Privacy & Cookie Policy
Newsology provides this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of the information that we collect and receive from users of our website, mobile applications and services (collectively the “Services”). This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy. You are advised to consult this policy regularly for any changes.
This Privacy Policy applies to the information that you provide to us through the Services. As used in this policy, the terms “using” and “processing” information include using cookies on a computer or a mobile and tablet device, subjecting the information to mathematical or other analysis and using or handling information in any way, including, but not limited to collecting, storing, evaluating, modifying, deleting, using, combining, disclosing and transferring information within our organization or among our affiliates within the United States or internationally.
Information Collection and Use
Our primary goals in collecting information are to provide and improve our Services and to enable users to enjoy and easily navigate the Services.
• Personal Information.
When using our Services, we may ask that you provide us with some personally identifiable information – information about you that can be used to identify you, and information on your use or potential use of the Services and related services (“Personal Information”). Personal Information that we might collect includes information like your name, email address, date-of-birth, profession, education level, and industry that you work in. Personal Information may also include other information you supply to us concerning your preferences and interests expressed in the course of using the Services – either declared interests or interests you seem to like but have not specifically indicated. We use Personal Information to: (i) administer the Services, (ii) enable you to easily navigate the Services, (iii) provide, improve and optimize the Services, (iv) better understand users needs and interests, (iv) personalize your experience, (v) provide you with software updates and / or product announcements, and (vi) provide you with further information and offers from us that we believe you may find useful or interesting.
• Usage Information.
When you use our Services, our servers will automatically record information that your device sends or transmits, including, but not limited to, user settings, location and information about your use of the Services. We only associate your usage information with you if you log in through the Newsology website or Newsology mobile app, including when sharing a story with your social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. We use this information to improve and personalize the Services, develop new products, offer products and services that may be of interest to you. We also use “cookies” on our Services to collect information. We use cookies to save your preferences and personalize the Services for you. Third-party advertisers may also place or read cookies through the Services. You can instruct your device or browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions or all functionality of the Services.
We do not share Personal Information with third parties except as follows:
• Service Providers.
We may employ third parties to facilitate the Services, to provide the Services on our behalf, to perform related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Services are used. These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are not authorized to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
• Aggregate Information.
We may share aggregated information that does not include Personal Information and we may otherwise disclose aggregated application usage information with third parties (including suppliers, advertisers, research companies and other organizations) for industry analysis, demographic profiling and other purposes. Any information shared in these contexts will not contain your Personal Information.
• Compliance with Laws and Law Enforcement.
We will cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), to protect our property and rights or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, any illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity.
• Business Transfers.
We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including your Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy.
Changing or Deleting Your Information
You can delete your Personal Information by contacting us or by making the appropriate modifications in your user account preferences through the Services. If you would like us to delete your record in our system, please contact us and we will attempt to accommodate your request if we do not have any legal obligation to retain the record.
Security
We employ administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. We will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored “personal data” (as defined in applicable state statutes on security breach notification) to you via email or conspicuous posting through the Services in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, in so far as consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.
International Transfer
Your information maybe transferred to—and maintained on—computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, we may transfer Personal Information to the United States and processes it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Our Policy Toward Children
The Services is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If a parentor guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us with Personal Information without their consent, contact us and we will delete such information from our files. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information from our files. Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us using the “Contact” option on the website or by emailing us directly at [email protected]
