Who we are
PokieCasino.blog is a standalone review site aimed at players in Australia. If you need to get in touch, write to us at [email protected]. We are not a casino operator, we do not accept wagers, and we never hold anyone's funds. What we actually do is publish reviews and guides, and we support that work through affiliate partnerships when a reader follows one of our links to an operator.
What data we collect and why
You will not find a sign-up form or a user account anywhere on this site, and simply browsing around does not give us your name, payment details or any other identifying information. Broadly speaking, what we do gather falls into two categories: anonymised analytics that show how visitors use the site, and anything you choose to include when you email us.
Analytics: Matomo
We rely on Matomo to understand which pages get read and how the site is performing overall. It shows us which guides people find useful, where visitors tend to drop off, and what needs improving. Specifically, Matomo can record things like:
- Page views: which pages get visited, and the order you move through them.
- Rough location: usually your country or region, worked out from your IP address.
- Device and browser: the kind of device, screen size, operating system and browser you're using.
- Referring site: whichever website or search engine pointed you our way.
All of this is gathered solely to help us improve the site. We do not sell it, and it is never used to profile you for advertising or to work out your identity. Where possible, we set Matomo up to strip out identifying detail, which includes truncating full IP addresses.
Cookies
A cookie is nothing more than a small text file a website stores in your browser. We may use them to keep the site functioning properly and to support the analytics described above, for example to tell whether you have visited before. You are free to block or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time, though be aware that some parts of the site may stop working as expected if you do.
Affiliate links and redirects
Affiliate arrangements are what fund PokieCasino.blog. When you click a "Play Now" button or another link heading off to a casino, you will typically pass through a tracking redirect so the operator knows the referral came from us, and that is how we earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As soon as you leave PokieCasino.blog for a casino or any other third-party site, their privacy policy and terms apply instead of ours. It is always sensible to read a site's own privacy policy before you sign up with them.
Email contact
If you email us at [email protected], we will see whatever you have written to us, which usually means your email address plus the content of your message. We use that only to reply to you and to follow up on any feedback or corrections you raise. We do not use it for marketing, and we do not hand it to other parties for that kind of purpose.
Data retention
We hold on to analytics data only for as long as it is genuinely useful for spotting trends and improving the site, after which it gets deleted or anonymised even further. Emails are kept for as long as it takes to sort out your enquiry, plus a sensible period afterwards for our own records. Outside of that, we do not hang on to personal information for any longer than we actually need to.
Third-party services
For the site to work as intended, it loads a small number of third-party resources, web fonts being one example. Similar to the analytics tools, these services may collect basic technical details, such as your IP address and browser type, simply as a byproduct of serving their content to you. We aim to choose providers known for handling data responsibly, though we obviously cannot control how they operate on their end.
Changes to this policy
Nothing here is permanent. We may update this policy from time to time as the site develops or as the tools running behind the scenes change, and whenever we do, the "Last updated" date at the top of this page will be refreshed. It is worth checking back occasionally.
Contact us about privacy
If you have any questions about this policy or about how your data is handled more generally, reach out to [email protected] and we will gladly talk you through it.