Maltese Gaming companies can follow specific GDPR guidelines presented by MGA.
Last Friday 4th May, the MGA released a document with specific guidelines on the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) directive which will come to effect on May 25th, 2018 by the European Data Protection Board.
The EU Commission will enforce the GDPR directive for all EU states to follow. In effect, GDPR will be the catalyst to protect EU citizens from data privacy, thus guiding organisations across the region to observe data protection laws more seriously.
What will GDPR protect?
Previously, the EU has already passed a law on the data protection act across all EU countries. However, with the advancement of technology and scandals on big corporations stealing clients’ data from social media websites, the EU has come up with better and strict laws to protect its citizens.
The GDPR law has continued to build more specific laws on to the previous legislation which holds organisations accountable for the use and retention of personal data, enhancing individual’s rights to data privacy.
MGA guidance to GDPR
As an authority, the MGA acknowledges the Gaming industry concern about GDPR – compliance and how it can impact the industry. The MGA has presented a document to the gaming industry guiding them how to proceed. Before publishing the report, MGA has consulted with the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC), the supervisory authority responsible for regulating the application of data protection legislation. However, the MGA licensees are highly accountable to ensure all gaming companies are compliant with the GDPR and the gaming regulatory framework.
The authority expects that gaming companies will use these guidelines in par with the GDPR law. These guidelines will continuously be updated through a time when practical issues might arise. Gaming companies need to also take into consideration the legal requirements required to observe by the Maltese gaming laws without bypassing the current regulation. Also, the MGA guidelines and interpretations will not harm the Commissioner decision regarding complaints and other specific data protection issue.
The MGA has concluded the interpretations which are without prejudice for other guidelines or opinions which might be subjected by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party.
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