Condor abuses GDPR to force new t&c incl. quota

[Biti]

Dear Partner,
Please read this email very carefully, as it relates to compliance with new Gambling Commission standards, GDPR and changes to our Terms and Conditions.
Your action is required, so please ensure you fully understand what we need from you.
If we do not receive a response from you then we would be left with no other choice than to suspend your account until we receive confirmation from you that you wish to continue working with us under these new terms and conditions.
Changes happening on the 22nd of May 2018:

1. Update to our General Terms and Conditions which will cover a number of aspects including inactivity, account closure and data removal as per GDPR compliance, custom deals including fixed fees, CPAs and Hybrid deals, Reduction in minimum threshold for payment, single payment transaction.
2. Introduction of a Tiered/Ladder commission structure to replace the current static commission structure.
3. Requirements from all our partners to comply with new regulations.

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What immediate actions are required from you before the 25th of May 2018

1. Provide us with all the URLs from ALL sites at which you promote our brands. This includes your own sites, as well as third party sites where your ads are displayed.
2. If you are also using social media to promote our brands or your own sites which promote our brands, please provide direct URLs to these accounts.
3. Await receipt of the ‘Affiliate Marketing Guidelines’ document, which we will provide in the coming weeks. This will lay out in minute detail how you should and should not be promoting our brands, and what your responsibilities are as an affiliate.
4. Log in to your www.condor-affiliates.com account and accept the new terms and conditions when they pop up.

Why We Need Your To Act
As a regulated operator by the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA), the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) and as a registered company in Malta, we must follow the guidelines set forth by all the regulators as well as the EU. As the actions of affiliates has recently been undergoing greater scrutiny, and with the event of GDPR, we need to improve our working relationship with each other, whilst also ensuring that we are always on the right side of these new rules and regulations.
Please Respond Immediately
Given the importance of these changes, it’s imperative that you respond to this email with the requested information before the 25th of May 2018. If you fail to respond in the required time frame, we will unfortunately have to suspend your affiliate account.
We will continue to attempt to contact you after the 25th of May 2018, but should you fail to respond to any of our communication until the 25th of June 2018, then we would have no other option but to delete your account and your information from our system in compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Feel free to contact us if you have any further queries about what we require, your responsibilities, or any other information you may need.


Kind regards,

Keith Zammit

 

[PaaskeUK]

disgusting behaviour

 

[NDG]

Very disgusting behavior.

This is the part of the new terms that is the worst:

1. In the event that the Affiliate does not bring a single NDP during any consecutive three (3) months period, CONDOR reserves the right to suspend Affiliate’s account until the Affiliate introduces 3 NDPs within 2 months, at which point (effective upon your referral of the third NDP) the Affiliate Commission rate will be reverted to the standard Commission rate set out in these Terms and Conditions.

 

[melcb]

Yep, saw this new addition too, not cool! I have emailed them about this to let them know this is predatory and to consider changing it.

 

[xecutable]

Funny i was discussing this with an AM of mine. Was wondering how many programs will slip in such things in addition to the general GDPR.

 

[AussieDave]

Can't recall where I saw it (maybe GPWA) but someone commented about UKGC, GPDR etc., etc. The rub on that was... he/she is seeing more and more dodgy acts these days, executed on affiliates, by venues who UK/Malta licensed.

Apparently this person also promotes some grey area casinos, and these outfits are not screwing him/her over.

@xecutable - your good self, others and myself, have been around long enough to know, if an operator can get away with getting one over their affiliate, most will try-it-on. As we've seen with Condor, the GPDR is a good excuse to retroactively shaft their affiliates.

If these sort of despicable acts keep up, I could see more and more affiliates deciding to market grey area casinos, and reduce, if not drop, UK et al casinos altogether.

I don't promote to the UK/EU, I'm actually doing quite well (since the forced exit from the AU market).

 

[Biti]

I think soon it will be close to impossible as a one-man band to operate in regulated markets. Where regulated brands seem to be using KYC, GDPR, UKGC and stuff to get rid of affiliates, grey market brands don't bother that much. Sometimes a brand is closing an important market, but that's it.

Sure thing that if they do not want to pay, you won't get your money and it makes no sense to start a court case. But the same thing goes on if you're a one man band and have a discussion with William Hill, Kindred or Ladbrokes.