This policy applies to all sureph members in the Philippines
By registering on sureph or continuing to use the platform after this policy has been published, you acknowledge that you have read and understood how sureph handles your personal data. If anything in this policy is unclear, contact our support team through the member area before continuing to use the platform.
1. Who We Are
sureph ("sureph", "we", "us", or "our") operates the online gaming and sports betting platform accessible at sureph.best. sureph is the data controller responsible for the personal information collected from members who register and use the platform.
As the data controller, sureph determines the purposes and means by which personal data is collected and processed. This Privacy Policy describes the full scope of those decisions and explains your rights in relation to the personal data we hold about you.
sureph is designed for and primarily serves members in the Philippines. The processing of personal data by sureph is conducted with reference to the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act 10173) and its implementing rules and regulations, alongside any applicable supplementary regulations issued by the National Privacy Commission (NPC).
2. Personal Data We Collect
sureph collects personal data through several channels: directly from you during registration and account use, automatically through your interactions with the platform, and from third parties involved in payment processing and identity verification. The categories of data collected are set out in the table below.
| Category |
Data types |
How collected |
| Identity data |
Full name, date of birth, nationality, government-issued ID number, ID document images |
Registration form; verification upload |
| Contact data |
Email address, mobile number, residential address |
Registration form; account settings |
| Financial data |
GCash account number, Maya account details, bank account name and number, transaction history in PHP ₱ |
Cashier; payment processor confirmations |
| Account activity data |
Login timestamps, session duration, games played, bets placed, wager amounts, win/loss history |
Automatically recorded by platform systems |
| Device and technical data |
IP address, device type, browser type and version, operating system, screen resolution |
Automatically collected on platform access |
| Communications data |
Support chat transcripts, email correspondence, complaint records |
Member-initiated contact with sureph support |
| Responsible gaming data |
Deposit limits set, self-exclusion periods, cooling-off activations, responsible gaming assessment responses |
Member-activated controls; sureph monitoring |
Data you are not required to provide
Certain data fields are optional at registration. However, sureph requires identity and financial data to be complete and accurate before processing withdrawals or responding to compliance-related requests. Members who provide incomplete data may find that certain platform functions — particularly the withdrawal cashier — are not fully accessible until the required data is supplied.
3. How sureph Uses Your Personal Data
sureph uses personal data collected from Philippine members for the following purposes:
- Account creation and management — setting up your member account, verifying your identity, maintaining accurate account records and processing changes to your account settings.
- Payment processing — verifying that deposits originate from accounts in your name, processing withdrawal requests to your verified GCash, Maya, BDO, BPI, UnionBank or card accounts, and maintaining a complete transaction history in PHP ₱.
- Service delivery — providing access to the sureph sportsbook, games library, bingo rooms, VIP Club and all other platform features; processing bets and settling results; applying promotions and bonuses to eligible accounts.
- Compliance with legal and regulatory obligations — verifying member age and identity in accordance with Philippine gaming regulations; conducting anti-money laundering checks; responding to lawful requests from Philippine regulatory authorities; maintaining transaction records for the legally required retention period.
- Responsible gaming monitoring — reviewing account activity to identify patterns that may indicate problem gambling behaviour; administering deposit limits, cooling-off periods and self-exclusion requests; contacting members where sureph has a responsible gaming duty to do so.
- Security and fraud prevention — detecting and preventing unauthorised account access, duplicate account creation, payment fraud and other security threats; investigating suspicious activity; protecting the integrity of the platform and all sureph members.
- Member communications — responding to support queries, sending account notifications (deposit confirmations, withdrawal updates, security alerts), and where you have provided consent, sending promotional communications about sureph offers and features.
- Platform improvement — analysing aggregated, anonymised usage data to understand how Philippine members interact with sureph and to improve the platform's performance, game library and sportsbook coverage.
sureph will not use your personal data for any purpose that is incompatible with the purposes listed above without notifying you and, where required, obtaining your consent.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Under the Philippine Data Privacy Act, sureph processes your personal data on the following legal grounds:
- Contractual necessity — processing your identity data, contact data and financial data is necessary for sureph to perform the service agreement you entered into at registration. Without this processing, sureph cannot operate your account or process transactions.
- Legal obligation — certain processing (age verification, identity verification for withdrawals, anti-money laundering records) is required by Philippine law applicable to online gaming operators and cannot be waived by member consent or platform discretion.
- Legitimate interests — security monitoring, fraud detection, responsible gaming monitoring and platform analytics are conducted on the basis of sureph's legitimate interest in operating a safe, compliant and sustainable platform. Where we rely on legitimate interests, we balance our interest against the privacy rights of members and will not use this basis where your rights outweigh our interest.
- Consent — promotional communications by email or SMS are sent only where you have provided explicit consent. You may withdraw consent for marketing communications at any time through your account settings or by contacting support, without affecting the lawfulness of previous processing.
5. Data Sharing
sureph does not sell your personal data to third parties. We share personal data only in the following circumstances and only to the extent necessary for the stated purpose:
Payment processors and financial service providers
When you make a deposit or submit a withdrawal request, your payment details are shared with the relevant Philippine payment service provider — GCash, Maya, GrabPay, Coins.ph, BDO, BPI, UnionBank, Visa, Mastercard or other accepted processors — to complete the transaction. These providers process your data under their own privacy policies and applicable Philippine financial regulations.
Identity verification services
To fulfil age and identity verification requirements under Philippine gaming regulations, sureph may share document data (copies of government-issued ID) with third-party verification service providers. These providers are bound by data processing agreements that restrict use of your data to identity verification purposes only.
Regulatory and law enforcement authorities
sureph will disclose personal data to Philippine government agencies, regulatory bodies and law enforcement authorities where required by applicable law, court order or lawful regulatory request. sureph will not disclose data beyond what is legally required.
Technology and platform service providers
sureph uses third-party providers for hosting, security monitoring, customer support infrastructure and analytics. These providers access data only to provide services to sureph and are contractually prohibited from using sureph member data for any other purpose.
Corporate transactions
In the event of a merger, acquisition or sale of the sureph business or a material part of its assets, member personal data may be transferred to the acquiring entity as part of that transaction. Members will be notified of any such transfer and the identity of the new data controller before it takes effect.
6. Data Retention
sureph retains personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying legal, regulatory, accounting and reporting obligations. The general retention periods applied by sureph are:
- Identity and verification documents: retained for the full period of account activity plus a minimum period after account closure as required by Philippine gaming and anti-money laundering regulations.
- Financial transaction records: retained for the period required by Philippine financial record-keeping regulations applicable to gaming operators, typically a minimum of five years from the date of the transaction.
- Account activity and betting history: retained for the duration of account activity and for a defined period after account closure for dispute resolution, regulatory audit and responsible gaming purposes.
- Support communications: retained for as long as relevant to the resolution of the original query and for a defined period thereafter for quality and compliance review.
- Marketing consent records: retained until consent is withdrawn and for a period thereafter as evidence of the consent status.
When personal data is no longer required for the purposes above, sureph will securely delete or anonymise it in accordance with standard data disposal practices. Anonymised data — data from which all identifying information has been permanently removed — may be retained indefinitely for platform analytics purposes.
Closing your account does not erase all data immediately
When you close your sureph account, data required by Philippine law for regulatory, financial and responsible gaming compliance is retained for the legally mandated period. Data not subject to a legal retention requirement is deleted or anonymised within a reasonable period after account closure.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
sureph uses cookies and similar technologies on the sureph.best website to support platform functionality, security, analytics and, where consent has been given, personalisation and marketing attribution.
Types of cookies used
- Essential cookies — required for the platform to function. These include session authentication cookies that keep you logged in while you are using sureph, security tokens and cookies that maintain your cashier session during a deposit or withdrawal. Essential cookies cannot be disabled without preventing core platform functions from working.
- Functional cookies — remember your preferences such as language settings, display preferences and last-used cashier method. Disabling these cookies means your preferences will not be saved between sessions.
- Analytics cookies — used to understand how Philippine members navigate sureph, which pages are visited most frequently and how the platform performs on different devices. Analytics data is aggregated and does not identify individual members in the output reports used by sureph.
- Marketing cookies — only placed where you have given consent. These cookies support attribution of account registrations to the marketing channel that referred you to sureph, allowing sureph to measure the effectiveness of promotional activity.
Managing cookies
You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Note that disabling essential cookies will prevent you from logging into your sureph account. For mobile access on Android and iOS, browser cookie settings in your device's browser app apply to your sureph session on that device.
8. Your Data Privacy Rights
Under the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012, sureph members have the following rights in relation to their personal data. To exercise any of these rights, contact sureph support through the member area with your request and the relevant details.
Right to be informed
You have the right to know that sureph is collecting and processing your personal data, the purposes of that processing, and the legal basis on which it is conducted — all of which are described in this Privacy Policy.
Right to access
You may request a copy of the personal data sureph holds about you. sureph will provide this within a reasonable timeframe and in a format you can read, subject to verification of your identity.
Right to rectification
If any personal data sureph holds about you is inaccurate or out of date, you have the right to request correction. Account details that affect payment processing — name, mobile number, linked payment accounts — can be updated through sureph support.
Right to erasure
You may request deletion of your personal data where it is no longer necessary for the purposes it was collected and no legal retention obligation applies. Note that financial and identity data subject to regulatory retention requirements cannot be erased before the required period has elapsed.
Right to object
You may object to processing carried out on the basis of legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes. Where you object to marketing, sureph will stop sending promotional communications immediately. Where you object to other processing, sureph will review and respond with its decision and the reasons for it.
Right to data portability
Where processing is carried out by automated means and based on your consent or a contract, you may request a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Right to file a complaint
If you believe sureph has not handled your personal data in accordance with the Philippine Data Privacy Act, you have the right to file a complaint with the National Privacy Commission (NPC) of the Philippines. sureph encourages members to contact us first so we can address the concern directly.
sureph will respond to data rights requests within the timeframe required by the Philippine Data Privacy Act. Identity verification may be required before any request is fulfilled to ensure data is not disclosed to or amended by an unauthorised party.
9. Data Security
sureph implements technical and organisational security measures appropriate to the nature and volume of personal data processed. These measures are designed to protect personal data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, destruction and accidental loss.
Security measures applied by sureph include encrypted data transmission using HTTPS across all platform pages and API connections, access controls that limit data access to staff and systems with a need to process it, regular security reviews and monitoring for unusual account or system activity, and data processing agreements with third-party service providers that specify minimum security standards.
No online system can guarantee absolute security. sureph takes all reasonable precautions but cannot warrant that personal data will never be accessed without authorisation. In the event of a personal data breach that poses a risk to member rights, sureph will notify affected members and report the breach to the National Privacy Commission in accordance with the Data Privacy Act breach notification requirements.
Members are responsible for maintaining the security of their own sureph login credentials. Do not share your password with any person, including people claiming to be sureph staff. sureph will never ask for your password through any communication channel. If you suspect your account has been accessed without your knowledge, contact sureph support immediately through the member area.
10. Children and Minors
sureph is strictly an adults-only platform. No person below the minimum legal age for online gaming under Philippine law may register or use the sureph platform. sureph does not knowingly collect personal data from anyone who does not meet the legal age requirement.
Age verification is a mandatory part of the sureph registration and withdrawal process. If sureph becomes aware that a member account was registered by a person below the legal age, the account will be immediately suspended, any balance will be returned to the payment source where possible, and any wagering or gaming activity conducted through the account will be voided.
If you believe a minor has registered on sureph or has access to an adult member's account, contact sureph support immediately through the member area so the situation can be investigated and the account secured.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
sureph reviews and updates this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in the platform, applicable Philippine law, and data privacy best practices. When material changes are made, the effective date at the top of this page will be updated and, where the change significantly affects how member data is used, sureph will notify registered members through the platform or by email.
Continued use of sureph after a revised Privacy Policy has been published constitutes acceptance of the updated terms. If you do not agree with changes to the Privacy Policy, you should stop using sureph and contact support to discuss your account options, including account closure and data deletion where applicable.
Minor editorial clarifications that do not change the substance of data processing practices may be made without specific member notification but will always be reflected in the updated effective date on this page.