Privacy policy
thewatchpot.com · effective September 21, 2026
This policy describes how WatchPot LLC (“we,” “Sponsor”) handles information on thewatchpot.com. It is written for the product as it works today. A promotions attorney should review it before a public US launch.
Who we are
WatchPot LLC
200 S Eaton St
Lakewood, CO 80226
Privacy requests: privacy@thewatchpot.com or mail to the address above, attn. Privacy.
What we collect
- Account. When you sign in with Google or X, we receive the identifier, name, and email those services share with us. We store a display name on your WatchPot profile.
- Play records. Free entries, verified ad sessions, crate tickets, prizes, and wallet credits. Ad sessions include whether this tab stayed visible and focused for the required 30 seconds — that is how we know a view was completed.
- Location (not GPS). We read the IP address of your connection to decide country and US state so we can geo-fence. We do not request GPS, device location, or a map of your house.
- Mail-in entries. If you use the free mail-in method, you send your legal name, email, mailing address, and date of birth (to confirm 18+).
- Inspiration photos. If you send a photo for the user inspired page, we store the picture, your short caption, and your account until we publish it or decline it. Published photos are shown on the site. Email privacy@thewatchpot.com to ask us to take one down.
- Technical. Session cookies to keep you signed in, ordinary server logs (IP, browser, time) used for security and fraud, and a random browser id stored only to count daily visitors. That id is not your name or email.
How we use it
To run the two sweepstakes, enforce 18+ and regional eligibility, prevent duplicate or fake entries, contact winners, pay prizes, meet tax reporting (including IRS Form 1099 when required), and keep the service up. We do not sell your personal information. We do not use your data to train public AI models.
Who else sees it
- Google and X, for sign-in (their policies apply to those accounts).
- A geo lookup provider (currently ipwho.is) receives the IP in order to return country and region. We do not send them your name or email.
- When live rewarded ads are connected, the ad server (for example Google Ad Manager) will set its own cookies and may collect device and view data under Google’s privacy policy. House placeholder ads on this preview do not call an ad network.
- Payment, tax, and legal counsel if we must pay you or respond to a lawful request.
Retention
Account and play records are kept while you have an account and as long as official rules, tax, and bookkeeping require — including winner records. You may ask us to close an account; we may retain what the law says we must.
Your choices
Email privacy@thewatchpot.com to access, correct, or delete personal information we hold, or to close your account. We will need enough detail to find you (the email on the account). We do not send marketing mail today. Transactional mail (sign-in, winner notice) is part of the service.
Children
WatchPot is 18+ only. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.
Changes
If this policy changes in a material way, we will update this page and the effective date. Continued use after that date is acceptance of the revised policy.