PRIVACY POLICY

Date Last Updated: 1/3/2023

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Teen Vibes Magazine, LLC (collectively, “we”, “us” or “our”) own and operate websites, mobile applications, and other digital, interactive services (collectively, the “Services”). This Privacy Policy applies to the information we collect through our Services, unless the website, mobile application, or other digital, interactive service has a separate privacy policy, in which case that privacy policy will govern. This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms of Use posted on our Services, sets forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Services. Depending on your activities when visiting our Services, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

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This policy describes:

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1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

2. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED

3. HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

4. EXERCISING CHOICE

5. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY DISCLOSURES

6. CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

7. DO NOT TRACK

8. SHINE THE LIGHT

9. ACCESSING AND UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION

10. USERS LOCATED IN THE EEA, UK, AND SWITZERLAND

11. SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA

12. RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA

13. CHILDREN

14. OTHER SITES / LINKS

15. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

16. HOW TO CONTACT US

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INFORMATION WE COLLECT

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Our Services typically collect three kinds of information about you: (a) information that you voluntarily provide that personally identifies you, including financial information; (b) information that we automatically collect when you use our Services; and (c) information provided by third parties. How we collect and store information depends on the websites you visit, the activities in which you participate and the Services you use. You can use some of the Services without providing any information other than what is automatically collected as described below.

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(a) Information you provide

We may collect information about you during your use of the Services, including your name, username, password, email address, postal address, phone number, mobile phone number, payment information, gender, birth year, and information you provide or post on our Services or allow us to access when you do certain things, such as:

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• Enter registration information for one or more of our Services;

• Enter a sweepstakes or contest or register for a promotion;

• Participate in voting or polling activities;

• Make a purchase;

• Request certain features (e.g., newsletters, updates, and other products);

• Sign up to receive SMS (text message) notifications;

• Download or use one of our mobile applications;

• Connect with the Services or otherwise allow us to access certain information about you via a social networking site (SNS); or

• Post user-generated content, including comments, to or on any of our Services.

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(b) Automatically-collected information;

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Device/usage information

We may automatically collect certain information about the computer or devices (including mobile devices) you use to access the Services. For example, we may collect and analyze information such as (a) IP addresses, geolocation information (as described in the next section below), unique device identifiers and other information about your mobile phone or other mobile device(s), browser types, browser language, operating system, the state or country from which you accessed the Services; and (b) information related to the ways in which you interact with the Services, such as: referring and exit pages and URLs, platform type, the number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages and content viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time you used the Services, the frequency of your use of the Services, error logs, and other similar information. As described further below, we may use third-party analytics providers and technologies, including cookies and similar tools, to assist in collecting and analyzing this information.

We may also capture other data, such as search criteria and results. In some cases, we will associate this information with a unique identifier for our internal use.

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Location information

We may collect different types of information about your location, including general information (e.g., IP address, zip code) and more specific information (e.g., GPS-based functionality on mobile devices used to access the Services), and may use that information to customize the Services with location-based information, advertising, and features. By using our Services, you consent to the collection of location information.

If you access the Services through a mobile device and you do not want your device to provide us with location-tracking information, you can disable the GPS or other location-tracking functions on your device, provided your device allows you to do this. See your device manufacturer’s instructions for further details.

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Cookies and Local Stored Objects

To enhance your experience on our Services, we place “cookies” on your computer or device. Cookies are small text files that we place in your computer or device to store your preferences. Other information you provide to us may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. A cookie assigns a unique numerical identifier to your Web browser or device, and may enable us to recognize you as the same user who has used our Services, and relate your use of the Services to other information about you.

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We use session and performance cookies to provide you with the services you request and to improve your experience with our Services. For example, we use cookies to personalize your experience on our Services (e.g., to recognize you by name when you return to our site, to save your password in password-protected areas, to enable shopping carts, or to tailor content or product and service offerings). Other cookies are essential to ensure the security and operation of our Services.

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We also use cookies (and Local Shared Objects, HTML5, cache cookies, web beacons, or clear gifs, all described further below) to understand usage of the Services, analyze traffic, and to improve our content and offerings.

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Some third parties, such as Google, may place cookies on your browser when you use our Services in order to track your activity across websites and to provide you advertisements tailored to your interests and online activities. For more information on how to opt out of Online Behavioral Advertising, see the Exercising Choice section below. For our European based users, we only place or allow tracking cookies to be placed on your browser with your consent.

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Most browsers automatically accept cookies. You can set your browser option so that you will not receive cookies and you can also delete existing cookies from your browser.

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Common ID Cookie

One of the cookies we use is the Common ID Cookie, which helps us provide our services and measure advertising effectiveness. The Common ID cookie stores a unique user id in the first party domain and is accessible to our ad partners. This simple ID that can be utilized to improve user matching, especially for delivering ads to iOS and MacOS browsers. Users can opt out of the Common ID tracking cookie by clicking here.

FOR EU USERS ONLY: When you use our site, pre-selected companies may access and use certain information on your device and about your interests to serve ads or personalized content. You may revisit or change consent-choices at any time by clicking here.

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How to Manage Your Cookies

We believe in being transparent about how we collect and use data. This policy provides information about how and when we use cookies for these purposes. Capitalized terms used in this policy but not defined have the meaning set forth in our Privacy Policy., which also includes additional details about the collection and use of information.

 

Cookie data. We may use “cookies” (a small text file sent by your computer each time you visit our site) or similar technologies to record log data. They are unique to your account or your browser. Session-based cookies last only while your browser is open and are automatically deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies last until you or your browser delete them or until they expire. Many browsers default to accepting cookies. You may be able to change this setting in your browser and you can also clear your cookies. If you do, you may lose some functionality of our site. Check your browser’s help function to learn more about your cookie setting options.

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To find out more about cookies, visit this site.

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We may use the following types of cookies:

Advertising and analytics: These cookies collect information about who is visiting our site and how users engage with our site. This information does not identify any individual user. It is aggregated and anonymous. Information included in this analysis is number of visitors to our site, referring websites, pages visited while on this site, time of day visited our site, if this is a new or repeat visitor, and other comparable information. This information is used to help us understand the usage of our site, improve and operate our services more efficiently and to monitor the activity on our site. For example, the Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics may set cookies on your browser or mobile device or read cookies that are already there to collect information. Google Analytics may also receive information about you from apps you have downloaded that partner with Google. Google Analytics collects information such as how often you use the Site and how you use the Site. We use the information provided by Google Analytics to improve the Site and Service. For more information regarding how Google collects, uses and shares your information and how to opt out of certain uses please visit http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners..

 

By using the Site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google as described here and in Google’s privacy policy.

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• Essential cookies: These cookies help run our site and make your experience better. These include cookies that allow you access to a members only part of the site or help the content of our site load quickly. These cookies are only used to provide you with these services.

• Functionality cookies: These cookies allow the site to remember preferences you have selected such as login details or other selections you may have made. These are designed to make it easier to use our site and not have to set the same preferences every time.

• Social Media cookies: We use social media tools on our site and these cookies allow the social media network to record when you have liked or engaged with a social media tool on our site. In some situations, the social network may send us data that you have set to share. If you do not want the social media network to share information with us, please check your privacy settings with the social media network.

• Advertising cookies: These cookies allow you to track browsing habits as you visit the site. Based on your browsing history and with our permission, we use third party advertising partners who can then display to you a relevant ad when you are on a third-party site such as a social media platform. Within these cookies, we may also know your precise location such as latitude, longitude, GeoIP, and other location specific information. Please see below for your choices on cookies in the use of advertising.

• To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from us if your computer supports such capabilities. You can opt out of receiving emails from us. Please see the Your Choices section below.

• We might also use a pixel tag which is a small graphic file that allows us and third parties to monitor the use of the site and provide us with information based on your interaction with the site. These tags may collect the IP address from the device which you loaded the page, the browser type. Pixel tags are also used by our third parties to collect information when you visit our site, the links and other actions you take on our site, and we may use this information in combination with cookies to display targeted advertisements.

• Other data technologies may be used that collect comparable information for security and fraud detection purposes.

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Don’t want cookies? Some people prefer not to allow cookies, which is why most browsers give you the ability to manage cookies to suit you. In some browsers you can set up rules to manage cookies on a site-by-site basis, giving you more fine-grained control over your privacy. What this means is that you can disallow cookies from all sites except those that you trust.

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Browser manufacturers provide help pages relating to cookie management in their products. Please see below for more information.

• Google Chrome.

• Internet Explorer.

• Mozilla Firefox.

• Safari (Desktop).

• Safari (Mobile).

• Android Browser.

• Opera.

• Opera Mobile.

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For other browsers, please consult the documentation that your browser manufacturer provides.

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You may opt-out of third-party cookies from Google Analytics on its website.

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You can opt out of interest-based targeting provided by participating ad servers through the Digital Advertising Alliance (http://youradchoices.com.), the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.. In addition, on your iPhone, iPad or Android, you can change your device settings to control whether you see online interest-based ads. You can also opt out of the Digital Advertising Alliance using your mobile device settings.

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If you live in California, you have the right to opt out of the disclosure of personal information about you for monetary or other valuable consideration. To Opt-Out, click or call 1 (888) 914-9661.

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If you limit the ability of websites and applications to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience and/or lose the ability to access the services, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings, like login information.

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We do NOT track signals.

Our Sites and Services do not collect personal information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services. Therefore, “do not track” signals transmitted from web browsers do not apply to our Sites or Services, and we do not alter any of our data collection and use practices upon receipt of such a signal.

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Social Media Technologies

When you use social media platforms, each platform has its own technologies and policies to be aware of. For information on limiting the use of widgets and sharing functions with social networks, see below:

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• For Twitter widgets, you can find more information here.

• For Facebook widgets, you can find more information here.

• For Pinterest widgets, you can find more information here.

• For LinkedIn, you can find more information here.

 

You can also find out more about Cookies and how to manage them by visiting www.aboutcookies.org.

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Information from third parties

We may obtain additional information about you from third parties such as marketers, partners, researchers, and others. We may combine information that we collect from you with information about you that we obtain from such third parties and information derived from any other subscription, product, or service we provide.

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Aggregate or de-identified data

We may aggregate and/or de-identify information collected by the Services or via other means so that the information is not intended to identify you. Our use and disclosure of aggregated and/or de-identified information is not subject to any restrictions under this Privacy Policy, and we may disclose it to others without limitation for any purpose.

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HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED

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In general, we use the personally identifiable information that we collect to provide you with the services, including the following based on our legitimate interests:

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• To send you information about your relationship or transactions with us;

• To send you alerts or other communications via SMS messages or other media or networks;

• To notify you about new features of the Services, special events, or products, services, and special offers;

• To administer sweepstakes and contests;

• To process and respond to your inquiries;

• To contact you with information that we believe will be of interest to you;

• To attribute content to you that you make available through the Services (such as comments you post);

• To generate and review reports and data about our user base and Service usage patterns;

• To perform analytics and research aimed at improving the accuracy, effectiveness, usability, or popularity of the Services;

• To improve the content and features of the Services or develop new Services;

• To allow us to personalize the content and advertising that you see on the Services and to understand how users interact with and use our advertisements and Services;

• To enforce the legal terms that govern your use of the Services;

• To administer and troubleshoot the Services; and

• To associate your activities, customize content or tailor advertising across different devices and browsers that you use to access the Services (for instance, computers, tablets, mobile devices, applications and websites).

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HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR INFORMATION

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We will make your information available to other companies, websites, applications or people with your consent, or consistent with our legitimate interests, in the circumstances described below:

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• We may share your information with non-affiliated third parties: (a) in order to provide services or products that we believe may be of interest to you; (b) when we have your permission; or (c) as described in this Privacy Policy.

• We may share your information with our agents or companies in order to provide the Services or advertising or to communicate with you on our behalf.

• When you sign up to participate in a contest or sweepstakes, your information may also be provided to our sweepstakes or contest advertisers, operators, and/or sponsors and the use of that information will be also governed by the privacy policies or practices of those advertisers, operators, and/or sponsors.

• We may disclose your information in response to any subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process we receive, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or to defend against legal claims.

• We may share your information with third-parties with whom we have a contractual relationship, including without limitation third-party advertisers and advertising networks.

• We may disclose your information when we believe in good faith that such disclosure is appropriate in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of this Privacy Policy or the Terms of Service for the Services you accessed, and/or to protect our rights and property, and the rights and property of our employees, users and the public. This may involve sharing your information with law enforcement, government agencies, courts, and/or other organizations.

• We may share your information in connection with any proposed or actual merger, reorganization, transfer of control, a sale of some or all of our assets, or a financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.

• We may aggregate and/or de-identify your information so that the information no longer relates to you individually. Our use and disclosure of such aggregated or de-identified information is not subject to this Privacy Policy, and may be disclosed to others without limitation and for any purpose.

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EXERCISING CHOICE

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Promotional Emails

You may opt-out from receiving future promotional emails from us, or direct that we not share your information with any Affiliated Companies, by clicking the “unsubscribe” button that appears on our promotional e-mails. Please refer to the settings or options menu in your email client for more information. You can remove yourself from our postal mailings by emailing us. You can also remove yourself by contacting us as described in the “How to Contact Us” section below.

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Online Behavioral Advertising

When you use the Services, we may serve you with ads based on various factors such as the content of the page you are visiting, information you provide such as your age or gender, your searches, demographic data, user-generated content and other information that you provide to us as described in this Policy.

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Some of the services and advertisements are delivered or served by third-party companies. These companies place or recognize cookies, pixel tags, web beacons or other technology to track certain information about our Services website users. For example, in the course of serving certain advertisements, an advertiser may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser in order to collect certain information about your use of the Services. For another example, an advertiser or ad server may also be able to collect your device’s unique identifier in the course of serving an ad. In many cases, this information could be used to show you ads on other websites based on your interests.

We do not have access to, nor control over, these third parties’ use of cookies or other tracking technologies or how they may be used.

For example, we use Google to serve advertisements on the Services, which use the Google Doubleclick cookie, and in some cases, a unique device identifier, to show you ads based on your visit to our websites and other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the Google Doubleclick cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

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If you would like more information about this practice, and to learn how to opt out of behavioral advertising on the particular device on which you are accessing this Privacy Policy, please visit: https://optout.aboutads.info/ and https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.

You may download the AppChoices app at http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices to opt out in mobile apps.

Please note that the opt out is cookie-based and will only affect the specific computer and browser on which the opt out is applied. If you delete your browser cookies and want to continue to be opted out of interest-based ads, you will need to opt out again.

For more information about how we use cookies please visit our Cookie Policy.

Precise Device Location Tracking

If you authorized us and/or our service providers to collect and/or share information about the precise location of your device through a mobile application, you can always withdraw your consent and prevent the further collection and sharing of your precise device location information by accessing your devices location privacy settings. Each operating system, iOS for Apple devices, Android for Android devices and Windows for Microsoft devices, provides its own instructions on how to turn off precise location sharing. Access the privacy settings for your mobile device or contact your platform operator for more information.

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CALIFORNIA PRIVACY DISCLOSURES

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If you are a California Consumer, you have certain rights with respect to the collection, use, transfer, and processing of your “Personal Information”, as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the “CCPA”). This section is designed to provide you with the disclosures required under the CCPA.  To learn more about your rights under the CCPA and how to exercise these rights, please see the California and Virginia Privacy Rights section, below.

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Collection of Personal Information

Wee have collected the following categories of information regarding California Consumers.

Categories of Personal Information 

Examples (Illustrative Only)

Business or Commercial Purposes for Collection

Sources of Data 

Categories of Recipients

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A. Identifiers

Name, Address, Email, Phone number.

– Process your transactions

– Provide you with the products and services you request

– Administer Surveys

– Communicate with you regarding your account or transactions with us

– Send you offers and Promotions for our products and services

– To provide relevant marketing and advertising

This information is collected directly from you

Affiliates, analytics providers, partners, service providers, transaction processors, IT vendors, and law enforcement (if necessary)

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B. Personal Information

Name, Address, Telephone Number, Identification Numbers, Credit Card Information

– Process your transactions

– Provide you with the products and services you request

– Administer Surveys

– Communicate with you regarding your account or transactions with us

– Send you offers and Promotions for our products and services

– To provide relevant marketing and advertising

This information is collected directly from you

Affiliates, analytics providers, partners, service providers, transactions processors, IT vendors, and law enforcement (if necessary)

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C. Protected Classification Characteristics Under California or Federal Law

Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, sex, sexual orientation.

– Ensure your eligibility for our Services

– Process your transactions

– Provide you with the products and services you request

– Administer Sweepstakes and contest

– To provide relevant marketing and advertising

This information is collected directly from you

Affiliates, analytics providers, partners, service providers, transactions processors, IT vendors, and law enforcement (if necessary)

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D. Commercial Information

Records of purchases made or considered or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.

– Provide you with the products you request

– Process your transactions

– Better understand how to target and optimize our services

– To provide relevant marketing and advertising

This information is collected directly from you or by logging our interactions with you

Affiliates, analytics providers, partners, service providers, transactions processors, IT vendors, and law enforcement (if necessary)

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F. Internet or Electronic Network Activity Information

Browsing history, information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet Web site, application, or advertisement, internet protocol address, device ID, cookies, beacons, pixel tags, mobile ad Identifiers.

– Provide you with targeted advertising based on your activity on our sites

– Operate, understand, optimize, develop, or improve our sites, applications, products, services and operations

– Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity

– Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality

– Investigate and prevent activities that may violate our policies

We collect your internet or other electronic network activity information from your interactions with our website

Affiliates, analytics providers, partners, service providers, IT vendors, and law enforcement (if necessary)

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G. Geolocation Data

Physical Location or Movements

– Provide you with targeted advertising based on your activity on our sites

– Operate, understand, optimize, develop, or improve our sites, applications, products, services and operations

– Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity

– Debugging to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality

– Investigate and prevent activities that may violate our policies

We collect your geolocation data from your interactions with our website

Affiliates, analytics providers, partners, service providers, IT vendors, and law enforcement (if necessary)

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I. Professional or Employment-Related Information

Current or past job history or performance evaluations.

– To Process Employment Applications and Related Requests.

This information is collected directly from you.

Affiliates, partners, service providers, IT vendors, and law enforcement (if necessary).

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K. Inferences 

Inferences Drawn to Create a Profile About a Consumer

– Provide you with targeted advertising based on your activity on our sites

Analyzing information received directly from you or through your interactions

Affiliates, analytics providers, partners, service providers, IT vendors, and law enforcement (if necessary).

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L. Sensitive Personal Information

Information revealing a government identification number; account log-in, credit, or debit card information in combination with any required security or access code, and precise geolocation information.

– Ensure your eligibility for our Services.

– Process your transactions.

– Provide you with the products and services you request.

– Better understand how to target and optimize our services

– To provide relevant marketing and advertising

This information is collected directly from you with your consent

Affiliates, partners, service providers, IT vendors, and law enforcement (if necessary).

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We do not sell your personal information to third parties for money. But, the use of certain analytical and tracking tools may constitute the sale or sharing of information under the CCPA.  In the preceding 12 months, we used marketing or analytical tools that may constitute a sale or sharing of the following categories of information under California Law:

A (identifiers), B (personal), C (protected class), D (commercial), G (geolocation), K (Inferences), and L (Sensitive Geolocation). The recipients of this information are providers of marketing and analytics services. You may learn more about your right to opt-out of the use of this data for targeted advertising and the sale or sharing of this data, below.

We do not knowingly collect, process, sell, or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age. 

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Retention of California Consumer Information

We retain your personal information for as long as is necessary for fulfilling the processing purposes identified in this Policy. Generally, we retain your information for as long as we have a relationship with you and, after our relationship with you has ended, if there is an ongoing business need to retain it. This includes retention to comply with our legal, regulatory, tax, accounting and/or billing and collection obligations, to resolve disputes, enforce our policies and establish, exercise and defend our rights and any claims.

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We will delete your personal information when it is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or upon your request, subject to exceptions as discussed in this policy or under applicable law, contract, or regulation.

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CALIFORNIA AND VIRGINIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

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Residents of California and Virginia (“Covered Consumers”) are entitled to specific rights regarding the processing of their personal information under the CCPA and Virginia Data Privacy Act, respectively.  This section explains these rights and provides a description of how Covered Consumers may exercise them.  We reserve the right to limit these rights where permitted under applicable law, including where your identity cannot be reasonable verified or to the extent your rights adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

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Right to Know About Personal Information Collected, Disclosed, Shared, or Sold

Covered Consumers have the right to know whether we process their personal information and to request that we disclose the personal information we collect, use, and disclose about them to third parties. 

 

There are two types of Rights to Know requests that you can make:

1. Right to Know (Abbreviated Request):  If you make a Right to Know (Abbreviated Request), you will receive the following information about you:

   1. Categories of personal information collected, sold, or shared;

   2. Categories of sources from which personal information is collected;

   3. Categories of third parties to whom the information is sold, shared or disclosed;

   4. Business or commercial purpose for collecting, sharing, or selling personal information;

   5. Categories of personal information disclosed for a business purpose and categories of persons to whom it was disclosed for a business purpose.

2. Right to Know (Specific Pieces of Information Request):  If you make a Right to Know (Specific Pieces of Information Request), you will receive the following information about you:

   1. Specific pieces of personal information collected about you.

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We will provide this information to you free of charge, unless we determine that your request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.  You may request this information twice in a 12-month period.

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Where possible, we will provide this information to you in a portable, and to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data without hindrance.

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There are certain exceptions to a consumer’s Right to Know.  We will state in our response if an exception applies.

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Right of Deletion

Covered Consumers have the right to request that we and our service providers delete any personal information about you which we have collected from you upon receipt of a verifiable request.  This right is subject to certain exceptions.  We will state in our response if an exception applies.

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Right of Correction

Covered Consumers have the right to request that we correct inaccuracies in any personal information that we collect or process about them upon receipt of a verifiable request.  This right is subject to certain exceptions.  We will state in our response if an exception applies.

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Right to Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising and the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

Covered Consumers have the right to tell us not to disclose or transfer their Personal Information to a third party in exchange for something of value or for certain third party marketing purposes.  This is referred to as the right to “opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information” or the “do not sell my information” right.  It also allows you to opt out from our processing of your personal data for targeted advertising purposes.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties for money.  However, we use certain third party analytical cookies and related technologies that may be considered “sales” or “sharing” of data under applicable laws.  For more information, and to exercise your right to opt out, please visit our Your Privacy Choices page, which can be found in the footer of each page of our Websites or by clicking here.

Our websites respond to the Global Privacy Control, (“GPC”) which allows you to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information by default. If you have the GPC enabled, we will not sell or share your personal information. To learn more about the GPC, please visit https://globalprivacycontrol.org/.

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Please note that opt-out choices may be stored via cookies.  If you clear cookies, if your browser blocks cookies, or if you view the page from a different browser or device, your opt-out choice may no longer be logged or recognized.

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Right to Limit the Processing of Sensitive Personal Information

We will only collect and process your sensitive personal information with your consent. Residents of California have the right to request that we limit the processing of their sensitive personal information to only those purposes specifically authorized under California law. You may submit a request to limit the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information as described in the Submitting Requests section, below.

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Right to Opt-Out of Automated Profiling

Covered Consumers have the right to opt out of the automated processing of personal data for the purposes of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. At this time, we do not process your personal information in this manner.

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Right to Non-Discrimination

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights, including, but not limited to, by: denying goods or services to you; charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including through the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties; providing a different level of quality of goods or services to you; or suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services. We will also not retaliate against any employee, applicant for employment, or independent contractor for exercising their rights under the CCPA.

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a. Submitting Requests

Covered Consumers may opt-out of targeted marketing or the sale or sharing of your personal information through the mechanisms identified in the applicable sections, above. You can submit all other requests by contacting us here.

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We will respond to these consumer requests, if applicable, within 45 days of receipt of the request and without undue delay.  If we need to extend this period, we will notify you of the delay and explain the reasonably necessary justifications for our delay. 

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We will provide responses to your requests free of charge unless certain exclusions apply, depending on the state in which you reside.

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b. Verifying Requests

When we receive a request through one of the means described above, we must verify that the person requesting information or deletion is the person to whom the request relates in order to process that request. To verify a Covered Consumer’s identity, we may request up to three pieces of personal information about you when you make a request to compare against our records.  We may also request that you sign a declaration under the penalty of perjury from the consumer whose personal information is the subject of the request. 

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You will not be required to create an account with us to submit a verifiable request. However, you may be required to access an existing account to the extent accessing the account is necessary.

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We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity and will delete any information you provide after processing the request.  We reserve the right to take additional steps as necessary to verify the identity of Covered Consumers where we have reason to believe a request is fraudulent.

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c. Appealing Decisions

If you are a resident of Virginia and we deny or fail to take action on your request to exercise your applicable consumer privacy rights, you may appeal our decision.  To do this, you may contact us by submitting your appeal request here. In the email appeal, please specify the right(s) you requested to exercise and the date you made such a request.

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We will inform you in writing within 60 days of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal.  We will also provide a written explanation of the reasons for our decisions regarding your request(s). 

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d. Authorized Agents

Residents of California may choose a person or a business registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf (“Authorized Agent”) to submit your requests.  If you choose to use an Authorized Agent, we require that you provide the Authorized Agent with written permission to allow them to submit your request and that you verify your identity directly with us.  Failure to do so may result in us denying your request.

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DO NOT TRACK

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At this time, we do not recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals for residents located outside California or Virginia.

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SHINE THE LIGHT

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Residents of the State of California, under certain provisions of the California Civil Code, have the right to request from companies conducting business in California a list of all third parties to which the company has disclosed certain personally identifiable information as defined under California law (if any) during the preceding year for third party direct marketing purposes. You are limited to one request per calendar year. In your request, please attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address for our response.

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ACCESSING AND UPDATING YOUR INFORMATION

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You may contact us as if you have questions or comments about our Privacy Policy; wish to make corrections to any personally identifiable information you have provided; want to opt-out from receiving future commercial correspondence, including emails, from us or our Affiliated Companies; or wish to withdraw your consent to sharing your personally identifiable information with others.

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We will respond to your request and, if applicable and appropriate, make the requested change in our active databases as soon as reasonably practicable. Please note that we may not be able to fulfill certain requests while allowing you access to certain benefits and features of our Services.

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USERS LOCATED IN THE EEA, UK, AND SWITZERLAND

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If you are a user in the EEA or Switzerland, the following information applies with respect to personal data collected through your use of our Services.

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Purposes of processing and legal basis for processing

We process personal data consistent with our disclosures in this Privacy Policy. We process personal data on the following legal bases: (1) with your consent; (2) as necessary to perform our agreement to provide Services to you; (3) to meet legal obligations, and (4) as necessary for our legitimate interests in providing the Services where those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms related to data privacy. When we process your information on the basis of consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Transfers

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Personal data we collect may be transferred to, and stored and processed in, the United States or any other country in which we or our affiliates or processors maintain facilities. We have put in place appropriate safeguards to ensure the protection of any personal information transferred from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland to the United States and other countries. By using the Services, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in our Privacy Policy. To obtain more information regarding the safeguard(s) in place, please contact us using the information provided below.

Individual Rights.

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If you are a resident of the EEA or Switzerland, you have certain rights under EU General Data Protection Regulation, as set forth below:

• Right of access: You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.

• Right of rectification: You have the right to have information that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete corrected.

• Right to be forgotten: In certain limited circumstances, you have the right to request that we erase from our records the information that we hold about you.

• Right to restriction of processing: In certain limited circumstances, you have the right to restrict the processing of your information.

• Right to withdraw consent: If you have provided consent for the processing of your information, you have the right (in certain circumstances) to withdraw that consent at any time which will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent was withdrawn.

• Right of portability: In certain limited circumstances, you have the right to have the information we hold about you transferred to another organization.

• Right to object to automated processing, including profiling: You have the right to not be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.

• Right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a regulatory authority, if you believe that we have not complied with the requirements of the GDPR with regard to your personal information. A listing of EU data protection authorities can be located at: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-author…

• Right to object: You have the right to object to certain types of processing of your information such as direct marketing (to the extent applicable).

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This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties.

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If you would like to exercise the above-mentioned rights, please direct your written concerns to us.

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SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA

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We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards in an effort to protect against unauthorized access, use, loss, modification, disclosure, and any form of unlawful processing of personal data in our custody and control, and our service providers are bound to maintain similar safeguards. These measures also aim at preventing unnecessary collection and further processing of personal data. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard the personal data in our custody and control, and we require similar safeguarding measures from our service providers, we need you to understand that we are unable to guarantee the security of your personal data.

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To provide you with an increased level of security online, access to your personal data on certain of our websites may be protected with a password you select. We strongly recommend that you do not disclose your password to anyone. We will never ask you for your password in any unsolicited communication.

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RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA

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We will take reasonable steps to accurately record the personal data that you provide to us and any subsequent updates. We will retain your personal data as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. Thereafter, we will either delete your personal data or de-identify it so that it cannot be attributed to your identity. Please note that we may continue to retain personal data for purposes of our legitimate interests, including as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, and enforce our agreements.

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CHILDREN

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The features, programs, promotions and other aspects of our Services requiring the submission of personally identifiable information are not intended for anyone under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 and believe he or she has disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us. A parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 may review and request deletion of such child’s personally identifiable information as well as prohibit its use.

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OTHER SITES/LINKS

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Our Services may link to or contain links to other third party websites that we do not control or maintain, such as in connection with purchasing products referenced on our Services and banner advertisements. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by any third party website. We encourage you to note when you leave our Services and to read the privacy statements of all third party websites before submitting any personally identifiable information.

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CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

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We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will make you aware of them where we post the updated policy and may also notify you by other reasonable methods that we select. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy that will result in a new use, disclosure, or permission of access to your personal data that we previously collected and stored, we will obtain any consent that may be required by law.

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You understand and agree that if you use this website after the effective date of the updated Privacy Policy, we consider your use as acceptance of it.

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HOW TO CONTACT US

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If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or other Privacy-related matters, you may contact us.