood, and accepted this Newsletter Policy as well as our Privacy Policy. You can revoke your consent at any time.
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