Privacy Policy

Last updated: Sep 03, 2026 10:16 AM

We value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the www.macgh.org website (the “Website”) operated by The Massachusetts Council on Gaming and Health, a(n) Not For Profit formed in Massachusetts, United States (“us, we, our”) as this Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.

Your access to or use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including but not limited to visitors, users and others, who wish to access or use the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of this Privacy Policy, you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

What information we collect and store

We collect and store any and all information that you enter on this Website. We collect and store the following information about you:

With whom we share your personal information

We share the following personal information with the following categories of third parties:

We will not share your actual consent to receiving SMS messaging with any third parties or affiliates. This means that when you consent to receiving SMS messages from us, this will not automatically opt you into receiving SMS messaging from any other company.

SMS Communications

If you choose to opt in to receive SMS text messages from the Massachusetts Council on Gaming and Health (MACGH), we may collect your mobile phone number and related contact information for the purpose of providing informational messages about programs, services, events, resources, and organizational updates.

Message frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply according to your mobile carrier's plan. You may opt out at any time by replying STOP or CANCEL to any text message. For assistance, reply HELP or contact us at (617) 520-4999 or info@macgh.org.

SMS consent and mobile phone number information will not be sold or shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. We may share information with trusted service providers who support SMS delivery and related services on our behalf.

We retain SMS subscriber information only as long as necessary to provide communications or as otherwise required by law. Subscribers may request deletion of their information by contacting MACGH.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your device by your browser. This Website sets cookies. Please visit our Cookie Policy to learn more about what cookies we set, why we set them, and how to change your cookie settings.

Children's privacy

This Website is intended for use by a general audience and does not offer services to children. Should a child whom we know to be under 18 send personal information to us, we will use that information only to respond to that child to inform them that they cannot use this Website.

Analytics programs

This Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about you and your behaviors. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. This Website also uses the following additional analytics program(s) to collect information about you and your behaviors: WordPress Analytics. To learn how to opt-out, please visit the website(s) of the analytics program(s) listed. You can also opt out of cookies by using our cookie consent banner.

Advertising and remarketing

This Website uses the Google remarketing service. We use this service to display advertisements to people who have interacted with our Website in specific ways. This remarketing service places a cookie or a device identifier or other technology that tracks your behavior online and displays advertisements for our products or services to you on third-party websites across the Internet through the Google Content Network. You can opt out of the use of cookies or device identifiers by Google by visiting Google’s Ad Settings. You can opt out of third party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Page or control the use of device identifiers by changing your device’s settings. You can also opt out of cookies by using our cookie consent banner.

Third-party websites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We provide such hyperlinks for your reference only. We do not control such websites and are not responsible for their contents or the privacy or other practices of such websites. It is up to you to read and fully understand their Privacy Policies. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of the material on such websites or any association with their operators.

Do Not Track

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a preference you can set on your browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. We do not support DNT. You can either enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your browser.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@macgh.org.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy by posting the updated Privacy Policy to this website.