Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We aim to collect as little personal data as possible. Depending on how you use BestGamba, this can include:

• Account details — the email address (and optional display name) you provide when you register or sign in, plus authentication metadata such as whether your email is verified.
• Reviews and content you submit — the ratings, titles, and text of casino reviews you post, which are displayed publicly with your chosen name.
• Watchlist — the casinos you choose to track, stored against your account so your watchlist follows you across devices.
• Newsletter and notifications — your email and preferences if you opt in to our newsletter or notifications. The newsletter uses a double opt-in, so we record the confirmation.
• Usage analytics — privacy-conscious, aggregate analytics about which pages are visited and how the site performs, used to improve rankings and tools.
• Server logs — standard technical logs such as IP address, browser/user-agent, referring page, and timestamps, retained for security, abuse prevention, and debugging.

We do not collect or store your casino credentials, wallet private keys, or any funds. On-chain wallet data shown on the site comes from public blockchains and is not personal information about you.

2. Cookies & Local Storage

We use a small number of cookies and browser-storage entries, kept to what the site needs to function:

• Authentication / session — a secure cookie that keeps you signed in and protects your account between visits.
• Age-gate confirmation (bg_age_ok) — set when you confirm you are 18 or over, so the 18+ notice doesn’t reappear on every visit.
• Preferences — local entries that remember interface choices (for example, sidebar state and whether code-alert sound is enabled), stored in your browser.
• Analytics — used to measure traffic and performance in aggregate.

You can clear cookies and local storage from your browser at any time. Removing the authentication cookie signs you out; removing the age-gate cookie will show the 18+ notice again.

3. Third-Party Processors

We rely on a small set of service providers to run BestGamba. They process data only as needed to provide their service to us, and under their own terms and security obligations. By category, these are:

• Hosting & infrastructure — the providers that run our servers, database, and content delivery.
• Email delivery — the service that sends transactional email (sign-in, verification, account deletion) and newsletter messages.
• Analytics — the provider that gives us aggregate traffic and performance metrics.
• Affiliate networks— when you follow an affiliate or “Claim Bonus” link, the casino and its affiliate network may record that the click came from BestGamba in order to attribute any resulting signup. From that point your data is handled under their privacy policies, not ours.

We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it with third parties except as described here or where required by law.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• operate the site, sign you in, and secure your account;
• publish reviews you submit and maintain your watchlist;
• send the newsletter and notifications you have opted into;
• measure and improve our rankings, content, and performance;
• detect, prevent, and investigate spam, abuse, and fraud; and
• respond to your support, privacy, and legal requests.

5. Data Retention

We keep account and content data for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account, your associated personal data is removed (published reviews may be retained in anonymised form where they are part of public scoring). Newsletter records are kept until you unsubscribe. Server logs and analytics are retained only as long as needed for security and operational purposes, then deleted or aggregated.

6. Your Rights & Choices

You have control over your data on BestGamba:

• Access & update — view and edit your account details from your profile.
• Delete your account— use the “Delete account” option in your profile. We email you a confirmation link, and your account and associated data are permanently deleted once you confirm.
• Unsubscribe — opt out of the newsletter via the link in any newsletter email or your notification preferences.

Depending on where you live, you may also have rights under laws such as the GDPR or similar regimes — including the right to access, correct, export, restrict, or object to the processing of your data. To exercise any of these, contact us using the details below and we’ll respond within the time required by applicable law.

7. Children & Age Requirement

BestGamba covers gambling-related content and is intended only for users aged 18 and over (or the legal gambling age where you live, if higher). It is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it.

8. International Transfers

BestGamba is available worldwide, and our processors may store or process data in countries other than your own. Where data is transferred across borders, we rely on the providers’ safeguards and applicable data-protection mechanisms to keep it protected to a standard consistent with this policy.

9. Security

We use industry-standard measures — including encrypted connections, scoped access, and secure session handling — to protect your data. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure, so we can’t guarantee absolute security, but we take reasonable steps to safeguard your information and to respond promptly if an issue arises.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the product and our data practices evolve. The current version is always the one published here, and material changes will be reflected in the “Last updated” date below.

11. Contact

Questions about this policy or your data? Reach us at privacy@bestgamba.com.