Guidance
Customer interaction guidance - for remote gambling licensees (Formal guidance under SR Code 3.4.3)
Customer interaction guidance for remote gambling licensees (Formal guidance under SR Code Provision 3.4.3).
Section B - Identify - Requirement 7
This current guidance was issued in August 2023 and is in effect from 31 October 2023. It replaces all earlier versions of guidance issued for remote gambling operators.
7. A licensee’s systems and processes for customer interaction must flag indicators of risk of harm in a timely manner for manual intervention, and feed into automated processes as required by paragraph 11.
Aim
To ensure that once licensees identify harm or potential harm that action is taken in a timely way to minimise further potential harm. The greater the harm identified the more important it is to take swift action, often this is best achieved by automated processes.
Formal guidance
7.1. We have seen examples through our casework of licensees correctly identifying harm but then not acting sufficiently quickly so the harm is exacerbated before they act. It is therefore important that systems and processes are developed to flag indicators of harm in a manner that allows for swift action to minimise harm. Where this action is manual, the processes must take account of the time for manual action to be taken.
7.2. The licensee will need to include indicators of harm and aggregated indicators that trigger automated action. In many cases, automated action will be appropriate due to volume of customers and inability to be able to monitor accounts manually.
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Last updated: 23 August 2023
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Guidance updated following the 'Remote customer interaction - consultation on guidance'.