NPR Online Privacy Policy Highlights

Note: The NPR Online Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") has been updated with an effective date of December 21, 2022. Please review the updated Privacy Policy carefully before using the NPR Services. By using any of the NPR Services, you consent to the terms of the updated Privacy Policy. This section highlights important features of the Privacy Policy. Please scroll down to see the full Privacy Policy or click on "Read more" to learn more about a specific area.

Scope of Privacy Policy

NPR owns, operates, or provides access to NPR.org and NPR's mobile applications, email newsletters, podcast subscription services, features such as sponsorship credits and marketing messages, benefits provided by NPR on behalf of the NPR Network (a collaboration between NPR and participating Member stations), and other sites, digital platforms and interactive services provided by NPR that link to or refer to the Privacy Policy (collectively "NPR Services" or "our Services"). This Privacy Policy applies only to the NPR Services and does not govern the separate websites, applications, newsletters, platforms and services of NPR Member stations or of any third parties that may link to or be linked to from the NPR Services.

NOTICE TO EU USERS: Our handling of information about EU users is governed by the NPR Privacy Notice for EU Users. This Privacy Policy does not apply to EU users.

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: This notice provides additional information and privacy options for California residents.

Children

If you are a parent or guardian, we encourage you to become involved in your children's online experience, and to share your knowledge and experience with your young ones. If you are under 13, please do not register for the NPR Services or provide us with any contact or other information, including your name, address or email address. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you must obtain permission from your parent or guardian before registering for the NPR Services or otherwise sending any contact or other information to NPR.

Information You Provide Directly Through Our Services

We and our service providers, which only use your data on our behalf, collect a variety of contact and other information about you that you provide directly through our Services, including your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, password, age, payment card information, country of residence, communications and content preferences, travel-related information, and your favorite Member stations. We may collect such information when you:

If you do not consent to the collection, use or sharing of this type of information in the manner described in the Privacy Policy, please do not provide us with such information. By providing such information, you are "opting in" to the collection, use and sharing of this information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Information Collected Automatically Through Technology

As you navigate our Services, we, service providers, and vendors we work with also automatically collect a variety of information about your interactions with our Services. Depending on which NPR Services you use and how you access them, the information collected automatically may include:

If you do not consent to the automatic collection, use or sharing of this type of information in the manner described in the Privacy Policy, please do not use the NPR Services. By using the NPR Services, you are "opting in" to the automatic collection, use and sharing of this information in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Use of Information

We, service providers, and vendors we work with may use the information collected from you (whether provided by you directly or automatically collected through technology) to:

We also may use the information collected from you in other ways, and for other purposes, that are described to you at the point of collection or for which we otherwise have obtained your consent.

Disclosure of Information

Subject to the choices you have to control certain collection and uses of information as described in the "Your Choices" section of the Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to share with any third party, in accordance with applicable law, aggregated or other information that is not reasonably linkable to you or your device.

We also may share your name, email address, or other information:

Your Choices

Security and Other Information

Notice to Users Outside the U.S.

Our Services are controlled and operated within the United States. If you access our Services outside of the United States, we may transfer the information collected from you to data centers outside of your home country or jurisdiction. In particular, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States and other jurisdictions where we, our service providers, or vendors we work with operate, where data protection and other laws may not be equivalent to those in your jurisdiction. By using the NPR Services, you agree that your information can be transferred to and used in the United States and in other jurisdictions where we, our service providers, or vendors operate, as set forth in the Privacy Policy.

NOTICE TO EU USERS: Our handling of information about EU users is governed by the NPR Privacy Notice for EU Users. This Privacy Policy does not apply to EU users.

Full Version of NPR Online Privacy Policy

Effective Date December 21, 2022

Welcome to the NPR Online Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy"). This Privacy Policy describes the information National Public Radio, Inc. and its affiliated organizations (owned or controlled by, or under common ownership or control with, National Public Radio, Inc.) (collectively, "NPR," "we" or "us") collect or allow others to collect from you and your computer or device used to access NPR.org or other sites, NPR One or other applications, email newsletters, NPR's podcast subscription services, features such as sponsorship credits and marketing messages, benefits provided by NPR on behalf of the NPR Network (a collaboration between NPR and participating Member stations), digital platforms or other interactive services provided by NPR that link to or refer to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the "NPR Services" or "our Services"). This Privacy Policy also explains how that information may be used and shared and the choices you have to limit or prevent certain uses or sharing of that information. Please note that this Privacy Policy does not govern the websites and services of NPR's Member stations, or the websites and services of third parties that may link to or be linked to from the NPR Services.

NOTICE TO EU USERS: Our handling of information about EU users is governed by the NPR Privacy Notice for EU Users. This Privacy Policy does not apply to EU users.

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS: This notice provides additional information and privacy options for California residents. Learn more about your options here.

By using, registering for, or otherwise accessing our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy and NPR's Terms of Use and you give your express "opt-in" consent to the collection, use, storage, sharing, transfer, and processing of information about you and your interactions with our Services as explained in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy or NPR's Terms of Use, please do not use the NPR Services or provide us with your contact or other information.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.

Children

NPR cares about protecting the privacy of children. If you are a parent or guardian, we encourage you to become involved in your children's online experience, and to share your knowledge and experience with your young ones. If you are under 13, please do not register for our Services or provide us with any contact or other information, including your name, postal address or email address. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you must obtain permission from your parent or guardian before registering for NPR Services or otherwise sending any contact or other information to NPR.

Information Collected Through Our Services

Information You Provide Directly Through Our Services

We and service providers, which only use your data on our behalf, will collect any information that you choose to provide directly through our Services, including your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, password, age, payment card information, country of residence, communications and content preferences, travel-related information and your favorite Member stations. For example, such information may be collected when you:

Like other non-profit organizations, we also track donation activity on an individual basis. Accordingly, if you choose to donate to NPR or an NPR Member station through the NPR Services, or express interest in or request information about making donations, we may keep a record of these contacts that includes your name, contact information, information about benefits provided by NPR on behalf of the NPR Network or an NPR Member station, and other information about your donation or inquiry. If you choose to donate to an NPR Member station, your information may be collected by NPR and/or by that Member station and, if collected by the Member station, subject to the Member station's privacy policy.

We also may ask you to provide other information about yourself for various other purposes that we specify or make apparent at the time of collection.

Information Automatically Collected Through Technology

We, service providers, and vendors automatically collect certain information about your computer or device and your interactions with our Services through access logs, cookies, pixel tags and other tracking technologies. Depending on which NPR Services you use and how you access them, the information collected automatically may include:

Our Services also make use of third-party analytics, programmatic digital sponsorship platforms, cookie data collection (including cookie identifiers), and linking services (collectively "Analytics & Sponsorship Services"), including Google Universal Analytics, Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting, Remarketing with Google Analytics, and Google Ad Manager. These Analytics & Sponsorship Services may use cookies, pixel tags, and other tracking and storage technologies to collect or receive information (not including your name or the email address you register with NPR) from our Services and elsewhere on the Internet and use that information to analyze and measure our audience and target and evaluate the effectiveness of sponsorship credits and marketing messages in our Services. For example, NPR and Analytics & Sponsorship Services may use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the Remarketing with Google Analytics and DoubleClick cookies) together to inform, optimize, and serve sponsorship credits based on your past interactions with our Services and other websites or services. Such Analytics & Sponsorship Services may include the collection of information via third-party cookies and subsequent sharing with supply-side platforms or services (working with us) and demand-side platforms or services (working with us and sponsors) to enable interest-based sponsorship. In connection with an affiliate-marketing relationship with platforms such as Apple or online retailers, third-party analytics services working with us and such platform or online retailer may also use cookies to uniquely identify the browsers of: users who click on marketing messages we display to promote our podcasts available through Apple Podcasts or iTunes and then later purchase a podcast subscription through Apple, or users who click on links to an online retailer in content mentioning books, music, or other related merchandise and then later purchase that merchandise on the online retailer's site. In addition, we may use analytics data, including but not limited to, geographic, demographic, and interest reporting information to recognize and understand user preferences, make improvements, and for other operational purposes. An Analytics & Sponsorship Service's ability to use and share information is covered by that service's terms of use and privacy policy. To learn more about how Google uses data, visit www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

Further information about our use of cookies, pixel tags and other tracking technologies can be found here and in "Your Choices" section below.

How We Use the Information We Collect

We and service providers and vendors collect and use information to provide you with a customized interactive experience and to make our Services more valuable to you. We also may use the information we collect for fundraising purposes to support our Member stations and public media mission. NPR and service providers and vendors also may use the information collected through our Services:

How We Disclose Information

NPR is committed to maintaining your trust. We want you to understand when and with whom we and service providers and vendors may share information about you that is collected through our Services.

User Materials. Any User Materials you submit through our Contact Us page, social networking services or similar features can be seen, collected and used by us and anyone else who has access to the applicable service. Such information is likely to become public and we cannot be responsible for any unauthorized third-party use. Any User Materials you submit may also be freely used and shared by NPR and its Member stations and their respective licensees in accordance with our Terms of Use.

Member stations. NPR may share your name, email address, other contact information, and information about your subscriptions, benefits (such the NPR+ bundle of sponsorship-free podcasts that NPR may provide to certain donors to Member stations), listening and usage activity, donations and interests with the Member stations that are associated with your account, that are local to you, or that you have donated to using the NPR Services. When we do so, we require those Member stations to commit to the same policies regarding further sharing with third parties that we follow under this Privacy Policy. You can contact us any time if you do not want us to share your name, contact information, or other information, including information about your donations to NPR, with Member stations or the NPR Network, or if you want to limit NPR's use of your information collected on behalf of Member stations. However, if you choose to donate to an NPR Member station through our Services, your information may be collected by NPR and/or by that Member station. If your information is collected by that Member station, the collection of your information is subject to that Member station's privacy policy.

Authorized service providers and vendors. We may share any information we collect with service providers or vendors who provide us with specialized services or otherwise help us operate our Services including, without limitation, service providers or vendors that provide customer support, email deployment, account sign-in services, subscription services, payment processing, order fulfillment, analytics, marketing (including interest-based messages), suppression list management, travel program, contest management and data processing services. Subject to applicable law and your opt-out choices described below, and as we deem appropriate, we may share with vendors, including those who provide digital sponsorship credits and marketing messages for us, or allow them to directly collect information about your devices and your use of our Services. We will not share your name or contact information with these vendors. These vendors may use such information pursuant to their own respective privacy policies, which we do not control. For example, we may share or authorize the collection of such information by vendors that help us analyze and improve our Services (including sponsorship credits and marketing messages in our Services), or to tailor sponsorship credits and marketing messages to your perceived interests. In order to provide sponsorship credits and marketing messages tailored to your perceived interests, vendors may use and further share information with other third parties such as supply-side platforms or services (working with us) and demand-side platforms or services (working with us and sponsors) in order to enable interest-based sponsorship. As described above, we may work with third-party analytics services to set tracking cookies or pixels on browsers of users who click on marketing messages for podcast subscriptions sold through Apple Podcasts or iTunes, or users who click on links to an online retailer in content mentioning books, music, or other related merchandise and then later purchase that merchandise on the online retailer's site. We do this to measure the performance of these marketing messages and to facilitate the calculation of commissions we may receive when a person subscribes to one of our podcasts available through Apple Podcasts or iTunes, or when a person purchases the mentioned merchandise on the online retailer's site. Our service providers and vendors include the service providers' or vendors' subcontractors that provide specialized services to us or otherwise help us operate our Services. If you wish to make a payment or receive a refund through our Services, your information will be collected and controlled by the payment processor and not by us and will be subject to that payment service provider's privacy policy and practices.

Authorized third-party applications. We may share with authorized third-party applications information that you provide directly through our Services and information collected automatically through technology for the purpose of providing certain NPR Services to you on the applications. In such cases, the information that we share may include your name, favorite stations, and listening and usage activity. NPR prohibits the third-party developers of those applications from accessing, storing or sharing any such non-public information. However, please be aware that your use of the third-party application is otherwise subject to the third-party application's privacy policy, which we do not control and which may differ significantly from ours. NPR is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party application and we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policies of any third-party sites, applications, platforms, and services that you visit or access.

Business transfers. We may share any collected information in connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as the sale of an NPR Service or division, a merger, a consolidation, an asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy .

Legal requirements. We and service providers and vendors may disclose any collected information to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, and other law enforcement measures, and to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.

Protect our Services and users. We and service providers and vendors may disclose any collected information to enforce our Terms of Use and to protect and defend the legal rights, interests, and safety of NPR, NPR Member stations, their respective employees, agents, contractors, sponsors, listeners and users, members of the general public, or others.

With your consent. We and service providers and vendors may share any collected information when you expressly or implicitly consent to such disclosure. For example, if you use our Services to email or text a story to a friend, we would disclose your name to that friend together with the content you directed us to send.

Wireless carriers and automobile manufacturers. Wireless carriers and automobile manufacturers also may collect contact and other information and precise location data from our mobile services users through processes we do not control. You should check the privacy policies of your wireless carriers and automobile manufacturers for additional information.

Podcast producers. We may share with third-party producers listening, usage and other data that does not identify you that we collect through your interaction with the podcasts and other media files produced by those third-party producers.

Bitly. NPR uses a service called Bitly to create shortened uniform resource locators ("URLs" – the "addresses" of individual web pages) for our content so that it can be shared easily, particularly through social media. Bitly collects information as our shortened URLs are shared and clicked on, including IP addresses, general location information, the time and day each shortened URL is accessed, and the social media or other channels through which our content is shared. If you have established a separate account with Bitly, Bitly may associate the foregoing information with personal information it has stored in your Bitly account in accordance with Bitly's own privacy policy. To share our content without using Bitly, copy the full URL of the story you want to share from your browser and paste it into your email, text or social media message.

Aggregated and anonymous information. Subject to applicable law and your opt-out choices described below, and as we deem appropriate, we may share with third parties or allow them to collect directly aggregated or other information that is not reasonably linkable to you or your device. These third parties may use such information pursuant to their own respective privacy policies, which we do not control. For example, we may share or authorize the collection of such information by service providers or vendors that help us analyze and improve our Services, provide us and other digital media organizations with ratings and ranking data, or help us to create personalized content. We may also share or authorize the collection of such information by sponsors or their agencies to help them measure the impact of their sponsorship campaigns.

Your Choices

You have the following choices to update, correct and limit the collection and use of information gathered through our Services.

Don't volunteer information. If you do not consent to the collection, use or sharing of your contact and other information as described in this Privacy Policy, please do not use the NPR Services or provide information to us. By using the NPR Services or providing information to us through the NPR Services, you are "opting in" to the collection, use and sharing of that information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Registration information. Sign in to your NPR account or contact us to correct or update any registration information you provided to us or to cancel your NPR account or other NPR registrations. You can click here to learn how to cancel your podcast subscription services. You can stop the delivery of marketing emails or email newsletters from NPR by following the unsubscribe instructions in any such email you receive or by contacting us. For your protection, we may only act on requests with respect to the registration data associated with the particular email address that you use to send us your request, and we may ask you to verify your identity before implementing your request. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. We may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting a correction, update or cancellation.

Donation information. You can opt out of sharing at the time you make a donation or you can contact us any time if you are a donor to NPR and do not want us to share your name, contact information or other information with any Member station or the NPR Network, or if you want to limit NPR's use of your information collected on behalf of Member stations. However, if you choose to donate to an NPR Member station through our Services, your information may be collected by NPR and/or by that Member station. If your information is collected by that Member station, the collection of your information is subject to that Member station's privacy policy.

Cookies. You can manage your cookie settings, including accepting or rejecting cookies, by clicking the "Cookie Settings & Opt Out" button below. Clicking on that button, and following the instructions, will also allow you to opt out of the sharing of your information with our sponsorship vendors for delivery of "interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages on NPR.org. If you opt out, those vendors may continue to serve you non-personalized, non-"interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages on NPR.org. You also have the option to set your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, notify you when a cookie is set, or delete cookies. Each browser is different, so select the "Help" menu in your browser for instructions on how to use the relevant tools and settings. Note that if you disable or delete cookies, you may lose access to certain features of the NPR Services. For additional information regarding the cookies used in the NPR Services, read NPR's Statement Regarding Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies.

Google Analytics. To prevent data from being collected by Google Universal Analytics, use the opt-out browser add-on developed by Google for this purpose available here.

"Interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages. To opt out of receiving personalized or "interest-based" and "cross-contextual" online sponsorship credits and marketing messages, visit https://optout.aboutads.info. For information about controlling the collection of cross-app data from your mobile device for personalized or "interest-based" advertising or sponsorship credit purposes, visit http://youradchoices.com/appchoices. UK users, European Economic Area (EEA) users and Swiss users can learn more and access opt-out tools from http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/. As discussed above, you also may click the "Cookie Settings & Opt Out" button above and follow the instructions to opt out of the sharing of your information with our sponsorship vendors for delivery of "interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages on NPR.org. Google, one of our sponsorship vendors, also offers opt-out features to limit the use of your information for "interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages at https://adssettings.google.com/.

You also may adjust the settings on your device. For iOS mobile devices, go to "Settings" from your device's home screen, scroll down to find and select "Privacy", and then select "Tracking" to adjust tracking permission. For Android mobile devices, go to "Google Settings" on your device, select "Ads"; and check the box labeled "Opt Out of Interest-Based Ads" or "Opt Out of Ads Personalization." (Please note these settings allow you to opt out of interest-based messages for all applications, not just NPR's mobile applications. These device settings options may change in the future or otherwise may differ for certain devices; consult your device manufacturer's support literature for the most current information.)

Note that if you opt out, you may still receive the same number of sponsorship credits and marketing messages as before but they may not be as relevant to your interests. Opting out of third-party "interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages, and opting out of sharing of your information with our sponsorship vendor Google for delivery of "interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages on NPR.org by pressing the opt-out button below, is a cookie-based process and will only affect the specific computer, device, and browser on which your opt-out choice is applied. If you subsequently delete your browser cookies or if your browser cookies expire, you will need to opt out again. For more information about opting out of "interest-based" messages, visit https://youradchoices.com/control.

To opt out of the sharing of your information with our newsletter sponsorship vendor for delivery of "interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages through our email newsletters, please contact us or email us at [email protected].

Precise location information. If you consent to our collection of your precise device location through an NPR mobile application, you can withdraw your consent at any time and prevent the further collection of your precise location by accessing the privacy settings of your mobile device and/or the settings of the NPR mobile application.

Do Not Track

We do not currently respond to browser do-not-track signals. Instead, we adhere to the standards set out in this Privacy Policy and offer the choices described above.

Security

We employ physical, electronic, and managerial safeguards in an effort to secure the information we collect. These safeguards vary based on the sensitivity of the information. Because no security system is impenetrable, however, we cannot guarantee the security of our databases or that information you supply will never be intercepted, accessed, or disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. Because most email and mobile transmissions are not encrypted, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us via email, text messages, or other mobile transmissions.

Retention

We retain personal information collected from our mobile applications as necessary to perform the processing described in this Privacy Policy and in case of any legal claims or complaints, or as otherwise required or permitted by law.

Links to and from Other Sites and Services

Our Services contain links to other sites, applications, platforms and services operated by third parties whose privacy policies we don't control and may differ significantly from ours. For instance, clicking or tapping on a sponsorship credit or some third-party logos on the NPR Services will take you to an entirely different site or service that may collect, use and share information in ways that NPR would not. You also may access NPR content and the NPR Services from a third-party site or service that may collect, use and share information in ways that NPR would not. NPR is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these third-party services and we recommend that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policies of any such sites or services you visit or access.

Social Networking Services Sign-in and Sharing Tools

Our Services allow users to sign in to their NPR accounts using their credentials on social networking services such as Facebook and Google+ (each an "SNS"). If you sign in to our Services through an SNS, we will receive your email address and certain profile information from such SNS in accordance with its privacy policy and your SNS account privacy settings. Any information that we collect from your SNS account may depend on the privacy settings you have selected with that SNS, so please consult the applicable SNS's privacy and data policies to learn how to manage these settings.

If you use tools on our Services that allow you to share stories or other content with your friends and followers on an SNS such as Facebook, Twitter, Flipboard, or Google+, that action and any information you share may be used by the SNS according to its own privacy policy.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

NPR reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will be posted to this page, so please check back periodically. Your use of our Services constitutes consent to the Privacy Policy then in effect. Please read NPR's Terms of Use to understand additional terms and conditions that apply to your use of our Services.

Users Outside the U.S.

Our Services are controlled and operated within the United States. Any information we collect may be transferred to, and processed, stored, and accessed by, us, our service providers, and vendors in the United States and in other jurisdictions where we, our service providers, or vendors operate. These jurisdictions may have data privacy laws that may not be as protective as those of your home jurisdiction, and courts and other authorities may, in certain circumstances, be entitled to access information about you subject to such data privacy laws. By using the NPR Services, you agree to this transfer, processing, storage, and access of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.

NOTICE TO EU Users: Our handling of information about EU users is governed by the NPR Privacy Notice for EU Users. This Privacy Policy does not apply to EU users.

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS:

In this notice, NPR is providing additional information and choices to California residents. We are providing this information voluntarily. The law that requires additional notice – the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 ("CCPA") – does not apply to non-profit entities like NPR.

Personal Information that We Collect, Use and Share

Personal information we collect CCPA categories (Definitions are available here)* Sources from which we may collect the personal Information Purposes for which we may collect and use the personal
information
Categories of third parties, to which we may
disclose the personal information (in addition to our service providers)**
•Name
•Contact Information
•Identifiers •You •Service delivery
•Research & development
•Marketing
•Compliance & Operations
•Member stations
•Payment Data •Financial Information •You •Service delivery
•Compliance & Operations
•None
•Transaction information
•Listening and usage data
•Commercial Information
•Internet or Network Information
•You
•Automatically collected
•Service delivery
•Research & development
•Marketing
•Compliance & Operations
•Member stations
•Donation information •Identifiers
•Financial Information
•You •Service delivery
•Research & development
•Marketing
•Compliance & Operations
•Member stations
•Device data
•Geolocation
•Inferences derived from device data and online activity
•Identifiers
•Commercial information
•Internet or Network Information
•Geolocation Data
•Inferences
•You
•Automatically collected
•Service delivery
•Research & development
•Marketing
•Compliance & Operations
•None
•Marketing data
•Device Data
•Inferences derived from device data and online activity
•Identifiers
•Commercial information
•Internet or Network Information
•Inferences
•You
•Automatically collected
•Service delivery
•Research & development
•Marketing
•Compliance & Operations
•Sponsorship/marketing vendors
•Survey Responses •Identifiers •You •Service delivery
•Research & development
•Marketing
•Compliance & Operations
•None
•Demographic information •Identifiers
•Protected Classification Characteristics
•You •Research & development •None
•Travel-related information •Identifiers •You •Service delivery
•Compliance & Operations
•None 
*Although NPR is not subject to the CCPA, we are providing these definitions for your convenience.

** Service providers, which only use data on our behalf are not third parties under the CCPA.

We work with authorized vendors like Google to deliver "interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages as described above. For information on how you can limit sharing and use of your information for "interest-based" messages, including how to opt out of sharing of your information with our vendor Google and our newsletter vendor for delivery of "interest-based" sponsorship credits and marketing messages, please see Your Choices.

Please note that we may also disclose your personal information to service providers, for legal requirements, to protect our Services and users, or in connection with business transfers.

The chart below describes how we currently collect, use and share personal information, and how we have collected used and shared the information in the preceding 12 months. Information you voluntarily provide to us, such as when you contact us, may contain other categories of personal information not described below.

Your California Privacy Choices

We offer California residents the ability to make the requests listed below. However, in certain circumstances we may decline your request, including, but not limited to, circumstances where fulfilling a request may interfere with the exercise of freedom of speech or freedom of the press, journalistic activities, or other rights provided under other applicable laws. If we deny your request, we will communicate our decision to you. You will not be penalized for making a request.

How to Submit a Request