Guidance
Customer interaction guidance - for remote gambling licensees (Formal guidance under SR Code 3.4.3 - not in effect)
Customer interaction guidance for remote gambling licensees (Formal guidance under Social Responsibility Code 3.4.3 - not in effect)
Section B - Identify - Requirement 6
This guidance was originally published in June 2022. It is not in effect and operators are not required to take it into account.
Following our consultation on customer interaction, Social Responsibility Code Provision 3.4.3 for remote gambling licensees has been introduced and the majority of requirements are in effect from 12 September 2022.
We have issued this update on the regulatory requirements and status of formal guidance regarding customer interaction for remote gambling operators. We intend to conduct further consultation on matters to be addressed in the guidance associated with Social Responsibility Code Provision 3.4.3, by way of a consultation on the guidance document itself, likely to commence in late September. This consultation will be available on our consultations page.
6. In accordance with SR Code 1.1.2 licensees are responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements. In particular, if the licensee contracts with third party business-to-business providers to offer part of the facilities for gambling, the licensee is responsible for ensuring that systems and processes are in place to monitor the activity on the account for each of the indicators in paragraph 5 (a-g) and in a timely way as set out in paragraphs 7 and 8.
Aim
The aim of this requirement is to ensure that customers are given the same level of protection even where the licensee contracts with third parties, and that action can be taken in a timely manner including automated solutions.
This requirement confirms that the licensee must always have oversight of customers gambling activity, in order to effectively implement the customer interaction requirements, even if the licensee uses a third party business-to-business (b2b) provider to offer some products.
Formal guidance
If the licensee contracts with third party b2b providers to offer part of the facilities for gambling, the licensee is responsible for ensuring that systems and processes are in place to monitor the activity on the account for each of the minimum indicators of harm and in a timely way for example licensees cannot have arrangements in place with a third party provider where they are unaware of their customers gambling activity with that provider.
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Last updated: 15 September 2022
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