UK Welcome to the Gambling Commission’s fortnightly newsletter.
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1) Commercial restrictions by betting operators 2) New gambling promotion rules update 3) Cookie request reminder Online operators are reminded to respond to requests for information from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). As part of its strategy to ensure consumers have clear choices and feel confident about how their information is used, the ICO has asked some operators to confirm whether: Online operators are reminded to respond to requests for information from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). As part of its strategy to ensure consumers have clear choices and feel confident about how their information is used, the ICO has asked some operators to confirm whether: • non-essential advertising cookies are placed before the user has the opportunity to provide consent • users are able to reject non-essential advertising cookies as easily as they can accept them • non-essential advertising cookies are placed even if the user did not consent to such cookies. The Commission expects all operators who have been approached, to meet the ICO’s deadline set out in their communications. The ICO has published comprehensive storage and access technologies guidance to help publishers and data controllers with online tracking and managing user consent. 4) Commission response to OSR review of Gambling Survey for Great Britain 5) Non-Remote Casino Sector – legislative changes guidance 6) Enhancing our core operational functions: What this means for operators 7) High Value Customer schemes: new findings