Our Privacy and Cookies Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective from March 2020. We may change this Privacy Policy at any time, and if we do so, we will post the changes to this page as well as the date that the changes take effect.
We at Playtech Estonia care deeply about privacy, security, and online safety. This Privacy Policy is designed to inform you in detail about how we collect, process, use, and share your personal data through our website or when you interact with us.
TOPICS COVERED:
1. Introduction
2. Information we collect
3. Information we collect through Cookies and similar technologies
4. Information collected from third parties
5. How we use your Personal Information
6. Disclosure of your Information
7. Marketing Preferences
8. Data transfers
9. Updating your Information
10. Your rights
11. Retention of your Personal Information
12. Contacting us
13. Advertising and use of Cookies
14. Security
1. Introduction
1.1. This Privacy Policy sets out the way in which Playtech Estonia OÜ ("we" or "us"), a company registered in Estonia under the company number 10736593, whose registered office is at Vanemuise 7, Tartu 51001, Estonia, collects and processes your information. Please be informed that we are not collecting any personal data from you on www.playtech.ee website, but in the Careers section, our website refers to a third party – our recruitment tool SmartRecruiters – that may collect your personal data (as defined in paragraph 5 below). If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the processing of your Personal Information, please contact us at Privacy@playtech.ee.
1.2. We operate the website under Playtech Group companies. We will share your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1.3. By using our website, you acknowledge Playtech Estonia (and any companies in our Group) will process your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including for the purposes set out in paragraph 5 below.
1.4. Capitalised terms are defined in this Privacy Policy.
2. The information we collect
We do not collect any Personal Information in any part of the Website. We only collect anonymised information about your use of the website. If you are interested in applying for the job openings in Playtech, the Website redirects you to a third party – SmartRecruiters – who will collect your application on Playtech Estonia’s behalf. Please read the SmartRecruiters Privacy Policy in this case.
3. Information we collect through Cookies and similar technologies
3.1 We collect information through "Cookies" and other similar technologies (e.g. pixel tags). This helps us to remember you when you visit the Website, and to improve your browsing experience.
3.2 We also use information collected through "Cookies" and other similar technologies to detect any abuse of our Website and Services.
3.3 To find out more about "Cookies" and similar technologies please see paragraph 13 of this Privacy Policy. More information about the purposes of the "Cookies", what is collected and how we use the data, can be found in paragraph 13.5.
4. Information collected from third parties
The only third party we use information from is SmartRecruiters. For more information, please read the paragraph 5 below.
5. How we use your Personal Information
5.1. In accordance with data protection laws, we will only process your Personal Information where we have a lawful basis for doing so. In respect of your Personal Information, these bases are:
I. SmartRecruiters as a third party: collects your CV on Playtech Estonia’s behalf (which contains full name, contact number, email address, education, work experience, social media accounts and website) that you submit in an application for an open position with Playtech Estonia.
II. Reporting Security issues (direct email from you): The information you supply our Security team, when advising of any technical issues. For example, your email address, your name and contact details (phone number / address) are included, if you choose to provide these in the email.
5.2. The following are a list of the "Purposes" for which we process your Personal Information, and the lawful basis on which we carry out such processing:
|
Purpose |
Retention period |
Lawful Basis |
Geographic locations where data is used Internally |
|
SmartRecruiters as a third party: To allow Job applications for open positions within Playtech Estonia. Data collected: Full name, address, contact numbers and other CV entailed personal data. |
6 months from application when your application has been unsuccessful, then deleted from our systems |
Consent |
Within EEA & UK |
|
Security (email to privacy@playtech.ee): |
6 months from notification, then deleted from our systems |
Consent |
Israel |
|
HR & Talent Acquisition team
|
6 months from notification, then deleted from our systems |
Consent |
Estonia
|
6. Disclosure of your Information
6.1. We may, for the identified stated purposes, disclose your Information to any of the following recipients:
6.1.1. any company within our Group (including to its employees and sub-contractors) which assists Playtech Estonia in fulfilling the stated purposes or which otherwise has a need to know such information;
6.1.2. any third party which assists Playtech Estonia in fulfilling the stated purposes, including (but not limited to) providing support through Human Resources, Branding team, Compliance team or our Information Security team;
6.1.3. any third party which assists Playtech Estonia in verifying the accuracy of your Information,
6.1.4. any third party which assists Playtech Estonia in monitoring use of our website,
6.1.5. any contractors or other advisers auditing any of our business processes or who have the need to access such information for the purpose of advising Playtech Estonia,
6.1.6. any law enforcement body which may have any reasonable need to access your Information,
6.1.7. any regulatory body or authorised entity (e.g. law enforcement agency) which may have any reasonable requirement to access your Information; and
6.1.8. any potential purchaser of our business or any investors in it or in any company within our Group (including in the event of insolvency).
6.2. If at any time you wish us to stop processing your Information for the above Purposes (stated in paragraph 5), you should contact us and we will take the appropriate steps to stop doing so, if there are no regulatory requirements. Please contact us at Privacy@playtech.ee.
7. Marketing Preferences
Playtech Estonia will not send you unsolicited information regarding any third party's products or services.
8. Data transfers
Your Personal Information will be transferred outside of the European Economic Area, both to us and other members of our Group. This includes, but is not limited to, the Ukraine, UK. Please refer to Paragraph 5 and Paragraph 13.5 (the cookies table) for the explicit list of all geographic locations, associated with the purposes.
Where we transfer your personal data outside of the EEA, we will put in place adequate measures to ensure that your Personal Information is kept secure, including:
- I transferring to a jurisdiction which the European Commission recognizes as providing adequate protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in connection with the processing of their personal data;
- II transfers pursuant to standard contractual clauses in accordance with European Commission decisions on transferring personal data.
9. Updating your Information
You may request an update or deletion of your Information at any time via Privacy@playtech.ee.
10. Your rights
10.1 SmartRecruiters as our third-party recruitment service provider collects Personal Information. Please be aware of your rights stated in SmartRecruiters Privacy Policy. However, you have the following rights in relation to your Personal Information in our possession:
10.1.1. a right to access your Personal Information as held by us (also known as a subject access request);
10.1.2. a right to receive certain Personal Information in machine-readable format.
10.1.3. a right to object to processing where the lawful basis is that it is in our legitimate interests, but please note that we may still process your Personal Information where there are other relevant lawful bases or where we have compelling grounds to continue processing your Personal Information in our interests which are not overridden by your rights, interests or freedoms;
10.1.4. a right to have inaccurate Personal Information rectified;
10.1.5. a right to have certain Personal Information erased where it is no longer necessary for us to process it, where you have withdrawn your consent pursuant to paragraph 9.1.8, where you have objected pursuant to paragraph 9.1.3, where your Personal Information has been unlawfully processed, or where erasing your Personal Information is required in accordance with a legal obligation;
10.1.6. a right to request an explanation of the logic involved where we make decisions about you solely through automated means.
10.1.7. To exercise these rights, please contact Playtech Estonia by email at privacy@playtech.ee. If you are not happy with the way your complaint has been resolved, you can file a complaint to Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (phone: +372 627 4135; email: info@aki.ee; address: Väike-Ameerika 19, Tallinn 10129, Estonia), if you have any complaints regarding Data Protection.
10.1.8. where we have specifically requested your consent to process your Personal Information and have no other lawful conditions to rely on, you have the right to withdraw this consent; and
10.1.9. a right to object to direct marketing, which can be done by opting out of direct marketing. You also have a right to object to any profiling to the extent that it relates to direct marketing only.
10.2. If you are unsure about your rights or are concerned about how your Personal Information may be processed, you should contact the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate.
10.3. If you would like to exercise any of your rights, you can do so by contacting us as described below. Please be aware that while we will try to accommodate any request you make in respect of your rights; they are not absolute rights. This means that we may have to refuse your request or may only be able to comply with it in part.
10.4. Where you make a request in respect of your rights, we will require proof of identification. We may also ask that you clarify your request. We will aim to respond and conclude any request within one month of verifying your identity. If we receive repeated requests or have reason to believe requests are being made unreasonably, we reserve the right not to respond.
11. Retention of your Personal Information
We will retain your Personal Information gathered by our third party service provider SmartRecruiters for the period necessary for us to provide you with our Services and to comply with our legal and regulatory responsibilities. Accordingly, please refer to paragraph 5 for the retention periods. Where it is no longer necessary for us to process your Personal Information, we will delete it sooner as stated in section 5.2. If you request that you should not be able to access our Services.
12. Contacting us
If at any time you believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact our Privacy team at Privacy@playtech.ee.
13. Advertising and our use of Cookies
13.1. We collect anonymous information about your use of the Website using "cookies" and pixel tags. A "cookie" is a small file of text which is downloaded onto your computer when you access the Website, and it allows us to recognise when you come back to the Website. We use cookies for the operation of this website and for giving you a more personalized browsing experience. For these purposes, Cookies are placed on your device to identify you in the future when you visit our website.
The cookies used on this Website are set by us and fall into the following categories:
- Strictly Necessary cookies - these cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Website and use its features. These operational cookies are necessary for the website to properly function and cannot be switched off in our systems. Strictly necessary cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
- Analytics cookies – these cookies are used on our website to analyze our website traffic. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the site based on user needs. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular, how visitors got to the site and how they move around it. All information these cookies collect and store is anonymised.
- Targeting cookies - We use pixel tags on our website to track visitors. They collect data that helps us optimize Facebook ads, build targeted audiences and display relevant ads to people who have visited our website. It does not store directly personal information, but uniquely identifies your browser and device.
Some of these are "session cookies", which stay in place only for the duration of your visit to our website and are deleted at the end of your browsing session. Others are "persistent cookies", which remain on your device for a period of time after you have left the Website. See 12.5 for retention periods of each cookie.
13.2. Most browsers have cookies enabled by default, but you are able to change your cookies settings, which are usually found in the 'Options' or 'Preferences' menu of your internet browser. You can block any cookies from any website by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of some or all cookies. However, if you block all cookies you may not be able to access all or part of our Website. You can also use your browser settings to delete cookies. For more information about how to disable cookies in your browser please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
13.3. As part of the Website's operation, our Website automatically logs internet IP addresses. We do not log any email addresses of visitors to the Website.
13.4. While the Website contains links to websites operated by parties other than us (e.g SmartRecruiters), we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such websites. However, we do control the purpose of data collection and the retention periods for your Personal Information collected in SmartRecruiters.
Please review the Cookies in use and their purposes in the below table:
13.5. Cookies Purposes:
|
Cookie description |
Retention period |
Lawful Basis |
Geographic locations |
|
site_lang |
1 Year |
Strictly Necessary – This website cannot properly function without this cookie |
Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands
|
|
|
|
Strictly Necessary – This website cannot properly function without this cookie |
|
|
__ewsa |
2 Years |
Analytical – can be configured via Cookie Settings. Set based on user consent |
Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands
|
|
__ewsb |
30 Minutes |
Analytical – can be configured via Cookie Settings. Set based on user consent |
Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands
|
|
_ga –
Google Analytics |
2 Years |
Analytical – can be configured via Cookie Settings. Set based on user consent |
Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark
|
|
_gat_gtag_UA_150677990_1
– Google Analytics |
1 Minute |
Analytical – can be configured via Cookie Settings. Set based on user consent |
Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark
|
|
_gid –
Google Analytics |
24 Hours |
Analytical – can be configured via Cookie Settings. Set based on user consent |
Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark
|
|
_fbp –
Facebook Pixel |
3 Months |
Targeting – can be configured via Cookie Settings. Set based on user consent |
Sweden, Ireland, Denmark
|
|
Fr –
Facebook Pixel |
3 Months |
Targeting – can be configured via Cookie Settings. Set based on user consent |
Sweden, Ireland, Denmark
|
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datr –
Facebook Pixel |
2 Years |
Targeting – can be configured via Cookie Settings. Set based on user consent |
Sweden, Ireland, Denmark
|
|
wd –
Facebook Pixel |
7 Days |
Targeting – can be configured via Cookie Settings. Set based on user consent |
Sweden, Ireland, Denmark
|
14. Security
14.1. We are committed to ensuring that your Personal Information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the Personal Information that we collect.14.2. All the Personal Information that you provide us is stored in a secure computing environment protected by secure firewalls to prevent unauthorized access. We control access so that only people who need to access the Personal Information can. All staff are provided security training and are required to adhere to a comprehensive set of security policies, procedures, and standards related to their jobs.
14.3. When you access any area of our Website, we use encryption. This means that all the information sent between your computer and our server architecture is encrypted so that no one can read it in transit.
14.4. Where your Personal Information needs to be disclosed to our service providers, we require them to process and protect your Personal Information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws.