Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy sets out the data processing practices carried out by Casino Awards UK.

Here at Casino Awards UK we like making things simple and easy for our customers and that includes being clear, transparent and open about what we collect, and how and why we use the data we collect, so this page goes into great detail.

Our Policy explains how we use your personal data, whether you are just visiting, making a deposit or playing one of our games. This policy includes information you may not already know about your data privacy rights, circumstances in which we share and obtain information about you and how we use it to personalize the marketing you receive, so please take time to read all the sections carefully.

If we make any material updates to this Policy, we will inform you.

Please note that all our employees undertake regular training on Information Security and are required to comply with confidentially obligations as well as internal policies and procedures whenever they handle your information.

We hope you will find this page helpful, but should you have any concerns or questions, regarding Data Protection, please feel free to contact our Data Protection Officer at enquiries@www.casinoawards.co

Our Privacy Policy Promise
Casino Awards UK will always value and respect the privacy of each and every one of its customers. Your privacy is important both to you and to us and we make the following promise to you:

Casino Awards UK is committed to protecting your privacy. We believe in using your personal information to make things simpler and better for you. We will always keep your personal information safe. We’ll be clear and open with you about why we collect your personal information and how we use it. Where you have choices or rights, we’ll explain them to you and respect your wishes.

The Types of Information We Collect
We collect two types of data and information from our customers.

Personal Information
Personal Information which can be used to identify an individual. The Personal information we collect through our Services includes information which is submitted directly by you, such as: phone number; full name; e-mail address; home address; date of birth; payment means (e.g. credit card number); and other financial information that we may need in order to provide our Services. We also collect Personal Information from your device (e.g. geolocation data, IP address) and information on your activity on the Services (e.g. pages viewed, online browsing, clicks, actions, etc.).

Non-personal Information
The second type of information is un-identified and non-identifiable information pertaining to you which may be made available or gathered via your use of the Services We are not aware of the identity of the user from which the Non-personal Information was collected. Non-personal Information which is being collected may include your aggregated usage information and technical information transmitted by your device, including certain software and hardware information (e.g. the type of browser and operating system your device uses, language preference, access time and the domain name of the website from which you linked to the Services; etc.), in order to enhance the functionality of our Services.

If we combine Personal Information with Non-personal Information, the combined information will be treated as Personal Information for as long as it remains combined.

How We Collect Your Information

Collecting Information about you, from you
Casino Awards UK collects personal information about you whenever you use our services. Some of it you provide directly to us, for example, when you register an account or fund your account. Other information is collected during your interactions with us, such as the bets you place or online chats with our customer services team and through Cookies (Please refer to the dedicated section about Cookie’s for more information on our usage of cookies). Also, if you consent we will also record the telephone calls you make to us. We also collect information about the way you access, view, share, contribute to and communicate with and through our services, for example when you post comments via our social media channels or chat functionalities.

Collecting Information about you, from your device
We collect information from the devices you use when using Casino Awards UK content, products and services. This includes but is not limited to the following: your IP address (a number that identifies a specific device on the internet and is required for your device to communicate with websites), hardware model, operating system and version number.

Collecting Information about you, from Cookies
We may collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns and does not identify any individual.

For the same reason, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our site and to deliver a better and more personalised service. Some of the cookies we use are essential for the site to operate. The cookies we use can be grouped into four separate categories and are explained in the section further below set out for Cookies.

Collecting Information about you, from external companies
To help us comply with our legal and regulatory KYC and Social Responsibility obligations, when you open your account we may cross reference the information you supplied to us with external/governmental companies who can verify ID, or if you are registered with them because you asked not to be allowed to gamble or receive marketing

We use publicly available information (on social media sites and the like) to help verify information provided to us and we log and save the results.

How do we use the information we collect?
We use and share Personal Information in the manners described in this Privacy Policy. The Personal Information will be disclosed to a third party only to the extent required for the specific purpose, as stipulated in this Privacy Policy, and in such cases, we require the relevant third party to agree to process such information in compliance with our Privacy Policy.

We will not disclose your Personal Data with any third parties outside of the European Union in countries where there is no adequate data protection regime. However, in the event that such a data transfer occurs, we will take all reasonable steps possible to ensure that your data is treated as securely as it is within the European Union and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the applicable legislation. Additionally, we will update the current Privacy Policy in order to reflect the cross-border data transfer and the relevant safeguards for your privacy.

The information we collect, which may include “Personal Information”, is used for the following purposes:

To set up your account and to provide our Services (e.g. send out cash-out checks, process your payments; etc.) The legal basis for this processing activity is the performance of the contract.

To identify and authenticate your access to certain features. The legal basis for this processing activity is your consent.

To indicate that you had a win (in winners announcements on our website or on a tournament leaderboard) by using your Username. We advise against using anything that can identify you personally, however this is your choice. The legal basis for this processing is your consent.

To communicate with you and to keep you informed of our latest updates; The legal basis for this processing activity is your consent.

To market our website and products or those of any of our business partners and affiliates. The legal basis for this processing activity is the performance of the contract.

To serve you advertisements. The legal basis for this processing activity is your consent.

To perform a research or to conduct anonymous analytics in order to improve and customize our Services to your needs and interests; The legal basis for this processing activity is your consent.

To support and troubleshoot our Services and to respond to your queries; The legal basis for this processing activity is your consent; and To investigate violations and enforce our policies, as required by law, regulation or other governmental authority, or to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process or respond to a government request. The legal basis for this processing activity is the legal obligations.

To audit certain elements of our business practices. The legal basis for this processing activity is the legal obligations. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time in writing to our contact details mentioned in this Policy. Withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of the treatment of your data prior to its revocation.

Companies that provide services on our behalf We share your personal information with external organizations that carry out a range of services on behalf of Casino Awards UK. We carry out checks to ensure that the companies we work with will give your information the same level of care and protection as we do. Both we and they are obliged to handle your information in accordance with data protection law, and we are also required to put in place contractual measures reinforcing those obligations.

The main functions that are or may be carried out, fully or in part, by third parties are listed below:

Management and execution of marketing campaigns
Payment processing and verification
Anti-fraud and -money laundering checks and ID verification
Checks to detect unfair use of our products and services
Web hosting, online content services and data storage
Management of competitions, contests and offers
Data analytics and data cleansing
Market research and collecting or analysing customer feedback
IT services and support
Audit-, Legal- & Compliance- related services
Storing data for regulators to access and view

Information demands from Regulators:
On a regular basis, in all licensed jurisdictions, we are regulatory required to produce reports containing non-Personal Data. The reports consists of things such as number of self exclusions, number of registrations, number of complaints, number of suspicious transactions reported to authorities.

How long do we keep your information?
We hold your personal information only as long as we have a valid legal reason to do so, which includes providing you with the services you have requested, meeting our legal and regulatory obligations, resolving disputes and enforcing our agreements.

The length of time for which we keep different types of personal information can vary, depending on why we originally obtained them, the reason we process them and the legal requirements that apply to them. When setting our data retention and deletion timescales we take into account a range of factors including applicable regulations and standards relating to gambling and gaming, anti-money laundering, taxation, payment processing and complaint handling, the need to prevent or detect crime or other misuse of our services, and audit requirements. To fulfil our requirements, some of your personal data will need to be retained for a period of time after you cease to be a customer. When we no longer need it to fulfil the above requirements, we delete it securely or anonymise it.

Your Rights
You have the following Data Subject Rights:

The right to be informed. Transparency in how we are using personal data. Hence, this detailed Privacy Policy.

The right of access. This enables you to e.g. receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

The right to rectification. Correction/Rectification of the personal data we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected/rectified.

The right to erasure. This enables you to ask us to erase your personal data [known as the ‘right to be forgotten’] where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.
The right to data portability. This gives you the right to receive personal data they have provided to a controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. It also gives you the right to request that a controller transmits this data directly to another controller.

The right to restrict processing. This enables you to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data, i.e. use it only for certain things, if: it is not accurate, it has been used unlawfully but you do not wish for us to delete it, it is not relevant any more, but you want us to keep it for use in possible legal claims, You have already asked us to stop using your personal data, but you are waiting us to confirm if we have legitimate grounds to use your data.

The right to object. This gives you the right to object to the processing of your personal data. For example, if you object to receiving marketing material you can remove consent for us to send it. The right to object only applies in certain circumstances. Whether it applies depends on your purposes for processing and the lawful basis for processing. Individuals have the absolute right to object to the processing of their personal data if it is for direct marketing purposes. Individuals can also object if the processing is for:
a task carried out in the public interest;
the exercise of official authority vested in you; or your legitimate interests (or those of a third party); in relation to automated decision making and profiling.

If you believe your privacy rights have been infringed, or you disagree with a decision we have made about your privacy rights, you have the right to complain to the relevant supervisory authority.