Privacy Policy of <strong>Snopes</strong>
<p>Snopes collects some Personal Data from its Users.</p>
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<p>Users may be subject to different protection standards and broader standards may therefore apply to some.
In order to learn more about the protection criteria, Users can refer to the applicability section.</p>
<p>This document contains a section dedicated to Californian consumers and their privacy rights.</p>
<p>This document can be printed for reference by using the print command in the settings of any browser.</p> Owner and Data Controller <p>Snopes Media Group, Inc.
<br>864 Grand Ave #256 <br>San Diego, CA 92109</p>
<p>
<strong>Owner contact email:</strong> operations@snopes.com</p> Types of Data collected <p> Among the types of Personal Data that Snopes collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Usage Data.
Cookies.
email address.
first name.
last name.
company name.
phone number.
Data communicated while using the service.
geographic position.
password.
picture.
username.
profession.
country.
date of birth.
Email.
gender.
</p>
<p>Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.<br>Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using Snopes.<br>Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by Snopes is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for Snopes to provide its services.
In cases where Snopes specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.<br>Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.<br>Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by Snopes or by the owners of third-party services used by Snopes serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.</p>
<p>Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through Snopes and confirm that they have the third party's consent to provide the Data to the Owner.</p> Mode and place of processing the Data Methods of processing <p>The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.<br>The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated.
In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of Snopes (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner.
The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.</p> Legal basis of processing <p>The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:</p>
<ul>
<li>Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes.
Note: Under some legislations the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases.
This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal Data is subject to European data protection law;</li>
<li>provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;</li>
<li>processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;</li>
<li>processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;</li>
<li>processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.</li>
</ul>
<p>In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
</p> Place <p>The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.<br>
<br> Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own.
To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.</p>
<p>If broader protection standards are applicable, Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.<br>
<br> If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.</p> Retention time <p>Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.</p>
<p>Therefore:</p>
<ul>
<li>Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.</li>
<li>Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes.
Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.</li>
</ul>
<p>The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn.
Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.<br>
<br> Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted.
Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.</p> The purposes of processing <p> The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: Platform services and hosting, Tag Management, Displaying content from external platforms, Advertising, Analytics, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Contacting the User, Handling payments, Infrastructure monitoring, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Location-based interactions, Managing contacts and sending messages, Managing support and contact requests, Registration and authentication, Social features, SPAM protection, User database management, Internal processing tools and Connecting Data.
</p>
<p>For specific information about the Personal Data used for each purpose, the User may refer to the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data”.</p> Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data <p>Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:</p> Advertising <p>This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes.
These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on Snopes, possibly based on User interests.<br> This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose.
Information and conditions of use are shown below.
<br> Some of the services listed below may use Cookies or other Identifiers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e.
displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside Snopes.
For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.<br> In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.</p>
<p>
<strong>Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general</strong>.</p> Google AdSense (Google LLC) <p>Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC.
This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of Snopes and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.<br> Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> AppNexus (AppNexus Inc.) <p>AppNexus is an advertising service provided by AppNexus Inc.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Sovrn (Sovrn Holdings Inc) <p>Sovrn is an advertising service provided by Sovrn Holdings Inc.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Tracker.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Legal basis for processing: Legitimate interest.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Analytics <p>The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.</p> Google Analytics (Google LLC) <p>Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”).
Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Snopes, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.<br> Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Google Analytics with anonymized IP (Google LLC) <p>Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”).
Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Snopes, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.<br> Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.<br> This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address.
It works by shortening Users' IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Connecting Data <p>This type of service allows the Owner to connect Data with third-party services disclosed within this privacy policy.<br> This results in Data flowing through these services, potentially causing the retention of this Data.</p> LiveRamp <p>To opt-out of the sharing of your personal information with LiveRamp, please <u>
<b>click here</b>
</u> (https://optout.liveramp.com/opt_out).</p> Contacting the User Contact form (Snopes) <p>By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes Snopes to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: email address.</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers.
</p> Mailing list or newsletter (Snopes) <p>By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning Snopes.
Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to Snopes or after making a purchase.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: company name.
email address.
first name.
last name.</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers.
commercial information.
</p> Phone contact (Snopes) <p>Users that provided their phone number might be contacted for commercial or promotional purposes related to Snopes, as well as for fulfilling support requests.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: phone number.</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers.
</p> Displaying content from external platforms <p>This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of Snopes and interact with them.<br> This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.</p> Google Fonts (Google LLC) <p>Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows Snopes to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Usage Data.
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Font Awesome (Fonticons, Inc.
) <p>Font Awesome is a typeface visualization service provided by Fonticons, Inc.
that allows Snopes to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Getty Images widget (Getty Images, Inc.) <p>Getty Images is an image delivery service provided by Getty Images, Inc.
that allows Snopes to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Instagram widget (Facebook, Inc.) <p>Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Facebook, Inc.
that allows Snopes to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> YouTube video widget (Google LLC) <p>YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows Snopes to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> YouTube video widget without cookies (Google LLC) <p>YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows Snopes to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.<br> This widget is set up in a way that ensures that YouTube won't store information and cookies about Users on Snopes unless they play the video.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Vimeo video (Vimeo, LLC) <p>Vimeo is a video content visualization service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows Snopes to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Handling payments <p>Unless otherwise specified, Snopes processes any payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means via external payment service providers.
In general and unless where otherwise stated, Users are requested to provide their payment details and personal information directly to such payment service providers.
Snopes isn't involved in the collection and processing of such information: instead, it will only receive a notification by the relevant payment service provider as to whether payment has been successfully completed.</p> Amazon Payments (Amazon) <p>Amazon Payments is a payment service provided by Amazon.com, Inc., which allows Users to make online payments using their Amazon credentials.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: See the Amazon privacy policy – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Apple Pay (Apple Inc.) <p>Apple Pay is a payment service provided by Apple Inc., which allows Users to make payments using their mobile phones.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> PayPal (PayPal Inc.) <p>PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Stripe (Stripe Inc) <p>Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe Inc.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Hosting and backend infrastructure <p>This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable Snopes to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of Snopes.</p>
<p>Some services among those listed below, if any, may work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.</p> Algolia (Algolia SAS) <p>Algolia is a hosting and backend service provided by Algolia SAS.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: France – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Amazon Web Services, Inc.) <p>Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a hosting and backend service provided by Amazon Web Services, Inc.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> iubenda Consent Solution (iubenda srl) <p>iubenda Consent Solution is a service that facilitates the collection and management of proofs of consent provided by iubenda srl.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: Italy – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Google BigQuery (Google LLC) <p>Google BigQuery is a hosting and backend service provided by Google LLC.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Infrastructure monitoring <p>This type of service allows Snopes to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved.<br> Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of Snopes.</p> Datadog (Datadog, Inc.) <p>Datadog is a monitoring service provided by Datadog, Inc.<br> The way Datadog is integrated means that it filters all traffic of Snopes, i.e., communication between the Application and the User's browser or device, while also allowing analytical data on Snopes to be collected.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Interaction with external social networks and platforms <p>This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of Snopes.<br> The interaction and information obtained through Snopes are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.<br> This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.<br> It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on Snopes isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.</p> PayPal button and widgets (PayPal Inc.) <p>The PayPal button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the PayPal platform provided by PayPal Inc.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Internal processing tools Airtable <p>https://airtable.com/privacy</p> Location-based interactions Non-continuous geolocation (Snopes) <p>Snopes may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services.<br> Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default.
If explicit authorization has been provided, the User’s location data may be tracked by Snopes.<br> The geographic location of the User is determined in a manner that isn't continuous, either at the specific request of the User or when the User doesn't point out its current location in the appropriate field and allows the application to detect the position automatically.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: geographic position.</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: geolocation data.
</p> Managing contacts and sending messages <p>This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User.<br> These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.</p> Campaign Monitor (Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd) <p>Campaign Monitor is an email address management and message sending service provided by Campaign Monitor Pty Ltd.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: email address.
first name.
last name.</p>
<p>Place of processing: Australia – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Klaviyo <p>This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) describes the privacy practices of Klaviyo Inc.
and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Klaviyo” or “us” or “we”).<br>
<br>Klaviyo provides marketing technology services to other businesses – our clients.
To take advantage of our services, our clients share with us information about their individual consumers, including contact details and shopping histories.
We analyze that information and develop and send communications to the consumers only at the direction of the client who provided the information, and only on that client’s behalf.
We may also collect personal data for our own business purposes in connection with our business, such as business contact details of potential customers or job applicants’ resumes.
We do not collect employee or HR related data in the EU or Switzerland, or transfer such information either into or out of the EU or Switzerland.<br>
<br>This Privacy Notice applies to:<br>
<br>The klaviyo.com website and any other websites or online services controlled by us and which display this Privacy Notice, and<br>Marketing technology services that we provide to our clients.<br>Our website and online services are designed for businesses and are not intended for personal, family or household use.
Accordingly, we treat all personal information covered by this Privacy Policy, including information about any visitors to our website, as pertaining to individuals acting as business representatives, rather than in their personal capacity.<br>
<br>Click on the links below to jump to sections of the Privacy Notice:<br>
<br>Information We Collect<br>Information We Collect for Klaviyo’s Own Business Purposes<br>Information We Collect from or on Behalf of Our Clients<br>Cookies and Other Information Collected by Automated Means<br>Automated Data Collection for Klaviyo’s Own Business Purposes<br>Automated Data Collection on Behalf of Our Clients<br>Our Use of Personal Information<br>Our Use of Personal Information for Klaviyo’s Own Business Purposes<br>Our Use of Personal Information on Behalf of our Clients<br>Information We Share<br>Careers<br>Privacy Preferences, Rights, And Choices<br>International Data Transfers<br>EU-US Privacy Shield &.
Swiss-US Privacy Shield Certifications<br>How We Protect Information<br>Links To Websites And Third Party Content<br>Changes To Our Privacy Notice<br>Data Retention<br>How To Contact Us<br>
<br>INFORMATION WE COLLECT<br>
<br>Information We Collect for Klaviyo’s Own Business Purposes<br>
<br>We may collect information about individuals who interact with Klaviyo when using our website or services (such as employees of our clients), job applicants, and other individuals.<br>
<br>How we collect the information<br>
<br>We may collect information:<br>
<br>Directly from individuals<br>From third party vendors, data brokers, or business partners<br>From recruiters<br>Types of information we collect<br>
<br>The types of information we collect include:<br>
<br>Personal and business contact information (such as name, business name, address, telephone number, email address, and mailing address)<br>Payment information (such as credit card or other financial account numbers)<br>We do not collect employee or HR related data in the EU or Switzerland, or transfer such information either into or out of the EU or Switzerland.<br>Information We Collect from or on Behalf of Our Clients<br>
<br>We may collect information about individual consumers from our clients or – at clients’ request– from their service providers.
Our clients determine the scope of the information transferred to us, and the information we receive may vary by client.
Typically, we may collect clients’ consumers’ contact details and demographic data, shopping histories, and details about consumers’ interactions with marketing communications.<br>
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<br>COOKIES AND OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTED BY AUTOMATED MEANS<br>
<br>We, our service providers, and our business partners, may collect certain information about the use of our websites by automated means, such as cookies, web beacons and other technologies.
Likewise, as part of our services, we may offer our clients the ability to install these types of technologies on their websites or in the emails they send to their customers.
and if a client does so, we collect information on its behalf.
A “cookie” is a text file that websites send to a visitor‘s computer or other Internet-connected device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser.
A “web beacon,” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, is used to transmit information back to a web server.
We and our service providers and business partners may collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites when you use our websites and mobile applications.<br>
<br>Because there is not yet a consensus on how companies should respond to web browser-based do-not-track (“DNT”) mechanisms, we do not respond to web browser-based DNT signals at this time.
Please see the “Privacy Preferences, Rights and Choices” section below for information about how you may opt out of, or limit the use of, your browsing behavior for online behavioral advertising purposes.<br>
<br>The information we collect by automated means varies based on whether we are collecting information for our own business purposes or whether we are collecting information from or on behalf of our customers to provide our services.<br>
<br>Klaviyo has implemented the invisible reCAPTCHA and is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.<br>
<br>Automated Data Collection for Klaviyo’s Own Business Purposes<br>
<br>The information collected by automated means for our own business purposes includes:<br>
<br>Details about the devices that are used to access our websites (such as the IP address, and type of operating system and web browser)<br>Dates and times of visits to, and use of, our websites<br>Information about how our websites are used (such as the content that is viewed on our websites and how users navigate between our webpages, and the date and time of access)<br>Details about how individuals interact with our emails (such as whether the email is opened and which links are clicked in the email)<br>URLs that refer visitors to our websites<br>Search terms used to reach our websites<br>Web browsers may offer users of our websites the ability to disable receiving certain types of cookies.
however, if cookies are disabled, some features or functionality of our websites may not function correctly.<br>
<br>Automated Data Collection on Behalf of Our Clients<br>
<br>The information collected by automated means on behalf of our clients may include:<br>
<br>Details about the devices that are used to access our clients’ websites (such as the IP address, and type of operating system and web browser)<br>Dates and times of visits to, and use of, our clients’ websites<br>Information about how our clients’ websites are used (such as the content that is viewed on our clients’ websites and how users navigate between webpages, and the date and time of access)<br>Details about how individuals interact with our clients’ emails (such as whether the email is opened and which links are clicked in the email)<br>URLs that refer visitors to our clients’ websites<br>Search terms used to reach our clients’ websites<br>Web browsers may offer users of our clients’ websites the ability to disable receiving certain types of cookies.
however, if cookies are disabled, some features or functionality of our websites may not function correctly.<br>
<br>OUR USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION<br>
<br>Our Use of Personal Information for Klaviyo’s Own Business Purposes<br>
<br>We may use personal information to:<br>
<br>Provide our services to our clients<br>Communicate about the products and services we offer, and respond to requests, inquiries, comments, and suggestions<br>Analyze and enhance our communications and strategies (including by identifying when emails sent to you have been received and read)<br>Operate, evaluate and improve our business, our websites, and other products and services we offer (including to develop new products and services)<br>Invoice and collect payment for our services<br>Establish and maintain an individual’s profile in our service<br>Tailor the content we display in our communications, in our services and in mobile apps<br>Administer surveys and other market research<br>Comply with legal requirements, judicial process, and our company policies (including to verify users’ identity in connection with access or correction requests)<br>Protect against, identify, investigate, and respond to fraud, illegal activity (such as incidents of hacking or misuse of our websites and mobile applications), and claims and other liabilities, including by enforcing the terms and conditions that govern the services we provide<br>Process employment applications<br>Monitor recruiting statistics, to inform our recruitment activities<br>We may aggregate and/or de-identify any information that we collect, such that the information no longer identifies any specific individual.
We may use, disclose and otherwise process such information for our own legitimate business purposes – including historical and statistical analysis and business planning – without restriction.<br>
<br>Our Use of Personal Information on Behalf of our Clients<br>
<br>We use personal information we collect from or on behalf of our clients to provide services to our clients at their direction.
We do not use this information for Klaviyo’s own purposes.
We use personal information only as directed or authorized by our client.
Typically, we are directed or authorized to use personal information collected on behalf of the client to:<br>
<br>Help customize marketing strategy for our clients<br>Personalize marketing content for our clients’ customers<br>Target customers for our clients’ marketing campaigns<br>Analyze and enhance our clients’ communications and strategies (including by identifying when emails sent to you have been received and read)<br>Analyze results from marketing campaigns for our clients<br>
<br>INFORMATION WE SHARE<br>
<br>We may share personal information for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice with:<br>
<br>Service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as technology providers (including providers of payment processing, technology support, web hosting, and email communications)<br>Survey and market research providers<br>Advertising and marketing partners<br>Analytics organizations<br>Unless prohibited by applicable law, we reserve the right to transfer the information we maintain in the event we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets.
If we engage in such a sale or transfer, we will – where required by applicable law – make reasonable efforts to direct the recipient to use your personal information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice.
After such a sale or transfer, you may contact the recipient with any inquiries concerning the processing of your personal information.<br>
<br>In addition, we may share your information to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, and protect against and prevent fraud, illegal activity (such as identifying and responding to incidents of hacking or misuse of our websites and mobile applications), and claims and other liabilities.<br>
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<br>CAREERS<br>
<br>If you submit your information in connection with job opportunities at Klaviyo, we will use and disclose the information to process your application (including to contact you and/or your references and former employers if appropriate), to monitor recruitment statistics, and to comply with government reporting requirements.
We also retain statistical information about applicants to help inform our recruitment activities.
We will process this information based on our legitimate interest of evaluating job candidates or, when you provide us with sensitive information, based on your consent.<br>
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<br>PRIVACY PREFERENCES, RIGHTS, AND CHOICES<br>
<br>Individuals have certain rights and choices regarding Klaviyo’s processing of their personal information.
Please note, however, that if the exercise of these rights limits our ability to process personal information, we may be precluded from providing our products or services to individuals who exercise these rights, or from otherwise engaging with such individuals going forward.<br>
<br>Individuals whose personal information Klaviyo processes on behalf of a client should contact that client to exercise the rights and choices described in this section.<br>
<br>We reserve the right to verify the identity of the individual in connection with any requests regarding personal information to help ensure that we provide the information to individuals to whom the information pertains, and allow only those individuals or their authorized representatives to exercise rights with respect to that information.<br>
<br>For information about the rights and choices users have with respect to cookies and online tracking, please see the “Cookies and Other Information Collected by Automated Means” section of this Privacy Notice.<br>
<br>General Objections to the Processing of Personal Information<br>
<br>To the extent provided by applicable law, you may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us, or object at any time on legitimate grounds, to the processing of your personal information.
We will apply your preferences going forward.
In some circumstances, withdrawing your consent to Klaviyo’s use or disclosure of your personal information will mean that Klaviyo will not be able to provide products or services to you or to otherwise engage with you.<br>
<br>Access to Personal Information<br>
<br>You may request access to correct, amend, or delete the personal information that we maintain about you.
If we grant your request, we will provide you with a copy of the personal information we maintain about you in the ordinary course of business, in a commonly used format.
You may request to correct any errors in your personal information.
We may reject your request to access or correct your information, as permitted by applicable law.
If we reject your request, we will notify you of the reasons for the rejection.
If you wish to exercise this right please contact us here at privacy@klaviyo.com<br>
<br>We will also provide an EU or Swiss individuals with opt-out or opt-in choice before we share their data with third parties other than our agents, or before we use it for a purpose other than which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized.<br>
<br>To limit the use and disclosure of your personal information, please submit a written request to privacy@klaviyo.com.<br>
<br>Portability of Personal Information<br>
<br>You may request that we transfer your personal information to another data controller.
We may reject your request, as permitted by applicable law.
If we reject your request, we will notify you of the reasons for the rejection.<br>
<br>Deletion of Personal Information<br>
<br>You may request that we delete your personal information.
We may reject your request, as permitted by applicable law.
If we reject your request, we will notify you of the reasons for the rejection.<br>
<br>Marketing Emails<br>
<br>You may unsubscribe from receiving marketing or other commercial emails from Klaviyo by following the instructions included in the email.
However, even if you opt out of receiving such communications, we retain the right to send you non-marketing communications (such as information about changes to our website terms).<br>
<br>Online Behavioral Advertising<br>
<br>Some of the business partners that collect information about users’ activities on our websites may be members of organizations or programs that provide choices to individuals regarding the use of their browsing behavior for purposes of targeted advertising.
For example, users may opt out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of the Network Advertising Initiative by clicking here or the Digital Advertising Alliance by clicking here.
European users may opt out of receiving targeted advertising on websites through members of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance by clicking here, selecting the user’s country, and then clicking “Choices” (or similarly-titled link).
Please note that we also may work with companies that offer their own opt-out mechanisms and may not participate in the opt-out mechanisms that we linked above.<br>
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<br>INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS<br>
<br>We may transfer personal information to countries other than the country in which the data was originally collected for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice.
For example, if you are located outside of the United States, we typically transfer your personal information to the United States, where Klaviyo is headquartered.
The countries to which we transfer personal information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information.<br>
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<br>EU-US PRIVACY SHIELD &.
SWISS-US PRIVACY SHIELD CERTIFICATIONS<br>
<br>Klaviyo participates in the EU-US Privacy Shield framework and Swiss-U.S.
Privacy Shield framework.<br>
<br>Klaviyo complies with the EU-U.S.
Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-U.S.
Privacy Shield Frameworks as set forth by the U.S.
Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and/or Switzerland to the United States.
Klaviyo has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles.
If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern.
To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/.<br>
<br>In particular, if Klaviyo transfers to its service providers any personal information that Klaviyo received in reliance on its Privacy Shield certification, Klaviyo is responsible for the third parties’ processing of that personal information, unless Klaviyo proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.
Please be aware that Klaviyo may be required to disclose an individual’s personal information in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.<br>
<br>Klaviyo is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission.<br>
<br>In compliance with the EU-US and Swiss-US Privacy Shield Principles, Klaviyo commits to resolve 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 Klaviyo at:<br>
<br>privacy@klaviyo.com<br>
<br>Klaviyo has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the Privacy Shield Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, the BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD, operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit www.bbb.org/EU-privacy-shield/for-eu-consumers for more information and to file a complaint.<br>
<br>As further explained in the Privacy Shield Principles more fully described here, you may be entitled to invoke binding arbitration pertaining to certain residual complaints that have not been resolved by any other means.<br>
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<br>HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION<br>
<br>We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we maintain against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, use, loss, or destruction.
However, we cannot guarantee that the safeguards we maintain will ensure the security of the personal information.<br>
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<br>LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT<br>
<br>We may provide links to websites and other third-party content that is not owned or operated by Klaviyo.
The websites and third-party content to which we link may have separate privacy notices or policies.
Klaviyo is not responsible for the privacy practices of any entity that it does not own or control.<br>
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<br>CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE<br>
<br>Klaviyo reserves the right to change this Privacy Notice at any time.
When we update this Privacy Notice, we will notify you of changes that are deemed material under applicable legal requirements by updating the date of this Privacy Notice and providing other notification as required by applicable law.
We may also notify you of changes to the Privacy Notice in other ways, such as via email or other contact information you have provided.<br>
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<br>DATA RETENTION<br>
<br>We will retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which the information was collected, depending on the purpose(s) for which the information was collected, the nature of the information, any contractual relationship that may govern the retention of the data, and our legal or regulatory obligations.
We will then destroy the personal information or anonymize the information, in accordance with applicable law.<br>
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<br>HOW TO CONTACT US<br>
<br>You may contact us with questions, comments, or complaints about this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices, or if you wish to access, delete or correct you information, by emailing privacy@klaviyo.com.<br>
<br>If you are a resident within the European Economic Area, you also have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority of your member state.</p> Managing support and contact requests <p>This type of service allows Snopes to manage support and contact requests received via email or by other means, such as the contact form.<br> The Personal Data processed depend on the information provided by the User in the messages and the means used for communication (e.g.
email address).</p> Help Scout (Help Scout Inc.
) <p>Help Scout is a support and contact request management service provided by Help Scout Inc.
.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Platform services and hosting <p>These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of Snopes, therefore allowing the provision of Snopes from within a unified platform.
Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g.
analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.
<br> Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.</p> Shopify (Shopify Inc.) <p>Shopify is a platform provided by Shopify Inc.
that allows the Owner to build, run and host an e-commerce website.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: Canada – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Registration and authentication <p>By registering or authenticating, Users allow Snopes to identify them and give them access to dedicated services.<br> Depending on what is described below, third parties may provide registration and authentication services.
In this case, Snopes will be able to access some Data, stored by these third-party services, for registration or identification purposes.
<br> Some of the services listed below may also collect Personal Data for targeting and profiling purposes.
to find out more, please refer to the description of each service.</p> Auth0 (Auth0, Inc) <p>Auth0 is a registration and authentication service provided by Auth0, Inc.
To simplify the registration and authentication process, Auth0 can make use of third-party identity providers and save the information on its platform.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
email address.
first name.
last name.
password.
picture.
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers.
internet information.
sensorial information.
</p> Social features Public profile (Snopes) <p>Users may have public profiles that other Users can display.
In addition to the Personal Data provided, this profile may contain Users' interactions with Snopes.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: company name.
country.
email address.
first name.
geographic position.
last name.
picture.
profession.
username.</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers.
commercial information.
geolocation data.
sensorial information.
employment related information.
</p> SPAM protection <p>This type of service analyzes the traffic of Snopes, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.</p> Google reCAPTCHA (Google LLC) <p>Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC.<br> The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Cookies.
Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p> Tag Management <p>This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on Snopes in a centralized fashion.<br> This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.</p> Google Tag Manager (Google LLC) <p>Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: Usage Data.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> User database management <p>This type of service allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to Snopes, as well as to track User activities through analytics features.
This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks' profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving Snopes.<br> Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on Snopes.</p> FullContact (FullContact Inc.) <p>FullContact is a User database management service provided by FullContact Inc.</p>
<p>Personal Data processed: company name.
date of birth.
Email.
first name.
gender.
last name.
various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.</p>
<p>Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
</p>
<p> Category of personal information collected according to CCPA: identifiers.
commercial information.
biometric information.
internet information.
</p>
<p>This processing constitutes a sale based on the definition under the CCPA.
In addition to the information in this clause, the User can find information regarding how to opt out of the sale in the section detailing the rights of Californian consumers.</p> Further information about Personal Data User identification via a universally unique identifier (UUID) <p>Snopes may track Users by storing a so-called universally unique identifier (or short UUID) for analytics purposes or for storing Users' preferences.
This identifier is generated upon installation of this Application, it persists between Application launches and updates, but it is lost when the User deletes the Application.
A reinstall generates a new UUID.</p> The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13 <p>Users declare themselves to be adult according to their applicable legislation.
Minors may use Snopes only with the assistance of a parent or guardian.
Under no circumstance persons under the age of 13 may use Snopes.</p> Analysis and predictions based on the User’s Data (“profiling”) <p>The Owner may use the Personal and Usage Data collected through Snopes to create or update User profiles.
This type of Data processing allows the Owner to evaluate User choices, preferences and behaviour for the purposes outlined in the respective section of this document.<br> User profiles can also be created through the use of automated tools like algorithms, which can also be provided by third parties.
To find out more about the profiling activities performed, Users can check the relevant sections of this document.<br> The User always has a right to object to this kind of profiling activity.
To find out more about the User's rights and how to exercise them, the User is invited to consult the section of this document outlining the rights of the User.</p> Selling goods and services online <p>The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.<br> The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged.
The kind of Data collected by Snopes depends on the payment system used.</p> The rights of Users <p>Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.</p>
<p>Users entitled to broader protection standards may exercise any of the rights described below.
In all other cases, Users may inquire with the Owner to find out which rights apply to them.</p>
<p>In particular, Users have the right to do the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<strong>Withdraw their consent at any time.</strong> Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.</li>
<li>
<strong>Object to processing of their Data.</strong> Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.
Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.</li>
<li>
<strong>Access their Data.</strong> Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.</li>
<li>
<strong>Verify and seek rectification.</strong> Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.</li>
<li>
<strong>Restrict the processing of their Data.</strong> Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data.
In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
</li>
<li>
<strong>Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed.</strong> Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.</li>
<li>
<strong>Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller.</strong> Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance.
This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User's consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.</li>
<li>
<strong>Lodge a complaint.</strong> Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.</li>
</ul> Details about the right to object to processing <p>Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.</p>
<p>Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification.
To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
</p> How to exercise these rights <p>Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document.
These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.</p> Applicability of broader protection standards <p>While most provisions of this document concern all Users, some provisions expressly only apply if the processing of Personal Data is subject to broader protection standards.</p>
<p>Such broader protection standards apply when the processing:</p>
<ul>
<li>is performed by an Owner based within the EU;</li>
<li>concerns the Personal Data of Users who are in the EU and is related to the offering of paid or unpaid goods or services, to such Users;</li>
<li>concerns the Personal Data of Users who are in the EU and allows the Owner to monitor such Users’ behavior taking place in the EU.</li>
</ul> Cookie Policy <p>Snopes uses Trackers.
To learn more, the User may consult the Cookie Policy.</p> Additional information about Data collection and processing Legal action <p>The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of Snopes or the related Services.<br>The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.</p> Additional information about User's Personal Data <p>In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, Snopes may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.</p> System logs and maintenance <p>For operation and maintenance purposes, Snopes and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with Snopes (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.</p> Information not contained in this policy <p>More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.</p> How “Do Not Track” requests are handled <p>Snopes does not support “Do Not Track” requests.<br>To determine whether any of the third-party services it uses honor the “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.</p> Changes to this privacy policy <p>The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within Snopes and/or - as far as technically and legally feasible - sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner.
It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
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<br> Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.</p> Information for Californian consumers <p>This part of the document integrates with and supplements the information contained in the rest of the privacy policy and is provided by the business running Snopes and, if the case may be, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (for the purposes of this section referred to collectively as “we”, “us”, “our”).</p>
<p>The provisions contained in this section apply to all Users who are consumers residing in the state of California, United States of America, according to "The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018" (Users are referred to below, simply as “you”, “your”, “yours”), and, for such consumers, these provisions supersede any other possibly divergent or conflicting provisions contained in the privacy policy.</p>
<p>This part of the document uses the term “personal information“ as it is defined in The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).</p> Categories of personal information collected, disclosed or sold <p>In this section we summarize the categories of personal information that we've collected, disclosed or sold and the purposes thereof.
<strong>You can read about these activities in detail in the section titled “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document.</strong>
</p> Information we collect: the categories of personal information we collect <p>We have collected the following categories of personal information about you: identifiers, commercial information, biometric information, internet information, geolocation data, sensorial information and employment related information.</p>
<p>We will not collect additional categories of personal information without notifying you.</p> How we collect information: what are the sources of the personal information we collect? <p>We collect the above mentioned categories of personal information, either directly or indirectly, from you when you use Snopes.</p>
<p>For example, you directly provide your personal information when you submit requests via any forms on Snopes.
You also provide personal information indirectly when you navigate Snopes, as personal information about you is automatically observed and collected.
Finally, we may collect your personal information from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service or with the functioning of Snopes and features thereof.</p> How we use the information we collect: sharing and disclosing of your personal information with third parties for a business purpose <p>We may disclose the personal information we collect about you to a third party for business purposes.
In this case, we enter a written agreement with such third party that requires the recipient to both keep the personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose(s) other than those necessary for the performance of the agreement.</p>
<p>We may also disclose your personal information to third parties when you explicitly ask or authorize us to do so, in order to provide you with our Service.</p>
<p>To find out more about the purposes of processing, please refer to the relevant section of this document.</p> Sale of your personal information <p>For our purposes, the word “sale” means any “selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic means, a consumer's personal information by the business to <strong>another business or a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration</strong>”.</p>
<p>This means that, for example, a sale can happen whenever an application runs ads, or makes statistical analyses on the traffic or views, or simply because it uses tools such as social network plugins and the like.</p> Your right to opt out of the sale of personal information <p>You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information.
This means that whenever you request us to stop selling your data, we will abide by your request.<br>Such requests can be made freely, at any time, without submitting any verifiable request, simply by following the instructions below.</p> Instructions to opt out of the sale of personal information <p>If you’d like to know more, or exercise your right to opt out in regard to all the sales carried out by Snopes, both online and offline, you can contact us for further information using the contact details provided in this document.</p> What are the purposes for which we use your personal information? <p>We may use your personal information to allow the operational functioning of Snopes and features thereof (“business purposes”).
In such cases, your personal information will be processed in a fashion necessary and proportionate to the business purpose for which it was collected, and strictly within the limits of compatible operational purposes.</p>
<p>We may also use your personal information for other reasons such as for commercial purposes (as indicated within the section “Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data” within this document), as well as for complying with the law and defending our rights before the competent authorities where our rights and interests are threatened or we suffer an actual damage.</p>
<p>We will not use your personal information for different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without notifying you.</p> Your California privacy rights and how to exercise them The right to know and to portability <p>You have the right to request that we disclose to you:</p>
<ul>
<li>the categories and sources of the personal information that we collect about you, the purposes for which we use your information and with whom such information is shared;</li>
<li> in case of sale of personal information or disclosure for a business purpose, two separate lists where we disclose: <ul>
<li>for sales, the personal information categories purchased by each category of recipient.
and </li>
<li>for disclosures for a business purpose, the personal information categories obtained by each category of recipient.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>The disclosure described above will be limited to the personal information collected or used over the past 12 months.</p>
<p>If we deliver our response electronically, the information enclosed will be "portable", i.e.
delivered in an easily usable format to enable you to transmit the information to another entity without hindrance – provided that this is technically feasible.</p> The right to request the deletion of your personal information <p>You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information, subject to exceptions set forth by the law (such as, including but not limited to, where the information is used to identify and repair errors on Snopes, to detect security incidents and protect against fraudulent or illegal activities, to exercise certain rights etc.).</p>
<p>If no legal exception applies, as a result of exercising your right, we will delete your personal information and direct any of our service providers to do so.</p> How to exercise your rights <p>To exercise the rights described above, you need to submit your verifiable request to us by contacting us via the details provided in this document.</p>
<p>For us to respond to your request, it’s necessary that we know who you are.
Therefore, you can only exercise the above rights by making a verifiable request which must:</p>
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<li>provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative;</li>
<li>describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.</li>
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<p>We will not respond to any request if we are unable to verify your identity and therefore confirm the personal information in our possession actually relates to you.</p>
<p>If you cannot personally submit a verifiable request, you can authorize a person registered with the California Secretary of State to act on your behalf.</p>
<p>If you are an adult, you can make a verifiable request on behalf of a minor under your parental authority.</p>
<p>You can submit a maximum number of 2 requests over a period of 12 months.</p> How and when we are expected to handle your request <p>We will confirm receipt of your verifiable request within 10 days and provide information about how we will process your request.</p>
<p>We will respond to your request within 45 days of its receipt.
Should we need more time, we will explain to you the reasons why, and how much more time we need.
In this regard, please note that we may take up to 90 days to fulfill your request.</p>
<p>Our disclosure(s) will cover the preceding 12 month period.</p>
<p>Should we deny your request, we will explain you the reasons behind our denial.</p>
<p>We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
In such cases, we may charge a reasonable fee, or refuse to act on the request.
In either case, we will communicate our choices and explain the reasons behind it.</p> Definitions and legal references Personal Data (or Data) <p>Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.</p> Usage Data <p>Information collected automatically through Snopes (or third-party services employed in Snopes), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use Snopes, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User's IT environment.</p> User <p>The individual using Snopes who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.</p> Data Subject <p>The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.</p> Data Processor (or Data Supervisor) <p>The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.</p> Data Controller (or Owner) <p>The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of Snopes.
The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of Snopes.</p> Snopes (or this Application) <p>The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.</p> Service <p>The service provided by Snopes as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.</p> European Union (or EU) <p>Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.</p> Cookie <p>Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser.</p> Tracker <p>Tracker indicates any technology - e.g Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting - that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User’s device.</p> Email <p>Provides access to the User's primary email address.</p> Legal information <p>This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art.
13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).</p>
<p>This privacy policy relates solely to Snopes, if not stated otherwise within this document.</p>
<p> Latest update: April 27, 2021 </p>
<p> iubenda hosts this content and only collects the Personal Data strictly necessary for it to be provided.
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