Privacy notice — Betfred Casino Companion
This notice explains how the Betfred Casino Companion website handles information. It is distinct from privacy statements governing Betfred betting accounts, retail shop visits authenticated in apps, or payment processors settling wagers. When you cross from this host to Betfred’s official domain, a different relationship begins.
Who decides how data is used
The publisher configured for this companion determines purposes and means for data we control. Hosting, messaging, and security vendors process elements under contract. No vendor may repurpose visitor logs for unrelated advertising on our behalf.
Categories of data
Technical identifiers such as IP addresses and device fingerprints inferred by protective services; usage events like page paths and error codes; communication content when you email us; and sparse administrative notes if a thread requires follow-up. We do not operate loyalty points or know your staking patterns.
Legal bases
We rely on legitimate interests to secure the site, understand aggregate readership, and correspond with you about editorial matters. Where consent is mandated—for certain non-essential cookies—we present a clear choice. Legal obligations may compel retention or disclosure in rare cases such as lawful court orders.
Retention
Security logs rotate on short timers unless frozen for an investigation. Email may be archived longer when disputes are plausible. Derived analytics may be kept in aggregated form that no longer identifies individuals.
Sharing
We do not sell personal data. Processors see only what they need to transport or store bits. International transfers use approved mechanisms. Law enforcement requests are evaluated for validity and narrowed where possible.
Your UK GDPR rights
Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, and portability apply where relevant. Complain to the ICO. We respond within statutory timelines unless complexity requires extension with explanation. Children’s data is out of scope for our intended audience; inadvertent collection triggers deletion.
Automation
We do not make solely automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects about visitors based on browsing here.
Updates
Material changes will be reflected in this document. Continued reading after update implies awareness of non-substantive clarifications; substantive new uses will seek fresh consent if required.
Conflict with older copies
If you saved a PDF or printout of an earlier policy, compare it to the live page; the live page prevails. We do not notify every past visitor individually when wording tightens around retention or subprocessors unless the change is substantial and consent-based.
Death and incapacity
Executors or family members seeking access to a deceased person’s correspondence with us should supply appropriate legal documentation. We will assist within privacy limits, recognising that gambling harm sometimes intersects with bereavement; compassionate handling does not override fraud prevention.
Scientific or academic studies
Scholars requesting datasets should understand we hold minimal identifiable information. Proposals undergo ethics-style review internally: we decline projects aimed at increasing vulnerable populations’ spend. Aggregated, anonymised blog metrics may occasionally be shared under strict contractual confidentiality.
Cookie refresh cycles
Consent banners may reappear after browser updates clear storage or after statutory intervals requiring renewed permission. Declining optional cookies does not disable essential security tokens needed to resist basic automated attacks on forms.