1. About this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy applies to the Lotora website and related online gaming and digital services offered through Lotora to eligible users in Québec.
OPERATOR DECLARATION
Platform: Lotora
Website: blingkaching.co
Legal Operator: Société des loteries du Québec (Loto-Québec)
NEQ: 1144330454
Head Office: 500, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montréal (Québec) H3A 3G6, Canada
Applicable Privacy Framework: Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information (CQLR, c. A-2.1)
Platform status. blingkaching.co is operated by Société des loteries du Québec (Loto-Québec) as part of its online gaming activities in Québec. Loto-Québec conducts and administers lottery schemes in accordance with the Act respecting the Société des loteries du Québec (CQLR, c. S-13.1).
Cookies and similar technologies help us operate our website securely, remember your preferences, understand how our services are used and improve the overall user experience.
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files stored on your browser, device or application environment when you visit a website.
They can be used to recognize your browser, maintain a secure session, remember your preferences and understand how visitors interact with different parts of the website.
Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while others remain on your device for a defined period or until you delete them.
3. How we use cookies
Lotora uses cookies and similar technologies to operate essential website functionality, maintain secure sessions, support account authentication, protect against fraud and unauthorized activity, remember user preferences, personalize certain elements of the experience, measure website usage and performance, manage advertising where applicable, and remember your cookie choices.
Cookies do not influence lottery draws, winning numbers, prize allocation or the outcome of any Lotora game.
4. Functional and strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential to the operation and security of Lotora. They support functions such as account login, authentication, session management, security controls, fraud prevention and the storage of privacy or cookie preferences. Because they are required for the website or requested services to function, they cannot be disabled through Lotora's cookie management tool.
5. Personalization cookies
Personalization cookies remember certain choices and preferences, such as language settings and aspects of the user interface. If these cookies are disabled, some preferences may no longer be retained, but core website functionality should remain available.
6. Statistics and performance cookies
Statistics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors interact with Lotora and how our digital services perform. They may provide information about pages viewed, navigation patterns, session duration, browser and device characteristics, website performance and technical errors.
These cookies collect information about how users navigate the platform without directly identifying them where applicable. We use this information to study and improve the navigation experience, for example by identifying the most frequently visited pages. Where consent is required by applicable law, these cookies are activated only after you have provided consent.
7. Advertising cookies
Advertising cookies may be used to personalize advertising displayed on Lotora or on other websites and digital services. Disabling these cookies does not necessarily reduce the amount of advertising you may see, but the advertising may be less relevant to your interests.
Where consent is required, advertising cookies are activated only after you have provided the appropriate consent.
8. Third-party technologies
Some Lotora services may rely on service providers involved in hosting, analytics, advertising, security, payments, identity verification, geolocation or other technical services.
These providers may use cookies or similar technologies when necessary to provide their services. Service providers processing personal information on behalf of Loto-Québec are required to use that information only for authorized purposes and subject to appropriate privacy and security requirements.
9. Your cookie choices
When you first visit Lotora, you may be presented with a cookie management interface allowing you to accept or refuse non-essential cookie categories.
You may change your choices at any time through the Cookie Settings link available in the website footer.
Functional cookies that are necessary for the operation and security of the platform remain enabled.
10. Managing cookies in your browser
Most web browsers allow you to review, delete or block cookies through your browser settings. You may also configure your browser to notify you when a website attempts to store a cookie.
Disabling cookies through your browser does not necessarily replace the preferences selected through Lotora's cookie management tool.
Certain features, including account login and secure gaming functions, may not work correctly if essential cookies are blocked.
11. Similar technologies
Lotora may use technologies that perform functions similar to cookies, including local storage, session storage and other browser-based technologies. Where applicable, pixels, tags, software development kits (SDKs) or other comparable technologies may also be used.
Where these technologies store or access information on your device, they are handled in accordance with applicable privacy requirements. References to cookies in this policy may also include these similar technologies where appropriate.
12. Cookie retention
Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser or end your session, while others remain on your device for a defined period. Retention periods vary according to the purpose and category of the cookie.
Information about applicable cookie categories and retention periods may be made available through the Cookie Settings interface where appropriate.
13. Cookies and personal information
Information collected through cookies or similar technologies may constitute personal information. Where this is the case, Société des loteries du Québec handles that information in accordance with its Privacy Policy and applicable Québec privacy legislation, including the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information (CQLR, c. A-2.1).
14. Changes to this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to our website, technologies, services, privacy practices or applicable legal requirements.
The latest version will always be published on this page. The date of the most recent revision appears at the top of this Cookie Policy.
15. Contact us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies or your privacy choices, please contact:
Platform: Lotora
Legal Operator: Société des loteries du Québec (Loto-Québec)
Email: privacy@lotora.ca
This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Lotora Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and other applicable privacy notices.