MGA publish industry guidelines for GDPR

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has published industry guidelines on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force on May 25, 2018.

The regulation aims to harmonise data protection regulation across Europe, to protect and empower all EU citizens’ data privacy and to reshape the way organisations across the region approach data privacy, the authority said, while acknowledging the industry’s concerns on the impact it will have to business.

To address those concerns, the MGA has compiled the guidance document after a consultation process with the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC), responsible for regulating the application of data protection legislation.

“It will remain the responsibility of MGA licensees to ensure they are compliant with the GDPR and with the gaming regulatory framework”, the MGA reminded.  “They are to be read in parallel with legal requirements imposed on Operators by virtue of Maltese gaming laws, and are without prejudice to the said legislation.”

The MGA’s Guidelines on GDPR Compliance can be accessed here.

In related news, the MGA distanced itself from djarumsoccer.com, who it says is not a licensee and as such any reference to the MGA and/or gaming licence/s said to be issued by the Maltese Authority, as stated on its website, are both false and misleading.

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