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Cookie Policy

Last updated on 1 August 2020

Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies on our website. This policy should be read together with our Privacy Notice which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Randomness and Integrity Services Limited. We are registered in Ireland under company number 489434 and have our registered office at Premier Business Centres, 8 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02N767, Ireland. We are a technology company providing true random numbers.

2. Our Website

This cookie policy only relates to your use of our website, www.random.org, as well as the websites listed here (together the ‘Site’).

Throughout the Site we may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties to make additional products and services available to you. These other third party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For privacy information relating to these other third party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.

3. Cookies

A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (e.g., computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use the Site. We use cookies on the Site. These help us recognise you and your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

For example, we may monitor how many times you visit the Site, which pages you go to, traffic data, location data and the originating domain name of your internet service provider. This information helps us to build a profile of our users. Some of this data will be aggregated or statistical, which means that we will not be able to identify you individually.

For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of your information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.

For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the Data Protection Commission.

4. Consent to Use Cookies and Changing Settings

We will ask for your permission (Consent) to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (e.g., to enable you to use our free services, subscribe to our services and use our check-out process).

You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by using our privacy dashboard at https://www.random.org/privacy. You can then adjust sliders to reflect your preferences. It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect.

5. Our Use of Cookies

The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:

The cookies we use Name(s) Purpose Whether the cookie is essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested Whether we will seek your consent before we place the cookie
RANDOM.ORG Privacy Cookie RDOPRIVACY Record privacy preferences Essential No
RANDOM.ORG Session Cookie RDOSESSION Allow login and session management Essential No
RANDOM.ORG CSRF Prevention Cookie csrfToken Prevent cross-site request forgery attacks Essential No
RANDOM.ORG Lottery Quick Pick Settings Cookies max1 max2 num1 num2 lottery country tickets Save which lottery the user has selected for quick pick Non-essential Yes
Cloudflare Cookies __cfduid cf_clearance Load balancing and security, e.g., prevention of DoS attacks Essential No
Google Analytics Cookies __utmb __utmt __utma _gid _ga _utmc __utmz _gat Web analytics Non-essential Yes

6. Third Party Access to the Cookies

The cookies we use will only be accessed by us and those third parties named in the table above for the purposes referred to in this cookie policy. Those cookies will not be accessed by any other third party.

7. How to Turn Off All Cookies and Consequences of Doing So

If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that you may lose some of the functionality of the Site.

For further information about cookies and how to disable them please go to the guidance on cookies published by the Data Protection Commission.

8. How to Contact Us

If you wish to contact us, please send an email to privacy@random.org or write to Customer Service, Randomness and Integrity Services Limited, Premier Business Centres, 8 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02 N767, Ireland, if you have any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you.

9. Changes to this Policy

This policy was published on 1 August 2020.

We may change this policy from time to time, when we do we will inform you via email if you have an active account connected with the Site, or by publishing same on the Site if you are a visitor.