Iowa Lottery Privacy Statement

Information Collection and Use

The Iowa Lottery is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share or rent personal information but may share demographic information with others as explained later in this statement. The Iowa Lottery collects information from our users at several points on our web site.

Registration

It is not necessary to use this web site.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes his or her browser, the cookie simply terminates, i.e. it is deleted from the user's hard drive.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track users' movement and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing

We may share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we at the Iowa Lottery are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies sole to information collected by this web site.

Newsletters

If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletters, we ask for contact information (such as name, address, telephone number and e-mail address) and demographic information (such as zip code, age, gender and product preferences).

VIP Club

If a user wishes to join the Iowa Lottery's VIP Club, we ask for contact information (such as name, address, telephone number and e-mail address) and demographic information (such as zip code, gender and product preferences). We need this information to contact VIP Club members.

Surveys and Contests

From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name, address, telephone, and e-mail address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age, gender and product preferences). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site or Iowa Lottery products.

Security

This web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the web site, their information is protected both online and off-line.

If you have any questions about the security at our web site, you can send an e-mail to wmaster@ialottery.com.

Correction/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as his or her zip code), or if a user no longer desires our service, we will provide a way to correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can usually be done by completing the Contact Us form or by sending an e-mail to wmaster@ialottery.com.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our home page so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users well in advance by way of e-mail. Each user will have a choice as to whether or not we use his or her information in this different manner. In the absence of a user's consent to the new manner of using personally identifiable information, we will use information obtained from that user only in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.