UKGC opens data and information consultation

Regulator seeking input from licensees on data and information practices.

UK.- The UK Gambling Commission has launched a consultation process into the way in which is licences gambling operators and in particular licensee data and information practices.

The consultation period addresses operator data requirements and reporting procedures set out in the regulator’s Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP).

The main areas the regulator is seeking input are:

➣ Improving data quality and efficiency of regulations

➣ Streamlining existing licensee requirements, reducing regulatory burdens

➣ Ensuring that new data requirements can fulfil the UKGC’s current and future needs

➣ Strengthening the UKGC’s focus on consumer protection.

“The consultation sets out the Gambling Commission’s proposals to change the regulatory data that we require licensees to provide to us and offers an opportunity for stakeholders to comment on the proposed changes,” the UKGC said in a statement.