Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how GiveawayPickerly handles information in connection with giveawaypickerly.com and the services available through the website. References to “GiveawayPickerly,” “we,” “us,” or “our” in this policy mean the operator of the GiveawayPickerly website.

The policy applies to information handled when you browse the website, communicate with us, or use an available giveaway-related tool. It does not govern information handled independently by Instagram, Meta, or another third-party website or service.

By using the website, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy. Your use of the website is also subject to our Terms and Conditions.

Information We Collect

The information handled through GiveawayPickerly depends on how you interact with the website and which services you choose to use.

Information you provide

If you email us, submit a support request, or use an available contact form, we receive the information you choose to provide. This may include your name, email address, message, and any information you include in attachments or correspondence. Please avoid sending information that is not necessary for your request.

Information used with the giveaway picker

If the available picker asks you to enter, paste, upload, or select giveaway-related information, the service processes the information needed to perform the requested function. Depending on the tool interface, this could include a public post reference, entry data, usernames, comments, or selection settings supplied by the organizer.

The information requested by the active tool interface is necessary to perform the corresponding operation unless the interface identifies it as optional.

Technical information

When you access a website, its hosting environment and security systems may generate technical records needed to deliver and protect the service. These records can include an IP address, request time, requested page, browser or device information, referring address, and diagnostic or security events.

Analytics, cookies, and transactions

Additional information may be handled if analytics, consent tools, embedded content, or other WordPress functionality is active during your visit. The cookies section below explains how to review and control browser-based technologies.

If a paid option is offered, the applicable pricing page and checkout interface should identify the information requested and the provider handling the transaction. Do not send payment-card details by email.

How We Use Information

We use information only where relevant to the interaction or service through which it was received. These purposes may include:

• operating, delivering, and maintaining the website;
• performing giveaway-picker functions requested by an organizer;
• responding to questions, support requests, or privacy inquiries;
• maintaining reliability, preventing misuse, and protecting website security;
• identifying and diagnosing technical problems;
• understanding website performance or usage where an analytics service is enabled; and
• meeting applicable legal obligations and responding to valid legal requests.

We do not treat information submitted for one of these purposes as permission to use it for an unrelated purpose.

Giveaway Entries and Participant Information

Giveaway organizers are responsible for ensuring that they have an appropriate basis for using participant information and that their giveaway rules explain how entries will be administered.

The information accepted by GiveawayPickerly is determined by the current picker interface. Before submitting information, review the fields, permissions, and instructions displayed by the tool. Do not submit private messages, passwords, access credentials, sensitive personal information, or entry data that is unnecessary for selecting or checking a winner.

Information entered into a browser-based interface may still be transmitted to website infrastructure or an external service when the tool performs a request. Unless the active interface expressly confirms local-only processing, you should not assume that giveaway information remains exclusively on your device.

Likewise, you should not assume that submitted comments or participant information are immediately deleted unless the tool expressly provides that information. Any access to Instagram account information, public posts, or comments depends on the permissions and integration used by the current service.

Giveaway information may be processed by infrastructure or integration providers needed to perform the requested operation. We do not authorize organizers to use GiveawayPickerly to collect participant information for unrelated purposes.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

GiveawayPickerly may use cookies, local storage, or similar browser technologies when they are required by WordPress, security controls, consent settings, embedded services, or enabled website features.

• Essential technologies support functions such as security, session continuity, consent records, and reliable page delivery.
• Preference technologies remember choices made through an available website setting.
• Analytics or performance technologies may measure visits and technical performance if an analytics service is enabled.
• Advertising or marketing technologies should be identified through the applicable consent interface before being used where consent is required.

You can use any cookie controls displayed by the website and adjust storage permissions in your browser. Blocking some technologies may prevent features that rely on them from working correctly. Browser settings do not necessarily remove information already received by a service provider.

Third-Party Services

Website operation may require third-party hosting, infrastructure, WordPress functionality, communications, security, spam-prevention, analytics, payment, or external API services. A provider receives information only to the extent involved in the relevant feature or request.

An Instagram-related integration may also involve services operated by Meta or another authorized integration provider. The permissions and disclosures shown when connecting to an external service form an important part of that interaction.

Third-party providers handle information under their own terms, privacy notices, contractual responsibilities, and applicable law. Review any provider notice presented when you activate an integration, submit a form, make a payment, or follow an external link.

How We Share Information

Information may be disclosed in the following limited circumstances:

• to service providers that perform website, hosting, security, communications, payment, or tool-related functions on our behalf;
• when required by applicable law, a court order, or another valid legal process;
• when reasonably necessary to investigate misuse or protect the rights, safety, and security of GiveawayPickerly, its visitors, or others; or
• as part of a reorganization, financing, sale, or transfer involving the website, subject to appropriate handling of the affected information.

Where a third-party processor receives information to provide a website function, that processing is not the same as making the information publicly available. Giveaway organizers remain responsible for any participant information they independently publish or share.

Data Retention

Information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was received and for applicable operational, security, dispute-resolution, and legal requirements.

Retention can vary by category. For example, support correspondence may be kept while a request is handled and as needed for follow-up, while technical records may follow the schedules used by the relevant hosting or security systems. Giveaway information follows the processing and retention behavior of the current tool and any service needed to perform its functions.

When information is no longer required, it may be deleted, anonymized, or allowed to expire under the applicable system's retention process. Backup copies and legally required records may remain for a limited period after information is removed from an active system.

Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the website and the information being handled. Relevant safeguards may include access controls, maintained website software, encrypted network connections, backups, monitoring, and measures intended to detect or limit misuse.

No method of internet transmission or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should use appropriate care when selecting information to submit, protect your accounts and devices, and never send Instagram passwords or other account credentials through an ordinary support message.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live and the law that applies, you may have rights concerning personal information handled about you. These may include the right to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or information about how personal information is used and disclosed.

You may also have a right to object to certain processing, withdraw consent where processing relies on consent, or complain to an appropriate privacy regulator. These rights can be subject to legal conditions, exceptions, identity verification, and record-retention obligations.

You can manage available cookie choices through the website's consent controls or your browser. To make a privacy request, email support@giveawaypickerly.com. Please describe your request and your relevant interaction with the website. We may request information reasonably necessary to verify the request and locate the relevant records.

Children's Privacy

GiveawayPickerly is a general-audience website for people organizing or administering giveaways; it is not presented as a service specifically designed for children.

Giveaway organizers should consider the age requirements of Instagram, their giveaway rules, and applicable law before processing information relating to younger participants. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has provided personal information through GiveawayPickerly, contact us so that we can review the concern and take appropriate action.

International Data Transfers

Internet services may use infrastructure and providers located in countries other than the country from which a visitor accesses the website. As a result, information may be processed in another jurisdiction when a relevant hosting, communications, security, payment, analytics, or integration provider operates there.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for a cross-border transfer, the responsible party should use an available lawful transfer mechanism or another recognized safeguard. Privacy protections and government-access rules can differ between countries.

External Links

GiveawayPickerly may link to Instagram, Meta, or other third-party websites and services. Following an external link takes you to an environment that is not controlled by this Privacy Policy.

Third-party websites have their own privacy practices, security measures, and terms. Review the applicable privacy notice before providing information to an external website. A link does not mean that GiveawayPickerly controls or accepts responsibility for the third party's privacy practices.

Instagram and Platform Disclaimer

GiveawayPickerly is an independent website and is not an official Instagram or Meta product or service. References to Instagram do not imply sponsorship, endorsement, or administration by Instagram or Meta.

Information that Instagram or Meta handles through its platform, account systems, APIs, or permissions is governed by its applicable policies and terms. This Privacy Policy describes GiveawayPickerly's practices and does not replace any policy issued by Instagram, Meta, or another platform provider.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy when the website's services, information practices, or applicable requirements change. When a meaningful revision is published, the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will be changed.

We encourage you to review this page periodically. Unless another effective date is stated, a revised policy applies when it is published at /privacy.