1. OVERVIEW
The fundamental purpose of MBTAG, its community, and digital platforms is to facilitate information sharing, provide valuable insights, and enable idea exchange. While collecting data and information from visitors to mbtag.uk plays a crucial role in serving our audience effectively, we prioritize the protection of your personal data. This privacy policy aims to clarify how this information is utilized and the measures we take to store and safeguard it. Should you have inquiries or concerns, please feel free to reach out to the MBTAG Team.
- The terms ‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’ refer to MBTAG
- The term ‘the site’ denotes the mbtag.uk or individual event pages operated by MBTAG
- The terms ‘you’ and ‘your’ refer to you, the individual engaging with us, registering for our events or services, or visiting our site.
When you register for our events, subscribe to our services, visit our site, or otherwise engage with us, you provide consent for us to process your personal data according to this Privacy Policy.
Notice to EU Individuals: This Privacy Policy and its associated policies are designed to comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and Council dated 27 April 2016 (the “General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR”) and ensure appropriate protection and care regarding the handling of your user information in accordance with GDPR requirements.
2. CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: [email protected]
3. DATA WE MAY GATHER ABOUT YOU
Data you provide to us: We gather information you supply when completing registration forms or providing details via telephone, such as when creating an account with us, registering for one of our events, or subscribing to our mailing list. This data may include your name, address, email address, telephone number, credit card details, betting and gambling preferences and interests, along with other information pertinent to the event or service you’re registering for.
Data we gather about you: We will gather information contained in correspondence between you and us through website contact forms, emails, or phone calls. We may collect information regarding your interactions with our gambling-related content and services, including articles you’ve read, events you’ve attended, and industry preferences.
For events where we operate badged access, we may collect data about your location within and engagement with the event. For instance, at certain events, access is granted through a badge containing your registration details, including personal information. You’ll need to use your badge to enter the event.
We may gather data about your visits to our website and your usage patterns. This may encompass your IP address, geographical location, device details, browser type, referral source, visit duration, operating system, page view count, and similar information. This data may be collected by third-party website analytics service providers on our behalf and/or through cookies. For additional information on cookies, please refer to the section below.
Data we obtain from third parties: We may collect information about you from third parties with whom we collaborate closely to deliver the services you request. This may include information from gambling industry partners and event organizers when you’ve granted them permission to share your data with us. For example, we may work with third parties to assist with our online event registration systems or payment systems; these entities collect information directly from you on our behalf. We may engage third parties to operate event websites on our behalf; these entities collect information about your website visits directly from you on our behalf.
We may also obtain information about you from third parties where you have provided consent for such third parties to share your information with us.
4. PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE USE YOUR DATA
You acknowledge that we may utilize your information for the following purposes:
- to deliver services or information you’ve requested, such as event attendance, email newsletters, or access to our esports and gambling industry coverage
- to communicate with you regarding events you’re attending
- to maintain contact about other events or services we believe may interest you, including our coverage of esports betting and gambling news
- to customize your experience by presenting relevant content based on your interests, including tailored gambling industry news and updates
- to deliver customer service and support, address inquiries, or notify you of changes related to your event attendance, site usage, or other services
- to conduct aggregated and anonymized research concerning general consumer engagement with our events, sites, and services
- to perform statistical analyses of site users and their viewing and participation patterns for product development purposes
5. PARTIES WITH WHOM WE MAY SHARE YOUR DATA
You acknowledge that we may share your personal information with:
- selected third parties we collaborate with, where necessary to deliver services you request. For instance, when you register for an event we host or subscribe to our gambling industry content, we may need to share your information with third-party sub-contractors or service providers
- any other third parties where necessary to enforce our legal rights or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our employees, or where such disclosure may be permitted or required by law
6. COOKIES
We utilize cookies to ensure you receive the optimal experience on our site. Cookies are small text files we store on the device you use to access the site. Our cookies are categorized as follows:
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for basic site functionality, user authentication, and security
- Preference Cookies: Store your site preferences and settings
- Advertising Cookies: Assist in delivering relevant advertisements and measuring campaign effectiveness, including those related to esports betting and gambling content. These cookies may be used to ensure you see relevant gambling industry news and updates based on your interests.
We employ Web beacons (also called action tags or single pixel gifs) to track page visits and measure the effectiveness of our advertising and email campaigns.
If you prefer not to have cookies installed on your device, you can modify your browser or device settings to reject cookies. For further information about rejecting cookies using your internet browser settings, please consult the “Help” section of your internet browser (or alternatively visit http://www.aboutcookies.org). Please be aware that if you configure your Internet browser to reject cookies, you may be unable to access all website functions.
7. THIRD-PARTY CONTENT, SITES, AND CONTRIBUTORS
Some of our websites may feature content and links to websites operated by third parties. This includes third-party gambling industry platforms and services we may link to or reference in our coverage. Please note that these platforms may maintain their own privacy policies regarding data handling. We don’t control these third-party websites (including their cookie usage) and this Privacy Policy doesn’t apply to them. Please review the terms and conditions and Privacy Policy of the relevant third-party website to learn how that site collects and uses your information and to determine whether and for what purpose they use cookies.
8. DATA PROTECTION AND RETENTION PERIODS
We employ appropriate technological and operational security measures to safeguard your information against unauthorized access or unlawful use. Given the nature of gambling industry coverage, we take extra precautions to ensure any gambling-related preferences or information you provide is handled with appropriate security measures. We will retain your information for as long as necessary to provide the services you’ve requested or for as long as the law otherwise permits.
9. YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE DATA WE HOLD
You have the right to view the personal data we maintain about you by submitting a written request to the Customer Services Department (details provided above in Paragraph 2). You can also contact us using the details in Paragraph 2 if you’re concerned that any information we hold is incorrect or wish to have it removed.
10. MODIFICATIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy may be modified from time to time. Any such modifications will be posted on this page. We will notify you of any significant or material changes in how we treat your information by placing a prominent notice on our site or, if applicable, sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account.
Unsubscribing: To unsubscribe from our newsletters, click the link at the bottom of any newsletter you’ve received. If you unsubscribe from our newsletters, we will still retain your data according to this Privacy Policy unless you contact us and request its removal according to Paragraph 9.