This Privacy Policy explains how Vesselspottery (vesselspottery.co.uk) collects, uses, and protects the personal data of visitors who access our casino review content. Vesselspottery.co.uk acts as the data controller for all personal information processed through this website. By continuing to use vesselspottery.co.uk, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the practices described in this document. This policy was last updated in 2026 and applies to all users located in Great Britain and beyond.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Contact form submissions: Your name and email address when you reach out to our team directly.
- Newsletter sign-ups: Email address and optional preferences submitted when subscribing to updates.
- Feedback and comments: Any written content you voluntarily submit through interactive features on vesselspottery.co.uk.
- Support enquiries: Details you include in messages sent to our privacy or editorial team.
Information Collected Automatically
- IP address and approximate location: Collected automatically to determine jurisdiction and serve region-appropriate content.
- Browser type and device information: Used to optimise page rendering across different devices.
- Pages visited and time spent: Behavioural data gathered via analytics tools to improve site navigation.
- Referring URLs: The website or search engine that directed you to vesselspottery.co.uk.
- Cookie identifiers: Unique tokens stored in your browser to recognise returning visitors and track affiliate referrals.
Cookies We Use
Vesselspottery.co.uk uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to deliver a functional, personalised, and commercially sustainable service. You may manage or withdraw your cookie consent at any time via our cookie preference centre, accessible in the site footer.
| Cookie Type | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Enables core site functionality, security, and session management. Cannot be disabled without affecting site performance. | Session / up to 1 year |
| Analytics | Tracks page views, traffic sources, and user behaviour via tools such as Google Analytics to improve content quality. | Up to 2 years |
| Affiliate / Marketing | Records click-throughs to casino operator partners so that referral commissions can be correctly attributed to vesselspottery.co.uk. | Up to 30–90 days |
| Preferences | Remembers user settings such as cookie consent status, display preferences, and dismissed notices. | Up to 1 year |
| Third-Party Embeds | Set by embedded content providers (e.g. video players or social share widgets) hosted within vesselspottery.co.uk pages. | Varies by provider |
How We Use Your Data
- To deliver and continuously improve the casino review content published on vesselspottery.co.uk.
- To respond to enquiries, feedback, or support requests submitted by visitors.
- To send newsletters or editorial updates where you have explicitly opted in.
- To measure website performance and understand how users engage with our reviews.
- To track affiliate referrals and fulfil our commercial obligations to casino operator partners.
- To comply with applicable legal requirements, including UK gambling advertising standards.
- To detect and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity directed at vesselspottery.co.uk.
Legal Bases for Processing
Vesselspottery.co.uk processes personal data in accordance with the UK GDPR and the retained EU General Data Protection Regulation. Where we collect data through optional cookies, newsletter sign-ups, or contact forms, processing is based on your freely given consent (Article 6(1)(a)). For analytics, site security, and affiliate tracking that are integral to operating a commercially viable review platform, we rely on our legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)), having balanced those interests against your rights and freedoms. You may withdraw consent or object to legitimate-interest processing at any time without detriment.
Third Parties & Affiliate Links
Vesselspottery.co.uk publishes reviews of and links to licensed casino operators. When you click an affiliate link, you will leave our site and be subject to the privacy policy of the relevant operator. We receive a referral commission for qualifying sign-ups; this arrangement does not affect editorial independence. We also share anonymised analytical data with providers such as Google Analytics. These third parties are contractually bound to process data only on our documented instructions and may not use it for their own marketing purposes. Vesselspottery.co.uk is not responsible for the data practices of external websites.
Your Privacy Rights
- Right of access: Request a copy of the personal data vesselspottery.co.uk holds about you.
- Right to rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
- Right to data portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format where processing is based on consent or contract.
- Right to object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests, including profiling for analytics purposes.
- Right to restrict processing: Ask us to pause processing while a complaint or accuracy challenge is resolved.
- Right to withdraw consent: Withdraw any previously given consent at any time via our cookie preference centre or by contacting us directly.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact the Vesselspottery team using the details in the Contact section below. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk if you believe your data has been mishandled.
Data Security & Retention
Vesselspottery.co.uk implements industry-standard technical and organisational measures — including encrypted data transmission (HTTPS), restricted staff access, and regular security reviews — to safeguard your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. We retain contact form and newsletter data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, or until you withdraw consent, whichever comes first. Automatically collected analytics data is retained for a maximum of 26 months before being anonymised or deleted. Affiliate click data is retained for the period required to validate and settle referral commissions, typically no longer than 90 days post-conversion.
Contact
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or the way vesselspottery.co.uk handles your personal data, please contact our privacy team by email at [email protected]. We aim