Information we collect when you visit
When you load a page on this site, our server logs receive a small set of technical signals: the IP address that requested the page, a user-agent string, the referring URL (if your browser sends one), and a timestamp accurate to the second. We treat the IP as a transient diagnostic value, not as a personal identifier, and we do not enrich it with third-party geolocation services. Visitors who route traffic through a VPN will see exactly the same site behaviour as anyone else — we do not probe for VPN headers, we do not block or flag VPN exit nodes, and we do not attempt to bypass any privacy tooling you have configured. Requests arriving from common VPN exit IP ranges are logged with the same fields as any other request and are not flagged or marked in any way.
We do not run browser fingerprinting scripts. There is no canvas hashing, no audio context probing, no WebGL identification, and no font enumeration. Page-load telemetry is limited to anonymised performance metrics returned by your browser through standard APIs (specifically, the navigation-timing values that any modern browser exposes to the page itself). DNS lookups for assets on this site go through the same DNS resolver your browser uses for everything else; we do not run a DNS-over-HTTPS service of our own.
Cookies and similar tracking technologies
This site sets a single first-party preference cookie (named "site_pref") with a 90-day expiry to remember whether you have closed the responsible-gambling notice. Outbound clicks to operator pages may carry a campaign parameter in the URL string; that parameter is read by the destination site, not stored by us. We do not set advertising cookies. If your browser blocks cookies entirely, every section of this site remains accessible.
Third-party services and analytics we rely on
We use a single privacy-respecting analytics service that records aggregated page-view counts without setting cookies and without retaining raw IP addresses beyond 24 hours. Static assets (images, fonts, CSS) are served from a content delivery network that maintains its own short-term edge logs for abuse prevention. We do not embed social media widgets, comment systems, or third-party advertising scripts on any page.
Why we collect this information (purposes)
Server logs are kept for one reason: to investigate outages, scraping abuse, and security incidents. Aggregated analytics tell us which review pages attract the most readers so we can prioritise updates. Newsletter sign-ups (if you choose to subscribe) are used only to deliver the newsletter — they are not used to build advertising profiles or sold to data brokers.
How long we keep information (retention)
Concrete retention periods apply to each data category:
- Raw web server logs: 14 days, then automatically purged.
- Aggregated analytics counters: 26 months, in fully anonymised form.
- Newsletter subscriber email addresses: until you unsubscribe, then deleted within 7 days.
- Contact-form submissions: 180 days from the date of your last reply, then deleted.
Your rights under the Privacy Act 1988
The Australian Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act 1988 give you the right to ask what personal information we hold about you, to request correction of inaccurate data, and to lodge a complaint with the regulator if you believe your information has been mishandled. The regulator is the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). Because we collect so little, most rights requests on this site resolve in a single email exchange.
Updates to this privacy notice
Changes to this notice are recorded at the foot of the page with a revision date. Material changes — for example, the introduction of a new analytics provider or a change to retention windows — will be flagged with a banner on the site for 30 days following the update. Minor edits (a typo, a clarified sentence) are made silently but a versioned copy of the previous text is retained internally for 12 months in case any reader needs to refer back to it. This notice was last reviewed on 21 May 2026, and the next scheduled review is May 2027.
Affiliate disclosure. This site participates in affiliate arrangements with the operators we review. Commissions earned on referred traffic do not influence the order of recommendations or the verdicts in our reviews. We do not accept payment for placement in our rankings, we do not exchange links with operators outside the editorial workflow, and any review that becomes obsolete due to a change in operator behaviour is updated or pulled — paid relationship or not. Contact for any privacy enquiry: privacy@vpn-casino.com. We try to acknowledge within two business days and to resolve formal requests within 30 days, as the Privacy Act 1988 timeline suggests.
