Privacy Policy
1. Background
The OzLotteries.com website is owned and operated by TMS Global Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jumbo Interactive Limited. OzLotteries.com website is the medium through which a range of lottery-based gaming activities are transacted with suppliers such as Tatts Lotteries SA Pty Ltd, Tatts NT Lotteries Pty Ltd, Tattersall’s Sweeps Pty Ltd, New South Wales Lotteries Corporation Pty Limited, and Tatts Group Limited and its related bodies corporate. This Policy applies to TMS and use of terms ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ refers to TMS. The use of the term ‘you’ refers to you as the Customer.
This Policy provides an overview of how we collect, store, and use Personal Information. This Policy also details how you can access and update your Personal Information or make a complaint.
We are committed to the protection of the Personal Information of individuals, and to maintaining the highest possible standards of privacy. We seek to implement practices, procedures, and systems that comply with the APPs under the Privacy Act.
2. Definitions
AML/CTF Act means the
Anti Money Laundering and
Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006
(Cth);
APP’s means
the Australian Privacy Principles;
Personal Information
is any information about you that
identifies you or by which your identity
can be reasonably determined;
Privacy Act
means the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth);
Website
means our website; OzLotteries.com.
3. What Personal Information do we collect and hold?
This Policy applies to Personal
Information. What Personal Information
we collect, and hold will depend upon
the nature of your dealings with us as
well as the requirement of applicable
laws, regulations, and licence
conditions. We may collect, for example,
the following Personal Information:
•
Name
• Date of birth
• Mailing
address
• Email address
•
Telephone number
• Financial
institution account details
•
Credit card details
• Signature
•
Information on identity verification
documents which we require for account
registration
• Usernames and
passwords for your account
To protect against fraudulent activities, we may require Customers to identify themselves when purchasing lottery tickets. This is at our sole discretion.
We may also collect non-personal information, which does not identify you as an individual, for analytical purposes. This information may include, for example, when you visit our Website, we may collect your internet protocol (IP) address, user information in an aggregate, non-personal, format for statistical and research purposes. This information is provided to the Beneficiaries as part of their record keeping obligations and may be used if requested by government agencies and regulatory bodies.
We do not share, sell, rent or receive email addresses from third parties for the purposes of marketing.
4. Why and how we collect Personal Information
We may use Personal Information collected to:
• Verify a Customer’s identity;
•
Provide a Customer with, and assist in
subscription to, lottery products and
services;
• Record and register
Customer lottery purchases and other
transactions with us and manage accounts
held with us;
• Notify Customers
of, and provide them with, any lottery
winnings;
• Administer and manage
our business services including in
relation to charging and billing;
•
Research and develop our services and
infrastructure, including testing and
upgrading these systems;
•
Unrelated third parties to enable
outsourcing of relevant functions
relating to the provision of lottery and
marketing products and services and only
for the primary purpose of providing
those functions;
• Professional
advisers and authorised representatives
(including but not limited to
accountants, auditors and legal
advisers) but only upon receipt of
Customer’s written authorisation;
•
Courts, Government and regulatory
authorities as required or authorised by
law (for example under the AML/CTF
Act);
• Communicate new products
and services available to Customers for
marketing purposes, including advising
of the opportunity to take up special
promotions and offers. An ‘opt-out’
option will be provided in any of this
type of communication;
• Conduct
appropriate checks to protect against
fraud;
• Address any query,
feedback, or complaints you may have;
and
• Promote and market our
current and future services and
businesses to you.
This list is not exhaustive and there may be other reasons we are required to use Personal Information in order to provide our services.
Your Personal Information may be
disclosed to organisations outside us,
in order to provide our services to you.
It is only disclosed in order for us to
provide those services. These other
organisations may carry out the
following:
• Mailing operations;
•
Marketing, telemarketing, and door
knocking services; and
• Market
research.
By purchasing a ticket you will be opted into receiving future marketing communications by us. If you would like to opt out of this feature, please contact us by email on [email protected]
What are 'cookies'?
• Our website uses ‘cookies’.
•
'Cookies' are alphanumeric identifiers
that are placed on your computer's hard
drive through your web browser.
•
'Cookies' enable our system to recognise
your browser and maintain your
purchasing details in your shopping
basket. They also allow us to track the
user across multiple sessions for
analytical purposes
• By disabling
'cookies', you will not be able to
participate in some of the features
offered by us.
• Most Internet
browsers are pre-set to accept cookies.
If you prefer not to receive 'cookies',
you may adjust your Internet browser to
disable or to warn you when 'cookies'
are used. As there are many browsers in
the marketplace, the easiest way to
change your settings is by searching for
'cookies' in your Help/Contents and
Index options on your browser.
• We
recommend that you leave your 'cookies'
enabled; otherwise you may have
difficulty trying to purchase lottery
entries with us.
• Our 'cookies'
don't send us back any information about
your computer (except your IP address)
or any other information on your hard
drive.
5. Use and disclosure of Personal information
We collect Personal Information for the purpose of administering lottery based gaming activities, ensuring Customers who win prizes receive their winnings and improving the services we provide.
Should a Customer win a prize, we will not publish or disclose that Customer’s identity to any third parties without their explicit prior consent, unless otherwise permitted under the Campaign Terms and Conditions.
We may provide Personal Information, data and statistics about Customers, our sales, and any related website information to reputable third parties. This information is used for business purposes for example for analytical purposes.
6. Personal Information Security
We are committed to the protection of Customers Personal Information from unauthorized access. We use a range of security mechanisms and procedures to protect the Personal Information we hold.
We make all reasonable efforts to ensure your Personal Information is stored securely both in electronic and physical forms and comply with the APPs. However, there may be risks associated when transferring your Personal Information to us from other internet facilities or by email.
Personal Information that is no longer
required will be destroyed in accordance
with the legislation and APPs.
We
will take all reasonable steps to ensure
that any third-party organisations we
deal with are bound by confidentiality
and privacy obligations in relation to
the protection of Customer’s Personal
Information.
7. Important Notice: cross-border disclosures
By providing your Personal Information to us, you consent to disclosures to third parties who may be located outside Australia. That third party may store your Personal Information but are not permitted to re-sell, use, or share that Personal Information without our permission.
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipients take steps to protect your privacy. However, you acknowledge that we will not be accountable under the Privacy Act for any breach of your privacy by the overseas recipient, nor will you be able to seek redress under the Privacy Act for any use or breach by the overseas recipient. You also acknowledge that the overseas recipient may not be subject to similar laws or principles as under Australian privacy law.
8. Access to Personal Information
You have the right under the Privacy Act to seek access to the Personal Information held about you. If you wish to exercise this right, or if you believe that the information is incorrect, incomplete or out-of-date, you should either correct/update the information through the OzLotteries.com website by logging into My Account using your username and password, or contact us.
All requests to access Personal Information must be made in writing or by email and addressed to the Privacy Officer at the addresses listed at the end of this document. It is our policy to respond to any such request within a reasonable period of time after the request is received. We will not charge you for making requests to access any information held about you, however, we reserve the right to undertake cost recovery for the provision of such information where it is justified.
If there is a reason for not granting you access to your information, we will provide you with a written explanation of the reasons for the refusal (unless unreasonable to do so) and inform you of the mechanisms to complain about the refusal.
9. Enquiries and Complaints
Information about the Privacy Act and the APPs can be found on the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website (details below).
If you have a complaint regarding our management of your Personal Information, wish to correct information held by us or require further information, please contact us. Our policy is to respond to your complaint, correction request or query within a reasonable period of time after the complaint is received.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may refer your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by contacting 1300 363 992 or by visiting the website www.oaic.gov.au.
10. Updates to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Any changes made to the Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and such changes will become effective upon posting of the revised Privacy Policy. If we make any material or substantial changes to this Privacy Policy we will use reasonable endeavours to inform you by email, notice on our OzLotteries.com website or other agreed communications channels.
11. Contact Details
TMS Global Service Pty Ltd
Postal Address
GPO Box 2937
Melbourne
Victoria
3001
Australia
1800 774 137
(07) 3831 3705
Email Us
www.playaussiegames.com
Last Updated: 2 May 2025