At Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling(RICPG), we understand the importance of data privacy and are committed to protecting our clients’ and website users’ personal information. We have implemented robust security measures to safeguard your data and ensure it remains confidential. To ensure compliance with applicable data protection laws and regulations, we have established a privacy policy that outlines our approach to data collection, processing, and sharing. We only collect personal data necessary for providing our services and enhancing your user experience. Our security measures include restricting access to your data on a need-to-know basis, implementing physical, electronic, administrative, technical, and procedural safeguards, and adhering to strict disciplinary action for any misuse of personal data. We store your personal data in secure third-party databases that adhere to our strict data protection standards. We may share your data with regulatory bodies and government agencies when legally required or permitted. In the event of a corporate transaction, we will notify you and ensure your data remains protected.
Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling is dedicated to respecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal data. We continuously review and update our privacy practices to stay aligned with the latest regulations and industry best practices.
At Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling(RICPG) respects you and we are committed to honoring and protecting your privacy. The reason we collect your personal data is to improve our services to you. This Website Privacy Notice describes our approach to privacy and our practices regarding why we collect your personal data, what data we are collecting, how we process it and how you can manage and delete your personal data. If you have any questions or concerns about this Website Privacy Notice or your personal data, please contact us info@ricpg.com.
Where we determine the purpose and means of processing personal data, Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling will be a controller. Where we act as a processor in our capacity of providing services to a customer, we will only process personal data in accordance with the instructions of the customer. The customer will be the data controller of that personal data and will be responsible to data subjects for the way in which their personal data is processed. Where applicable, in accordance with data protection laws we shall assist the data controller in effecting data subject rights.
Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling, may at times collect your personal data in one of the following ways:
By entering information such as your name, and email address, country of residence, company you represent, industry and details of an inquiry on our Submit page as well as other forms throughout our website, you enable us to respond to a general/ business inquiry made by you or on behalf of the company that you represent. If you wish to be contacted by telephone, we may also collect your phone number.
Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling uses cookies and web beacons to collect data on how you use our websites. This may include for example information with respect to what Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling websites you have visited, how long you stayed on them, which items you clicked on and your IP-address. To know more about our use of cookies, please see our Cookie Policy below.
E-mail Communications: If you are a recipient of our marketing communications, we may track whenever you receive, open, click a link, or share an email you receive from Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling. Please visit our customer privacy notice for further details. To unsubscribe from Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling marketing communications, please visit our subscription center.
Information from Other Sources: Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling might receive information about you from other sources, such as public sources, social media, directories, registries to ensure the accuracy and completeness of your personal data.
With your consent. Where we require your consent you will opt-in mechanisms and you have the ability to withdraw consent at all times.
Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you. For example, when we perform our services to you.
Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation. This will include maintaining records, compliance checks or screening and recording (e.g. anti-money laundering, financial and credit checks, fraud and crime prevention and detection, trade sanctions and embargo laws). This may include automated checks of personal data you provide about your identity against relevant databases and contacting you to confirm your identity or making records of our communications with you for compliance purposes.
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. Our legitimate interest will include for example, market research purposes, marketing purposes and appropriate controls to ensure our website, processes and procedures are running effectively for the prevention and detention of against fraud and for IT security purposes. You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us.
If processing of personal data is subject to any other laws, then the lawful basis of processing personal data may be different to that set out above and in those circumstances will be based on national laws. Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling shall only process the received information pursuant to pursue our legitimate business interests for example screening CVs of prospective candidates, establishing communication with prospective customers (whom you represent) and personnel with general/ business inquiries and to enhance our user experience.
Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling implements industry standard security measures to keep your personal data secure and confidential, including but not limited to:
Restriction of access to your personal data to Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling employees strictly on a need to know basis, such as responding to an inquiry or request.
Implementation of physical, electronic, administrative, technical and procedural safeguards that comply with all applicable rules, laws, legislation and regulations to protect your personal data from unauthorized or inappropriate access, alteration, disclosure and/or destruction. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to signout when you are done using a shared computer.
Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling employees who misuse personal data are subject to strict disciplinary action.
The personal data Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling collects from you is stored in one or more databases hosted by third parties. These third parties do not use or have access to your personal data for any purpose other than cloud storage and retrieval.
Where required or permitted by law, information may be provided to others, such as but not limited to regulators, under legal process, enforceable government directives.
From time to time, Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling may consider corporate transactions such as a merger, acquisition, reorganization, asset sale, or similar. In these instances, we may transfer or allow access to information to enable the assessment and undertaking of that transaction. If we buy or sell any business or assets, personal data may be transferred to third parties involved in the transaction. In these instances Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling will continue to ensure your personal data is protected and private, and Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling will give any impacted data subjects notice before any personal data is transferred or subject to a different privacy policy.
You may have certain rights relating to your personal data. These include the right to:
Request access to your personal data and request details of the processing activities conducted by Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling.
Request that your personal data is rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete
Request erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Request restriction of the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
Receive your personal data provided to us as a controller in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format in certain circumstances.
Object to, and not to be subject to a decision based solely on, automated processing (including profiling), which produces legal effects or significantly affects you.
Withdraw your consent provided at any time by contacting us.
To exercise the rights outlined above in respect of your personal data you may write to us at info@ricpg.com.
If you have any questions or concerns as to how your data is being processed, you can contact us by writing to info@ricpg.com.
This Website Privacy Notice was last updated in January 2025 and Rhode Island Council on Problem Gambling will notify you of changes we may make to this privacy notice where required, however, we would recommend that you look back at this notice from time to time to check for any updates.
