Digital Future

In an article for iNTERGAMINGi, counsel Richard Field considers data protection in eGaming.

Digital Future

Regulation has always been a contentious issue for businesses from all sectors. Finding the right balance between a regime that is not sufficiently tough to enforce common minimum standards and one that is so prescriptive that it stifles business, is very difficult. Add in the complexities associated with moral judgments as to the nature of the business itself and how it interacts with its customers, and it is easy to see why success in eGaming is tough to achieve.

With the onset of the single digital marketplace in Europe, and the increasing globalisation of e-commerce, traditional "boundaries" (whether jurisdictional or legal) are being broken down. Regulation has a key role to play in ensuring that defensible standards are maintained for eGaming businesses and no more so than in the sphere of data protection.