Privacy policy

This privacy policy governs the access, use and management of personal data collected through the online service hosted under the domain Megamillions.us.com, in compliance with applicable U.S. federal privacy laws, including the CAN-SPAM Act and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and general best practices regarding consumer data protection in the United States.

The data controller responsible for the processing of personal information collected through Megamillions.us.com is the website's operator. Megamillions.us.com is an independent information website about Mega Millions: it isn't run by any lottery, and it isn't part of Lottofy, the online service our Play buttons link to.

Megamillions.us.com doesn't ask for your name, email address or any other personal details to use the website, and the ticket checker compares your numbers in your browser, so they aren't sent to us. If email communications become available and you subscribe, the only personal data routinely collected will be your email address, which is classified as non-sensitive. We do not collect sensitive information.

To deliver pages and keep the website secure, our servers and network providers process technical request data (such as IP address, browser and device type, the page requested and the time) and an approximate country, worked out from the IP address, which is used only to decide where the Play and app buttons point. The site also sends error reports that describe what went wrong, set up to leave out personal information. The Predictor sends your settings, and any numbers you lock, to create the combination you ask for; they aren't stored.

Personal data would be collected through specific web forms on Megamillions.us.com. These forms would clearly request explicit user consent prior to data collection, in compliance with transparency and consent obligations under U.S. law.

The purposes for collecting and processing personal data include:

• Sending customized and timely information regarding lottery drawings and official statistics.
• Distributing promotional content solely related to Megamillions.us.com, with prior user consent.
• Conducting anonymous internal analytics to improve services and user experience.
• Delivering the website, keeping it secure, finding and fixing faults and sending the Play and app buttons to the right place.
• Complying with applicable U.S. legal obligations, including fraud prevention, tax compliance or government inquiries.

Data processing is based on:

• The user's express consent (opt-in via web forms or the cookie notice).
• Megamillions.us.com's legitimate interest in delivering, securing and improving its services and conducting analytics.
• Compliance with legal obligations under U.S. federal and state laws.

Megamillions.us.com services are strictly limited to individuals 18 years of age or older. Should a user under this age be identified, all related data will be deleted immediately in accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

Data may be shared with essential service providers under confidentiality agreements to fulfill the service, such as hosting and network providers and, only if you accept analytics cookies, Google LLC, for analytics. No personal data will be sold or shared with third parties for commercial purposes without prior explicit user consent. Our service providers may process information in the United States and in other countries.

When you follow a link to Lottofy, an app store or any other site, that site receives your visit directly, including the fact that you came from Megamillions.us.com, and handles your data under its own privacy policy.

Subscriber data will be stored as long as the user remains subscribed. Once unsubscribed, data will be securely deleted unless it must be retained for legal purposes, such as compliance with financial or investigative authorities. The request counter used to block abuse lasts about a minute, and server logs and error reports are kept only as long as needed to run and secure the site. Analytics data is kept by Google for the retention period set in our account.

Megamillions.us.com uses advanced technical and organizational measures to ensure data security, including SSL encryption, firewalls, access controls and regular backups. While absolute security cannot be guaranteed, every reasonable effort is made to protect user data.

Users have the right to:

• Access, correct or delete their personal data.
• Object to or limit data processing.
• Request data portability.
• Withdraw consent at any time, for example with Manage cookies at the bottom of every page.

California residents may also exercise rights under the CCPA, including the right to know, delete and opt out of data sales, and residents of other states with privacy laws, such as Colorado, Connecticut, Texas and Virginia, have similar rights. We don't sell or share personal information or use it for targeted advertising or profiling, so there's nothing to opt out of, and Global Privacy Control signals don't change how the site works.

Megamillions.us.com uses essential, analytical and advertising cookies to enhance the user experience. Users can manage their cookie preferences through browser settings, and change their choice at any time with Manage cookies at the bottom of every page.

If you click Accept in the cookie notice, the website loads Google Analytics, a service run by Google LLC, to count visits and see in aggregate which pages are used. It sets cookies whose names start with _ga, which last up to 2 years, and doesn't log or store IP addresses. If you click Reject, or until you choose, Google Analytics isn't loaded.

If users do not accept this privacy policy, they may not be able to receive personalized services or marketing communications from Megamillions.us.com.

Users may file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov or their state attorney general's office for privacy-related concerns.

Megamillions.us.com reserves the right to update this privacy policy based on changes in law, technology or services offered. Updates will be published on this page with an updated effective date.