OnlineCasinos.com Privacy and Cookie Policy

OC Media Ltd (the “Company”) is the Data Controller of www.onlinecasinos.com (“Online Casinos”, “we”, “our” or “us”) in order to acquaint you with the ways in which we collect and process information via our website (the “website”), and to establish the foundation upon which we process data we collect.

Our website provides information on gaming websites, the gaming industry, and it occasionally may contain links or advertisements to external third-party websites and other third-party content (together with the website: the "Services"). Such third-party websites have independent privacy (and cookie) policies. If you decide to access these websites, you should first review their privacy policies before you choose to give any personal information to them.

Please note that by visiting the website, you give your agreement and consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy related to data we collect and the ways in which we process that data.

Cookies are used by our website in order to distinguish you from other visitors to our website. This allows us to provide you with a high-quality experience when you access and browse our website, and it helps us to improve our website's performance and design.

When you view a website, a small file with information called a 'cookie' is dispensed to the device you are using. This makes your navigation between pages more efficient, as it allows the automatic activation of certain features, and it keeps track of your preferences, making communication between you and the services you are accessing faster and easier.

When you arrive on our website, before we use any non-essential cookies, we ask you to select your cookies preferences. We only use essential cookies prior to you making your selection. Once you have selected your preferences, we only use cookies according to your selection. If you change your mind at any time, you can update your preferences by clicking: here.

Below you can find detailed information on the cookies that may be used by our website and the reasons why they are being used:

1. 'Session cookies' – these are files that are stored in a temporary memory while you browse, and deleted once you close the browser. These are strictly necessary in order to allow for the normal operation of our website. If these are disabled, the website's performance may be reduced.

2. 'Persistent cookies' – these are a group of cookies that are typically kept for a longer period of time (usually 1 year) by the company who sets up, the length of time depending on the policies of the company. On our website they are set by the third-party service providers, such as third-party web-traffic analytics companies who monitor and analyse your interaction with our website, over whose policies we have no control. These cookies can be one of the following types:

a) Analytical/performance cookies: these are files which collate anonymous visitor data. They show us which parts of the website visitors access, in what order and for how long, in order to help us provide you with easier and more efficient access to our website.

b) Functionality cookies: these cookies help us identify you in case of repeat visits, so that we can save and recall your preferences for following visits; and

c)Targeting cookies: this type of cookies track the pages and links which you access, so that we can try to improve our website's relevance to your interests.

Other tracking technologies

Other technologies (which we also call cookies) such as web beacons (also called pixel tags or clear gifs), tracking URLs, software development kits (SDKs) or tags can also be used. Web beacons are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognise when someone has visited our service or opened an e-mail that Online Casinos has sent them.  Tracking URLs are custom generated links that help us understand where the traffic to our webpages comes from.  SDKs are small pieces of code included in apps, which function like cookies and web beacons. Tags are short pieces of code included in our website that function like cookies and involves the sharing of certain information about your device and your interactions with our website and with our third party partner(s).

What we use cookies (and other tracking technologies) for?

Like most providers of online services, Online Casinos uses cookies and other tracking technologies to provide, secure and improve our services, including by remembering your preferences, recognizing you when you visit our website, personalizing and tailoring ads to your interests and for, advertising or retargeting purposes. To accomplish these purposes, Online Casinos also may link information from cookies with other personal information we hold about you.

Please note that we also allow trusted third parties to use cookies on our website, for example, providers of external services like advertising networks and web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be for analytical or targeting purposes.

When you visit our website, some or all of the following types of cookies may be set on your device.

The information that we collect from you may also be used for the following purposes:

• Providing you with the Services;

• Administering any competitions that you enter into and to pay or deliver to you your prize if you are a winner;

• Preserving the safety and security of our website;

• Evaluating the relevance of the accessed content to you;

• Improving and modifying our Services through conducting research or analytics;

Moreover, we may utilize data to comply with relevant laws, regulations and other governmental authority requirements, or to comply with any demands from a court of competent jurisdiction or similar legal process.

Data gathered by us might be shared by us as follows:

Other users

You share information with other users when you voluntarily share information on our website and use our services (for example, by sharing a user review). Please be careful with the personal information you choose to share and who you choose to share it with.

Service providers and others

The Company may share your Personal Information with particular trusted third-party service providers and business partners, so as to aid them in performing their function and processing user data on the behalf of the website, such as carrying out research, analytics or technical diagnostics. The processing of anonymized data to third parties according to the methods described above will follow strictly the security obligations outlined in this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

With other Internal third party businesses

We share your personal information with other entities that form part of the same group of companies as the Company, for them to assist us in processing your personal information, as service providers, upon our instructions and on our behalf. This includes technical processing operations, such as personal information hosting and maintenance, customer care, marketing and targeted advertising, finance and accounting assistance, better understanding how our service is used and users’ behaviour to improve our service, securing our personal information and systems and fighting against spam, abuse, fraud, infringement and other wrongdoings.

We may also share information with other Group entities for legitimate business purposes such as corporate audit, analysis and consolidated reporting as well as compliance with applicable laws. This information will be anonymised wherever possible and reasonable to do so.

Other disclosures

We may share and disclose anonymized data with advisers, auditors, and any potential investors or purchasers in the Company or Online Casinos. Such data may also be shared with our affiliates and subsidiaries.

In a case of corporate transaction in which the Company has an interest, such as for instance, a merger, the sale of a major part of the Company's business, or the purchase of Online Casinos or any other business or asset by the Company, we may share information with the prospective buyer or seller of such assets or business.

Besides the above cases, information may also be shared if it is our belief that disclosing such information would be:

• reasonably necessary so as to comply with any legal obligation, governmental request or applicable law;

• enforce any legal rights such as intellectual property;

• take action when it comes to any illegal activities or other types of wrongdoing, such as security issues and suspected fraud;

• enforce our internal policies;

• exercise our rights to contest legal claims; and

• prevent harm to our, your, or any third party's safety or rights.

With your consent or at your request

We may ask for your consent to share your personal information with third parties. In any such case, we will make it clear why we want to share the information.

Anonymised data

We may use and share anonymised data (meaning information that, by itself, does not identify who you are such as device information, general demographics, general behavioural personal information, geolocation in de-identified form), as well as personal information in an aggregated, hashed, non-human readable form, under any of the above circumstances.

We may combine this information with additional anonymised data or personal information in hashed, non-human readable form collected from other sources.

It is essential for Online Casinos to be furnished with adequate security for both the Services and your Personal Information. We have implemented and will maintain current, reasonable physical, technical and organisational security measures and procedures in order to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. Despite all our considerable efforts to protect our data, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to stop all unlawful access to it or any exploitation of our Services.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information over the internet is not entirely secure. Online Casinos makes every possible effort to safeguard information, but it is impossible to guarantee that all information transferred to our website will be secure; any internet-based transmission is carried out at your own risk.

Online Casinos operates on a global scale, which means that we may need to transmit your Personal Information to countries within and outside of the European Union and European Economic Area (the "EU/EEA"). What is important to note about this is that data protection and other relevant laws of countries outside of the EU/EEA may be less comprehensive than the laws and regulations within the EU/EEA. In such a situation, Online Casinos will endeavour to take all reasonably necessary measures and have adequate safeguards in place, for example, such as using EU standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, to provide you with an equivalent level of protection when it comes to any personal data collected from you.

It must be stressed that if you are below 18 years of age, you are not legally allowed to partake in the Services. These Services are not meant to be used by individuals below the age of 18.

If you have any questions about the Services or about the information that you submit to us and about our use of the Services, you can send them to legal@onlinecasinos.com.

Online Casinos takes the protection of personal data seriously and has appointed DataRep as it’s representative in the European Union for data protection matters, pursuant to Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union. DataRep can be contacted in addition to Online Casino’s team only on matters related to the processing of personal data. If you would like to raise a question or otherwise exercise your rights in respect of your personal data, you may do so by:

• sending an email to DataRep at quoting “Onlinecasinos.com” in the subject line; or 

• contacting us on our online webform at www.datarep.com/data-request.

On receiving your correspondence, we may request evidence of your identity, to ensure your personal data and information connected with it is not provided to anyone other than you.

If you have any concerns over how DataRep will handle the personal data they will require to undertake their services, please refer to their privacy notice at www.datarep.com/privacy-policy.