Privacy Policy

Privacy and Cookie Policy Notice

The policy: This privacy policy notice is for this website; www.bingowebsites.org.uk and governs the privacy of those who use it.

The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease viewing / using this website.

Policy key definitions:

  • “I”, “our”, “us”, or “we” refer to the us, bingowebsites.org.uk.
  • “you”, “the user” refer to the person(s) using this website.
  • GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
  • PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.
  • ICO means Information Commissioner’s Office.
  • Cookies mean small files stored on a users computer or device.

Processing of your personal & non-personal data

We do not collect any personal information directly from you, including email addresses, residential addresses, phone numbers, name, date of birth or any other personal details.

By using this website some non-personal information is collected, however, we are not aware of your identity.  Non-personal information consists of technical information transmitted by your device, including usage information, device hardware and software, the referring page from which you visited (if applicable), the type of browser used, language preferences, operator, access time and the domain name of any site you have used to link to our website.

Non-personal information is collected using standard technologies including, cookies, digital identifiers, web beacons and similar technologies.

Your individual rights

Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here;

  • the right to be informed;
  • the right of access;
  • the right to rectification;
  • the right to erasure;
  • the right to restrict processing;
  • the right to data portability;
  • the right to object; and
  • the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.

You also have the right to complain to the ICO www.ico.org.uk if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.

We handle subject access requests in accordance with the GDPR.

Internet cookies

We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. We do this by placing a small text file on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the website, to record or log whether you have seen particular messages that we display, to keep you logged into the website where applicable, to display relevant adverts or content, referred you to a third party website.

Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website.

We use a cookie control system which allows you to accept the use of cookies, and control which cookies are saved to your device / computer. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options.

Cookies that we use are;

  • Google universal analytics; _ga (2 year expiry, distinguishes users), _gat (24 hour expiry, distinguishes users), _gid (1 minute expiry, used to throttle request rate).
  • WordPress; session, deleted when browser closes.

Data security and protection

Transparent Privacy Explanations

We have provided some further explanations about user privacy and the way we use this website to help promote a transparent and honest user privacy methodology.

Sponsored links, affiliate tracking & commissions

Our website contains adverts, sponsored and affiliate links on some pages. These are typically served through our advertising partners, or are self served through our own means. We only use trusted advertising partners who each have high standards of user privacy and security. However we do not control the actual adverts seen / displayed by our advertising partners.

Clickable sponsored or affiliate links may be displayed as a website URL like this; “www.bingowebsites.org.uk/go/coral-bingo/” or as a titled text link like this: “Visit Coral Bingo”.

Clicking on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links may track your actions by using a cookie saved to your device. You can read more about cookies on this website above. Your actions are usually recorded as a referral from our website by this cookie. In most cases we earn a commission from the advertiser or advertising partner, at no cost to you.

We use advertising partners in these ways to help generate an income from the website, which allows us to continue our work and provide you with the best overall experience and valued information.

If you have any concerns about this we suggest you do not click on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links found throughout the website.

Email marketing messages & subscription

We do not collect email addresses, offer subscriptions or send any messages to any mailing lists.  We do not collect any personal information about you either directly or indirectly.

Resources & further information