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Please read this policy carefully. This Privacy Policy describes the ways we collect, use, and share the information you may provide to us through Observer’s website <a target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.commercialobserver.com">www.commercialobserver.com</a> , its microsites, mobile websites, mobile applications, and your use of interactive features, widgets, plug-ins, content, products, assets, downloads and/or other online services that we own and control or that post a link to these Terms (collectively, the “Website”) and rights you may have relating to such information.</p><div class="co-paywalled-content"> <p>This policy is effective as of the date stated at the top of this page and may be updated from time to time to keep with Observer’s developments or evolving legal or regulatory requirements, so please check this policy periodically for updates. By accessing the Website you acknowledge and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy you may not use our Website.</p> <p><strong><u>Information we collect and how we use it.</u></strong></p> <p>This section describes the types of personal information we may collect about you. Such information is generally collected either (i) directly from your voluntary engagement with the Website or Observer’s services; or (ii) automatically from you when you interact with the Website.</p> <p>The following categories of personal information we may collect from you includes:</p> <ul> <li><em>Contact and account information. </em>In order to set up your account, provide you with requested newsletters or promotional updates, we may collect your name, phone number, address, and email address.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><em>Subscription information. </em>To complete a subscription with Observer, we may collect your credit card information, billing address, mailing address, or other payment information.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><em>Feedback information.</em> To receive and respond to your customer service requests or comments on your experience with Observer, we may collect your name, phone number, address, email address, images, and any relevant history.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><em>Device Information:</em> When you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect information about the computers, phones, and other devices you are using (e.g. IP address, WiFi information, device attributes, operating system version, etc.).</li> </ul> <ul> <li><em>Website Usage: </em>So that we may understand and improve on the user experience and functionality of the Website, we may collect information about how you interact with the Website such as mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, the date of your visit, the time spent on pages of the Website, or other actions.</li> </ul> <p>Personal information that is automatically collected may be obtained through cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer or mobile device through a user ID or other preferences. We use cookies to personalize your experience when you use the Services (e.g. auto-populating your log-in credentials or settings). To learn more about cookies and how they work, please see <a target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.allaboutcookies.org">www.allaboutcookies.org</a>. You are free to set your browser or operating system settings to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features through our Website or take full advantage of all our services. You may also manage our Website’s collection of cookies <u>here.</u></p> <p>We currently do not honor Do Not Track signals from internet browsers; when a universal standard for processing them emerges, we will follow it.</p> <p>Note that third-party sites that are linked to the Website may set cookies or other technologies to collect information about your use and interaction with their websites or content. We do not have access to, or control, over such third-party data collection.</p> <p><strong><u>What we do with your information.</u></strong></p> <p>We use and/or share your information to provide our services, maintain your subscription and accounts, process subscriptions, provide customer service and support, send you information about events and promotions, policy updates, and chances for you to give us feedback.  We also use your information to better understand and improve the customer experience when accessing or using the Website and our services.</p> <p>We may also share your information in order to comply with applicable law or respond to a valid legal process or to enforce or investigate potential violations of our Terms of Use or other policies. In some cases, we may work with third-party service providers to offer support, improvements, and technical infrastructure to the Website.</p> <p><strong><u>Interest-Based advertising.</u></strong></p> <p>Interest-Based advertising, also known as online behavioral advertising, is the practice of collecting information about users’ activities across sites over time, and using such information to deliver targeted advertising based on such users’ interests. This can be achieved through automated means, including through the use of first and third-party cookies, web server logs, pixels, and web beacons. We may use this information from our Website and trusted third-parties such as Meta, Google, and Pinterest, in order to tailor our advertisements to your individual interests or to inform you about new products or services.</p> <p>The information collected and used in this manner is generally, on its own, anonymous and not personally identifiable (e.g. browsing history, demographic information, purchase history, media consumption, shopping habits, lifestyle preferences, or other similar information). To learn more about interest-based-advertising and your choices with respect to it in more detail, please visit the Network Advertising initiative at <a target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.networkadvertising.org">www.networkadvertising.org</a> and the Digital Advertising Alliance at <a target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.aboutadds.info">www.aboutadds.info</a>. To opt-out of some of our advertising partners’ use of cookies in this manner, visit <a target="_blank" target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp">http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp</a>.</p> <p><strong><u>Security and retention.</u></strong></p> <p>We value your trust in providing us with your personal information and strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect it. Please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.</p> <p>We will keep your personal information as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. In some circumstances we may retain your personal information for longer if and when required (e.g. legal, tax, or accounting requirements).</p> <p><strong><u>Links to other sites.</u></strong></p> <p>The Website may contain links to other sites for your convenience only. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the applicable privacy policy of these third party websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party websites or services.</p> <p><strong><u>Children.</u></strong></p> <p>The Website is not intended for anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will immediately delete such information from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at <a href="mailto:support@observermedia.com">support@observermedia.com</a>  </p> <p><strong><u>Additional data privacy rights.</u></strong></p> <p><strong>If you are a California resident</strong>, certain rights may be accorded to you under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its amendments under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including:</p> <ul> <li><strong>The Right to Access: </strong>You may request, up to 2 times each year, that we disclose to you the categories and specific pieces of information that we have collected about you.</li> <li><strong>The Right to Delete: </strong>You may request that we delete any personal information that we have collected from or about you.</li> <li><strong>The Right to Correct Inaccurate Personal Information: </strong>You may request, that we correct your incorrect information with us.</li> <li><strong>The Right to Opt-Out of Sharing Your Personal Information. </strong></li> </ul> <p>While Observer does not generally “sell” information as the term is traditionally understood, sharing data with certain advertising technology may be interpreted under California law as a sale. IF YOU DO NOT WANT US TO SELL OR SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST FORM <u>HERE.</u> We have fifteen (15) calendar days to implement a request to opt-out.</p> <p>Alternatively, opt-out preference signals are sent from a platform, technology, or mechanism, on a consumer’s behalf, to communicate to us, your wish to opt-out of selling or sharing of your personal information.</p> <p>We are not required to process any opt-out preference signal, only those that meet the following requirements:</p> <ul> <li>the signal shall be in a format commonly used and recognized by businesses, for example, an HTTP header field; AND</li> <li>the platform, technology, or mechanism sending out the opt-out preference shall make clear to you that the use of the signal will have the effect of opting you out of the sale and sharing of your personal information.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><strong>The Right to Limit the Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information</strong></li> <li>IF YOU WANT TO LIMIT OUR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION PLEASE FILL OUT THE REQUEST FORM </li> </ul> <p>In accordance with the CCPA, in addition to the details described above, we make the following disclosures:</p> <ul> <li>We collect the following categories of personal information: identifiers/contact information, commercial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, location, visual and audio information, and any inferences drawn from the foregoing.</li> <li>We disclose the following categories of personal information for our business purposes: identifiers/contact information, financial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, location, visual and audio information, and any inferences drawn from the foregoing.</li> </ul> <p>You may exercise your California privacy rights by emailing <a href="mailto:privacy@observermedia.com">privacy@observermedia.com</a>. We will handle verified requests to access, correct, or delete your information within forty-five (45) days unless the request is unusually extensive or complex, in which case we will inform you of the expected timeline for handling your particular request. 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