Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Okiepokies.com (“we”, “our”, or “us”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our website. We handle personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

1. Who We Are

The organisation responsible for your personal information is:

2. Information We Collect and Why

We only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary for our functions and activities as an Australian casino & pokies review site.

2.1 Account Registration

• Data: Email address, name, hashed password, email verification status
• Purpose: Create and manage your user account
• Retention: Until you delete your account, plus up to 30 days for purging

2.2 Site Analytics

• Data: Anonymised IP address (where feasible), pages visited, session duration, browser type, referring URL
• Purpose: Understand how visitors use our site and improve content
• Note: Analytics cookies run only if you consent via our cookie banner. You can change your choice at any time.
• Retention: Up to 26 months, depending on the tool and your consent

2.3 Affiliate Click Tracking

• Data: Timestamp, casino clicked, referring page, anonymised session identifier
• Purpose: Track affiliate referrals so we can operate our review site
• Note: We do not sell your personal information to casinos.
• Retention: 24 months

2.4 Email Communications

• Data: Email address, name
• Purpose: Send transactional emails (verification, account notices) and, only with your consent, marketing messages
• Retention: Until you unsubscribe or delete your account

2.5 Contact Form Submissions

• Data: Name, email address, message content
• Purpose: Respond to your enquiry
• Retention: 12 months after the enquiry is resolved

2.6 Security & Fraud Prevention

• Data: IP address, user-agent, request timestamps, and CAPTCHA verification tokens
• Purpose: Prevent spam, bot signups, and abuse; protect our service
• Retention: 90 days for security logs

3. Cookies

We use essential cookies and, with your consent, analytics cookies. For full details, see our Cookie Policy.

4. How We Share Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share information only with trusted service providers that help us operate the site (hosting, email delivery, analytics if consented, and security), under appropriate contractual arrangements. A list of key service providers is available on request at [email protected].

We may disclose information if required by Australian law, a court order, or a competent regulator.

5. Overseas Disclosure

Some of our service providers may store or process information outside Australia (for example, cloud hosting or email infrastructure). Where we disclose personal information overseas, we take reasonable steps to ensure it is handled consistently with the APPs, including contractual safeguards where appropriate.

6. Your Privacy Rights

Under the Australian Privacy Principles, you can request access to the personal information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it if it is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading. Contact [email protected]. You can also delete your account from your profile page.

• Access: Ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: Ask us to update or correct your information.
• Deletion / account closure: Request deletion of your account and associated personal information (subject to legal retention needs).
• Marketing opt-out: Unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time via the link in those emails.
• Cookie / analytics opt-out: Use our cookie banner or browser settings to limit non-essential cookies.

7. Age Restriction

Our service is strictly for users aged 18 or over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe we have collected such information, contact [email protected] and we will delete it.

8. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures, including HTTPS/TLS, hashed passwords, access controls, and security reviews. No system is completely secure — if a breach is likely to result in serious harm, we will take steps consistent with our obligations under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.

9. Complaints

If you have a privacy concern, please contact us first at [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or the law. Material changes will be communicated to registered users where appropriate. The “Last updated” date at the top shows when this policy was last revised.

11. Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• Contact form: okiepokies.com/contact