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For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to "The New York Times" include NYTimes.com and The New York Times newspaper.</p> <p>The New York Times Replica Edition, which is maintained by NewspaperDirect, maintains its own <a title="The New York Times - Replica Edition" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://nytimes.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/helpandsupport.aspx?subpage=PrivacyPolicy">Privacy Policy</a>.</p> <p>The New York Times advertising portal, for advertisers of The Times, also maintains a separate <a title="Advertising in The New York Times -- privacy policy" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nytadvertising.com/was/ATWWeb/public/screens/pages/privacyPolicy.jsp">Privacy Policy</a>.</p> <p>The NYT Services may contain links to other Web sites for your convenience and information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites.</p> <p>This Privacy Policy, covers the following:</p> <ul> <li><a href="#b">What information do we gather about you?</a></li> <li><a href="#c">What do we do with the information we gather about you?</a></li> <li><a href="#e">With whom do we share the information that we gather?</a></li> <li><a href="#d">What is our e-mail policy?</a></li> <li><a href="#f">How do I change or update my personal information?</a></li> <li><a href="#g">How do I opt-out from receiving promotional offers?</a></li> <li><a href="#h">Is my information protected?</a></li> <li><a href="#i">Compliance with legal process</a></li> <li><a href="#KidsPrivacy">Children's Guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="#caliPrivacy">Your California Privacy Rights</a></li> <li><a href="#j">Changes to this Privacy Policy</a></li> </ul> <hr/> <p><a id="truste" name="truste"></a><br/> <strong>TRUSTe</strong>: The New York Times has been awarded TRUSTe's Privacy Seal signifying that this privacy policy and our practices have been reviewed by TRUSTe for compliance with TRUSTe's program requirements including transparency, accountability and choice regarding the collection and use of your personal information. TRUSTe's mission, as an independent third party, is to accelerate online trust among consumers and organizations globally through its leading privacy trustmark and innovative trust solutions.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.truste.org/ivalidate.php?url=www.nytimes.com&sealid=101"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/membercenter/v2/truste_seal_ctv.gif" alt="TRUSTe: Click to Verify" width="68" height="95" align="right" border="0"/></a> If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Customer Service by sending an e-mail to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/mailto:feedback@nytimes.com">feedback@nytimes.com</a>. If you are not satisfied with our response you can <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://watchdog.truste.com/pvr.php?page=complaint">contact TRUSTe here</a>.</p> <p>The TRUSTe program covers only information that is collected through the NYTimes.com Web site and those applications that have a shortened TRUSTe privacy statement. The TRUSTe program does not cover information that may be collected through software downloaded from this site. TRUSTe has not certified the disclosures in this Privacy Policy that relate to the Times Reader software.</p> <hr/> <h3><strong><a id="b" name="b"></a>WHAT INFORMATION DO WE GATHER ABOUT YOU?</strong></h3> <p>The information The New York Times gathers falls into two categories: 1) Personal information, which includes personal information you supply when you subscribe, order, complete a survey, register for one of our sites, enter a contest or provide your e-mail address and 2) Non-personal information collected through technology, which includes tracking information collected as you use the NYT Services.</p> <p><em><strong>Personal Information That You Give Us</strong></em></p> <p><strong>Registration Information<br/></strong></p> <p>Registration for the NYT Services requires that you supply certain personal information, including, in most cases, a unique e-mail address and demographic information (ZIP code, age, sex, household income (optional), job industry and job title) to register. Purchases made through the NYT Services require that you supply your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card number or other billing information.</p> <p>You may choose to log in, create an account or enhance your profile at NYTimes.com through the Facebook Connect feature on NYTimes.com. By doing this, you are asking Facebook to send us certain information from your Facebook profile, and you authorize us to collect, store, and use in accordance with this Privacy Policy any and all information available to us through the Facebook interface. After you have connected, Facebook also sends us additional information from your profile that allows us to display a Facebook module on the pages you view.</p> <p>To disassociate your NYTimes.com registration from third party accounts, please see our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nytimes.com/content/help/site/socialmedia/social-media.html#social-fb-howto-disconnect">Social Media FAQ</a>.</p> <p><strong>Billing and Credit Card Information</strong></p> <p>To enable payment and donations on the NYT services, we collect and store billing and credit card information. This information will only be shared with third parties who perform tasks required to complete the purchase transaction. Examples of this include fulfilling orders and processing credit card payments.</p> <p><strong>User Generated Content and Public Activities (Including Comments, Reader Reviews and TimesPeople)</strong></p> <p>We offer you opportunities to engage in public activities on NYTimes.com and other NYT Services. "Public activities" are any actions you take on NYTimes.com that are designed to be visible to other users, including comments, recommendations, reader reviews, ratings or any other items that you submit. Any information you disclose in your public activities, along with your screen name or ID, or any image or photo, becomes public and may be used by The New York Times for online and offline promotional or commercial uses in any and all media. If you choose to engage in public activities, you should be aware that any personal information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these areas, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums and The New York Times has no responsibility to publish, take down, remove or edit any of your public activities or any of your submissions that are a result of your public activities. For more information, see the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nytimes.com/content/help/site/usercontent/usercontent.html">Comments FAQ</a> and read the Forums, Discussions and User Generated Content section of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/agree.html#discussions">Terms of Service</a>.</p> <p>When you share or recommend (with or without adding your own comments) any NYTimes.com articles or content to your Facebook profile, that action is governed by the Facebook Privacy Policy. We do not track or store a record of those comments or actions.</p> <p>If you have registered for a NYTimes.com account, we will track and aggregate your public activities on NYTimes.com. By choosing to participate in public activities, you are electing to share and display such public activities via NYTimes.com. Also, public activities may be included in RSS feeds, APIs and made available to other Web sites via other formats. As a result, your public activities may appear on other Web sites, blogs, or feeds. Keep in mind that we are not responsible for any personal information you choose to make public via your public activities, and you agree that such sharing will be deemed to have been done by you, not The New York Times. Please see our <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nytimes.com/content/help/site/usercontent/usercontent.html">Comments FAQ</a> for additional information.</p> <p><strong>Contests, Sweepstakes and Special Offers</strong></p> <p>The New York Times collects personal information from you in connection with optional sweepstakes, contests or special offers. If this information is also being collected by a third party other than The New York Times, we will notify you at the same time. If you do not want any personal information shared, you may always decline to participate in the sweepstakes, contest or special offer.</p> <p><a id="lab" name="lab"></a><strong>Reader Surveys, Reader Panels and Market Research</strong></p> <p>The New York Times may collect personal information from you in connection with voluntary surveys. Data may be collected through the NYT Services, on the phone or through the mail. The information you provide in response to optional survey questions may be shared, but only in the aggregate, with advertisers and partners unless we notify you otherwise at the time of collection.</p> <p>Members of our Reader Panels agree to participate in surveys, polls or discussions about their readership of The New York Times, their household/personal characteristics and their purchase behavior. If you choose to be a panel member, we require that you supply us with your e-mail address and name. Home address and telephone number are optional. Our panels are currently administered by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.visioncritical.com/">Vision Critical</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nybeta.com/">Beta Research</a>.</p> <p><strong>Special Events and Promotions</strong></p> <p>We often receive information regarding readers who may attend Times Talks, Arts & Leisure Weekend and other New York Times Special Events and Promotions from sign-in and registration lists. Unless we indicate otherwise at the time we collect the information, we will use such information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.</p> <p><a id="mobile" name="mobile"></a><strong>Mobile Messaging Service</strong></p> <p>The New York Times uses the information collected from your interaction with The New York Times by Text Messaging Service (SMS) ("SMS Service") solely for the purposes of improving the SMS Service. The information will not be provided, sold, licensed, rented, assigned or disclosed to Third Parties, except as required by law, nor will we use your phone number to initiate a call or SMS text message to you without your express prior consent. Your wireless carrier and other service providers also collect data about your SMS Service usage, and their practices are governed by their own privacy policies.</p> <p>The New York Times collects the mobile phone number you use to send us a text message and the content of the messages sent between you and The New York Times. When you send a text message to The New York Times or via The New York Times, we log the incoming phone number, the wireless provider associated with the number, and the date and time of the transaction. The only information we automatically collect is that related to the use of our Mobile Services. The New York Times uses this data to analyze the message traffic in order to operate, develop and improve our SMS Service.</p> <p><em><strong>Non-Personal Information Collected Using Technology</strong></em></p> <p><strong>Information Collected by Us Using Technology</strong></p> <p><strong>Device Information.</strong> We may collect non-personal information about the computer, mobile device or other device you use to access the NYT Services, such as IP address, geolocation information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language and other transactional information.</p> <p><strong>Cookies.</strong> In providing the NYT Services, we use "cookies," Web beacons and other similar technologies to recognize you and provide personalization, as well as to help us understand where our visitors are going and how much time they spend there. You will not be able to access certain areas of our Web sites, including NYTimes.com, if your computer does not accept cookies from us. For more detailed information about our use of cookies, see <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nytimes.com/content/help/site/cookies/cookies.html">Frequently Asked Questions About Cookies</a> in our Help section.</p> <p id="pp">The New York Times Home Delivery Web site also transmits non-personally identifiable Web site usage information about visitors to the servers of a reputable third party for the purpose of targeting our Internet banner advertisements on other sites. To do this, we use Web Beacons in conjunction with cookies provided by our third-party ad server on this site. For more information about our third-party ad server, or to learn your choices about not having this non-personal information used to target ads to you, please <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/">click here</a>.</p> <p><strong>Analytics Technologies.</strong> We have hired third parties to provide us information, reports and analysis about the usage, browsing patterns of users of the NYT Services.</p> <p>WebTrends tracks and analyzes non-personally identifiable usage and volume statistical information from our visitors and customers on NYTimes.com. All data collected by WebTrends on our behalf is owned and used by us. For more information about how WebTrends collects data, please read their privacy policy at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/https://ondemand.webtrends.com/privacypolicy.asp#PSFV">https://ondemand.webtrends.com/privacypolicy.asp#PSFV</a></p> <p>Audience Science tracks and analyzes anonymous usage and browsing patterns of our Web site users. All data collected by Audience Science on our behalf is owned and used by The New York Times alone. For more information about Audience Science's privacy policy, including how to opt out, go to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.audiencescience.com/privacy.asp">http://www.audiencescience.com/privacy.asp</a>.</p> <p>We use Localytics and Flurry to track and report on the usage and browsing patterns on some of our mobile applications. For more information about Flurry and its privacy policy, please go to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.flurry.com/about-us/legal/privacy.html">http://www.flurry.com/about-us/legal/privacy.html</a>. For more information about Localytics and its privacy policy, please go to <a title="Privacy Policy | Localytics" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.localytics.com/privacy-policy">http://www.localytics.com/privacy-policy</a>. Flurry and Localytics may independently record the type of device and operating system you are using, general location information, as well as events that occur within our apps, such as how often you use our apps. We do not receive that information.</p> <p><strong>IP Addresses.</strong> The New York Times logs Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, or the location of your computer on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We use this information in an aggregate fashion to track access to our Web sites and mobile applications.</p> <p><a id="log" name="log"></a><strong>Log Files and Your Reading History. </strong> We automatically log certain usage information about your use of NYT Service. This information includes a reading history of the pages you view.</p> <p>We use this information in order to provide you with customized Recommendations on NYTimes.com based on your reading history. For more information on the Recommendations feature, please read the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nytimes.com/content/help/extras/recommendations/recommendations.html">Recommendations FAQ</a>. We also use log files in the aggregate to analyze usage of our Web sites and mobile applications.</p> <p>If you download and use the Times Reader software application, the log files will automatically be collected by the application and sent to our servers when your computer syncs up for the latest news.</p> <p><strong>Location Information.</strong> Some of our mobile applications can deliver content based on your current location if you choose to enable that feature of the app. If you enable the location-based feature, your current location will be stored locally on your device, which will then be used by the app. If you elect to have a location-based search saved to your history, we will store that information on our servers. If you do not enable the location-based service, or if an app does not have that feature, the app will not transmit to us, and we will not collect or store, location information.</p> <p>Ads may be displayed within our apps. The ads you see are not targeted to you based on your current GPS location, but they may be targeted to you based on your device's IP address or ZIP code.</p> <p><strong>Information Collected by Third Parties Using Technology</strong></p> <p>Some of the services and advertisements included in the NYT Services, including on NYTimes.com and within our mobile apps, are delivered or served by third-party companies that may place or recognize cookies, Web beacons or other technology to track certain non-personal information about our Web site users. For example, in the course of serving certain advertisements, some advertisers may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser in order to collect certain information about your use of the NYT Services. In many cases, this information could be used to show you ads based on your interests on other Web sites.</p> <p>We do not have access to, nor control over, advertisers' or service providers' use of cookies or other tracking technologies or how they may be used.</p> <p>Please <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/privacyinformation2.html">click here</a> to see a list of third parties that may be using cookies to serve advertising on our Web sites. For example, Google is one of the companies that serve advertisements onto NYTimes.com. It uses the DART cookie to serve ads based on your visit to NYTimes.com and other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.google.com/ads/preferences">Google ad and content network privacy policy</a>.</p> <p>You have choices about the collection of information by third parties on our Web site:</p> <p>1) If you would like more information about advertisers' use of cookies, and about your option not to accept these cookies, please <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.networkadvertising.org/consumer/opt_out.asp">click here</a>.</p> <p>2) If you would like to opt-out of having interest-based information collected during your visits to this or other sites, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.aboutads.info/choices/">click here</a>.</p> <p>Your access to our Web sites should not be affected if you do not accept cookies served by third parties.</p> <p> </p> <h3><strong><a id="c" name="c"></a>WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER ABOUT YOU?</strong></h3> <p><strong>Providing the Services You Request</strong></p> <p>We use the information we gather about you to enable your use of the NYT Services, fulfill your requests for certain products and services, such as sending out electronic newsletters and enabling you to participate in and renew paid services, polls, contests, and message boards.</p> <p><strong>Statistical Analysis</strong></p> <p>We perform statistical, demographic and marketing analyses of users of the NYT Services, and their subscribing and purchasing patterns, for product development purposes and to generally inform advertisers about the nature of our subscriber base. We use this information for analysis purposes, including analysis to improve customer relationships.</p> <p><strong>Customizing Your Experience</strong></p> <p>We use the information that we collect to allow advertising to be targeted to the users for whom such advertising is most pertinent. We also use this information to customize certain features of the NYT Services to provide you with an enhanced experienced based on the type of device you are using to access the NYT Services, and in certain cases, provide you with requested services.</p> <p><strong>Relevant Advertising</strong></p> <p>We may use demographic and preference information to allow advertising on the NYT Service to be targeted to the users for whom they are most pertinent. This means users see advertising that is most likely to interest them, and advertisers send their messages to people who are most likely to be receptive, improving both the viewer's experience and the effectiveness of the ads. We disclose information to third parties only in aggregate or de-identified form.</p> <p><strong>E-Mail Newsletters</strong></p> <p>The New York Times will periodically send you e-mail newsletters or promotional e-mail about services offered by The New York Times and its advertisers. For details about New York Times e-mail, please see the section labeled "<a href="#d">What Is Our E-Mail Policy?</a>"</p> <h3><strong><a id="e" name="e"></a>WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE THE INFORMATION THAT WE GATHER?</strong></h3> <p><strong>The New York Times</strong></p> <p>Except in the case of SchoolBook (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121005054642/http://www.nytimes.com/schoolbook">www.nytimes.com/schoolbook</a>), if you have registered to use the NYT Services, we will not sell, rent, swap or authorize any third party to use your e-mail address or any information that personally identifies you without your permission. 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