3.1.1. Who the section applies to
All visitors to tombola websites, apps or other assets are covered by this Notice
3.1.2. Overview
We use your personal data to provide you with the Services and ensure that our Services are functioning correctly.
We use technical information about your device, operating system and browser version to present you with the correct version of our website or app and to keep it functioning securely. This information is also used to diagnose system problems, improve and test the features of our Services, and carry out testing.
In order to abide by our legal and regulatory requirements, we will also check your location to ensure users are using Services in licensed countries, and that the correct version of the site is presented to them.
We also perform analysis of the performance and usage of our Services to help improve you user experience. For further information on cookies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
3.1.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Diagnostics, research, and development: To help diagnose system problems, to administer our websites, to improve and test the features and functions of our Services, and to carry out testing and analysis. | Device Information Server Logs and Traffic Information Information derived from Profiling and Analysis | Legitimate Interests |
Site Personalisation/Localisation Verifying that you are using the site in a licenced jurisdiction and presenting you with the correct version of the site. | Registration Information Device Information Gaming and Transactional Information | Performance of a contract Legal and Regulatory Obligations |
Reporting and Analysis Aggregated statistics and analysis on how users interact with our Services. | Device Information Server Logs and Traffic Information Cookie and Tracking Information Gaming and Transactional Information | Legitimate Interests Consent, where required to use non-essential cookie or related information |
3.1.4. Who we share your personal data with
- We use a number of tools to assist in performing analytics on our site, such as Google Analytics and Optimizely;
- Other companies within the Flutter Group, who provide support services as part of the Flutter Group's UK&I division.
3.2 Registering & verifying your account
3.2.1. Who this section applies to
All customers that register and verify an account
3.2.2. Overview
When you register an account with us, you are required to provide us with certain information in order to set up your account and verify your identity. This allows us to ensure that you are who you claim to be and that you are old enough to use the Services. As part of this process, we rely on trusted third parties to assist us in confirming the details you have provided.
To make this process as simple as possible for our customers, we utilise a number of electronic checks to confirm your age, address and identity. Where an electronic check is not sufficient to meet our licensing requirements, you will be required to provide us with a copy of your photographic identification, such as passport, national ID or driver’s licence. We may also ask you to provide us with proof of address, such as a copy of a recent utility bill.
Once you provide your identification documentation, we will perform a combination of automatic system and manual matching against information entered when opening an account and if the match is confirmed, verification is successful. Where we have been unable to successfully match a customer’s details, an account suspension may be applied. The process is overseen by our Customer Experience teams. If you have any queries or concerns about the verification process or an account suspension, please get in touch and one of our advisors will be able to assist.
For UK customers, we may also check your details against publicly available information such as electoral rolls, to confirm the accuracy of the details you have provided, and to ensure that you are old enough to use our Services. If we become aware that a minor has attempted to or has submitted personal information via the Websites, we will take action to remove access from compromised accounts.
To help us comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, when you use our Service, depending on which jurisdiction you reside, we may perform an affordability check to establish whether you have any indications of financial vulnerability. This assessment is performed on our behalf by a trusted third-party, TransUnion, and will leave a search footprint which will not negatively impact your TransUnion credit score. For further information, please refer to TransUnion’s Privacy Notice: http://www.transunion.co.uk/legal-information/bureau-privacy-notice
3.2.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Account Registration Gathering essential information from you in order to confirm your identity and contact details | Registration Information | Performance of a contract Legal and regulatory obligations |
Underage Verification Verifying a customer's age to prevent underage accounts from being set up. In the UK, we may carry out verification checks using publicly available information, to verify your age. | Registration Information Verification and KYC Documentation Publicly Available Information | Performance of a contract Legal and regulatory obligations |
KYC Verification Automatic verification of a customer's identity to prevent anonymous accounts from being set up. In the UK, we may carry out verification checks using publicly available information. | Registration information Verification and KYC Documentation | Performance of a contract Legal and regulatory obligations |
Customer Document Verification – Verifying customer’s identification documents using trusted third parties. | Verification and KYC Documentation Registration information | Performance of a contract Legal and regulatory obligations |
Affordability Check (UK Customers) We may perform a soft check, using a trusted Credit Reference Agency, TransUnion, to verify how much you can afford to spend onsite. (Note that this is displayed as a money laundering check on your account but is used for affordability) | Verification and KYC Documentation Registration information | Performance of a contract Legal and regulatory obligations |
Reporting and Analysis Aggregated statistics on users registration. | Registration Information Device Information | Legitimate Interests |
3.2.4. Who we share your personal data with
- Document checking – We use third parties to help in confirming the legitimacy of the documents you have submitted, such as Hooyu.
- Electronic verification – We use third parties to verify that the details you have submitted are legitimate and that you are of legal age to gamble. Third parties will vary depending on which jurisdiction you reside.
- Credit checking – We use credit reference agencies such as TransUnion to verify your details and the amount that you can spend on our Services.
- Other companies within the Flutter Group, primarily Paddy Power, Sky Betting & Gaming and Betfair who provide customer registration and verification management and technical support services as part of the Flutter Group’s UK&I division.
3.3 Processing your payments & delivering the Services
3.3.1. Who this section applies to
All registered customers who add a payment method to, deposit to or withdraw from their account.
3.3.2. Overview
In order to process your payment method addition, deposits and withdrawals, we will use information in relation to your chosen payment methods. These details are used to provide you with swift and secure deposits, to prevent, where possible, fraudulent use of your payment methods, and to monitor trends and performance in relation to our payment Services.
When you make a deposit and withdrawal to your account, your card details or details in relation to your bank or e-wallet provider will be used in order to process these transactions. Where card payments are facilitated in tombola is fully compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (‘PCI DSS’), and your card payment information is protected to the highest degree possible.
We may from time to time be required to use WorldPay to administer bank transfers, please refer to their Privacy Policy for more information: https//www.worldpay.com/en/privacey
If you have concerns in relation to a deposit or withdrawal that you have made, we will investigate your query promptly and may use further information in relation to your account to support this investigation. You may be asked to provide further information, and in certain circumstances, we may contact your bank or payment provider to resolve the issue.
In certain circumstances, where we have concerns over payments being made on customer accounts, we may perform additional due diligence to confirm that funds are being sent and received from the true owner of the account. We may examine details in relation to your location, IP address or device to confirm where payments are being made from. We may also require you to submit additional verification documentation to confirm your ownership of the payment method in question.
We also perform monitoring on all payment methods additions, deposits or withdrawals made, in order to rapidly identify errors or suspicious activity. These processes use the minimum personal data necessary to alert the relevant teams who may then investigate further.
Finally, we will use your information to deliver the Services and process the stakes and transactions that you make. For these purposes, your gaming and transactional information may be analysed in order to improve the Services we provide and in order to investigate and resolve issues with the functioning of the Services.
3.3.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Processing payment method additions, deposits and withdrawals Using your payment details to process the transactions you request. | Registration Information Payment Information Device Information Cookie and Tracking Information | Performance of a contract Legitimate business interests |
Investigating escalations and complaints relating to payments. Investigating concerns you or others may raise in relation to payments made on your account, or using your payment information. | Registration Information Payment Information Gaming and Transactional Information Device Information Cookie and Tracking Information | Performance of a contract Legal and regulatory obligations Consent, where required to use non-essential cookie or related information |
Monitoring alerts and Reporting Real-time monitoring of deposits and withdrawals to identify trends and transactions requiring further review | Registration Information Payment Information Gaming and Transactional Information Device Information Cookie and Tracking Information | Performance of a contract Legal and regulatory obligations Consent, where required to use non-essential cookie or related information |
Payment proof of ownership Confirming funds are being sent or received from owner that holds account with us | Registration Information Payment Information Gaming and Transactional Information Device Information Cookie and Tracking Information Verification and KYC Documentation | Legal and regulatory obligations Performance of a contract Consent, where required to use non-essential cookie or related information |
Delivery of The Services Providing the services and processing the stakes and transactions that you make | Registration Information Payment Information Gaming and Transactional Information Device Information Cookie and Tracking Information | Performance of a contract Consent, where required to use non-essential cookie or related information |
Reporting and Analysis Aggregated statistics and analysis on users payment transactions | Registration Information Device Information Payment Information Gaming and Transactional Information | Legitimate Interests |
3.3.4. Who we share your personal data with
- Payment providers - Sharing details in order to process your transactions with your registered bank, e-wallet providers including Apple Pay, our payment providers such as, Cybersource, Global Payments, PayPal, iDeal and WorldPay (and their appointed third parties);
- Fraud prevention service providers, such as CIFAS and Amazon Fraud Detector;
- Other companies within the Flutter Group, who provide payment and Service delivery support as part of the Flutter Group’s UK&I division.
3.4.1 Who the section applies to
This section applies to any person that contacts Customer Experience via email, live chat, phone, and social media.
3.4.2. Overview
When you contact our Customer Experience teams via the contact methods we offer, we will use information relating to your account and activity, as well as the information you provide to our staff, to investigate your query and work towards a resolution.
In order to process your query, you may be asked for additional information in relation to the issue you are facing. Any information you provide may be shared internally with other relevant operational teams. For example, if you raise a concern in relation to Safe Play, your details may be shared with our Safe Play teams for further review.
Should you decide to raise a complaint, a dedicated complaints procedure will be followed. If you remain dissatisfied by the final outcome of the investigation, and still wish to pursue a dispute or complaint, then you can raise a complaint with one of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (‘ADR’) providers, that tombola engage with. In such circumstances, we may share any information we deem relevant to the dispute with the relevant ADR provider.
Please note that all interactions you have with our Customer Experience functions are recorded and retained. We use a number of third-party software tools to help deliver our support functions, and information you share with will be processed and/or stored on these tools.
NOTE: For information about contacting Customer Experience for Safe Play reasons, please see the Safe Play section below.
3.4.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Resolve queries related to your account, stakes you have placed or games you have played Investigate and sharing information relating to your Customer Experience contacts | Registration Information Verification and KYC Documentation Device Information Gaming and Transactional Information Social media profile details Interactions with Customer Experience | Legal and regulatory obligations Legitimate business interests Performance of a contract |
Opening and closure of accounts upon request Processing data to register or close accounts via our Customer Experience team | Registration Information Verification and KYC Documentation Social media profile details Interactions with Customer Experience | Legal and regulatory obligations Performance of a contract |
Alternative Dispute Resolution Sharing information to defend complaints made by you to ADR providers | Registration Information Verification and KYC Documentation Device Information Gaming and Transactional Information Interactions with Customer Experience | Legal and regulatory obligations Performance of a contract |
Reporting and Analysis Aggregated statistics and analysis on users contacts. | Registration Information Device Information Gaming and Transactional Information Interactions with Customer Experience | Legitimate Interests |
3.4.4. Who we share your personal data with
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Providers, including the IBAS (Independent Betting Adjudication Service);
- Social media partners, such as Facebook, and should you contact our Customer Experience team via their platform;
- Other companies within the Flutter Group, who provide customer support services as part of the Flutter Group’s UK&I division.
3.5.1. Who the section applies to
Anyone to whom tombola directly or indirectly markets, promotes or advertises its products.
3.5.2. Overview
Your marketing preferences with tombola are based on whether you want (i) to receive marketing offers and communications from us (“, and/or (ii) your profile to be used by us in order to market to you (‘Personalised Marketing’).
(i) Receiving Offers & Communications
The below apply to the marketing choice to receive marketing offers and communications from us or not:
Direct Marketing
Subject to any consent preferences you have expressed (where applicable), we use personal data to deliver marketing and event communications to you across various channels, such as email, SMS, and push notification.
We will do this during the period of your relationship with us and, unless specifically instructed otherwise by you, for a maximum of 2 years after your account has been inactive in order to inform you about products, services, promotions and special offers which we think may be of interest to you.
If you wish to opt out of receiving direct marketing through email, SMS and direct mail, you can do so by going to your Contact Preferences within my account when you login to your account and ensuring that the option to receive offers and communications is opted out. If we send you a marketing email or SMS, they will include instructions on how to opt out of receiving these marketing communications in the future. You will be prompted to choose to opt in to push notifications when you download a tombola app, however if you later wish to opt out of receiving push notifications you can do this via the settings on your mobile device.
Please allow up to 48 hours for any changes you make to your marketing preferences to be fully processed. Please remember that even if you opt out of receiving direct marketing, we may still send you important information related to the Services.
Group Direct Marketing
If you have indicated your consent to receive marketing from us, we may from time to time send you direct marketing material relating to products offered by other companies within the Flutter Group, as described in the About the Flutter Group section above. If you opt-out of receiving marketing from us, we will not send you marketing relating to the Flutter Group.
Please note that if you hold separate accounts within the Group, you should consider your marketing preferences for each separately. For example, if you opted out of marketing for any other product within the Flutter Group and not tombola, you will continue to receive marketing communications directly from tombola unless updated.
(ii) Personalised Marketing
Social Marketing
We will work with social media companies such as Facebook and Instagram to provide you with information about our Services via their platforms.
If you are opted in to Direct Marketing, we may share limited personal data with the social media companies to enable us to send you information via their platforms, or market to audiences within their platforms who share similar characteristics to you. If you are opted out of Direct Marketing or if you are on an exclusion list, you will not receive targeted marketing from us via these platforms.
Please note that you may still see adverts from us on social media platforms, even if you are opted out of profiling with us. This type of display, non-targeted marketing is not based on any personal data held or controlled by tombola. If you do not wish to see these adverts, you can control this easily by disabling preference-based marketing in the privacy and ad settings on each individual social media platform.
We may also run untargeted Sponsored marketing within Facebook which you have the option to select “Hide all from tombola” or “Hide post” or “Block tombola’s profile” from within the Facebook environment.
Online Advertising (not applicable in Italy)
We use a combination of information including, but not limited to, advertising cookies, your email address, your device identifier, phone number, date of birth, address and your onsite activity to show you targeted and relevant advertisements on a selection of websites across the world wide web, apps and social media websites. You can opt out of cookies and of Direct Marketing at any time if you do not wish to receive targeted advertising like this online.
You can control the use of cookies via our onsite Cookie Management centre or for further information, please visit our Cookie Policy.
(iii) Other Marketing & Communication Information
iOS Users
For iOS Users, using versions prior to 14.5 their iOS device is assigned an Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) which enables app owners and advertisers to track campaigns and deliver personalised advertising. If you are an iOS user and have opted into tracking for tombola, your IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers) is used to deliver you personalised advertising that is relevant to you (based on information we have about you, including browsing history, transactional information, demographic information and behavioural information, predictive information we create about you in each case in relation to our Services and advertising and information about what other people with similar interests, demographics and
behaviours are looking at) and is used for attribution and analytics purposes to tell us when and how you have interacted with advertisements, including those that have been placed on a third party site or app, and so we can assess the effectiveness of our campaigns.
You can opt-out of this at any time by visiting your mobile settings (by going to Settings > Privacy & Security* > Apple Advertising.) *In earlier versions of iOS and iPadOS, this setting is called "Privacy".
For those iOS users using versions 14.5 and newer, SKAdnetwork has been implemented by Apple so tombola no longer see or own any personal data. Any requirement to opt-out must be undertaken by the user with Apple directly.
Promotional Content and Events
We may publish players aliases and/or chat names, along with any winnings, prizes received and location, on our websites in accordance with our legitimate interests. Similarly, where you attend an event that is organised or sponsored by tombola, we may, at our discretion, use footage recorded at such events as part of future promotional content.
Surveys and polls
If you choose to participate in a survey or poll either direct from us (tombola) or via social media platforms, any personal data you provide may be used for marketing or market research purposes in accordance with our legitimate interests.
3.5.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Direct Marketing Send tailored communications to you via Email, Telephone, SMS, Post or Push based on the contact preferences you have selected | Registration Information Gaming and Transactional Information Device Information Cookie and Tracking Information | Consent |
Social Targeting: Deliver tailored content to you, and individuals with a similar profile to you, on social sites with which you may hold an account. | Registration Information Device Information Cookie and Tracking Information | Legitimate interests Consent (Where targeting is delivered using tracking technologies) |
Online Advertising Display banner adverts on trusted third-party websites across the Web. | Registration Information Device Information Cookie and Tracking Information | Legitimate interests Consent (Where targeting is delivered using tracking technologies) |
Marketing Personalisation Using information we hold on you to predict and offer you the type of content and offers that we believe you will enjoy. | Device Identifiers Cookie and Tracking Information Gaming and Transactional Information Information derived from profiling and analysis | Legitimate interests Consent (Where targeting is delivered using tracking technologies) |
Promotional Content Publishing details of your alias and winnings, or footage at promotional events | Registration Information Gaming and Transactional Information Video Footage | Legitimate interests |
Surveys and Polls Using your responses to surveys and requests for feedback to improve the Services we deliver | Responses to Surveys and Market Research | Legitimate interests |
3.5.4. Who we share your personal data with
- Social Media Partners with whom you may hold an account, such as Facebook and Instagram.
- Third Parties who help us send our marketing communications, such as AWSPinpoint and Movable Ink.
- Third-party advertisers – Where you have consented to third-party marketing or targeting cookies, data derived from the cookies placed on your device will be shared with a number of trusted third-party advertisers such as Meta, Instagram, News UK, Google, Apple and our affiliate networks. For more information on cookies, please see our Cookie Management centre or visit our Cookie Policy.
- Other companies within the Flutter Group – Where you have indicated that you wish to receive offers from other companies in the Flutter Group, we will share with you tailored offers and recommendations relating to these brands.
3.6.1. Who this section applies to
All customers of tombola.
3.6.2. Overview
In order to protect our customers and the wider public from the harms caused by fraud, we employ a range of processes and tools to identify and prevent improper use of our Services.
These systems help us ensure that customers are genuine, haven’t registered more than once, and are not fraudulently trying to access accounts that don’t belong to them.
As detailed in the Registering & verifying your account and Processing your payments & delivering the Services sections above, when you set up an account with us, make a deposit or play our games, we carry out identity verification and fraud prevention checks. These checks help us confirm that you are old enough to use our Services and that the details you have provided are genuine.
We may share your personal data with organisations that verify details and transactions and identify potential indicators of illegal activity, which they make available to other organisations using their Services. Where necessary, we share your data with credit reference agencies or fraud prevention agencies, which keep a record of that information and make it available to other organisations for use in credit decisions, identification checks and fraud detection and prevention.
While using our Services, we monitor your activity to validate the authenticity of transactions and to ensure no fraudulent behaviours are occurring on our platform. For example, if a login is detected from a device or location other than that normally used on your account, we may conduct a further review or request further information.
Where a suspected or actual incidence of fraud or account takeover (‘ATO’) has been identified or reported to us, we may apply restrictions to your account(s) to prevent further fraudulent activity while we perform further investigations, including, where necessary, escalation to our fraud reporting teams, or we may suspend your account(s) and activity entirely. In such cases, we may request further information from you to validate the activity on your account. We may also use information such as your KYC documentation, device information, information sourced from third parties and publicly available sources to support these investigations.
If you wish to query or challenge a suspension or restriction on your account, please contact our Customer Experience team.
Where appropriate, we will pass information to the police and other law enforcement agencies, debt recovery companies and other similar bodies. This may be at the request of one of these bodies, or proactively.
Our fraud team perform regular reporting and analysis to identify trends in fraud activity on our Services, in order to provide the highest degree of protection to our customers. This helps ensure that our fraud prevention processes are performing as efficiently as possible.
3.6.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Verification Checks Performing checks with third party agencies to validate the authenticity of your information and transactions | Registration information Account information Onsite activity Cookie and Tracking Information | Legal obligations Performance of a contract |
Fraud Detection and Prevention Information required for analysis, reporting and prevention of fraud and financial crime. Personal data is utilised to validate the authenticity of customer transactions to ensure no fraudulent behaviours. | Registration information Account information Onsite activity Cookie and Tracking Information | Legal obligations Performance of a contract |
Fraud Investigations and Escalations Used for customer queries in relation to account takeover and fraud escalations. | Registration information Account information Onsite activity Cookie and Tracking Information | Legal obligation Performance of a contract |
Cooperation with Regulators, Government Authorities and Law enforcement Agencies Provide information to authorities. The business is required to notify regulatory bodies whenever an underage customer is identified. | Registration information Account information Onsite activity Cookie and Tracking Information | Legal obligations |
Reporting and Analysis Monitoring the performance and efficacy of our fraud processes and controls and trends in fraud threats. | Registration information Account information Device information Payment information Gaming and Transactional Information | Legal obligation Performance of a contract |
Promotion or Bonus Restrictions Review your use of promotional offers and bonuses to ensure they are in accordance with our Terms and Conditions. | Registration Information Gaming and Transactional Information Device Information | Performance of a contract |
3.6.4. Who we share your personal data with
- Third Party Verification companies including Transunion, Lexis Nexis, GB Group, and Hooyu;
- Regulatory Authorities and Law Enforcement Agencies;
- Third party software providers who enable us to deliver the Services to you, including our customer management software providers;
- Other companies within the Flutter Group, primarily Paddy Power and Sky Betting & Gaming who provide fraud prevention and management support as part of Flutter Group’s UK&I division.
3.7.1. Who this section applied to
All customers of tombola.
3.7.2. Overview
At tombola, our customers are at the heart of everything we do. We specifically design our products and Services with this in mind to facilitate a great customer experience, whilst also ensuring customers are protected.
While using our Services, you may be asked for additional information about yourself or the source of your account funding from our Safe Play team. This process assists us to ensure that we can get to know you and provide you with a safe customer experience, as well as helping us fulfil our licencing requirements.
Customer Monitoring and Interaction
As part of our Safe Play framework, we proactively monitor your activity on our sites in real time and retrospectively so as to identify potentially harmful play, and where necessary, take actions to ensure your safety onsite.
We use a combination of machine learning, automated detection systems and manual review to supervise customer activity for the purpose of identifying Safe Play risks, and we also have a dedicated team in Customer Experience to deal with any Safe Play concerns that may be flagged to us by you or other individuals connected to you, such as family or friends. Where potentially dangerous activities are flagged, we may take action. This can range from emailing or calling you to ensure you are comfortable with your level of spend to proactively closing your account for a period of time and opting you out of direct marketing. Where we are unable to interact with you, we may need to take enforced action until such a point where we can communicate with you.
As part of these processes, we will use a range of data points taken from your behaviour and attributes to identify potentially problematic activity. We use elements of profiling and automated analysis techniques to identify such activity and to apply account limitations as and where appropriate. This is in accordance with our licensing requirements to conduct pro-active engagements to prevent gambling harm.
You can get in touch with our Customer Experience team at any stage if you have concerns about your gambling, concerns about another customer’s gambling or if you wish to challenge any restrictions that have been placed on your account, including those that may have been applied as a result of our automated Safe Play processes. All Safe Play related matters are dealt with by a dedicated Safe Play team with our Customer Experience units. Please see the Contacting Customer Experience section above for information on how we use your data in this regard.
Vulnerability
If any specific vulnerabilities are identified throughout our standard interaction process, we may take extra steps to enhance protection for our customers by applying restrictions to your tombola account.
Any vulnerability assessment will be subject to customer’s consent where we will ask the appropriate questions necessary to understand any vulnerabilities and impacts. Specific tools may then be recommended to help customers manage their accounts.
Customers will be clearly and specifically informed of the process and will have the choice to provide freely given consent. Customers may also withdraw any given consent at any time. If consent is obtained, the personal data will only be retained for as long as is necessary to meet our legal, regulatory or legitimate business requirements, or until such time as you withdraw your consent.
Customers are also free to withhold consent, at which point the assessment will not go ahead. However, in the event that specific vulnerabilities may fall under a wider scope within Safe Play concerns, the business may restrict your account.
Requesting Supporting Information
We may ask for supporting evidence where a request is made to challenge ‘Spend Limits’ (limits applied by us to cap the maximum spend on some accounts for certain customers), ‘Operator Net Deposit Limit (limits placed by us to cap the maximum amount that can be spent on a customers account) and as part of our standard ‘Enhanced Due Diligence’ (‘EDD’) processes.
Documents that may be requested include, but are not limited to; proof of identity, proof of earnings, bank statements and evidence of business ownership. If you are unable to provide any of these documents then we may suspend or restrict your account until you provide the requested information.
We may also ask for supporting documentation in relation to vulnerability assessments including but not limited to evidence of lasting and enduring power of attorney forms.
Exclusions
tombola offers you the facility to ‘Self-Exclude’ from us as part of our Safe Play control tools. This feature allows you to block yourself from all of our Services for varying periods of time depending on your needs.
In certain circumstances, our staff may also make the decision to pro-actively suspend or remove you from our Services, in order to ensure your safety.
Where you apply a Self-Exclusion with tombola or where we decide to exclude you from our Services for Safe Play reasons, we will also share your exclusion information with the other Flutter Group brands that operate in the UK - Paddy Power, Betfair, PokerStars and Sky Betting & Gaming.This action is performed by automatically checking whether accounts with your registered details are held on these other brands, and, where accounts are identified, they will be proactively closed. Such processing will always be performed with the highest regard to the privacy and security of your data, and you have the right to challenge if you wish to dispute the match. For further information, please visit our Safe Play Hub or our FAQs on the Self-Exclusion matching process between the Flutter brands.
NB: Please note that in circumstances where you apply a permanent Self-Exclusion, your information will be retained indefinitely, in order to prevent you from accessing the Services.
Gambling Self Exclusion Schemes
Upon registration, login and at regular intervals we perform checks against relevant gambling commission and self exclusion databases depending on which country you are registered with tombola from. Where a customer self-excludes via one of these methods, our checks will pick this up and we use this to ensure their wish to self-exclude is applied across our sites and apps. To find out more please refer to the relevant sites via the links below. We may in future subscribe to similar national self-exclusion schemes in any of the countries in which we operate, and we will update this notice to let you know.
3.7.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Monitoring and Interactions Manual and automated monitoring of customer activity to prevent potentially problematic play. Proactive communications with you to ensure you are comfortable with current activity levels, and to make any required adjustments to your account. Managing inbound contacts to our Customer Experience team in relation to Safe Play. Monitoring the efficacy of SafePlay tools in preventing gambling related harms. | Registration Information Verification and KYC Documentation Gaming and Transactional Information Information derived from profiling and analysis Customer Experience Interactions Special Category Data Safe Play Information | Legal and Regulatory Obligations Performance of a contract For Special Category Data, consent and, in limited circumstances, vital interests or public interests. |
Challenging Spend Limits We may ask for supporting evidence where a request is made to challenge Spend Limits (limits applied by us to cap the maximum spend on some accounts for certain customers), Operator Net Deposit Limit (limits placed by us to cap the maximum amount that can be spent on all customer accounts) and as part of our standard Customer Due Diligence processes. | Registration Information Verification and KYC Documentation Gaming and Transactional Information Customer Experience Interactions | Legal and Regulatory Obligations Performance of a contract |
Vulnerability: If any specific vulnerabilities are identified throughout our standard interaction process, we may take extra steps to enhance protection for our customers. We will also seek consent before we take such steps, and if obtained, we will ask the appropriate questions necessary to understand any vulnerabilities and impacts. Specific tools may then be recommended to help customers manage their accounts. | Registration Information Verification and KYC Documentation Gaming and Transactional Information Customer Experience Interactions Special Category Data | Legal and Regulatory Obligations Consent |
Exclusions: Processing your data to ensure that you cannot access our Services where you elect to exclude from your account, or where a suspension or removal is proactively applied. NB: In circumstances, where you apply for a permanent exclusion, your information will be retained indefinitely. | Registration Information Verification and KYC Documentation Gaming and Transactional Information Customer Experience Interactions Special Category Data | Legal and Regulatory Obligations Performance of a contract For Special Category Data, consent and, in limited circumstances, vital interests or public interests. |
GamStop: Where a customer self-excludes through a self exclusion scheme (such as ‘GAMSTOP’ national self-exclusion scheme in the UK), or via their local Gambling Commission, we will receive a notification of this, which we will use only to ensure their wish to self-exclude is applied across our sites and apps. We may in future subscribe to similar national self-exclusion schemes in any of the countries in which we operate, and we will update this Notice to let you know. | Registration Information Verification and KYC Documentation Gaming and Transactional Information Customer Experience Interactions | Legal and Regulatory Obligations Performance of a contract |
Reporting and Analysis Aggregated statistics and analysis on Safe Play features usage. Highlighting potentially vulnerable customers. | Registration Information Account Information Payment Information Gaming and Transactional Information | Legal and regulatory obligations Legitimate Interest |
3.7.4. Who we share your personal data with
- Credit reference agencies, such as Experian. and TransUnion, who we share data with as part of our Safe Play controls;
- Third party software providers who enable us to deliver the Services to you, including customer management software providers (e.g. Connect);
- Other members of the Flutter Group, including Paddy Power, Poker Stars, Betfair, and Sky Betting & Gaming who provide tombola with Safe Play support, as part of the Flutter Group’s UK&I division, and with Flutter Group members who operate in the UK where you apply a Self-Exclusion or we apply a Safe Play related exclusion to a tombola account registered in the UK, British Crown Dependencies or Gibraltar;
- Law enforcement and regulatory bodies, as required per our legal or regulatory obligations;
- In rare circumstances where there is a threat to life, we may act in order to protect an individual’s vital interests and share personal data, including special category data, with the police.
3.8.1 Who this section applied to
All customers of tombola.
3.8.2. Overview
In order to provide the Services to you and for our legitimate purposes, we process your personal data to evaluate our commercial performance and manage risks to our business.
We carry out basic analytics to help us understand, how, when, where and why our customers use our Services, and how our business is performing for example the effectiveness of our advertising It also gives us a much clearer picture of our customers generally, the broad demographic groups they fit into (e.g. age group, gender, location, etc.) and the products and Services they use, which in turn helps us to develop better and more relevant features, products and Services. Where possible we perform analysis in a way that does not identify individual customers, so there is minimal impact on the privacy of any one person.
Most people use our products and Services fairly, but we carry out monitoring and basic analytics of how our customers place stakes, play and interact with our products and Services, to identify behaviour that is not in line with our Terms & Conditions or that could be prejudicial to our commercial interests.
At our discretion, we have the right to use this information in making decisions about whether to place restrictions on people’s accounts or to close their accounts. We take this very seriously, and consider a wide variety of factors in making such a decision, taking into account the information we hold about you as well as any information obtained from industry databases. The processes may involve an element of profiling, upon which decisions to restrict or close an account may be made. These decisions are made in accordance with our terms and conditions. If you wish to query or challenge any restriction, decisions are always made with human intervention; the process is never wholly automated.
3.8.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Customer Analysis Monitoring and analysing customer behaviour to improve the performance of our business | Registration Information Account Information Payment Information Gaming and Transactional Information Information derived from profiling and analysis | Legitimate interests |
Risk Management & Account Restrictions Manual and automated oversight of your activity to evaluate and manage commercial risk to our business. This may include, where appropriate, placing restrictions on your account or, closing your account. | Registration Information Gaming and Transactional Information | Performance of a contract |
3.8.4 Who we share your personal data with
- Limited data is shared with other companies within the Flutter Group for risk management support purposes. However, this data is pseudonymised by tombola, meaning the other members of the Flutter Group cannot identify you from the data.
3.9.1. Who this section applies to
All customers of tombola.
3.9.2. Overview
As a betting and gaming company we have certain legal obligations we need to abide by. One of those rules is that we must do everything we can to prevent money laundering. At tombola, we will use your personal data to ensure the proceeds of crime are not being used on our Platform, and to identify and tackle such behaviours.
As outlined in the Registering & verifying your account section above, where you initially register an account with us, we are required to gather certain information about you in order to verify your identity, as part of our EDD requirements. For this purpose you may be required to submit documentation establishing your identity and address, and where required, any other information as may be deemed necessary to confirm your identity.
tombola adopts a risk-based approach to compliance with its Anti-Money Laundering obligations, and, depending on your personal characteristics and activity levels, we may be required to gather further information on you, in order to meet requirements under applicable legislation. This is known as ‘Enhanced Due Diligence’ (‘EDD’), and as part of this process, we may collect and store financial information in relation to you, as well as information gathered from publicly available sources such as the land registry, the register of companies and social media.
In certain circumstances, we may require you to provide additional documents proving your source of wealth including but not limited to proof of earnings, bank statements, payslips and evidence of business ownership. Such processing will always be conducted with due regard to your privacy.
As part of our obligations, we also regularly screen our customer base against databases of publicly available information. This ensures that we are not offering our Services to individuals who have been the subject of sanctions since registration.
Where suspicious activities, behaviours or characteristics are identified, further investigation will be conducted by our Anti-Money Laundering team, and where necessary, actions may be taken in relation to your account. This may result in your account being suspended until such time as further information is provided by you, or your account being permanently closed. We may also be required to inform local law enforcement authorities or government agencies, as mandated by law.
In order to improve the effectiveness of our Anti-Money Laundering controls and processes, we regularly perform reporting and analysis on customer data. This may involve an element of profiling of customer personal data.
We may also share information with the Flutter Group in order to help prevent fraud, money laundering and other criminal activity across our wider group. Where appropriate, such information may be passed to the police and other law enforcement agencies, and other similar bodies directly by the Flutter Group.
3.9.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Customer Due Diligence Verifying your identity upon registration using documentation you submit | Registration Information Verification Documents | Legal obligation |
Enhanced Due Diligence Gathering further information on you and your financial background where higher levels of risk are identified. | Registration Information Verification Documents Financial Information Gaming and Transactional Information Publicly Available Information | Legal obligation |
Source of Wealth Collecting information from you evidencing the source of funds used on our site | Financial Information Registration Information | Legal obligation |
Screening Comparing our customer database against publicly available lists of individuals with sanctions or adverse media reports, and to identify politically exposed persons | Registration Information Publicly Available Information | Legal obligation |
AML Investigations and Taking Action Investigating potential instances of money laundering, and where necessary, taking appropriate actions | Registration Information Verification Documents Financial Information Gaming and Transactional Information Information derived from profiling and analysis Publicly Available Information | Legal obligation |
Group Sharing Sharing information with other brands in order to help prevent fraud, money laundering and other criminal activity across our wider group | Registration Information Verification Documents Financial Information Staking and Transactional Information Publicly Available Information | Legal obligation |
3.9.4. Who we share your personal data with
- Providers of databases for screening purposes and verification and Due Diligence such as LexisNexis and GB Group;
- Courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities.
- Other companies within the Flutter Group who provide Anti-Money Laundering support as part of the Flutter Group’s UK&I division operations.
3.10.1 Who the section applied to
All visitors to tombola websites, apps or other assets covered by this Notice.
3.10.2. Overview
We use personal data to deliver and suggest tailored content to personalise your experience with our Services. This is processing which is necessary for the purpose of our legitimate interests in delivering or presenting relevant content to our customers.
Whichever Services you use, wherever and however you interact with us, we want to give you the same great level of service and make it personal to you. We will tailor your experience, personalising the layout and content of our sites according to what we know about you, your preferences and the way you like to play. For example, we will present you with features we know you have used or think you are likely to use or show you the type of game content that best suits your style of play.
We also look at aggregated (non-identifiable) data showing how our customers use our products and features and which games they tend to enjoy. We use this information to suggest games we think you’ll enjoy because they are popular with others who play the same games as you.
We believe this personalised experience makes betting and gaming better and we want to give you the best customer experience we can. Using your personal data in this way enables us to do that in a way that we believe does not have an impact on your privacy. If you don’t want your data used in this way your option is to not use our Services and to close your account.
Please note that some aspects of your customer experience are provided via cookies. If you have provided consent for these cookies, we will personalise certain aspects of our site, such as remembering your username. You can change these preferences at any time via our Cookie Management centre located at the bottom of our websites. For more information visit our Cookie Policy.
3.10.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Onsite Personalisation Tailoring your onsite experience to match your preferences | Registration Information Gaming and Transactional Information Cookie and Tracking Information Device Information | Legitimate Interests Consent, where required to use non-essential cookie or related information |
3.10.4. Who we share your personal data with
- Other companies within the Flutter Group, primarily Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Betting & Gaming who provide technical support as part of the Flutter Group’s UK&I division.
3.11.1. Who the section applied to
All individuals who engage with tombola or use its Services.
3.11.2. Overview
In addition to the purposes described above, there are other circumstances in which we are required to process your personal data, as described below:
Information/Disclosure Requests and Regulatory Submissions
Apart from the functions set out in this Notice, we do not share your personal data with third parties except where we are compelled or permitted by law to do so. These circumstances are rare but may require us to share information in response to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, which may include such authorities outside your country of residence.
Whenever we share personal data, and whatever the circumstances, we will always do so legally and with due regard to your privacy. If we receive a request from law enforcement or other statutory bodies, we do not disclose personal data without a warrant, court order or other legally valid proof of authority.
Protecting and defending our rights and interests
Where necessary to protect or defend our rights and interests, defend against legal claims, resolve disputes, respond to what we consider to be incorrect or misleading information provided to a media outlet, or enforce our agreements, we reserve the right to share personal data with regulators, external legal advisors, debt recovery and tracing agencies, and media outlets.
Information Security and Loss Prevention
We may be required to use and retain personal data in order to protect our rights, information, privacy, safety, or property, or those of other persons in accordance with our legitimate interests, or in some instances, with our legal obligations. For example, we are legally obliged under data protection law to secure and protect the personal data of customers, employees and all other individuals whose personal data we use.
Restructuring
If ownership of all or part of our business changes or we undergo a reorganisation or restructure, we will transfer your personal data to the new owner or successor company so we or they can continue to provide the Services you have requested.
Financial Reporting and Analysis
In accordance with our obligations under company law and other similar regulations we are required to keep a record of your transactions in order to maintain proper financial records to meet and to ensure all transactions are being performed in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of our Services.
We utilise data including transaction records, staking and behavioural trends, and financial specifics exclusively for the purpose of accurate financial reporting. These data points enable us to evaluate tombola's financial health, identify trends, and make informed strategic decisions to enhance our operations.
In some instances, we may share anonymized and aggregated data with our parent company (Flutter) and trusted consultants, all operating under stringent confidentiality constraints. This collaborative effort contributes to strategic planning and informed decision-making across the organization. Any shared data will be either stripped of personal identifiers and therefore cannot be linked back to individual users or be pseudonymised.
Chat Rooms, Messaging and Community Forums
A number of our Services provide features including game chat rooms, messaging Services, and community forums for collaboration, peer connection, games, and information exchange purposes. Depending upon the Service, the personal data you choose to post, share, upload, or make available may be public and visible to others who use those Services. You should never post or share any information that is confidential or about others unless you have permission to do so. We may use information you provide in community and event profiles and forums to personalise your experience and to make content and peer connection recommendations. These Services may have their own Terms of Use.
3.11.3. The purpose and legal basis for processing your personal data
Purpose | Categories of Personal Data | Legal basis |
Information/Disclosure Requests and Regulatory Submissions Responding to valid requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, auditors, and other public and government authorities, or submitting information to regulatory agencies. | Any personal data held, as required to meet the purpose | Legal and regulatory obligations |
Protecting and defending our rights and interest Responding to incorrect or misleading claims in media outlets or other public fora | Any personal data held, as required to meet the purpose | Legitimate interests Legal and regulatory obligations |
Information Security and Loss Prevention Protecting our rights, privacy, safety, or property, or those of other persons in accordance with our legitimate interests. | Registration Information Gaming and Transactional Information Device Information Correspondence with Customer Experience | Legitimate interests Legal and regulatory obligations |
Restructuring Transferring your personal data to the new owner or successor company so we or they can continue to provide the Services you have requested. | All personal data held | Legitimate interests |
Financial Reporting and Analysis Maintaining financial records in accordance with company law | Registration Information Gaming and Transactional Information Information derived from profiling and Analysis | Legal and regulatory obligations |
Chat rooms, messaging, and community forums Provide chat, messaging and forum functionality as a component of certain elements of our Services | Registration Information Device Information (Your posts and comments on these Services) | Legitimate interests |
Reporting and Analysis Aggregated statistics and analysis of chat data | Gaming and Transactional Information Forum Posts and In-Game Comments | Legitimate interests |
3.11.4. Who we share your personal data with
- Courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities.
- News and media outlets.
- Other companies within the Flutter Group who provide support services as part of the Flutter Group’s UK&I division.
- If ownership of all or part of our business changes or we undergo a reorganisation or restructure, we may transfer your personal data to the new owner or successor company so we or they can continue to provide the Services you have requested.