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This page provides highlights of The New York Times Privacy Policy. For more information, please review our complete <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a>. <p></p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255/http://www.bbbonline.org/cks.asp?id=3301999011123" target="new"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/free-images/privacyseal6.gif" align="right" alt="BBBOnLine Privacy Seal" width="90" height="31" border="0"></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255/https://www.truste.org/ivalidate.php?url=www.nytimes.com"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255im_/http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/membercenter/v2/truste_seal_ctv.gif" align="right" height="95" width="68" border="0" align="right" alt="TRUSTe: Click to Verify"></a> <p></p> The New York Times is a licensee of BBBOnLine and the TRUSTe Privacy Program. You may contact TRUSTe if you believe a privacy question is not properly addressed.<p></p> <h3><b>Scope</h3></b><p></p> The New York Times privacy highlights and full Privacy Policy (available at: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255/http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/privacy.html">www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/privacy.html</a>) apply to the New York Times Web sites listed below, and to services that display or link to this notice. <ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255/http://nytimes.com/">NYTimes.com</a><br> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255/http://homedelivery.nytimes.com/">The New York Times Home Delivery</a><br> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255/http://nytimes.com/store">The New York Times Store</a><br> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255/http://nytimes.com/learning/index.html">The New York Times Learning Network</a><p></p> </ul> The New York Times Electronic Edition, which is maintained by NewsStand, maintains its own <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080311184255/http://newsstand.com/documents/privacy_en.htm">Privacy Statement</a>. 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