Parler

Privacy Policy




<p>1</p> <p>Parler Privacy Policy</p> <p>Effective Date: July 28, 2022</p> <p>Parler, Inc. and its affiliates (“Company,” “we,” “our,” and/or “us”) value the privacy of</p> <p>individuals who use our social news applications, the websites where this Privacy Policy is posted</p> <p>(“Websites”), and related services (collectively, our “Services”). This privacy policy (the “Privacy</p> <p>Policy”) explains how we collect, use, and share information from our users (“Users,” “you,”</p> <p>and/or “your”) to facilitate your commenting, social news, and influencer networking experience.</p> <p>By using our Services, you agree to the collection, use, disclosure, and procedures this Privacy</p> <p>Policy describes. Beyond the Privacy Policy, your use of our Services is also subject to our Terms</p> <p>of Service https://parler.com/documents/user-agreement.pdf</p> <p>We neither sell your information to third parties nor share your information with foreign</p> <p>governments except in the limited circumstances described in this Privacy Policy (see Section 2</p> <p>“How We Share the Information We Collect” below for more detail).</p> <p>We recognize that information privacy is an ongoing responsibility, and so we will from time to</p> <p>time update this Privacy Policy as we undertake new privacy practices or adopt new privacy</p> <p>policies.</p> <ol> <li>Information We Collect</li> </ol> <p>“Personal Information” is information that identifies, relates to, describes, or can be reasonably</p> <p>linked to, directly or indirectly, a particular individual or household. We may collect Personal</p> <p>Information (as we have done in the past) from you on or through the Services in a variety of ways,</p> <p>including when you register on the Services, sign up for communications, or make any purchases.</p> <p>We also may, from time to time, use Personal Information about you to improve the Services, and</p> <p>for the various purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.</p> <p>A. Information You Provide to Us.</p> <p>Registration and Profile Information. When you sign up for an account or update your profile</p> <p>information, we collect Personal Information you provide to us such as your name, email address,</p> <p>phone number, display name, profile photo, preferred language, date of birth, and any Personal</p> <p>Information you voluntarily provide in your profile biography, including gender and location.</p> <p>Note: either an email address or phone number is required for registration purposes, and</p> <p>both are recommended for account security and ease in recovery.</p> <p>Verification Information. If you choose to go through a verification process, we may ask for</p> <p>Personal Information that can be used to verify your identity, such as scans of your government-</p> <p>issued photo identification. When your government-issued photo identification information is no</p> <p>longer necessary to verify your identity, we delete the scans (front and back). We retain only an</p> <p>anonymized hash corresponding to the information the identification document contains, to prevent</p> <p>identity theft and impostor accounts. In addition to the identification information, we may ask for</p> <p>you to take a selfie for the purpose of preventing impostor accounts. But they are deleted as soon</p> <p>as they are reviewed as part of the verification process.</p> <p>2</p> <p>Influencer Network Information (Not Currently Available). Unlike other platforms, Parler</p> <p>allows you to monetize your content, following, and goodwill. As part of that, the law requires us</p> <p>to collect certain pieces of Personal Information. Specifically, in addition to identification</p> <p>information (see above under “verification” for our collection and treatment of identifying</p> <p>information), we collect form W-9 as required by the IRS. We are required to do this in order to</p> <p>facilitate the receipt by you of payments earned on Parler. However, we store that Personal</p> <p>Information in secure, encrypted form. We never share it, sell it, or use it in any way other than for</p> <p>purposes of legal compliance.</p> <p>Content you Share. We collect any information you choose to provide on our Services, such as</p> <p>posts (“Parleys”), follows, photos, videos, gifs, comments, votes, echoes, and interests.</p> <p>Payment Information. If you make a purchase through our Services, your payment-related</p> <p>Personal Information, such as your credit and debit card or automated clearing house (ACH)</p> <p>information, is collected and stored by our third-party payment processor on our behalf.</p> <p>Communications. If you contact us directly, we receive additional Personal Information about</p> <p>you. For example, if you contact us for customer support, we may receive your name, email</p> <p>address, phone number, the contents of any message or attachments you may send to us, and any</p> <p>other information you choose to provide.</p> <p>Your Contacts. If you permit us to access the address book on your device or give us permission</p> <p>to import your contacts from an email account associated with your account, we may access and</p> <p>store names and contact information, including Personal Information, from your address book, to</p> <p>help you follow your contacts, and your contacts to follow you.</p> <p>B. Information We Collect When You Use Our Services.</p> <p>We may collect information that may not reasonably identify you or your household personally,</p> <p>but is linked to your computer or device (“Device Identifiable Information”). We collect Device</p> <p>Identifiable Information from you in the normal course of providing the Services. When you visit</p> <p>our Services to browse, read, or download information, we automatically collect information about</p> <p>your computer that your browser sends, such as your IP address, browser type and language, access</p> <p>times, pages visited, and referring website addresses. We may use Device Identifiable Information</p> <p>to analyze trends, help administer and improve the Services, to learn about and determine which</p> <p>pages of the Websites visitors view and for how long, how visitors navigate throughout the</p> <p>Services, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We may also collect</p> <p>Device Identifiable Information through “cookies” or “web beacons” as explained below.</p> <p>Device and Location Information. We receive Device Identifiable Information about the device</p> <p>and software you use to access our Services, including IP address (from which approximate or</p> <p>“coarse” location may be inferred), device type, web browser type, operating system version,</p> <p>phone carrier and manufacturer, member agents, application installations, device identifiers,</p> <p>mobile advertising identifiers, and push notification tokens.</p> <p>3</p> <p>Usage Information. We automatically receive Device Identifiable Information about your</p> <p>interactions with our Services, such as the posts or other content you view, the searches you</p> <p>conduct, the people you follow, and the dates and times of your visits.</p> <p>Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies. We may collect information using</p> <p>cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies. Cookies are small text files containing a string of</p> <p>alphanumeric characters. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session</p> <p>cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your</p> <p>browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to our Services.</p> <p>Cookies operate in the background and you can turn them off by adjusting your Web browser</p> <p>settings, but doing so may make it difficult to use some of the features on the Websites or the</p> <p>features may not be available to you. We may use cookies to make your Service experience easier</p> <p>by, for example, remembering your preferences, or keeping track of your login name and password.</p> <p>For more information on your choices regarding cookies, you can review the FTC’s guide to opting</p> <p>out of online tracking for computers and mobile devices. Your browser may offer you a “Do Not</p> <p>Track” option, which allows you to signal to operators of websites and web applications and</p> <p>services that you do not want them to track your online activities. The Services do not currently</p> <p>support Do Not Track requests.</p> <ol> <li>How We Use the Information We Collect</li> </ol> <p>We may use the Personal Information we collect:</p> <p>• To fulfill or meet requirements inherent in the reason you provided the information. For</p> <p>example, we use the information about who you follow on Parler to deliver you a feed of</p> <p>Parleys from those accounts; we use the information you put into a Parley to display it to</p> <p>those who follow you or users who echo your Parley, or who visit your profile on Parler;</p> <p>• To create, customize, and secure your account for use of the Services;</p> <p>• To provide, maintain, and improve our Services, including for testing, research, analysis</p> <p>and product development;</p> <p>• To personalize your experience on our Services, such as by providing tailored content and</p> <p>recommendations;</p> <p>• To understand and analyze how you use our Services and develop new products, services,</p> <p>features, and/or functionality;</p> <p>• To communicate with you, provide you with updates and other information relating to our</p> <p>Services, provide information that you request, respond to comments and questions, and</p> <p>otherwise provide customer support;</p> <p>• For marketing and advertising purposes, such as developing and providing promotional and</p> <p>advertising materials that may be relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you,</p> <p>including providing you with targeted offers and ads through our Website, and via email</p> <p>or text message (with your consent);</p> <p>4</p> <p>• To send you text messages and push notifications;</p> <p>• To facilitate transactions, redemptions, and payments;</p> <p>• To verify your identity and determine your eligibility to join our influencer network;</p> <p>• To find and prevent fraud and respond to trust and safety issues;</p> <p>• To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or</p> <p>other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of</p> <p>bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Information held by us</p> <p>about our consumers is among the assets transferred;</p> <p>• To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, products and services,</p> <p>databases and other technology assets, and business;</p> <p>• For compliance purposes, including enforcing our Terms of Service or other legal rights,</p> <p>or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial</p> <p>process, law enforcement or governmental agency; and</p> <p>• For other purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time the information is</p> <p>collected.</p> <p>We will not collect additional categories of Personal Information or use the Personal Information</p> <p>we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without updating this</p> <p>Privacy Policy to provide you with notice as set out in Section 10 “Changes to the Privacy</p> <p>Policy” below.</p> <ol> <li>How We Share the Information We Collect</li> </ol> <p>Vendors and Service Providers. We may share any Personal Information we receive with vendors</p> <p>and service providers retained in connection with the provision of our Services.</p> <p>Content you Share. Our Services are social services which allow you to find, enjoy, and share</p> <p>content. Your name, display name, profile photo, about me section, and contacts (i.e., members</p> <p>you are following) will always be viewable and/or searchable by other Members. The content you</p> <p>post to our Services will be displayed and viewable by other Members by default. Although this</p> <p>content is public by default, in the “Your Choices” section below, we describe the account settings</p> <p>and controls you can use to limit the sharing of certain information. We are not responsible for</p> <p>other Members’ use of available information, so you should carefully consider whether and what</p> <p>to post and how you identify yourself on our Services.</p> <p>Marketing. We do not share Personal Information about you with nonaffiliated third parties for</p> <p>their direct marketing purposes unless we have your affirmative express consent.</p> <p>As Required By Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your</p> <p>Personal Information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (a) comply with law</p> <p>enforcement requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; (b) respond to your</p> <p>requests; or (c) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety. For the avoidance of doubt,</p> <p>5</p> <p>the disclosure of your Personal Information may occur if you post any objectionable content on or</p> <p>through our Services.</p> <p>Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. We may transfer your Personal Information to service</p> <p>providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the</p> <p>consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by</p> <p>or merged with another company or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our assets. The</p> <p>use of your Personal Information following any of these events will be governed by the provisions</p> <p>of this Privacy Policy in effect at the time of the acquisition or merger.</p> <p>Consent. We may also disclose your Personal Information with your permission.</p> <ol> <li>Your Choices</li> </ol> <p>Sharing Preferences. We provide you with settings to allow you to set your sharing preferences</p> <p>for content you post to our Services. Certain Personal Information, such as your display name, may</p> <p>always be publicly available to others, and other Personal Information is made publicly available</p> <p>to others by default. To change whether certain information is publicly viewable, you can adjust</p> <p>the settings in your account.</p> <p>Marketing Communications. We send you marketing communications consistent with your</p> <p>choices. You can unsubscribe from our promotional emails by adjusting your account settings or</p> <p>via the link provided in the emails. Similarly, if you change your mind about receiving promotional</p> <p>text messages after having opted-in, you may follow the opt-out directions sent with each text.</p> <p>Note: Even if you opt-out of receiving promotional messages from us, you will continue to receive</p> <p>administrative messages from us.</p> <p>Notifications. You can opt-out of receiving notifications for posts, votes, echoes, comments, and</p> <p>followers by adjusting your profile and/or operating system (i.e., iOS or Android) settings.</p> <p>Correction. You may correct your Personal Information at any time by logging in to your account</p> <p>and updating any inaccurate information.</p> <p>Additional Privacy Rights. In addition, if you are a resident of California or of the European</p> <p>Economic Area, you have additional rights with respect to your Personal Information. Please see</p> <p>Sections 11 and 12 below for additional information.</p> <ol> <li>Third Party Links and Sites</li> </ol> <p>Our Services may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or</p> <p>operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. Please be aware that</p> <p>this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these third-party services or any information</p> <p>you disclose to these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing</p> <p>any information to them.</p> <p>For example, any information you share with Google as a consequence of sharing or interacting</p> <p>with YouTube content on Parler is governed by Google’s privacy policy. Google now provides</p> <p>users some control over the collection of data by its users and API Clients like Parler; follow this</p> <p>6</p> <p>link for more information on revoking an API client’s access to your data. Exercising such control</p> <p>may require having a Google account, which itself may be a privacy concern for some of our</p> <p>members. Therefore, members are encouraged to use Parler’s own native video capabilities (or the</p> <p>capabilities of other platforms equally respectful of member privacy) if they wish to avoid sharing</p> <p>data with Google. (A similar disclaimer applies to Rumble, an emerging competitor of Google-</p> <p>YouTube. When in doubt, consult the privacy policy of the entity responsible for facilitating the</p> <p>display of content on our Services, before choosing to interact with it, so you can make an informed</p> <p>decision about your privacy.)</p> <ol> <li>Security</li> </ol> <p>We make reasonable efforts to protect your Personal Information by using physical and electronic</p> <p>safeguards designed to improve the security of the Personal Information we maintain. However,</p> <p>no method of transmission or storage of data is 100% secure and we will not be responsible for</p> <p>any damage that results from a security breach of data or the unauthorized access to or use of</p> <p>information, whether Personal Information or Device Identifiable Information. To the extent we</p> <p>provide your Personal Information to any third parties, we will request that they use reasonable</p> <p>security measures to protect your information.</p> <ol> <li>Children’s Data</li> </ol> <p>We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use Personal Information from children under 16 years</p> <p>of age, and no part of our Services is directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us</p> <p>with Personal Information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at</p> <p>privacy@parler.com and we will delete such information.</p> <ol> <li>International Transfers of Data</li> </ol> <p>Our Services are hosted in the United States and intended for visitors located within the United</p> <p>States. If you choose to use our Services from the European Union or other regions of the world</p> <p>with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that</p> <p>you are transferring your Personal Information outside of those regions to the United States for</p> <p>storage and processing. By providing any information, including Personal Information, on or to</p> <p>our Services, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.</p> <ol> <li>Update or Delete Your Information</li> </ol> <p>You can update your account and profile information through your account settings. You can delete</p> <p>your account either by navigating to Settings &gt; Legal &gt; Delete Account while logged into your</p> <p>account on our Website or in one of our Apps, or by selecting that option via our online Parler</p> <p>Privacy Request portal, which is accessible by clicking here.</p> <ol> <li>Changes to the Privacy Policy</li> </ol> <p>We will post any adjustments to the Privacy Policy on this page, and the revised version will be</p> <p>effective when it is posted. If we materially change the ways in which we use or share Personal</p> <p>Information previously collected from you through our Services, we will notify you through our</p> <p>Services, by email, or other communication. Your continued use of our Services following our</p> <p>posting or notifying you of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.</p> <p>7</p> <ol> <li>Additional Rights in California: Your California Privacy Rights</li> </ol> <p>If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) provides</p> <p>you with additional rights regarding our use of your Personal Information. Note that Personal</p> <p>Information does not include publicly available information from government records,</p> <p>deidentified or aggregated consumer information, or information excluded from the CCPA’s</p> <p>scope. The CCPA protects the following categories of Personal Information, and for your</p> <p>convenience, we have provided the following chart summarizing what categories we collect as</p> <p>another way of covering the information set forth in Section 1 “Information We Collect”:</p> <p>Category Examples Collected</p> <p>1. Identifiers. A real name, alias, postal</p> <p>address, unique personal</p> <p>identifier, online identifier,</p> <p>Internet Protocol address, email</p> <p>address, account name, Social</p> <p>Security number, driver’s</p> <p>license number, passport</p> <p>number, or other similar</p> <p>identifiers.</p> <p>Some items. See Section 1</p> <p>“Information We Collect” for</p> <p>more details.</p> <ol> <li>Personal information</li> </ol> <p>categories listed in the</p> <p>California Customer Records</p> <p>statute (Cal.</p> <p>Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).</p> <p>A name, signature, Social</p> <p>Security number, physical</p> <p>characteristics or description,</p> <p>address, telephone number,</p> <p>passport number, driver’s</p> <p>license or state identification</p> <p>card number, insurance policy</p> <p>number, education,</p> <p>employment, employment</p> <p>history, bank account</p> <p>number, credit card number,</p> <p>debit card number, or any</p> <p>other financial information,</p> <p>medical information, or</p> <p>health insurance information.</p> <p>Some personal information</p> <p>included in this category</p> <p>may overlap with other</p> <p>categories.</p> <p>Some items. See Section 1</p> <p>“Information We Collect” for</p> <p>more details.</p> <p>8</p> <ol> <li>Protected classification</li> </ol> <p>characteristics under California</p> <p>or federal law. Age (40 years or older), race,</p> <p>color, ancestry, national origin,</p> <p>citizenship, religion or creed,</p> <p>marital status, medical</p> <p>condition, physical or mental</p> <p>disability, sex (including gender,</p> <p>gender identity, gender</p> <p>expression, pregnancy or</p> <p>childbirth and related medical</p> <p>conditions), sexual orientation,</p> <p>veteran or military status,</p> <p>genetic information (including</p> <p>familial genetic information).</p> <p>Age is the only of these required</p> <p>at registration, collected in order</p> <p>to verify minimum age and learn</p> <p>about the demographic makeup</p> <p>of our user base. Other protected</p> <p>classification characteristics are</p> <p>collected only if you choose to</p> <p>provide it in the verification</p> <p>process or in user-generated</p> <p>content (such as uploading an</p> <p>image or video sharing this</p> <p>information, or including in a</p> <p>bio), but this information is not</p> <p>analyzed, with the exception of</p> <p>data about a user’s sex, which is</p> <p>used aggregately to help us</p> <p>understand the demographic</p> <p>makeup of our user base.</p> <p>4. Commercial information. Records of personal property,</p> <p>products or services purchased,</p> <p>obtained, or considered, or other</p> <p>purchasing or consuming</p> <p>histories or tendencies.</p> <p>Only records of (1) device type</p> <p>used in connection with your</p> <p>account, and (2) purchases of</p> <p>ads on Parler (if applicable).</p> <p>Category Examples Collected</p> <p>5. Biometric information. Genetic, physiological,</p> <p>behavioral, and biological</p> <p>characteristics, or activity</p> <p>patterns used to extract a</p> <p>template or other identifier or</p> <p>identifying information, such as,</p> <p>fingerprints, faceprints, and</p> <p>voiceprints, iris or retina scans,</p> <p>keystroke, gait, or other physical</p> <p>patterns, and sleep, health, or</p> <p>exercise data.</p> <p>Only if you choose to provide it</p> <p>in user-generated content (such</p> <p>as uploading an image or video</p> <p>sharing this information, or</p> <p>including in a bio), but the</p> <p>information is analyzed only for</p> <p>compliance with applicable law</p> <p>and as described in our</p> <p>Guidelines Enforcement Process.</p> <ol> <li>Internet or other similar</li> </ol> <p>network activity. Browsing history, search history,</p> <p>information on a consumer’s</p> <p>interaction with a website,</p> <p>application, or advertisement.</p> <p>See Section 1(B) to learn more</p> <p>about how some of these items</p> <p>may be collected and used.</p> <p>9</p> <p>7. Geolocation data.</p> <p>Physical location or movements</p> <p>including e.g., IP address</p> <p>information.</p> <p>Only coarse location data</p> <p>inferred from IP address.</p> <p>“Location” is an optional piece</p> <p>of information which users may</p> <p>provide as part of profile data.</p> <p>8. Sensory data. Audio, electronic, visual,</p> <p>thermal, olfactory, or similar</p> <p>information.</p> <p>Only if using device to capture,</p> <p>audio, photo or video with the</p> <p>Services as part of user</p> <p>generated content.</p> <p>9. Professional or employment</p> <p>related information.</p> <p>Current or past job history or</p> <p>performance evaluations. Only if you choose to provide it</p> <p>in user-generated content, for</p> <p>example a Parley, your profile</p> <p>bio, or display name. But this</p> <p>information is not further</p> <p>analyzed.</p> <ol> <li>Non-public education</li> </ol> <p>information (per the Family</p> <p>Educational Rights and Privacy</p> <p>Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g,</p> <p>34 C.F.R. Part 99)).</p> <p>Education records directly</p> <p>related to a student maintained</p> <p>by an educational institution or</p> <p>party acting on its behalf, such as</p> <p>grades, transcripts, class lists,</p> <p>student schedules, student</p> <p>identification codes, student</p> <p>financial information, or student</p> <p>disciplinary records.</p> <p>Only if you choose to provide it</p> <p>in user-generated content, for</p> <p>example a Parley, your profile</p> <p>bio, or display name. But this</p> <p>information is not analyzed.</p> <p>11. Inferences drawn from other</p> <p>Personal Information. Profile reflecting a person’s</p> <p>preferences, characteristics,</p> <p>psychological trends,</p> <p>predispositions, behavior,</p> <p>attitudes, intelligence, abilities,</p> <p>and aptitudes.</p> <p>No inferences drawn, but if a</p> <p>user chooses to specify interests</p> <p>explicitly, we use these</p> <p>expressed preferences to</p> <p>populate that user’s feed(s).</p> <p>All of the categories collected above may be provided to third parties as described in Section 3</p> <p>“How We Share the Information We Collect”.</p> <p>A. Your Rights and Choices under the CCPA.</p> <p>The CCPA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their Personal</p> <p>Information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.</p> <p>Right to Know and Data Portability</p> <p>You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and</p> <p>use of your Personal Information over the past 12 months (the “right to know”). Once we receive</p> <p>10</p> <p>your request and confirm your identity (see the “Exercising Your Rights to Know or Delete”</p> <p>subsection below), we will disclose to you:</p> <p>• The categories of Personal Information we collected about you.</p> <p>• The categories of sources for the Personal Information we collected about you.</p> <p>• Our business or commercial purpose for collecting that Personal Information.</p> <p>• The categories of third parties with whom we share that Personal Information.</p> <p>• If we disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, two separate lists</p> <p>disclosing:</p> <p>sales, identifying the Personal Information categories that each category of recipient</p> <p>purchased; and</p> <p>disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the Personal Information categories that</p> <p>each category of recipient obtained.</p> <p>• The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you (also called a</p> <p>“data portability request”).</p> <p>Right to Delete</p> <p>You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information that we have collected</p> <p>and retained, subject to certain exceptions (the “right to delete”). Once we receive your request and</p> <p>confirm your identity (see “Exercising Your Rights to Know or Delete”), we will review your</p> <p>request to see if an applicable exception allows us to retain the information. We may deny your</p> <p>deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:</p> <p>• Complete the transaction for which we collected the Personal Information, provide a good</p> <p>or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our</p> <p>ongoing business relationship with you, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product</p> <p>recall conducted in accordance with federal law, or otherwise perform our contract with</p> <p>you</p> <p>• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal</p> <p>activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.</p> <p>• Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.</p> <p>• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech</p> <p>rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.</p> <p>• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code §</p> <p>1546 et. seq.).</p> <p>• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based</p> <p>on your relationship with us.</p> <p>• Comply with a legal obligation.</p> <p>• Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the</p> <p>context in which you provided it.</p> <p>We will delete or deidentify Personal Information not subject to one of these exceptions from our</p> <p>records and will direct our service providers to take similar action.</p> <p>11</p> <p>Exercising Your Rights to Know or Delete</p> <p>To exercise your rights to know or delete described above, please submit a request via our online</p> <p>Parler Privacy Request portal, which is accessible by clicking here.</p> <p>Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request to know or</p> <p>delete related to your Personal Information by submitting proof of identity and, in the case of</p> <p>someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, proof of their authority to act.</p> <p>You may also make a request to know or delete on behalf of your child by providing proof of</p> <p>identity.</p> <p>You may submit a request to know only twice within a 12-month period. Your request to know or</p> <p>delete must provide information sufficient for us to reasonably verify you are the person about</p> <p>whom we collected Personal Information (or you are an authorized representative of same), as well</p> <p>as describe your request with enough detail for us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to</p> <p>it. We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if we cannot verify</p> <p>your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you.</p> <p>You do not need to create an account with us to submit a request to know or delete. We will use</p> <p>Personal Information provided in the request only to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to</p> <p>make it.</p> <p>For instructions on exercising your sale opt-out or opt-in rights, see “Personal Information Sales</p> <p>Opt-Out and Opt-In Rights” below.</p> <p>Response Timing and Format</p> <p>We will confirm receipt of your request within ten (10) business days. If you do not receive</p> <p>confirmation within the 10-day timeframe, please contact us at privacy@parler.com.</p> <p>We endeavor to substantively respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days</p> <p>of its receipt. If we require more time (up to another 45 days), we will inform you of the reason</p> <p>and extension period in writing.</p> <p>If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account, or to the email</p> <p>address associated with the account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our</p> <p>written response by mail or electronically, at your option.</p> <p>Any disclosures we provide will cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request.</p> <p>The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if</p> <p>applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your Personal</p> <p>Information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity</p> <p>to another entity without hindrance.</p> <p>We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is</p> <p>excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we</p> <p>will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing</p> <p>your request.</p> <p>12</p> <p>Personal Information Sales Opt-Out and Opt-In Rights</p> <p>The CCPA prohibits a business from selling Personal Information unless you have received explicit</p> <p>notice and an opportunity to opt out of further sales. We do not sell your Personal Information to</p> <p>third parties. If this position changes and you are older than 16, you will be given explicit notice</p> <p>and an opportunity to opt out of further sales, with details of how to exercise that “right to opt out.”</p> <p>We do not sell the Personal Information of any consumer, including consumers we actually know</p> <p>are less than 16 years old, unless we receive affirmative authorization (the “right to opt in”) from</p> <p>either the consumer who is between 13 and 15 years old, or the parent or guardian of a consumer</p> <p>less than 13 years old. Consumers who opt in to Personal Information sales may opt out of future</p> <p>sales at any time.</p> <p>We use Personal Information provided in an opt-out request only to review and comply with the</p> <p>request.</p> <p>B. Non-Discrimination under the CCPA.</p> <p>We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by</p> <p>the CCPA, we will not:</p> <p>• Deny you goods or services.</p> <p>• Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through</p> <p>granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.</p> <p>• Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.</p> <p>• Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a</p> <p>different level or quality of goods or services.</p> <p>However, we may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by the CCPA that can result in</p> <p>different prices, rates, or quality levels. Any CCPA-permitted financial incentive we offer will</p> <p>reasonably relate to your Personal Information’s value and contain written terms that describe the</p> <p>program’s material aspects. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt-</p> <p>in consent, which you may revoke at any time.</p> <p>C. Other California Privacy Rights.</p> <p>California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Website</p> <p>who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal</p> <p>Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Not all information sharing is</p> <p>covered by the “Shine The Light” requirements and only information on covered sharing may be</p> <p>included in our response. To make such a request, please do so via our online Parler Privacy</p> <p>Request portal, which is accessible by clicking here, or write to us at: Parler Privacy Request,</p> <p>P.O. Box 60989, Nashville, TN 37206</p> <p>13</p> <ol> <li>Your Additional Rights in the European Economic Area</li> </ol> <p>If your personal data has been collected in connection with our activities in the European Economic</p> <p>Area (“EEA”), you have the following rights:</p> <p>• Withdrawal of Consent: If consent is the lawful basis of our processing, you have the right</p> <p>to withdraw any consent that you have provided to us to process your personal data.</p> <p>• Access: You have the right to access your personal data.</p> <p>• Rectification: You have the right to rectify inaccurate personal data.</p> <p>• Erasure: You have the right to have your personal data erased if it is no longer necessary</p> <p>for the purposes for which it was processed, you have withdrawn your consent to, or object</p> <p>to, its processing and there is no other legitimate grounds for processing it or you believe</p> <p>that it has been unlawfully processed.</p> <p>• Restriction: You have the right to have the processing of your personal data restricted if</p> <p>you contest its accuracy, if its processing is unlawful, if we no longer need it but you need</p> <p>it preserved for purposes of a legal claim, or if you have objected to its processing and are</p> <p>awaiting verification of our legitimate grounds for processing it.</p> <p>• Data Portability: You have the right to have certain personal data you provide to us</p> <p>transferred to another company in a machine-readable format.</p> <p>• Objection: You have the right to let us know that you object to the further use or disclosure</p> <p>of your personal data for certain purposes.</p> <p>In order to exercise any of these rights, or for more information, please use the contact details</p> <p>specified in below in the “Contact Information” section. Please note that these rights are subject to</p> <p>certain preconditions and qualifications under applicable law.</p> <p>You also have the right (where applicable) to withdraw any consent given in relation to the</p> <p>processing of your Personal Information.</p> <p>Please note that the right to erasure is not absolute and it may not always be possible to erase</p> <p>personal data on request, including for example where the Personal Information must be retained</p> <p>to comply with a legal obligation.</p> <p>If you are in the EEA, you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has authority</p> <p>in your country or region. Please see the following website for contact information of the data</p> <p>protection authorities for member countries in the EEA:</p> <p>https://ec.europa.eu/justice/article29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.</p> <p>Parler, Inc. is the data controller with respect to processing of your Personal Information in</p> <p>connection with the Services.</p> <p>14</p> <ol> <li>Contact Information</li> </ol> <p>If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our processing activities, please email</p> <p>us at privacy@parler.com or write to us at Parler, Inc., P.O. Box 60989, Nashville, TN 37206.</p> <p>Please note that emails to privacy@parler.com should include only questions, comments, or</p> <p>concerns regarding our processing activities. To make a request for access or deletion of your</p> <p>Personal Information as permitted by law, please submit a request via our online Parler Privacy</p> <p>Request portal, which is accessible by clicking here.</p> <p>Last Updated: July 28, 2022</p>

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