This Privacy Policy explains what information AncientGames collects when you visit this site, how that information is used, and the rights you have over it. AncientGames is an independent editorial comparison site for online casino and gambling-game content; we do not operate any casino, do not accept deposits, and do not process gambling transactions.
1. Who We Are
AncientGames publishes editorial reviews and rankings of online casinos and the historical games behind them. The site is operated as an independent affiliate-marketing publication. For any privacy-related question, please email [email protected].
2. Information We Collect
Information you provide directly
If you contact us by email, we collect the information you send us (name, email address, message). We use it only to respond to your enquiry and we do not pass it to third parties for marketing.
Information collected automatically
When you visit AncientGames, our hosting infrastructure automatically receives:
- Your IP address (truncated where possible before storage)
- The browser, operating system and device you use
- The pages you view and the time spent on each
- The referring URL that brought you to the site
- Country-level location derived from your IP address
Cookies and similar technologies
AncientGames uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the site and attribute affiliate clicks to the partner operators we feature. A full list of cookie categories and providers is in our Cookies Policy.
3. How We Use Your Information
- Operating the site: serving pages, storing your cookie preferences, remembering session state.
- Editorial analytics: aggregated server logs showing which articles, rankings and guides are read, used to improve them.
- Affiliate attribution: when you click a “Visit Brand” link to an operator, the destination operator may receive a tracking parameter that identifies AncientGames as the referring publisher. The operator then attributes any account you open to AncientGames.
- Security and abuse prevention: rate-limiting, bot detection, blocking attempted intrusions.
- Legal compliance: meeting our obligations under UK GDPR, the EU GDPR, the Canadian PIPEDA and applicable US state privacy laws.
4. Legal Bases for Processing (UK / EU)
Where UK GDPR or EU GDPR applies, we process personal data on the following bases:
- Consent: for any non-essential cookies (affiliate attribution beyond what is strictly necessary).
- Legitimate interests: for site security, abuse prevention, and basic traffic analytics that do not identify individuals.
- Legal obligation: for retention of records as required by gambling-affiliate regulations in your jurisdiction.
5. Sharing With Third Parties
We do not sell personal data. We share limited information with:
- Affiliate networks, when you click an outbound link to a partner operator, the operator’s affiliate network records the click. We do not pass identifiable personal data; only the referral parameter is shared.
- Hosting and infrastructure providers: required to deliver the site.
- Legal authorities: only where compelled by valid legal process.
Once you leave AncientGames to visit a partner operator, that operator’s own privacy policy governs how it handles your information. We are not responsible for operator data practices.
6. Data Retention
Server logs are retained in aggregated form for up to 26 months. Email enquiries are retained for up to 24 months unless we agree with you to keep the conversation open longer. Affiliate-click logs are retained for the period required by the relevant affiliate network’s terms.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your data (subject to legal retention requirements)
- Restrict or object to processing
- Receive your data in a portable format
- Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is consent-based)
- Lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority
UK residents may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk). EU residents may complain to their national supervisory authority. Canadian residents may complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (priv.gc.ca). California residents may exercise CCPA rights by email.
8. International Transfers
AncientGames is hosted on infrastructure that may process data outside your country of residence. Where data leaves the UK or EEA, transfers are protected by appropriate safeguards (Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent).
9. Children
AncientGames is intended for an adult audience: 18+ in the United Kingdom and most jurisdictions, 19+ in most Canadian provinces (18+ in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec), and 21+ for real-money casino content in jurisdictions where 21 is the legal age. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone below the legal gambling age. If you believe a minor has used the site, please contact us so we can delete the relevant data.
10. Security
We use industry-standard technical and organisational measures to protect the data we hold, including TLS encryption in transit, hardened hosting, and limited access controls. No internet service can be guaranteed completely secure; we mitigate but cannot eliminate risk.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected in the “last updated” date below. Significant changes will be highlighted on the site for a reasonable period. Continued use of AncientGames after a change means you accept the updated terms.
12. Contact
For any privacy-related request (access, correction, deletion, or complaint), email [email protected]. We will respond within the timeframe required by your local data-protection law (typically 30 days under UK / EU GDPR).
Last updated: September 2026.