1. Introduction
Welcome to Best Online Casino Ireland (https://bestonlinecasino.ie). We are dedicated to providing valuable information and reviews about online casinos for players in Ireland. Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data when you visit our website, in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Irish data protection laws.
2. Who We Are (Data Controller)
The data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is:
Best Online Casino Ireland (info@bestonlinecasino.ie)
3. Personal Data We Collect
We collect information in the following ways:
- Information You Provide Directly:
- When you contact us through our contact form or email: your name, email address, and the content of your message.
- If you subscribe to a newsletter or alerts (if available): your email address.
- If you leave comments on our site (if available): your name or username and your comment.
- Information Collected Automatically:
- Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on pages, referring URLs, and search queries.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your Browse behaviour. Please see our [Cookie Policy (Link if you have one, otherwise explain here)] for detailed information on how we use cookies and how you can manage them.
We do not collect sensitive personal data (such as data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health data, or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation). We also do not intentionally collect data that includes “patronymic” information.
4. Purposes and Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data for the following purposes and rely on the following legal bases under GDPR:
| Purpose of Processing | Type of Data Involved | Legal Basis under GDPR |
| To provide and maintain our website | Usage Data, Cookies | Legitimate Interests (operating and improving our website) |
| To understand how visitors use our site (Analytics) | Usage Data, Cookies (Anonymised/Pseudonymised) | Legitimate Interests (analysing website performance and user behaviour to improve our services) or Consent (for certain analytics cookies) |
| To respond to your inquiries via contact form or email | Information You Provide Directly | Legitimate Interests (responding to user queries and feedback) or Performance of a Contract (if the query relates to a service) |
| To send newsletters or marketing communications | Email Address (if subscribed) | Consent (you have opted in to receive them) |
| To manage comments or forum activity | Information You Provide Directly | Legitimate Interests (allowing user interaction and managing content) |
| To protect our website and users from fraud/abuse | Usage Data (IP address etc.) | Legitimate Interests (ensuring security and preventing malicious activity) |
| To comply with legal obligations | Any relevant data | Legal Obligation (when required by law enforcement or regulatory bodies) |
Where we rely on Legitimate Interests as the legal basis, we ensure that our interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms. Where we rely on Consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time (see Section 7).
5. Sharing Your Personal Data
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your data with:
- Service Providers: Trusted third-party vendors who provide services that help us operate our website and business (e.g., website hosting, analytics services like Google Analytics, email service providers if you subscribe). These third parties are obligated to protect your data and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- Legal Requirements: If required by law, we may disclose your information to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights, investigate fraud, or respond to lawful requests from public authorities.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal data may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
6. International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers (e.g., Google Analytics, potentially hosting outside the EU/EEA) may process your data in countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA). When we transfer your personal data outside the EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:
- We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the European Commission.
- Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal data the same protection it has in Europe (Standard Contractual Clauses).
7. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR Rights)
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, particularly where we rely on legitimate interests as the legal basis.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in Section 2. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
8. Lodging a Complaint
If you have concerns about our processing of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection supervisory authority in Ireland, which is the Data Protection Commission (DPC).
Contact details for the DPC can be found on their website: https://www.dataprotection.ie/
9. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect your personal data from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access. However, please be aware that no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data transmitted to our site.
10. Third-Party Links
Our website contains links to third-party websites, including online casinos and betting sites that we review or promote. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these external sites. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit before providing any personal data.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 18, as it relates to gambling content. We do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under 18 years of age. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child under 18, we will take steps to delete such information as soon as possible.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, please contact us:
By email: info@bestonlinecasino.ie