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DGOJ drafts common risk-detection rules for Spain’s online gambling operators

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Spain’s DGOJ has drafted a resolution requiring state-licensed gambling operators to use common criteria to identify users showing risk-related behaviour, the regulator said. The proposal would standardise indicators while allowing additional operator protocols, and restrict personal-data use to detection and related protective measures.

Operators under DGOJ supervision would have to apply shared risk-identification criteria and data safeguards.

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