Riot Games Privacy Notice

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+_Last Modified: January 22, 2025_
+_Last Modified: March 27, 2025_
 Welcome to Riot Games! We are a global gaming company headquartered in Los Angeles with offices and operations around the world. Riot Games, Inc. and its subsidiaries take your privacy and the protection of your personal information seriously. This Privacy Notice explains what personal info Riot Games collects when you visit or use the Riot Services, as well as ways we might use or disclose it. By "personal info," we mean any information from or about an identified or identifiable person, including information that Riot Games can associate with an individual person. We're only describing our own practices-this Notice doesn't cover the practices of third parties we don't own or control, including other companies you might interact with on or through the Riot Services (see [Third-Party Websites and Services]()).
 California Residents - Our Notice at Collection is as follows:
 . Lists of the categories of personal info collected are in [I. PERSONAL INFO WE COLLECT]().
 For important details regarding which laws apply to your use of the Riot Services and any disputes with Riot Games, be sure to check out the [Terms of Service](https://www.riotgames.com/en/terms-of-service). See [Contact Us]() to see who is the Riot Games entity or entities which control and are responsible for your personal info.
 (2) CROSS-BORDER TRANSFERS AND STORAGE. To facilitate our operations, we may transfer, process and store your personal info in jurisdictions other than where you live, including the U.S, Turkey, Romania, Russia, Southeast Asia, and South America. Laws in these countries may differ from the laws applicable to your country of residence. For instance, if you are an EEA or UK data subject and your personal info is disclosed to our affiliates, partners, or third-party service providers acting on our behalf outside of the EEA or UK, then it is done so pursuant to necessary means to ensure an adequate level of protection. In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies or security authorities in those other countries may be entitled to access your personal info.
 We've implemented and maintain a framework consistent with applicable law and this Notice for transfers of personal info outside the country of collection, including, for example, through the use of Standard Contractual Clauses when we transfer personal info outside of the EEA and the UK. You can learn more about EU Standard Contractual Clauses on the [European Commission website](https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_en) \[ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/\] and to request a copy of them [Contact Us](). We may also need to transfer your personal info to provide the Riot Services to you in accordance with the [Terms of Service](https://www.riotgames.com/en/terms-of-service). By using the Riot Services, you acknowledge that we may transfer your personal info to (and process it in) countries outside of your country of residence, each of which may have different privacy rules than your country.
+(3) OUR DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK CERTIFICATION. Riot Games, Inc. participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Riot Games, Inc. is committed to subjecting all personal info received from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, respectively, in reliance on each Data Privacy Framework, to the Frameworks' applicable Principles. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework, and to view our certification, visit the [U.S. Department of Commerce's Data Privacy Framework](https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/) \[dataprivacyframework.gov/s/\].
+(3) OUR DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK CERTIFICATION. Riot Games, Inc. participates in and has certified its compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. Riot Games, Inc. has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union and the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and the UK Extension, and from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF.
+Riot Games, Inc. is committed to subjecting all personal info received from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland, respectively, in reliance on each Data Privacy Framework, to the Frameworks' applicable Principles. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit [https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/](https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/).
 Riot Games, Inc. is responsible for the processing of personal info it receives, under the Data Privacy Framework, and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. Riot Games, Inc. complies with the Data Privacy Framework Principles for all onward transfers of personal info from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland including the onward transfer liability provisions.
 With respect to personal info received or transferred pursuant to the Data Privacy Framework, Riot Games, Inc. is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, Riot Games may be required to disclose personal info in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
+If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party [dispute resolution provider](https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request) \[feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request\] (free of charge).
+In compliance with the EU-U.S. DPF, the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. DPF, Riot Games, Inc. commits to resolve DPF Principles-related complaints about our collection and use of your personal information. EEA, UK, and Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding our handling of personal data received in reliance on these frameworks should first contact us at dpo@riotgames.com or via the mailing addresses in this section. If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party [dispute resolution provider](https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request) \[feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request\] (free of charge).
+Under certain conditions, more fully described on the [Data Privacy Framework website](https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/) \[www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/\], you may be entitled to invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted.
+Under certain conditions, more fully described on the [Data Privacy Framework website](https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/) \[www.dataprivacyframework.gov\], you may be entitled to invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted.
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 ## VI. YOUR RIGHTS, CHOICES AND CONTROLS
 **Summary:** You have rights and choices regarding your use of the Riot Services and the ways we process personal info. Since you can interact with us in many different ways, the particular controls available to you often depend on the nature of our relationship.