Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is effective from: May 15, 2025.

This Privacy Policy describes how Bracelet IP Limited, its affiliates, subsidiaries, and parent companies (collectively, “Company”, “WSOP”, “us”, "our”, or “we”) collect and process personal information related to our website, www.wsop.com, any other websites and applications operated by WSOP (“Site”), and our online or offline services (collectively, “Services”). In some cases, additional or supplemental privacy notices may be provided and will apply to certain personal information collected and processed by us.

WSOP is concerned with protecting the privacy of any Personal Data that you may choose to provide to us (“Personal Data”). WSOP will ensure that the Processing of your Personal Data is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation, (“GDPR”), (Regulation (EU) 2016/679). Accordingly, WSOP issues this Policy to inform you of our use of your Personal Data.

1. INTRODUCTION

• 1.1 Your utilization of our Services and any privacy-related disputes are governed by this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions, which are accessible at: www.wsop.com/terms-and-conditions/.
• 1.2 Bracelet IP Limited, a company incorporated in Suite C, Third Floor, Apex Business Centre, Blackthorn Road, Sandyford, Dublin 18, Dublin, Ireland, collects, processes and retains Personal Data and ensures that the below steps are taken to protect such Personal Data.
• 1.3 By engaging with our Services, you confirm that you have reviewed and understood this Privacy Policy. If you are not comfortable with providing your Personal Data as described herein, please refrain from using our Services.
• 1.4 Definitions: The following terms “Anonymisation”, “Controller”, “Processor”, “Data Subject”, “Data Portability” “Personal Data”, “Processed/Processing”, “Pseudonymisation”, “Cross-Border processing of Personal Data”, “Supervisory Authority” used in this document shall have the same meaning as in the GDPR.
  
  “You” means the user, the ‘Data Subject’ who is using our Services.
• 1.5 This Policy is based on the following GDPR principles:
  • The processing of Personal Data shall take place in a lawful, fair and transparent way;
  • The collection, processing and retention of Personal Data shall only be performed for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes and no further processing will take place which is incompatible with those purposes;
  • The collecting and retaining of Personal Data shall be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purpose for which they are Processed;
  • The Personal Data shall be accurate and where necessary, kept up to date;
  • Every reasonable step shall be taken to ensure that Personal Data that is inaccurate having regard to the purposes for which they are Processed, are erased or rectified without delay;
  • Personal Data shall be kept in a form which permits identification of the Data Subject for no longer than it is necessary for the purpose for which the Personal Data is procured;
  • All Personal Data shall be kept confidential and stored in a manner that ensures appropriate security;
  • Personal Data shall not be shared with third parties except when necessary in order for them to provide services upon agreement in which case the Data Subject;
  • Data Subjects shall have the right to request access to and rectification or erasure of Personal Data, or restriction of Processing, or to object to Processing as well as the right of Data Portability.

2. The Information We Collect

• 2.1 As part of providing you with the Services, we collect your Personal Data on registering an account. We collect, use, store and transfer the following kinds of Personal Data about you:
  • Consent-Based Information: We collect Personal Data with your consent, such as when you complete surveys, subscribe to newsletters, or register for specific Services, which may include your email, name, or phone number.
  • Website Activities and Usage Information. When you visit our Sites or use our Services, we and third parties automatically gather usage information, including browsing behavior, visitor frequency, page dwell time, browser type, referring website data, and IP addresses. We also identify available technologies to provide optimized content.
  • Player Performance Tracking: We monitor live event results, player rankings, Player of the Year standings, tournament titles, final table appearances, tournament cashes, and total WSOP tournament earnings. We may also analyze website usage and demographic data. We may receive and collect data from third-party poker services regarding your gameplay and performance on their platforms. This may include information such as cash winnings, tournament results, and other relevant performance metrics.
  • Registration Details: Information such as your full name, contact number, and email address, among other details, may be collected when you register for our Services.
• 2.2 We also collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical data for any purpose. Aggregated data could be derived from your personal data but it is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate data relating to the use of the Services by you and other customers. However, if we combine or connect aggregated data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this privacy policy.
• 2.3 We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, and genetic and biometric data).

3. Purposes and Legal Basis

• 3.1 We will ensure that we collect, retain and process your Personal Data in accordance with the GDPR. We have set out below, in a table format, a description of how we will use your Personal Data and the lawful basis we rely on to do so.

  Purpose	Legal Basis
  Deliver our services, including but not limited to maintaining and displaying a Player’s Public Profile.	Fulfillment of our contractual obligations and our legitimate interest.
  Maintain the security and integrity of our Site.	Our legitimate interest in fraud prevention and risk management.
  Promote and market our services or those of our strategic partners.	Your consent where required, or our legitimate interest when consent is not mandated.
  Process and fulfill requests related to your GDPR rights.	Compliance with our legal obligations.

• 3.2 If at any time you wish us to stop Processing your Personal Data for the above purposes, then you must contact us and we will take the appropriate steps to stop doing so. You may contact us at data-protection@wsop.com
• 3.3 To ensure a good quality of service we may monitor any communication you have with us whether in writing or by electronic mail or telephone calls (“recordings”). Any recordings remain the property of WSOP and will be used only for the purposes mentioned above.
• 3.4 We will only use your Personal Data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for new purposes is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us.
• 3.5 In the event that we need to use your Personal Data for an unrelated purpose, then we will notify you by a Privacy Notice whereby we will inform you of the changes and seek any additional consent that may be required.
• 3.6 We require all third parties to respect the security of your Personal Data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with instructions.

4. Disclosing your Personal Information

• 4.1 We may disclose your Personal Data to the following third parties:
  • Any potential purchaser of WSOP or any investors in it or in any company within our Group (including in the event of insolvency).
  • Any regulatory body or authorised entity which may have any reasonable requirement to access your Personal Data; and
  • Other online gaming sites and appropriate agencies, where you are found to have cheated or attempted to defraud us or any other user of our services based on our and other online / live-event operators legitimate interest or legal obligation to prevent fraud and/or cheating;
  • Any law enforcement body which may have any reasonable requirement to access your Personal Data;
  • 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 us;
  • Any third party which assists us in providing the Services;
  • Any company within our group (including to its employees and subcontractors) which assists us in providing the Services or which otherwise has a need to know such information;
• 4.2 We require all third parties to respect the security of your Personal Data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with instructions.

5. Cookies and Tracking:

• 5.1 You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see www.wsop.com/cookie-policy.

6. Minors:

• 6.1 Protecting the privacy of minors is especially important. Our Service is not directed to minors under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from minors under the age of 18. If you are under 18 years of age, then please do not use our Service at any time or in any manner. If we learn that Personal Data has been collected on the Service from persons under 18 years of age, then we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.

7. Security:

• 7.1 We take appropriate security measures to protect against loss, misuse and unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your information. WSOP has taken steps to ensure the ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of systems and services processing Personal Data, and will restore the availability and access to information in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident.
• 7.2 No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. We cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or store on the Service, however, we shall ensure that adequate security mechanisms designed to protect Personal Data will be used to prevent Personal Data from being stolen, misused or abused, and to prevent Personal Data breaches. If you believe your Personal Data has been compromised, please contact us at help@wsop.com.

8. External Links:

• 8.1 Our Site may include links to or advertisements for third-party websites that are not affiliated with WSOP. Likewise, external websites may reference, promote, or link to WSOP Sites. WSOP neither endorses nor sponsors such third-party websites and bears no responsibility for their content or privacy practices. We expressly disclaim any representations or statements made on these external sites and reject any liability arising from your use of or reliance on their content. Please note that the privacy practices outlined in this Privacy Policy do not extend to information collected by third-party websites. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.

9. International Transfers:

• 9.1 Personal data collected through the Site may be stored and processed in any country where we, our affiliates, suppliers, or agents maintain facilities.
• 9.2 By using the Site and our Services, you explicitly consent to the transfer of your personal information beyond your country or jurisdiction of residence. In cases where personal data we collect is transferred to and processed in any other location outside the European Economic Area ("EEA") for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that your information receives the same level of protection as it would within the EEA. These measures may include executing data transfer agreements, such as the EU Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses. You may have the right to request further details regarding the mechanisms governing data transfers outside the EEA.

10. Data Subject Rights

• 10.1 We respect your privacy rights and provide you with reasonable access to the Personal Data that you may have provided through your use of the Services. Under certain circumstances you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your Personal Data.
• 10.2 Your principal rights under the GDPR are:
• 10.3 If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, you may contact us by email: help@wsop.com. We will retain your information for as long as needed to provide you services, or to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements as described in section 11.
• 10.4 You have the right to request access to and correction of the personal information that we have collected about you. Your right to access personal information is not absolute but subject to restrictions in applicable law. If we do not make the correction you have requested, we will annotate the records to show that you made the request and explain to you why we did not make the correction. To make a request for access or correction, you may contact us as described below.
• 10.5 You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
• 10.6 We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your rights to access your Personal Data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.
• 10.7 Should we fail in abiding with the required data protection obligations, you shall have the right of complaint to the Data Protection Commission.

11. Contacting us

• 11.1 If at any time you believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at help@wsop.com and we will seek to promptly determine and correct the problem.

12. Data Retention

• 12.1 Personal Data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your Personal Data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you.
• 12.2 To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your Personal Data, the purposes for which we process your Personal Data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.

13. Data Protection Officer/Representative

• 13.1 Our data protection officer who is responsible for matters relating to privacy and data protection at WSOP can be reached at: data-protection@wsop.com.
• 13.2 In accordance with the applicable legal regulations governing the protection of Personal Data, each request/inquiry will be resolved without undue delay and at the latest within 30 days of receipt.
• 13.3 When contacting and posting such requests, we will invest reasonable efforts to confirm your identity and to prevent unauthorized Personal Data processing.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

• 14.1 As our Company continues to evolve, updates to this Privacy Policy may become necessary to reflect modifications to our website, software, services, business operations, or applicable legal requirements. However, we remain committed to upholding our obligations to protect Data Subjects’ privacy. In the event of material changes to this Policy we will publish the revised Policy, along with its effective date, in a clearly accessible section of our website.

15. Validity

• 15.1 This document was updated on May 15, 2025, and is effective from that date.