LEGAL
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 4 May 2026
🔒 UK GDPR Compliant
This Privacy Policy complies with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy.
1. Who We Are
BritBetVault (britbetvault.com) is the data controller for information collected through this website. We are an affiliate comparison and review platform operating in the United Kingdom.
For data protection enquiries, contact us at: privacy@britbetvault.com
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of data:
Automatically Collected Data:
• IP address and approximate geographic location
• Browser type, version, and operating system
• Pages visited, time spent on pages, and referring URLs
• Device type (desktop or mobile)
• Click events and affiliate link interactions
Voluntarily Provided Data:
• Name and email address (if you contact us via our contact form)
• Any information included in messages sent to us
We do not collect payment information, national insurance numbers, or other sensitive financial data.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use collected data for the following purposes:
• Improving and personalising your experience on our website
• Analysing site traffic and user behaviour (analytics)
• Measuring the performance of affiliate partnerships
• Responding to enquiries and communications
• Complying with legal and regulatory obligations
• Detecting and preventing fraud and technical abuse
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.
4. Legal Basis for Processing (UK GDPR)
We process your personal data under the following lawful bases:
• Legitimate Interests: Analytics, site improvement, and affiliate performance measurement
• Consent: Cookies and tracking technologies (where consent is obtained)
• Legal Obligation: Compliance with applicable UK law
• Contract: Processing contact form submissions to respond to your enquiry
6. Affiliate Tracking
When you click on an affiliate link on BritBetVault, a click identifier (such as a gclid or custom tracking parameter) may be appended to the destination URL. This helps us measure which referrals result in sign-ups and attribute commissions correctly.
These identifiers do not contain your personal data. The destination operators handle their own data processing independently. Please refer to each operator's Privacy Policy for details.
7. Third-Party Services
We may share data with the following categories of trusted service providers:
• Analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics)
• Advertising platforms (e.g., Google Ads)
• Affiliate network tracking providers
• Hosting and content delivery services
All third-party processors are contractually bound to process data only as instructed and in accordance with UK GDPR.
8. Data Retention
We retain data only as long as necessary:
• Analytics data: Up to 26 months
• Contact form submissions: Up to 12 months
• Cookie consent records: Up to 13 months
• Server logs: Up to 90 days
9. Your Rights Under UK GDPR
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
• Right to Access: Request a copy of the data we hold about you
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your data (subject to legal obligations)
• Right to Restriction: Request that we limit how we use your data
• Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a machine-readable format
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent for cookie-based processing at any time
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at: privacy@britbetvault.com
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK's data protection regulator: the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
10. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including HTTPS encryption, secure hosting, and access controls. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, but we take all reasonable precautions.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
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Data enquiries: privacy@britbetvault.com | ICO: ico.org.uk
