Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how The Local Guide, the company behind canadaonlinecasinotop.com, collects, uses, and protects information when you visit our site. We are an independent comparison platform — we do not operate any casino, accept bets, or hold player accounts. Because we have no registration system, we collect far less personal data than a typical online service. That said, we take our obligations under Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial privacy legislation seriously, and we want to be fully transparent about our practices.

Who We Are

The Local Guide operates canadaonlinecasinotop.com as a free, editorially independent resource to help adults in Canada research and compare licensed online casinos. Our site earns revenue through affiliate relationships with regulated casino operators. You can read exactly how those relationships work on our Affiliate Disclosure page, and learn about our evaluation criteria on our How We Rate Casinos page. Our editorial opinions are not for sale.

Data We Collect

Because canadaonlinecasinotop.com has no user accounts, no comment sections, and no forms that ask for your name or email address, we do not intentionally collect personal identifiers. The technical data we receive automatically when you browse includes:

• Log data: your IP address (truncated where possible), browser type and version, the pages you visit on our site, referring URL, and timestamp.
• Cookies and similar technologies: small files placed on your device to remember preferences (e.g., language), measure site performance, and support affiliate tracking. See the section below on affiliate tracking for details.
• Analytics data: aggregated, anonymised statistics about how visitors navigate our content, sourced through tools such as Google Analytics. We have enabled IP anonymisation and do not allow these providers to use our data for their own advertising purposes.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information, financial data, or any information that would allow us to identify you as a specific individual in normal circumstances.

Purposes and Legal Basis

Under PIPEDA, we must have a valid reason for each use of data. Here is why we process the technical information described above:

1. Operating the website — server logs are a technical necessity for delivering pages reliably and diagnosing errors. Legal basis: legitimate interest.
2. Improving content and user experience — analytics help us understand which casino guides, reviews, and responsible-gambling resources visitors find most useful, so we can improve them. Legal basis: legitimate interest.
3. Affiliate revenue — cookies allow operators to attribute visits originating from our site, which is how we earn commission that funds the platform. Legal basis: consent (where required by applicable law, including Quebec's Law 25) or legitimate interest. You may opt out via our cookie banner.

Affiliate Tracking by Casino Operators

When you click a link to a casino listed on our site, that operator may place their own cookies or tracking pixels on your device. Their data collection practices are governed by their own privacy policies — not this one. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any casino you visit before registering. We only list operators that hold valid licences in regulated Canadian or international jurisdictions; however, we cannot control how third-party operators handle your data once you leave our site.

Data Retention

Raw server logs are retained for a maximum of 12 months and then deleted. Anonymised, aggregated analytics data may be kept indefinitely because it cannot reasonably be used to identify any individual. Affiliate-tracking cookies typically expire between 30 and 90 days, depending on the individual operator's settings. You can delete cookies at any time through your browser settings.

How We Share Data

We do not sell personal information. The limited technical data we hold may be shared with:

• Analytics providers (e.g., Google LLC) under data-processing agreements that restrict secondary use.
• Hosting and infrastructure providers who need access to logs solely to deliver the service.
• Regulators or law-enforcement agencies if required by applicable Canadian law.

All third-party processors are required to handle data securely and only for the purposes we specify.

Age Restriction — 19+

This website is intended exclusively for adults who meet the legal gambling age in their province or territory. In most Canadian provinces and territories, that age is 19 years or older. We do not knowingly collect any data from individuals under 19. If you believe a minor has accessed our site and provided any information, please contact us immediately using the details below so we can take appropriate action. For guidance on protecting young people from gambling-related harm, visit our Responsible Gambling page.

Your Rights

Under PIPEDA — and, for Quebec residents, Law 25 — you have the right to request access to any personal information we hold about you, request correction of inaccurate data, withdraw consent for non-essential data processing, and lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at 1-800-282-1376 if you believe your rights have been violated. To exercise any of these rights, email us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or our business practices. Material changes will be announced by updating the date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of canadaonlinecasinotop.com after a change is posted constitutes acceptance of the updated terms. You can also review our Terms and Conditions and the current version of this policy at /privacy at any time.