Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 10, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Dropping Names, LLC (referred to as we, us, or our) collects, uses, discloses, and protects information about you when you visit droppingnames.com or otherwise interact with us (the Site). It also describes the choices and rights available to you, including rights under California privacy law. By using the Site, you agree to the practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site.

Information We Collect

Information you provide to us directly:

Your email address, when you subscribe to our newsletter.
Contest entries, including your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, country, social media handle, the artwork you upload, and any description you include.
Applications, such as guest or participation submissions, including the details you choose to provide.
Messages and any information you include when you contact us through a form on the Site.

Please note: when you give us your email address anywhere on the Site, including a contest entry, a studio audience or guest application, a message sent through our contact form, or when you sign in, we also add that address to our general newsletter list so you hear about the show without having to enter your address again on another page. Every newsletter we send contains a one click unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing removes you from the list permanently. If you unsubscribe, entering your address again elsewhere on the Site will not put you back on the list.

Information collected automatically:

When you visit the Site, we and our providers may automatically collect certain technical information, such as your device and browser type, operating system, referring pages, the pages and content you view and interact with, an approximate location derived from your Internet Protocol (IP) address, and the dates and times of your visits. Some of this information is collected through cookies and similar technologies described below.

Categories of Personal Information (California)

For California residents, the categories of personal information we may collect, as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (together, the CCPA), include:

Identifiers, such as name, email address, phone number, postal address, and IP address.
Customer records, such as the contact and mailing information you provide.
Commercial or participation information, such as newsletter subscriptions, contest entries, and applications.
Internet or other electronic network activity, such as browsing and interaction data on the Site.
Geolocation data, limited to the approximate location derived from your IP address.
Audio, electronic, or visual information, such as images you choose to upload.
Inferences we may draw from the above to understand engagement with the Site.

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information as defined by the CCPA. Please do not submit government identifiers, financial account numbers, health information, or other sensitive data through the Site.

Sources of Information

We collect information directly from you when you choose to provide it, and automatically from your device and browser when you use the Site.

How We Use Your Information

To provide, operate, and maintain the Site and its features.
To send our newsletter and related updates about the show, to the address you gave us anywhere on the Site, until you unsubscribe.
To administer, review, and judge contests and applications, and to contact winners, finalists, or applicants.
To respond to your messages, questions, and requests.
To understand and improve how the Site is used.
To protect the security and integrity of the Site and to detect, prevent, and address fraud or abuse.
To comply with our legal obligations and enforce our terms and rules.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use a limited set of cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for the Site to function and to remember your preferences: your selected display theme, your session if you sign in, a single anonymous identifier used to help ensure one vote per person in contests, and a randomly generated anonymous identifier used by our own analytics to tell a returning visit from a new one. That analytics identifier is not linked to your name or email address and is not used to build a profile of you. We do not use cookies for cross-site behavioral advertising. Your browser may allow you to control or delete cookies, though some features may not work properly without them.

Global Privacy Control: Where required by law, we aim to honor recognized browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as the Global Privacy Control.

How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under the CCPA. We may disclose information only in the following limited circumstances:

Service providers: We use trusted third-party service providers to perform functions on our behalf, such as website hosting, data storage, email delivery, form processing, and analytics. These providers may use the information only to provide services to us and are bound by obligations to protect it. For security reasons, we do not name specific providers in this Policy.
Legal and safety: We may disclose information if required by law or legal process, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Dropping Names, our users, or the public.
Business transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to this Policy.

Data Retention

California law asks us to tell you how long we keep each kind of information, rather than only that we keep it as long as necessary. Our current periods are:

Newsletter address: until you unsubscribe. Unsubscribed and undeliverable addresses are kept on a suppression list indefinitely, because that is what stops us from emailing you again by mistake.
Site analytics, including the anonymous visit identifier: 400 days from collection, after which it expires automatically.
Contest entries, including uploaded artwork: for the duration of the contest and up to two years afterwards, so we can resolve any dispute about the result. The winning design is kept indefinitely, since it becomes the Season 2 logo.
Studio audience and guest applications: up to two years, so we can contact you when a suitable taping or booking comes up.
Messages sent through the contact form: up to two years.
Account and sign in records: for as long as your account exists.

We may keep information for longer where we are required to by law, or where it is needed to resolve a dispute or enforce our agreements. When information is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to delete or de-identify it.

Your Marketing Choices

Every newsletter includes a one click unsubscribe link, and you can also ask us to remove you through our contact form. We act on unsubscribe requests promptly and in any event within ten business days, as required by the federal CAN-SPAM Act. Unsubscribing from the newsletter does not stop transactional messages you have asked for, such as a sign in link or a contest confirmation.

Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the CCPA, subject to certain exceptions:

Right to know and access: You may request the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose it.
Right to delete: You may request that we delete personal information we collected from you.
Right to correct: You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information.
Right to opt out of sale or sharing: We do not sell or share personal information, so there is nothing to opt out of, but you retain this right.
Right to limit use of sensitive personal information: We do not use sensitive personal information for purposes that would trigger this right.
Right to non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights.

How to exercise your rights: You may submit a request through our contact form. We will verify your request using the information you provide, and we may ask for additional information to confirm your identity. You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf, subject to verification. We will respond within the timeframe required by law, generally within 45 days, and will let you know if we need additional time.

Other United States Privacy Rights

Several other states, including Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, Montana and others, have their own consumer privacy laws. Many of these laws apply only to businesses above a certain size, and we may not meet those thresholds. Regardless of whether they apply to us, we extend the same core rights to every United States resident: the right to know what we hold about you, to get a copy of it, to correct it, to have it deleted, and to opt out of marketing email.

Right to appeal: if we decline a privacy request you have made, you may appeal that decision by replying to our response or by contacting us again through our contact form and telling us you are appealing. We will review the appeal and give you a written answer, with our reasons, within 45 days. If we deny the appeal, you may contact your state Attorney General.

Children and the Site

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Entry into our contests is limited to individuals who are at least 18 years old. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

Users Outside the United States

The Site is operated in the United States. If you access the Site from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be processed and stored in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your location.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after an update takes effect means you accept the revised Policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please reach us through our contact form.

Dropping Names, LLC
4605 Lankershim Blvd Ste 180
North Hollywood, CA 91602
United States