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UK High Court Found Sky Betting & Gaming Unlawfully Used Automated Profiling and Targeted Marketing to Exploit a Recovering Problem Gambler
- Occurred
- Jul 28, 2017
- Published
- Jan 28, 2025
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
In the UK, the High Court found that Sky Betting & Gaming unlawfully used automated profiling and targeted direct marketing to pursue a recovering problem gambler from July 28, 2017 onward without valid consent. Sky reportedly treated him as a high-value customer despite addiction indicators.
Developers
- Sky Betting & Gaming
- Hestview Ltd
- Bonne Terre Ltd
Deployers
- Sky Betting & Gaming
- Hestview Ltd
- Bonne Terre Ltd
Harmed parties
- Sky Betting & Gaming customers with gambling disorders
- RTM (recovering problem gambler)
- Recovering problem gamblers
- People with gambling disorders
- Privacy
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: Court ruling found unlawful automated profiling and marketing without consent, constituting a privacy violation with legal consequences.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8