Privacy policy

Effective date: 2026-06-29. Last reviewed: 2026-06-29.

Who we are

This site (high-5-casino.us.com) is an independent affiliate review publication covering the High 5 Casino sweepstakes platform for US audiences. We are not affiliated with, owned by, operated by, or endorsed by High 5 Entertainment or any other casino operator. Our editorial analysis is produced in-house by Rachel Monroe — full credentials are on the analyst profile page — and our revenue comes from affiliate commissions when readers register at platforms we cover. This policy explains what data we process, why, how we protect it, and what rights you have over your data.

What information we collect

We collect two categories of information. The first is non-identifying technical data automatically logged when you visit the site — IP address, browser user agent, referring URL, device class, and timestamps of page requests. This category is collected by our hosting provider for security and performance monitoring purposes and is retained in server logs for thirty days. The second category is voluntary data you submit via any contact form or email — your name, email address, and the contents of your message. Voluntary data is retained for as long as required to respond to your enquiry plus a reasonable record-keeping period.

Cookies and tracking technologies

This site uses two types of cookies. Strictly necessary cookies enable basic site functionality such as page navigation and load balancing — these cannot be switched off without breaking the site. Analytics cookies (Google Analytics 4) collect aggregated traffic statistics that help us understand which articles readers find useful. Analytics cookies are anonymised at collection time, do not identify individuals, and can be refused via your browser's cookie controls or via any consent banner we display. We do not use third-party advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, or cross-site behavioural tracking on this domain.

Affiliate tracking and outbound links

When you click an affiliate link to High 5 Casino — for example, the "Play Free" or "Claim Welcome Bonus" buttons — the destination operator may set its own cookies to attribute your registration to our referral. We do not control the operator's cookies or their privacy practices; their handling is governed entirely by the destination platform's privacy policy. We receive aggregated commission reports that identify the volume and value of conversions attributable to our referrals; we do not receive personally identifying information about individual registrants from the operator.

How we use information

Non-identifying technical data is used for security monitoring (detecting and blocking attempted abuse), performance monitoring (ensuring pages load quickly across regions), and aggregated traffic reporting. Voluntary contact data is used solely to respond to the enquiry you submitted. We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information to third parties. We do not send unsolicited marketing email. We do not build behavioural profiles of individual readers.

Data sharing

We share data only with the small number of service providers required to operate the site — our hosting provider (which processes server logs on our behalf) and Google Analytics (which processes aggregated traffic data). Both providers are contractually obligated to use the data only on our instruction and to protect it with industry-standard safeguards. We do not share data with any other third parties unless required to do so by valid legal process, in which case we will challenge any overbroad request and notify affected users where permitted.

Your rights — GDPR, CCPA, and equivalent

Depending on your jurisdiction, you have rights including the right to access the data we hold about you, the right to correct inaccurate data, the right to request deletion, the right to port your data, the right to object to processing, and the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the email address provided at the foot of this page. We respond to verifiable rights requests within thirty days. California residents have additional rights under the CCPA, including the right to opt out of any "sale" of personal data — we do not sell personal data, so this right is automatically honoured.

Data security

The site runs on HTTPS at all times, with TLS 1.3 enforced on modern browsers. Hosting is provided by a SOC 2 Type II audited provider with industry-standard physical and network controls. Voluntary contact data is stored encrypted at rest. We restrict access to voluntary contact data to a small number of authorised personnel and review access logs regularly. We do not collect or store payment information of any kind on this domain.

Children's privacy

This site is intended for adults aged 18 or older. All content covers a sweepstakes casino platform that itself restricts registration to adults. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13, and we do not direct any content to children. If you believe a child has provided data via this site, contact us and we will delete it promptly.

International data transfers

The site is hosted on infrastructure located in the United States. If you visit from outside the US, your data may be processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate. We rely on standard contractual clauses or other approved mechanisms where required by EU and UK data protection law to ensure adequate protection of personal data transferred internationally.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. The "Last reviewed" date at the top of the page tracks the most recent revision. Material changes will be announced via a banner on the homepage for at least thirty days following the change. Continued use of the site after a change indicates acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

For privacy questions or to exercise any of your rights, contact privacy [at] high-5-casino.us.com. You can also reach the editorial team via the contact details on the analyst profile page. For terms of use and affiliate disclosure, see our terms of use document. For responsible-gambling resources, see the responsible gambling guide.

Cross-references and related documents

This privacy policy works alongside three other documents on this site. The terms of use document sets out the rules for using the site itself, including affiliate disclosure language and the limits of editorial advice. The responsible-gambling reference describes the resources we link to for players who feel their gambling may be becoming harmful. The home page introduces the High 5 Casino US independent review project as a whole, and the full High 5 Casino expert review is the principal editorial output of the site. Other sections cover the High 5 game catalogue, welcome and ongoing bonuses, payment and redemption mechanics, slot strategy, how to play sweepstakes casinos, and the mobile application. Where any of those documents requires the processing of personal data, the processing is governed by this privacy policy in addition to the specific terms of that document.

Why this policy is structured the way it is

We have written this document in plain English rather than the dense legal style common to privacy policies because we think readers deserve to actually understand what happens to their data. Each section has been reviewed to ensure it reflects how we actually operate rather than describing a hypothetical maximum data-collection programme — many sites publish permissive privacy policies that allow data uses they do not currently practise, on the theory that future flexibility is worth the cost in trust. We take the opposite view: the policy describes current practice, and if our practice changes we update the policy first. If a practice is not described here, we are not doing it. If you read something here that seems wrong relative to your experience of the site, please tell us and we will investigate. Reader trust is the only durable asset an independent review site has, and a clear, truthful, easy-to-read privacy policy is the foundation of that trust.

Privacy policy — extended explanatory notes

The formal sections above describe what we do. The notes below describe why we do it and how the practice is checked against the policy on a recurring basis.

Why we keep the data inventory deliberately small

The single most effective privacy practice an independent publisher can adopt is to collect less data in the first place. The site does not run user accounts, does not require registration, does not maintain a newsletter database, and does not run any kind of behavioural advertising. The only personal data we hold at any time is the voluntary contact data submitted by readers who write in with editorial questions, and that data lives in a single mailbox rather than in a CRM. The small inventory is the foundation of the policy — every protection becomes easier to deliver when there is less to protect in the first place.

How we verify the privacy policy matches our practice

Every quarter we audit the live site against the published privacy policy. The audit checks that no new tracking scripts have been added, that the analytics configuration still anonymises IP addresses, that the cookie footprint matches the policy description, and that the data-flow diagram in the operational documentation still matches what is described publicly. If a discrepancy is found, the policy is updated first and then the site is brought back into alignment with the updated policy. The "Last reviewed" date in the policy header tracks the most recent audit.

The position on third-party tracking

We do not run advertising-network pixels (no Meta pixel, no TikTok pixel, no LinkedIn pixel), do not run retargeting cookies, and do not load third-party social-media embeds that themselves carry tracking. Affiliate links to High 5 Casino set their own cookies at the destination operator's domain — those cookies are governed entirely by the destination operator's privacy policy and we have no control over them. The full mechanism of affiliate tracking is also covered in the site terms of use.

How we respond to rights requests in practice

Verifiable rights requests under the GDPR, the CCPA, or any other applicable framework are handled by the editorial team directly. The verification step asks the requester to confirm identity from the email address on file. Once verified, an access request returns a copy of all personal data we hold on the requester (in the small-inventory model this is usually the email thread itself plus any server-log entries from the requester's IP within the thirty-day log retention window). A deletion request removes the email thread and flags the IP for log-rotation expiration if the request was made within the thirty-day window. Standard turnaround is well within the thirty-day statutory window — typically same-week.

The position on cross-border data transfer

The site is hosted in the United States. EU and UK readers' data may therefore be transferred to and processed in the US. We rely on the standard contractual clauses where required by EU and UK data protection law. The practical implication for readers is that the protections described in this policy apply regardless of the reader's location; the legal mechanism that makes those protections cross-border-effective is the SCC framework.

Why we have not implemented a paid-privacy tier

Some publishers offer a paid tier that opts the reader out of all tracking. We have not because there is no tracking to opt out of — the baseline experience is privacy-respecting by default. A paid tier that promised "no tracking" would be selling a feature the site already provides for free.

What happens if the site is sold or shut down

If the site is acquired or merged, the privacy policy commits the acquirer to maintaining at least the protections described here for any data inherited from this domain. Acquirers are required to honour any pending rights requests submitted under this policy and to notify readers of any material change in privacy practices. If the site is shut down rather than acquired, the small data inventory is deleted and the server logs are rotated to expiration; no inventory is transferred to any successor.

Cross-references

This privacy policy works alongside the terms of use document and the responsible-gambling reference. The editorial output the policy governs covers the homepage overview, expert review, games catalogue, bonuses guide, payments reference, strategy guide, how-to-play onboarding, and mobile app review. The author behind that content is profiled on the analyst credentials page.