Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how nongstopcasinos.com (“the site”, “we”, “us”) handles personal data of visitors based in the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area. It is written in plain English and is intended to be read in full before a visitor uses any part of the site.

Who is responsible for your data

nongstopcasinos.com is operated as an independent editorial publication producing research-grade explainers about the United Kingdom gambling market. For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018, the editorial team of nongstopcasinos.com acts as the data controller in respect of any personal data collected through this website.

What data we collect

The site is designed to function with the minimum amount of personal data necessary to deliver editorial content. We do not require accounts, we do not host comment threads, and we do not run e-commerce or wagering functionality. The categories of data we may process are limited to the following.

Technical data automatically generated by your browser when you load a page: internet protocol address, user-agent string, the page you arrived from (HTTP referrer), the time stamp of the request and the response status. This data is recorded in standard web server logs.

Aggregated analytics data describing how readers use the site in the round: which articles are read, average time spent on a page, broad geographic region inferred from the truncated internet protocol address, and device class (desktop, mobile, tablet). Where analytics are used, the configuration is set to anonymise individual identifiers wherever the analytics platform supports it.

Cookies and similar technologies as described in our separate cookie policy. Cookies that are not strictly necessary to the operation of the site are loaded only after you provide consent through the on-page cookie banner.

Why we process data and on what legal basis

Technical and security logs are processed under the legal basis of legitimate interest, specifically the interest in operating a secure website and identifying abusive traffic patterns. Logs are retained for a short rolling period and are not used to build profiles of individual readers.

Aggregated analytics are processed on the legal basis of consent where the analytics platform sets non-essential cookies. Where a privacy-preserving analytics approach is used that does not involve setting cookies and does not retain identifying data, processing is performed under legitimate interest with a documented impact assessment.

Cookies that fall outside the strictly necessary category are processed only on the legal basis of explicit consent, captured through the cookie banner. Consent can be withdrawn at any time through the same interface.

How long we keep data

Raw server logs are retained for a short rolling window, after which they are either deleted or fully anonymised. Aggregated analytics data is retained in summary form for editorial planning purposes for a defined period, after which it is overwritten.

We do not maintain any long-term database of individual readers. There are no marketing lists associated with nongstopcasinos.com and no profiles built around individual visitors.

Sharing data with third parties

nongstopcasinos.com does not sell personal data. The third parties that may process small amounts of technical data on our behalf are limited to the hosting provider that serves the site, the content delivery network that caches and delivers static assets, and, where used, the analytics provider that records aggregated traffic data. Each of these is subject to a written data-processing agreement that restricts further use of the data.

If a legal authority issues a properly constituted request for data we hold, we will respond to that request in accordance with applicable law and will, where lawfully possible, notify the affected visitor.

International transfers

Some of the technical service providers that support the site may process data outside the United Kingdom. Where that happens, transfers are made under the United Kingdom International Data Transfer Agreement, the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses, or an equivalent legal mechanism that maintains the level of protection required by United Kingdom law.

Your rights

Under United Kingdom data protection law, visitors have the right to access the personal data we hold about them, to ask for inaccurate data to be corrected, to ask for data to be erased in certain circumstances, to restrict processing while a complaint is investigated, to object to processing carried out under legitimate interest, and to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

Visitors also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office, the United Kingdom supervisory authority for data protection. Details of how to do so are available on the Information Commissioner’s Office website.

Security

nongstopcasinos.com is served over an encrypted connection. Administrative access to the site’s content management infrastructure is restricted to the editorial team and is protected by strong authentication. The site does not store payment information, gambling account credentials or other categories of sensitive data that would attract heightened risk.

Children

nongstopcasinos.com is intended for adult readers aged eighteen and over. The site does not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data through the site, please contact the editorial team and the data will be deleted from any records under our control.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be revised from time to time to reflect changes in law, in the services that support the site, or in our editorial practice. The effective date at the top of this page will be updated when changes are made. Material changes will be signalled clearly on the page itself.

Contacting the editorial team

Questions about this privacy policy or about how your data is handled by nongstopcasinos.com can be addressed to the editorial team in writing through the channels listed on the about page. We aim to respond to data-protection enquiries promptly and within the timescales required by United Kingdom law.