Privacy notice
The Slot Side is a reading site. There are no accounts, forms, comments, payments, analytics or advertising trackers, and the site sets no cookies of its own. This notice explains the small amount of data that is still handled when you visit, why, and what your rights are.
The site is run by The Slot Side ("we"). No company name or postal address has been published yet. You can reach us at editors@theslotside.com or through the contact page.
In short
- We do not ask you for personal data to read our pages.
- We set no cookies and store nothing in your browser.
- We use no analytics, no advertising or retargeting pixels and no third-party scripts. Fonts are self-hosted and images come from our own domain.
- Cloudflare delivers and protects the site, so it sees your IP address and request details.
- We read your country, as derived by Cloudflare, to show relevant content and to check operator links. We do not store it.
What data is handled and why
| Data | Why | Legal basis | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP address and request data (time, URL, user agent, referrer), handled by Cloudflare | To deliver the pages and protect the site against abuse | Legitimate interests (delivering and securing the site) | Under Cloudflare's own retention policy. We keep no logs of our own. |
| Country and region code derived by Cloudflare from your IP address | To show content relevant to your country and to check whether an operator accepts players from it | Legitimate interests (a relevant, accurate site) | Not stored. Used only while the request is processed. |
| Your email address, name if given, and message | To reply to you and handle your request | Legitimate interests (answering correspondence) | Up to 24 months after the last message, or longer if needed to deal with a legal claim |
We do not rely on consent for any of this, because there is no tracking that would need it. We do not use your data for advertising and we do not sell it.
Cookies and browser storage
The site sets no cookies of its own and uses no localStorage or sessionStorage on public pages. Cloudflare may set strictly necessary security cookies when a request looks automated. These are used to protect the site, not to track you or to show advertising.
Hosting and Cloudflare
The site is served through Cloudflare, which acts as our hosting and content delivery provider. To deliver pages and block abusive traffic, Cloudflare processes your IP address and request data such as the time, the URL, your user agent and the referrer. Cloudflare keeps its own logs under its own policy. We keep no access logs of our own, and our server code has no logging enabled.
Cloudflare processes data under its data processing terms, which include the EU Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of data outside the EEA and the UK.
Country detection
Cloudflare derives a two-letter country code, and a region code, from your IP address. Our server code reads it in two cases only.
- When a page asks the /api/geo endpoint, which returns your country to the page so it can show content relevant to it, for example which casinos list that country as accepted.
- When you click an operator link (/go/...), we check whether that operator says it accepts players from your country. If it does not, we show a notice instead of sending you on.
We do not store the country code and we do not combine it with anything else.
Links to operators and other sites
Operator links on the site (/go/...) redirect you to the operator's website with a no-referrer policy, so the operator is not told which page you came from. Today these links carry no affiliate tracking codes. The site may earn commissions through affiliate links in future, as explained in the affiliate disclosure.
With affiliate links, the operator may record that you arrived through our link and report sign-ups or activity to us in a form that does not include your name or contact details. Once you are on an operator's site, that operator's own privacy policy and cookies apply, and we are not responsible for them. Read them before you share any data.
If you email us
If you write to editors@theslotside.com, we process your email address, your name if you give it, and your message. We use them only to reply and to handle your request. We keep the correspondence for up to 24 months after the last message, unless it is needed for longer to deal with a legal claim.
Your rights
If you are in the EEA or the UK, you have the right to access your personal data, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict or object to its processing, and to receive it in a portable form. You also have the right to complain to your data protection authority.
If you are elsewhere, you may have similar rights under local law, for example in California. We do not sell or share personal information for advertising.
Send requests to editors@theslotside.com. We answer within one month. Because we store so little, we will often only be able to tell you that we hold nothing about you beyond any emails you sent us.
Age
The site is for adults aged 18 or over. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If you believe a minor has written to us, tell us and we will delete the message.
Changes to this notice
We may update this notice, for example if we add affiliate tracking or a new service. The "updated" date on the page shows the latest revision. Our terms of use cover the rest of how the site works.
Frequently asked questions
Does The Slot Side use cookies?
No cookies of our own. Cloudflare may set strictly necessary security cookies if a request looks automated, and these are not used for tracking or advertising.
Does the site track me or show personalised ads?
No. There is no analytics, no advertising or retargeting pixels and no third-party scripts.
Why does the site know my country?
Cloudflare derives a country code from your IP address. We use it to show relevant content and to check whether an operator accepts players from your country. We do not store it.
Do you share my data with the operators you link to?
We do not send them your data and our links use a no-referrer policy. After you click through, the operator's own privacy policy and cookies apply.
How do I ask about or delete my data?
Email editors@theslotside.com. We answer within one month.