EU Privacy Changes and Online Gambling Operators

The EU privacy regulation will force online gambling operators and suppliers to a major change in their internal privacy compliance. Based on my personal experience, privacy compliance has not traditionally been a priority for online gambling operators and suppliers. This was also due to the fact that operators and suppliers are usually based in countries that adopt a lighter approach to privacy compliance. But this is no longer going to happen with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will entitle players to bring claims before the authority of their country of residence, rather than the country of establishment…