1. Data collected

  • Page views and navigation — which pages you load and in what order, pseudonymous.
  • Approximate location — country and region from IP, never precise GPS.
  • Device and browser — model class, browser family, screen size, OS version.
  • Referrer — the site you came from (e.g. google.com, askgamblers.com).
  • Session recordings (Microsoft Clarity) — pseudonymous heatmaps and replay of mouse movement and clicks. Personal text input is masked.
  • Cookies — first-party cookies for analytics state. No advertising cookies, no cross-site tracking beyond what GA4 and Clarity perform.

2. Tools and processors

  • Google Analytics 4 — Google LLC, US/EU/AU. Used to count visits and measure content engagement. Retention: 2 months for events, 14 months for user properties.
  • Microsoft Clarity — Microsoft Corporation, US/EU/AU. Used to capture heatmaps and pseudonymous session replays for UX debugging. Default retention: 30 days.

Both tools are configured to pseudonymise visitor identifiers. Neither is used for advertising on this site. We do not run remarketing pixels.

3. Lawful basis for processing

EU/UK

GDPR / UK GDPR

Legitimate interest in measuring content effectiveness and improving user experience. You can object at any time using the contacts below.

AU

Australian Privacy Principles

Collection is limited to information reasonably necessary for the site to function. The site is hosted by a third party that may keep server logs for security purposes.

US-CA

CCPA / CPRA

We do not "sell" personal information as defined by CCPA. We do not knowingly collect data from residents under 16.

4. Your rights

  • Access — request a copy of any personal data we hold about you.
  • Rectification — correct anything we hold that is wrong.
  • Erasure — request deletion of analytics records linked to you.
  • Restriction — ask us to stop processing while a dispute is resolved.
  • Objection — opt out of analytics processing.
  • Withdraw consent — for cookies, by clearing browser cookies and using browser-level tracking blockers.

Send requests to editor [at] royalreels [dot] me with the subject "Privacy request". We respond within 30 days.

5. How to opt out

  • Use the Google Analytics opt-out browser extension.
  • Block third-party scripts via uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger or Brave Shields.
  • Use a privacy-focused browser (Brave, Firefox in strict mode, Safari with ITP).
  • Decline cookies in your browser settings or clear them on exit.

6. Children

Casino-adjacent content is not appropriate for visitors under 18. The site does not knowingly collect data from minors and does not target them. If you believe a minor has interacted with this site, contact us at the address above and we will remove any associated analytics record.

7. What this page does not cover

Date of this version: 2026-05-17.