Privacy Policy

1. DEFINITIONS

The following words and terms, when used in this policy statement shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Term Description
Us, We, Ours Shall refer to Locus Gaming Isle of Man (LGIOM), Ltd and whose registered office is at Clinch’s House, Lord Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM99 1RZ
Affiliate A person or entity that has registered and been accepted by Locus Gaming as an Affiliate of The Locus Affiliate Programme for the purpose of referring Players to LGIOM
Referred Customer / Referred Depositing Customer A customer / depositing customer who has accessed any of the Locus Gaming Casinos and registered for a cash account directly through one of Your affiliate links and been attributed to you by The Locus Affiliate Programme.
Services Shall mean LGIOM affiliate program on Our Website(s), including related services and activities, all as offered and listed on Our Website(s).
Website Shall refer to www.locusaffiliates.com where the affiliate program is hosted and operated
You, Your Shall refer to the person set out on the relevant application form and account details once your application is accepted and your account activated

 

1. INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU

We may collect and process the following “Information” about You:

  • Information that You provide by filling in forms on Our Websites. This includes Information provided at the time of registering to use Our Websites, subscribing to any of Our Services, posting material or requesting further Services. We may also ask You for Information when You enter a competition or promotion, make a customer services enquiry or complaint or when You report a problem with Our Websites;
  • Records of correspondence, if You contact Us;
  • Your responses to any surveys We conduct for research purposes, although You do not have to respond to such surveys;
  • Details of bets, gaming, payments and other transactions that You conduct on Our Websites and details of the fulfilment of Your orders;
  • Details of Your visits to Our Websites including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, blogs and other communication data, whether this is required for Our own billing purposes or otherwise, and the web pages and resources that You access; and
  • Information and communication on forums on the Websites, for example, chat rooms and message boards (where applicable).

You acknowledge that the Information provided by You may amount to personal or sensitive data under the Data Protection Act 1998 and You give Your consent to Your data being processed as set out in this policy.

2. USE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may collect and process Information, including sharing the Information with Our third party data processors who process Your Information on Our behalf, including for the purposes of:

  • Setting up, re-activating, operating and managing Your Affiliate Account, including providing the Services that You request from Us;
  • Building up personal profiles of Our Affiliates and Players;
  • Providing You with Information about promotional offers. If You do not wish to receive Information about promotional offers and future events organised by Us, please make sure that You click on the appropriate “opt out option” box on the account registration form. All Our marketing and promotional activities will be in compliance with relevant law, including the Communications (Personal Data & Privacy) Regulations 2006 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003;
  • Verifying the accuracy of the Information collected from You, including disclosing Your Information to third parties (such as financial institutions, credit reporting agencies and age verification agencies) in connection with such verification;
  • Preventing fraud, cheating and money laundering, ensuring compliance with Our terms and conditions of use and reducing credit risk;
  • Complying with Our legal and regulatory duties and responsibilities to the relevant licensing and regulatory authorities as well as all duties and responsibilities owed under any other applicable legislation and to any other applicable regulators in jurisdictions;
  • Enforcing or applying Our terms and conditions of use
  • Processing card and on-line payments in connection with Our Services (including Our affiliate program);
  • Conducting data cleansing, verification and enhancement exercises, (for example, verifying Your Information against third party databases)
  • Any other purpose which is necessary for the performance of Our contractual obligations to You; and
  • Undertaking research, conducting surveys, research analyses and obtaining feedback from Customers.

Except where We engage third parties to process Your Information on Our behalf for the purposes listed above, We will not disclose or sell Your Information outside Locus Gaming group of companies, except in connection with a joint venture or the proposed or actual sale of the whole or part of the Locus Gaming business. Unless required to do so by law, We will not otherwise share, sell or distribute any of the Information You provide to Us without Your consent.

3. TELEPHONE CALLS

Your telephone conversations to customer service agents may be recorded both to assist Us in training and in quality management, and to allow for the speedy resolution of queries.

4. USE OF COOKIES

A ‘cookie’ is a small text file containing small amounts of information which is downloaded to Your device when You visit a Website or use Our Services. The cookie enables the server to collect information from the browser.

We use the cookies on Our Websites for a number of purposes, including:

  • To authenticate and identify You on Our Websites and Services so We can provide You with the Services You request;
  • To allow You to login to the Websites and to check that Your computer is still logged in to the same session while You browse from page to page. While placing bets, Information will be temporarily stored in a cookie until the transaction has been completed. This enables You to get the most out of Our Services.
  • To automatically collect Information about bets and account transactions carried out on Our Websites;
  • For ‘analytical’ purposes such as to keep track of browsing patterns on the Websites and to build up a profile for a customised browser experience for You. We also use analytical cookies from additional third party providers;
  • To deliver adverts, promotions, content and information more relevant to You and Your interests and also to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns; and
  • To compile reports on Website activity and providing other Services relating to Website activity and internet usage. We may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Our behalf.

We use flash, session and persistent cookies on Our Websites and applications. Flash cookies are small pieces of information stored and accessed by Adobe Flash, the browser plug-in used by sites. Session cookies are used by the server to store information about User page activities so Users can easily pick up where they left off on the server’s pages. Persistent cookies enable a website to remember You on subsequent visits, speeding up or enhancing Your experience of Services or functions required.
You can stop the ‘tracking’ cookies by altering Your browser’s privacy setting to block third party cookies (the process You follow will differ from browser to browser). To find out how to manage and/or delete cookies, please visit:www.aboutcookies.org. However, please note that if You do refuse the use of cookies, You may not be able to use the full functionality of Our Services.

5. SECURITY AND PRIVACY

We employ security measures to protect Your Information from access by unauthorised persons and to prevent unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. Protection of Your Information, including Your registration details and any debit or credit card information You provide to Us, is a priority for Us. Data on Our secure pages is encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) technology. Where We have given You (or where You have chosen) a password which enables You to access certain parts of Our Websites, You are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
Any personal information which identifies You will be encrypted at all times whilst in transit over the internet. SSL is special protocol that automatically encrypts any information sent by You on Our secure pages. Our server then reads the information using a private key. This means that Your Information, be it debit or credit card information or any other personal details, is turned into a code that can only be decoded with the private key or password. If Your browser is suitably configured, You will receive a warning message when You first access any secure page on Our Website. This is simply information to advise You that the Website is protecting Your Information.
Unfortunately, the transmission of Information via the internet is not completely secure. Although We will do Our best to protect Your Information as described above, it cannot guarantee the security of any Information that You disclose online. You accept the inherent security implications of using the internet and will not hold Us responsible for any breach of security unless We have been negligent. For Your own privacy protection, We encourage You not to include sensitive Information (such as credit/debit card numbers) in any emails You may send to Us.

6. RETENTION AND DISPOSAL

It is Our policy to retain and make available financial information for a period of 7 years. Other Information will be retained for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes set out above unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by applicable law. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the privacy of Information is maintained on disposal.

7. CHANGES OF OUR POLICY

We may modify this policy from time to time. Any changes to Our policy will become effective upon posting of the revised policy on the Websites.

8. ACCURACY AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that any Information that We collect from You is accurate and has been verified.
You are entitled to see the Information held about You and You may ask Us to make any necessary changes to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. We are entitled by law to make a small administrative charge for providing such Information.
All comments, queries and requests relating to Our use of Your Information are welcome and should be made in writing or by telephone via the Contact Us section on Our Websites.