The well-known online betting platform Betfair recently confirmed that its database was subjected to a cyber attack in mid-July, resulting in the illegal acquisition of information from nearly 800,000 users. This incident primarily affected users in the UK and Ireland, becoming one of the successive
A security breach at Merkur, one of Germany’s largest gambling companies, has sparked major concerns over data protection and system stability. The breach may have exposed the personal data of a significant number of players, affecting several of Merkur’s gambling platforms, including Slotmagie, Cra
A UK High Court judge has ruled that Sky Betting & Gaming (SBG), a unit of Flutter Entertainment, breached data protection laws by illegally collecting and profiling a problem gambler’s personal data for marketing purposes. Justice Collins Rice found that SBG had no lawful basis to gather the c
The Thai government is intensifying its crackdown on cybercrime, with an administrative decree amendment draft aimed at combating cybercrime and protecting victims expected to be announced in February this year. According to Minister of Digital Economy and Society, Prasert Jantararuangtong, this new
BC Game has closed its website targeting the UK citing "recent legal developments."BC Games announced on its website that bcgame.uk will no longer be open to new or existing players.To effectively shut down the website, we have disabled all new registrations from Thursday, November 14, 2024, and hav
Sweden’s Riksdag (parliament) has officially approved amendments to the Gambling Act of 2018, granting license holders the ability to process personal data related to legal offenses. The new provisions, which aim to enhance regulatory oversight and combat illegal activities, will take effect on Febr
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