Our Privacy Policy: How We Handle Your Data
On a site dedicated to scrutinising UK crowdfunding and iGaming startups, we believe transparency about your data is just as critical as investor due diligence. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit crowdcheck.biz. Your privacy is paramount, and we handle your data responsibly in compliance with applicable laws, including the UK GDPR.
1. What Data We Collect and Why
We collect information to provide and improve our content, focusing on UK crowdfunding and iGaming startup analysis. This helps us personalise your experience with deep dives into British casino crowdfunding projects and investor guides. Data falls into two main categories.
Information You Voluntarily Provide
This includes data you give us directly, such as when you subscribe to our newsletter for updates on UK iGaming startup funding, submit a comment, or contact us. Typically, this includes your name and email address.
Automatically Collected Technical Data
As you browse, we automatically collect certain technical information. This includes your IP address, browser type, device information, and how you navigated to our site (e.g., from a search on Seedrs or Crowdcube projects). This data helps us understand user behaviour and maintain site security.
2. Our Use of Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to ensure the site functions properly and to analyse how our audience engages with our content on topics like UK gambling investor diligence.
Essential Cookies
These are strictly necessary for the website to operate, such as managing your session or privacy preferences. They do not collect personal data for marketing.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies, such as those from Google Analytics 4, help us understand how visitors interact with our pages. They show us which articles on UK crowdfunding regulation are most valuable, allowing us to improve our content.
Your Cookie Controls
You can manage your cookie preferences via our cookie consent banner when you first visit the site. You can also adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies, though this may affect site functionality.
3. Analytics and Site Performance
We use analytics services to measure and improve our website’s performance and content relevance for a UK-based audience.
Anonymised Data Collection
Our use of Google Analytics 4 is configured for UK GDPR compliance. We use IP anonymisation and do not collect personally identifiable information through analytics. Data is aggregated to provide insights into overall traffic patterns.
How We Use Insights
The analytics data helps us identify which guides on UK iGaming startup funding or analyses of British casino crowdfunding are most engaging. This informs our editorial strategy to better serve your informational needs.
4. Third-Party Services and Data Sharing
We use a select group of trusted third-party services to operate our blog. We never sell your personal data to any third parties.
Email Marketing Services
We use services like Mailchimp to manage our newsletter subscriptions. When you subscribe, your email and name are shared with this provider to facilitate delivery, subject to their privacy policy.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, documents, tweets) from platforms like Seedrs, Crowdcube, or the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Interacting with this embedded content is subject to the privacy policy of the originating website.
5. Your Data Rights Under UK GDPR
As a user based in the United Kingdom, you have specific rights regarding your personal data under the UK GDPR. You can exercise these rights in relation to your data linked to our content on UK crowdfunding regulation.
Right to Access and Portability
You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you and, where applicable, to receive it in a structured, machine-readable format.
Right to Rectification and Erasure
You can request that we correct any inaccurate data we hold. You also have the right to request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Right to Object and Restrict Processing
You can object to our processing of your personal data, particularly for direct marketing, or request that we restrict how we use your data while a query is resolved.
6. How Long We Retain Your Data
We retain your data only for as long as necessary for the purposes outlined, in line with standard practices for UK-focused financial commentary blogs.
Comment Data
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate follow-up conversations and recognise repeat contributors.
Newsletter Subscriptions
We retain your subscription data until you choose to unsubscribe, at which point it is deleted from our active marketing lists.
Analytics Data
User-level and event data in Google Analytics 4 is retained for a period of 26 months before being automatically deleted, providing us with meaningful annual comparisons.
7. How to Contact Us About Privacy
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your data rights, please contact our data lead. Our operations are based in England and Wales.
Primary Contact Method
For all privacy-related requests, please email: [email protected]. We aim to respond to all legitimate enquiries within one month.
Supervisory Authority
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the supervisory authority for data protection.
This policy underscores our commitment to protecting your data with the same rigour we apply to analysing UK crowdfunding opportunities. We are dedicated to maintaining your trust as a valued reader of our independent analysis.