Privacy Policy

Brand Privacy Policy

A commitment to safeguarding the privacy of users is demonstrated by mamahasasay, which addresses their concerns in its Privacy Policy. This policy delineates the procedures by which personal information pertaining to the mamahasasay publishing family and other digital properties is gathered, utilized, disclosed, and managed in connection with its websites, mobile applications, content, services, products, and other functionalities accessible via said sites. The organization places a high regard on user privacy and endeavors to resolve any issues that may arise.

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By proceeding to the following link and completing the corresponding form, you have the option to discontinue receiving marketing emails from any of our global subsidiaries.

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Keep Complete Ownership of Your Information

The "What controls do I have over my information?" section of the Privacy Statement provides comprehensive guidance on how to delete, opt out of, or manage your information.

Personal information is gathered from and about users in accordance with their interactions with our services and the voluntary information they provide. This may consist of the following: information collected in connection with your use of the Services or information provided directly by you:

Contact Information:

The document encompasses pertinent details such as dietary restrictions, photographs and videos, communication preferences, and contact information including but not limited to your name and email address, as well as event registration particulars.

Inquiry Information:

Data submitted during the process of subscribing to our newsletters may be incorporated into inquiry information, which may be transmitted via forms, surveys, emails, or telephone.

Account Information:

In addition to stored items and bookmarked items, account information comprises personal data such as name, ID, date of birth, contact information, profile, and saved items, as well as payment history, subscription, courses, and Stock Simulator results.

Financial Information:

Financial information concerning the user, including billing and shipping addresses, credit and debit card particulars, bank account and routing number, and bank account information.

Demographic Information:

It is simple to obtain comprehensive information regarding one's age, gender, race, income, occupation, marital status, family circle, and family situation, including the number of family members and the length of time that one has resided in their current residence. Additionally, you can obtain comprehensive details regarding the household in which you currently reside and your familial standing.

Health- or Fitness-Related Information

Data Pertaining To Your Fitness And Health, Including Your Activity And Exercise Levels, Weight Loss Objectives, Food Preferences, And So On.

User-Generated Content

User-Generated Content, which may contain personally identifiable information disclosed voluntarily by users while using the services, such as when leaving a review or comment. Personal information that you would not want the general public to see should be withheld from the Services. This is because such information could be accessed, utilized, or recorded by any user who visits the Services.

Contest, Sweepstakes, and Survey Information

Details Regarding Your Involvement in the Promotion, Survey, or Testimonial, as well as Any Additional Information You Choose to Provide in the Process of Doing So, Are Examples of Information Provided in Connection with a Promotion, Survey, or Testimonial.

Inferences Concerning Your Preferences, Interests, and Other Behavioral Data

Information Concerning Your Personality Traits, Likes, and Dislikes, including your preferred cuisines, purchases, and recipes, in addition to your health and fitness data and consumption patterns.

Automatically Acquired Information

General

When you visit or interact with them, we and our third-party partners may collect information regarding your device and usage of our services. They collect and store information using cookies and other tracking technologies, including pixels, SDKs, APIs, scripts, location-identifying technologies, and logging technologies, for the benefit of our organization and our third-party partners. This data is utilized for a multitude of objectives pertaining to our services.

The following are examples of the data types that are automatically collected:

Device data

IP address, operating system, device type, browser version, browser ID, URL entered, referring page, date/time of visit, user agent string data, duration of visit to our services, and any errors are all comprises of device data. This data may exhibit redundancy with the subsequent categories of data:

Analytics/Usage data

Analytics and usage data, including the route to and from our services, usage and activity metrics, and information regarding the quantity of emails we dispatch and the number of times attachments or links are viewed, are among the data collected by our services. Additionally, we may collect information regarding your use of the Services through the use of third-party tools, including keystroke activity, cursor movements, scrolling, and actions. The information you submit when using our services, participating in a conversation, or utilizing another feature may be recorded by these technologies.

Location Data:

Location information pertaining to the user, which may consist of the user's geographic coordinates and which we or our third-party providers may gather via the browser's functionality or the application's operating system permissions, for instance.

Advertising/Advertising measurement data

For the purpose of serving advertising or optimizing ad campaigns, advertising measurement data is utilized. This includes information such as device identifiers, device metadata, analytics, usage data, and location data, which pertain to your interactions with or clicks on advertisements on our services. Please consult the section of this Privacy Statement titled "What are Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices?" for additional details regarding the acquisition of third-party data and online advertising.

We and our third-party collaborators reserve the right to combine information collected automatically with information provided by users. By referring to the section titled "What Controls Do I Have Over My Information?" you can restrict or disable monitoring technologies and cookies from your device. See the section below titled "What are Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices?" for additional details regarding how we and our third-party partners utilize these technologies and data for advertising purposes.

Third-Party Sources

We frequently combine personally identifiable information obtained from third parties with data gathered automatically or directly from individuals. The aforementioned categories of personal information may be supplied by these third parties.

Additional Users Interacting with Our Services:

We may acquire personal information about you through interactions with other users of our services.

Partners in Business

We may obtain your information from business partners, which may consist of third-party brands/agencies, corporations offering products or services on our properties or others, marketing/advertising and analytics partners, companies that facilitate the buying and selling of advertising inventory, assess the efficacy of associated ad campaigns, and provide business analytics such as view rates, bounce rates, and audience composition.

Social Media Networks:

User profiles and other information shared with third parties may be acquired by our organization through interactions with our services on popular social media platforms, including but not limited to Facebook, Google, Instagram, and Twitter. This information is utilized for logging in, communicating with users, determining visitor demographics, and customizing content and advertising. Prior to connecting to other services or sharing information, users should verify that their privacy settings on third-party websites and social media are up-to-date.

What We Learn From Authentication Services:

Users have the ability to authenticate their identity and potentially disclose personal information (e.g., contact details) through the process of logging in with an authentication company such as Google or Facebook. The information we obtain will be determined by the privacy preferences of the individual and the policies of the third party. This information is utilized for marketing and advertising, account verification, service provision, and user communication. The privacy policies of the user on the external digital property govern the data.

Service Providers:

Organizations that conduct business with us, including payment processors, survey firms, and those tasked with managing our marketing, advertising, and analytical operations, may obtain and disclose your personal information.

Information Providers:

We have the ability to supplement the personal information that we gather with data obtained from third parties, such as information providers. The updated contact information provided by an individual to a third-party information source may be utilized for various purposes, including reestablishing communication or gathering further demographic data (e.g., preferences or likes).

Other Sources:

Personal information regarding individuals may be collected from various sources, including but not limited to publicly accessible sources, third-party data providers, brand collaborations, and transactions involving mergers and acquisitions.

How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

One or more of the following are potential applications of the information you furnish us:

In order to provide you with the Services you've requested. As an example:

Delivering the Services and additional offerings of mamahasasay to you;
Managing Multiple Users Who Have Account Access
Providing diverse forms of user support, such as addressing their inquiries, suggestions, and viewpoints;
Accepting your payment and concluding your transactions;
Dialing in to discuss your account and additional matters pertaining to services and transactions;
Maintaining a record of one's bookmarks, search history, and reading collections; and
Administration and notification of events, conferences, programs, contests, surveys, polls, panels, and questionnaires, as well as other offers and promotions.

With The Goal Of Making Your Time Spent Using Our Services More Enjoyable:

We will ensure that you do not encounter redundant advertisements for previously covered material, and we will only recommend those products and services that we deem most likely to pique your interest.

For marketing purposes:

For marketing purposes, we may utilize your information to send you communications regarding new features, updates, products, and special offers. Additionally, we may display advertisements for our products or other services or products that you may find of interest. Your personal information, in its entirety or in part, may be utilized to enhance the precision of forthcoming marketing and advertising endeavors. For comprehensive information regarding the details of our data collection and usage, as well as the means by which you can decline to receive marketing communications, please refer to the sections entitled "What Controls Do I Have Over My Information?" and "What are Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices?"

To communicate with you:

Regarding your account activities, we may correspond with you via transaction confirmations or subscription renewal notifications. We may include you in email newsletters, user surveys, and promotional communications upon registration. We may exchange information via text message, email, postal mail, telephone, push notifications on mobile devices, or text message. To modify your preferences regarding communications, please consult the article titled "What Controls Do I Have Over My Information?"

In order to maintain a high standard for what we provide, we must:

To ensure the provision of superior goods and services, we must comply with the following: We may utilize the information you furnish to enhance our understanding of our consumers and to modify or improve our offerings. In order to generate novel and enhanced services and enhance the quality of existing ones, statistical analysis and trend identification may be employed.

To protect the security and integrity of our business, to comply with legal requirements and obligations, and as permitted by law:

Mamahasasay may utilize the information provided by you in order to ensure its security, integrity, and adherence to legal obligations. This encompasses safeguarding the organization, its subsidiaries, clientele, and offerings. Additionally, information may be utilized to aid in the prevention of fraud, safeguard our rights and property, and enforce our terms of service. In addition, corporate business transactions such as joint ventures, acquisitions, financing, or the sale of company assets may involve us. Additionally, personal data could be utilized in situations involving insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership. To prevent fraud, safeguard our rights and property, and enforce our terms of service, we may also utilize your information.

We may use any of your personal information for any other purposes:

This is permissible if we have your consent, are carrying out your instructions, or have otherwise notified you in advance.

How Do We Share Private Information?

Every XYZ publishing brand utilizes the personal information you supply. We may disclose personal information to third parties, including:

Third Parties At Your Request

At your discretion, you may share your activities on the Services with acquaintances via email, text message, or social media.

Promotional Partners:

For collaborative promotions such as contests, surveys, and sweepstakes, we may disclose information to our partners.

Marketing and Strategic Business Partners:

For information provision, marketing/advertising activities, informing business analytics, or other commercial purposes, we may share information with marketing/advertising, analytics, and other partners.

Online Advertising Partners:

Information that users provide on our services may be disclosed or accessed by third-party partners for the purposes of online advertising, measurement, or attribution.

The Public:

By providing feedback or user-generated content on our platforms, your personal information, including but not limited to your first name, last initial, state of residence, and comments, may be exposed. When you interact with us on social media, we may tag your or their accounts in order to attribute photos to another user.

Wherever you give your permission, tell us what to do, or give us notice, we will:

Without restriction, this Privacy Statement permits the disclosure of information to third parties. Information may be disclosed to third parties with your consent, direction, or notice.

Service Providers and Advisors:

Personal information may be disclosed to third-party service providers and vendors who perform functions on our behalf. This includes service providers and vendors who offer product fulfillment, delivery, payments processing, data enhancement, fraud prevention, web hosting, analytics, mailing or email services, marketing or advertising, or tax and accounting services.

Buyers and Third Parties in Business Transactions:

In the event of a corporate transaction, including but not limited to a merger, the sale of a significant portion of our company's assets or shares, reorganization, financing, management change, acquisition of our business by an affiliate or third party, or bankruptcy, personal data may be transferred to the new owner.

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties:

If required by law, subpoena, or necessary to comply with law enforcement, enforce our Terms of Service, protect security, or safeguard the rights, property, or personal safety of our organization, personal information may be disclosed to third parties.

We may disclose aggregated or anonymized information that does not identify you in connection with any of the aforementioned.

What are the details of our online advertising and data collection policies?

General

We employ data pertaining to your utilization of our services in order to optimize advertising campaigns, generate analytics, deliver targeted advertisements, conduct market research, and facilitate measurement and attribution. Third-party partners may consist of social media organizations, online advertising networks, measurement/attribution firms, ad fraud verification firms, and other advertising technology services. Using data from third parties, they may also optimize marketing efforts and offer marketing services.

How We Gather This Information

These advertising practices gather data through the use of tracking technologies such as embedded scripts, SDKs, APIs, tracking pixels, and tracking technologies (e.g., tracking pixels, SDKs, APIs), which identify your device and gather information such as clickstream data, browser type, the time and date of your visit to the websites, mobile ad ID, or another digital identifier. Additional information that you provide to us or that we obtain from your use of the Services, including cursor movements, scrolling, clicking, keystroke activity, and browsing, searching, and purchasing behaviors, may also be gathered by these tools. Information that you enter while utilizing our services, messaging, or other features may be recorded by these tools.

Our third-party advertising partners may identify you across devices using a hashed or encrypted email address, user ID, or other information (such as a phone number). These partners' pixel monitoring technologies, API, direct file upload, or server-to-server transfer may be utilized to exchange this information.

How to Choose Online Ads

In order to discontinue the receipt of personalized advertisements that are tailored to your particular interests, please consult the following section entitled "Controls Over My Information."

More on Social Media and Advertising

Social media widgets such as the "Like" icon on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter, among others, may be incorporated. By utilizing cookies or other monitoring technologies, these social networking sites may identify you and collect data regarding your usage of our services. The privacy policies of those organizations dictate how you may utilize these features.
We target you across multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. By utilizing the interest-based advertising programs of these companies, we are able to target social media users who have demonstrated an interest in our services, as well as user groups that share similar characteristics, including demographics and probable commercial interests. As previously stated, in order to deliver targeted advertising to you or a specific audience, we may provide these platform providers with a unique identifier, such as a user ID, hashed or encrypted email address, or phone number. Alternatively, they may gather information from our website visitors via a pixel (or another mechanism, including an API, direct file upload, or server-to-server integration). Ads are subject to the privacy policies of the social media companies that disseminate them. By modifying your social media settings, you can prevent targeted advertisements.

How Can I Manage My Information?

Your information can be controlled as follows:

Request Access, Modification, or Deletion of Your Information:

You are granted the option to submit a formal request for the modification, rectification, or removal of your personal information. We will ensure the security of your personal information by verifying your identification prior to processing any request. We may decline your request if we determine that your identity has not been adequately verified, if such information is subject to legal or regulatory requirements, internal audit, record-keeping, or other obligations, or if there are legal exceptions to such requirements. Nonetheless, we will promptly respond to your inquiry. To request this, please notify us using one of the following methods:

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area, the United States, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom, kindly complete this form.
o By means of electronic mail addressed to XYZ, with a subject line that precisely delineates the nature of the inquiry (e.g., "Request for Access," "Request for Correction," or "Request for Deletion").

Email Marketing Preferences:

You have two options if you wish to withdraw from receiving marketing communications from any of our brands:

via our Services by visiting "E-mail Preferences" (if available for a specific brand) or by selecting the "unsubscribe" link located at the bottom of such communications.⠀⠀
To discontinue receiving promotional communications from any of our enterprises, please visit the following link and complete the corresponding form.
To discontinue receiving marketing emails from the third party whose services you ordered through our Services, please navigate to each email and click the unsubscribe link or follow the opt-out instructions provided.
Order confirmations and renewal notifications, for instance, are classified as "transactional" or "administrative" emails, from which unsubscribing is not possible.

Please contact us at the following address if you do not wish to have your name and address included in lists that we rent or sell to third parties for direct marketing purposes, or if you wish to discontinue receiving promotional mailings for other periodicals or products:

Fill out the form on this page or send an envelope to XYZ at Opt-Out Postal, Attention: Circulation, 225 Liberty St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10281 to terminate your subscription. Although you opt out of our promotional mailings, you may continue to receive renewal notices and offers for magazines to which you are already subscribed.

In the case of cookies and similar tracking technologies:

The user can control cookies by changing their browser settings to

Please notify them in advance when they are presented with a cookie, providing them with the option to accept it or decline.
disable existing cookies, or
reject cookies (or specific types of cookies, including those set by third parties) automatically. It is noteworthy to mention that alternative monitoring technologies, including pixels, SDKs, and localStorage, may provide similar alternatives for restricting tracking. Consult the help files or settings for your browser or device if you require assistance.

The inaccessibility of certain technologies may hinder a user from fully benefiting from our services, as certain functions may cease to operate as intended or become less individualized. Users might be unable to delete or block every tracking technology or cookie referenced in this Privacy Statement, as doing so requires a distinct procedure on every device and browser. Additionally, the ability to prevent the automatic download of photos containing technologies that inform us whether you have opened our email and performed a particular action may vary depending on the email client you employ.

Advertisement Online:

To obtain additional details regarding interest-based advertising and the procedure for opting out, kindly consult the materials offered by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) at [link].
Network Advertising Initiative or https://www.aboutads.info/choices (or https://youronlinechoices.eu/ or https://youradchoices.ca/en/tools for the EEA and Canada, respectively).
Additionally, you can disable interest-based mobile app advertisements at

App Chooses: https://www.aboutads.info. To prevent certain interest-based advertisements from participating mobile ad networks, you may also obtain the AppChoices app from https://youradchoices.com/appchoices. By selecting Your Privacy Preferences from the website's footer, you may also decline the use of interest-based advertising tracking technologies. Clicking here to prevent data sharing with Nielsen Marketing Cloud is recommended by Nielsen.

For further details regarding Nielsen's digital measuring services and the available alternatives, please visit the following link. We may disclose your email address (in a hashed, pseudonymous format), IP address, browser or operating system information, and LiveRamp and its group companies, acting as "joint controllers" (as applicable and defined in the GDPR), when you use our website and enter your email address (either to log in or sign up for a newsletter).

In our first-party cookie, LiveRamp utilizes this information to generate an online identification code for online, in-app, and cross-channel advertising. This information, when shared with advertising agencies, enables interest-based and targeted advertising. Using this information, LiveRamp generates an online identity number to enable device-based recognition. Your personally identifying information is not contained in this code, and LiveRamp will not utilize it to re-identify you. A description of how LiveRamp processes data can be found in its privacy statement (https://liveramp.com/privacy/).

You may at any time decline the processing of your personal data by visiting https://liveramp.com/opt_out/. Notably, disabling interest-based advertisements does not prevent you from accessing our online services, the advertisements of our third-party partners, or our own content. Self-regulatory program participants' (or others' featuring an opt-out mechanism's) online advertisements ought not to be tailored to your personal preferences. The opt-out programs and options of third parties, in addition to their statements regarding them, are not under our jurisdiction. For analytics, fraud prevention, and other self-regulatory program objectives, third parties may continue to collect information about your use of our online services via cookies or other tracking technologies.

Personal Data Protection: How?

We employ technical and physical safeguards in addition to reasonable administrative responsibilities to prevent accidental, illicit, or unauthorized destruction, loss, modification, access, disclosure, or use of the personal information you provide. Nevertheless, the integrity of security mechanisms is forever compromised, and it is impossible to guarantee the perpetual safety of systems. Therefore, you assume a certain degree of vulnerability with respect to the protection of data that you transmit via any digital asset, including our services. Please disclose any vulnerabilities on the site using this form.

Links to Third-Party Sites?

There may be hyperlinks to digital properties of third parties accessible via our services. Please review the privacy policies or cautions associated with linked digital properties. Digital properties whose content, usage, terms, and privacy policies are not under our control or ownership do not fall under our jurisdiction.

Our Children's Personal Information Policy?

On our services, we do not deliberately gather or request personal information from individuals who are juveniles below the age of 16 (or the local equivalent of a minor). We will promptly delete any personal information we inadvertently collect from a child under the age of 16 (or the applicable age in your jurisdiction). Data may have been collected from a minor below the age of sixteen (or the corresponding age in your jurisdiction). Kindly inform us using the provided information.

What is Our Policy Regarding Users Who Are Located in Other Countries?

Your personal information may be stored, conveyed to, and processed in any country where the Company, other Dotdash Meredith affiliates, or service providers maintain facilities, including the United States. Included in this is the United States of America. It is plausible that the data protection regulations of these nations may provide an inferior standard of safeguarding for your personal information in comparison to those of your current country of residence or place of business. If you have any inquiries or require further information regarding the safeguards in place to prevent the international transfer of your personal information, please do not hesitate to contact us using the details provided below.

Where can I get the disclosures that are specific to my region?

Whether or not we are required by law in the state or country in which you reside, we may elect to provide the following or any other additional disclosures regarding the manner in which we handle your personal information:

Virginians, Californians, Coloradovians, Connecticutiens, and Nevadaders: Those residing in Virginia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, or Utah are kindly directed to review the "U.S. State Privacy Notice" section that follows.

Switzerland, the European Economic Area, or the United Kingdom: Please refer to the 'European Privacy Notice' section for further details regarding European-specific privacy if you are situated in the European Economic Area ("EEA"), the United Kingdom ("UK"), or Switzerland, or if you interact in any way with our European operations. This section will outline the definition of your personal data, the lawful grounds upon which we process your personal data, and your rights concerning your personal data.

How will we keep you updated on any modifications to this privacy policy?

Periodically, we may revise this Privacy Statement to reflect any modifications to the manner in which we manage the personal information of our users. In the event that substantial alterations are implemented to our approach towards managing user data, we shall revise the Privacy Policy and indicate the date of the most recent revision at the head of the document. You will be obligated to adhere to the modifications if you wish to continue utilizing the services associated with the revised Privacy Policy. In addition, we reserve the right to provide notice of such substantial modifications in an assortment of formats, at our discretion. We strongly advise you to revisit this page frequently so that you are always aware of the most recent information regarding our privacy policies.

How can you get in touch with us?

Please feel at liberty to contact us at [email protected] with any inquiries concerning our Privacy Statement or the manner in which we manage your personal information.

If you are writing to inquire about your privacy rights under the privacy laws of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, or Virginia, please include "U.S. Privacy Rights Request" in the subject line of your email.

Residents of the European Economic Area who have inquiries concerning their rights as stipulated in the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") should indicate "GDPR Privacy Rights Request" in the subject line of their email.

You could also write to the following:

New York, New York 10281, 225 Liberty Street, Fourth Floor

State of the Union Notice Regarding Privacy

American State Privacy Notice

This U.S. State Privacy Notice serves to augment the details presented in our Privacy Policy by furnishing supplementary information in accordance with the privacy laws of the respective states (and Nevada exclusively in the case of the "Notice to Nevada Residents" section). In the context of "State Privacy Laws," the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), the Colorado Privacy Act, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act should be brought to mind.

Rights to Confidentiality

With respect to the personal information we have acquired about you, the State Privacy Laws grant you the following rights (subject to certain limitations under such laws, including exceptions to the State Privacy Laws or the inability to verify your identity):

Freedom of Access

State privacy laws afford individuals the entitlement to be informed about the manner in which their personal data is being processed and to obtain access to said data. Additionally, you should have the capability to obtain this data in a portable and readily accessible format, if it is technically feasible.

As per the access provisions of the CCPA, the following may be demanded: Individuals possess a legitimate interest in ascertaining the following: (a) the precise personal information that the organization has gathered concerning them; (b) the nature of personal information gathered, its source; the business or commercial intent behind the collection, "selling," or "sharing" of personal information; and (c) the categories of third parties to whom the organization divulges personal information.

The Freedom to Forget

You may, with the exceptions specified in the applicable state privacy laws, request the deletion of any personally identifiable information we have collected from you.

The Freedom to Make Errors

Depending on the nature of the PI being processed and the rationale behind its processing, you may request that we rectify any errors discovered in your records.

Freedom of Refusal

In accordance with state privacy laws, you may preempt certain uses and disclosures of "sensitive" information, "targeted advertising," and "sales" and "shares" of your information.

We disclose the following information to our advertising/marketing and analytics partners (e.g., advertisers/agencies, social media networks, adtech partners, customer intelligence firms) for advertising and marketing purposes, including direct marketing, as further described in this Privacy Statement: identifiers, commercial information, geolocation data, internet or other network information, and data that may be deemed "sensitive" personal information under certain circumstances. To exercise your right to opt out, kindly navigate to the "Your Privacy Choices" page, which is accessible at the bottom of the website.

There are no documented cases in which personally identifiable information (PI) of individuals younger than sixteen (16) has been "sold" or "shared."

How to Make Use of Your Right to Privacy

In accordance with your legal rights, kindly submit a request for access, deletion, or correction using the provided form.

To exercise your right to withdraw from "targeted advertising," "selling," "sharing," or specific uses/disclosures of "sensitive" personal information, please adhere to the procedures specified in the Your Privacy Choices link located in the website footer. You may also access our website using the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal (for more information on GPC, visit www.globalprivacycontrol.org), in addition to disabling Targeting Cookies for "sales/shares," as stated in the aforementioned link. To prevent the installation of Targeting Cookies on your device, you have the option to disable them on a per-site basis through your browser settings.

It is possible that we will require verification of your identity and residency prior to granting your request, unless such action would contravene state privacy laws. In order to validate your identity, we will typically require either effective account authentication or a correspondence between the information you provide and the information we maintain about you in our systems. We may require additional information from you to complete this process, including your email address, phone number, or the date of your most recent transaction utilizing our services.

We reserve the prerogative to refuse a request to exercise these rights in the event that we are unable to verify your identity or locate the information you have requested in our systems. We will offer an explanation in the event that we are incapable of fulfilling your specifications.

Equal Opportunity and Dispute Resolution

Different treatment based on the exercise of the rights specified in the aforementioned table is prohibited by law. Requesting the deletion of your account or prohibiting us from using your personal information for marketing or other purposes is within your rights. However, such a request may hinder our ability to further provide you with our services and products or to engage in communication with you.

Furthermore, in accordance with the privacy statutes of Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia, in the event that we fail to grant your request to exercise your rights, you are entitled to file an appeal. Kindly include an electronic copy of the decision that has been subject to your appeal at [email protected] with your appeal.

Official Representation

Subsequent to verifying the authorized agent's capacity to act on your behalf, State Privacy Laws permit the delegation of request submissions to another individual (via the aforementioned channels for request submission).
In order to verify requests to access, remove, or correct personal information in accordance with the CCPA, the following information is required in particular:

(a) a legally binding power of attorney issued by you or your authorized agent in the state of your domicile; or

(b) sufficient evidence to establish that you possess:

A power of attorney has been executed by the authorized agent; and provided us with verification of your identity or that of the authorized representative who submitted the request on your behalf.

Per State Privacy Laws, requests to opt out of "sales," "shares," or the processing of personal information for "targeted advertising" require a signed authorization demonstrating that your authorized agent has been granted permission to act on your behalf.

Deidentified Information:

We consent to maintain the confidentiality of "deidentified information" (as that term is defined in state privacy laws) that we process for as long as we are obligated to do so. No attempt will be made to reidentify the data unless such action is required to ascertain the permissibility of the deidentification method employed.

Notice at the collection of people living in California

The subsequent additional statements pertain to California residents who are safeguarded by the CCPA.

Applications and PI Categories:

The following is an inventory of the diverse categories of personal data that we have amassed over the course of the previous year. Please refer to the section titled "How Do We Use Personal Information?" for further clarification regarding the manner in which we employ your confidential information.

Examples of identifiers include personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, birthday, online aliases, and passwords.
Records Relating to Customers Who Reside in the State of California, which may include a customer's date of birth, contact information, and payment details (California Civil Code Section 1798.80(e)).
Strictly protected classification characteristics, such as gender and age, are not exhaustive.
Financial and transactional information, including a log of prior payments and purchases.
Data pertaining to the Internet and networks, encompassing device information, records, and analytics.
Geolocation Data, encompassing data regarding the precise whereabouts of your device and location information gathered via your Wi-Fi network or IP address.
Data Pertaining to Your Occupation or Workplace, Including Your Employer, Organization, or Educational Institution, Should Your Subscription Be Associated With Either Your Employer's Account Or Your Educational Institution's Account.
Additional Personally Identifiable Information (PII) that you may provide may consist of data that you transmit to us via email or share on our social media platforms.
Deductions, which may consist of educated approximations regarding one's interests and preferences.

Sophisticated Personal Information, including but not limited to username and password credentials for online accounts, as well as data that may potentially affect one's health or race/ethnic origin.

“Sales” and “Shares”: In the preceding twelve months, we may have "sold" and "shared" the following categories of personal information with our advertising/marketing and analytics partners for the purpose of providing advertising/marketing and analytics services: Subject to your right to opt-out via our Your Privacy Choices link (located in the website footer): Identifiers, commercial information, geolocation data, internet/network data, and potentially sensitive personal information are examples of data that could be considered "sensitive."

Data Retention: With the exception of what is required or permitted by law, the aforementioned categories of personal information will be retained for the duration required to fulfill the objectives outlined in this notification. For various legitimate business purposes, including satisfying legal obligations, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, preventing or stopping potentially illicit, fraudulent, or misleading activities, or satisfying a legal requirement, we may be obligated to collect some or all of your personal information.

Notice of Financial Incentives: As permitted by the CCPA, we may offer you monetary incentives in exchange for the retrieval, sale, retention, and utilization of your PI. These incentives may consist of reasonably fluctuating prices, rates, or quality standards, among others. All pertinent information regarding the financial incentive program will be specified in its parameters. Individuals are not required to partake in any incentive program and may withdraw from any program at any time (i.e., cease participation and forsake the ongoing incentives) by adhering to the guidelines specified in the relevant program description and terms. It is advisable to regularly review the terms and descriptions of the programs that we provide, which are linked above, as these may be updated or added to at any moment.

Any financial incentive, price or service differentiation, revenue generation, or expense associated with the sale, collection, or retention of personal information of consumers is predicated on an estimation of the information's estimated business value made in good faith.

Message to the People of Nevada

Nevada residents have the legal protection under Chapter 603A of the Nevada Revised Statutes to prohibit the future sale of their personally identifiable information to third parties. To make a purchase exempt from the requirements of the Nevada Revised Statutes, kindly access this page and submit your request.

European Privacy Statement

This European Privacy Notice is exclusively applicable to individuals residing in the European Economic Area (referred to as "you"), the United Kingdom (referred to as "the UK"), or Switzerland ("Switzerland"). Furthermore, its scope is limited to the services accessible in the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland that provide a hyperlink to this European Privacy Notice.

Your Data's Responsible Party

As per the terms of this European Privacy Notice, Dotdash Meredith, located at 225 Liberty St, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10281, is responsible for your personal information. The email address of our local representative for the General Data Protection Regulation is [email protected].

Permitted Use of Personal Data

In the event that we possess a valid justification to handle your personal information, including but not limited to:

so as to fulfill our legal and regulatory obligations;
to execute our agreement with you or to accommodate your request prior to our engaging into a contract;
to safeguard our rights or those of a third party;
unless you have given us explicit permission to utilize it.
We provide further details below regarding the precise methods by which we utilize and process your information, along with the legal justifications for doing so.
Justification for and nature of the data processing activities
We are obligated to process your personal information in order to carry out our contractual responsibilities (or undertake actions associated with contract fulfillment), which encompass executing transactions and delivering the services that you have requested.
We are obligated to address your inquiries, concerns, and feedback, in addition to delivering additional user support, in order to carry out the actions that you have requested or that are mandatory per the terms of our agreement with you.
In order to provide you with marketing communications pertaining to commodities and services that we believe may be of interest to you, or to guide you to content on this site or other websites that we believe would be of interest: We may send you promotional materials via electronic means with your consent. We have a vested interest in promoting our products and services and directing you to sections of this site and others that we believe you may find of interest. It is our conviction that this usage is rational and will not infringe upon or restrict any of your lawful liberties or rights.
If such consent is required by applicable law, we will transmit electronic messages to you with the purpose of informing you about and facilitating your participation in programs, events, contests, promotions, and other offers and communications. Our organization sincerely values informing and engaging you in our events, activities, sweepstakes, and other promotions and offers. It is our conviction that this usage is rational and will not infringe upon or restrict any of your lawful liberties or rights.
To deliver the Services; to assess and enhance the user experience on the Services; to measure and optimize the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising efforts; to administer our communications; to operate, evaluate, and develop our organization. Due to the pursuance of these lawful business objectives, our processing of your personal information is required. It is our conviction that this usage is rational and will not infringe upon or restrict any of your lawful liberties or rights.
Data analytics on service usage encompasses various activities such as identifying trends, conducting financial investigations, and pseudonymizing or anonymizing personally identifiable information. Due to the pursuance of these lawful business objectives, our processing of your personal information is required. This usage is deemed reasonable and will not result in any adverse effects to you.
Per with your consent, we shall deliver advertisements, content, and promotions that align with your online activities and interests. Such encompasses advertisements, content, and offers from third parties as well as our own.
It is necessary for us to process your personal data in this manner in order to complete the processing of transactions and deliver services in accordance with the relevant contract between us. In order to authorize our service providers or affiliates to carry out specific operations on our behalf. Delegating certain functions to our service providers and affiliated entities is in our best interest. It is our conviction that this usage is rational and will not infringe upon or restrict any of your lawful liberties or rights.
It is necessary for us to process your personal data in order to provide the services and complete the transactions specified in the applicable contract between us and to ensure that you are kept informed of any developments pertaining to the Services.
ﻷInstances in which we deem disclosure appropriate or necessary to prevent actual or suspected illegal activity, physical harm, or financial loss; transactions involving the sale or transfer of a portion or the entirety of our business; and responses to requests from government agencies, including law enforcement, including those necessary to fulfill national security obligations. Within a reasonable time frame, you may request that we inform you of any such change in ownership, incompatible new uses of your personal data, and your options with respect to such personal data. We will do our utmost to comply with your request, including notifying you via email and/or prominently displaying the information on our websites. To discharge our legal obligations and protect the welfare of the public, it is necessary that we conduct this processing.
In order to safeguard against, identify, and prevent fraudulent or unlawful activities, assertions, or additional obligations; and to adhere to pertinent legislation, governmental requirements, and organizational protocols: To discharge our legal obligations and protect the welfare of the public, it is necessary that we conduct this processing.

International Transfers

Certain third-party service providers, including those headquartered in the United States of America, may store and process your information in a location outside of Europe. Transfers beyond the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland may be required. In order to safeguard your personal information in the event that it is transferred to a country that the European Commission does not consider to offer sufficient protection, we enter into standard contractual terms that have been approved by the European Commission.

Data Retention

To ensure the provision of our services, we are obligated to retain your information for a specified duration. We may retain data for longer durations to the extent required by law (including statutes pertaining to document retention), to resolve disputes with any party, or otherwise as required to conduct business.

Rights of Data Subjects

The personal data that we maintain on individuals who are residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland is subject to the following regulations:

Right of Access:

You may request confirmation that your personal data is being processed, in addition to a copy of the data and any accompanying documentation that we may possess.

Right to correction:

You may request the rectification or deletion of any personally identifiable information that we may have in our records.

Right to erasure:

You may request the erasure of any personally identifiable information that we may have in our records.

Right to withdraw consent:

You may, at any time, revoke any consent that you have previously provided.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority:

A complaint may be lodged with a supervisory authority in the Member State where the individual's principal place of residence is situated.

Right to restriction of processing:

You have the legal right, under certain circumstances, to request that we limit our use of your personal information.

Right to data portability:

You may transmit the personal data you have provided to us to another controller, including the right to have it transmitted directly, whenever technically practicable, and to receive the data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

Right to object:

You have the legal right to object to the manner in which we process your personal information under certain circumstances.

Please do the following to make use of your rights:

To submit a request for European privileges, please complete the following form:

Where applicable laws make an exception, we reserve the right to deny requests in whole or in part; however, the aforementioned rights are not absolute. Additionally, should you have any concerns, you are permitted to contact the data protection authority in your country.

For the index_en.htm, please visit https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities.

to become more informed about the data protection authority in your country and how to contact them.

Contact Information

New York, New York 10281, 225 Liberty Street, Fourth Floor