Privacy Policy

Summary in plain English: We don't ask you to sign up. We don't collect your name, email, or any payment information. We use anonymous analytics (Google Analytics) to understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it. You can opt out at any time, and you have full rights under GDPR and CCPA to access, delete, or restrict whatever limited data we hold.

1. Who we are

gameblackjack.online ("we", "us", "the site") is a free-play blackjack website. We are the data controller for the personal information described in this policy. If you have any questions about this policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at gameblackjackonline@gmail.com or via our contact page.

2. What we collect

We deliberately keep data collection minimal. Specifically:

2.1 Information you give us

You can use this site fully without giving us any personal information. There are no accounts to create, no signup forms, no payment fields. If you choose to contact us by email (using the address above), we will receive whatever you put in that email.

2.2 Information collected automatically

When you visit any page, our hosting provider and analytics services automatically collect:

IP address (truncated for analytics, used in full only in server logs for security)
Browser type and version
Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)
Operating system
Pages visited on this site and the order you visited them
Referring URL (the page that linked you here, if any)
Approximate geographic location (typically city-level, derived from IP)
Time spent on each page

2.3 Cookies

We use a small number of cookies. None of them identify you personally:

Strictly necessary cookies set by our web server for basic site function (always on, cannot be disabled).
Analytics cookies set by Google Analytics 4 (see Section 4). These help us understand how the site is used in aggregate.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings. The site will continue to work without them — only our ability to see anonymous usage statistics is affected.

3. How we use this information

We use the automatically-collected information for the following purposes only:

To operate the site — serve pages, fix bugs, prevent abuse.
To understand site usage — which pages are popular, where readers come from, what content to write next.
To improve performance — identify slow pages, broken links, browser compatibility issues.
To protect against abuse — investigate suspicious traffic patterns and security incidents.

We do not use your information for advertising profiling, do not sell or rent data to third parties, and do not engage in cross-site behavioral tracking.

4. Third-party services

The site uses the following third-party services, which receive some of the data above:

Google Analytics 4 — receives anonymized event data about page views and user interactions. Google may set cookies; see Google's Privacy Policy. To opt out specifically of Google Analytics, install the browser opt-out add-on.
Google Fonts — serves font files; receives your IP and browser information per request.
Hawk Host (our hosting provider) — stores server logs for security and operational purposes.
Cloudflare (if enabled) — provides DDoS protection and global content delivery; receives requests transit-level metadata.

These providers act as data processors under our instructions where applicable. Their use of data is governed by their respective privacy policies.

5. Legal basis for processing (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, our lawful bases under the General Data Protection Regulation are:

Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)) — for analytics and security, where our interest in improving the site is balanced against minimal privacy impact through anonymization.
Consent (Article 6(1)(a)) — where required for non-essential cookies. You can withdraw consent at any time through your browser settings.

6. Your privacy rights

You have the following rights regarding any personal data we hold about you:

Right to access — request a copy of what we hold.
Right to rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data.
Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten") — ask us to delete your data.
Right to restrict processing — pause our use of your data.
Right to data portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format.
Right to object — to processing based on legitimate interests.
Right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives you similar rights, including the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to delete it, and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at the address in Section 1. We will respond within 30 days. Note that because we do not associate analytics data with identifiable individuals, we may not be able to locate specific records about you — but we can confirm what categories of data we process and provide documentation of our practices.

7. Data retention

We retain data only as long as necessary:

Server logs: 30 days, then rotated and deleted.
Google Analytics data: 14 months (our configured retention window), then aggregated and automatically purged.
Email correspondence: kept as long as needed to resolve your inquiry, then archived for up to 2 years for legal record-keeping.

8. Data security

We use HTTPS encryption for all traffic to and from the site. Our hosting account and analytics console are protected by strong passwords and two-factor authentication. No internet service is perfectly secure, but we apply industry-standard safeguards to the limited data we hold.

9. International data transfers

Some of our third-party providers (notably Google) are based in the United States. When data is transferred from the EEA/UK to the US, we rely on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or Standard Contractual Clauses as the legal mechanism, as appropriate.

10. Children's privacy

This site is intended for adults aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it promptly. Our Terms of Use require all users to be of legal age in their jurisdiction.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example to reflect changes in our practices, services, or applicable law. The "Last updated" date at the top of the page shows when the most recent changes took effect. Material changes will be highlighted in a banner on the homepage for at least 30 days following the update.

12. Contact

Questions, requests, or complaints about privacy should go to gameblackjackonline@gmail.com]. See our contact page for other channels. For matters related to gambling habits rather than data, please see our Responsible Gambling page.