1. Who we are
ausino.club is an independent online-casino review site aimed at Australian players, published at the domain ausino.club. Under the Australian Privacy Act 1988, we are the entity responsible for the personal information described below. We do not operate a gambling platform, we hold no player accounts, and no deposit, wager or payout ever flows through anything we run.
2. The personal data we collect
We hold only what we strictly need to keep the site running and to reply to readers who get in touch. In short:
- The only personal information we hold is what you choose to send us by email. If you never reach out, we do not know who you are.
- Simple, anonymised analytics tell us which pages are read and, roughly, which state or country a visitor is coming from, without ever identifying any individual.
- Standard server logs briefly record IP addresses for security purposes.
- A very small set of cookies stores your consent choice and a couple of basic display preferences.
We never ask you for payment details, we never request identity documents, we build no ad-targeting profiles on our visitors, and we never sell, rent or trade personal information to any third party.
3. What we keep, our reasons and the duration
| Type of data collected | Purpose | How long we keep it |
|---|---|---|
| Emails you send us (name, email address, message content) | To respond to you and, where useful, improve the site | Deleted 24 months after the final reply in the thread |
| Aggregated analytics (page views, referrer URL, country / region, device type) | To see which content is used and where the site could be improved | Up to 14 months, then kept only in aggregate |
| Server logs (IP address, timestamp, requested URL) | Security, blocking spam and abuse, and troubleshooting | Rolling 30-day window |
| Cookie-consent record | So the consent banner remembers your previous choice | 12 months, or until you clear it from your browser |
4. Our legal basis for handling data
For readers in Australia, our handling of personal information falls under the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and the thirteen Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). The grounds we rely on are narrow:
- Your consent for analytics and functional cookies. Nothing beyond the strictly necessary cookies loads until you have accepted on the banner, and you can withdraw that consent at any time.
- Our legitimate functions as a publisher, which cover answering messages you choose to send, running the strictly necessary cookies, and keeping short-lived server logs that protect the site.
If you visit from the EEA or UK, equivalent protections under GDPR apply, and the same minimal data practices described here still cover you.
5. Cookies and tracking
Our cookie footprint is deliberately small. The strictly necessary cookies fire on every visit because the site would not work without them; analytics and functional cookies only fire after you have accepted on the banner. A full, cookie-by-cookie breakdown is on the Cookies page.
6. Who has access to your data
A handful of the site's features rely on trusted service providers. Each is given only what it strictly needs, and every one is bound by data-processing terms or an equivalent legal safeguard.
- Hosting provider. A reputable host powers the site and briefly retains standard server logs for security.
- Email provider. Anything sent to blake@ausino.club is handled by a professional mail host under a signed data-processing agreement.
- Analytics. Aggregated, anonymised traffic measurement only begins after you consent, with IP anonymisation switched on throughout.
- Affiliate networks. If you follow an outbound link to a casino, that operator or its affiliate network may set its own cookie so any later sign-up is credited to ausino.club. This happens on the operator's own site, where their privacy policy takes over the moment you arrive.
7. Your rights under Australian privacy law
Under the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles, you have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you.
- Correct anything that is inaccurate, outdated or incomplete.
- Request deletion, email blake@ausino.club and ask us to erase any personal information we hold on you. Verified requests are actioned well inside the usual 30-day window.
- Object to or restrict specific processing of your data.
- Withdraw consent for analytics cookies at any time, with no effect on anything else.
- Receive a copy of the data we hold on you in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au if you are not satisfied with how we have handled your request.
8. Reach us
For any privacy question, access request or concern about how we handle your information, email blake@ausino.club. Please include enough context for us to locate your records, usually the email address you first wrote in from and any relevant dates, and state clearly what action you want us to take.
9. Changes to this policy
This page is reviewed whenever the site's tooling changes or Australian privacy rules evolve. Any substantive update refreshes the last-updated date at the top, and earlier versions are archived on our side. The current published version carries the date 1 October 2026.