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PokerStars Live Privacy Notice

Overview

Introduction

This Privacy Notice applies to our applications and services provided to you for poker live events. The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to provide you with information about how we use your personal data. This notice may be updated from time-to-time so we recommend that you review it regularly, however where we make material changes, we will make sure to alert you to this.

Who is the Controller?

The controller (formerly known as data controller) of your personal data for Poker Live Events is Rational Live Events (Malta) Limited. This is who we refer to when saying "Live Events", "we", "our" and "us" etc.

Events and Tournaments are hosted in conjunction with third parties at physical locations. Hosts and venues may request certain personal information to comply with their obligations as independent controllers.

And, what about the Data Protection Officer, or is it DPO?

Yes, we have appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO). While our DPO can be reached at dataprotection@pokerstarsint.com, our Customer Service team will be your initial point of contact if you wish to exercise your rights. Contact Support. Please see the 'Your Rights' section below.

What is meant by the "Group"?

Reference to the Group within this Privacy Notice means Flutter Entertainment plc and all or any of its direct or indirect subsidiary undertakings, joint venture partners, and their related companies wherever located in the world as may exist from time to time including, but not limited to, Adjarabet, Betfair, FanDuel, Junglee, Paddy Power, PokerStars, Sky Betting and Gaming , Sisal, and tombola.

How we collect your personal data

In order to provide you services, you will need to create a user account (“PS Live Account”). When creating this user account, you will need to submit certain personal data such as your name, age, address, email, date of birth, and country. Additional information will also be required for you to utilize some of our services, such as your bank card details.

We may collect personal data through surveys which we, or companies engaged by us undertake. In addition, we collect information about your use of our websites, mobile applications and services. We will also collect other information necessary for us to provide you with our services.

Where you contact us, we will process any personal data you provide in these communications.

We may also collect personal data from third party service providers, such as credit reference agencies and fraud prevention companies.

Finally, we also use "cookies" and similar technologies which may collect certain information about you, such as your devices' IP addresses and online activity, some of which will constitute your personal data. You can learn more about the cookies we use in the 'Cookies' section below.

How will we use your personal data

In accordance with data protection laws, we will only process your personal data when we have a lawful basis for doing so in respect of your personal data. We process your personal data if: (i) it is necessary to provide services to you under the performance of the contract we have with you; (ii) we are required to do so in accordance with legal or regulatory obligations; (iii) you have given your consent; or, (iv) it is in our legitimate interests to process your personal data, provided that none of these interests prejudice your own rights, freedoms and interests.

With the exception of limited circumstances, we do not process special categories of personal data about you (such as personal data relating to your health, ethnicity, religion, political persuasion, trade union membership or sexuality) or personal data relating to criminal offences or convictions. For the limited circumstances in which we process special categories of personal data, we have set out the additional lawful basis required in italics below.

The following is a list of the purposes for which we process your personal data, and the lawful basis on which it carries out such processing:

Purpose

Category of Data

Lawful Basis 

To register Qualifiers, set-up and administer your user account ("PS Live Account")

Identity and verification data

Necessary for the performance of a contract

To register in-person at Events, set-up and administer your user account ("PS Live Account")

Identity and verification data

Necessary for the performance of a contract

To provide you with our services (including to allow you to register and participate in our Events)

Contacts, Web/App activity, Device and internet identifier, Financial and payments data, Location data, Photographs

Necessary for the performance of a contract

To receive and respond to your communications and requests

Contacts, Messages

Necessary for the performance of a contract if the communication relates specifically to our services, otherwise legitimate interests

To notify you with important updates to our websites, mobile applications and in relation to our Events

Contacts, Messages, Devise and internet identifier

Necessary for the performance of a contract

To ensure that we are able to fulfil our regulatory obligations regarding your use of our services, including by verifying the accuracy of any information you provide us, verifying your identity and verifying your age (which may involve us disclosing your personal data to third parties or supplementing your personal data with information received from third parties (such as credit reference agencies)

Identity and verification data, Financial and payments data, Exclusion data, Location data

Necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation

To comply with our obligations under applicable laws (including gambling legislation, and regulatory and licensing requirements related to our gambling licenses)

Identity and verification data, Financial and payments data, Exclusion data, Location data

Necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation

To identify and disclose any suspected unlawful, fraudulent, or other improper activity connected with our websites, mobile applications and services (including our Events)

Identity and verification data, Financial and payments data, Exclusion data, Location data, Web/App activity, Device and internet identifier

Necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation

Substantial Public Interest: Preventing or detecting unlawful acts / protecting the public against dishonesty / regulatory requirements relating to unlawful acts and dishonesty / preventing fraud / suspicion of terrorist financing or money laundering

To support any other purpose necessary for the performance of our contractual obligations or specifically stated at the time at which you provide your personal data

Financial and payments data, Exclusion data, Location data, Web/App activity, Device and internet identifier

Necessary for the performance of a contract

To detect and prevent fraud in our services or during the tournament

Financial and payments data, Exclusion data, Location data, Web/App activity, Device and internet identifier

Necessary for a legal or regulatory obligation

To identify any breach of our terms of use

Financial and payments data, Exclusion data, Location data, Web/App activity, Device and internet identifier

Necessary for the performance of a contract

To send out surveys to better understand our products and services

Contacts, Web/App activity, Web/App info and performance

Legitimate interests of better understanding the products and services that our customers most enjoy

To review the results of surveys completed by you

Contacts, Web/App activity, Web/App info and performance

Consent

To prepare internal reports and business modelling to better facilitate Events

Contacts, Web/App activity, Web/App info and performance

Legitimate interests of understanding the use of, and therefore improving, our products and services

To record telephone calls to and from, and live chats with, our customer services to provide you with our services (including entertainment activities aligned to of the Event)

Contacts, Audio files

Legitimate interests of improving our customer services

To send offers and promotions relating to our services that you may be interested in

Location data, Web/App activity

Consent

To use your name, image, username or location in publicity and marketing, but only when you have provided express and informed consent for us to do so  

Contacts, Audio files, Files and docs

Consent

Sharing: To share your personal information with other members of the Group who assist in providing the services to customers

All categories of data

Legitimate interests to allow us to provide services

Sharing: To share your personal data with our professional advisors, such as lawyers and consultants

All categories of data

Legitimate interests to allow us to seek advice

Sharing: To share personal data with other members of the Group to ensure that responsible gambling measures can be applied across the Group

Identification and verification data, Exclusion data

Necessary for a legal or regulatory obligation

Sharing: To share personal data with other members of the Group for game integrity protection purposes

Identity and verification data, Financial and payments data, Exclusion data, Location data, Web/App activity, Device and internet identifier

Necessary for the performance of a contract

Substantial Public Interest: Preventing or detecting unlawful acts / protecting the public against dishonesty / regulatory requirements relating to unlawful acts and dishonesty / preventing fraud / suspicion of terrorist financing or money laundering

Sharing: To share your personal information with third parties for identity verification

Location data, Contacts

Necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation

Sharing: To share your personal information with third parties for fraud and anti-money laundering detection purposes

Identification and verification data, Exclusion data, Financial and payments data, Web/App activity

Necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation

Substantial Public Interest: Preventing or detecting unlawful acts / protecting the public against dishonesty / regulatory requirements relating to unlawful acts and dishonesty / preventing fraud / suspicion of terrorist financing or money laundering

Sharing: To share your personal data with law enforcement agencies for the prevention and detection of crime

Identification and verification data, Exclusion data, Financial and payments data, Web/App activity

Legitimate interests of helping to protect our services and our community

Substantial Public Interest: Preventing or detecting unlawful acts / protecting the public against dishonesty / regulatory requirements relating to unlawful acts and dishonesty / preventing fraud / suspicion of terrorist financing or money laundering

Sharing: To share your personal data with gambling regulators in order to assist and comply with any investigation

Contacts, Exclusion data

Necessary for a legal or regulatory obligation

Sharing: To share your personal data with third parties for the purposes of settling or making payments in relation to any winnings you may be entitled to from participating in an Event

Financial and payments data

Necessary for the performance of a contract

Cookies: To operate our websites and mobile applications, including allowing you to interact with our websites and mobile applications and to recall selections as you move between pages

Web/App info and performance

Legitimate interest of using a website with at least standard functionality to provide our services

Cookies: To analyse your use of our website, monitor our web audience and populate certain content on our website in line with your usage

Web/App info and performance, Web/App activity

Consent

In addition to the purposes set out above, we may also process your personal data for other purposes that we deem compatible with those listed above. We will update this Privacy Notice accordingly, when we do this.

Please note that the lawful bases set out above are those which will primarily apply although it is possible that a change in circumstance may result in a change in lawful basis – for example, if you close your user account with us we will no longer process your personal data to perform a contract with you but will continue to do so in order to comply with legal requirements.

Intra-Group Sharing

We are part of the Group and there will be instances where your personal data is shared with other members of the Group. This will occur in the following circumstances:

  • to enable us to identify and replicate responsible gambling measures (such as self-exclusion) to players across the Group (necessary to comply with a legal/regulatory requirement);
  • to assist with account management, identification and verification of our customers as well as other regulatory checks (necessary to comply with a legal/regulatory requirement);
  • to help ensure that customer information is up-to-date and accurate (necessary to comply with a legal/regulatory obligation);
  • to identify customers who have committed or are suspected of fraud, money-laundering or other criminal acts (necessary to comply with a legal/regulatory requirement);
  • to identify customers who have breached the PokerStars Live Terms & Conditions or other terms and conditions related to our services (legitimate interests);
  • to send cross-brand marketing materials where customer has requested this (consent); and
  • to analyze and better understand our business, customers, products and services across the Group (legitimate interests).

We may also in the future share personal data with other members of our Group for purposes that are related to and compatible with those set out above. Finally, where we are required by law or regulation to share personal data throughout our Group for reasons beyond those set out above we will be required to do this.

Please check this Privacy Notice frequently to learn of any updates to our intra-group sharing.

Disclosing your personal data

In addition to the purposes involving the sharing of your personal data listed above, we will also disclose your personal data to processors we engage. We will have a contract in place with each such processor to ensure your personal data is kept secure.

We may also disclose your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • when required by applicable law or regulation (disclosure to a governmental, regulatory or enforcement authority);
  • in order to defend ourselves legally and/or in relation to legal proceedings; and
  • whilst negotiating a takeover, purchase or merger, and pursuant to the same.

Transferring your personal data outside of the EEA

We store your personal data in Ireland. In some cases, members of our Group located outside the European Union may access your data. We may also share your personal data with third parties. To ensure your personal data is adequately protected, we have assessed the impact of such transfers and implemented Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) in our data sharing agreements.

Security

We will take appropriate security, technical and organizational measures to ensure that your personal data is kept secure and to prevent the theft, loss or unauthorized access to your personal data. It is important to understand however that security can never be guaranteed and you will not hold us liable save where the security of your personal data is compromised due to our negligence.

What Can You Do?

You should also play your part in protecting your personal information. Your Login Credentials are confidential and you are obliged to keep your Login Credentials secret and confidential at all times and to use your best efforts to protect their secrecy and confidentiality.

Marketing

If you have signed up to services offered by us we may send you direct marketing in relation to other services offered by us or our Group provided that you have given your consent to receive such marketing.

If you no longer wish to receive these promotional communications, newsletters and marketing offers, you may opt-out of receiving them either when you register with us initially, or subsequently by following the ‘opt-out’ instructions included in each communication. You are also, in addition, entitled at any time to notify us that you do not wish to receive any promotional communications from us and you may do this by emailing us at Support.

Please note that if you unsubscribe from marketing it may take up to five working days for this to take effect.

Social Media Marketing

We may also use information you provide to us to show you relevant advertising and personalized content about our Group's services on certain third party social media platforms (Social Media Sites) made available to us through relevant service providers (e.g. Facebook, Twitter). If you do not wish to see these advertisements, you can change your settings on the Social Media Sites. If you do not want us to share this information with Social Media Sites you can contact us directly.

Cookies

In this Privacy Notice, we use the expression 'cookie' to refer to cookies and similar technologies we use to store information (such as web beacons). A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile (or other) device by a website's server, and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information, such as a unique identifier and the website name and some digits and characters.

Almost all websites and applications you visit, including our websites, will use cookies in order to improve your user experience by enabling that website and/or application to 'remember' you, either for the duration of your visit (using a 'session cookie') or for repeat visits (using a 'persistent cookie').

Cookies are used to improve your use of a website or application, for example through letting you navigate between pages efficiently and storing your preferences. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website or application doesn't use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the website. Cookies can also be used to enable targeted advertising and analyzing your browsing of a website.

You can learn more about cookies generally and how to disable them on your browser here.

You can learn more about what advertising cookies exist on your device and you can disable them directly by clicking here.

Retention of your personal data

We retain your personal data for two years. Two years is calculated from the closure of your user account or where your user account has been dormant for this period. There are some exceptions to this retention period, namely:

  • If you self-exclude from any of our services, we will retain this information indefinitely.
  • If you are under investigation or we have identified possible fraud, money-laundering, criminal activity we may retain your personal data for longer.
  • If there is a legal dispute, we will retain your personal data for the duration of the dispute and for six years thereafter.

Updating your personal data

You can update some of your personal data at any time via your user account. You must advise us of any relevant changes to your personal information as provided to us and we do not accept liability for any harm that you may suffer as a result of you failing to notify us of any changes to the personal information that you have provided to us. If you are unable to change your information via your user account, please contact Support.

Your rights

You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • a right to access your personal data. This includes receiving confirmation on whether your personal data is being processed, why it is being processed and the personal data being processed.
  • a right to rectification of inaccurate personal data or updating of incomplete personal data;
  • a right to erasure (also known as the right to be forgotten) of personal data under certain circumstances, including where you (i) object to Flutter's processing for its own legitimate interests or (ii) where Flutter's processing of the personal data is unlawful. In the case of unlawful processing, you may request that this processing is restricted rather than the personal data being erased.
  • a right to data portability i.e. to receive your personal data in a portable format or, subject to it being technically feasible, have us transfer your personal data directly to a third party. This right applies where processing is taking place based on consent or for the performance of a contract.
  • a right to object to the processing of personal data, where such processing is being conducted for the purpose of (a) direct marketing; (b) establishing, exercising or defending ourselves or others from legal claims; or (c) Flutter's legitimate interests where Flutter cannot demonstrate its interests override your interests and rights. Please note, restriction on processing may be requested while an investigation of legitimate interests takes place. You shall have the right to obtain from us restriction of processing in limited circumstances.
  • a right not to be subject to decisions taken solely on the basis of automated processing of personal data of an individual (i.e. no human involvement in the decision) which produce legal effects or have similarly significant effects unless permitted by law.

If you are unsure about your rights or are concerned about how your personal data may be processed, you should contact our Support or your national data protection supervisory authority.

If you would like to exercise any of your rights then you can do so by contacting Support. Please be aware that while we will try to accommodate any request you make in respect of your rights, they are not absolute rights. This means that we may have to refuse your request or may only be able to comply with it in part.

When you make a request in respect of your rights, we will require proof of identification. We may also ask that you clarify your request. We will aim to respond to any request within one month of verifying your identity, but it may take longer (we will notify you if this is the case). If we receive repeated requests, or have reason to believe requests are being made unreasonably, we reserve the right not to respond.

Supervisory authorities

If you have any complaints you have the right to contact your own national data protection supervisory authority however we do ask that you contact us in the first instance to allow us the opportunity to address your concerns.

Contact us

If you have any questions regarding our use of your personal data, or you would like to exercise any of your rights, please contact our Support in the first instance. You can also contact our Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@pokerstarsint.com.

Privacy Notice last revised: February 27, 2025