Who we are
casinostar.vip is an independent casino review site serving Australian players, and you can reach us at hello@casinostar.vip. We run no casino of our own, take no bets, and never hold player money. What we do is publish reviews and guides, earning our keep through affiliate partnerships whenever readers click through our links.
What data we collect and why
There's no account to sign up for here, and ordinary browsing won't have us collecting your name, payment details or any other personal identifiers. The information we actually pick up comes down to two straightforward buckets: anonymous statistics about how the site gets used, and whatever you decide to send our way by email.
Analytics — Matomo
We rely on Matomo for analytics so we can see which pages people look at and how the site is being used as a whole. It shows us which guides land well, where readers hit dead ends, and what deserves attention next. In practice, Matomo logs details such as:
- Page views — which pages get visited and in what sequence.
- Rough location — usually your country or region, worked out from your IP address.
- Device and browser — the kind of device, screen size, operating system and browser you're on.
- Referring source — the site or search engine that pointed you our way.
We put this data to work purely to make the site better. We never sell it, and we don't use it to assemble advertising profiles or to single you out. Wherever we can, we set Matomo up to cut down on how much identifying detail (your full IP address, for instance) it keeps.
Cookies
Cookies are little text files a site can tuck away in your browser. We may use them to keep things running smoothly and to back up the analytics outlined above — for example, to work out whether you're visiting for the first time or coming back. You're free to block or wipe cookies whenever you like via your browser settings, although a few parts of the site might not behave quite as intended if you do.
Affiliate links and redirects
casinostar.vip keeps the lights on through affiliate partnerships. When you tap a "Play Now" button or any other link to a casino, you might be routed through a tracking redirect so the operator knows the referral came from us. That's how we collect a commission without it costing you a thing extra. The moment you leave casinostar.vip and land on a third-party casino or any other website, it's their privacy policy and terms that apply to you, not ours. We'd urge you to read the privacy policy of whatever site you decide to join.
Email contact
Should you email us at hello@casinostar.vip, we'll receive whatever you put in that message (things like your email address and the substance of your enquiry). We use it for one purpose only — to reply to you and to act on any feedback or corrections — and we won't press it into marketing or pass it to third parties for that kind of use.
Data retention
Analytics data sticks around only for as long as it stays useful for spotting trends and improving the site; after that it's deleted or anonymised further. Emails are held for as long as we need them to deal with your enquiry, plus a sensible stretch afterwards for our own records. In short, we don't cling to personal information any longer than we truly need to.
Third-party services
To work properly, the site pulls in a handful of third-party resources, web fonts among them. Much like analytics providers, these services may pick up basic technical information (your IP address and browser, say) simply as part of delivering their content. We pick providers we trust to treat data responsibly, but their practices aren't something we control.
Changes to this policy
We may revise this policy now and then as the site or the tools behind it evolve. Whenever that happens, we'll update the "Last updated" date shown at the top of this page. It's worth glancing back here from time to time.
Contact us about privacy
If anything in this policy is unclear, or you have a question about how your data is treated, do get in touch at hello@casinostar.vip and we'll be happy to help.