Privacy Policy

No Work Competitions ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you use our website and services.

By using our service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

We use your personal information to:

• Process competition entries - Verify eligibility, assign ticket numbers, and manage your entries
• Contact winners - Notify you if you win and arrange prize delivery
• Process payments - Handle entry fees for paid competitions securely
• Communicate with you - Send entry confirmations, competition updates, and important notices
• Prevent fraud - Detect and prevent multiple entries, fake accounts, and fraudulent activity
• Improve our service - Analyze usage to enhance user experience
• Marketing - Send you updates about new competitions (you can opt-out anytime)
• Legal compliance - Meet legal obligations including age verification and anti-fraud measures

Under GDPR, we process your data based on:

• Contract - Processing your entries and delivering prizes
• Consent - Marketing communications (you can withdraw consent)
• Legal obligation - Age verification, tax reporting for large prizes
• Legitimate interests - Fraud prevention, service improvement

We do NOT sell your personal data.

We may share your information with:

• Payment processors - Stripe processes payments securely
• Email service providers - For sending notifications and updates
• Analytics providers - To understand site usage (anonymized data)
• Legal authorities - If required by law or to prevent fraud
• Prize delivery partners - To arrange delivery of prizes to winners

All third parties are required to keep your data secure and use it only for the intended purpose.

We take security seriously and implement:

• SSL encryption for all data transmission
• Secure database hosting with encryption at rest
• Regular security audits and updates
• Access controls - only authorized staff can access personal data
• Password hashing - we never store passwords in plain text

However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

We retain your data for:

• Active accounts - As long as your account is active
• Entry records - 7 years for tax and legal compliance
• Winner information - 7 years for transparency and verification
• Marketing data - Until you unsubscribe or request deletion

After this period, we will securely delete or anonymize your data.

You have the right to:

• Access - Request a copy of your personal data
• Rectification - Correct inaccurate personal data
• Erasure - Request deletion of your data (subject to legal requirements)
• Restriction - Limit how we use your data
• Portability - Receive your data in a portable format
• Object - Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Withdraw consent - Opt-out of marketing at any time

To exercise these rights, email us at: privacy@noworkcompetitions.co.uk

We use cookies to:

• Keep you logged in
• Remember your preferences
• Analyze site traffic and usage
• Improve user experience

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect site functionality.

Our service is NOT intended for anyone under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

If we discover we have collected data from a child under 18, we will delete it immediately.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

Significant changes will be communicated via email.