This Privacy Policy sets out how kazbar.co.uk (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects information about you when you visit and use our website. We are committed to handling your personal data responsibly and transparently, in full accordance with applicable data protection legislation including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
By continuing to use our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of it, please discontinue use of our site. We may update this policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or in applicable legislation. The date of the most recent revision is shown at the bottom of this page.
Information We Collect
We collect two categories of information: information you provide to us voluntarily, and information collected automatically when you browse our site.
Information You Provide Directly
If you contact us by email at [email protected], we will receive and store the information contained in that communication. This typically includes your name, email address, and any other details you choose to include. We use this information solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry. We will not use it for any other purpose without your explicit prior consent, and we will not share it with any third party.
This website does not operate an account registration system. You are not required to create an account, submit personal details, or provide any identifying information in order to access our content.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain technical information is collected automatically by our web server and by third-party analytics tools. This may include your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, the URL of the page that referred you to our site, the pages you visit, the time you spend on each page, and the date and time of your visit. This data is collected in anonymised, aggregated form and is used solely to understand how visitors interact with our content and to improve the quality of our editorial output. It is not used to identify you as an individual.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies — small text files placed on your device by your web browser when you visit our site. Cookies allow us to recognise returning visitors and to understand how our site is being used. They do not contain personal information that could be used to identify you directly.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use strictly necessary cookies, which are essential for the basic operation of our website and cannot be disabled. We also use analytical cookies, which help us understand visitor behaviour through tools such as Google Analytics. These cookies collect anonymised, aggregated data only and do not identify individual users.
We may additionally set affiliate tracking cookies when you click on a link to a third-party bookmaker featured on our site. These cookies record the referral so that we may receive commission if you subsequently register at that operator. Affiliate tracking cookies do not collect or store sensitive personal information.
You can manage and control cookies through your browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to refuse all cookies, delete existing cookies, or configure your browser to notify you before a new cookie is set. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of our website.
Affiliate Links and Third-Party Relationships
Our website contains links to third-party bookmaker websites. When you click on one of these links, you leave our site and are directed to an external platform that operates under its own terms of service and privacy policy. We have no control over the content, data practices, or policies of third-party websites and accept no liability for them.
We hold affiliate relationships with some of the bookmakers we feature. This means we may receive a commission payment when a reader registers at a bookmaker via a link on our site. This commercial arrangement does not affect the personal data we collect, how we process it, or the independence of our editorial content. We do not share your personal information with any third-party operator under any circumstances.
How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is used for the following purposes: to respond to reader enquiries submitted via email; to monitor and analyse website traffic and usage patterns for the purpose of improving our content; to identify and resolve technical issues affecting site performance; and to fulfil our obligations under applicable UK data protection legislation. We do not sell, rent, licence, or trade your personal information to any third party. We do not use your personal data for unsolicited marketing or promotional communications.
Data Retention
Email correspondence is retained for a period of twelve months from the date of receipt, after which it is securely and permanently deleted. Anonymised analytical data collected via cookies may be retained for longer periods for the purpose of understanding long-term usage trends, but this data cannot be attributed to or used to identify any individual user.
Your Rights Under UK GDPR
As a data subject under UK GDPR, you have a number of rights in relation to the personal data we hold about you. These include the right to access the data we hold, the right to request correction of inaccurate data, the right to request erasure of your data, the right to restrict or object to our processing of your data, and the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe your data has been handled unlawfully. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to all data subject requests within thirty calendar days of receipt.
Security
We take the security of your personal data seriously. Our website uses SSL encryption to protect data transmitted between your browser and our server. Access to any personal data held by us is restricted to authorised members of our editorial team only. Whilst we take all reasonable steps to protect your data, no method of electronic transmission or storage is entirely secure, and any such transmission is at your own risk.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or amend this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be published on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued use of our website following the publication of any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. For any questions relating to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].