According to a
press release published on CalvinAyre a few minutes ago, one of the world's major online slot suppliers, Playtech, has "has agreed to a strategic partnership with iovation, a TransUnion company, to bring its industry-leading FraudForce technology to Playtech operators."
iovation is the bastard child of Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet, as detailed in the feature-length documentary, Ultimate Beat, and other extensive media reporting over the last ten years.
Haley Hintz has documented more of the connections here:
Part One
Part Two
After receiving widespread consumer criticism, companies such as the online payment processor, PayPal, and former Nevada online poker site, Ultimate Poker (no relationship to Ultimate Bet), jettisoned relationships with iovation.
Bottom line:
If you play on an online poker site with PlayTech slots, you may be at risk of having Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker associates gain access to sensitive security information about yourself, and the devices that you use to access those sites.
To reduce the risk of association with these fraudsters, you should consider contacting your online poker sites with this sample email:
Quote:
Hello,
I am a customer at your site with concerns about security and privacy.
Do you have any relationship with iovation? Do you use any iovation software products?
Do you have any indirect relationship with iovation, or their "strategic partner", Playtech? Do you use Playtech software? Do any of your software suppliers use iovation?
If you do not use any iovation software currently, can you commit to inform me before implementing any iovation software in the future?
Sincerely,
<your name here>