Best Slots Journal — Privacy Policy

Best Slots Journal — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 26 June 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how BestSlotsJournal.com collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information when you visit or use our website.

This Privacy Policy should be read together with our Terms of Use and Cookies Policy.

1. Who we are

This website is operated by:

Legal owner / data controller: bestslotsjournal.com

Trading name: Best Slots Journal / BestSlotsJournal

Website: https://bestslotsjournal.com

Contact email: [email protected]

In this Privacy Policy, “Best Slots Journal”, “we”, “us”, or “our” refers to the website operator listed above.

2. About our website

Best Slots Journal publishes online slot reviews, casino-related guides, slot ratings, comparison content, demo-game information, payment-method information, and other gambling-industry content.

We are not an online casino, gambling operator, bookmaker, payment processor, or gambling platform. We do not accept bets, deposits, wagers, or withdrawals.

Some links on our website may be affiliate links or advertising links. If you click those links, you may be redirected to third-party gambling websites, casino operators, affiliate networks, advertisers, or other external services.

3. Important gambling and legal notice

This website is intended only for users who are at least 18 years old or the legal gambling age in their country, state, province, territory, or region, whichever is higher.

You are solely responsible for checking and complying with the gambling laws that apply in your country or region before accessing gambling-related content, clicking gambling links, registering with any casino, claiming any bonus, depositing funds, or playing for real money.

If gambling-related content, gambling advertising, or online gambling is illegal or restricted in your location, you must not use this website for any illegal purpose or click through to gambling operators in violation of local law.

4. Personal information we may collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect the following categories of information.

4.1 Information you provide directly

You may provide personal information when you:

  • contact us by email;
  • submit a contact form, if available;
  • send feedback, complaints, legal notices, or business inquiries;
  • request information about our website, content, or partnerships;
  • subscribe to a newsletter, if we offer one;
  • communicate with us for any other reason.

This information may include:

  • name;
  • email address;
  • company name;
  • website URL;
  • country or region;
  • message content;
  • any other information you choose to provide.

Please do not send us sensitive information unless necessary. This includes information about health, gambling addiction, financial hardship, identity documents, bank details, passwords, or other highly confidential information.

4.2 Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address;
  • approximate location based on IP address;
  • browser type and version;
  • device type;
  • operating system;
  • pages visited;
  • time spent on pages;
  • clicks and interactions;
  • referring website or search engine;
  • exit pages;
  • date and time of visit;
  • diagnostic and error data;
  • cookie identifiers or similar tracking identifiers.

This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, analytics tools, security tools, affiliate tracking technologies, advertising technologies, or similar technologies.

4.3 Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies as described in our Cookies Policy.

These technologies may be used for:

  • strictly necessary website functions;
  • cookie-consent management;
  • analytics and performance measurement;
  • affiliate tracking;
  • advertising measurement;
  • preference storage;
  • security and fraud prevention;
  • embedded third-party content.

Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies, such as analytics, advertising, marketing, or affiliate tracking cookies.

You can change your cookie preferences using the cookie settings tool on our website.

4.4 Affiliate and advertising tracking data

Because Best Slots Journal is a gambling-affiliate website, affiliate links and tracking technologies may be used to measure referrals to third-party casino operators, gambling brands, game providers, affiliate networks, or advertising partners.

This may involve the collection or use of:

  • click IDs;
  • referral IDs;
  • tracking URLs;
  • affiliate network identifiers;
  • device or browser identifiers;
  • landing-page information;
  • conversion events, such as registration or deposit status;
  • campaign performance data;
  • commission or revenue attribution data.

In many cases, this data is pseudonymous and does not directly identify you by name. However, it may still be considered personal information under some privacy laws.

Third-party operators and affiliate networks may also collect their own data when you click outbound links or visit their websites. Their processing is governed by their own privacy policies.

4.5 Information from third parties

We may receive limited information from third parties, such as:

  • analytics providers;
  • hosting providers;
  • security providers;
  • affiliate networks;
  • casino operators;
  • advertising partners;
  • technical service providers;
  • consent-management providers.

This information may include aggregated analytics, traffic statistics, referral performance, commission reports, fraud-prevention data, or other data needed to operate and improve the website.

5. We do not intentionally collect gambling-account data

Best Slots Journal does not operate gambling accounts and does not intentionally collect:

  • casino usernames or passwords;
  • copies of identity documents;
  • bank account numbers;
  • payment-card details;
  • casino account balances;
  • full gambling histories;
  • withdrawal records;
  • self-exclusion records;
  • medical or counselling records.

If you create an account, deposit money, claim a bonus, play games, complete KYC checks, or request withdrawals on a third-party gambling website, that information is handled by the relevant third-party operator, not by Best Slots Journal.

6. Purposes for using personal information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

  • to operate and maintain the website;
  • to display content and improve website functionality;
  • to respond to messages, inquiries, complaints, or legal notices;
  • to analyze website traffic and user behaviour;
  • to improve reviews, guides, rankings, and user experience;
  • to measure affiliate-link and advertising performance;
  • to attribute referrals and calculate commissions;
  • to detect technical errors, misuse, security threats, or fraud;
  • to manage cookie preferences and consent records;
  • to comply with legal obligations;
  • to protect our rights, users, partners, and website;
  • to maintain business records;
  • to enforce our Terms of Use;
  • to handle disputes or legal claims.

7. Legal bases for processing

Where applicable privacy laws require a legal basis, we may rely on one or more of the following legal bases.

Consent

We may rely on consent for:

  • non-essential cookies;
  • analytics cookies where consent is required;
  • advertising and marketing cookies;
  • affiliate tracking cookies where consent is required;
  • newsletters or direct marketing, if offered;
  • certain third-party embedded content.

You may withdraw consent at any time.

Legitimate interests

We may rely on legitimate interests for:

  • operating and improving the website;
  • responding to communications;
  • protecting website security;
  • detecting misuse or fraud;
  • maintaining business records;
  • understanding basic website performance;
  • enforcing our legal rights;
  • measuring non-intrusive business performance where permitted by law.

When relying on legitimate interests, we consider whether our interests are overridden by your privacy rights.

Legal obligation

We may process personal information where necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, law-enforcement requests, tax obligations, accounting rules, or other legal duties.

Contract or pre-contractual steps

We may process personal information where necessary to respond to your requests, manage business communications, or perform obligations connected with our Terms of Use or other agreements.

8. Who we share personal information with

We may share personal information with the following categories of recipients where necessary and lawful:

  • hosting providers;
  • website security providers;
  • analytics providers;
  • cookie-consent management providers;
  • affiliate networks;
  • gambling operators or casino partners when you click outbound links;
  • advertising partners;
  • email or communication providers;
  • technical support providers;
  • professional advisers, such as lawyers, accountants, or compliance consultants;
  • regulators, public authorities, courts, or law-enforcement bodies where required;
  • potential buyers, successors, or business partners in connection with a business transfer, merger, sale, or restructuring.

We do not sell your name or email address to casino operators.

However, some privacy laws may define “sale,” “sharing,” or “targeted advertising” broadly. Affiliate tracking, advertising pixels, analytics tools, or third-party tracking technologies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information under certain laws. Where required, we will provide opt-out mechanisms.

9. Third-party websites and gambling operators

Our website contains links to third-party websites, including gambling operators, casino brands, game providers, affiliate networks, advertisers, payment providers, responsible-gambling organizations, and other external resources.

When you click a third-party link, you leave Best Slots Journal.

Third-party websites may collect, use, store, and share your personal information according to their own privacy policies and cookie policies.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, legal compliance, licensing status, bonus rules, or gambling services of third-party websites.

Before registering, depositing, claiming a bonus, or playing on any gambling website, you should read that operator’s Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Cookies Policy, Responsible Gambling Policy, bonus terms, and licensing information.

You are solely responsible for checking the gambling laws in your country or region before playing.

10. International transfers

Because this website is accessible globally, your personal information may be processed in countries other than your own.

Our service providers, analytics providers, hosting providers, affiliate partners, advertising partners, or technical providers may be located in different countries.

Where required by applicable law, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as contractual protections, data-processing agreements, adequacy decisions, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

11. Data retention

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Because Best Slots Journal operates an informational and affiliate-based gambling-content website, we may need to retain certain records for business, legal, compliance, security, fraud-prevention, accounting, and dispute-resolution purposes.

Typical retention periods may include:

  • Contact and inquiry emails: up to 5 years after the last communication, unless a longer period is needed to handle a dispute, legal request, complaint, or ongoing business relationship.

  • Business, advertising, affiliate, and partnership communications: up to 7 years after the end of the relevant relationship or last communication.

  • Legal complaints, regulatory inquiries, takedown requests, rights requests, or dispute records: up to 7 years after the matter is closed, or longer where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

  • Privacy-rights requests and consent-related communications: up to 7 years after the request or communication is completed, so that we can demonstrate compliance with applicable privacy laws.

  • Analytics data: up to 50 months, depending on the settings of the analytics provider, unless the data is anonymized or aggregated earlier.

  • Cookie-consent records: up to 5 years after your last consent choice or until the consent record is replaced, withdrawn, or no longer needed for compliance purposes.

  • Server logs, technical logs, and security logs: up to 24 months, unless a longer period is required to investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, technical errors, legal claims, or misuse of the website.

  • Affiliate tracking, referral, click, conversion, and commission records: up to 7 years after the relevant referral, transaction, commission event, or end of the applicable affiliate relationship, for attribution, reconciliation, accounting, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, and legal compliance.

  • Advertising-performance and campaign records: up to 7 years after the relevant campaign ends, unless anonymized or aggregated earlier.

  • Accounting, tax, invoice, payment, and financial records: up to 10 years, or longer if required by applicable tax, accounting, corporate, anti-fraud, or legal obligations.

  • Records needed to protect our legal rights, enforce our Terms of Use, prevent abuse, or respond to legal claims: for as long as necessary for those purposes, including any applicable limitation period.

Where possible, we may anonymize, aggregate, or de-identify information so that it no longer identifies you. We may keep anonymized or aggregated information for longer periods for analytics, reporting, business, security, and website-improvement purposes.

When personal information is no longer needed, we will delete it, anonymize it, or securely retain it only where required or permitted by law.

12. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

These measures may include:

  • secure hosting;
  • access controls;
  • HTTPS encryption;
  • software updates;
  • spam and security monitoring;
  • limited access to personal information;
  • backups and technical safeguards.

No website or internet transmission is completely secure. You use the website at your own risk.

13. Your privacy rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:

  • request access to personal information we hold about you;
  • request correction of inaccurate information;
  • request deletion of personal information;
  • request restriction of processing;
  • object to processing;
  • withdraw consent;
  • request data portability;
  • opt out of direct marketing;
  • opt out of sale, sharing, or targeted advertising where applicable;
  • lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.

To exercise your rights, contact us at:

[email protected]

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

We will respond within the time required by applicable law.

14. UK and European users

If you are located in the United Kingdom, European Union, European Economic Area, or Switzerland, you may have additional rights under applicable data-protection laws.

You may have the right to:

  • access your personal data;
  • correct inaccurate data;
  • erase data in certain circumstances;
  • restrict processing;
  • object to processing based on legitimate interests;
  • object to direct marketing;
  • withdraw consent;
  • receive a copy of data in a portable format;
  • lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time.

Where we rely on legitimate interests, you may object to processing based on your particular situation.

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may contact us first, or you may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

15. California privacy notice

This section applies to California residents where the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, applies to us.

Depending on how you use the website, we may collect the following categories of personal information:

  • identifiers, such as IP address, email address, cookie identifiers, or device identifiers;
  • internet or other electronic network activity information, such as pages visited, links clicked, referring pages, browser data, and device data;
  • geolocation information, such as approximate location derived from IP address;
  • commercial information, such as affiliate referral interactions or conversion events where available;
  • inferences, such as general website usage or advertising-interest information.

We may collect this information from:

  • you;
  • your browser or device;
  • cookies and similar technologies;
  • analytics providers;
  • affiliate networks;
  • advertising partners;
  • casino operators or commercial partners;
  • technical service providers.

We may use this information for:

  • website operation;
  • analytics;
  • security;
  • affiliate tracking;
  • advertising measurement;
  • business reporting;
  • fraud prevention;
  • legal compliance;
  • responding to inquiries.

We may disclose personal information to service providers, contractors, analytics providers, affiliate networks, advertising partners, casino partners, hosting providers, security providers, professional advisers, and legal authorities.

We do not knowingly sell personal information of users under 16 years old.

Depending on our tracking and advertising practices, we may “sell” or “share” personal information as those terms are defined under California law, including through affiliate tracking, advertising cookies, analytics tools, pixels, or similar technologies. Where required, we will provide a “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link or equivalent opt-out mechanism.

California residents may have the right to:

  • know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share;
  • request access to personal information;
  • request deletion of personal information;
  • request correction of inaccurate personal information;
  • opt out of sale or sharing of personal information;
  • limit use and disclosure of sensitive personal information where applicable;
  • not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

To exercise California privacy rights, contact us at:

[email protected]

If required, we will verify your request before responding.

16. Brazil privacy notice

If you are located in Brazil, you may have rights under the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados, where applicable.

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

  • confirm whether we process your personal data;
  • access your personal data;
  • correct incomplete, inaccurate, or outdated data;
  • request anonymization, blocking, or deletion of unnecessary or excessive data;
  • request data portability where applicable;
  • receive information about sharing with third parties;
  • withdraw consent;
  • object to unlawful processing;
  • request review of decisions made solely by automated processing where applicable;
  • lodge a complaint with the competent authority.

To exercise these rights, contact us at:

[email protected]

17. Children and minors

This website is not intended for children or minors.

You must be at least 18 years old or the legal gambling age in your jurisdiction, whichever is higher, to use this website.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children or underage users.

If you believe that a child or underage person has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.

18. Sensitive personal information

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information, such as health information, gambling-addiction information, financial hardship information, government identification documents, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, biometric data, or precise geolocation.

If you voluntarily send us sensitive personal information, we will process it only as necessary to respond to your communication, comply with legal obligations, protect rights, or delete it where appropriate.

If you need help with gambling-related harm, please contact a qualified responsible-gambling, counselling, medical, or crisis-support organization in your country or region.

19. Direct marketing

If we offer a newsletter or email updates, we will only send marketing messages where we have a lawful basis to do so.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us.

We do not want to send gambling-related marketing to underage users or users who are not legally permitted to receive such content.

20. Automated decision-making

We do not use personal information to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you.

We may use analytics, advertising, affiliate tracking, or website-personalization tools to understand general website performance, measure referrals, or improve content. These tools do not determine whether you may gamble, register, deposit, withdraw, or receive bonuses on third-party gambling websites.

Third-party operators may use their own automated systems for KYC, fraud prevention, eligibility, account restrictions, bonus enforcement, or responsible-gambling controls. Those systems are controlled by the relevant operator, not by Best Slots Journal.

21. “Do Not Track” and privacy signals

Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” or similar privacy signals.

At this time, there is no single industry-wide standard for responding to all such signals. Where legally required, we will respect applicable opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, or provide other opt-out mechanisms.

You can also manage cookies through our cookie settings tool and your browser settings.

22. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

We may update this policy to reflect changes in:

  • website features;
  • cookies and tracking tools;
  • affiliate partners;
  • analytics providers;
  • advertising technologies;
  • legal requirements;
  • business operations.

You should review this Privacy Policy periodically.

23. Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at:

Best Slots Journal Email: [email protected]