Privacy & Cookies Policy
This document describes our policies regarding privacy and cookie issues, hereafter referred to as the "Privacy Policy", was written by us at www.bookies.org.uk (referred to as "we", "us", or the "Company" hereafter) for you (hereafter referred to as "you", or the "user") to read and be informed by.
Here we lay out the method and purposes by which we collect and use anonymised information through our website at bookies.org.uk (hereafter referred to as the "Website").
Our Website aims to deliver information regarding online betting and the gaming industry in general. To achieve this our Website may contain hyperlinks and advertisements which lead to third-party sites that are relevant to our goal (these third-party sites are hereafter referred to as the "Services" when considered together with our Website). Such third-party websites are entities independent of our Company, and are thus covered by their own privacy and cookie policies.
We have no responsibility or liability for any data that you may submit to such third-party sites. You should read their respective privacy and cookie policies before you share any data with them.
Collecting Data
Visitors can access all of our content without registration, and we do not collect any personal information.Instead we only collect "Non-personal Information" from you. This mostly concerns data such as anonymized IP addresses for visitors in the European Economic Area that are derived from third party tracking cookies, information about your operating system and browser version, the amount of time you spend on our Website, which pages you might visit as well as the language you use to view our Website. We collect this information in order to streamline our Website and ensure it satisfies your needs and runs on as many different devices and systems as possible. We ensure that no individual can be identified, directly or indirectly, from any such data we collect as it is anonymised, de-identified or aggregated.
Cookie Policy
Cookies are tint data packets that are one way in which websites work to improve their services. They are created when you first enter a website and are sent by the website to your device where they are stored for a specified period.We use cookies to provide you with better service every time you visit it. They also help us to maintain security on our Website. We make use of several different kinds of cookies, each of which has their own function:
'Session cookies' – are short-lived as they are created when you enter a website and are deleted when you close your browser. We only use essential session cookies that help us to maintain our Website’s efficiency.
'Persistent cookies' – have the purpose of collecting relevant technical data about our users and their devices. These cookies may remain on your device for up to one year. We may use two types of persistent cookies:
Functionality cookies – these allow us differentiate you from other users and allow us to provide you with a personalized experience on your next visit;
Analytical/performance cookies – these collect anonymous technical data from your device. This data may be aggregated and analysed by third-party partners to help us comprehend the many ways in which users utilize our Website. Such data may include the pages you visit, how much time you spend on our site, which links you click on, as well as your device and browser information. We do this to provide you with a Website that functions in the way you wish it to, as well as to allow us to improve the content of our Website.
Our cookies are made to only collect anonymous and Non-Personal Information from you and your devices. By using our Website you agree to the above data collection methods.
You may block cookies by changing the settings of your browser to not accept them. Doing so may reduce the performance of our Website, as well as our third-party services, leaving you with an unsatisfactory experience.
You can learn more about cookies by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org
Third-party links
We’ve written this Privacy Policy to cover only our Website. Any hyperlinks or advertisements that may be shown or contained in our Website may lead to third-party websites. Any such third-party sites are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Such external third-party websites may have their own privacy policies in place. We would stress that if you visit such third-party sites you should read their relevant privacy policy before you submit any information or data to them. Any such data or information that you may submit to such third-party websites is your responsibility.We do not accept any liability for any information or data that you may submit to third-party sites. This Privacy Policy only covers any data or information that you may share or submit directly to our Website.
Using user information
Any data we collect from you may be used to:Improve our Website
Better comprehend how you interact with our website and which elements of our Website are of most interest to you
To help maintain and improve the security of our Website
We may also use any anonymised data we may have collected in order to comply with any legal request or court order that may have been served to the Company by a court of law or an equivalent legal entity.
Sharing your information
We may be required to share any anonymized data we have collected with other business entities for a variety of reasons:Service providers and related entities
We may allow third-party service providers to access our anonymised data so that they can conduct any analytic or diagnostic tests we may request them to.
Whenever we transmit data to our third-party business partners, we secure and handle that data according to the conditions described in this Privacy Policy, as well as in compliance with all applicable legislative regulations.
Other disclosures
If we participate in a major corporate transaction then we may need to share our data with all involved parties. Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to, mergers, buy-outs and the sale of assets. As a result, the parties we may share this data with may include, but are not limited to, buyers, sellers, merger participants or other business partners. In addition, we may need to share our data with business advisers, auditors, business affiliates and subsidiaries in order to facilitate the day-to-day running of our Company.
If our Company becomes involved in litigation, we may need to share our anonymized data with a court or a legal entity of equivalent powers. Such data may be legally requested if it is considered to benefit the resolution of the case. We may also be required to share this data with a court or legal entity of equivalent powers in order to protect the rights, including intellectual property rights, of our Company, our partners, our users or other concerned parties. In addition, we may share our data to defend against illegal activities, including but not limited to security breaches or fraud. We may also share anonymized data to protect the security of our Company, its partners and its users, as well as to contest any legal claims against us, and to implement any Company policies we deem necessary.
We may, at any point in the future, request personal and identifiable information from you. If we do so we will inform you of the reasons we are collecting it, as well as offer you the opportunity to opt out of giving us such data. You have the legal right to refuse to provide us with any personal and identifiable data we may request for marketing purposes.
Your access and usage of our Website is considered to be your informed consent to all the anonymous data gathering and processing that are listed in this Privacy Policy.
Securing and transferring your information
We take data security very seriously. We have therefore implemented stringent security procedures when collecting, processing and storing your non-personal data. Our Company uses industry-leading security and encryption protocols to ensure any risk of data theft is maintained at a minimum. However, the internet cannot be controlled and data transfers over an internet connection always carry an inherent risk. We work hard to protect your data, buy any information you transmit over the internet is done so at your own risk.Our Company may need to transfer information across country borders. Those countries we transmit data to may include countries that lie outside of the European Union (the "EU"). This may result in such non-EU destination countries having data protection laws that are not as strict or comprehensive as those some of our users may be used to. Where we have to transmit data outside the EU we will do our utmost to secure the data to the same levels we are required to in the EU. Your usage of our Website is your consent to the above conditions.
Minors
This Website is not designed to be used by persons below the age of 18. Our Services are designed solely for an adult audience.Privacy Policy updates
Before submitting any Non-Personal Information you should first become familiar with this Privacy Policy. This document is updated as and when needed so you should review this document periodically to ensure you are familiar with the latest version. Any use of our Website is considered to be your consent to the conditions in the current version of this Privacy Policy.