Database On Self-Excluded And Undesirable Persons ' Practical Challenges Brought By The New Legislation From A Regulatory And Personal Data Protection Perspective

• Published date: 29 February 2024
• Law Firm: SIMION & BACIU SCA
• Author: Ms Cosmina M. Simion and Petruș Partene

The legislation applicable to the field of gambling in Romania has undergone significant changes with the entry into force on October 6, 2023 of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 82/2023 for amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance no. 77/2009 on the organization and operation of games of chance, as well as for amending Government Emergency Ordinance no. 20/2013 on the establishment, organizing and functioning of the National Office for Gambling and for amending and supplementing Government Emergency Ordinance nr. 77/2009 (GEO 82/2023). These changes include legal provisions that lay the foundations for the creation, at the level of the National Office for Gambling ("ONJN"), of the database on self-excluded and undesirable persons.

Thus, Article 15¹ of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 77/2009 on the organization and operation of games of chance (GEO 77/2009) was amended in order to transfer the obligation to draw up, manage and constantly update a database on self-excluded and undesirable persons from the operators to ONJN. This...