Privacy Policy

Last Update: 12.17.24

This Privacy Policy has been designed to set out our consumer information collection and processing practices in the course of our business. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we will treat information. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not use this Website. This policy does not apply to Personal Information of our employees or business associates. Please review this policy fully as it affects your rights and our use of information and advises you how to access or delete your Personal Information.

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION IS NOT COLLECTED.

We do not collect personal information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with you. Our business model is focused on content not collection or sale of your personal information. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose Personal Information from children under the age of sixteen (16) without prior parental consent. By using our Site, you represent that you are at least 16 years of age.

The only time we collect Personal Information is when you contact us directly. We collect whatever you provide to us and that may include your name, phone number and email. This information is used solely for the purpose for which you contacted us and then placed in a customer service file for legal compliance and deleted five (5) years after such contact.

2. WHAT AND HOW WE COLLECT NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Because our business is focused on content and publishing, we collect anonymous information while you are on our websites. We may also collect anonymous information automatically when a third party provides it to us. Lastly, we may collect non-identifiable information about you from third-parties, contractors, service providers, and supporting advertisers.

When you visit or interact with our websites, we may use a variety of technologies such as Google or third-party Tags, cookies, clear GIFs, pixel tags, log files, JavaScript, web beacons, and other technologies we license or we receive from third-party services to collect Information automatically or passively about your viewing device, and your interactions with our and other party’s websites. We may also automatically collect the following information about you while you are visiting one of our websites:

  • Computer or Device Information. We may automatically collect your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, type of mobile device or tablet you are using when viewing our websites including but not limited to, your browser type, device type, system type, and the domain name from which you were directed to our Website.
  • Usage Information. We may collect information about your use of our websites, including the date and time you visit the websites, the content, areas or pages that you visit, the website from which you navigated to our website, the page or you visit after leaving our Website, the amount of time you spend viewing or using the website, the number of times you return to our website, as well as other click-stream or usage data.
  • Third-party Service Providers. We use third-party service providers to support our services and websites. Some of these service providers may use technology such as cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, log files, Flash cookies, or HTML5 cookies to receive, collect, and store information on your computer for later access and usage.
  • Use of Third-Party Analytics and Technologies. We use third-parties' analytics and tracking tools, such as Google Analytics or Google Tag Manager for display marketing, to better understand our audience, how they are using our websites, and how to improve the effectiveness of our services, publications and websites and its content. These technologies may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, log files, flash cookies, or other technologies to collect and store information about you. They may also combine information they collect from your interaction with our website with information they collect from other sources. We do not have access to or control over these third-parties' use of cookies or other tracking technologies. These technologies will track your website page view, button clicks, external links/outbound clicks, conversions, how you scroll and behave on a page, as well as your geolocation, device type, and at times your screen width.
  • Information from Third-Party Websites or Services. If you link to us through a third-party website, or service, such as a social media account, we may automatically receive certain information about you based on your registration and privacy settings on those third-party websites or services. This may include, but may not be limited to, your name, username, demographic information, updated address or contact information, location, interests, and online activity. We do not use or retain this information.
  • Service Providers. We use third-party service providers to support our Website and Services and business processes including without limitation, services which confirm your identity, determine the truthfulness of the information you submitted, and determine which of our Client’s we will submit your information to in order to provide you with the products and services you are seeking by your registration.
  • Third-parties. We obtain Personal Information about you from third-party sources, including commercially available sources, such as data aggregators and public databases. This information may include your name, email address, IP, general and specific residents address, telephone number or mobile number, demographic information, and publicly-observed data.

3. COOKIE POLICY.

When you visit our Website third-parties store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences, or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our websites.

  • Cookie Definition. A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the Website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
  • Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
  • Functional Cookies. These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
  • Advertising Cookies. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of ad campaigns.
  • Performance Cookies. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our websites. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the websites. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited and will not be able to monitor our performance.
  • Google Analytic Cookies. We use various ad services provided by Google that connects the activity on our Website with their advertising network and they may use cookies that collects information regarding certain patterns in your browsing history. To opt-out of this tracking, please see https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en. We also participate in all of Google’s Analytics Advertising. This includes: (i) Remarketing with Google Analytics; (ii) Google Display Network Impression Reporting; (iii) Google controlled Campaign Manager integration; and (iv) Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. Google uses cookies to track activity performed by Google Analytics and its AdWords or DoubleClick cookie. To opt-out please see https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. We also use Google Analytics which is an analysis service. Google utilizes the data collected through its cookies to track and examine the use of this site, to prepare reports on its activities, and to share them with other Google services. You may opt-out of the Google Analytics service using Google’s Browser Add-on here https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

4. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION.

We use the information we collect from your visit for any of the following business purposes:

  • To provide our content publication and marketing services.
  • To analyze, improve, operate, and maintain our websites, services, and systems, or develop new products, services, or marketing.
  • Prevent and detect fraudulent activities.
  • To conduct our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between us, our Clients, or other service provides or third-parties.
  • To provide targeted content, and/or events, news, programs, and other related and unrelated services and products that we believe may be of interest to you.
  • To determine the effectiveness of our content publication marketing programs including use of your data in an aggregated non-specific format for analytical and demographic purposes.
  • Additionally, we may use your information from any source to provides services to our Clients.

5. WHO WE DISCLOSE, SHARE, AND SELL INFORMATION TO.

We may disclose, share, and sell your aggregate anonymous information (“Information”) as described below.

  • Service Providers. We may provide your Information, to third-parties, such as service providers, contractors, and advertisers, for a variety of purposes, including, without limitation, for marketing purposes. We reserve the right to disclose to third-parties all of the Information that we collect online about you and other visitors to our websites.
  • Parent and Affiliated Companies. We may disclose and share your Information with our parent company and its subsidiaries for business and operational purposes.
  • Clients who have retained our services. We may disclose and share your Information with our Clients and their subsidiaries for business and operational purposes to perform the services for which we have been retained.
  • Service Providers and Contractors. We disclose and share your Information with service providers and contractors that we use to support our business and website.
  • Sale or Transfer of Business or Assets. We may disclose, share, and sell your Information as part of our sale of assets during the normal course of our business. If another entity acquires us or any of our assets, information we have collected about you may be transferred to such entity. If we file for bankruptcy or reorganization, information we have collected about you may be considered our asset and may be included in the assets transferred.
  • Compliance with Laws. We may disclose your Information to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any subpoenas, judicial processes, or government or regulatory requests and investigations. We may disclose and share your Information to third-parties to assist us in compliance with Laws. This may include your Personal Information you provided when contacting us.
  • Enforcing Our Rights. We may disclose and share your Information to enforce or apply our terms of service or other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes, with Clients, third-party service provides and other third-parties or contractors who provide you with the product or service which you have requested or to protect the security of our websites, servers, network systems, and databases and enforce our contractual rights with these parties.
  • Aggregate or Anonymous Non-Personal Information. All information we share is non-personal aggregate and anonymous information. We may disclose, share, or sell aggregate, such anonymous, or de-identified non-personal Information to third-parties for their marketing or analytics uses.

6. YOUR CHOICES AND OPTING OUT.

  • Cookies, Tracking Options, and California Do Not Track Disclosures. We, third-parties, supporting Advertisers and service providers place cookies and tracking technology on parts of our website. You may decline or adjust these technologies through your device or Internet browser settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies. Please note that by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features on our website or take full advantage of all of our offerings. Please refer to your device's settings or your Internet browser's "Help" section for more information on how to delete and/or disable cookies or to control your tracking preferences. Please note that our Website may not recognize "do not track" requests or headers from some or all browsers. Please read https://allaboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-cookies to learn how and when to adjust your cookie settings as well as obtain a list of the best ad blockers and VPNs.
  • Interest-Based Advertising. You have choices for receiving more relevant advertising on the, to learn more about these choice please see relevant articles at http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ or for your mobile device, please see http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices. If you wish to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. Your mobile device may also allow you to adjust your privacy and advertising settings to control advertising. Even if you opt-out, you still may receive advertising from us that is not customized based on your Service or usage information, or advertising from other third-parties.
  • Links to Third-party Websites. Our website may offer links to other websites, including links embedded in advertisements and links to various news sources that are not under our control. Such links to other websites may have information policies and practices different from ours and may have their own privacy policies. We do not own or control such companies and websites and are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices or the content of websites that we do not own or control.

7. DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION.

We use reasonable industry-accepted technology and controls to protect your information and data from disclosure to unauthorized third-parties. This includes firewalls, secured facilities, and logged and limited access. Although mostly effective to prevent disclosure, no guarantee can be given that all information you provide to us will not be accessed by unauthorized persons. Thus, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Any transmission of information, communications, and data to us or through our Website is at your own risk.

We retain Information for only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. To determine the appropriate retention period for all other Personal 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 obtained the information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, as well as applicable legal requirements.

8. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy including collection, use, sale, and sharing of your Information. We do not provide notice of changes except through our posting on this page. We use your Information only in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. Please be sure to review this policy each time you visit our websites for the latest policy. Your continued use of the websites after we post a change in the Privacy Policy means you accept those changes.

9. CONTACT INFORMATION.

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, please use our Contact Us page.