Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2026
This privacy policy explains how personal data is collected and used when you visit PayCasino UK, an independent information website about payment methods at online casinos. We process personal data in line with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), as amended from time to time.
Who Is Responsible for Your Data
The controller responsible for processing personal data on this website is the operator of PayCasino UK. Contact details are available in the legal notice and on the contact page of the website. If you have any questions about this policy or about how your data is handled, please use the contact form on the website.
What Data We Collect
Server log data. When you visit the website, our hosting infrastructure automatically records technical information sent by your browser. This includes your IP address, the date and time of access, the pages viewed, the referring website, browser type and version, operating system and device type. This data is needed to deliver the website and keep it secure.
Cookies and similar technologies. We use strictly necessary cookies and, with your consent, analytics, functional and marketing cookies. Full details are set out in our Cookie Policy.
Analytics data. If you consent to analytics cookies, we collect information about how visitors use the website, such as which pages are viewed, how long visits last and how visitors arrive. Where the analytics tool supports it, IP addresses are shortened or pseudonymised, and reports are used in aggregated form.
Contact enquiries. If you use the contact form, we process the information you provide — typically your name, email address and message — in order to respond to you.
Outbound link clicks. Some links on our website lead to third-party websites, including casino operators with whom we may have commercial partnerships. When you click such a link, a referral identifier may be passed to the partner so that the visit can be attributed. We do not receive your account, identity or payment information from partners.
We do not ask for, and do not knowingly process, special category data, payment card details or gambling account information.
Why We Process Your Data and Our Lawful Bases
- Operating and securing the website (server logs, strictly necessary cookies): our legitimate interests in providing a secure and functioning website (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR).
- Analytics and functional cookies: your consent (Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR, together with PECR).
- Marketing and partner tracking cookies: your consent (Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR, together with PECR).
- Responding to enquiries: our legitimate interests in answering questions and feedback from readers (Article 6(1)(f) UK GDPR).
- Legal obligations: where we are required by law to retain or disclose information (Article 6(1)(c) UK GDPR).
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have balanced those interests against your rights and freedoms and concluded that the processing is proportionate.
Who We Share Data With
We only share personal data where it is necessary for the purposes described above:
- Hosting and IT service providers that run and secure the website.
- Analytics providers, only if you have consented to analytics cookies.
- Affiliate networks and partners, limited to referral identifiers and only where you have consented where consent is required.
- Professional advisers and public authorities, where disclosure is required by law or needed to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Service providers acting as processors work on our documented instructions under written agreements. We do not sell personal data.
International Transfers
Some of our service providers may process data outside the United Kingdom. Where this happens, we make sure appropriate safeguards are in place, for example by relying on UK adequacy regulations or by using the International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
How Long We Keep Data
- Server logs are kept only as long as needed for security and troubleshooting, usually a matter of weeks, and are then deleted or anonymised.
- Analytics data is retained according to the retention settings of the analytics tool; aggregated reports that no longer identify individuals may be kept longer.
- Contact enquiries are kept for as long as needed to deal with your request and any follow-up, and are then deleted.
- Cookies remain on your device for the periods described in our Cookie Policy.
How We Protect Your Data
The website is delivered over an encrypted HTTPS connection. Access to systems is restricted to those who need it, software is kept up to date, and we choose service providers that apply appropriate technical and organisational security measures. No transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information.
Your Rights
Under UK GDPR you have the following rights, subject to certain conditions and exceptions:
- Right to be informed about how your personal data is used.
- Right of access to the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Right to erasure of your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to restrict processing in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability for data you have provided to us, where processing is based on consent and carried out by automated means.
- Right to object to processing based on legitimate interests and to direct marketing at any time.
- Right to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
- Rights related to automated decision-making. We do not make decisions about you based solely on automated processing that have legal or similarly significant effects.
To exercise any of these rights, please use the contact form on the website. We will respond within one month, which may be extended in certain cases as permitted by law. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on a request.
Complaints
If you are unhappy with how your personal data has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection, at ico.org.uk. We would, however, appreciate the chance to address your concerns first, so please contact us before approaching the ICO.
Children
This website is intended only for adults aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you believe that a person under 18 has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it.
Links to Other Websites
Our guides contain links to third-party websites. Once you leave PayCasino UK, the privacy policies of those websites apply. We are not responsible for how third parties process personal data, and we recommend reading their privacy information.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy to reflect changes in our website, our service providers or the law. The current version is always published on this page, and the date at the top shows when it was last updated.