Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2026

This privacy policy applies to royalvegas-new-zealand.com (the "site"), an independent review website operated by Maria Bellringer. The site is not affiliated with, owned by, or controlled by Royal Vegas Casino or its operator. This policy explains what data we collect when you visit this site, why we collect it, how long we retain it, and how you can manage or remove it.

We are committed to handling your personal information in accordance with New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020, which aligns closely with international frameworks including the GDPR principles of purpose limitation, data minimisation, and subject access rights. If you have any questions about this policy or how your data is handled, please use the contact form on the Get in Touch page.

What Data We Collect

We collect two categories of data: data you provide voluntarily, and data collected automatically through your use of the site.

Voluntarily provided data includes any information you submit through the contact form on the Get in Touch page — specifically your name, email address, the topic of your enquiry, and the content of your message. We do not require you to create an account to use this site, and we do not collect payment information of any kind. We are a review and information site only; no financial transactions take place on this domain.

Automatically collected data includes: your IP address (used for geographic analytics and security monitoring), the browser type and version you're using, the operating system and device type, the pages you visit on this site and the time spent on each, the URL of the page that referred you to this site, and the date and time of your visit. This data is collected through cookies and web analytics tools described in the Cookies section below.

We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by the Privacy Act 2020 — we have no interest in or mechanism for collecting data about your health, finances, ethnicity, or political views. We do not build individual user profiles for marketing purposes. We do not sell data to any third party under any circumstances.

Why We Collect It

Contact form submissions are collected for the sole purpose of responding to your enquiry. We retain these submissions for up to 12 months to allow us to maintain a record of correspondence relevant to ongoing review accuracy and site corrections. After 12 months, submissions are deleted from our inbox and any associated records.

Automatically collected usage data serves four purposes. First, it helps us understand which content is most useful to visitors from New Zealand, so we can prioritise updates and expansions of those sections. Second, it allows us to detect and block malicious access attempts, which — despite this being a simple informational site — do occur. Third, it provides aggregate traffic data that informs our publishing schedule, helping us understand when New Zealand readers are most active and what devices they use. Fourth, it is used to attribute referral traffic that comes through affiliate links, which is how we generate income to sustain the site's operation.

We do not use your data to send unsolicited marketing emails. If you contact us via the form, you will only ever receive a reply to your specific enquiry — not promotional material or newsletter subscriptions.

Cookies & Tracking

This site uses cookies — small text files stored on your device by your browser. Some are essential for the site to function correctly. Others are analytics or affiliate-tracking cookies that we use in line with the purposes described above. Below is a breakdown of the cookie types in use on this site.

You can control cookie behaviour through your browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to block third-party cookies, clear all cookies on exit, or prompt you before accepting any cookie. Blocking essential cookies may prevent certain site functions from working correctly, but will not prevent you from reading the review content. Instructions for managing cookies in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge are available in each browser's help documentation.

Sharing with Third Parties

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party. We share data in three limited circumstances only.

First, we use a web analytics service to process aggregate usage statistics. This provider receives anonymised traffic data — not individual names or email addresses. The analytics provider processes this data under a data processing agreement that prohibits them from using the data for their own commercial purposes.

Second, when you click an affiliate link on this site that points to Royal Vegas Casino, an affiliate tracking cookie is set by the casino's affiliate platform. From that point, your interaction with the casino's site is governed by the casino's own privacy policy — not ours. We strongly encourage you to read Royal Vegas Casino's privacy policy before registering an account.

Third, we may disclose data if required by law, a court order, or a request from a New Zealand government agency with legal authority to compel disclosure. We would comply with such a request only to the minimum extent required and would seek to notify the affected individual where legally permissible to do so.

Keeping Your Data Safe

This site is served entirely over HTTPS, which encrypts data transmitted between your browser and our server. Contact form submissions are transmitted via encrypted connection and stored in a password-protected inbox accessible only to me personally. The hosting environment is maintained with current security patches, and access credentials are managed using a password manager with two-factor authentication enabled.

No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we take reasonable and industry-standard precautions to protect your personal information, we cannot provide an absolute guarantee against interception or unauthorised access. If you believe a security incident involving your data has occurred, please contact us immediately via the Get in Touch page.

Managing Your Data

Under New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020, you have the right to request access to any personal information we hold about you, to request correction of inaccurate information, and to request deletion of your data where we have no legal obligation to retain it. To exercise any of these rights, send a written request via the contact form on the Get in Touch page. We will respond within 20 working days as required by the Act.

If you have submitted a contact form enquiry and wish to have that record deleted, we will do so unless the correspondence relates to an ongoing correction to published content that we have a legitimate interest in retaining as an editorial record. In such cases we will explain our reasoning clearly and you may escalate the matter to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand if you believe our position is unjustified.

Updates to This Policy

We review and update this privacy policy at least annually and whenever a material change occurs in how we collect or process data. The current version's date is shown at the top of this page. Where a change is significant — for example, adding a new analytics provider or changing how we use contact form data — we will note what has changed at the bottom of the updated policy for a period of at least three months following the update.

Continued use of this site following a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. If you disagree with a change, you are welcome to contact us to discuss it or to request deletion of any previously submitted data before discontinuing use of the site.