Sveska Spel Responsible Gaming Measures Breach Data Privacy Rules

Privacy is more important than identifying problem gambling according to Sweden’s data regulator.

Key Takeaways

The Swedish state licensed online poker and casino operator Svenska Spel has fallen foul of Sweden’s strict data protection rules.
Data regulator Datainspektionen has ruled that Svenska Spel is in breach of several sections of the data protection act, in particular with regard to the data that it collects as part of its responsible gaming measures.
The ruling could spread to other national regulators, limiting the introduction of high tech solutions used to identify problem gambling.

The Swedish state licensed online poker and casino operator Svenska Spel has fallen foul of Sweden’s strict data protection rules.

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Jocelyn Wood, Editor Joss is a graduate in English from the University of Birmingham and has a Master’s Degree in Organisational Development from the University of Manchester. His career path has taken him from the British Army, through business & finance to seven years as a successful professional poker player. His experience of the European Union, law, accounting, finance, regulation and online poker provide the basis for his insights in the PRO specialist categories of Industry and Law & Regulation. As CEO he steered his own company through full Financial Services Authority regulation, and was asked by Morgan Stanley to take their UK mortgage business through the same process. Although British, he lives in Arequipa, Peru, set high in the mountains and surrounded by volcanoes. He is married to a Peruvian and has three children.

Article published on October 20, 2015.

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