This Privacy Policy explains how BestCasinoSites collects, uses, stores and protects your personal data when you visit our website. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy in compliance with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1 May 2026. We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements or other factors. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
BestCasinoSites, accessible at funkysoapshop.com (hereinafter “the Website”, “we”, “us” or “our”), is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your personal data, or if you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, you may contact our Data Protection Officer at:
Email: [email protected]
Please include “Data Protection” in the subject line to help us route your enquiry appropriately. We aim to respond to all data protection enquiries within 30 calendar days, in accordance with our obligations under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
We are committed to collecting only the minimum amount of personal data necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. The types of personal data we may collect depend on how you interact with the Website.
When you visit the Website, certain technical and usage data is collected automatically through cookies, server logs and analytics tools. This may include:
If you contact us via email or through any contact functionality on the Website, we may collect:
We do not require you to create an account or provide personal data to browse the Website. The provision of contact data is entirely voluntary and only occurs when you actively choose to get in touch with us.
We do not purchase personal data from third-party data brokers or list providers. However, we may receive limited aggregated or anonymised data from our analytics providers and affiliate network partners, such as aggregate traffic statistics and conversion metrics. This data does not identify individual users.
We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:
We use technical and analytics data to operate, maintain and improve the Website. This includes monitoring website performance, identifying technical issues, understanding how users navigate the site, determining which content is most useful and optimising our pages for a better user experience. For example, analytics data helps us understand which casino reviews receive the most traffic, which allows us to prioritise updates and ensure our most popular content is kept current.
If you contact us, we use your contact details and communication content to respond to your enquiry, provide the information or assistance you have requested, and maintain records of our correspondence for quality assurance and complaint handling purposes.
When you click on an affiliate link on the Website, cookies and similar tracking technologies may be used by our affiliate network partners to track the referral and attribute any subsequent registration or deposit to our site. This tracking is necessary for us to receive the commissions that fund the operation of the Website. The data collected through affiliate tracking typically includes a unique click identifier, the date and time of the click and whether a conversion occurred. It does not include your name, email address or other directly identifying personal information.
We may process personal data where necessary to comply with legal obligations, respond to lawful requests from public authorities, enforce our Terms and Conditions, or protect our rights, property or safety, or the rights, property or safety of others.
Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), we must have a valid legal basis for processing your personal data. The legal bases we rely on depend on the specific processing activity:
We rely on your consent for the use of non-essential cookies, including analytics cookies, functional cookies and marketing or affiliate tracking cookies. You may give, refuse or withdraw your consent at any time through our cookie consent mechanism or by adjusting your browser settings. For further details, please see our Cookie Policy.
We rely on our legitimate interests for certain processing activities, including:
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have conducted a balancing test to ensure that our interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms. We are satisfied that the processing described above is proportionate, necessary and does not cause unwarranted harm to data subjects.
We may process personal data where necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject, such as responding to a lawful request from a regulatory authority or a court order.
We use cookies and similar technologies on the Website to enhance your browsing experience, analyse site usage and support our affiliate marketing activities. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.
For comprehensive information about the specific cookies we use, their purposes and durations, and how to manage your cookie preferences, please refer to our dedicated Cookie Policy.
In summary, we use the following categories of cookies:
We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data to third parties for their own marketing purposes. However, we do share limited data with the following categories of third-party service providers, who process data on our behalf or as independent data controllers:
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”), to analyse how visitors use the Website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymised usage data, including page views, session duration, bounce rate, traffic sources and approximate geographic location. We have enabled IP anonymisation in Google Analytics, which truncates your IP address before it is stored, ensuring that your full IP address is never retained by Google on our behalf. Google processes this data in accordance with its own Privacy Policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
When you click on an affiliate link on the Website, you are redirected through our affiliate network partner’s tracking system before arriving at the casino’s website. During this process, the affiliate network may place a cookie on your device to track the referral. The data collected typically includes a click identifier, timestamp and conversion data. This information is used to attribute referrals and calculate commissions. Our affiliate partners process this data as independent data controllers in accordance with their own privacy policies.
The Website is hosted by third-party infrastructure providers who may have access to server logs and technical data as part of providing their hosting services. These providers are contractually obligated to process data only as necessary to provide their services and to implement appropriate security measures.
If you contact us via email, your communication passes through our email service provider, which may process and store your email address and message content as part of delivering and managing our email communications.
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law. Our specific retention periods are as follows:
When personal data is no longer required, it is securely deleted or anonymised so that it can no longer be associated with you.
Under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data. These rights are not absolute and may be subject to certain conditions and exemptions as provided by law.
You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, together with information about how and why we process it. This is commonly known as a “subject access request” (SAR). We will provide the information free of charge within one calendar month of receiving your verified request, unless the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, in which case we may charge a reasonable fee or refuse the request.
You have the right to request the correction of any inaccurate personal data we hold about you, and to have any incomplete personal data completed. If you believe that any information we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us and we will promptly correct it.
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances, including where it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, where you withdraw your consent (and there is no other legal basis for the processing), where you object to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds, or where the data has been unlawfully processed. This right is also known as the “right to be forgotten”.
Where processing is based on your consent or on a contract, and is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive the personal data you provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to transmit that data to another controller without hindrance from us.
You have the right to request the restriction of processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, including where you contest the accuracy of the data, where the processing is unlawful but you do not wish it to be erased, where we no longer need the data but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or where you have objected to processing pending verification of whether our legitimate grounds override yours.
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) as the legal basis for processing, if you believe the processing impacts your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes at any time, although we do not currently engage in direct email marketing.
Where we rely on your consent as the legal basis for processing (for example, for non-essential cookies), you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
If you are dissatisfied with how we have handled your personal data or responded to a data protection request, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO):
We would, however, appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.
To exercise any of the rights described above, please contact us by email at [email protected] with the subject line “Data Protection Request”. In your request, please:
We will acknowledge your request within five working days and provide a substantive response within one calendar month. If your request is particularly complex or we receive a large number of requests, we may extend this period by a further two months, in which case we will inform you of the extension and the reasons for the delay within the initial one-month period.
We will not charge a fee for processing your request unless it is manifestly unfounded or excessive (for example, because of its repetitive character). In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information or taking the action requested, or we may refuse to act on the request.
The Website is not intended for and is not directed at individuals under the age of eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect, store or process personal data from anyone under the age of 18. Gambling is an age-restricted activity in the United Kingdom, and all content on the Website is intended exclusively for adults aged 18 and over.
If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child under the age of 18, we will take immediate steps to delete that data from our systems. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal data to us, please contact us immediately at [email protected] so that we can take appropriate action.
Some of the third-party service providers we use, including Google (for Google Analytics), are based outside the United Kingdom. This means that your personal data may be transferred to, stored in and processed in countries outside the UK, including the United States and the European Economic Area (EEA).
Where we transfer personal data outside the UK, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data in accordance with the UK GDPR. These safeguards may include:
Google LLC complies with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which have been recognised as providing adequate protection for personal data transferred from the UK to certified US organisations. For more information about Google’s data protection practices, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy.
We take the security of your personal data seriously and implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect it against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or destruction. These measures include:
Whilst we strive to protect your personal data, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data, but we are committed to maintaining robust safeguards and responding promptly to any security incident.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our data processing practices, applicable laws, or other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. When we make changes, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page and, where appropriate, provide additional notice (such as a notice on our Website).
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your personal data. Your continued use of the Website after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
If we make any material changes to this policy that significantly affect the way we handle your personal data, we will endeavour to provide prominent notice prior to the change becoming effective.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data processing practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at:
Email: [email protected]
Please use the subject line “Data Protection” to ensure your enquiry is handled promptly. We aim to respond to all data protection enquiries within 30 calendar days.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or by calling 0303 123 1113.