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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE FOR PADDYPOWERPOKER.COM

Your Agreement with Paddy Power Entertainment("Us/We/Our")

NOTICE

THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL GOVERN ALL PLAY ON THE paddypowerpoker.com WEBSITE. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND THESE TERMS PRIOR TO AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THEM. YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING TERMS WHICH ARE LEGALLY BINDING. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OR CHOOSE NOT TO BE BOUND BY THEM, YOU SHOULD EXIT THE SITE IMMEDIATELY. IN ADDITION TO ACCEPTING THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE "HOUSE RULES" AND "GAME RULES" WHICH ARE POSTED ON THE POKER ROOM AND AMENDED BY US FROM TIME TO TIME.

1. INTRODUCTION

We want all Our customers to enjoy the interactive nature of this product and the sense of community which interactive poker uniquely fosters. We also take every effort to ensure the experience is fun and not spoilt by cheating or bad behaviour. We therefore ask all players to agree to certain rules and standards of behaviour and to accept responsibility for their own actions. Some of the areas where you as a player can help in this are identified elsewhere on Our website (such as in the "House Rules" or "Game Rules"). Here We set out the key terms and conditions, which you are asked to accept when you [register for membership of] the paddypowerpoker.com Room (hereafter referred to as "PaddyPowerPoker.com").

2. OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION OF PADDYPOWERPOKER.COM

www.paddypowerpoker.com is operated on behalf of Paddy Power by iPoker Network (Game Park Trading Ltd)

3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PADDYPOWERPOKER.COM

By accepting the Terms and Conditions and entering this Site, you represent to Us that you are at least eighteen (18) years old or (if higher) that you are over any specified age threshold required to participate in online gaming in or from the jurisdiction in which you reside. We further reserve the right to void and return any deposits placed by minors and to prohibit your play until your age is verified.

We reserve the right to request additional information to validate your identity and age. In addition, We reserve the right to request further information prior to any withdrawals. Any monies due or requested shall be withheld until the requested information has been provided to Our satisfaction.

You must not register or try to register with PaddyPowerPoker.com if you are located in a jurisdiction in which such registration and/or playing of the Games is unlawful or contrary to any applicable regulation. It is your responsibility to ensure that this is not the case. We reserve the right to immediately suspend your account.

You may not register if you are not acting as principal or if you are acting on behalf of someone else, or if you are or have ever been an employee of Paddy Power, iPoker Network (Game Park Trading Ltd), or if you are an employee of any of third party contractors to PaddyPowerPoker.com such as licensors, software suppliers, developers or partners] except where express written consent has been provided from Paddy Power to carry out user testing.

By seeking to register with Us or by playing any of the paddypowerpoker.com Games you represent and warrant to Us that you will comply at all times with the requirements of this Section 3. You further represent and warrant to Us that all information provided to Us by you, either upon registration, subsequently or in connection with your account is complete, accurate and not misleading and you further agree to inform Us immediately if there is any change to such information. Your registration will not be accepted unless you provide Us with the accurate information requested of you.

Any person who wilfully or knowingly breaches this Section 3 is committing fraud and may be subject to criminal and civil prosecution. We reserve the right to cooperate with law enforcement and other authorities, in investigating claims of illegal activity on this site.

4. UPDATES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

We reserve the right, from time to time, and at Our sole discretion, to change or update certain provisions of these Terms and Conditions. All changes will be published here. Upon publication, each change will become effective and you will be deemed to be aware of and bound by any changes on Our Site. It is your responsibility to read, understand and regularly consult these Terms and Conditions.

5. RISK

Subject to Our right to restrict or refuse participation in Games or to withdraw or suspend Games as set out in these Terms and Conditions, participation in the Games is at your option, discretion and risk. You understand that playing "Real Money" Games is highly speculative in nature and therefore contains a degree of risk. You acknowledge that you are fully prepared financially to undertake such risks and to withstand any losses incurred, and that you are able to sustain the total loss of any stakes committed by you. You are entirely responsible for the information that you provide to Us and We shall not be liable for incorrect entries made by you, including data input errors with respect to the stakes on offer.

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE DETAILS OF YOUR TRANSACTIONS ON THE SITE ARE CORRECT. ONCE THE TRANSACTION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IT CANNOT BE CANCELLED.

6. YOUR PADDYPOWERPOKER.COM ACCOUNT

You are allowed to hold only one account using only one of your credit or debit card numbers at any time on PaddyPowerPoker.com and/or www.paddypower.com. Multiple accounts are prohibited. In order to place any stakes on any of the Games, you must open an account and have adequate funds deposited prior to play. The minimum account deposit is 10 Euro/ 10STG and must be made by using a debit card or credit card. Only wagers placed from your account set up through www.paddypowerpoker.com will be accepted for the Games and any winnings you make on the Games will be credited to your account. You may facilitate all deposits and withdrawals by accessing the My Account page.

We reserve the right to refuse or limit any stakes at Our sole discretion for any reason whatsoever. In circumstances where a stake is deemed to be or is declared void by Us at Our discretion, any sum deducted from your account with respect to that stake shall be credited to your account. Should We decide to waive a rule in the interest of fair play to you, it shall only be for that instant and shall not set a precedent for the future.

Your account is personal to you. You shall not allow others to use your account or to accept any prize or participate in any of the Games. Any person found to have violated this section will be liable for all losses on the account but will not be entitled to collect any winnings.

7. KEEPING YOUR ACCOUNT SECURE

It is your responsibility to keep your password private and secure. We recommend that you disable any automatic password memory in your browser prior to using the site. This will help to limit the risk to you of unauthorised use of your account.

Players are solely responsible for the security of their account information and password(s). Should you inadvertently disclose your password to another person, you agree to contact Us immediately to modify the password. You are responsible for any unauthorized use of your account and/or password. In the event that a third party places a stake or is thought to have placed a stake, such stake shall be valid and the liability will be with you the player, whether or not the alleged third party had the prior consent or knowledge of the player or has misappropriated account and password information of the player.

8. WITHDRAWALS

All winnings shall be credited to your paddypowerpoker.com account. All funds must be withdrawn based upon the withdrawal procedures. Subject to these Terms and Conditions, you can make withdrawals from your account up to your current available balance by debit card, or cheque (after taking into account all previous wagers). There are minimum and maximum limits on the amounts that you can withdraw from your account. Service charges are payable for withdrawals as set out below and will be deducted from your account at the time of withdrawal. In order to make a withdrawal from your account in excess of €2,500 Euro and £2,000 STG you will be required to contact Our Customer Services Team. In addition, we reserve the right to request further information prior to any withdrawals.

Please note as follows

Interest is not payable on account balances. No credit is permitted. It is your responsibility to maintain sufficient funds in your account, and to stake your funds accordingly. We reserve the right to void any stake which may be inadvertently placed or accepted if your account does not have sufficient funds to cover the whole of the stake.

Withdrawal by debit card and VISA credit cards: Each withdrawal must be at least £10 or €10 (save in the case of a final withdrawal to close an account) and must be no greater than £2000 STG/ €2500 Euro in one transaction. Withdrawals may only be made to the card you have registered to your account and deposited funds with.

Withdrawal by cheque: Each withdrawal must be at least £25 STG/€30 Euro (save in the case of a final withdrawal to close an account). If you are withdrawing £2,500 or more by cheque we will ask you to provide Us with paper copies of your Passport / Driving Licence, or the Bank or Credit Card Statement that is registered with Us to verify the address of your card. The cheque will be payable to you and not a third party and will be sent to you at the address registered with Us.

In the event of a promotional campaign or competition, for which We credit an amount to your account, you are entitled to the use of such amount only for the sole purpose of wagers for playing the Games. You are not entitled to withdraw such amounts, unless stated otherwise in the terms of the promotional campaign or competition. We reserve the right to reclaim those amounts if you do not use them to play the Games during the period specified in the promotion.

HELD FUNDS

Held funds are part of your total poker cash balance and relate to your poker winnings in the previous 72 hours. Consequently, profits arising from poker sessions are not immediately withdrawable, they are held in a customer's poker wallet for a period of 72 hours. Despite these funds not being available for withdrawal they are available for use at the poker table.

In the case of suspicious/collusive play taking place on your Player Account or a Player Account related to yours in any way, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to block any Player Account's access to the Poker Room and suspend the use of and withdrawal of funds for an indefinite period in order to carry out the necessary investigations.

Furthermore, we may at any time request documentation in the form of official photo identification, credit/debit card statements and a copy of a utility bill in order to verify the details registered to your account.

Where we have verified the details of a Player Account, we reserve the right to remove this restriction on the withdrawal of funds at any time.

9. SUSPENSION, RESTRICTION OR TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT

Without restricting Our ability to rely on other remedies that may be available to Us, We will suspend or terminate your account or cancel any wagers placed by you at Our absolute discretion if: (i) We suspect that you are engaging in illegal or fraudulent activity while using Our site; (ii) We suspect you are breaching any of these Terms and Conditions or the House Rules or Games Rules; (iii) We suspect you are acting in a manner that is detrimental to the conduct of Our business; (iv) We suspect that you may be having difficulties obtaining credit, (v) We are required to do so by law, or (vi) in Our judgment, there is a manifest error or there is a technological failure affecting the site.

Your sole remedy in the event of termination of your account by Us for any reason shall be the re-imbursement of any undisputed account balance you may then have and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, We shall have no further liability to you whatsoever.

At any time, you may instruct Us to exclude you from participation in the Games and close your account. Once your request is processed your account shall be blocked, no wagers shall be accepted, and your account shall be closed with any outstanding funds credited back to you.

10. TAX ON WINNINGS

All applicable taxes and fees in connection with any winnings awarded to you and any other payments to you are your sole responsibility. It is your responsibility to declare to the appropriate authority your net winnings or losses, including, if you reside in a jurisdiction where winnings are taxable, to keep track of these winnings and report them to the proper authorities. Winnings cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for any other consideration.

11. SECURITY CHECKS

We are committed to providing Our customers with an enjoyable poker experience in a safe and secure environment, and We operate security procedures and checks to protect Our customers and Our site from fraud and collusion. Occasionally, as part of this process, We will wish to make checks on accounts and plays in the Game(s) and this may result in suspension of use of accounts whilst these checks are carried out, as well as requests for information from customers. We believe it is in the best interests of Our customers and ourselves that We operate this process and it is a condition of participation that all Our customers acknowledge this and cooperate with Us in this respect.

12. CHANGES TO YOUR DETAILS

It is your sole responsibility to inform Us of any changes to your personal details, including your address, your debit or credit card number, your expiry date, or issue number of your card that may impact upon the use of your account. Failure to inform Us of your changes may result in transactions being declined by your bank, building society or credit card company. We do not accept any liability or responsibility for transactions that are declined as a result of your failure to provide Us with correct details. Please contact Customer Service to update your details. It is your responsibility to protect your debit and/or credit cards for loss or theft, please contact Us immediately should your card be lost or stolen. Failure to keep your details up to date may result in deposits, withdrawals or stakes being declined or payments being issued incorrectly. To facilitate fair operation of the website we may need to contact customers and hence a valid email address is necessary.

13. CHEATING OR ILLEGAL BEHAVIOUR

Charges, claims and proceedings, both civil and criminal may be brought against you and any other person(s) connected to you who have manipulated, tried to manipulate, tampered with Our service, Games, any of the customer accounts, laundered money, or attempted to launder money on or through this site. We reserve the right to pass on any information that We deem relevant, at Our sole discretion, to the appropriate authorities if We become aware of or suspect that you are involved in any such activities. We are not obligated to provide you with notice of Our intent nor shall We give you reasons for Our doing so. You agree to waive any and all rights you may have, at law or otherwise, of whatever nature and in whatever jurisdiction, in connection with such disclosure. In addition, We reserve the right to hold any funds We suspect to be in connection with a financial crime, money laundering or related activity. We shall be under no obligation to provide you with a reason for doing so.

If you are suspected, in Our reasonable discretion, of using multiple browsers or attempting to manipulate or ascertain information concerning the Games' software code or if you are suspected of being involved in collusion, you will be forfeited all money and be deactivated as a paddypowerpoker.com player. All wagers must be placed through the user interface provided on PaddyPowerPoker.com. Any wagering through other means, including the use of a "robot" player, is strictly forbidden. We reserve the right to prohibit any player from participating in any and all Games, and We may, where situations warrant, freeze the chips of any player suspected of cheating in any form. We further reserve the right to restrict seating and/or to prohibit players from playing in a particular Game, including restricting two or more players from playing together at the same Game.

We do not support private "deals" between players in tournaments, nor will We assist in facilitating these "deals" or be liable in any way for broken "deals" or transactions not honoured by one of the parties.

We reserve the right to void any stake inadvertently accepted after the time for placing stakes has closed or where the event was resolved or at a stage where the player could have any indication of the outcome. We also reserve the right to void any or all stakes placed by any group of people acting in liaison in an attempt to defraud Us.

14. CUSTOMER SERVICE

You may contact Our customer service team at any time should you have questions or need assistance please call UK Phone Number 0800028085 Ire 1800 924 406 or email poker@paddypower.com. To provide better service and for your protection, telephone conversations may be recorded and/or monitored by designated staff. You must contact Customer Service if your personal information or credit details have changed. In addition, if you forget your password or suspect that someone else has learned and used your password please contact Customer Service immediately.

15. POKER RULES

In addition to accepting these Terms and Conditions, you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the "House Rules" and "Game Rules" which are posted on PaddyPowerPoker.com and amended from time to time by Us. In addition, you must comply with "table stakes" rules as set out by Us form time to time. In particular, you are not permitted to make a wager in excess of the value of chips on the table at the beginning of a hand. You are permitted to acquire additional chips only between hands. If you run out of chips during a hand, you are considered "all-in". You may not remove money from the table during a playing session. Taking money out of the Game and continuing to play is not allowed in a table stakes format.

Players are asked to refrain from "table talk" or "coffee-housing" or talking during a hand in a way that compromises an opponent's hand. This applies if you are playing in the hand or watching the hand. Repeated abuse of this aspect of player behaviour will result in suspension or permanent restriction of play.

Abusive or offensive language or other behaviour considered inappropriate by PaddyPowerPoker.com in the context of the product will not be tolerated. Bad behaviour or offensive language identified by PaddyPowerPoker.com or brought to its attention will be dealt with swiftly, and may result in a suspension or loss of playing privileges or such other action as may be decided by Us.

It is your responsibility to read and understand the rules of each Game. You acknowledge and agree to abide by the rules of each of the Games as published and periodically changed on Our site. Such rules that are referenced herein are incorporated hereto, form part of these Terms and Conditions. Wagers on the Games may only be placed through your personal account on this site. We shall not accept wagers in any other form or by any other means.

You fully accept and agree that the random number generator software will determine all outcomes of the Games.

You acknowledge and agree that you shall not interfere, interrupt, attempt to interrupt, or attempt to manipulate the operations of this Site or the normal play of any of the Games. Failure to comply with the preceding may lead to your exclusion from the site and to criminal and civil investigations.

We reserve the right to refuse the whole or any part of a stake at Our sole discretion. We reserve the right to set the maximum and minimum stake amounts and these will be updated in the rules accessible on the site.

Stakes shall only be valid if accepted by Our server and subject to the Terms and Conditions herein. Until acceptance, no communications from you shall be binding on Us and all information displayed on this site constitutes an invitation to play only.

You agree that We and Our records, in the absence of manifest error, shall be the final authority in determining the terms of any wagers you place and the circumstances in which they were made.

We reserve the right to suspend or withdraw any Game in Our absolute discretion and/or to add further Games from time to time. We also reserve the right to amend the House Rules and/or the basis of play of any Game or relevant Game Rules at any time. In the event of the cancellation of any Game for any reason, We will not be liable.

16. SERVER CRASH OR FORCE MAJEURE

If you have chips at a table during a server crash, the Game will be cancelled and all of your chips at the table and in play will be returned to your account. In those and all other circumstances, We, Our affiliates, agents and licensors shall not be liable for any loss resulting from delays or interruptions to play due to failure, breakdown, malfunction or interruption of electronic or mechanical equipment, of telephone, internet connection or other communications facilities, or due to storms, trade or labour dispute; act, failure or omission of any government or authority, any denial of service (DDOS) attack or other malevolent external interference with our site or any other causes over which We or they have no direct control ("force majeure"). We will at all times use reasonable endeavours to overcome any event of such force majeure so far as We can, but We do not guarantee Our ability to do so.

In the event of a tournament crash, where less than half the players have been eliminated, the tournament will be cancelled and all monies refunded; where more than half the players have been eliminated the prize pool will be divided in half – all players will receive an equal share of half the prize money; and the other half of the prize money will be allocated to the chip leaders (chip leaders will be determined by the number of places the tourney would have paid) in proportion to their chip count.

17. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

You acknowledge and agree that the information found on this site is either Ours or a third party's including trade marks, service marks, copyright, trade secret, patents, patent information or proprietary rights (collectively "Intellectual Property"). You agree not to download, rent, lease, loan, distribute, create derivative works, copy, re-use, modify, adapt, attempt to decompile, decipher, disassemble, reverse engineer, decrypt or discover the source code of all or any portion of this site, deploy any type of query program on the site, create improvements, or seek to obtain intellectual property protection on the content and Intellectual Property found on this site. You further acknowledge and agree to not use the site in any unlawful manner, for any unlawful purpose, or in any manner inconsistent with the Terms and Conditions set forth herein.

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non-assignable limited licence to use the software on the site strictly to play the Games in accordance with these Terms and Conditions and the Game Rules and House Rules. You agree to follow and comply with all computer instructions and directions sent to you from Us. Such instructions that are referred to herein are incorporated hereto. Customer Service shall not be obliged to assist you should you fail to follow the instruction.

18. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER AND OUR LIABILITY

Except in the case of direct loss caused directly by Our wilful breach of these Terms and Conditions or by Our gross negligence (in which case Section 19 will apply), You agree to hold Us, Our employees, officers, directors, licensees, licensors, parent company, affiliates, and subsidiaries harmless and further agree to fully indemnify Us and each and all of them from any and all costs, expenses, liabilities and damages whatsoever that may arise as a result of your (a) entry, use, or reuse of PaddyPowerPoker.com, (b) use of any materials at PaddyPowerPoker.com, (c) participation in any of the Games, (d) acceptance of any cash payoff, (e) breach of these Terms and Conditions including terms incorporated by reference into these Terms and Conditions or (f) your violation of any law or the rights of any third party.

Your use of the site is at your sole risk. The site is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Unless specifically stated herein, and except as required by law, We make no representations and expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, satisfactory quality, implied warranties of title and non-infringement.

You acknowledge and agree that We do not warrant that the software or content on this site shall be error-free or will operate without interruption. If you become aware that the software or content contains any error, or is incomplete, you shall promptly contact us at UK Phone Number 0800028085 Ire 1800 924 406 or email poker@paddypower.com.. You agree not to take advantage of the error and We reserve the right to recover any such advantage that you may gain from such error, as well as all associated costs, damages and expenses in making such recovery. We are not liable for any errors or interruptions of which We are not aware. Should funds be credited to your account in error, it is your responsibility to notify Us of the error without delay. Any winnings subsequent to the error and prior to the notification to Us, whether linked to the error or not, shall be deemed invalid and returned to Us.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or limit liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation.

19. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

You expressly acknowledge and agree that We shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if We have been advised of the possibility of such damages) (i) resulting from the use of, or the inability to use, the site, (ii) any loss or corruption of data, (iii) communication or line failures, (iv) misuse of the site by any person or (v) any error or omission in the content on the site.

THIS WEBSITE AND ANY GAMES YOU PLAY ON THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED TO YOU BY PADDY POWER ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED. NEITHER PADDY POWER ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED, PADDY POWER PLC OR ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PADDY POWER GROUP OF COMPANIES, NOR THEIR OFFICERS, AGENTS, SERVANTS OR CONTRACTORS SHALL BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, PLAYING THE GAMES OR ANY WAGERING ON THE WEBSITE AND ANY DOWNLOADING, INSTALLATION OR USE OF ANY SOFTWARE REQUIRED TO ACCESS THE GAMES.

IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES OUR MAXIMUM LIABILITY, EXCLUDING PAYMENT OF VALID BETS, TO YOU FOR ANY CLAIM IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR IN ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SITE OR OUR SERVICE SHALL BE £2,000 (OR CURRENCY EQUIVALENT).

BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS PROHIBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT FULLY APPLY TO YOU.

20. THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND ADVERTISEMENTS

You expressly acknowledge and agree that We shall not be liable to you for the content of or use by you of any information or services offered by third parties or affiliates advertising, marketing, or otherwise posting content through the paddypowerpoker.com site (whether directly or via hot links to or from other sites or resources) nor can We be said to endorse the content of such advertisements or information and We make no warranties with respect to such content. In particular, We shall have no liability in respect of material directed to Our site which may be misleading, inaccurate, defamatory, threatening or obscene or otherwise not in accordance with applicable laws and regulations and the provision by Us of a link to another website does not constitute any authorisation to access materials held at that location.

21. LINKS TO AND FROM OUR SITE

The paddypowerpoker.com site may contain links to third party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by Us of the contents on such third party web sites. We are not responsible for the content of linked third party sites and We do not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy of materials on such third party web sites. If you decide to access linked third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk

We generally welcome the hyper-linking to Our site from other appropriate web sites provided such links are to Our site's homepage (and no deeper within the site) and provided We give Our consent to the establishment of such links. Notwithstanding the foregoing, We reserve the absolute right to refuse to consent to such links without giving reasons. Any links to the site from another web site must be presented in such a manner that the viewing of the site is not impaired by framing or similar techniques that may impair the user's user experience.

22. PRIVACY

Paddypowerpoker.com has created this statement in order to demonstrate our commitment to the privacy of our web site visitors and customers. The following discloses information gathering and dissemination practices for the site http://www.paddypowerpoker.com.

Registration Forms

Our site is designed to require you to complete a registration form if you are interested in using the site to play poker. Therefore, registration forms may require you to give us contact information (like your name and postal address).

The paddypowerpoker.com website is operated by Game Park Trading Ltd in Kahnawake on behalf of Paddy Power Entertainment Ltd – a subsidiary of Paddy Power plc. Paddy Power plc operates businesses in multiple jurisdictions some of which are not located in the European Economic Area. We may from time to time transfer your data from one Paddy Power Company to another one or to one of our authorised service providers for customer service or business management purposes. We will ensure that each Paddy Power Company and their service providers comply with this Privacy Statement. You agree to our using your personal data in this way."

Paddy Power may transfer your data for one of the following purposes:

  • the provision of betting services;
  • customer support;
  • administering the customers' accounts;
  • processing customer transactions via your banking service provider;
  • client identity and money laundering checks;
  • risk management;
  • providing a seamless service between the customer's poker account (and/or fixed odds account) and any other Paddy Power service, included but not limited to spread betting, online casinos, online games, online bingo, which the customer may choose.

Your contact information may be used to send you additional information and promotional material and you may opt out of receiving further information from us at any time by emailing us at webmaster@paddypower.com. Sometimes, a third-party fulfillment house that requires access to the information on registration forms in order to send you requested materials handles the mailings.

Cookies

Our site may use cookies to track the length of time you spend on the site, or to store frequently used user information to personalize your online experience. For some users, cookies are used with the RSA SecurID Web Agent. A cookie is a small file placed by a Web site on your computer's hard drive. This file has no information about you personally, but identifies your computer when you return to our site. A cookie placed by a particular Web site can be accessed by that same web site, and contains only information volunteered by the user, such as your name or company name, or an innocuous user identification number or domain address. You can disable the cookie settings on your Internet browser although this is likely to impair your ability to view the Site.

Information Automatically Logged

We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. An IP address is a numeric code that identifies your computer on a network, or in this case, the Internet. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information, such as determining how many of our visitors are from outside of the UK. We may also perform IP lookups to determine which domain you are coming from (i.e. : freeserve.com, yourcompany.com) to more accurately gauge our users' demographics. Paddy Power does not extract any personal information (e.g. : email addresses or names) that may be a in a web browser's user preference file.

External Links

This site may contain links to other sites. Paddy Power is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Security

Paddy Power receives personal data via online applications. These applications require private data and we therefore employ industry standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encrypted browsers. Supplementation of Information This site may supplement the information that you provide with information from third parties. For instance, if inaccurate postcodes are received, we may use third party information to fix them.

Choice/Opt-Out

You can send an email to webmaster@paddypower.com to request that you be removed from any email or standard mail lists.

Changes to Privacy Policy

If we change our privacy and/or security policy for any reason, we will post such changes on this page.

Visitor Behaviour

You should be aware that this site may capture information about your visit that will help us improve the quality of our web site and service. General visiting data such as the most commonly requested pages is recorded without this data being linked to the identity of the visitor.

23. INACTIVE ACCOUNTS

An account will be considered as 'inactive' if the account has not logged into the Poker Room at least once for a consecutive 120 days. At the discretion of the Poker Room, an inactive account may have its screen name recycled, and may forfeit any Action Points accrued. The Poker Room is not obliged to give any further justification for this action or notification to the player prior to the account being made inactive, although the Poker Room will attempt to give players 30 days notice.

The Poker Room reserves the right to amend these Terms and Conditions at any time. Players will be notified promptly of any such amendments. Continued play in the Poker Room after notice of an amendment shall be deemed acceptance of such amendment.

24. MISCELLANEOUS

Our failure, in any instance, to exercise any of Our rights under these Terms and Conditions will not constitute a general waiver of such or any other rights hereunder. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and any disputes related to these Terms and Conditions will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

If, for any reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms and Conditions, or portion thereof, unenforceable, invalid, or unlawful, then the remainder of the Terms and Conditions shall continue in full force and effect and will be read to give maximum effect to the intention of the parties as reflected by its plain language.

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire understanding between the parties respecting use of the www.paddypowerpoker.com site and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings regarding such subject matter. If you are a customer of PaddyPower.com or PaddyPowerCasino.com, separate terms and conditions shall apply to your use of those sites.

No amendment to or modification of these Terms and Conditions will be binding unless made by Our authorized representative acting in their official capacity. No third party constitutes an authorized Paddy Power Entertainment Limited representative for this purpose.

Notices and other communications delivered or mailed to the postal address or to the electronic-mail address provided by you shall, until We have received notice in writing of any different address, be deemed to have been personally delivered once sent, whether actually received by you or not.