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BACKGROUND
AG Media is a leading publisher of specialized content, offering a diverse range of print and digital products tailored to niche markets. We provide expert-driven newsletters, magazines, and online resources on topics such as health, wellness, pets, aviation, and outdoor activities. Our publications aim to deliver practical, actionable insights that empower readers to make informed decisions and enhance their lifestyles.
The publications released by us are Products offer by us in connection with our business partners associated with such respective publication (“Business Partner”). We may provide limited information related to your purchase of applicable Products to the associated Business Partner whom the publication was released on behalf of, as further described in How We Share Your Information below. Such Business Partners may independently process your information outside what is disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
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- Information you provide to us: There are cases where AG Media may ask you for personally-identifiable information to process and fulfill online shopping transactions, email newsletter registrations, site registrations, customer service submissions and sweepstakes participation. Information includes:
- Basic Identifying Information: This information includes your name, mailing address, email address, user name, password, payment information (card information and billing address).
- Commercial Information: This information includes the products and subscriptions you have purchased and considered and related information about your commercial activities. To provide you with content and offers targeted to your needs, we may ask you for your interests including health and pet.
- Payment Information: This information includes your payment method, including your credit card number, card expiration date, security code, and billing address. Payment information may be processed by our payment processor, in which case such payment processor will be collecting and processing such information on our behalf and share with us limited details as necessary for us to verify, record and fulfil completed transactions.
- User Content: This information includes your Communications with us and any other content you provide, such as comments, product reviews, testimonials, and other content.
- Audio Information: This information includes recordings of your voice (such as when we record customer service calls).
- Inferences: This information includes inferences drawn from or created based on the information identified above.
We do not collect sensitive information such as social security number, driver’s license number, medical history, race, ethnicity, employment-related information, education information or biometrics.
- Information We Collect Automatically Through Cookies and Similar Technologies: AG Media collects certain information from you automatically when you use our Sites. This information includes:
- Device Identifier and other Unique Identifiers. Information such as your device identifier, internet protocol (IP) address, cookies, beacons, pixel tags, mobile ad identifier, and other unique identifiers.
- Internet or Other Network Activity. such as the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, Google.com, if you are connecting via a Google search), the date and time you access the Sites, and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our Sites.
AG Media may use this information to analyze and enhance the Sites, and may aggregate this information and share such aggregated information with business partners, sponsors and other third parties. For more information about how we use cookies and similar technologies, please see Cookies and Related Online Tracking Technologies below
- Information We Collect From Other Sources: In order to enhance our ability to provide relevant marketing, offers and services to you, we may obtain information about you from third party sources:
- Public Sources: We may obtain information about you such as postal and email addresses from other sources including public databases;
- Joint Marketing Partners. We may obtain information about you such as postal and email addresses from our joint marketing partners, and Business Partners.
- Data Brokers. We may purchase information about you such as your postal and email address from data brokers.
- Social Networks: When you choose to interact with us through social media your interactions with the social media platforms (“Social Networks”) typically allows the Social Networks to collect information such as “Likes,” profile information gathered from the Social Networks, or the fact that you viewed or interacted with our Services. Social Networks may collect information about you through digital cookies they place on your device and other tracking mechanisms even when you are not directly interacting with their applications. Please review the Social Networks’ privacy policies and choices for sharing information of any Social Network connected to our Services.
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COOKIES AND RELATED ONLINE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
From time to time, our Sites and Communications may collect and share your information through the use of cookies, pixels, and related technologies for the purpose of identifying and authenticating users, preventing fraud, enhancing our Sites and Communications, performing analytics and other measurement services, advertising, and to tailor content to you.
Cookies are small information files that our Sites place on your computer or other devices. Some cookies are temporary. Others are permanent. And there are different types of cookies that serve different purposes, such as functionality and targeting (marketing / advertising).
Our Sites and Communications may also use embedded scripts and/or web beacons. An embedded script is programming code used to collect information about how you interact with our Sites. The embedded script is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our, or a third party web server and is active only while you are connected to the Sites. A web beacon is a small graphic image or programming code that may be included in our Site pages and email messages.
Microsoft Clarity. We use Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors use our Sites, including through behavioral metrics, heatmaps and session replay. Clarity collects information such as pages viewed, clicks, scrolling and mouse movements using first- and third-party cookies and similar technologies. Text you type into forms is masked and not recorded. This information is used to improve our Sites and may be processed by Microsoft in accordance with the Microsoft Privacy Statement (https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement). You can manage or withdraw consent for these technologies through our cookie settings.
To learn more about your choices as it relates to our use of cookies and related technologies, please see Your Choices.
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We use the information we collect or receive (alone or in combination):
- to respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, such as to provide you access to the Services or Products you have ordered, to respond to any inquiry, feedback, or information and materials regarding our products and services;
- to send you marketing communications, including via email in compliance with applicable laws and in accordance with your preferences, that we believe may be of interest to you;
- disclose that information to third parties when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) AG Media’s rights or property, other members or users of the Web Site, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities;
- for our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, fraud monitoring and prevention, developing new products, enhancing, improving or modifying our Sites and Products and Services, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and operating and expanding our business activities;
- disclose that information to third parties when we believe in good faith that the law requires it;
- transfer such information to successors of our business assets;
- to send administrative information to you, for example, invoices, confirmation and renewal notices, information regarding our Services or Sites, and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies;
- to detect, investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, including fraudulent transactions. We also use your information to enforce our terms and procedures, prevent against security incidents, and prevent the harm to other users of our Services;
- to support our core business functions, including to maintain records related to business management, loss prevention, collecting amounts owed, and identifying and repairing errors or problems in the Sites.
- to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, to establish and exercise our rights, and to defend against legal claims; and
- for other reasons that we may describe to you at the time of collection.
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We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients and for the following reasons:
- Service providers. In order to provide our Services to you, it is necessary for us to disclose your information to contracted third parties and service provider partners who perform certain functions of our Services on our behalf. Examples include cloud hosting providers (to provide data storage and processing services); communications providers (to process new queries and to manage our emails); third party fulfillment providers (to send you magazines or other products or provide access to our Services).
- Payment Processors. When you make a purchase directly with us, any billing information you provide as part of your payment is collected and processed directly by our service provider, Strategic Fulfillment Group (SFG), and our payment processor, Paymentech or Stripe. AG Media never receives or stores your credit card information. SFG, Paymentech and Stripe are committed to complying with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) and using industry standard security.
- Marketing Partners. A customer’s name and mailing address may be released for one-time use to carefully screened third-party mailers who offer products or services that may be of interest to our readers. We may also share personal information with third party marketing partners for commercial purposes. See Section 10(D) (Your Choices: Marketing Partners) for how to opt out of our sharing of your information for these purposes.
- Business Partners. We may share information we collect related to specific publications with the business partner that produced or that we otherwise publish such publication on behalf of. This information may include your name, email address, and commercial information related to your purchases.
- Commercial Partners. We may share information we collect with third parties that assist us with providing our Services to you and finding relevant leads.
- Your User Content. If you choose to submit content (e.g., online comments or communications to our editorial staff or members) (“User Content”), we may publish your name, screen name and other information you have provided to us on our Sites.
- Compliance with laws. We may disclose information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
- Vital interests and legal rights. We may disclose information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, to verify the authenticity of any transaction, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which AG Media may be involved.
- Business transfers. We may share or transfer information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
- Consent. We may share your information with any other person with your consent to the disclosure.
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CHILDREN
The Sites are not directed at individuals under thirteen years of age, and AG Media does not intend to collect any personally-identifiable information from such individuals.
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LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
The Sites allow links to various other web sites. AG Media assumes no responsibility for the information practices of sites you are able to access through the Sites. These links to other sites do not imply affiliation or endorsement of a linked site.
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SECURITY
We take commercially reasonable steps, appropriate to the nature of information at issue, to ensure your information is subject to appropriate organizational, technical, and physical safeguards in alignment with applicable laws and regulations. However, no data transmission over the Internet or system can be guaranteed to be secure.
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We keep your information for as long as necessary in accordance with the purposes for which it was collected, our business needs, and applicable legal and regulatory obligations. If we dispose of your information, we will do so in a way that is secure and appropriate to the nature of the information subject to disposal, consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
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YOUR CHOICES
We provide you the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding your information. To exercise any of the rights described below, email customer service. We will respond to your request as soon as possible and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
A. Account
If you have created an investor account, you may access, update, or remove certain information that you have provided to us through your account by logging into your account or sending an email to the email address set out as set out in the Contact Us section below. We may require additional information from you to allow us to confirm your identity.
Please note that we will retain and use information about you as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
B. Communications and Mailings
The following is information about how to opt out of receiving certain Communications and Mailings, depending on means of delivery:
- E-mails. On some of our Sites you may manage your email preferences and unsubscribe from our lists by visiting the Customer Service link. All of our email newsletters contain an UNSUBSCRIBE link at the bottom of the email. Look for the words “Click here to remove your email address” or “Unsubscribe” and click on that link. You may also email customer service to manage and modify your email preferences.
- Postal Direct Mail Marketing. To unsubscribe from marketing materials via postal mail, email customer service. Please provide us with the exact name and address as it appears on the mailing label so we can identify your record.
C. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
The following disclosures relate to your rights and choices in connection with cookies and other tracking technologies:
- Do Not Track. Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to online services you visit. We do not currently monitor or take action with respect to “Do Not Track” signals. For more information on “Do Not Track,” visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
- Cookies and Pixels. Most browsers accept cookies by default. You can instruct your browser, by changing its settings, to decline or delete cookies. If you use multiple browsers on your device, you will need to instruct each browser separately. Your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations.
Please be aware that if you disable or remove tracking technologies some parts of the Service may not function correctly.
D. Marketing Partners
If you receive communications from our marketing partners, you will be provided an opt-out similar as provided above in Section 10(B) (Your Choices: Communications and Mailings). In addition, you may contact us and request to be removed from such marketing communications.
E. Analytics, Matched Ads and Interest-Based Advertising
Google provides tools to allow you to opt out of the use of certain information collected by Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and by Google Analytics for Display Advertising or the Google Display Network at https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
F. Legal Rights Under Applicable Laws
Depending on where you reside, you may have certain legal rights in relation to your information.
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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
The following disclosures are made pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “CCPA”).
A. Definitions
- Personal information. This is information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, to you or your household.
- Sensitive personal information. This is information such as your social security number, driver’s license number, state identification card, passport number, account log-in and password, financial account and password, debit or credit card number and access code, precise geolocation information, race, ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, union membership, the content of your mail, email or texts other than those communications you have with us, genetic data, biometric information, health information, or information that concerns your sex life or sexual orientation.
- Sell, sale, or sold. This means the selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or other means, your personal information to a third party for money or other valuable consideration.
- Share, shared, or sharing. This means the sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or other means, your personal information to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether or not for monetary or other valuable consideration.
B. Your Legal Rights Under the CCPA
You or an authorized agent you designate on your behalf may submit the individual requests outlined below. Upon receipt, we will take reasonable steps to verify you and your authorized agent’s identity prior to responding to the request, which may include in certain circumstances you signing a declaration under penalty of perjury. If an authorized agent is submitting a request on your behalf, you must submit a copy of: (1) a written authorization demonstrating you have authorized the agent to submit a request on your behalf; and (2) provide separate proof verifying your identity.
- Right to Know. You have a have a right to request that we disclose, subject to certain exceptions, information concerning: (1) the categories of personal information we have collected from or about you; (2) the categories of sources from which we have collected that personal information, and the business or commercial purpose for the collection; (3) the categories of third parties with whom we have shared, sold, or disclosed your personal information, including the business or commercial purpose for said sharing, selling, or disclosure; and (4) specific pieces of your personal information, subject to appropriate exceptions.
- Right to Delete. You have a right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Correct. You have a right to request that we correct your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information. Certain of our online tracking technologies may be considered a “sale” or a “share” of your information to third parties under the CCPA. Visitors to our Sites can therefore opt-out of being tracked by these technologies by sending an email to customer service. We have no actual knowledge that we sell the personal information of California residents who are under 16 years of age. You may also opt-out by using an opt-out preference signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) on your browser. To download and use a browser supporting the GPC, you may click here. If you choose the GPC signal, you will need to turn it on for each supported browser or browser extension you use.
- Right to Non-Discrimination. You have a right to exercise the above rights without being discriminated against under the CCPA.
- Exercising Your Rights. To submit a request, you may send an email to customer service. You may also designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf by sending an email with written proof of such authorization for such agent. Responding To an Above Requests: Once you have submitted your request, we will respond within the time frame permitted by applicable law.
C. Notice of Collection
D. Collection of Sensitive Personal Information
We do not collect or use California resident sensitive personal information for any purpose other than is permissible under the CCPA. Specifically, we do not use sensitive personal information of California residents to derive characteristics about California residents.
E. Notice of Disclosure for a Business Purpose
To learn more about the categories personal information we have disclosed for a business purpose, and the categories of third parties with whom we’ve disclosed such information, please see How We Share Your Information.
F. Notice of Sale and Sharing
We “sell” and “share” your personal information through the use of certain Third Party tools on the Sites and offline, including those relating to analytics and advertising. Specifically, we make available certain of your personal information, online identifiers and other persistent online identifiers with advertising, analytics, and marketing partners that may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information, as defined under California law. We don’t knowingly sell or share the personal information or sensitive personal information of any California resident who is 16 years or younger.
G. Notice of Financial Incentive
We do not currently offer any financial incentives in exchange for your personal information.
H. California’s “Shine In The Light” Law
If you are a California resident, you have the right to request information from us once per calendar year regarding the customer information we share with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To request this information, please send an email to customer service with ‘Request for California Privacy Information’ in the subject line and in the body of your message. We will provide the requested information to you via an email response.
I. California’s “Eraser Button” Law
If you are a California resident under 18 years old and a registered user of the Site (as defined above), you can request that we remove content or information that you have posted to our Sites or other online services. Fulfillment of the request may not ensure complete or comprehensive removal (e.g., if the content or information has been reposted by another user). To request removal of content or information, send an email to customer service with ‘Eraser Request’ in the subject line and in the body of your message.
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NEVADA PRIVACY NOTICE
Sale Of Personal Information. If you are a Nevada resident, you have the right to submit a request directing us not to make any sale of your personal information. To make a request, please send an email to customer service with “Nevada Opt-Out of Sale” in the subject line and in the body of your message. We will provide the requested information to you via an email response.
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EXERCISING YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS
If you are a resident of California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Montana, or in Europe, you may exercise your respective legal rights in accordance with the below procedures.
A. Verification Requirements
For certain requests, we may require specific information from you to help us verify your identity and process your request. Depending on your request, we will ask for information such as your name, or an e-mail address that you have used with us. For certain requests, we may also ask you to provide details about the most recent purchase you made. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may deny your requests to know or delete.
B. Right to Know, Access and Deletion Requests
If you a resident of a jurisdiction that provides you with heightened legal rights to your personal information, you may exercise your right to know, access or delete information through any of the following means:
In the request, please specify which right you are seeking to exercise and the scope of the request.
There are certain circumstances where applicable law allows us to retain certain information and we will not be able to delete such information. In such instances, we will inform you of what information cannot be deleted.
C. Correction Requests
You can correct information related to your account by:
D. Right to Opt-Out of Sale, Profiling, and Context-Based Behavioral Advertising
To opt out of use of your personal information in a manner that constitutes a sale, profiling, or context-based behavioral advertising, or other similar type of sharing under applicable law, please click the link Do Not Sell My Data, or otherwise send an email to customer service.
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You can use the following information to contact us:
via the U.S. Mail to:
AG Media
Attention: CCPA Request
700 Canal Street
Stamford CT 06902
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