[Rejestr] konsultacje Komisji Europejskiej w sprawie hazardu

[Jozef Halbersztadt]

To powinno licznych zainteresować.

Komisja opublikowała Zielona Księgę internetowym hazardzie w UE.
Jednocześnie ogłoszono konsultacje trwajace do konca lipca.
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2011/online_gambling_en.htm

Pozdrawiam
JH

W Zielonej Księdze jest fragment o blokowaniu:

Payment blocking and liability regimes for ISPs

Payment and communication providers (telecom operators, television channels and information society providers) enable on-line gambling services. Today, in order to restrict "unauthorised" and cross-border on-line gambling services the following types of methods are imposed on such intermediary service providers:

–	Domain Name System (DNS) filtering; A DNS filtering mechanism seeks to ensure
that potential customers are prevented to gamble on unauthorised pre-listed sites or are redirected to another address (website) on the basis of a pre-defined list of internet addresses (domain names) e.g. from a .com site to one established within the relevant national jurisdiction[91].

–	Internet Protocol (IP) blocking. Every device connected to the public internet is
assigned a unique number known as an IP address, which includes the hostname. IP blocking prevents the connection between a server/website and one or more IP addresses.

–	Payment blocking, may be based on the operators "Merchant Category Codes"
(MCC)[92]. However, the prohibition of processing of payments linked to a certain code may block licit commercial transactions other than payments relating to stakes and prizes.
The efficiency of a blocking system depends on a pre-defined and updated list of items to block as well as efficient software systems.

Questions:

(50)	Are any of the methods mentioned above, or any other technical means, applied at national level to limit access to on-line gambling services or to restrict payment services? Are you aware of any cross-border initiative(s) aimed at enforcing such methods? How do you assess their effectiveness in the field of on¬line gambling?

(51)	What are your views on the relative merits of the methods mentioned above as well as any other technical means to limit access to gambling services or payment services?

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[91]	Italian experiences suggest that millions of redirections take place every week.
[92]	The MCC used for gambling is 7995.