10bet Privacy Policy
10bet, which includes all of the entities specified below under “The Group” section, including
its affiliates (collectively, the "Company"), offers online gambling services, such as casino,
and sports gambling, and operates the affiliate marketing program in respect of same
(collectively, the “Services”) via its own in-house brands (each, an "In-House Brand"; together
with the Company: “Group”, "we", "our" or "us").
The Group is deeply committed to safeguard the privacy expectations of its users (“User(s)”,
“you” or “your”). Accordingly, we have put in place this Privacy Policy, which outlines our data
protection practices, including how we collect, use, disclose and protect your Personal
Information, as well as your rights with respect to your Personal Information.
We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy carefully and use it to make informed decisions. By
visiting the Group’s websites, mobile apps or other online properties, or by creating an account
through our Services, you hereby agree to the Privacy Policy.
The Group includes the following companies:
Water Tree Limited, Blue Star Planet Limited and Ocean Star Limited.
The Group provides the Services through the following applications and platforms
(collectively the “
Platforms”):
- This internet website;
- The Income Access Affiliate Platform;
- Downloadable applications and software ("Software"), such as native applications which
are distributed through mobile application stores and PC and Mac desktop software which
can be downloaded to your computer;
- Non-downloadable online applications (e.g. flash applications, HTML5 applications,
etc.); and
We collect two types of information from our Users:
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Personal Information
The first type of information is information that identifies or may reasonably
identify an individual reasonable effort (“Personal Information”). Personal Information
which is being gathered may consist of the following:
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Registration details: When you open an account and register to
use the Services, you will be asked to provide us certain details about
yourself, such as: first and last name, email address, gender, birth data,
physical address, ID number, phone number, occupation, etc. In addition, we may
collect certain information as required under various Know KYC and Anti-Money
Laundering regulatory requirements, such as your source of funds.
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Governmental-issued ID: In certain instances, you will be
required to provide a copy of a governmental-issued ID, for identity
verification process. Please note that this information is required for certain
features of our Services.
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Transaction information: in order for us to provide the Services, we
automatically record different information related to your account and use
of our Services, including with respect to your transactions, referrals, and
balances, as applicable.
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Payment information: In order for you to enjoy all of the
functions of the Services, payment information will be collected from you, such
as your currency, credit card number and bank account details.
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Voluntary information: We also collect information which you
provide us voluntarily. For example, when you respond to communications from us,
communicate with us via email or share additional information about yourself
through your use of the Services.
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Device information: We collect specific types of connection
details and information with regard to your device, software or hardware that
may identify you, such as: device’s unique identifiers (e.g. UDID, IMEI, MAC
address), browser fingerprinting, IP address and geo-location data.
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Telephone calls: We may record or monitor telephone calls for
affiliate support, for training and/or security purposes.
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Information we collect from third parties: We collect Personal
Information from third party service providers, such as information about your
credit history from credit agencies and other financial information which is
relevant to the provision of the Services, as well as information which is
gathered in order to verify your identity and prevent fraudulent or illegal
activity.
- Non-personal information
The second type of information is un-identified and non-identifiable information
pertaining to a User(s), which may be made available or gathered via the User’s use of
the Services (“Non-Personal Information”).
Non-Personal Information which is being collected consists of technical information
and aggregated usage information, and may contain, among other things, the User’s
operating system, type of browser, screen resolution, browser and keyboard language, the
User’s ‘click-stream’ and activities on the Services, the period of time the User
visited the Services and related time stamps, etc.
For avoidance of doubt, any Non-personal Information connected or linked to any
Personal Information shall be deemed as Personal Information as long as such
connection or linkage exists.
Types of Non-personal Information we collect from or about you:
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Technical information: In order to enhance the functionality of
the Services and to provide you with a better user experience, we collect
technical information transmitted by your device, including certain software and
hardware information (e.g. the type of browser and operating system your device
uses, language preference, access time and the domain name of the website from
which you linked to the Services; etc.).
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Transaction information: We record financial transaction
information including, amongst other things, commissions, payouts etc. and share
and publish such information through any of our Platforms.
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Analytics information: We collect information about your use of
the Services, such as applications' usage, log files, user activity (e.g. pages
viewed, the amount of time spent on particular pages, online browsing, clicks,
actions, etc.), time stamps, alerts, etc. This information is collected for
amongst other things troubleshooting errors and bugs as well as for research and
analytics purposes about your use of the Services.
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Anonymous information: We may anonymize or de-identify the
information collected by the Services or via other means so that the information
cannot, on its own, personally identify you. Our use and disclosure of such
aggregated or de-identified information is not subject to any restrictions under
this Privacy Policy, and we may disclose it to others without limitation and for
any purpose, such as for advertising or marketing purposes.
The Services are not designed or directed to persons under the age of 18 or persons under the
age of legal consent with respect to the use of the Services of any jurisdiction, whichever
is higher (“Legally of Age”). If you are not Legally of Age, you should not download or use
the Services nor provide any Personal Information to us.
We reserve the right to access and verify any Personal Information collected from you. In the
event that we become aware that a user who is not Legally of Age has shared any information,
we may discard such information. If you have any reason to believe that a minor has shared
any information with us, please contact 10bet Affiliate Support at [email protected].
We use your Personal Information for the purposes listed below:
- To set up, manage and update your account;
- To provide and operate the Services (such as for payment processing);
- To communicate with you and to keep you informed of our latest updates to our Services
and special offers;
- To market our Services (see more below under “Marketing”), as well as to serve you
advertisements, including behavioral advertising;
- To conduct analytics, statistical and research purposes, in order to improve and
customize the Services to your needs and interests (such as by compiling aggregated
reports about the usage of certain features of our Services);
- For Customer Relationship Management purposes, and to support and troubleshoot the
Services and to respond to your queries;
- To enable us to further develop, customize and improve the Services based on Users’
common preferences and uses;
- To provide you with a responsible affiliate marketing environment;
- To communicate with your and to process any of your requests to exercise your User
Rights;
- To identify and authenticate your access to certain features of the Services;
- To detect and prevent fraudulent and illegal activity or any other type of activity that
may jeopardize or negatively affect the integrity of the Services, including by
identifying risks associated with your activity on our Services;
- To investigate violations of our policies and 10bet Affiliate Terms and Conditions as
well as enforce our policies and the 10bet Affiliate Terms and Conditions;
- To investigate and resolve disputes in connection with your use of the Services; and
- As required by law or regulation (such as Know Your Customer ("KYC") and Anti-Money
Laundering regulatory requirements), or as required by other governmental authorities,
or to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process or respond to a government
request.
The Group will use your Personal Information, such as your name, home address, email address,
telephone number etc., ourselves or by using our third party subcontractors for the purpose
of providing you with promotional materials, concerning the Services as well as products,
services, websites and applications which relate to: (i) other companies within the Group;
(ii) or (ii) the Group's business partners and affiliates (collectively: “Marketing
Affiliates”), which we believe may interest you.
We may also share and disclose Personal Information with our Marketing Affiliates for the
purpose of providing you different marketing offers, which we, or our Marketing Affiliates,
believe are relevant for you. Our Marketing Affiliates may use this Personal Information for
different marketing techniques, such as direct email, post, SMS and telephone marketing
purposes.
You may at any time decline receiving further marketing offers from us or from Marketing
Affiliates by contacting 10bet Affiliate Support at
[email protected], or by unsubscribing
from
receiving marketing materials by following the guidelines available on the marketing
communications (such as clicking on an “unsubscribe” button). Please note that even if you
unsubscribe from our marketing mailing list, we may continue to send you service-related
updates and notifications.
We do not rent, sell, or share your Personal Information with third parties (“Recipients”)
except as described in this Privacy Policy. The Personal Information will be disclosed to
Recipients only to the extent required for the specific purpose, as stipulated in this
Privacy Policy.
We share Personal Information with any of the following recipients:
- Any replacement service provider that we engage with to operate the Platforms;
- Companies within the Group and other affiliated companies;
- Gaming providers;
- Subcontractors and third party service providers, as well as their subcontractors, which
by way of example include (but is not limited to) cloud computing companies, marketing
affiliates, identity verification and fraud prevention services, and other data
verifiers;
- Credit reporting agencies;
- Payment service providers, payment processors and banks;
- Any third parties who provides services in relation to the operation or promotion of the
applicable Group’s brands;
- Any third parties who organize offline events or tournaments on behalf of or in
conjunction with any companies within the Group;
- Hotels and flight companies (such as in the context of offline events and promotions);
- Auditors, contractors or legal/financial/other advisers of any of the Group’s business
processes;
- Any third parties who investigate, detect or prevent fraudulent or illegal activity
(e.g. governmental authorities, police, banks and other investigatory organizations);
- Licensing authorities, governmental and regulatory bodies, in accordance with applicable
laws and regulations; and
- Potential purchasers, successors or investors in any of the companies within the Group,
or in the event of a corporate transaction (e.g. sale of a substantial part of our
business, merger, reorganization, bankruptcy, consolidation or asset sale of an asset or
transfer in the operation thereof) in relation to any company within the Group (in such
event, the acquiring company or transferee will assume the rights and obligations as
described in this Privacy Policy).
In addition to the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy, we share Personal Information with
those Recipients for any of the following purposes:
- Storing such information on our behalf, for example by using cloud computing service
providers;
- Processing such information to assist us with our business operations (e.g. to process
payments and your deposits; authenticate your access; auditing our operations; detect
and prevent fraudulent or illegal activity; etc.);
- Performing research, technical diagnostics or analytics;
- Communicating targeted advertising, as well as promotional and informational materials,
in accordance with our marketing policy (see above, in the section titled "Marketing");
and
- Whenever we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or
legal claims, enforce our policies (including our User Agreement and Privacy Policy),
protect your safety or the safety of others, as well as to investigate or prevent any
fraud, for security reasons or to help us with any other related technical issue.
Since we operate globally, it may be necessary to transfer your Personal Information to
countries outside the European Union. The data protection and other laws of these countries
may not be as comprehensive as those in the European Union.
We use best efforts to ensure that your Personal Information is protected in accordance with
our privacy policy, through contractual means (such as by using the contractual clauses
approved by the relevant regulators for data transfer) or other means (such as ensuring that
the jurisdiction imposes adequate safeguards for data protection).
If you feel that your privacy was treated not in accordance with our policy, or if any person
attempted to abuse the Services or acted in an inappropriate manner, please contact us
directly at Customer Service.
When you visit or access our Services (for example when you visit our websites), we use (and
authorize third parties to use) web beacons, cookies, pixels, scripts, tags and other
technologies ("Tracking Technologies").
The Tracking Technologies allow us to automatically collect information about you and your
online behavior, as well as your device (for example your computer or mobile device), for
different purposes, such as in order to enhance your navigation on our Services, improve our
Services’ performance and customize your experience on our Services. We also use this
information to collect statistics about the usage of our Services, perform analytics,
deliver content which is tailored to your interests and administer services to our Users,
advertisers, publishers, customers and partners.
We also allow third parties to collect information about you through Tracking Technologies.
To learn more please see our Cookie Policy below.
While using the Services you may encounter links to third party websites, services or
applications. Please keep in mind that this Privacy Policy does not apply to any third party
websites, services or applications, even if they are accessible, downloadable, or otherwise
distributed through the Services.
Please be advised that such third party websites, services or applications are independent
from the Group. We assume no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to privacy
matters or any other legal matter with respect to such third party websites and/or services.
We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policies and the terms of use of such third
party websites and/or services, as their terms, not ours, will apply to any of your
interactions with such third parties.
You should always review their privacy practices carefully before providing Personal
Information to such third parties.
You are knowingly and voluntarily assuming all risks of using any third-party websites,
services or applications. You agree that we shall have no liability whatsoever with respect
to such third party sites and your usage of them.
If you have registered with an account through our Services, the Group will retain your
Personal Information during the period your account is active. In addition, the Group will
retain your Personal Data for additional periods, to enable the Group to meet its legal
obligations under applicable laws or regulations, such as the applicable gambling
regulations, Know-Your-Customer and Anti-Money Laundering regulations.
In addition, the Group may retain your Personal Information for longer periods, provided that
retaining such information is necessary for the Group’s legitimate interests, such as fraud
prevention and record keeping.
You may contact us at any time by email at:
[email protected], and request:
- To access or delete any Personal Information relating to you;
- To change or update any Personal Information relating to you (for example, if you
believe that your Personal Information is incorrect, you may ask to have it corrected or
deleted). Note that you may also request that we will correct errors with regard to your
Personal Information (except in cases where the information is required to be kept in
its original format under any applicable laws and regulations);
- That we will restrict or cease any further use of your Personal Information;
- That we will provide the Personal Information you volunteered to us in a
machine-readable format.
Please note that these rights are not absolute and requests are subject to any applicable
legal requirements, including gambling regulations and other legal and ethical reporting or
document retention obligations. We may also rectify, replenish or remove incomplete or
inaccurate information, at any time and at our own discretion, in accordance with our
internal policies.
We take great care in implementing and maintaining the security of the Services and your
information. We have put in place appropriate physical and technological safeguards to help
prevent unauthorized access, to maintain data security, and to use correctly the information
we collect online. These safeguards vary based on the sensitivity of the information that we
collect and store.
We employ industry standard procedures and controls to ensure the safety of our users’
information, such as:
- Secure network topology, which includes intrusion prevention and Firewall systems;
- Encrypted communication;
- Authentication and Access Control;
- External and Internal audit tests; etc.
Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard information, we cannot be responsible for the
acts of those who gain unauthorized access or abuse the Services, and we make no warranty,
express, implied or otherwise, that we will prevent such access.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time, so please re-visit this page
frequently. We will provide notice of substantial changes of this Privacy Policy on the
Services and/or we will send you an e-mail regarding such changes to the applicable e-mail
address that you provided to us. Such substantial changes will take effect seven (7) days
after such notice was provided on any of the above mentioned methods. Otherwise, all other
changes to this Privacy Policy are effective as of the stated “Last Revised” date, and your
continued use of the Services after the Last Revised date will constitute acceptance of, and
agreement to be bound by, those changes.
We use cookies in order to provide you with a high-quality and personalised experience.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer, laptop or mobile device when
you visit a website or use applications. Cookies may be used for many different purposes
such as remembering your preferences, following your use of our website and improving your
user experience.
We use three different types of cookies:
Essential Cookies- These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly or to
provide a service which you request. These cookies are usually only set in response to your
actions, such as in the case of auto form filling or logging in. Your browser can be set to
block these cookies but the website will not perform properly if you decide to do so.
Functionality Cookies - These cookies help to provide you with a more personalised user
experience and are used by us and select third parties whose services feature on our pages.
Blocking these cookies will disable these services and may affect your Website experience.
Performance Cookies - These cookies collect information about how you use a website or
application and assist us in improving the performance of our website. Blocking these
cookies means that we cannot work effectively to improve the usability of our website.
Cookies may be stored either for the duration of your visit to the website or for repeat
visits:
Session Cookies - These cookies allows us to link your actions during a browser session. A
browser session starts when you open the browser window and finishes when you close it.
Session cookies are created temporarily and are deleted once the browser window is closed.
Persistent Cookies - These cookies remains on your device for a set period of time specified
in the cookie and activated each time you visit the website that created that particular
cookie.
You may modify your browser so that it will not accept cookies. Please see the "Help" section
of your browser for instructions.
If you have any general questions about the Services or the information that we collect about
you and how we use it, please contact us via email at
[email protected] or by sending a
letter to:
Attn: Data Protection Officer
Water Tree Limited
Suites 7B & 8B, 50 Town Range, Gibraltar GX111AA
We will make an effort to reply within a reasonable timeframe. Please feel free to reach out
to us at any time. If you are unsatisfied with our response, you can reach out to the
applicable data protection supervisory authority.