205 CMR 257.04
Patron Access
(1) Patrons shall be provided with a method to make the requests in 205 CMR 257.04(1)(a)
through (e). The request must be clearlyand conspicuouslyavailable to the patron online through
the Sports Wagering Operator's Sports Wagering Platform. A patron shall not be required to
confirm their request more than once, and no intervening pages (other than those needed to
confirm withdrawal of consent) or offers will be presented to the patron before such confirmation
is presented to the patron.
(a) A description as to how their Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable
Information is being used, including confirmation that such Confidential Information or
Personally Identifiable Information is being used in accordance with 205 CMR 257.00;
(b) Access to a copyof their Confidential Information or PersonallyIdentifiable Information
maintained by the Operator or a Vendor, Subcontractor, or Registrant of the Operator;
(c) Updates to their Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable Information;
(d) The imposition of additional restriction on the use of their Confidential Information or
Personally Identifiable Information for particular uses; and
(e) That their Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable Information be erased or
anonymized so it is no longer traceable to the patron when it is no longer required to be
retained by applicable law or Court order. The Sports Wagering Operator may choose to
offer either erasure, anonymization, or both as an option pursuant to 205 CMR 257.04.
(2) A Sports Wagering Operator shall provide a written response to a request submitted
pursuant to 205 CMR 257.04(1) that either grants or denies the request.
(a) If the Sports Wagering Operator grants the patron's request to access a copy of their
Personally Identifiable Information, the Sports Wagering Operator shall provide the patron
their Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable Information in a structured,
commonly used and machine readable format.
(b) If the Sports Wagering Operator denies the request, the Sports Wagering Operator shall
provide in its written response specific reason(s) supporting the denial and directions on how
the patron may file a complaint regarding the denial with the Commission.
(3) A Sports Wagering Operator shall grant the patron's request to impose a restriction or erase
or anonymize their Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable Information if it is no
longer necessary to retain the patron's Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable
Information (or to retain the patron's Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable
Information without the requested restriction) to operate a Sports Wagering Area, Sports
Wagering Facility or Sports Wagering Platform, or for any other purpose authorized pursuant
to 205 CMR 257.01; and
(a) The patron withdraws their consent to the Sports Wagering Operator's retention of their
Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable Information;
(b) There is no overriding legal interest to retaining the patron's Confidential Information
or Personally Identifiable Information;
(c) The patron's Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable Information was used
in violation of 205 CMR 257.00; or
(d) Restriction, anonymization or erasure is necessary to comply with an order from the
Commission or a court.
(4) If the Sports Wagering Operator grants the patron's request to erase or anonymize their
Confidential Information or Personally Identifiable Information, the Sports Wagering Operator
shall erase or anonymize the patron's Personally Identifiable Information or Confidential from
all storage media it is currently using to operate a Sports Wagering Area, Sports Wagering
Facilityor Sports Wagering Platform, including HDD, SDD, flash, mobile, cloud, virtual, RAID,
LUN, hard disks, solid state memory, and other devices. The Sports Wagering Operator shall
also request commercially reasonable confirmation of deletion or anonymization from any
Vendor, Registrant, or Subcontractor who received the patron's Confidential Information or
Personally Identifiable Information from the Sports Wagering Operator. Notwithstanding, the
foregoing, the Sports Wagering Operator shall not erase or anonymize a patron's Confidential
Information or Personally Identifiable Information on backup or storage media used to ensure
the integrityof the Sports Wagering Area, Sports Wagering Facilityor Sports Wagering Platform
from technology failure or to comply with its data retention schedule or to comply with
M.G.L. c. 23N, 205 CMR, or any other applicable law, regulation, court order, subpoena or civil
investigative demand of a governmental entity.
(5) An Operator, or a Vendor, Registrant or Subcontractor of an Operator shall not require a
Patron to enter into an agreement waiving any of the Patron's rights under 205 CMR 257.04.