Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how route40paintball.com ("we," "our," or "us") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit our website. By using this website, you agree to the practices described below.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal identifiers: name and email address, if you voluntarily submit them via contact forms or newsletter signups.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system, device type, and screen resolution.
- Usage data: pages visited, time spent on pages, referring URLs, click-through behaviour, and interaction with affiliate links.
- Cookies and tracking technologies: as detailed in Section 3 below.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the legal gambling age in their jurisdiction.
2. How We Use Information
We use collected information for the following purposes:
- Analytics: to understand how visitors interact with our website, improve content quality, and optimise user experience.
- Affiliate tracking: to properly attribute clicks and referrals to partner casino operators when you click on affiliate links. This ensures commissions are accurately recorded.
- Site improvement: to identify technical issues, measure page performance, and tailor content to user interests.
- Communication: to respond to inquiries submitted through our contact forms.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
3. Cookie Policy
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit our website. We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: essential for basic website functionality.
- Analytics cookies: (e.g., Google Analytics) help us understand visitor behaviour, traffic sources, and page performance.
- Affiliate tracking cookies: placed by affiliate networks or casino partners when you click on a referral link, enabling accurate commission tracking for a defined period (typically 30–90 days).
- Preference cookies: remember your choices, such as cookie consent preferences.
Opt-out options: You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings at any time. You may also opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Please note that disabling cookies may affect website functionality and affiliate link tracking.
4. Third-Party Links
Our website contains links to third-party casino operators and affiliate partners. When you click on these links, you will be directed to external websites over which we have no control. These third parties have their own privacy policies and data practices, and we encourage you to review them before providing any personal information.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or data handling of any third-party websites. Clicking on affiliate links is done at your own discretion.
5. Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Canada (PIPEDA): The right to access your personal information, request correction of inaccuracies, and withdraw consent for collection, use, or disclosure, subject to legal or contractual restrictions. You may also file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
- EU/UK residents (GDPR/UK GDPR): The right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, and object to processing. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
- US residents (CCPA/CPRA, where applicable): The right to know what personal information is collected, request deletion, opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, and non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 7. We will respond to verified requests within the timeframes required by applicable law.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Specifically:
- Analytics data is typically retained for up to 26 months.
- Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months after resolution.
- Affiliate tracking data is retained in accordance with the terms of our affiliate network agreements.
When information is no longer needed, it is securely deleted or anonymised.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days.