Le Zeus
Privacy & Data Protection
Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Welcome to Le Zeus! This Privacy Policy explains how Le Zeus Digital Ltd. ("we," "us," or "our"), the operator of le-zeus.co.uk, collects, uses, shares, and protects your personal data when you visit and interact with our website. Our site is dedicated to showcasing the exciting "Le Zeus" slot game by Hacksaw Gaming, offering information and demo play.
We understand that as a visitor to a gambling-related website, you may have specific concerns about your privacy, data security, and the legitimacy of online operations. This policy is designed not only to comply with the highest data protection standards in the United Kingdom but also to build and maintain your trust by being transparent, clear, and proactive in our approach to your privacy.
We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and other relevant UK laws and regulations. We also adhere to the principles of fair and transparent processing expected by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) and payment system standards, ensuring that your experience with Le Zeus is secure and trustworthy.
2. Who We Are
Company Details
Le Zeus Digital Ltd. is a company registered in England and Wales.
Company Registration Number: 12345678 (example)
Registered Address: 123 Gaming Lane, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom
Website: https://le-zeus.co.uk/
Email: [email protected]
3. Key Principles of Our Privacy Commitment
Our commitment to your privacy is founded on the following principles:
Our Core Privacy Principles
- Transparency: We will always be clear about what data we collect and why.
- Security: We implement robust measures to protect your data from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse.
- Control: We empower you with rights over your personal data and provide clear ways to exercise them.
- Minimisation: We only collect data that is necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy.
- Accountability: We take responsibility for our data processing practices and are ready to demonstrate compliance.
- Responsible Gaming: While we do not offer real-money gambling directly, we are committed to promoting responsible gaming and protecting vulnerable individuals, including children.
4. What Data We Collect and Why
The type of personal data we collect depends on how you interact with our website. As le-zeus.co.uk is primarily an informational and demo-play site for a slot game, our data collection focuses on website functionality, analytics, and communication.
Data Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity. This data helps us improve our website's performance, user experience, and security.
Technical Data:
- IP Address: Used for security, fraud prevention, and understanding general geographic location (e.g., to ensure compliance with regional restrictions for gambling-related content).
- Device Information: Type of device, operating system, browser type and version, language settings. This helps ensure compatibility and optimise content display.
- Referral Source: The website or search query that led you to our site.
- Interaction Data: Pages visited, time spent on pages, clicks, scrolling activity, demo game interactions (e.g., number of spins, features activated in demo mode). This helps us understand engagement with the "Le Zeus" game and website content.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies to remember your preferences, analyse site traffic, and enhance your user experience. For detailed information, please see our Cookie Policy (Section 12).
Data You Provide Voluntarily
If you choose to communicate with us, we will collect the information you provide.
- Contact Information: Name, email address, and any other information you include in your message when you contact us via email or contact forms.
- Purpose: To respond to your enquiries, provide support, and improve our services.
Gameplay Data (Demo Play)
When you engage with the "Le Zeus" demo game on our site, we may collect non-identifiable data related to your demo gameplay. This includes:
- Game Interaction Data: Number of demo spins, features activated (e.g., Mystery Reveal, Bolt & Run, Myth-Taken Identity in demo mode), virtual wins/losses within the demo, chosen demo bet amounts, use of bonus buy options in demo.
- Purpose: To understand user engagement with the game, identify popular features, diagnose technical issues, and improve the demo experience. This data is typically aggregated and anonymised and does not identify you personally.
What We DON'T Collect
We do NOT collect sensitive personal data (e.g., health, religious beliefs, biometric data) on this website. As we are a game information and demo site, we do not require your financial details, KYC documents, or other personal information typically collected by real-money gambling operators. If you choose to proceed to a third-party casino for real-money play, their privacy policy will govern their data collection practices.
5. How We Use Your Personal Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- To Operate and Maintain Our Website: Ensuring the smooth functioning of le-zeus.co.uk, including the "Le Zeus" demo game, and fixing any technical issues.
- To Improve Your Experience: Analysing how our website is used to enhance its design, content, and features, making it more user-friendly and engaging.
- To Communicate with You: Responding to your enquiries, feedback, or support requests.
- For Security and Fraud Prevention: Protecting our website and users from malicious activity, ensuring fair play in demo mode, and complying with security obligations.
- For Compliance and Legal Obligations: Meeting our legal and regulatory requirements, including those related to gambling advertising standards and data protection laws.
- To Promote Responsible Gambling: Ensuring that our content is viewed responsibly and providing access to support for those who may need it, in line with UKGC expectations.
6. Our Lawful Bases for Processing Your Data
Under UK GDPR, we must have a lawful basis to process your personal data. We rely on the following:
- Legitimate Interests: We process your data when it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. This includes improving our website, ensuring security, and understanding user engagement with the demo game. We conduct a Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) to ensure this balance.
- Consent: Where required, we will obtain your explicit consent for certain processing activities, such as for the placement of non-essential cookies or sending you marketing communications (if we were to offer them, which we currently do not). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- Legal Obligation: We may process your data where it is necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation that applies to us (e.g., responding to lawful requests from regulators or law enforcement).
7. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We value your privacy and only share your data in limited circumstances:
- Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party service providers to help us operate our website, such as hosting providers, IT support, and analytics services (e.g., Yandex.Metrica). These providers are contractually bound to protect your data and only use it for the purposes we specify.
- Affiliate Partners: As an informational site, we may participate in affiliate programs. If you click on a link on our site that takes you to a third-party online casino, certain technical information (e.g., a unique identifier or IP address) may be shared with our affiliate partners to track the referral for commission purposes. This is done to comply with advertising transparency requirements (e.g., ASA) and is typically anonymised or pseudonymised where possible. We ensure any such partners are reputable and licensed.
- Legal and Regulatory Requirements: We may disclose your data if required by law, court order, or governmental regulation (e.g., to the UKGC or ICO), or if we believe such action is necessary to protect and defend our rights or property, or the safety of our users or the public.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal data may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
- Aggregated or Anonymised Data: We may share aggregated or anonymised data (which cannot be used to identify you) with third parties for research, analysis, or marketing purposes.
8. International Data Transfers (Including Yandex.Metrica)
Important Notice: Data Transfers to Russia
To operate our website and understand user behaviour, we use Yandex.Metrica, a web analytics service provided by Yandex LLC, based in Russia.
Nature of Transfer: When you use our website, information about your usage (including your IP address, which is typically anonymised) is transmitted to and stored on Yandex servers located in Russia.
Geopolitical Context & Risks: It is important for you to be aware that Russia is not a country for which the UK has issued an adequacy decision under the UK GDPR. This means that, in the view of the UK government, Russia does not provide an equivalent level of data protection to that in the UK. Data transferred to Russia may therefore be subject to different legal regimes and potentially less stringent data protection standards.
Safeguards: We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data when using Yandex.Metrica, including IP anonymisation, which truncates your IP address before it is stored. However, despite these measures, the inherent risks associated with data transfers to a non-adequate country remain.
Your Choice: By continuing to use our website, you acknowledge and accept these risks associated with the use of Yandex.Metrica. You have the option to opt out of Yandex.Metrica tracking by visiting the Yandex.Metrica opt-out page: https://yandex.com/support/metrica/general/opt-out.html. You can also manage your cookie preferences as described in our Cookie Policy.
9. Data Security
We take the security of your personal data very seriously. We implement a variety of technical and organisational measures to protect your data from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:
- Encryption: Using SSL/TLS encryption for data in transit to protect communication between your browser and our servers.
- Access Controls: Restricting access to personal data to authorised personnel only, based on a "need-to-know" basis.
- Regular Security Audits: Conducting periodic reviews of our systems and practices to identify and address potential vulnerabilities.
- Data Minimisation: Collecting only the data that is essential for our operations.
- Anonymisation/Pseudonymisation: Where feasible, we anonymise or pseudonymise data to reduce the risk of identification.
While we strive to protect your personal data, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
10. Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
- Website Usage Data: Typically retained for a period of up to 26 months for analytical purposes, after which it is aggregated or deleted.
- Communication Data: Retained for as long as necessary to resolve your query and for a reasonable period afterwards for record-keeping purposes.
- Legal Obligations: We may retain data for longer periods if required by law or regulation (e.g., for compliance with gambling advertising rules).
After the retention period, your personal data will be securely deleted or anonymised.
11. Your Data Protection Rights (UK GDPR)
Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
To receive clear, transparent, and easily understandable information about how we use your personal data and your rights (this Privacy Policy).
To request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
To request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
To request that we delete your personal data in certain circumstances (e.g., if the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected).
To request that we temporarily halt the processing of your personal data in certain situations (e.g., while we verify its accuracy).
To receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller, where technically feasible.
To object to the processing of your personal data where we are relying on legitimate interests as our lawful basis, or for direct marketing purposes.
You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, except in certain circumstances. We do not currently engage in such automated decision-making.
Where we rely on your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in Section 16. We will respond to your request within one month, in accordance with UK GDPR.
Right to Lodge a Complaint
If you have concerns about our data processing practices, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's supervisory authority for data protection issues.
ICO Website: https://www.ico.org.uk
ICO Helpline: 0303 123 1113
12. Cookies Policy
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, analyse site traffic, and understand how you interact with our content. Cookies are small text files stored on your device.
We use:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for the website to function correctly (e.g., remembering your cookie preferences).
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: To help us understand how visitors use our site (e.g., Yandex.Metrica cookies).
- Functionality Cookies: To remember choices you make (e.g., language preferences).
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: May be used by our affiliate partners to track referrals, but we do not directly engage in personalised advertising on this site.
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings or via the cookie consent banner on our website. Please refer to your browser's help menu for instructions on how to block or delete cookies. For more detailed information, please see our dedicated Cookie Policy.
13. Responsible Gambling
Our Commitment to Responsible Gambling
Le-zeus.co.uk is committed to promoting responsible gambling. While our site offers only a demo version of the "Le Zeus" slot game and does not facilitate real-money wagering, we recognise the potential risks associated with gambling.
We strongly advise all users to:
- Gamble Responsibly: If you choose to play for real money on third-party sites, always gamble within your means and never chase losses.
- Set Limits: Utilise deposit, loss, and time limits offered by licensed gambling operators.
- Seek Support: If you or someone you know is struggling with problem gambling, please seek help immediately.
Here are some organisations in the UK that offer free and confidential support:
- GamCare: https://www.gamcare.org.uk (National Gambling Helpline: 0808 8020 133)
- BeGambleAware: https://www.gambleaware.org
- National Problem Gambling Clinic: https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/services/mental-health-services/addictions-and-substance-misuse/national-problem-gambling-clinic
14. Children's Privacy
Age Restriction Notice
Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child under 18, we will take steps to delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe we may have any information from or about a child under 18, please contact us immediately.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or new technologies. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of the policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
16. Contact Us
Get in Touch
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, please do not hesitate to contact our Data Protection Officer:
Le Zeus Digital Ltd.
Attention: Data Protection Officer
Registered Address: 123 Gaming Lane, London, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]