Last Updated: June 19, 2026
Welcome to UK Gaming News (www.ukgamingnews.co.uk). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you in the United Kingdom.
1. Important Information and Who We Are
Purpose of This Privacy Policy
This privacy policy aims to give you information on how UK Gaming News collects and processes your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide when you sign up for our newsletter, leave a comment on an article, or participate in a promotion.
Age Restriction (18+)
Our website provides news, updates, and reviews related to casino gaming and gambling regulations. This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to anyone under the age of 18. If you are under 18, please do not use this website or provide any personal information.
Controller
UK Gaming News is the controller and responsible for your personal data (referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy policy).
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us by visiting our Contact Page.
2. The Data We Collect About You
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
- Identity Data: Includes first name, last name, or username.
- Contact Data: Includes information submitted via our contact forms (e.g., your name and email address).
- Technical Data: Includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
- Usage Data: Includes information about how you use our website, news articles, and guides.
- Marketing and Communications Data: Includes your preferences in receiving marketing/newsletters from us.
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, or trade union membership).
3. How We Collect Your Personal Data
We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:
- Direct interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us through our website. This includes personal data you provide when you fill out our contact form, subscribe to our newsletter, or leave a comment on a guide.
- Automated technologies or interactions: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy below for further details.
- Third parties: We may receive technical data about you from analytics providers such as Google based outside the UK.
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
- Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (e.g., to deliver a newsletter you requested).
- Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests (e.g., to respond to your inquiries or improve our website content).
- Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Purposes for Which We Will Use Your Personal Data
- To respond to your inquiries: (Identity and Contact Data) — Lawful basis: Performance of a contract / Legitimate Interests.
- To register you as a subscriber: (Identity and Contact Data) — Lawful basis: Performance of a contract.
- To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you: (Identity, Contact, Technical, and Usage Data) — Lawful basis: Legitimate Interests (to study how users use our features, to develop them, and grow our business).
- To use data analytics to improve our website, marketing, and user experiences: (Technical and Usage Data) — Lawful basis: Legitimate Interests (to define types of customers for our content and keep our site updated).
5. Third-Party Links
Our website contains links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications, including references or links to online platforms, gaming networks, and gambling regulations or operators. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you.
We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website to visit an external site or platform, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
6. Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, and contractors who have a business need to know.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
7. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will keep your email address until you unsubscribe or request deletion. If you leave a comment on a gaming guide, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
8. Your Legal Rights (GDPR & UK Data Protection Act)
Under the UK Data Protection Act and UK GDPR, you have rights in relation to your personal data. You have the right to:
- Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”).
- Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
- Request erasure of your personal data (the “right to be forgotten”).
- Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest.
- Request restriction of processing of your personal data.
- Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party.
- Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data (such as unsubscribing from our newsletter).
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please reach out to us directly through our website’s Contact Page.
9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
UK Gaming News uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our platform.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
For more information about the cookies we use, please view our cookie banner settings or contact us directly via our Contact Page.