Privacy Policy - Game the Lottery

1. Scope and Acceptance

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) is issued by Drake Apps, LLC, a Texas limited liability company doing business as Game the Lottery (“Game the Lottery,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), and applies to information collected through the website located at gamethelottery.com and its subdomains (the “Site”), the Game the Lottery applications for iOS and Android (the “Apps”), and any other online service, feature, or content that links to or references this Policy (collectively, the “Services”).

By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, you must not access or use the Services. This Policy does not apply to information collected by any state lottery, retailer, or other third party, including third parties whose websites or services may be linked from the Services.

The Services publish statistics derived from prize and odds information that state lottery authorities make publicly available. The Services do not sell lottery tickets, accept wagers, or process payments for any lottery product.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in three ways: information you provide to us directly, information collected automatically when you use the Services, and information we receive from third parties. Not every category described below is collected through every part of the Services, and some categories are collected only if and when a corresponding feature is offered.

2.1 Information you provide. We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

Account and registration information, such as your name, email address, username, password, and any profile information, if and when we offer the ability to create an account;
Contact information and the contents of your communications when you contact us by email or through any form, survey, or feedback mechanism we provide;
Ticket and spending information that you choose to record in the ticket-tracking features of the Apps, including the games, jurisdictions, amounts spent, and amounts won that you enter. As of the Effective Date this information is stored solely on your device and is not transmitted to us; if we offer synchronization, backup, or account-linked storage of this information in the future, it will be collected and processed in accordance with this Policy;
Preferences and settings, such as the jurisdiction you select; and
Any other information you elect to provide to us.

2.2 Information collected automatically. When you access or use the Services, we and our service providers, advertising partners, and analytics providers may automatically collect information about your device and your use of the Services, including:

Device and connection information, such as your IP address, device type, hardware model, operating system and version, browser type and version, language and time-zone settings, mobile carrier, and screen resolution;
Device and advertising identifiers, such as identifiers assigned by your operating system, advertising identifiers (including Apple's Identifier for Advertisers and Google's Advertising ID, where permitted by your device settings), vendor identifiers, and identifiers we or our partners assign to your device or browser;
Usage information, such as the pages, screens, games, and jurisdictions you view, the features you use, the dates and times of your visits, the duration of your sessions, referring and exit pages or URLs, search terms, and interactions with advertisements;
Approximate location information inferred from your IP address or, where you have granted permission, from your device's location services;
Diagnostic information, such as crash reports, performance data, and error logs; and
Information collected through cookies, pixels, software development kits, local storage, and similar technologies, as described in Section 3.

2.3 Information from third parties. We may receive information about you from third parties, including advertising networks, analytics providers, app stores and platform providers, and publicly available sources, and may combine that information with information we collect through the Services.

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and third parties acting on our behalf or under their own privacy policies use cookies, web beacons, pixels, scripts, software development kits, local storage, and similar technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) to operate the Services, remember your preferences, understand how the Services are used, and deliver and measure advertising.

Cookies used on the Services fall into the following categories:

Strictly necessary Cookies, which are required to deliver the Services and remember choices you make, such as your selected jurisdiction and recently viewed states;
Analytics Cookies, including those set by Google Analytics, which collect information about how visitors use the Services so that we can measure and improve them;
Advertising Cookies, including those set by Google AdSense and other advertising partners, which are used to deliver advertisements, limit the number of times you see an advertisement, measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, and, where permitted, personalize advertisements based on your interests; and
Functional Cookies, which enable enhanced functionality and personalization.

Most web browsers allow you to control Cookies through their settings, including by blocking or deleting them. Blocking strictly necessary Cookies may cause parts of the Services to function improperly. Information about managing advertising and analytics Cookies is set out in Section 10.

4. How We Use Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes and for any other purpose described to you at the time of collection:

To provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Services, including to display the statistics, game information, and jurisdiction-specific content you request;
To create, authenticate, and administer any account you may establish, and to remember your preferences and settings;
To communicate with you, including to respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, and, where you have opted in or where otherwise permitted by law, send you newsletters, updates, and other communications;
To display advertising, including advertising that may be tailored to your inferred interests, and to measure the performance of advertising on the Services;
To perform analytics, including to understand usage patterns, measure traffic, diagnose technical problems, and develop new features;
To detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, and other harmful, unauthorized, or illegal activity, and to protect the rights, property, and safety of Game the Lottery, our users, and others;
To comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, and governmental requests, and to enforce our terms and policies; and
For any other purpose with your consent.

We may aggregate or de-identify information so that it can no longer reasonably be used to identify you, and may use and disclose such information for any lawful purpose.

5. Advertising

The Services are supported by advertising. We work with third-party advertising networks and partners, including Google AdSense, to display advertisements on the Services. These partners may use Cookies and device or advertising identifiers to collect information about your visits to the Services and to other websites and applications over time, in order to deliver advertisements that may be of interest to you, to measure the effectiveness of advertising, and to prevent fraud.

Information collected by advertising partners is subject to their own privacy policies. Google’s use of advertising Cookies enables it and its partners to serve advertisements based on your visit to the Services and other sites on the Internet; you can learn how Google uses information from sites and apps that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Depending on your jurisdiction, the delivery of personalized advertising may constitute a “sale” of personal information, “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising, or processing for targeted advertising. Section 11 describes how to opt out.

6. Analytics

We use third-party analytics services, including Google Analytics, to collect and analyze information about the use of the Services. These services may use Cookies and device identifiers to collect information such as your IP address, device and browser characteristics, the pages and screens you view, and the actions you take, and may combine that information with information they collect from other sources. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. You may prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics on websites by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

7. How We Disclose Information

We may disclose the information we collect as follows:

To service providers and vendors that perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, content delivery, analytics, customer support, email delivery, and security, and that are bound to use the information only to provide those services;
To advertising and analytics partners, as described in Sections 5 and 6;
To comply with law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or other legal process, or in response to a lawful request by a public authority, including to meet national-security or law-enforcement requirements;
To enforce our terms and policies, to protect the rights, property, or safety of Game the Lottery, our users, or others, and to detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues;
In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or transition of service to another provider, in which case your information may be transferred to the successor or acquirer as a business asset;
With your consent or at your direction; and
In aggregated or de-identified form that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

8. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. The retention period for a given category of information depends on the nature of the information, the purpose of collection, and applicable legal requirements. When information is no longer needed, we will delete or de-identify it in accordance with our retention practices. Information stored solely on your device, such as ticket-tracking entries in the Apps, remains on your device until you delete it or uninstall the App, and is subject to any device backup you have configured with your platform provider.

9. Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the information we collect against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. No method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any credentials associated with an account you may establish and for all activity that occurs under those credentials.

10. Your Choices

Communications. If we send you marketing or promotional email, you may opt out by following the unsubscribe instructions in the message or by contacting us at [email protected]. We may continue to send you transactional or administrative messages relating to the Services.

Cookies. You may manage Cookies through your browser settings, as described in Section 3.

Interest-based advertising. You may opt out of personalized advertising from Google at adssettings.google.com. Many advertising partners participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance or the Network Advertising Initiative, whose opt-out tools are available at optout.aboutads.info and optout.networkadvertising.org. Opting out does not mean you will no longer see advertising; it means the advertising you see may be less relevant to you.

Mobile devices. On iOS, you may control whether apps may request to track you under Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking, and may reset or limit the use of your advertising identifier under Settings → Privacy & Security → Apple Advertising. On Android, you may reset or delete your Advertising ID and opt out of ads personalization under Settings → Google → Ads. You may also control location and other permissions through your device settings.

Analytics. You may opt out of Google Analytics on websites by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you reside, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information under applicable law, including the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, the Colorado Privacy Act, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, and similar state laws (collectively, “State Privacy Laws”). Subject to applicable exceptions, these rights may include the right to:

Confirm whether we process your personal information and access that information;
Correct inaccuracies in your personal information;
Delete personal information that you provided to us or that we obtained about you;
Obtain a copy of your personal information in a portable format;
Opt out of the sale of your personal information, the sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, and the processing of your personal information for targeted advertising or for profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects; and
Not be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.

Categories of personal information. In the twelve months preceding the Effective Date, we have collected, and may disclose for a business purpose, the following categories of personal information as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act: identifiers (such as IP address and device or advertising identifiers); internet or other electronic network activity information (such as browsing history and interactions with the Services and with advertisements); approximate geolocation data; and inferences drawn from the foregoing. If and when we offer accounts or communications features, we may also collect identifiers such as name and email address, and account credentials. We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information. We have “sold” or “shared” identifiers, internet activity information, and inferences with advertising partners for the purpose of delivering personalized advertising.

Exercising your rights. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected] with the subject line “Privacy Rights Request.” We may need to verify your identity before responding, and may request information sufficient to do so. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, in which case we may require proof of the agent’s authority and verification of your identity. If we decline to act on your request, you may appeal by replying to our response; we will inform you of the outcome of your appeal and, where applicable, how to contact your state attorney general.

Opting out of sale, sharing, and targeted advertising. You may opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information and of targeted advertising by adjusting the advertising controls described in Section 10, or by contacting us at the address above with the subject line “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.” We honor opt-out preference signals, such as the Global Privacy Control, that are recognized under applicable State Privacy Laws, to the extent our systems are able to process them.

Nevada residents. Nevada law permits residents to opt out of the sale of certain covered information. You may submit such a request to the address above.

12. Children

The Services concern lottery products that may lawfully be purchased only by adults, are intended for individuals who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction, and are not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen (13), or under any higher age required by applicable law. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete it. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at the address in Section 17.

13. International Users

The Services are operated from the United States and are directed to residents of the United States. The statistics published through the Services concern lotteries operated in the United States. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States and other jurisdictions whose data-protection laws may differ from those of your country of residence. Where the General Data Protection Regulation, the UK GDPR, or similar law applies, our legal bases for processing include the performance of a contract, our legitimate interests in operating, securing, and improving the Services, compliance with legal obligations, and your consent where required, and you may have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection, as well as the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

14. Third-Party Services and Links

The Services may contain links to, or display content from, third-party websites, applications, and services, including the websites of state lottery authorities and the platforms of Apple and Google through which the Apps are distributed. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third party. Your use of third-party services is governed by their respective privacy policies, which we encourage you to review.

15. Do Not Track

Some browsers transmit “Do Not Track” signals. No industry standard for responding to such signals has been adopted, and the Services do not currently respond to them. We do respond to recognized opt-out preference signals as described in Section 11.

16. Changes to This Policy

We may amend this Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the Effective Date above and post the amended Policy on the Site and in the Apps. Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice of material changes, which may include notice within the Services or by email. Your continued use of the Services after the Effective Date of an amended Policy constitutes your acknowledgment of the amended Policy.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions, comments, or requests regarding this Policy or our privacy practices, contact us by email at [email protected], by telephone at (512) 630-0427, or by mail at:

Drake Apps, LLC
Attn: Privacy
PO Box 440521, Houston, TX 77244