This Privacy Policy applies to all personal information collected by Lotterytech Ltd ("the Company") or submitted by you via the Syndicate Tool website ("Site"). The Company reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. By using the Site you acknowledge that you have read and accept the terms of this Privacy Policy and you consent to the use of your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy.

The Company may collect and use your personal information in order to register you as an online player, to administer any online account you have with the Company (including, if you have provided the Company with bank account details, checking that you are entitled to use that account and that you have sufficient funds), to provide syndicate management services via the Site and/or your mobile telephone, to contact you by post, email or telephone should you win, to ask you to confirm/amend the information we hold on you, to ask your views on the service offered by the Company and to enhance market research and promote the Company's services. The Company may also use your personal information to personalise marketing or other notifications to you. In providing your personal data, you consent to being contacted by the Company (by post, e-mail or telephone) in relation to all matters and to the Company processing your personal information for the above purposes.

The information collected about you by the Company may include: your name, e-mail address, telephone number, bank account details, answers to security questions, your postal address, driving licence information, date of birth together with details about your transaction and game history. Please note that not all of this information is mandatory.

The Company will obtain most of your personal information during the registration process and/or when an online direct debit is set up for you but will also collect your personal information each time you use the Site, and each time you undertake a transaction or play games on the Site and/or via your mobile telephone for the purposes specified above. In addition, the Company may collect dynamic or static internet protocol addresses when sending e-mails to you or when you visit the site.

The Company may share your personal information with certain third parties (for example, banks for the operation of your online account and payments, authentication agencies for the purpose of checking your identity etc). If the Company grants access to such third parties, you consent to their processing your information. Processing of information by any third party will be in accordance with the privacy practices of that third party.

A computer "cookie" is a small piece of information that is stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive or temporarily in your computer's memory. The Company uses cookies to identify your current session when you make another request in the same session. These cookies may be erased when you close your browser or stored on your hard drive. Most browsers will usually allow you to change the settings of your browser so that it does not accept cookies but this may impair the operation of the Site.

Information about web site usage and visitors to the Site is shared with reputable third parties (which are carefully selected by the Company) for the purpose of targeting our Internet advertisements on other sites. To do this, we use tracking technology provided by our advertising partners to help manage our online advertising. This technology allows the Company's third party advertising partners to recognise a browser's cookie when a browser visits the Site. As mentioned above, you are always free to decline these cookies. The cookies allow us to learn which ads bring users to the Site. The information collected through the tracking technology is not directly attributable to you, it is simply aggregated so that the Company can learn who its most effective advertising partners are. When this information is used by our ad serving companies, such usage will be in accordance with the privacy practices of those companies.

The Company will retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to comply with the permitted purposes and to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements. In the event that you close any online account, or terminate (or the Company terminates) any bank agreement you have with the Company, various details may be archived for the above purposes.

The Company will take steps (including having the Site independently tested and audited) to ensure that your personal information is not disclosed or processed for any other purpose than those described in this Privacy Policy. In addition, the Company has put in place encryption controls to seek to ensure that the processing by the Company of your personal information is secure so as to prevent unauthorised access. Transactions utilising your bank account details and debit card details will be protected by firewalls with a view to ensuring the security of such details.

You may correct factual errors in your personal information by sending us a request detailing the error. To protect your privacy and security, we will take steps to verify your identity before granting access to your information or making the requested alterations.