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The Gatekeeper subsystem performs device pattern/password authentication in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). Gatekeeper enrolls and verifies passwords via an HMAC with a hardware-backed secret key. Additionally, Gatekeeper throttles consecutive failed verification attempts and must refuse to service requests based on a given timeout and a given number of consecutive failed attempts.
When users verify their passwords, Gatekeeper uses the TEE-derived shared secret to sign an authentication attestation to send to the hardware-backed Keystore. That is, a Gatekeeper attestation notifies Keystore that authentication-bound keys (for example, keys that apps have created) can be released for use by apps.
Gatekeeper involves three main components:
(Gatekeeper daemon). A C++ binder service containing platform-independent logic and corresponding to theGateKeeperService
Java interface.- Gatekeeper Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). The HAL
interface in
, and the implementing module. - Gatekeeper (TEE). The TEE counterpart of
. A TEE-based implementation of Gatekeeper.
Gatekeeper requires implementation of the
Gatekeeper HAL (specifically the functions in
) and the
TEE-specific Gatekeeper
component (based in part on the
header file that
includes pure virtual functions for creating/accessing keys and computing
The LockSettingsService
makes a request (via Binder) that
reaches the gatekeeperd
daemon in the Android OS. The
daemon then makes a request that reaches its
counterpart (Gatekeeper) in the TEE:
The gatekeeperd
daemon gives the Android framework APIs access
to the HAL, and participates in reporting device
authentications to Keystore.
The gatekeeperd
daemon runs in its own process and is separate from
the system server.
HAL implementation
The gatekeeperd
daemon uses the HAL to interact
with the gatekeeperd
daemon's TEE counterpart for
password authentication. The HAL implementation must be able to sign (enroll)
and verify blobs. All implementations are expected to adhere to the standard
format for the authentication token (AuthToken) generated on each successful
password verification. For details on the content and semantic of the AuthToken,
see AuthToken
Implementations of the
header file
must implement the enroll
and verify
- The
function takes a password blob, signs it, and returns the signature as a handle. The returned blob (from a call toenroll
) must have the structure shown insystem/gatekeeper/include/gatekeeper/password_handle.h
. - The
function must compare the signature produced by the provided password and ensure it matches the enrolled password handle.
The key used to enroll and verify must never change, and should be re-derivable at every device boot.
Trusty and other implementations
The Trusty operating system is Google's open source trusted OS for TEE environments and contains an approved implementation of GateKeeper. However, you can use any TEE OS to implement Gatekeeper as long as the TEE has access to a hardware-backed key and a secure, monotonic clock that ticks in suspend.
Trusty uses an internal IPC system to communicate a shared secret directly between Keymaster and the Trusty implementation of Gatekeeper (the Trusty Gatekeeper). This shared secret is used for signing AuthTokens sent to Keystore to provide attestations of password verification. Trusty Gatekeeper requests the key from Keymaster for each use and does not persist or cache the value. Implementations are free to share this secret in any way that does not compromise security.
The HMAC key used to enroll and verify passwords is derived and kept solely in GateKeeper.
Android provides a generic C++ implementation of GateKeeper that requires
only the addition of device-specific routines to be complete. To implement a
TEE Gatekeeper with device-specific code for your TEE, refer to the functions
and comments in system/gatekeeper/include/gatekeeper/gatekeeper.h
For the TEE GateKeeper, the primary responsibilities of a compliant
implementation include:
- Adherence to the Gatekeeper HAL.
- Returned AuthTokens must be formatted according to the AuthToken specification (described in Authentication).
- The TEE Gatekeeper must be able to share an HMAC key with Keymaster, either by requesting the key through a TEE IPC on demand or maintaining a valid cache of the value at all times.
User Secure IDs (SIDs)
A User SID is the TEE representation of a user (with no strong connection to an Android user ID). The SID is generated with a cryptographic pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) whenever a user enrolls a new password without providing a previous one. This is known as an untrusted re-enroll and is not allowed by the Android framework in normal circumstances. A trusted re-enroll occurs when a user provides a valid, previous password; in this case, the User SID is migrated to the new password handle, conserving the keys that were bound to it.
The User SID is HMAC'ed along with the password in the password handle when the password is enrolled.
User SIDs are written into the AuthToken returned by the verify
function and associated to all authentication-bound Keystore keys (for details
on the AuthToken format and Keystore, see
Authentication). As an
untrusted call to the enroll
function will change the User SID, the
call will render the keys bound to that password useless. Attackers can change
the password for the device if they control the Android OS, but they will
destroy root-protected, sensitive keys in the process.
Request throttling
GateKeeper must be able to securely throttle brute-force attempts on a user
credential. As shown in
, the HAL
provides for returning a timeout in milliseconds. The timeout informs the client
not to call GateKeeper again until after the timeout has elapsed; GateKeeper
should not service requests if there is a pending timeout.
GateKeeper must write a failure counter before verifying a user password. If
the password verification succeeds, the failure counter should be cleared. This
prevents attacks that prevent throttling by disabling the embedded MMC (eMMC)
after issuing a verify
call. The enroll
function also
verifies the user password (if provided) and must be throttled in the same way.
If supported by the device, it is highly recommended that the failure counter be written to secure storage. If the device does not support file-based encryption, or if secure storage is too slow, implementations may use Replay Protected Memory Block (RPMB) directly.


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Policies, Principles and Ethical Guidelines
- Declaration of Authorship
- Conflicts of Interest
- Plagiarism
- Duplicate Publication
- Data Fabrication and Data Falsification
- Confidentiality
- Research on Animals or Human volunteers
- Transparency
Declaration of Authorship
All persons designated as authors should have participated sufficiently in the work and should have made a substantial, direct, and intellectual contribution to the work. Journal of Dermatology and Skin Science believes that the authorship is justified when the following criteria are fulfilled:
- All authors should contribute to conception, design, analysis and/or interpretation of the data
- All authors should participate in drafting the article and revising it critically for important intellectual content
- All authors must approve the final version of the manuscript that is to be published.
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Journal of Dermatology and Skin Science requires all authors, editors, members and reviewers to disclose any conflicts of interest that may be inherent in the submissions. Financial relationships, personal relationships, academic relationship, intellectual passion, etc., are usually considered to be the most important conflicts of interest. Such arrangements must be disclosed where there is any risk of a perception of compromise. The policy of the journal is that the judgment or decision taken on submitted manuscript should not be compromised or affected by any conflict of interest. The corresponding author must ensure that all authors have been asked to disclose any conflict of interest. Reviewers must disqualify themselves from reviewing the specific manuscript if they believe that they are involved in any conflict of interest. If a potential bias exists, editors and editorial staff should withdraw themselves from handling the paper.
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Washington, DC — New research appearing in the April 9 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience highlights the important role sleep plays in strengthening and maintaining the accuracy of a memory and hints at why the brain shuts out sensory information during periods of deep sleep. The study found that introducing new odor information to an animal while it sleeps compromises its ability to remember the difference between new and previously encountered smells while awake.
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Animals that received a replay of the learned odor experience during SWS demonstrated increased memory for the odor compared with animals that received a similar replay of the odor while awake. In contrast, the animals that received a replay of new odor information as they slept demonstrated greater difficulty distinguishing the learned odor they were previously exposed to from others.
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Jan Born, PhD, a neuroscientist who studies sleep at the University of Tübingen and was not involved in this research, noted such information may one day prove important for efforts to reduce traumatic memories. "The question of whether cueing memories during sleep, and specifically during slow-wave sleep, can be used to modify specific memories is currently a hot topic due to the potential for such information to lead us to new ways to weaken the unwanted memories commonly found in psychiatric conditions such as post-traumatic stress and anxiety disorders," he explained.
This research was funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
The Journal of Neuroscience is published by the Society for Neuroscience, an organization of nearly 40,000 basic scientists and clinicians who study the brain and nervous system. Wilson can be reached at email@example.com. More information on smell, sleep, and memory can be found on BrainFacts.org.


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I am in the throes of querying and have been corresponding with an agent who is in the process of reading my novel. They are very positive about it and have asked me questions which indicate we might be moving towards an offer. They asked if I have any questions for them - which of course I do, having done my homework on this and other blogs - but there's one essential question I'm not sure how to approach.
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- "When Judas betrayed Christ, his heart was not blacker than this scoundrel [name removed] in deceiving the Democracy. […] He is an old bag of beef and I am going to Washington with a pitchfork and prod him in his old fat ribs."
- "[Name removed] is so dumb he can't walk and chew gum at the same time. […] He is a nice fellow, but he spent too much time playing football without a helmet."
- "Old [name removed] stands lowest, I think, in the dirty catalog of treasonable mischief-makers."
- "Naturally dull and stupid, extremely illiterate, indecisive to a degree that would be incredible to one who did not know him, pusillanimous, and of course, hypocritical, [name removed] has no opinion on any subject, and will always be under the government of the worst men […]."
- "Reformers are the worst possible political advisers—upstarts, conceited, foolish, vain, without knowledge of measures, ignorant of men, shouting a shibboleth."
Even the dead have not been left alone. This was said about a political figure who had been recently assassinated: "The cynical impudence with which the reformers have tried to manufacture an ideal statesman out of the late shady politician beats anything in novel-writing."
One politician had a drink or two in very hot weather and gave a rambling speech as a result of it. Despite that this person was not a habitual drinker, let alone an alcoholic, the political cartoonists did not let up on that portrayal of him.
Another politician was overweight, and the man's opponents, as well as the political media and cartoonists, never failed to make ad hominem references to this fact, despite how irrelevant it was to anything and how personally vicious it was.
Yet another politician had an unusual tilt to his neck. His opponents ignorantly and baselessly speculated that it was because he had attempted to hang himself.
However, the problem is not limited to ill-natured rhetoric against other people in politics. Politicians have developed such a sense of self-entitlement and power-lust that they have taken it upon themselves to threaten members of the media with assault. When one prominent politician's daughter performed music in public and was panned by a critic, this politician publicly threatened to break the critic's nose and blacken his eyes.
Speaking of assault, the House of Representatives itself has not been immune to threats, and indeed acts, of violence. A Congressman from the South beat up a Congressman from the North with his walking stick after the northern Congressman had insulted a Senator who was a close family member of the Southerner. And far from paying a huge political price for this, the Congressman, after resigning the office, ran again the next time and was re-elected!
That brings us to campaigns. The cynical, dishonest, muckraking tactics that have been used in political campaigns are nothing short of abominable. In one election, the Republican candidate failed to immediately condemn a speech by a preacher supporter that contained anti-Catholic references, and the Democratic Party accused the candidate himself of being anti-Catholic. In retaliation, the Republican Party leaked the information that their man's opponent had an illegitimate child! The Republican candidate later referred to the bigoted supporter as "an ass in the shape of a preacher."
In another campaign, the Democratic Party made fun of the Republican candidate's slogan "In Your Heart You Know He's Right" by passing around the slogan, "In Your Guts You Know He's Nuts."
And for many years, one party, in a cynical effort to distract voters from current problems, was liable to accuse the other of being unpatriotic and having supported treasonous activity in the past, even going so far as to bring out clothes owned by people who had been beaten within an inch of their lives by violent mobs and parade these articles on the campaign trail. Have they no shame?
In case you have not yet figured it out, every single one of these quotations and incidents occurred prior to 1980, and most of them occurred before 1920.
- The first quote was about Richard Nixon and was made in 1960 by John F. Kennedy, his opponent in the presidential election.
- The second was about Grover Cleveland and was made in 1894 by a state governor who was running for the U.S. Senate. He won his election.
- The third was about Gerald Ford and was made by Lyndon Johnson.
- The fourth was about James Buchanan and was made in 1861.
- The fifth was about James Monroe and was made in 1815.
- The sixth was made in 1883 by James Blaine, who was infamously corrupt.
- The seventh was about James Garfield and was made in 1881, less than half a year after his death.
- The politician who was ruthlessly slandered and libeled as a drunk after one misjudgment was Andrew Johnson (1865-1869).
- The overweight politician whose opponents never failed to mention it was William Howard Taft (1909-1913).
- The politician who was baselessly accused of having attempted suicide was James Buchanan.
- The politician who threatened the music critic with a beating was Harry Truman in 1950.
- The Congressman who beat up another Member of Congress held office before the Civil War, and the dispute was ultimately about the North-South tension.
- The political campaign involving the anti-Catholic speech was the presidential election of 1884.
- The political campaign where one presidential candidate was ridiculed as insane in a mocking political slogan was the 1964 election.
- The tactic of displaying bloodstained clothing on the campaign trail and blaming the other party for the violence was called "Waving the Bloody Shirt" and it was perpetrated in the late 19th century by the GOP.
This is merely a small selection of such incidents. The overriding point I want to make is that nasty personal attacks and gutter-level rhetoric are a long-standing tradition of American politics. So why is it that it seems so much worse today? Most people that you asked would probably still agree that politics today is more debased, uncivil, and barbaric even than these incidents were. This is a bit peculiar, but there are, as I see it, two possibilities for why this perception exists, and there's probably some truth to each of them.
America Goes Soft?
Is the real problem that people (perhaps especially people in the media) cannot deal with anything in real life that isn't bland, colorless, or vapid? One can take a good look at the political correctness movement, the self-esteem movement, and the empty-headed trash that passes for so much of our popular entertainment and suspect that this may be correct. This culture laps up outrageous levels of profanity, violence, and obscenity in entertainment without blinking a collective eye, and yet when a politician or party operative says or does something unusually crass, it is a major-league scandal. Many critics openly mock movies that do not titillate the lower aspects of human nature, but their friends in the news media clutch their pearls at the first sign of a street-level political taunt. That tends to suggest that people have become afraid of dealing with the dark side of human nature in those we perceive as authority figures, so it has been relegated to the world of fantasy, the traditional outlet for creating cultural archetypes. It's safer in a country gone soft for leader-type characters in a movie to behave crassly than for actual social leaders to display these traits.
This Time, It's Personal
However, I don't think the "softening" theory explains everything. One important point to note is that the historical incidents I listed involved politicians, party operatives, and those who chose to involve themselves with them (such as members of the media). They did not involve regular people and their family and friends. That has changed. These days, you don't have to be a member of a party committee to make a political statement that gets read far and wide. You don't even have to depend on an editorial board to publish a letter that you wrote to the newspaper. All you have to have is a blog, Facebook account, Twitter page, or something similar.
There is an adage that "all politics is local." Undoubtedly that used to be true, but I have my doubts that it actually applies anymore. If it does, then "local" isn't what it used to be. These days, even local candidates for office are judged based on their party affiliation and are often tied, via that party affiliation, to an unpopular national political figure of the same party. The candidate's individual views are often irrelevant in this situation. Outside money flows in for House and Senate races because particular contests could tip the scale in favor of one party or another. It has nothing to do with the local issues, which frequently get submerged in the national media narrative and fierce dogfight between the national parties and their associated issue groups.
Speaking of those single-issue groups, these outside organizations frequently decide that they are going to use a particular locality as a testing ground to promote their cause, so they haul their carpetbags into that area, set up shop, and commence the propaganda. Focusing (or, one might argue, fixating) on a single issue has the unfortunate tendency to promote one-sided thinking, emotionally-driven rhetoric, competing sets of "facts" (and the attendant conspiracy theories about how these different versions of the truth came to be), and plenty of encouragement of personal invective. A particularly ugly campaign of this nature just occurred in my home state. Outside organizations came into the state and started stirring up emotions and distributing literature about an issue that pre-existing local organizations could have advanced any time that they wanted, if that had been their goal. The issue became nationalized, with outside money being poured in, and this witches' brew produced exactly what one would expect: soured relations and toxic discourse among the locals. I've heard of people calling those that they have known their whole lives "allied with Satan" and "child killers" and even worse. This campaign has left a sour taste in my mouth. An outside group can come into a region and sow division like this, then pack its bags and merrily go on its way, leaving metaphorical wreckage behind among the people that they cynically used for their "cause." You think the national political machine cares? If so, I have some swampland for sale for you.
This polarizing emotional rhetoric at local scales to promote a national agenda is intimately linked with blogging and online activism because the latter make it so easy to do now. Indeed, if not for the nationalization (even globalization) of speech by anyone who has something to say—me included—then politics probably would still be local. This, I think, is the critical difference between the incivility of the past and the incivility of the present. In the past, the ugliness involved professional politicians, muckraking journalists, and journalists who chose to cover people associated with politics. Everyday discourse among regular people was civil, comparatively speaking. The very subject of politics was, in the past, regarded as somewhat low and definitely unsuitable for polite conversation unless they knew each other very, very well. People had their opinions, of course, but the divisive aspect of politics was just accepted as the basic nature of the beast. Politicians certainly weren't regarded as modern messiahs for "the cause" (whatever that cause might be).They weren't even necessarily regarded as the social leaders of the time. They were regarded as flawed human beings. It was okay for them to be flawed; it was accepted as a part of that aspect of life.
These days, it is everyday political discourse among regular people that is barbaric and debased. People in the pre-WWI era who made slimy gutter-level attacks upon the political points of view of their acquaintances would be labeled absolute boors, unfit to be around. Today, we attack each other without qualm. A simple disagreement in opinion is a sign that the other person is irredeemably evil or stupid or both, is not fit to associate with, and can safely be dehumanized in online rhetoric. We do apparently expect more out of our "leaders" and "authority figures" in politics, but this may well be a modern tendency to regard these people, as I said, as messiahs for a great national cause and thus superhuman. Some of the worst deeds in history were done in the name of a charismatic "leader" and a grand cause; these things seem to be really effective at making people see others as subhuman. I don't know. But if I am at all on the right track with this, this is an extremely unhealthy and unnatural state of affairs, and it is long past time for it to stop. Unfortunately, since the Internet plays a part in its development and a lot of people actually seem to like turning into barbarians in their "debates" with each other, I fear that this is not going to happen any time soon.


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The U.K. premiere of Disney's Newsies, the 2012 Broadway musical featuring music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Jack Feldman, and a book by Harvey Fierstein, officially opens December 8.
Directed and choreographed by Olivier nominee Matt Cole, the musical began previews at London's Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre November 29. In this new production, theatregoers are thrust right inside the action as the newsies dance, sing, jump, and fly around the streets of 19th-century New York City.
Michael Ahomka-Lindsay (Emmett in Legally Blonde at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) and Bronté Barbé star as Jack Kelly and Katherine Plumber, respectively.
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Based on the Disney film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White, Newsies was originally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions. Opening night was March 29, 2012, at the Nederlander.
Newsies was inspired by the real-life "Newsboy Strike of 1899," when newsboy Kid Blink led a band of orphan and runaway newsies on a two-week-long action against Pulitzer, Hearst, and other powerful New York newspaper publishers.
The stage version introduced seven new songs by the original team of Menken and Feldman—including a song written after the Broadway premiere specifically for the tour, "Letter from the Refuge"—while keeping many of the beloved songs from the film, including "Carrying the Banner," "Seize the Day," "King of New York," and "Santa Fe."
The musical took home Tony Awards in 2012 for Best Choreography (Christopher Gattelli) and Best Original Score (Menken and Feldman) and was nominated for Best Actor (Jordan), Best Book (Harvey Fierstein), Best Direction (Jeff Calhoun), Best Orchestrations (Daniel Troob), Best Scenic Design (Tobin Ost and Sven Ortel), and Best Musical.
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America's growing dependence on oil and the threat of global climate change require a new energy policy that raises fuel economy standards, boosts production of clean, renewable energy sources, increases energy efficiency, and develops the next generation of technology. The Senate took the first step toward this goal by passing comprehensive energy legislation (H.R. 6).
The bill's most significant achievement was to raise automobile fuel efficiency standards to 35 miles per gallon by 2020--the first time these standards had been raised in more than 30 years. That single act will reduce U.S. oil consumption by 1.2 million barrels of oil per day by 2020-- more than half what we currently import from the entire Persian Gulf--saving consumers more than $26 billion and eliminating 206 million metric tons of global warming pollution.
The energy bill also established new energy efficiency standards for appliances and federal buildings, protected consumers from price gouging, committed the nation to developing 15 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2015, and set biofuels production targets of 36 billion gallons by 2022.
Opponents of the bill mounted a filibuster against it, but on June 21, 2007, the Senate voted 62-32 to invoke cloture, which limits debate and allows the Senate to vote on the bill's final passage (Senate roll call vote 225). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The Senate then approved H.R. 6 by a 65-27 vote (Senate roll call vote 226). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE.
In December 2007, after months of negotiations with the House, the Senate took up an amended version of H.R. 6. The new bill included environmental safeguards for the expansion of bio-fuels, a new standard requiring utilities to generate 15 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020, and incentives and tax credits for clean energy.
Opponents of a renewable energy standard mounted a filibuster against the bill. On December 7, 2007, the Senate voted 53-42 to override the filibuster, but this was seven votes shy of the 60 needed to end debate (Senate roll call vote 416). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. Although the renewable energy standard was stripped from the bill, opponents still objected to the bill's transfer of incentives and tax credits from the oil industry to renewable energy and energy efficiency. On December 13, 2007, the Senate again failed to override the filibuster with a 59-40 vote (Senate roll call vote 425). YES IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The clean energy incentives were subsequently stripped from the bill, which then passed the House and Senate and was signed by President Bush on December 19, 2007.
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Some of the information we process about you is also necessary for us to comply with the legal and regulatory obligations that we have as a gaming company, such as licensing requirements, responsible gaming and Anti Money Laundering (AML) Regulations. This information is processed in order to:
Wildz processes a small amount of information about anyone who visits our website. We do this so that we can better understand the individuals who visit our websites and to help us identify where there are problems, security issues or things going wrong for visitors to the site. We do this by using technical programmes and functionality cookies. When we process information in this way it is necessary for the legitimate interests of Wildz to ensure that we provide an enjoyable, secure and smooth customer journey and that we protect the product from abuse that could compromise other users ability to use the service. Read more about our Cookie Policy.
Where we have your consent, Wildz will contact you about news, promotions and bonuses. We will only ever contact you for these reasons if we have your prior consent to do so. You have full control over whether and how we get in touch through the settings in your account. You can access and change these settings at any time.
Wildz will never ask you to provide any sensitive personal information, such as information about your health, or your race or ethnic origin. There may be times when you may choose to disclose information like this to us, such as when you are speaking with us. Any chats or emails are assigned to your account with us, and where you disclose a health condition which we feel may impact your ability to make rational decisions around your gameplay, we may take the decision to block you from our services for your own safety.
The majority of the information that we have about you is the information you provide to us yourselves. However sometimes we also get information about you from other sources.
Under our AML obligations, we are required to carry out due diligence checks that confirm information about you. In some circumstances we may also need to verify your source of wealth. We work with reputable external companies who work with the gaming industry to carry out these checks and they provide a report which contains information about you and your background.
In some circumstances, payment services providers may supply us with a small amount of personal information when they carry out a transaction for you so that we can connect transactions to you as a player.
When you use our Services, we collect the following types of information:
Information you provide us
Account Information
Some information is required to create an account on our Services, such as your name, address, email address, password, date of birth, gender, telephone number and country of residency. This is important data for the 'Know Your Customer' process as imposed by the anti-money laundering regulations
applicable both in Malta and in the EU. This is the only information you have to provide to create an account with us.
In view of the strict legal obligations imposed upon us we also ask for occupation and source of income. There might be situations in which you are also asked to provide documentary evidence to prove that you are only using legitimate funds.
Additional Information
To help improve your experience or enable certain features of the Services, you may choose to provide us with additional information, your game play preferences and payment transaction history.
If you contact us or participate in a survey, contest, or promotion, we collect the information you submit such as your name, contact information, and message.
Information from Third-Party Services
If you choose to connect your account on our Services to your account on another service, we may receive information from the other service.
Payment and Card Information
In order to receive payments, you must provide certain information for identification and verification, such as your name, credit, debit or other card number, card expiration date, and CVV code. This information is encrypted and sent to your card network, which upon approval sends back a token, which is a set of random digits for engaging in transactions without exposing your card number. For your convenience, we store the last four digits of your card number and your card issuer's name and contact information.
Location Information
We may also derive your approximate location from your IP address.
Usage Information
When you access or use our Services, we receive usage data. This includes information about your interaction with the Services, for example, when you view or search content, create or log into your account, play a game, collect or use a bonus or loyalty points.
We also collect data about the devices and computers you use to access the Services, including IP addresses, browser type, language, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, location, and cookie information.
Cookie Information
Our Websites use "cookies". A "cookie" is a piece of software, which may be sent to your computer. Cookies enable us to collect information about how our Websites and services are being used and to manage them more efficiently.
Our up to date Cookie Policy.
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
Provide and Maintain the Services
Using the information we collect, we are able to deliver the Services to you and honour our Terms of Service contract with you. For example, we need to use your information to provide you with your player dashboard, provide you with game suggestions and any other relevant marketing promotions.
Improve, Personalise and Develop the Services
We use the information we collect to improve and personalise the Services and to develop new ones. For example, we use the information to troubleshoot and protect against errors; perform data analysis and testing; conduct research and surveys; and develop new features. We also use segmentation to split our players into groups based on their gaming behaviour. We do this to help us understand how people use the product and to help us develop our marketing approach, including bonuses and promotions.
When you allow us to collect location information, we use that information to provide and improve features of the Services. For example, we may present to you your favourite games or games that you might be interested in at the top of our games content, based on the preferences you set, your country of residence and your game play data.
We are required to take a number of steps to meet the rules around Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Counter Terrorist Financing and fraud. In order to do this, we employ programmes that monitor player behaviour and alert us to suspicious or fraudulent transactions. Where suspicious transactions are flagged, we escalate these to the necessary regulators and enforcement bodies.
As part of our license, we also have obligations around responsible gaming. In order to do this, we employ a system which flags any gambling patterns or behaviours exhibited by a player that could indicate problem gambling. When the system flags a player, one of our responsible gaming team members reviews the account and where necessary will reach out to the player for a discussion on their game play and provide information and advice.
Third Party Websites
Our Websites may from time to time contain links to both local and/or international third-party Websites after obtaining permission from them. Any such links are not an endorsement by us of any information in such Websites or products and/or services offered through the same. We shall not accept any responsibility whatsoever for the content, use, availability, privacy practices or the content of any such Websites. Please note that upon entering such other Websites, you become subject to the Privacy Policy of these other sites.
No third party is permitted to link any other Website to our Website without obtaining our prior written consent.
We use your information when needed, to send you Service notifications and respond to you when you contact us. We also use your information to promote new features or products that we think you would be interested in. You can control marketing communications and most Service notifications by using your notification preferences in your account settings or via the "Unsubscribe" link in an email.
Use of E-Mail for Communications
All e-mail messages are routinely scanned for viruses. In the case of e-mails, we may reject, delay or remove content from e-mails due to their nature, content or attachments, which may disrupt our systems or because they may pose security issues such as viruses. We may also filter out e-mails which contain certain content on the basis that content is offensive or the e-mail is unwanted or spam. In certain circumstances this may unfortunately result in "innocent" e-mails being affected but we do try and reduce such occurrences.
Please be aware, however, that data sent through the Internet may technically be transmitted across international borders even where sender and receiver of information are located in the same country. Consequently, personal information relating to you may be transmitted via a country having a lower level of data protection than that existing in your country of residence.
For External Processing
There are some circumstances where we need to share your information with recipients who are outside of Wildz in order to provide our Services. When we carry out any sharing with third parties we always ensure that there is an appropriate contract in place, that the information being shared is transferred in a secure way and that we only share the minimal amount of your information that we need to. Wildz will never sell your information to any other third parties.
Third parties we work with include payment service and game providers, analytics services, identity verification and AML related services, social media platforms, website performance and security systems affiliates and other partners who process data for us, based on our instructions, and in compliance with this policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. These partners provide us with services globally, including for customer support, information technology, payments, marketing, data analysis, research, and surveys.
When you Agree or Direct us to Share
You may direct us to disclose your information to others, such as when you use our community features like the "Races". For certain information, we provide you with privacy preferences in account settings and other tools to control how your information is visible to other users of the Services. Just remember that if you choose to participate in a "Race", information like your first name will be visible to all other participants.
Analytics and Advertising Services Provided by Others
We work with partners who provide us with analytics and advertising services. This includes helping us understand how users interact with the Services, serving advertisements on our behalf across the internet, and measuring the performance of those advertisements. These companies may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies to collect information about your interactions with the Services and other websites and applications.
We may share non-personal information that is aggregated or de-identified so that it cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual. We may prepare such information for research or statistical purposes.
We do not transfer your personal information to any third parties for marketing purposes or for any other purposes other than listed above.
For Legal Reasons or to Prevent Harm
Without prejudice to anything contained in this Privacy Policy, we are obliged to disclose personal data relating to you to any third party if such disclosures are necessary inter alia for the following purposes:
Our policy is to notify you of a legal process seeking access to your information, such as search warrants, court orders, or subpoenas, unless we are prohibited by law from doing so. In cases where a court order specifies a non-disclosure period, we provide delayed notice after the expiration of the non-disclosure period.
We provide you with account settings and tools to access and control your personal data, as described below, regardless of where you live.
Accessing and Exporting Data
You have a number of rights that you can exercise when it comes to your information. These rights include:
By logging into your account, you can access much of your personal information, including your dashboard.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, you should email our Support at [email protected] from your registered email address and provide:
In some circumstances we may request that you provide us with identity documents so that we can verify your identity. We will carry out your request, to the extent that it is possible to do so.
Editing and Deleting Data
Your account settings let you change your personal information. For instance, you can edit the profile data you provide or delete your account if you wish by contacting us at [email protected].
If you choose to delete your account, please note it may take up to 30 days to delete your transactional data, like the data recorded during your games. This is due to the size and complexity of the systems we use to store data.
We recognise your right to be forgotten, however we have a legal obligation due to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations to retain all personal account data, obtained for customer due diligence purposes, such as your name and address and all documentation gathered during registration and payment processes for a period of 5 years after you close your account. You may also wish to note that this period may be extended by a further 5 years where such extension would be considered necessary for the purposes of the prevention, detection, analysis and investigation of money laundering or funding of terrorism activities by the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, relevant supervisory authorities or law enforcement agencies.
Customising or Restricting your Data Use
We provide you with account settings and tools to control your data use. For example, through your privacy settings, you can limit how your information is visible to other users of the Services; using your notification settings, you can limit the notifications you receive from us.
You have a right to object to the use of your information for direct marketing purposes. Please see your notification settings to control our marketing communications to you about new games and products. Please also review our Cookie Policy for your options to control how we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies for advertising.
If you need further assistance regarding your rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at [email protected] and we will consider your request in accordance with applicable laws. You also have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority or with the Malta Data Protection Commissioner, our lead supervisory authority.
We keep your account information, like your name, email address and password, for as long as your account is in existence because we need it to operate your account. For more information on retention period please contact us on [email protected].
We use the information we collect to promote the safety and security of the Services, our users, and other parties. For example, we may use the information to authenticate users, facilitate secure payments, protect against fraud and abuse, respond to a legal request or claim, conduct audits, and enforce our terms and policies.
For personal data, we rely on several legal bases to process the data. These include when you have given your consent, which you may withdraw at any time using your account settings and other tools; when the processing is necessary to perform a contract with you, like the Terms & Conditions; and our legitimate business interests, such as in improving, personalising, and developing the Services, marketing new features or products that may be of interest, and promoting safety and security as described above.
Information Security
We work hard to keep your data safe and make all reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of personal information that we process. We regularly review and enhance our technical, physical and managerial procedures to ensure that your personal data is protected. These cover areas such as access control, authentication, audit, monitoring, alarms, data storage and backup and transmission standards. This is to ensure there is no unauthorised access or modifications to data, no improper use or disclosure, or unlawful destruction or accidental loss.
Our security policies, rules and technical measures are dedicated to the protection of the personal information that we have under our control. All our employees and third-party data processors, who have access to and are associated with the processing of personal information, are further obliged to respect the confidentiality of this personal data and are subject to a code of conduct which requires them to adhere to privacy principles.
By its very nature however the Internet is not a secure medium and data sent via this medium can potentially be subject to unauthorised acts by third parties. No method of transmitting or storing data is completely secure, however if you have a security-related concern, please contact Customer Support.
Wherever possible, Wildz keeps your information within the European Economic Area (EEA). However in some circumstances your information may have to leave the EEA, such as when we work with third parties. Wildz always makes sure that any transfers outside of Europe are carried out in line with the law and are made securely.
We rely on multiple legal bases to lawfully transfer personal data around the world. These include your consent, the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield, and EU Commission approved model contractual clauses, which require certain privacy and security protections. You may obtain copies of the model contractual clauses by contacting us.
Our Privacy Policy is compliant with the Data Protection Act (Chapter 586 of the Laws of Malta), as well as any future data protection legislation as may be enacted from time to time, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and any other applicable privacy law.
Making a complaint
If you are unhappy with how your information has been handled by Wildz the first thing you can do is raise this with our Support team at [email protected] to try and resolve it.
If you are unable to resolve your complaint with the Support team, the next step is for you to make a complaint to our Data Protection Officer (DPO). You can do this by sending an email to [email protected] and detailing:
The DPO will then look into your complaint and investigate whether your information has been handled appropriately and in line with this privacy notice, our legal obligations and our internal policies and procedures. The DPO will then contact you regarding the outcome of the investigation and any steps that have been taken as a result.
If after raising your complaint with the DPO you are unhappy with the resolution to your complaint you can make a complaint to our lead supervisory authority, the Maltese Data Protection Commissioner:
Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner
Level 2, Airways House, High Street
Sliema, SLM 1549, Malta
Phone: (+356) 2328 7100
Email: [email protected]
Translations of this privacy notice
We have translated our privacy notice from English into the official languages of the countries that we provide our services to. We have done this to ensure that all of our customers are clear about how Wildz uses personal information.
If there are any conflicts or inconsistencies between the translated versions of this privacy notice, the English version will prevail.
Changes to this Policy
This Privacy Policy may be modified at any given time, particularly where statutory obligations so require, or the interest of our users' security so requires. Any such changes will be posted here so that you are always kept informed of how and why we process your personal information.
We will notify you before we make material changes to this policy and give you an opportunity to review the revised policy before deciding if you would like to continue to use the Services.


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What Can We Learn From Narcissist Sam Vaknin?
Can we learn something from a narcissist? The answer is a resounding yes. Massive destruction on the level created by narcissists such as Stalin, Hitler, and Mao shows us that narcissists can gain power and that some of them do horrible things with that power. By studying these people, we can see how they used charm, manipulations, and development of cults of personality to gain the power they used to do great evil.
Fortunately the lessons we can learn from narcissists do not always involve evaluating widespread societal destruction caused by them. Author Sam Vaknin is a self-identified narcissist. He was diagnosed with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) in 1996 during the course of parole actions related to a conviction for stock fraud in Israel. Since then, he has written extensively about narcissism. His view is that many leaders in politics, finance, and religion are narcissists and that many of these narcissists are also psychopaths. His writings are intended to help others understand and protect themselves from narcissists.
Sam Vaknin is most unusual that he is willing to admit to his behavioral traits, unlike most psychopaths and sociopaths who deny there is anything wrong with them and work hard to hide proof of their behaviors. Indeed many of them project their own behaviors onto others, particularly their victims, and blame everybody but themselves for their problems.
Psychological Terminology Is Confusing
"Psychopath" is not a precise diagnostic term, at least not from the perspective of DSM-IV which is the current version of what is widely regarding as the standard for practice of mental health in the US. DSM-IV does not use "psychopath" as a label for any particular disorder.
Prior to DSM-III was was published in 1980, there was an APA (American Psychological Association) diagnostic label of "psychopath". DSM-III changed that to Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). The current DSM-IV has continued the use of ASPD as the closest diagnostic label to what was formerly known as psychopathy. DSM-V, due out in the near future, continues to use ASPD.
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How long before blogger.com insists on registration before commenting?
Blogging is coming under increased scrutiny following the case of Kathy Sierra, who came under a concerted attack from anonymous commentators who put death threats and other disgusting nonsense on her blog.
The woman got so scared she cancelled a conference she was going to attend and has since stopped blogging completely.
A fellow blogger and friend of Kathy's has proposed a code of conduct for bloggers and those who comment on their sites.
Point five of the code says:
We do not allow anonymous comments, but will allow pseudonymous ones.
That means that everyone who wants to comment on this site, for instance, must register with google.com beforehand.
Much as I have sympathy, and empathy, with any blogger who gets personal threats, physical or otherwise – I have had a few of them over the two years I have been doing this – any across-the-board code of conduct on blogs must be resisted by us bloggers and those who comment.
I decided long ago not to make people register before commenting and I will stick to that principle. Each blog has to work out its own rules and mine are: free speech and access is absolute.
That includes access for trolls and psychos. When people get personal from the comfort of unregistered anonymity then it is a sure sign that they lost the argument and are incapable of entering into a debate to defend their point of view – if they had one in the first place, that is.
And I think that's a useful contribution to showing these people for what they are, and so discredit their 'political' position.
The success of this blog rests on the, mostly, intelligent and interesting people who return again and again for a jolly good argument. Any measure that makes participating on a blog like this one harder, and more instrusive, should get a loud 'No Way' from all bloggers.