1. Who we are
Casino Hive UK is an editorial comparison website that reviews and discusses UK-facing online casinos. We are not a gambling operator, we do not provide gambling accounts, and we do not process customer stakes or withdrawals. For privacy purposes, Casino Hive UK acts as the controller of personal data collected directly through this website when that information relates to site administration, visitor communication, and basic preference storage.
If you have questions about this policy or want to exercise your data rights, you can contact us at dataprotection@casinohiveuk.co.uk. We review privacy requests manually so that concerns are handled with context rather than with an automated reply.
2. Scope of this policy
This policy covers data processed through the Casino Hive UK website itself. It does not cover information collected by third-party casinos, payment services, or support organisations you may visit after following a link from our pages. Each external service operates under its own privacy notice, terms, and legal responsibilities. You should read those documents before sharing account details, payment information, or verification material with them.
3. Data we may collect
The categories of data we may handle are limited. They include technical information such as browser type, general device information, approximate location inferred from IP signals, and pages visited on this site. We may also process records linked to consent choices, age-gate confirmation, and any information you send to us directly by email. We do not ask for gambling account passwords, payment card details, copies of identity documents, or sensitive financial records through this website.
4. How data is collected
Information is collected in three main ways: automatically through normal website logs and analytics tools, through small browser storage items that remember settings, and through direct communications you choose to send. Some data appears because a browser necessarily makes a request to load a page. Other data only appears because you actively interact with the site, for example by accepting cookies or sending a question to our team.
5. Legal bases for processing
Under UK GDPR, we rely on different legal bases depending on the purpose. Essential site operation, fraud prevention, service stability, and record keeping generally fall under legitimate interests. Consent is used where the law requires a user choice, such as remembering cookie preferences beyond what is strictly necessary. If you email us, we process your message because we have a legitimate interest in responding, and in some cases because taking steps at your request requires that response.
We assess each legal basis with a practical question in mind: is the processing proportionate to what the visitor would reasonably expect from an editorial site? If the answer drifts too far from that expectation, the processing should not happen.
6. Why we use the information
We use personal data to run the site safely, remember settings between visits, understand whether pages load properly, answer messages, and protect the service against misuse. We may also review aggregated traffic patterns to understand which guides or legal pages are actually being read. That kind of review helps us improve clarity and fix weak spots in the site. It is not used to profile your gambling habits or to build detailed behavioural advertising audiences.
7. Cookies, local storage, and preference records
Casino Hive UK uses small browser-based records to store whether you confirmed that you are over 18 and whether you have made a cookie preference choice. These settings help prevent repeated prompts and keep the site functional on return visits. A fuller explanation of specific cookie categories and storage behaviour is provided in our separate cookie policy.
8. Affiliate links and third-party destinations
Some links on this site are affiliate links. When you click them, the destination operator or related tracking systems may receive information showing that the visit originated from Casino Hive UK. We do not control how a third-party casino uses data collected on its own site after you arrive there. If you register, deposit, or verify an account with that casino, your relationship is with the operator, not with us.
9. Retention periods
We keep personal data only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was collected. Basic technical logs may be retained for short operational periods to diagnose issues or protect the service. Email correspondence can be kept for longer where it is needed to answer follow-up questions, maintain a record of a request, or deal with a complaint. Cookie and local storage preference records remain in your browser until they expire, are overwritten, or are removed by you.
10. Data sharing
We may share limited data with service providers that support hosting, site security, analytics, or communication handling, but only where that support is genuinely needed to operate the website. Those providers are expected to process data on appropriate instructions and with suitable safeguards. We may also disclose information where required by law, where necessary to establish or defend legal claims, or where disclosure is needed to investigate abuse of the website.
11. International transfers
Some of our suppliers may store or process data outside the UK. Where that happens, we expect an appropriate legal transfer mechanism to be in place, such as adequacy regulations or contractual protections recognised under UK data protection law. We do not treat international hosting as a trivial detail. If a provider cannot show a credible legal basis for handling transferred data, that provider should not be used for site operations.
12. Security measures
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to reduce the risk of unauthorised access, accidental loss, or inappropriate disclosure. No public website can promise perfect security, so we also try to limit risk by keeping the amount of personal data processed through the site relatively small. The less data collected, the less there is to lose if something goes wrong.
13. Your rights under UK GDPR
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to request access to your personal data, ask for correction of inaccurate information, seek erasure, request restriction of processing, object to processing based on legitimate interests, and ask for portability where applicable. If processing depends on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting processing that already took place lawfully beforehand.
To exercise a right, email dataprotection@casinohiveuk.co.uk with enough detail for us to understand the request. We may need to confirm identity before acting so that data is not disclosed to the wrong person.
14. Complaints
If you are unhappy with the way we have handled your information, please contact us first so we can review the issue properly. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office in the United Kingdom if you believe that your data has been processed in a way that does not comply with applicable law.
15. Updates to this policy
We may revise this privacy policy from time to time to reflect site changes, legal developments, or improvements in the way the service operates. When the changes are material, we will update the page content and publication details accordingly. Continued use of the site after an update means the current version should be consulted, but it does not erase any rights you already hold under data protection law.