1. Who runs this site
Faders is a stand-alone casino review desk reachable at faders.io. For the purposes of the UK GDPR, the EU GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), we are the data controller for everything described on this page. We are not a casino operator, we hold no player balances, and no deposit, wager or payout ever crosses our infrastructure. What lives on our servers is a modest editorial website and the visitor traffic reading it, nothing beyond that.
The policy is written in plain language on purpose. If any paragraph here is unclear, that counts as our mistake, so drop us a line and we will reword it.
2. The information we gather
We only collect what the site genuinely needs to function and to answer readers who contact us. Three sources feed that data, and none of them asks for an account, a payment method or any identity document.
Visitor analytics
Once cookies are accepted, Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity log the pages opened, time on page, approximate country of origin and the device type used to render the layout. IP addresses are shortened before the data reaches us, which means we see trends rather than identifiable people.
Comments and incoming mail
When you post a comment under an article or write to the editorial inbox, we store the name and email you decided to use plus the content of your message. Nothing more. We do not augment that record with external databases and we do not match it against anything you have browsed.
Newsletter sign-up
If you subscribe to the Faders newsletter we keep the email address you submitted, the timestamp on your double opt-in, and the IP address that confirmed the request, so that we can evidence the consent should a regulator ask. A one-click unsubscribe link sits at the bottom of every issue we send.
We do not take payment details, we never request ID documents, we build no advertising profiles of individual readers, and personal data is not sold, rented or traded in any form. That is the end of it.
3. What we store, why, and how long
Everything we hold is laid out in the table below. If a piece of data does not appear in it, we are not holding it.
| Data type | Purpose | Retention | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comment and inbox threads (name, email, message body) | Answering you, moderation and editorial follow-up | 24 months after the last reply | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Newsletter record (email, opt-in log) | Delivering the Faders newsletter to confirmed subscribers | Until you unsubscribe, then removed within 30 days | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) |
| Analytics signals (page views, referrer, country, device) | Working out which articles pull their weight and which do not | 14 months, aggregated after that point | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) |
| Server logs (shortened IP, timestamp, requested URL) | Security, blocking abuse, diagnosing technical issues | Rolling 30-day window | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Cookie-consent decision | Storing the choice you made in the banner | 12 months, or until your browser data is cleared | Legal obligation / consent |
4. The legal basis we rely on (GDPR)
Every item listed above falls under one of the two Article 6 bases shown in the table, and we do not stretch either ground beyond what it covers.
- Consent sits behind analytics, Clarity session recordings and the newsletter. None of them run, and no welcome email goes out, until you make an active opt-in, and the consent can be withdrawn at any time through the cookie banner or the unsubscribe link.
- Legitimate interest covers replying to the messages you choose to send, running the strictly necessary cookies that hold the layout together, and the short retention of server logs that keep the site resilient.
Under the CCPA, readers based in California receive the same treatment as UK and EU visitors by default. Running one consistent regime is simpler for everybody than maintaining two parallel sets of rules.
5. Cookies and tracking in practice
Faders runs a small, intentional set of cookies. The strictly necessary ones load on every visit because the page layout and the consent prompt cannot work without them. Everything else, analytics and session replay included, only fires after a positive click on the banner.
For the full list, provider by provider, with duration and category, head to the Cookies page. You can reopen the banner whenever you want to change your mind, and clearing site data in your browser wipes the record completely.
6. Third parties that touch your data
A handful of carefully chosen processors keep the site online. Each of them receives only what its specific job requires, and every one is covered by GDPR-compliant contractual clauses or an equivalent cross-border transfer mechanism.
- Hosting. A European infrastructure provider runs the site and stores the shortened server logs described above.
- Email. Whatever you send to hello@faders.io arrives at a European mail host operating under a signed data-processing agreement.
- Google Analytics. Aggregated, IP-truncated audience measurement, loaded only after consent, so we can see which guides are earning their place.
- Microsoft Clarity. Anonymised session replay and heatmaps used to pick up broken layouts and dead-end flows, also gated behind consent.
- Newsletter platform. A GDPR-compliant email service holds the subscription list and ships each issue, with the unsubscribe link planted at the bottom of every message.
- Affiliate networks. Clicking on an outbound casino link may cause the operator or its network to place its own attribution cookie on its own domain. From that moment onward the operator's privacy policy governs the interaction, not ours.
Everything you need to exercise your rights
Wherever you are based, if the UK GDPR, the EU GDPR or the CCPA applies to you, drop a line to hello@faders.io with your request and we handle it within 30 days. No account is needed, no forms, no charge.
7. The rights the GDPR gives you
If you are protected by the UK GDPR, the EU GDPR, the CCPA or another framework offering equivalent coverage, the following rights apply to the data we store about you.
- Access. Request a copy of every piece of information we hold that relates to you.
- Rectification. Correct anything that is inaccurate, outdated or missing from the record.
- Erasure. The right to be forgotten. One email to hello@faders.io and verified records are deleted inside the 30-day statutory window.
- Restriction and objection. Ask us to freeze processing, or object to a specific use such as newsletter marketing.
- Withdraw consent. Switch analytics off from the cookie banner, or leave the newsletter in one click, without affecting any other aspect of your access to the site.
- Portability. Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format that you can pass to another service.
- CCPA opt-out. Californian readers can tell us not to sell or share their personal information. We already do neither, but the confirmation is logged for the record.
- Complaint. Escalate to your local supervisory authority. In the UK that is the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk; in the EU it is the national data-protection authority of your country.
8. How to reach us
For any privacy query, data-subject access request or concern about how we handle your information, write to hello@faders.io. Please include enough detail for us to find the record (usually the email address you used originally and a rough timeframe) along with a clear description of what you want done.
For general questions that are not about privacy, the contact page points to the quickest way through to each part of the editorial team.
9. Changes to this document
We revisit this page whenever the underlying tools change or the regulations move. Any meaningful update refreshes the date at the top of the policy, and the previous version is archived internally so that we can present the audit trail if a regulator requests it. The version currently live carries the date 31 July 2026.