In the past 12-months, we have transferred the following categories of information to third parties for marketing and advertising purposes: (1) persistent identifiers, such as unique device identifiers, email addresses, account information, IP addresses, information related to your browser and operating system, or any information that you provided through the Site; and (2) user activity data, such data generated through your activities on the Site. In some jurisdictions, this transfer of information to third-party providers for marketing and advertising purposes could be defined as a “sale” of information or “sharing” information for “cross-context behavioral advertising”. However, we generally do not sell information as the term “sell” is traditionally understood.
Cookies, Web Beacons, and Tracking Technologies
The Site uses cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies in order to collect, use, and share your information as described in this Privacy Policy. These technologies are useful for storing your preferences and settings, enabling you to sign-in, gathering information such as browser type and operating system, providing interest-based advertising, combating fraud, analyzing how our Site or services perform, and fulfilling other legitimate purposes.
Cookies used on this Site may include: (1) required cookies used to perform essential website functions, such as storing your preferences and settings; (2) social media cookies to show you ads and content based on your social media profiles and activities on other websites; (3) analytics cookies to better understand how you use the Site and to improve our Site and services; (4) advertising cookies to show you ads that are relevant to you. If you previously provided information to us, a unique identifier in the cookie may associate the information collected via the cookie with your information. We may share aggregate cookie and tracking information that does not directly identify you with third parties.
Some content on the Site may be provided by third parties that use cookies in conjunction with other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use the Site, which enables them to provide targeted advertising to you. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. We may display certain advertising offers on the Site or allow service providers, advertisers, ad networks, or other third parties to advertise on the Site. Additionally, we may use third-party software to serve ads on the Site, implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This third-party software may use cookies, web beacons, or similar tracking technology to help manage and optimize your online experience with us.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to disable or reject cookies. Be aware that disabling or rejecting cookies could affect the availability and functionality of the Site or certain portions of the Site. Please note that we may still use information we’ve collected from cookies prior to you disabling them; however, we will not collect any further information from the disabled cookies.
Policy for Children
We do not use the Site to solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18. By using the Site, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s internet usage and to instruct their children never to provide personal information through the Site or any other website without parental consent. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us via the Site, please contact us and we will use reasonable efforts to locate and delete the information.
SMS Messaging
By signing up to our promotional lists, you are giving your express permission to AF Media and its agents or vendors the right to contact you with targeted advertising materials by email, text message (SMS), telephone or cellphone, including the use of automated, predictive, programmable, or similar automatic dialers or dialing software, or any other means of communication we may utilize to provide promotional offers. Your consent is not a condition of purchase. To the extent applicable, you expressly acknowledge that you are solely responsible for all charges billed by your mobile service provider. If you no longer wish to receive promotional communications by email, please follow the unsubscribe link located at the end of an email message. If you no longer wish to receive promotional messages by text, reply STOP, END, CANCEL, UNSUBSCRIBE, or QUIT to any mobile message from AF Media. We may share your data, including your SMS opt-in or consent status, with third parties that help us provide our messaging services, including but not limited to platform providers, phone companies, and any other vendors who assist us in the delivery of text messages.
Do Not Track Signals
Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set to have their Internet browser automatically send a signal to our Site to request we not track browsing activity across different sites. There is, however, currently no universal standard for sending and receiving DNT signals. As such, we cannot promise that we respond to all DNT signals but do recognize and respond when required by applicable privacy laws, such as when HTTP header fields or Java objects are used.
Submitting Information from Outside the United States and Transferring Information
We control and operate the Site and our services from within the United States of America (the “U.S.”). Your information may be transferred to, and processed in, the U.S. or any other country in which our we or our vendors maintain facilities. To the extent applicable, we have taken appropriate safeguards for such transfers and rely on the latest version of the Standard Contractual Clauses promulgated by the European Commission (along with the UK Addendum, where appropriate), for transfers of personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland to the U.S. and for onward transfers from the U.S. Note that the English language version of this Privacy Policy is the controlling version regardless of any translation you may attempt.
Links to Other Websites and Third-Party Practices
This Site may contain links to third party websites. It is our intent to provide links only to other quality websites. However, we have no control over these linked websites or, for that matter, any third parties. Any information collected by websites, other than the Site, is not covered by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites that may be linked to or from the Site. We encourage you to read the provisions of privacy policies on other websites before providing them with your personal information.
Your Privacy Rights
Where applicable based on privacy laws in your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights you can request that we fulfill. These rights may include: