slots madness Privacy Policy

1. Scope of this policy

This Privacy Policy covers personal information handled by slotsmadnesss.com Editorial Ltd. ("we", "us", "our") on the website slotsmadnesss.com. It does not cover the licensed casino operators we link out to — each one publishes its own privacy notice, which governs any account, deposit or gameplay data you share with them after clicking through.

Because slotsmadnesss.com is an editorial guide and not an operator, we never see your real-money gambling activity. That data lives with the regulated operator you choose to play on. For more on that split, see our Legal & Compliance desk.

2. What we collect

We only collect what is strictly needed to run an editorial site, serve the right content to the right state, and improve our guides over time.

• Analytics events — page views, session duration, device and browser type, approximate city-level location (derived from IP for US-state eligibility routing), referring URL.
• Email address — only if you actively subscribe to the weekly digest.
• Contact messages — name and email you enter when you email an editorial desk, plus the body of your message.
• Cookies & similar storage — four categories, detailed in our Cookie Policy.
• Server logs — IP address, user agent and request timestamps, retained for 30 days for security and abuse prevention.

3. What we do not collect

This list is just as important as the list above, because it defines the boundary between editorial and operator:

• Your real name (unless you send it in an email to us).
• Date of birth.
• Social Security Number — full or partial.
• Government ID documents, driver's licenses or passports.
• Financial account numbers, card numbers or bank details.
• Casino wallet balances, bets, wins or losses.
• KYC responses or source-of-funds documentation.

All of those data types are handled by the operator you choose to play on, under their own privacy notice and the relevant state regulator's rules — never by us.

4. How we use what we collect

We use the data listed in section 2 only for these purposes:

1. Serve the site — deliver the right pages, maintain security, prevent abuse.
2. State-eligibility routing — show legal-state-appropriate content (e.g. demo-only in sweeps states).
3. Improve our guides — aggregated analytics tell us which reviews, bonus entries or legal sections need updating.
4. Answer you — handle email you send to any of our desks.
5. Send the digest — only if you subscribed, and only until you unsubscribe (one-click link in every email).
6. Comply with law — respond to valid US law-enforcement requests, regulator inquiries and enforceable court orders.

5. Who we share data with

We keep the list of third parties deliberately short, and we disclose every one of them here:

• Google Analytics 4 — aggregated, pseudonymous usage analytics. IP-anonymization enabled. You can opt out entirely via our cookie banner.
• Mailchimp (Intuit) — only if you subscribe to the digest; we send Mailchimp your email and unsubscribe status, nothing else.
• Affiliate networks — click-ID only (no personal data) so commissions can be attributed to slotsmadnesss.com when you register with a linked operator.
• US law enforcement — only on valid warrant, subpoena or equivalent legal process.
• Our hosting provider — US-based, under contract, purely to run the servers this site sits on.

We do not sell your personal information, run retargeting pixels, or share data with cross-site behavioral ad networks.

6. Retention periods

• Analytics data: up to 14 months, then aggregated.
• Email subscription: kept until you unsubscribe (one click, instant).
• Editorial contact messages: kept only as long as the thread is open, then deleted on request.
• Server logs: 30 days, then automatically purged.
• Legal hold exceptions: we retain data longer only where a valid legal process requires it.

7. Your rights

Under US state privacy laws (CCPA/CPRA in California, VCDPA in Virginia, CPA in Colorado, CTDPA in Connecticut, UCPA in Utah and equivalents) and similar frameworks, you can ask us to:

1. Access the personal data we hold about you.
2. Export that data in a portable format.
3. Correct anything that is inaccurate.
4. Delete your data.
5. Opt out of any sale, sharing or cross-context advertising (we do not do any of these, but the right is yours all the same).
6. Withdraw consent for any analytics or marketing cookie at any time, via the cookie banner or footer link.

Email [email protected] with your request. We verify the request (to protect you from impersonation) and act within 15 calendar days. You can also authorize an agent to act on your behalf.

8. How we protect your data

Every page on slotsmadnesss.com is served over HTTPS with TLS 1.3. Our analytics pipeline strips the last octet of every IP before it reaches Google Analytics. Staff access to internal systems requires SSO with mandatory two-factor authentication, and access is scoped to role (the Bonus Desk cannot read the privacy inbox, for example). Security incidents affecting personal data are notified to affected users within 72 hours of discovery, following state-level breach-notification rules.

9. Children

slotsmadnesss.com is strictly 21+. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 21. If you believe a minor has interacted with the site, email [email protected] — we will delete any associated data inside 72 hours.

10. Changes to this policy

We re-review this policy every 12 months, and any time a material change to data handling happens sooner. The "Last updated" date at the top of the page is the source of truth. Significant changes are also announced on the homepage and, where we hold your email, in the next digest.

11. Contact & complaints

For any privacy question, request or complaint, email [email protected]. Our Data Protection lead is Priya Shah, Head of US Regulation, reachable through the same inbox. You can also use the Contact page for routing.

If you are unsatisfied with our response, you may escalate to the relevant US state Attorney General's office (e.g. the California Privacy Protection Agency, the Virginia AG's consumer-protection division) or file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission. We will cooperate fully with any regulator review.