AT THEVJ.COM WE TAKE YOUR PRIVACY EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. PLEASE READ OUR PRIVACY POLICY (THIS “PRIVACY POLICY”) CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT OR SERVICE FROM DIGITAL NEWS AFFAIRS, LLC. DOING BUSINESS AS THEVJ.com (“THEVJ.COM”)
GENERAL
THEVJ.COM produces this website (this or our “Website”) and the subscription-based service available to registered account holders (the “Service”). We are committed to safeguarding your privacy online. This Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Website and Service and explains how we collect, use and disclose information collected through the Website and Service.
Personal Information.
You can visit and enjoy many aspects of our Website without disclosing any personal information about yourself. Users of the Service may be required to share with us certain personal information. The Personal Information we collect may include, but is not limited to, billing information, full name, e-mail address, and information such as your zip code, country, birth date, occupation, employer, school, type of equipment you use (camera, software, etc), interests and hobbies, favorite music/movies/books, etc. when this information is directly associated with information that is personally identifiable.
Other Personal Information Collection. We may also collect other personal information that will be identified on applicable page(s) of this Website. We do not sell, lease, or share your Personal Information with others except as follows:
(1) Service Providers and Promotional Partners. To our third-party service providers, and only so that they may help us provide services you’ve requested and in certain circumstances to provide you with video-related offers;
(2) Private Label Partners. To private label partners of the Website or Service. If you don’t want us to share your information with private label partners you may opt out while registering or by emailing Privacy@TheVJ.com.
(3) Responding to Your Requests or Completing Transactions. Upon notice posted on an applicable location of our Website where we collect your personal information for an economic transaction and notify you that we will be sharing such information with a third party, where such third party is clearly identified; or
(4) Promotions, Contests or, Sweepstakes. On occasion, we may offer a special promotion (such as a sweepstakes, contest, or free subscription to goods and/or services) on this Website in conjunction with a third-party service provider, sponsor, or promotional partner, and share your information with that service provider, sponsor, or promotional partner so that it can send you other special promotions it offers, but only if you give us permission to do so. We may also send you e-mails with special offers and promotions. If you don’t want us to share your information in connection with promotions, contests and sweepstakes you may opt out by accessing the “My Account” section within your Website account.
BILLING
If you use the Service, we may collect additional information from you so that we can process and collect billing information. For example, we may collect your mailing address to remit payments.
If you make payments as a customer through the Site, you will do so through a third party credit card processor. Your billing information will be used to the extent necessary to complete your purchase transactions as disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED; COOKIES; WEB BEACONS
We use automatic methods such as cookies (small amounts of data, which often include an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a Website’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive), single-pixel GIF images (i.e., “web beacons”) or similar technologies, alone or in combination with personally identifiable information you choose to provide to us, to make our Website work better, to understand Website usage and trends, to deliver a more personalized experience and to improve our content and offerings. Examples of the information we collect and analyze using such methods include, without limitation, the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; e-mail address; login name and password; operating system type, version and computer platform; purchase history, which we may aggregate with similar information from other customers; the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, on, and from our Website, including date and time; cookie information; and products you viewed or searched for. We may also use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs) and methods used to browse away from the page.
Cookie Access. We do not transfer cookies associated with our Website to any other company. We may allow other companies that are presenting advertisements or providing services on our Website to set and access cookies on your computer and/or web beacons or similar technologies on certain of our pages and/or certain emails sent by us. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to accept or reject cookies. If you set your browser not to accept cookies, you may not be able to take advantage of certain services on our Website.
Third Party Advertising Networks. Advertisements may be managed and placed on our Website by third parties. These companies are called “network advertisers.” Network advertisers who place advertisements on our Website may use cookies and Web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information about your visits to our Website and other Websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like to obtain more information about this common industry practice of network advertisers and to make choices about their use of your information, please click here.
OTHER SHARING OF INFORMATION
Aggregated Demographic Information. We may share aggregated demographic information with third parties, but this information is not linked to any personal information that can identify you or another individual person. Therefore, no personal information is disclosed in this manner.
Business Transfers. As time passes, THEVJ.COM may be sold along with its assets, or other transactions may occur in which customer information is one of the business assets transferred. In such a case, the customer information which we have gathered may be one of the business assets we transfer.
Disclosure for Legal Purposes. We may share your Personal Information and non-personal information if we believe doing so is appropriate pursuant to judicial or governmental subpoenas, warrants, orders or, other legal process. In addition, notwithstanding any term to the contrary in this Privacy Policy, we reserve the right to use, disclose, and/or share your personal and non-personal information to the extent we believe doing so is appropriate to protect our legal rights, your legal rights or the rights of others.
OUR SECURITY PRACTICES
No data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make reasonable efforts to ensure security on our systems. In certain areas, we use secure server software (SSL) and firewalls to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, please note that this is not a guarantee that such information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software.
If THEVJ.COM learns of a security systems breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically so that you can take appropriate protective steps. We may post a notice on our Website if a security breach occurs. If this happens, you will need a web browser enabling you to view the Website. Depending on where you live, you may have a legal right to receive notice of a security breach in writing. To receive free written notice of a security breach (or to withdraw your consent from receiving electronic notice) you should notify us at Privacy@theVJ.com.
HOW YOU CAN ACCESS AND REVIEW YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you want to review or revise the personal information you provided during registration on this Website, and whether you want to receive communications from us, you can contact our Customer Service at Customerservice@theVJ.com. If you want to close your account with us and have us delete the personal information in it (except for information that we keep for record-keeping purposes), you should contact our Customer Service department at Customerservice@theVJ.com.
CHOICE
Our registration and order forms contain a box for you to indicate whether or not you consent to receive special offers and promotions from us. Unless you give us your consent to use your Personal Information for these purposes, we and our partners will only use it to complete the transaction or provide the service or product you have requested. If you indicate that you consent to receive communications or solicitations, but you later change your mind, you can revise your preferences by accessing the “My Account” section within your Website account.
LINKS
Our Website may contain links to Websites operated by unrelated third parties. In addition, if you click on an advertisement on our Website, you may be directed to a web page with our Website or to a third- party Website. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party Websites. We encourage you to be aware of this when your leave our Website and to read the privacy policies of every Website that collects personally identifiable information from you. This Privacy Policy applies only to this Website.
INTERNATIONAL USERS
Because THEVJ.COM operates globally, we may transfer your personal information within our global network to fulfill our obligations to you but always subject to the limitations of applicable data protection law and this Privacy Policy. Privacy laws differ across the globe. This Website is hosted and operated in the United States. If you are visiting from the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, including those whose privacy laws may be more strict than U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States, which does not have the same data protection laws as the EU and by providing your personal data you consent to:
The use of your personal data for the uses identified above in accordance with this Privacy Policy; and
The transfer of your personal data to the United States as indicated above
CHILDREN
We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under 13 years of age. If we learn that we have obtained personal information of a child under the age of 13 we will promptly take steps to delete such information.
CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY
We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date on the Privacy Policy. For changes to this Privacy Policy that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of personal information you have provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing the change. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued use of this Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.
CONTACT US; PRIVACY ADMINISTRATOR
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
The VJ.com
15 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019
Or send an email to Privacy@theVJ.com