Sciencing

Privacy Policy

Add Comment

<ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Science SCIENCE <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Biology Biology <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Cells Cells </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Molecular Molecular </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Microorganisms Microorganisms </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Genetics Genetics </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Human Body Human Body </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Ecology Ecology </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Chemistry Chemistry <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Atomic &amp. Molecular Structure Atomic &amp. Molecular Structure </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Bonds Bonds </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Reactions Reactions </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Stoichiometry Stoichiometry </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Solutions Solutions </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Acids &amp. Bases Acids &amp. Bases </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Thermodynamics Thermodynamics </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Organic Chemistry Organic Chemistry </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Physics Physics <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Fundamentals-Physics Fundamentals </li> <li> Mechanics </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Electronics Electronics </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Waves Waves </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Energy Energy </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Fluid Fluid </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Astronomy Astronomy </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Geology Geology <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Fundamentals-Geology Fundamentals </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Minerals &amp. Rocks Minerals &amp. Rocks </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Earth Scructure Earth Structure </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Fossils Fossils </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Natural Disasters Natural Disasters </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Nature Nature <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Ecosystems Ecosystems </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Environment Environment </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Insects Insects </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Plants &amp. Mushrooms Plants &amp. Mushrooms </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Animals Animals </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Math MATH <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Arithmetic Arithmetic <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Addition &amp. Subtraction Addition &amp. Subtraction </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Multiplication &amp. Division Multiplication &amp. Division </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Decimals Decimals </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Fractions Fractions </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Conversions Conversions </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Algebra Algebra <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Working with Units Working With Units </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Equations &amp. Expressions Equations &amp. Expressions </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Ratios &amp. Proportions Ratios &amp. Proportions </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Inequalities Inequalities </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Exponents &amp. Logarithms Exponents &amp. Logarithms </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Factorization Factorization </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Functions Functions </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Linear Equations Linear Equations </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Graphs Graphs </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Quadratics Quadratics </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Polynomials Polynomials </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Geometry Geometry <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Fundamentals-Geometry Fundamentals </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Cartesian Cartesian </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Circles Circles </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Solids Solids </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Trigonometry Trigonometry </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Probability-Statistics Probability &amp. Statistics <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Mean-Median-Mode Mean/Median/Mode </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Independent-Dependent Variables Independent/Dependent Variables </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Deviation Deviation </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Correlation Correlation </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Sampling Sampling </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Distributions Distributions </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Probability Probability </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Calculus Calculus <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Differentiation-Integration Differentiation/Integration </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Application Application </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Projects PROJECTS <ul> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Biology Biology </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Chemistry Chemistry </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Physics Physics </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Geology Geology </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Nature Nature </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Arithmetic Arithmetic </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Algebra Algebra </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Geometry Geometry </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Probability-Statistics Probability &amp. Statistics </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_Calculus Calculus </li> </ul> </li> <li> Sciencing_Icons_News NEWS </li> <li> Share Tweet Email Print </li> </ul> Privacy Policy Published on 1 Jan 2021 Last Updated: December 15, 2020 This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how information and data is collected from you when you use this online website, mobile website, application, digital service, or any related products, services, sites, features or functionality (each a “Service”, collectively the “Services”) that link to this Privacy Policy, and how Leaf Group Ltd., including its subsidiaries/affiliates Society6, LLC and Saatchi Online, Inc. (“Leaf Group”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), uses, shares and manages your information and data. By using any of the Services, you consent to the collection, use, processing, and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. 1. Our Privacy Principles We are committed to recognizing and respecting your privacy rights by keeping you informed and processing and protecting your personal data in compliance with applicable data protection laws and regulations (“Data Protection Laws”). If you are located outside of the United States and you choose to use the Services or provide your information to us, your data may be transferred to, processed and maintained on servers, databases or cloud storage facilities located in the United States. Your use of the Services represents your consent and agreement to these practices. If you do not want your data transferred to or processed or maintained in the United States, you should not use the Services. 2. Information that We Collect from You Account Data You Directly and Voluntarily Provide to Us. We may collect and process some or all of the following information you make available to us if you register, download or use the Services, such as your: <ul> <li> Name </li> <li> Email Address </li> <li> Mailing Address </li> <li> Phone Number </li> <li> Interests </li> <li> User Name </li> <li> Password </li> <li> Other Registration Information </li> <li> Customer Support or Technical Information you provide when you contact us with questions about your use of the Services </li> <li> Details of transactions you carry out through the Services, your purchases, and the fulfillment of orders we provide to you </li> <li> Other information you may provide to us through promotions or surveys </li> </ul> User Profile Data. In addition to the data listed above, we may offer you the option to create a user profile to describe yourself that may be visible to other users of the Services. If you are a registered user you may also be able to adjust your account settings through your user account. We note that, even if you adjust your settings so that your user profile remains private, we will still be able to access and view the information you provide as part of your user profile. Public Data You Post through the Services. If you post information on public areas of the Services, such as reviews, comments, and user content, that data may be collected and used by us, other users of the Services, and the public generally. We strongly recommend that you do not post any information through the Services that allows strangers to identify or locate you or that you otherwise do not want to share with the public. Usage Data We Automatically Collect from You. In addition to the information you provide to us, the Services may collect and process additional data automatically, this data may include your: <ul> <li> Device Registration Data (for example, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device’s unique device or advertising ID, IP address, operating system and browser type) </li> <li> Device Settings (for example, your language preference)</li> <li> Mobile Carrier </li> <li> Information about how you use the Services (for example, how many times you use the Services each day)</li> <li> Requested and Referring URLs </li> <li> Location Data collected through your Device (including, for example, precise location data such as GPS and WiFi information) </li> <li> Information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies including, but not limited to, your IP address and domain name, your browser version and operating system, traffic data, location data, web logs and other communication data, and the resources that you access </li> </ul> 3. How We Use Your Information In this section, we set out the purposes for which we use personal information that we collect when you use the Services. In relation to EU Users, we are required under applicable Data Protection Laws, to identify the legal bases on which we rely to process the information. Providing the Services, Improving the Services, Providing Support, and Communicating With You. We and our service providers may use the data you provide or that is collected through the Services to operate and improve the Services, our other sites, applications, products and services, to contact you from time to time to provide you with important information and notices relating to the Services, and to carry out obligations arising from any agreements between you and us. Legal Bases: contract performance, legitimate interests (to correspond with you, to enable us to provide you with the Services and to improve the Services) Providing Marketing and Promotion Materials. We and our service providers may use the data you provide or that is collected through the Services to provide you with updates, offers, and promotions, where you have chosen to receive these. We may also use your information for marketing our own and our selected business partners’ products and services to you by email and, where required by law, we will ask for your consent at the time we collect your data to conduct any of these types of marketing. If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving marketing communications from us by email, please follow the instructions contained in each email you receive from us describing how you can unsubscribe from receiving further marketing communications from us. Advertising and Third Party Content and Links. The Services may be supported through advertising, and we may work with advertisers and advertising networks to provide advertising through the Services. We may provide these advertisers and advertising networks with the ability to collect data about how you interact with the Services and, if applicable, your mobile device. This data may include the unique device or advertising identifier associated with your device and your precise location data, in order to help analyze and serve targeted advertising on the Services and elsewhere (including third-party sites and applications). These advertisers, advertising networks, and other third parties may use cookies, pixels, and web beacons to track the actions of users online over time and across different websites or platforms in order to deliver targeted electronic advertisements to an individual user. We do not have access to or control over cookies, pixels or web beacons that third-party partners may use. For information about how tracking works for targeted advertising purposes, and to opt out of the collection of data for this purpose by companies participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance Self-Regulatory Program, you can visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices (from your browser) or http:///www.aboutads.info/appchoices (from your mobile device). We share information with our service provider LiveRamp. Such information may include your encrypted email, IP address or information about your browser or operating system. LiveRamp may use our first party cookie identifier on your browser to match your shared information to their marketing databases in order to provide back a disguised privacy identifier for our use in real time bidding in digital advertising. These third parties may in turn link further demographic or interest-based information to your browser. To opt out or learn more visit https://liveramp.com/opt_out/ In addition, the Services may include third-party content and links to other third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party websites. You are encouraged to review the privacy policies of the different websites that you visit. If you access the Services through a browser, your browser may allow you to adjust your browser settings so that “Do Not Track” requests are sent to the websites that you visit. However, we will not disable tracking technology that may be active on the Services in response to any Do Not Track requests that we receive from your browser. You can change your privacy preferences regarding the use of cookies and other similar technologies through your browser. You may set your browser to accept all cookies, block certain cookies, require our consent before a cookie is placed in your browser, or block all cookies. Blocking all cookies will affect your online experience and may prevent you from enjoying the full features offered through the Services. You may opt out of the collection, use, and transfer of precise location data for location-based advertising purposes, by using the location services controls in your mobile device’s settings. Legal Bases: consent, legitimate interest where consent is not required (to enable us to provide you with an experience related to your interests) Analytics Services. We may also work with third party analytics companies to help us understand how the Services are being used, such as data collection, reporting, ad response measurement, website and mobile application analytics, and to assist with delivery of relevant marketing messages and advertisements. We may use Google Analytics, an analytics service provided by Google or other third party analytics services providers (“Analytics Services”) to collect information about your use of the Services. These Analytics Services may collect information about the content you view and your system information and geographic information. The information generated by the Analytics Services about your use of the Services will be transmitted to and stored by the Analytics Services. The information collected by the Analytics Services allows us to analyze your use of the Services. We encourage you to review your device and Services settings to ensure they are consistent with your preferences, including with respect to the collection and use of information. You may be able to stop further collection of certain data by the Services by updating your applicable device settings, or you may uninstall the Services. In addition, you may choose not to share your location details by adjusting your mobile device’s location services settings. For instructions on changing the relevant settings, please contact your service provider/carrier or device manufacturer. Legal Bases: legitimate interest where consent is not required (to enable us to provide you with an experience relevant to your interests) Purchases and Payment Processors. If you make a purchase through the Services, you may be able to pay using a third-party payment service, such as Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Amazon Pay or other third-party payment services. All information collected by these third-party payment services for purposes of processing your payments is not available to us, unless you have otherwise provided this information to us in connection with your use of the Services. Information collected from you by these third-party payment services is governed by the applicable third-party payment service’s privacy policy. You should review the applicable privacy policy prior to submitting any information to the applicable third-party payment service. Legal Bases: consent, legitimate interests (to enable us to perform our obligations and provide the Services to you). contract performance Promotions, Sweepstakes, and Contests. From time to time, we may host a promotion, sweepstakes, or content on the Services. You may be asked to provide personal information or permit the transfer of your personal information to a third party in connection with such promotion, sweepstakes or content. The parties who privacy policy applies will be disclosed at point of collection or transfer and you will have a choice of whether or not you wish to permit such transfer or collection of information to a third party. If you wish to unsubscribe from receiving marketing communications from us by email, please follow the instructions contained in each email you receive from us describing how you can unsubscribe from receiving further marketing communications from us. If you are a registered user you may also be able to adjust your email settings by logging in to your account and adjusting your account settings. Legal Bases: consent, legitimate interests where consent is not required (to keep you updated with news in relation to our products and services) 4. How Your Information is Shared with Third Parties We may share the information you provide or that we collect in some circumstances as follows: With Advertisers. We may share your information with advertisers, third-party advertising networks and analytics companies who may use it to deliver targeted advertisements to you on the Services or third-party websites or advertisers. Similarly, these advertisers may share information with us about you that they have independently gathered or acquired. We may also share encrypted versions of information we have collected in order to enable our advertising partners to perform data analysis or for advertising-related use. With Our Company Affiliates. We may share your information with members of the Leaf Group corporate family in order to provide joint content and services (like registration, transactions and customer support), or to improve your experience with the Services, products and other services. With Our Partner Programs. If you are directed to the Services through a third party, we may share certain information back with that third party, which may include information such as name, email and value of purchase depending on the type of relationship or Services utilized. For Marketing Campaigns. From time to time we may disclose certain information (name, mailing address and non-sensitive transactional information such as your purchase history, amounts paid and products ordered) to marketing companies for trade or rental purposes. If you prefer to opt-out of the use of your personal information by marketing companies for trade or rental purposes, please let us know at legal@leafgroup.com. With Our Service Providers. We may share your information with our service providers who work on our behalf. For example, these service providers may handle payment or credit card processing, data management, customer data pooling or aggregating, feature administration, email distribution, market research, information analysis, and promotions management. These service providers will only have access to the information needed to perform these limited functions on our behalf. Social Media and Sharing. The Services may use social networking or “share functionality” or may contain links to third-party social media sites or applications that are not owned or controlled by us. We also may allow you to use social media sites or applications to leverage your existing social media site or application accounts to access features of the Services. Your use of these features may result in the collection or sharing of information about you by these sites or applications, depending on the feature. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, any share functionality or the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party site or application. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings on the social media sites or applications with which you interact to make sure you understand the information that may be collected, used, and shared by those sites. You are subject to the policies of those third parties when and where applicable. As Required By Law or to Protect Rights and to Comply with Our Policies. To the extent permitted by law, we will disclose your information to government authorities or third parties, including national security or law enforcement agencies, if required to do so by law, or if requested in response to a subpoena or court order, we believe in our sole and absolute discretion that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect against fraud, to protect the property or other rights of us or other users, third parties or the public at large, or we believe that you have abused the Services by using it to attack other systems or to gain unauthorized access to any other system, to engage in spamming or otherwise to violate applicable laws or in violation of our Terms of Use. You should be aware that, following disclosure to any third party, your information may be accessible by others to the extent permitted or required by applicable law. Business Transfers or Bankruptcy. In the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of our assets or any business, any user information owned or controlled by us may be one of the assets transferred to third parties in such transaction or event. We reserve the right, as part of this type of transaction or event, to transfer or assign your information and other information we have collected from users of the Services to third parties. Other than to the extent ordered by a bankruptcy or other court, the use and disclosure of all transferred user information will be subject to this Privacy Policy. However, any information you submit or that is collected after this type of transfer may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor entity or acquirer, as applicable. 5. The Privacy of Children The Services are not intended for children under age 16. We do not knowingly collect or distribute personal information from or about children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us at legal@leafgroup.com. 6. EU Users - Your Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation Accessing, Correcting or Deleting Your Information. For EU Users, to request access to or correction of your personal data in accordance with applicable Data Protection Laws, you may send Web Form request, email privacy.gdpr@leafgroup.com or a letter to: Leaf Group Ltd. Attn: Legal Department 1655 26th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404 Please include your registration information you provided through the Services. We may ask you to provide additional information for identity verification purposes, or to verify that you are in possession of an applicable email account. For EU Users, if you’d like us to delete information that you have provided through the Services, please contact us at privacy.gdpr@leafgroup.com and we will respond in a reasonable time in accordance with applicable Data Protection Laws. Please note that some or all of the information you provided may be required in order for the Services to function properly or may be automatically retained in backup storage or records retention archival storage. Portability of Your Personal Data. For EU Users, should you request it, we will provide you with an electronic file of your basic account information and the information under your sole control in accordance with applicable Data Protection Laws. Data portability is the ability to obtain some of your information in a format you can move from one service provider to another in accordance with applicable Data Protection Laws. Depending on the context and applicable Data Protection Laws, this applies to some of your information, but not to all of your information. 7. EU Users and Swiss Users - Privacy Shield (For EU and Swiss Data Transferred Into the US) We comply with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States, respectively. We have certified to the Department of Commerce that we adhere to the Privacy Shield Principles with respect to such data. If there is any conflict between the policies in this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles will govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/. Pursuant to the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Frameworks, the following statements apply: <ul> <li>We are subject to the jurisdiction and enforcement authority of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC);</li> <li>We are liable for the onward transfer of personal data to third parties acting as our agents unless we can prove we were not a party giving rise to the damages. and</li> <li>We may be required to release EU and Swiss personal data in response to lawful requests by public authorities including to meet national security and law enforcement requirements</li> </ul> In compliance with the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Principles, we are committed to resolving complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information. European Union or Swiss individuals with inquiries or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy should first contact us at legal@leafgroup.com. We have further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, the BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD, a non-profit alternative dispute resolution provider located in the United States and operated by BBB National Programs, Inc. (BBB NP). If you do not receive timely acknowledgement of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit http://www.bbb.org/EU-privacy-shield/for-eu-consumers/ for more information and to file a complaint. This service is provided free of charge to you. If your Privacy Shield complaint cannot be resolved through the above channels, under certain conditions, you may invoke binding arbitration for some residual claims not resolved by other redress mechanisms. See Privacy Shield Annex 1 at https://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=ANNEX-I-introduction 8. Nevada Privacy Rights Under Nevada law, Nevada residents may submit a request directing us not to make certain disclosures of personal information we maintain about them. To exercise this right, please contact us by email at legal@leafgroup.com. 9. California Residents Under 18 If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and are a registered user of the Services, you may request that we remove content or information about you that you posted on the Services by: (a) submitting a request in writing to legal@leafgroup.com. and (b) clearly identifying the content or information you wish to have removed and providing sufficient information to allow us to locate the content or information to be removed. However, please note that we are not required to, and may not be able to, erase or otherwise eliminate content or information if: (i) other state or federal laws require us or a third party to maintain the content or information. (ii) the content or information was posted, stored, or republished by another user. (iii) the content or information is anonymized so that you cannot be individually identified. (iv) you do not follow the instructions posted in this Privacy Policy on how to request removal of your content or information. or (v) you have received compensation or other consideration for providing the content. Further, nothing in this provision shall be construed to limit the authority of a law enforcement agency to obtain the applicable content or information. 10. California Privacy Rights This section contains disclosures required by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and applies only to “personal information” that is subject to the CCPA. Consumers with disabilities may access this notice with a standard screen reader. Personal Information We Collect, Disclose for a Business Purpose, and Sell. We collect the categories of personal information about California consumers identified in the chart below. As further set forth in the chart below, in the past 12 months, we have disclosed and sold California consumers’ personal information to third parties for business or commercial purposes. Categories of Personal Information Collected in the last 12 months: Categories of sources from which information is collected: Business or commercial purposes for collection, use, and sharing: Disclosed for business purposes to the following categories of third parties: Sold to the following categories of third parties: Personal and online identifiers (such as first and last name, email address, or unique online identifiers) Yes All categories listed below. All purposes listed below. All categories listed below. All categories listed below. Commercial or transactions information (such as records of personal property or products or services purchased, obtained or considered) Yes All categories listed below. All purposes listed below. All categories listed below. All categories listed below. Internet or other electronic network activity information (such as browsing history, search history, interactions with a website, email, application, or advertisement) Yes All categories listed below. All purposes listed below. All categories listed below. All categories listed below. Inferences drawn from the above information about your predicted characteristics and preferences Yes All categories listed below. All purposes listed below. All categories listed below. All categories listed below. Other information about you that is linked to the personal information above Yes All categories listed below. All purposes listed below. All categories listed below. All categories listed below. Categories of Sources: We collect this personal information from the following categories of sources: <ul> <li>Consumers;</li> <li>Service providers;</li> <li>Affiliates not under the Leaf Group brand. and</li> <li>Consumer data resellers</li> </ul> Why We Use and Disclose California Information. We use and disclose the personal information we collect for our commercial and business purposes as further described in this Privacy Policy. These commercial and business purposes include, without limitation: <ul> <li>Our commercial purposes, including marketing, advertising, offering promotions, authentication, identity resolution, fraud prevention, fulfillment services, and facilitating transactions.</li> <li>Our business purposes as identified in the CCPA, which include: <ul> <li>Auditing related to our interactions with you;</li> <li>Legal compliance;</li> <li>Detecting and protecting against security incidents, fraud, and illegal activity;</li> <li>Debugging;</li> <li> Performing services (for us or our service provider) such as account servicing, processing orders and payments, and analytics. </li> <li>Internal research for technological improvement;</li> <li>Internal operations;</li> <li>Activities to maintain and improve our services. and</li> <li>Other one-time uses.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Recipients of California Personal Information. We may sell the categories of personal information designated above to the categories of third parties listed below: <ul> <li>Advertising/Marketing companies;</li> <li>Affiliates not under the Leaf Group brand;</li> <li>Partner programs;</li> <li>Service providers. and</li> <li>Social networks</li> </ul> We disclose the categories of personal information designated above to the categories of third parties listed below for business purposes: <ul> <li>Service providers;</li> <li>Affiliates not under the Leaf Group brand;</li> <li>Internet service providers;</li> <li>Data analytics providers;</li> <li>Operating systems and platforms. and</li> <li>Social networks</li> </ul> Your Rights Regarding Personal Information. California residents have certain rights with respect to the personal information collected by businesses. If you are a California resident, you may exercise the following rights regarding your personal information, subject to certain exceptions and limitations: <ul> <li>For certain categories of personal information, the right to request a list of what personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year and the names and addresses of those third parties;</li> <li>The right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell about you, the categories of sources from which we collected your personal information, our purposes for collecting or selling your personal information, the categories of your personal information that we have either sold or disclosed for a business purpose, and the categories of third parties with which we have shared personal information;</li> <li>The right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you or maintain about you.</li> <li>The right to opt out of our sale(s) of your personal information. Please note that if you opt out of certain types of sales, we will be unable to provide you with the services that rely on such sales.</li> <li>The right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA. We may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by applicable law as compensation for allowing us to collect, sell, or maintain your personal information.</li> </ul> To exercise any of the above rights, please contact us using the following information and submit the required verifying information online at: Make a CCPA consumer rights request online through our request form. Verification Process and Required Information. Note that we may need to request additional information from you to verify your identity or understand the scope of your request, although you will not be required to create an account with us to submit a request or have it fulfilled. Authorized Agent. You may designate an authorized agent to make a CCPA request on your behalf. We will require proof of your consent to designating such an agent and verification of your identity as described above. Minors’ Right to Opt In. We do not sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age. 11. Security Measures and Storage Limits We provide industry-standard physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect personal data we process and maintain. For example, we take reasonable measures to limit access to this data to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our Services. Please be aware that, although we endeavor to provide reasonable security for data we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches. As a result, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit on or through the Services and you do so at your own risk. Our retention periods for personal data are based on our business needs and legal requirements. We retain personal data for as long as is necessary for the processing purpose(s) for which the information was collected, and any other permissible, related purpose. 12. Updates to this Privacy Policy We will notify you of material changes to this Privacy Policy by at least thirty (30) days before the effective date of the changes. If you do not agree to such changes following such notice, you should discontinue your use of the Services prior to the time the modified privacy policy takes effect. If you continue using the Services after the modified privacy policy takes effect, you will be bound by the modified privacy policy. 13. Contact Us If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at legal@leafgroup.com or send a letter to: Leaf Group Ltd. Attn: Legal Department 1655 26th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404 We will do our best to respond to you in a timely and professional manner to answer your questions and resolve your concerns. Our goal is to make science relevant and fun for everyone. Whether you need help solving quadratic equations, inspiration for the upcoming science fair or the latest update on a major storm, Sciencing is here to help. <ul> <li>Sciencing</li> <li>About</li> <li>Contact</li> <li>Careers</li> <li> </li> <li>Facebook</li> <li>Twitter</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Legal</li> <li>Terms of Use</li> <li>Accessibility</li> <li>Privacy Policy</li> <li>Copyright Policy</li> <li>Do Not Sell My Personal Information</li> </ul> © 2023 Leaf Group Ltd. / Leaf Group Media, All Rights Reserved. Do Not Sell My Personal InformationYour PrivacyYour PrivacyWhen you visit our website, we store cookies on your browser to collect information. The information collected might relate to you, your preferences or your device, and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to and to provide a more personalized web experience. However, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies, which may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings according to your preference. You cannot opt-out of our First Party Strictly Necessary Cookies as they are deployed in order to ensure the proper functioning of our website (such as prompting the cookie banner and remembering your settings, to log into your account, to redirect you when you log out, etc.). For more information about the First and Third Party Cookies used please follow this link. More information <ul> <li>Strictly Necessary CookiesStrictly Necessary CookiesAlways Active Strictly Necessary CookiesThese cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. &nbsp.  You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. </li> <li>Sale of Personal DataSale of Personal Data Sale of Personal DataUnder the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information to third parties. These cookies collect information for analytics and to personalize your experience with targeted ads. You may exercise your right to opt out of the sale of personal information by using this toggle switch. If you opt out we will not be able to offer you personalised ads and will not hand over your personal information to any third parties. Additionally, you may contact our legal department for further clarification about your rights as a California consumer by using this Exercise My Rights link. If you have enabled privacy controls on your browser (such as a plugin), we have to take that as a valid request to opt-out. Therefore we would not be able to track your activity through the web. This may affect our ability to personalize ads according to your preferences. <ul> <li>Performance Cookies Targeting CookiesThese cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. &nbsp.  All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Targeting Cookies Targeting CookiesThese cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. &nbsp.  They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. </li> </ul> </li> </ul>Back ButtonAdvertising Cookies Filter ButtonConsent Leg.Interest Select All Vendors Select All Vendors Select All HostsSelect All Clear Filters Information storage and accessApplyConfirm My Choices Allow All