FOLKSALERT PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: January 1, 2023
Welcome! Thank you for visiting an Folksalert (" FOLKSALERT," " we," " our," or " us") offering. To help inform you, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the collection and use of information you submit or we collect through our
websites (including www.folksalert.com ) (each, a " Site") and our other related Folksalert mobile applications (each an " App") and your use of other interactive features, plug-ins, mobile websites, content, downloads, services, tools, and other online services that we own and control and that post a link to these this Privacy Policy (collectively, with each App and Site, the " Service"). The Service is owned and operated by Folksalert LLC.
In addition, please review the Service's Terms of Use, which governs your use of the Service. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not provide us with any information and do not use this Service. To the extent we provide you notice on our Service of different or additional privacy policies or practices (e.g., at the point of our collection), those additional terms shall govern such data collection and use.
Information We Collect
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(a) Registration and Account Information:
If you register for an account with us (including through third-party login credentials as described in Section 1(c) below), you will be asked to provide information such as your name, email address, phone number, and address. When you sign-up for an account, create a profile, purchase products or services, or otherwise engage with our Service, you may provide additional information. You may also be able to upload photographs for your account/profile if we make this functionality available from time to time. To protect users on our own Services, we may use third party service providers and/or third-party software to moderate chat among our users. These moderation services may include recordings of text chat for purposes of avoiding or addressing potential abuses of our terms of use or other concerns on behalf of our users. We may also use third party service providers and/or
third-party software to record text chat to help address customer service inquiries.
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(i) Career Information:
The Folksalert Careers sections of the Service provides you an opportunity to apply for jobs available at Folksalert. To apply for a position, you will provide us with your email address, password, first and last name, physical address, phone number, career data, and other information about you (such as your gender, ethnicity, veteran, or disability status). Folksalert is an equal opportunity employer. Your email and password will allow you to access your account later. Also, when you apply for a job or authorize us to obtain a consumer report (e.g., background check), we will collect additional information (e.g., name, address, telephone number, resume, employment history, reference information, compensation, compensation history, education, social security number and other information requested when you submit your job application).
Visit our Career Policy for more information regarding the types of career information we collect and how we treat it.
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(b) Information to Respond to Your Requests:
You may give us information such as your email address so we can send you newsletters and other communications. Details of how you can opt-out of receiving any communications from us are detailed in the section headed "Your Choices" below.
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(c) Social Media Information:
We may now or in the future offer sign-in services that allow you to use third-party login credentials to access the Service. We also may offer services that allow you to disclose information with third-party social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok Twitter, and others.
When you link your account or engage with our Service through third-party social media sites, you understand that you may be allowing us to have ongoing access to certain
information stored on those social media sites (e.g., your public profile, friend list, people you follow or who follow you, your email address, birthday, interests, current city, likes,
information about your friends, etc.). We may receive certain information about you which is stored on social media sites if other users of those sites give us access to their profiles and you are one of their friends or connections depending upon your settings on those third-party social networking sites. The information we have access to from the third-party social media websites varies by website and is controlled by your privacy settings on those websites. We may also receive other information (e.g., content viewed and information about the advertisements within the content you have been shown or may have clicked on, etc.) from your interaction with our Service. You agree that we may disclose your video viewing with or obtain information about your video viewing from analytics providers, advertising partners and third-party social media sites for two years or until you withdraw consent. By associating an account managed by a third-party with your Folksalert account and authorizing us to have access to this information, you agree that we may collect, use, and store information from these websites in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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(d) Information About Others/Inviting Friends:
From time to time you may choose to submit information about other people to invite them to join the Folksalert community. Inviting friends is always optional. You should check that your friends consent to your disclosure of their information before submitting it to us.
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(e) Information From Other Sources:
We may receive information about you from your friends and others that use the Service, such as when they submit your information to us about you, if for example, they use send-to-a-friend functionality available on the Service. Additionally, we may, from time to time, supplement the information we collect directly from you on our Service with outside
records from third parties for various purposes, including to enhance our ability to serve you, to tailor our content and ads to you and to offer you opportunities that may be of interest to you. The information we collect may be combined with information from outside records (e.g., demographic information, navigation information, and/or additional contact information) that we have acquired from and about you, consistent with applicable legal requirements.
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(f) Mobile Information:
We may collect additional information from you if you access our Service through a mobile device (e.g., your unique device identifier, device’s operating system, mobile carrier, general location or your location).
Nielsen Measurement Information
Our properties may feature Nielsen proprietary measurement software, which will allow you
to contribute to market research, such as Nielsen TV Ratings. To learn more about the
information that Nielsen software may collect and your choices with regard to it, please see the Nielsen Digital Measurement Privacy Policy at http://www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy .
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(g) Technical Usage Information:
When you visit our Service, we collect usage information sent to us by your computer, mobile, or other access device that tells us how you are using the Service (" usage information"). In collecting Information about your use of a Service, we may use service providers or other solutions to record users' interactions with our Sites, which may include mouse clicks, mouse movements, page scrolling, and keystrokes/key touches during those sessions. We use these recordings to diagnose issues and identify areas for improvement and further engagement. We use tracking technologies (including cookies (including cookies stored in HTML-5), web beacons/GIFs, embedded scripts, e-tags/cache browsers) to collect usage information.
We may also collect password information from you when you log in, as well as computer and/or connection information. During some visits we may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, time spent on certain pages and page interaction information.
To learn more about how we use tracking technologies and cookies, see Section 5 of this Privacy Policy and click here for our full Cookies and Tracking Technologies Policy.
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(h) Geolocation Information:
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When you visit the Service, we may collect geo-location information to provide certain location-based services that you request (e.g., maps) or any of the reasons set forth in
Section 2 of this Privacy Policy. We disclose the geolocation data in the manner set forth in Section 3 of this Privacy Policy.
Uses and Retention
We use the information we collect from and about you for the following purposes:
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(a) Operate Our Service:
We use the information collected to: (i) respond to your requests (including career applications); (ii) provide customer service (e.g., to resolve disputes, problems with your account/profile or the Service); (iii) to process, track and complete transactions; (iii) personalize your experience by providing content on the Service, including targeted advertising that we believe is relevant to you; (iv) improve the Service, marketing endeavors and our service offerings; (v) give you information about your account; (vi) provide you with a safe, efficient, and customized experience; (vii) comply with our legal obligations, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defense against legal claims; (viii) to enable you to participate in a variety of the Service's features such as to enable you to participate in online surveys, entry sweepstakes, contests or other promotions; (ix) to contact you with regard to your use of the Service and, in our discretion, changes to the Service and/or Service's policies; (x) to measure and analyze audience traffic and to improve the overall experience at the Service and our merchandise and services; to understand whether you read our communications and clicked on links within those messages; (xi) to develop aggregated data and statistics; (xii) to support other internal business operations; and (xiii) for purposes
disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy.
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(b) Create De-Identified and Aggregate Non-Personal Information:
We de-identify and or aggregate information about our users such that the information can no longer be used to individually identify them and use such information to analyze Service and user behavior and prepare aggregated reports.
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(c) Prevent Fraud:
We use information to prevent, detect, and investigate fraud, security breaches, potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and enforce our Terms of Use.
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(d) Communicate With You:
We use your information to contact you to maintain the Service, your account, your job applications, to comply with your stated communication preferences, to provide other services requested by you, as described at the time when we collect the information from you, to send you information such as to send you electronic newsletters or to provide you with special offers or promotional and marketing materials on behalf of us or third parties, including to let you know about upcoming events, or contact you for other purposes authorized by law.
We retain information the information we collect from and about you for as long as it is necessary and relevant for our operations, and in accordance with applicable legal requirements. You consent to our retention of your video viewing tracking data for as long as permissible under applicable law — up to one (1) year after you close your account or otherwise withdraw consent for video tracking.
Disclosure of Information
Information collected on the Service may be disclosed with:
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(a) The Folksalert Corporate Family:
We may disclose the information we collect about you with the Folksalert corporate family, including Folksalert Digital LLC, Harpo Productions, Discovery Communications and their
and our affiliates and subsidiaries, as well as with third-party suppliers. The information may be disclosed to: (i) provide joint content and our services (e.g., registration, transactions, analytics and customer support); (ii) help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts, violations of our policies, fraud and/or data security breaches; and (iii) guide decisions about our, Folksalert or a third-party's products, sites, applications, services, tools and communications. Members of our corporate family will use this information to send you marketing communications and you will have the opportunity to opt-out in email communications.
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(b) Service Providers:
We may disclose your information to service providers under contract who help with our business operations (such as, but not limited to, data hosting services, payment processors, fraud investigations, advertising, site analytics and operations).
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(c) Other Entities with Your Consent:
Other third parties to whom you explicitly ask us to send your information (or about whom you are otherwise explicitly notified and consent to when using a specific service). On the Service, you may have opportunities to express interest in or register for other services. If
you do, we will provide information about you to those third-parties, or parties working on their behalf, to implement your request.
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(d) Legal and Law Enforcement:
We may provide your information to law enforcement, governmental agencies, or authorized third-parties, in good faith in response to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity or any other activity that may expose us, you, or any other Folksalert user to legal liability. In such events, we will only disclose information relevant and necessary to the investigation or inquiry, such as name, city, state, zip code, telephone number, email address, user ID history, IP address, fraud complaints and anything else we may deem relevant to the investigation.
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(e) Change of Control — New Owners:
We may disclose your information with other business entities, should we plan to merge with, exchange assets with, or be acquired by that business entity. We may also disclose your
information as part of the diligence performed as part of such a transaction. Should such a combination occur, we will make reasonable efforts to request that the new combined entity follow this Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information. If your personal
information would be used contrary to this policy, we will request that the new owner provide you with prior notice in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
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(f) Ad Networks:
On the Service, we may allow third-parties to serve advertisements; provide us with data collection, reporting, ad response measurement, and Service analytics; and assist with delivery of relevant marketing messages and advertisements. These third parties may view, edit, or set their own tracking technologies/cookies. The use of these technologies by these third parties is subject to their own privacy policies and is not covered by this Privacy Policy. They might also obtain information about other applications that you have downloaded to your mobile device, the other websites you visit and other information about you or your device in order to analyze and serve targeted advertising on the Service and elsewhere. The effect of an opt-out may be to stop targeted advertising, but it may still allow the collection of usage data for certain purposes (e.g., research, analytics and internal online services operation purposes).
We may use third parties such as network advertisers and ad exchanges to serve advertisements across the Internet and may use third party analytics service providers to evaluate and provide us and/or third parties with information about the use of these ads on third party websites and viewing of ads and of our content. Third parties may offer you a choice as to whether or not to have your information collected for that purpose. You may see certain ads on our Service as well as on other third-party websites across the Internet because we participate in advertising networks administered by third parties. These networks track your online activities over time and across third party websites by collecting information through automated means, including through the use of the tracking technologies described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, and they use this information to show you advertisements (including our ads) that are tailored to your individual interests. The information they collect
includes information about your visits to our Service, such as the pages you have viewed. These third-party tracking technologies may be set to, among other things: (a) help deliver advertisements to you that you might be interested in; (b) prevent you from seeing the same advertisements too many times; and (c) understand the usefulness to you of the advertisements that have been delivered to you. You acknowledge and agree that
associated technology may access and use your device and may set or change settings on your device in connection with the associated operations. Note that any images (or any other parts of content) served by third parties in association with third-party ads or other content may act as web beacons, which enable third parties to carry out the previously described activities.
This collection and ad targeting takes place both on our Service and on third-party websites that participate in the ad network, such as websites that feature advertisements delivered by the ad network. This process also helps us track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. We and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google
Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as a Google Ads cookie) together to report how your ad impressions, other uses of ad services, and interactions with these ad
impressions and ad services are related to visits to our Service. To learn more about how to opt out of Google's use of cookies, visit the Google's Ads Settings, here . To learn more about how to opt out of use of the Google Analytics cookies, visit the opt-out page, here .
Third-party tracking technologies are not controlled by us, even if they use our technology to help store or collect data. Statements regarding our practices do not apply to the methods for collecting information used by these third-party advertisers and others or the use of the
information that such third parties collect. We do however work with third parties to make efforts to provide you with information on their practices and any available opportunity to exercise choice. The relevant third party's terms of service, privacy policy, permissions, notices and choices should be reviewed regarding their collection, storage and disclosure practices. We make no representations regarding the policies or practices of third-party advertisers or advertising networks or exchanges or related third parties. Further, while we may use a variety of companies to serve advertisements on the website, you may wish to visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices, which provides information regarding this practice by Network Advertising Initiative (" NAI") members, and your choices regarding having this information used by these companies, including the "opt-out" procedures of NAI members. Opting out of one or more NAI members only means that those NAI members no longer will be allowed under their own rules to deliver targeted content and/or ads to you,
which will affect this and other sites, but does not mean you will no longer receive any targeted content and/or ads. Also, if your browsers are configured to reject cookies when you visit this opt-out page, or you subsequently erase your cookies, use a different device or change web browsers, your NAI opt-out may not, or may no longer, be effective. Additional
information is available on the NAI's website accessible by the above link. You may also be able to opt-out of receiving third-party behavioral ads by visiting the Digital Advertising
Alliance (" DAA ") website at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/. Similar limitations may apply to the DAA opt-out. We are not responsible for effectiveness of or compliance with any
third-parties' opt-out options.
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(g) Companies in The Mobile App Industry:
If you access the Service through a mobile device, we may also disclose your information with carriers, operating systems and platforms.
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(h) Information You Disclose on the Service
If you post photos, comment on content, or participate in online forums or communities, or
when you interact with our Service through social media sites, plug-ins or other applications, depending upon your privacy settings, this information may become public on the Internet. We cannot prevent or control further use of this information. You can control what data you
disclose through privacy settings available on some social media sites. Please refer to those third-party sites’ privacy policies and terms of use to learn more about their privacy practices, which we do not control.
Your Choices Regarding Marketing Communications
You can control how and when you want to receive marketing notifications and communications from Folksalert by following the unsubscribe options included in such communications and notices. It may take us some time to process your request in accordance with our legal requirements. Also, please note that you may not opt-out of administrative emails (for example, emails about your transactions or policy changes) for your registered account.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
When you visit the Service, we and our business partners may use cookies and other tracking technologies for a variety of purposes such as to enhance your online experience, for example, by remembering your log-in status and viewing preferences from a previous use of our Service, for
when you later return to the Service.
A few additional important things you should know about our use of tracking technologies:
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We offer certain features that are available only through the use of tracking technologies.
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We use both session and persistent tracking technologies. Tracking technologies (e.g., cookies) can either be persistent (i.e., they remain on your computer until you delete them) or temporary (i.e., they last only until you close your browser). You are always free to decline tracking technologies if your browser permits, although doing so may interfere with your use of the Service. Refer to the help section of your browser, browser extensions, or installed applications for instructions on blocking, deleting, or disabling tracking technologies such as cookies.
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You may encounter tracking technologies/cookies from our third-party service providers that we have allowed on our Service that assist us with various aspects of our Service operations and services, such as Google Analytics.
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You also may encounter tracking technologies from third parties on certain pages of the websites that we do not control and have not authorized. (For example, if you view a web page created by another user, there may be a cookie placed by that web page.)
For more information about the use of cookies and similar technology on our Service, please review this Privacy Policy and our Cookies and Tracking Technologies Policy.
Accessing, Reviewing, and Changing Your Personal Information
Account holders can review and change certain information about them in accordance with applicable legal rights at any time by accessing their accounts on the Service. You should promptly update your information if it changes or becomes inaccurate. We may retain some information from closed accounts so that we can comply with law, prevent fraud, assist with investigations, resolve disputes, analyze, or troubleshoot programs, enforce our Terms of Use, or take other actions permitted by law. Likewise, if your account or membership is terminated or suspended, we may maintain some information to prevent re-registration.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your state of residence, applicable law may allow you to make certain requests about your "personal information" or "personal data" (as such terms are defined under applicable law, and collectively referred to herein as "personal information"). Specifically, you may be permitted to request us to:
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Inform you about the categories of personal information we collect or disclose about you; the categories of
sources of such information, the business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information, and
the categories of third parties with whom we disclose personal information;
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Provide access to and/or a copy of certain personal information we hold about you;
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Delete certain personal information we have about you;
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Opt out of the sale of your personal information;
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Opt out of the processing of your personal information for targeted advertising purposes;
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Request correction of your personal information; and
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Provide you with information about the financial incentives that we offer to you, if any.
Please note that certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we need certain information in order to provide the Services to you.
Verification: We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request,
which may include, at a minimum, depending on the sensitivity of the information you are requesting and the type of request you are making, verifying your name, e-mail address, and physical address.
You may also be permitted to designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, you must provide the authorized agent with signed, written permission to make such requests or a power of attorney. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent's request. If we deny your request in whole or in part, you may have the right to appeal the decision. In such circumstances, we will provide you with information regarding the appeals process.
How to Exercise these Rights: If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under applicable law or would like to exercise them, please follow the instructions below.
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Right to Know, Access, Correction and Deletion Requests: to submit these requests, please click here to use our intake form, or, if you prefer, you may contact us at the following toll-free phone number to make your request: +1-866-324-3637. Please note that we may require you to provide appropriate documentation to support your correction request, which we will use only for purposes of actioning your request.
Opt Out of "Sale" of Personal Information or Processing of Personal Information for "targeted advertising": Depending on your jurisdiction of residence, you may have the ability to opt out of the "sale" of your personal information to third parties or the processing of your personal information for "targeted advertising" purposes (as such terms are defined under applicable law). Please click the
link labeled "Do not Sell or Share My Personal Information" in the footer or settings menu of our Services to exercise these choices.
Additional Privacy Information for California and Delaware Residents
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(a) If you are a California resident, California law requires us to provide you with some additional information and rights regarding the "personal information" (as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA ")) we and our parent company, Discovery Inc.,
collect from and about you, and your rights with respect to your personal information. You can find this additional information in our California Privacy Notice.
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(b) How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals for California and Delaware Residents:
California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b) (as amended effective January 1, 2014) and the Delaware Online Privacy and Protection Act ("DOPPA") provides that
California and Delaware residents are entitled to know how Folksalert responds to "Do Not Track" browser settings. Folksalert does not currently take actions to respond to Do Not Track signals because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed. We continue to review new technologies and may adopt a standard once one is created.
Additional Privacy Information for Nevada Residents
Under Nevada law, Nevada residents who have purchased goods or services from us may opt out of the "sale" of "covered information" (as such terms are defined under Nevada law) for monetary consideration to a person for that person to license or sell such information to additional persons.
Folksalert does not engage in such "sales" of "covered information," but if it were to do so in the future, a Nevada resident who has purchased goods or services from us would have the right to submit a request to opt out of future "sales" activity emailing us at privacy@folksalert..com . Please note we may take reasonable steps to verify your identity and the authenticity of the request.
Third Party Services
The Service may contain content, links or apps that are supplied by a third party, and those third parties may collect usage information and your device Identifier when pages from the Service are
served to you for their own commercial purposes. In addition, when you are on the Service you may be directed to other sites and apps that are operated and controlled by third parties that we do not control. We are not responsible for the data collection and privacy practices employed by any of these third parties or their sites or apps and they may be tracking you across multiple online services and may be disclosure the results of that tracking with us and/or others. These third parties may have their own terms of service, privacy policies or other policies and ask you to agree to the same. For example, if you "click" on a link, the "click" may take you off the Service onto a different location. These other online services may associate their tracking technologies with you, independently collect information about you, including personal information, and may or may not have their own published privacy policies. We are not responsible for these third-party privacy policies or the practices of third-party owners. Be sure to review any available policies before submitting any personally identifiable information to a third-party application or otherwise interacting with it and exercise caution in connection with these applications. We also encourage you to note when you
leave our Service and to review the third-party privacy policies of all third-party locations and exercise caution in connection with them.
Security
We store and process your information on our servers located in the United States. We maintain technical, physical, and administrative security measures to protect the security of your information against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration. Some of the safeguards we use are firewalls, data encryption, physical access controls to our data centers and information access authorization controls. However, please note that no security measures or transmissions over the Internet can be 100% guaranteed to protect your information. Please note that we cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to us, and you use our Service and provide us with your
information at your own risk. It is your responsibility to make sure that your information is accurate and that your password(s) and account registration information are secure and not disclosed with third-parties.
Children's Privacy
The Service is a general audience site or service and it is not intended for children under the age of
13. We do not knowingly collect "personal information" (as defined by the United States Children's Online Privacy Protection Act or "COPPA") on our Service. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children younger than the age of thirteen (13) as required by U.S. law. We will delete any personal information collected that we later determine to be from a user younger than the age of thirteen (13). If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of thirteen (13) and believe he or she has disclosed personal information to us, please contact us via email at privacy@folksalert.com
Information Disclosed Publicly
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(a) User Content and Public Information:
The Service may permit you to disclose or otherwise submit ideas, photographs, user profiles, writings, music, video, audio recordings, computer graphics, pictures, data,
information about your location, questions, comments, suggestions or other content including personal information (collectively, " User Content"). We or others may store, display, reproduce, publish, distribute or otherwise use User Content online or offline in any media or format (currently existing or hereafter developed) and may or may not attribute it to you.
Others may have access to this User Content and may have the ability to disclose it with third parties. Please think carefully before deciding what information you disclose, including personal information, in connection with your User Content. Please note that Folksalert does not control who will have access to the information that you choose to make public, and cannot ensure that parties who have access to such publicly available information will respect your privacy or keep it secure. We are not responsible for the privacy or security of any information that you make publicly available on the Service or what others do with
information you disclose with them on the Service. We are not responsible for the accuracy, use or misuse of any User Content that you disclose or receive from third parties through the Service.
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(b) Name and Likeness:
We may also publish your name, voice, likeness and other personal information that is part of your User Content, and we may use the content, or any portion of the content, for advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional activities. For full terms and conditions regarding User Content you submit to the Service, please review our Service's Terms of Use.
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(c) User Testimonials:
We often receive testimonials and comments from users who have had positive experiences with our products and services. We occasionally publish such content. When we publish this content, we may identify our users by their social media account usernames and publish their social media account profile pictures.
International Transfer
As we operate internationally, and many of our computer systems are currently based in the United States, your information may be processed in the U.S. and elsewhere where data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world, such as the European Union. If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that
information we collect, including personal information, will be transferred to, and processed, stored and used in the United States. The data protection laws in the United States may differ from those of the country in which you are located, and your personal information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in the United States according to laws of the United States. By using the Service or providing us with any information, you consent to the transfer to, and processing, usage, disclosure and storage of your information, including personal
information, in the United States as set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Notification Regarding Updates
From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy. You agree that we may notify you about material changes in the way we treat your information by placing a notice on the Service or taking other steps required or permitted by applicable law. You should check the Service frequently for updates.
Contact Us
If your questions are not answered online, you may email us at privacy@folksalert.com
California Privacy Notice
This Privacy Notice for California residents supplements the Folksalert Privacy Policy. This Notice applies to website visitors, app users, and customers who are residents of California. This Notice gives California residents additional information about our information collection and use practices required by the CCPA, and also provides California residents with specific privacy rights. For purposes of this California Privacy Notice only, "we" and "our" refers to Folksalert.
For the purposes of this Notice, except where a different definition is noted, "personal information" means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular California resident or household. It may apply to collection of information online or offline. Personal information does not
include publicly available information, information that has been de-identified or aggregated, or other information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws.
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Information About the Personal Information We Collect
This following chart provides information about the categories of personal information that we collect, the purposes for which we use the information, the sources of the information, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information for business purposes.
Categories of information collected
Purposes of use
(see "How We Use The Information We Collect" in our Privacy Notice for additional information)
Sources of personal information
Categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information for a business
(see "When We Disclose Information" in
our Privacy Notice for additional information)
Information you provide to us:
Registration, subscription, or contact information such as e-mail address, name, phone number, and billing information
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
interactions
compliance
individuals, services, and partners at your request
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Provide the Services
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Communica te with you and provide customer service
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Personalize your experience
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Our marketing and
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Bug detection and error reporting
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Auditing consumer
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You
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Other users who provide information about you
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Consumer data resellers
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Public records databases
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Events
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Our affiliates
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Other
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contests and promotions partners
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Marketing partners
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Social media networks
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
Customer service information such as questions and other messages you address to us through online forms, by e-mail, over the phone, or by post; and summaries or voice recordings of your
interactions with customer care
compliance
Demographic, statistical, and interest information such as your age, date of birth, gender,
interests, lifestyle, and household
information, and hobbies
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
compliance
individuals, services, and partners at your request
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Provide the Services
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Improve the Services
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Communica te with you & provide customer service
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Bug detection and error reporting
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You
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Our affiliates
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
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Provide the Services
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Improve the Services
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Communica te with you & provide customer service
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Personalize your experience
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Our marketing and
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security, fraud, and legal
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You
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Other users who provide information about you
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Consumer data resellers
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Our affiliates
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Public records databases
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Conference s and other events
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Social media networks, in accordance with your preferences
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Other
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Contests and promotions partners
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Social media networks
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
Financial and transactional information such as credit or debit card number, verification number, and expiration date, to process payments and
information about your transactions and purchases with us
compliance
information on our behalf and who also have an
independent relationship with you
Employment or Education
Information when you register for events or for networking insights services such as education history, employment experience, and business contact
information
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
individuals, services, and partners at your request
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Provide the Services
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Communica te with you & provide customer service
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You
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Third-party payment processors who collect this
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Third party partners or co-branded partners
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Third parties for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
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Provide the Services
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Communica te with you & provide customer service
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Personalize your experience
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Our marketing and
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You
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Other users who provide information about you
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Consumer data resellers
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Our affiliates
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Public records databases
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Conference s and other events
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Social media networks, in accordance with your privacy preferences on such services
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Other
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Contests and promotions partners
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Social media networks
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
User-generated content such as comments on articles, photos, videos, audio, any information you submit in public forums or message
boards, reviews and feedback or testimonials you provide about our
Services
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
compliance
individuals, services, and partners at your request
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Provide the Services
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Communica te with you & provide customer service
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Personalize your experience
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Our marketing and
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Bug detection and error reporting
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You
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Other users who provide information about you in connection with their event or profile
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Other
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Contests and promotions partners
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Social media networks
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
Research, survey, or sweepstakes information (including personal identifiers and user generated content) collected if you participate in a survey or sweepstakes;
includes information needed for you to participate (such as contact
information), and to fulfill your prize
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
interactions
compliance
individuals, services, and partners at your request
Contact Information about others (including personal identifiers) such as name and mailing address to send a gift or use our
send-to-a-friend functionality.
interactions
compliance
individuals, services, and partners at your request
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Provide the Services
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Improve the Services
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Communica te with you & provide customer service
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Personalize your experience
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Our marketing and
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Bug detection and error reporting
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Auditing consumer
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You
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Survey or sweepstake s partners
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Researcher s and analysts
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Other
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Contests and promotions partners
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Marketing partners
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Social media networks
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
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Provide the Services
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Communica te with you & provide customer service
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Auditing consumer
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You
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Other users (if you are the recipient of a communicat ion)
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Our affiliates
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Other
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Entities for legal purposes
Social media information if you
link your account or access the Services through a
third-party connection or
log-in, we may have access to any
information you provide to that social network depending on your privacy settings such as your name, e-mail address, friend list, photo, gender, location, and current city; and information you provide to us directly through our pages on social networking and blogging platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, and
Twitter)
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
interactions
compliance
individuals, services, and partners at your request
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
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Provide the Services
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Communica te with you & provide customer service
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Personalize your experience
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Our marketing and
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Bug detection and error reporting
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Auditing consumer
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You
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Social media networks, in accordance with your privacy preferences on such services
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Other
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Contests and promotions partners
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Social media networks
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
Information we collect automatically from you and/or your device:
Categories of information collected
Purposes of use (see "How We Use Personal Information" in our Privacy Notice for additional information)
Sources of personal information
Categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information (see "When We
Disclose Information" in our Privacy Notice for additional information)
Device information and identifiers such as IP address; browser type and language; operating system; platform type; device type; software and hardware attributes; and unique device, advertising, and app identifiers
For more
information about the use of cookies and similar technology on our Service, please review this Privacy Policy and our
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
compliance
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Provide the Services
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Personalize your experience
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Improve the Services
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Our marketing and
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Bug detection and error reporting
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Auditing consumer Interactions
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You (through your device)
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Advertising providers
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Analytics providers
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Cookies and tracking technologie s
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Advertisers, ad networks and advertising partners
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Social media networks
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
Internet network and device activity data such as
information about files you download, domain names,
landing pages, browsing activity, content or ads viewed and clicked, dates and times of access, pages viewed, forms you complete or partially complete, search terms, uploads or downloads, the
URL that referred you to our Services, the web sites you visit after this web site; and other web usage activity and data logged by our web servers,
whether you open an e-mail and your interaction with
e-mail content, access times, error logs, and other similar information.
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
compliance
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Provide the Services
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Personalize your experience
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Improve the Services
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Our marketing and
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Bug detection and error reporting
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Auditing consumer Interactions
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You (through your device)
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Advertising providers
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Analytics providers
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Cookies and tracking technologie s
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Our affiliates
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Advertisers, ad networks and advertising partners
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Social media networks
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
Geolocation information such as city, state and ZIP code associated with your IP address; and precise geolocation
information from GPS-based functionality on your mobile devices, in accordance with your mobile device settings
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
compliance
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Provide the Services
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Personalize your experience
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Improve the Services
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Our marketing and
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Bug detection and error reporting
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Auditing consumer Interactions
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Security, fraud, and legal
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You
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Advertising providers
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Analytics providers
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Our affiliates
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Online advertisers, ad networks and advertising partners
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Social media networks
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
Information We Infer or Inference Information We Receive from Third Parties:
Categories of information collected
Purposes of use (see "How We Use The Information We Collect" in our Privacy Notice for additional information)
Sources of personal information
Categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information (see "When We
Disclose Information" in our Privacy Notice for additional information)
Inference Data such as information about your potential preferences that we infer from your activities on the
Services, and
information you provide or inference information we receive from other parties
third-party marketing and advertising purposes
infer it from your
information and activities
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Provide the Services
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Communica te with you & provide customer service
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Personalize your experience
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Improve the Services
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Our marketing and
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You, if we
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Our affiliates
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Consumer data resellers
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Analytics providers
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Service providers
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Our affiliates
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Online advertisers, ad networks and advertising partners
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Entities for legal purposes
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Entities for sales or transfer of business or assets
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California Information & Deletion Rights
Please see the "Your Privacy Rights" section of our Privacy Policy for information about the rights you have under California law and how to exercise them.
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Notice of Right to Opt-Out of Sale and Sharing of Personal Information
California residents may opt out of the "sale" of their personal information. Under the CCPA, "sale" is broadly defined to mean the disclosure of personal information with third parties who are not acting as our service providers or who are otherwise not restricted from using data only on our behalf or pursuant to an applicable CCPA exception.
Under the CCPA, "sale" may also include allowing third parties to "collect" certain information, such as IP address, and/or browsing behavior, through cookies and similar technologies, to deliver targeted advertising on the Services or other services. Advertising, including targeted advertising, enables us to provide you certain content for free and allows us to provide you offers relevant to you.
The CCPA also allows California residents to opt out of the "sharing" of their personal information for "cross-context behavioral advertising." Under the CCPA, this activity is defined as the targeting of advertising to a consumer based on that consumer's personal information obtained from the consumer's activity across websites. We "share" information for these purposes to provide more relevant and tailored advertising to you regarding our Services and the services of our partners.
Over the last 12 months, we have sold and/or shared the following categories of personal information to the following categories of third parties:
Category of Third Party
Category of Personal Information "Sold"
Category of Personal Information "Shared"
Online advertisers, ad networks, and advertising partners
Hashed Email Addresses
Device information and identifiers
Internet network and device activity data
Demographic, statistical, and interest information
Hashed Email Addresses
Device information and identifiers
Internet network and device activity data
Demographic, statistical, and interest information
Social media networks and marketing partners
Hashed Email Addresses
Device information and identifiers
Hashed Email Addresses
Device information and identifiers
Marketing partners
Contact information
Contact information
Identity matching providers and data brokers
Hashed Email Addresses
Device information and identifiers
Hashed Email Addresses
Device information and identifiers
If you would like to opt out of our use of your information for such purposes that are considered a "sale" or "sharing" under California law, you may do so by clicking the "Do Not Sell or Share My
Personal Information" link in the footers or app settings menus of our Services. Please note that we do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without
legally-required affirmative authorization.
Please note that we respond to and abide by browser-based opt-out preference signals. Any opt out preferences you have exercised through these methods will only to the browser on which you made them. The CCPA further provides you with the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for
in applicable law) for exercising your access, deletion or sale/sharing opt out rights.
The CCPA also allows you to limit the use or disclosure of your "sensitive personal information" (as defined in the CCPA) if your sensitive personal information is used for certain purposes. Please note
that we do not use or disclose sensitive personal information other than for purposes for which you cannot opt out under the CCPA.
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Retention of Your Personal Information
We will only retain your Information for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This means that the retention periods will vary according to the type of Information and the reason that we have collected the Information in the first place. In determining how long to retain information, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the information, the purposes for which we process the information, applicable legal requirements, and our legitimate interests. The purposes for which we process information (as well as the other factors listed above) may dictate different retention periods for the same types of information. For example, if you purchase a subscription to
one of our paid services, we will retain your payment history records for a period of time after you're your purchase for our anti-fraud and legal compliance purposes. If you opt out of email marketing, we maintain your email on our suppression list indefinitely to comply with your request. We may delete or de-identify your information sooner if we receive a verifiable deletion request, subject to exemptions under applicable law. We may retain cached or archived copies of your information.
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California "Shine the Light" Disclosure
If a company shares "personal information" (as defined in California's "Shine the Light" law, Civil Code § 1798.83) with third parties for their direct marketing purposes (e.g., to send offers and
information that may be of interest to you), California law requires either providing a mechanism by which consumers can obtain more information about such sharing over the prior calendar year, or providing a mechanism by which consumers can opt out of such sharing. As discussed above, we provide an opt out for this sharing. If you are a California resident and would like to opt out of sharing pursuant to this law, please use the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" link in the footers or app settings menus of our Services.
