Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains what information CSSRC US collects, why we collect it, how we use and protect it, and the choices you have. It is written to be readable rather than to hide behind jargon. This is a thorough starter policy for your site; please have it reviewed by a qualified professional and tailored to your exact data practices and jurisdiction before you rely on it.

Who we are

CSSRC US is an independent casino review and iGaming publication. In data-protection terms we are the “controller” of the personal information described in this policy — that means we decide what is collected and why. If you have any question about your data, our contact details are on the contact page.

The information we collect

We try to collect as little personal information as possible, and only what helps us run the site and improve it. Depending on how you use CSSRC US, that may include:

• Information you give us directly — for example, your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter, or your name, email and message when you use our contact form.
• Information collected automatically — like most websites, our servers and analytics tools record technical data such as your approximate location (derived from your IP address), browser type, device type, the pages you visit and how you arrived. We use a privacy-friendly approach and, where required, hash or truncate identifiers.
• Cookies and similar technologies — small files stored on your device that remember preferences (such as your chosen market and light/dark theme) and help us understand how the site is used. See the cookies section below.
• Community ratings — if you submit a star rating for a casino, we store the rating along with a one-way hashed version of your IP address purely to prevent the same person rating the same casino repeatedly. We cannot reverse this hash to identify you.

How and why we use your information

We use the information we collect for clearly defined purposes: to send you the newsletter you asked for; to respond to your enquiries; to operate, secure and improve the website; to understand which content is useful so we can produce more of it; to prevent fraud and abuse; and to comply with our legal obligations. We process this data on the lawful bases of your consent (for example, for marketing emails), our legitimate interests in running and improving a safe website, and compliance with the law.

Marketing emails

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your email address to send you the updates you signed up for. Every email includes a one-click unsubscribe link, and you can opt out at any time. We will never sell your email address, and we do not share it with the casinos we review.

Cookies

Cookies help the site work and help us improve it. We use a small number of necessary cookies and local-storage items to remember your preferences — such as your selected market, your light, dark or sepia theme choice, and whether you have dismissed the alert bar. We may also use analytics cookies to measure traffic in aggregate. Where the law requires it, we will ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies, and you can change your mind at any time. You can also control cookies through your browser settings, though disabling some may affect how the site works.

Affiliate links and third parties

CSSRC US earns commission when some readers sign up to operators through links on our site. When you click an outbound link to a casino, that operator becomes responsible for any data it collects from you under its own privacy policy, which we encourage you to read. We may record that a click happened (in aggregate, to understand which reviews are useful) but we do not follow you onto the operator’s site or receive your gambling activity. We also use reputable third-party services for things like analytics, email delivery and hosting; these providers process data on our behalf under appropriate agreements.

How long we keep your data

We keep personal information only for as long as we need it for the purpose we collected it. Newsletter subscriptions are kept until you unsubscribe. Contact-form messages are kept for as long as needed to handle your enquiry and a reasonable period afterwards. Aggregated analytics data, which does not identify you, may be kept for longer to track trends over time.

How we protect your data

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information against loss, misuse and unauthorised access, including encryption in transit, access controls and data minimisation. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, but we work to keep your data safe and to limit how much of it we hold in the first place.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to correct it, to delete it, to restrict or object to its processing, and to receive a copy in a portable format. You also have the right to withdraw consent at any time where we rely on it, and to complain to your local data-protection authority. To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details on the contact page and we will respond within the time the law allows.

Children

Gambling is strictly for adults, and CSSRC US is not intended for anyone under eighteen. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it.

International data transfers

We use reputable service providers for hosting, analytics and email delivery, and some of them may process data on servers located outside your home country. Where personal data is transferred across borders, we take steps to ensure it remains protected to a standard consistent with this policy and applicable law — for example, by relying on providers that offer recognised safeguards such as standard contractual clauses. If you would like more detail about where your data may be processed, please get in touch.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or the law. When we make material changes, we will update the date below and, where appropriate, notify you. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Your continued use of CSSRC US after an update means you accept the revised policy.