Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 22, 2026

The Slot Farmer (“The Slot Farmer,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates an entertainment and informational website about slot machines, casino gaming, and related topics. The website is operated from Iowa, United States.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit the website, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.

The Slot Farmer currently uses WordPress, Google Analytics, and standard YouTube video embeds. We may add Google AdSense advertising, Amazon affiliate links, a contact form, and an email newsletter in the future. Sections covering those services apply when they are enabled.

Information You Provide

You may provide personal information when you:

• Contact us by email.
• Submit a message through a contact form, if one is added.
• Subscribe to an email newsletter, if one is offered.
• Otherwise communicate with The Slot Farmer.

The information you provide may include your name, email address, and anything you choose to include in your message.

The Slot Farmer does not currently host visitor comments. Comments associated with our videos are posted and managed through YouTube and are governed by Google’s policies.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain information may be collected automatically by the website, our hosting provider, security tools, analytics services, embedded-content providers, and advertising partners.

This information may include:

• Your Internet Protocol address.
• Browser and device type.
• Operating system.
• Referring website or link.
• Pages viewed.
• Date and time of your visit.
• General geographic area.
• Interactions with pages, links, videos, or advertisements.
• Cookie identifiers and similar technical information.

We generally use this information to operate and secure the website, understand how visitors use it, improve its content and performance, measure traffic, and prevent fraud or abuse.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small files stored on your browser or device. The website and third-party services may use cookies, pixels, local storage, web beacons, or similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

• Operate essential website features.
• Remember preferences.
• measure traffic and visitor activity.
• Display and measure advertising.
• Prevent fraud and abuse.
• Track referrals from affiliate links.
• Support embedded services such as YouTube.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect certain website features, embedded videos, analytics, advertising, or affiliate-link tracking.

Where a cookie-preference or consent tool is provided, you may also use that tool to manage available choices.

Google Analytics

The Slot Farmer uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use the website.

Google Analytics may process information such as page URLs, IP addresses, browser and device information, approximate location, referring sources, and interactions with the website. Google explains that websites using Google Analytics and other Google services automatically send Google information including the visited page’s URL and the visitor’s IP address. Google may also place or read cookies.

The Slot Farmer uses Analytics reports to evaluate overall website traffic and performance. We do not use Google Analytics for the purpose of personally identifying individual visitors.

Google processes information according to its own privacy policies and account settings. Google also provides a browser add-on that can prevent Google Analytics JavaScript from sharing visit activity with Google Analytics.

Embedded YouTube Videos

The website uses standard YouTube video embeds.

When a page containing an embedded YouTube video loads, your browser may send information to Google, including the page URL and your IP address. Google may also place or read cookies and process information for service delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, content personalization, or advertising.

When you play a video, interact with the player, or are signed into a Google or YouTube account, Google may associate that activity with its services and your account settings.

The Slot Farmer does not control information collected directly by Google or YouTube. YouTube comments, subscriptions, memberships, and other YouTube interactions occur on YouTube and are governed by Google’s policies.

Google AdSense and Advertising

The Slot Farmer may use Google AdSense or another advertising service in the future.

When advertising is enabled, Google and other advertising partners may:

• Place or read cookies on your browser.
• Use web beacons, pixels, IP addresses, or other identifiers.
• Collect information about your visit and interactions with advertisements.
• Measure advertising performance.
• Prevent invalid traffic, fraud, and abuse.
• Display personalized or non-personalized advertising, depending on your settings, location, and consent choices.

Google requires AdSense publishers to disclose data collection, sharing, and use resulting from Google services, including the use of cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, and other identifiers.

Google may use information received through participating websites to provide and improve services, measure advertising, protect against fraud, and personalize content or advertisements where permitted.

Affiliate Links

The Slot Farmer may participate in affiliate programs, including the Amazon Associates Program.

Affiliate links contain tracking information that identifies The Slot Farmer as the referring publisher. When you click an affiliate link, the destination retailer or affiliate network may receive information such as:

• The referring page.
• The affiliate tracking code.
• The link clicked.
• Your browser or device information.
• Your IP address.
• Cookie or referral identifiers.

The third-party retailer handles any account, payment, shipping, or purchase information you provide after leaving The Slot Farmer. We do not receive your complete payment-card information through an ordinary affiliate link.

Amazon may monitor clicks and purchases associated with qualifying affiliate links according to the Amazon Associates agreement and Amazon’s own privacy practices.

Affiliate relationships and commissions are explained separately in our Affiliate Disclosure.

Contact Forms

If a contact form is added, information submitted through it may be stored by the website and processed by the form provider, hosting provider, email provider, or security and spam-prevention services.

We will use contact-form information to:

• Respond to your request.
• Provide requested information.
• Maintain necessary correspondence.
• Detect spam, fraud, or misuse.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations.

Please do not submit sensitive personal, financial, medical, or confidential information through a general website contact form.

Email Newsletter

The Slot Farmer may offer an optional email newsletter in the future.

If you subscribe, we may collect your email address, name, subscription status, signup source, and information about newsletter delivery or engagement.

We may use an outside email-service provider to manage subscriptions and send messages. That provider may process subscriber information on our behalf.

You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting us. Unsubscribing from marketing messages may not prevent us from sending necessary administrative responses relating to a request you initiated.

The Slot Farmer does not sell newsletter subscriber lists for money.

How We Use Information

We may use information collected through the website to:

• Operate, maintain, and secure the website.
• Respond to messages and requests.
• Send communications you requested.
• Analyze website traffic and performance.
• Improve content, navigation, and visitor experience.
• Display and measure advertising.
• Track affiliate referrals.
• Detect spam, fraud, abuse, or security threats.
• Enforce website policies.
• Comply with legal obligations.
• Protect the rights, safety, and property of The Slot Farmer and others.

How Information May Be Shared

Information may be shared with third parties when reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including:

• Website hosting and technical-service providers.
• Analytics providers.
• Advertising providers.
• Embedded-content providers.
• Email and contact-form providers.
• Security, backup, and spam-prevention services.
• Affiliate networks and retailers.
• Professional advisers when necessary.
• Government authorities or other parties when required by law.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, enforce our rights, protect safety, respond to legal process, or complete a future transfer of the website or its assets.

The Slot Farmer does not sell personal information directly in exchange for money. Some privacy laws use broader definitions of “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising, particularly when advertising technologies are involved. Where applicable, visitors may have rights regarding those activities.

Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including:

• Responding to communications.
• Maintaining business and website records.
• Operating analytics or advertising services.
• Preventing fraud or security incidents.
• Meeting legal, tax, or compliance obligations.
• Resolving disputes and enforcing agreements.

Retention periods may differ depending on the type of information and the service that processes it.

Third-party providers determine their own retention practices under their respective policies.

Data Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information under our control.

However, no website, storage system, or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should use caution when transmitting personal information online.

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

You may:

• Adjust cookie settings through your browser.
• Use available cookie-preference tools.
• Adjust advertising and privacy settings within your Google account.
• Use Google’s Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
• Unsubscribe from future email newsletters.
• Contact us regarding personal information you submitted directly.

Depending on your residence and whether an applicable privacy law covers The Slot Farmer, you may have rights to request access to, deletion of, correction of, or a copy of certain personal information. You may also have rights concerning the sale of personal information, targeted advertising, profiling, or certain types of data sharing.

These rights differ by jurisdiction and do not apply in every circumstance.

Iowa’s consumer privacy law provides specific rights when a business and its data processing fall within the law’s statutory scope. That scope includes thresholds based on the number of consumers whose data is processed and, in some cases, revenue derived from selling personal data. Iowa law provides covered consumers with rights that may include access, deletion of data they provided, obtaining a portable copy, and opting out of the sale of personal data.

To submit a privacy request, email:

troy@theslotfarmer.com

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. We may also deny or limit a request where permitted by applicable law.

Children’s Privacy and Adult Audience

The Slot Farmer is intended for adults 21 years of age or older and is not directed toward children.

We do not knowingly request or collect personal information from children under 13. COPPA applies to websites directed to children under 13 and to other websites that have actual knowledge they are collecting personal information from a child under 13.

If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information directly to The Slot Farmer, contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.

External Websites

The website may link to third-party websites, including YouTube, Amazon, casinos, gaming manufacturers, social-media platforms, and other resources.

This Privacy Policy does not govern those websites. The Slot Farmer is not responsible for their privacy practices, security, content, or services. Review the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as the website, its services, or applicable requirements change.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Material changes may also be identified through an additional website notice where appropriate.

Contact Us

Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be directed to:

The Slot Farmer
Iowa, United States
Email: troy@theslotfarmer.com