Privacy Policy for BDGamingAuthority

Last Updated: April 2026

BDGamingAuthority (bdgamingauthority.com) is an independent regulatory review platform covering licensing standards, operator compliance, and responsible gambling guidance for readers in Bangladesh and South Asia. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and the rights you hold — including rights under GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018, which we apply as baseline standards for all visitors.

Data We Collect

We do not require registration or store ৳-denominated payment details. When you browse our BD operator licensing reviews, we automatically collect technical data (IP address, browser type, device), usage data (pages visited, click paths), and cookie identifiers. We never knowingly collect data from users under 18.

Cookies and Third-Party Tracking

We deploy three cookie categories: essential cookies required for site security, Google Analytics 4 cookies with IP anonymisation enabled to measure which licensing reviews attract traffic, and affiliate tracking cookies that fire when you follow links to regulated BD operators. You may reject non-essential cookies via our consent banner without losing access to editorial content.

How We Use Your Data

Analytics data helps us prioritise regulatory content most relevant to Bangladeshi readers. Affiliate cookie data is processed solely for commission attribution and is never sold or shared with unaffiliated third parties. We retain analytics data for 14 months and affiliate tracking logs for 12 months, after which both are permanently deleted.

Your Rights

Under GDPR and DPA 2018 you may:

  • Request a copy of any personal data we hold
  • Ask us to correct or erase your data
  • Withdraw cookie consent at any time
  • Lodge a complaint with a relevant supervisory authority

To exercise any right, email our data team at [email protected]. We respond within 30 days.

Cookie categories we use

BDGamingAuthority uses four categories of cookies, each of which you can inspect and control through your browser settings. Strictly necessary cookies keep the site running — they remember that you accepted the age gate, store your language preference, and preserve session state. Performance cookies (Google Analytics and an internal counter) aggregate anonymous metrics about which pages are most read and where visitors come from. Functional cookies remember small preferences such as your preferred currency display or whether you opted into dark mode. Targeting/advertising cookies are not used on this site; we do not run remarketing or behavioural advertising pixels. If you clear your browser cookies, the only user-facing change is that your preferences reset — no user history is lost because we do not maintain user accounts.

Data retention timelines

Analytics data is retained for 26 months before automatic deletion. Contact-form submissions are retained for 12 months for audit and support follow-up and are then purged. IP address logs on the hosting layer are rotated every 90 days; beyond that window no identifying network data is stored. Email subscription records are retained until you unsubscribe, at which point your address is removed from the mailing system within 30 days. We do not store payment information because we do not process payments — every betting operator reviewed on this site handles its own payments directly with you.

International data transfers

This site is hosted on infrastructure located within Asia. Where analytics providers process data outside Bangladesh, they do so under their own contractual data-protection obligations. We have reviewed the relevant sub-processors and require each to operate equivalent protections to the Bangladesh Personal Data Protection standards. If you would like the list of sub-processors we use, request it through the contact page and we will respond within five business days.

Exercising your data rights under Bangladesh law

Bangladeshi residents may request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal data we hold about them. Submit requests via the contact form on this site; we will respond within 30 days. Where a request cannot be fulfilled (for example because legal retention obligations require us to keep a record), we will explain why in writing. Complaints about our handling of your data can be escalated to the relevant data-protection authority in Bangladesh or to an equivalent regulator in your jurisdiction of residence.