BOLD TYPE NEWS, INC.

PRIVACY POLICY

 

March 31, 2018

 

Welcome to BoldTypeNews, a service provided by Bold Type News, Inc. The company Bold Type News, Inc. is referred to as "Bold Type News," "we," "our," or "us" in this agreement. Bold Type News presents content published on the Internet that may be of interest to you using information you provide to us (the "Service"). The Service is offered to you under this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service Agreement.

 

The privacy and security of your information are very important to us. We will not "sell, share, or distribute" your information. Please read this agreement.

 

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

There are three types of information we collect:

 

Registration Information. When you sign up for the Service, we may ask you to provide information such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, organization, and payment information. We do not collect this information without your knowledge. We call this information "Registration Information."

 

Address Book Information. In order to provide information that is relevant to you, you may deliver to us, or we may collect with your permission, information about your contacts from sources you designate such as mobile devices, personal computers, servers, or third party services. The information we collect consists of information that is typically included in an address book such as people names, organization names, mailing addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers. We do not collect this information without your knowledge. We call this information "Address Book Information."

 

Service Information. When users use the Service, we may collect and store, through various methods, information that enables us to operate and improve the Service. We may: verify, correct, combine, improve, and augment Address Book Information with data from third party sources, with data from other users, and with data derived from operating the Service; capture device information such as hardware model, operating system, device identifiers, Internet protocol address, browser information, unique application numbers, and mobile network information; collect log information such as the date and time of use of the service, referral URLs, and links visited through use of the Service; and record information when users contact us or use the Service. We call this information "Service Information."

 

2. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION

Registration Information. We will not sell, share, or distribute Registration Information with third parties. We use Registration Information to establish an account, communicate with users, and provide the Service. If a credit card is required, we do not collect or store any credit card information. Credit card information is collected by a secured, certified, third party payment processor.

 

Address Book Information. We will not sell, share, or distribute Address Book Information with third parties. We use Address Book Information to identify content published on the Internet that may be of interest to users.

 

Service Information. We will not sell, share, or distribute Service Information with third parties. We use Service Information to operate the Service and customize and improve the Service for our users.

 

3. HOW WE PROTECT THE INFORMATION

We have established information collection, storage, and processing practices to protect information stored by Bold Type News.

 

Registration Information, Address Book Information and Service Information is not visible to third parties. To access and view your Registration Information and Address Book Information requires a password. We may ask you to verify your identity to safeguard your information.

 

We limit access to Registration Information, Address Book Information and Service Information to the employees who operate the Service. If we hire or are required to employ contractors and agents who have access to such information, they are subject to the same confidentiality obligation.

 

We try to keep the Service free of technical errors and safe from external, malicious software, and attempts to break into the Service. However, since the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that is transmitted to us.

 

4. HOW TO CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT

You may close your account at any time. If you close your account, or if we close your account, your use of the Service may terminate immediately or at the end of your billing period, if any. When your account is closed, you will no longer have access to the Service or your Registration Information and Address Book Information. Your account will generally be removed from the Service within 24 hours of termination. We may operate multiple servers in order to insure continuity and speed of service and as such after you close your account we may not be able to delete residual copies from all of our active servers immediately. Servers that store or process information provided by you may be located outside the country where you live. Furthermore, such information may remain on our backup files until such times as those back up files are deleted.

 

We may retain Registration Information and Service Information after you close your account in order to operate the Service and, if necessary, to comply with legal obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, prevent fraud and abuse, provide support-related reporting, or enforce the terms of this agreement. In all events such information remains subject to this Privacy Policy.

 

We may store software programs and certain of your information on your device. We may also collect and store information locally on your device using mechanisms such as browser web storage and application data caches. You may delete any information or software programs we install on your device at any time. If you remove such data the Service may not operate properly.

 

5. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

We may be required by law, subpoena, or other legal process to disclose information we collect while operating the Service to assist government agencies, respond to suspected or actual illegal activities, and investigate and defend against third party claims or allegations. We will take all reasonable measures to prevent or limit such disclosures.

 

We may need to disclose information we collect while operating the Service to protect the rights, safety, security, and integrity of the Service, our employees, and our users and to enforce the Terms of Service. We will take all reasonable measures to prevent or limit such disclosures.

 

We may disclose, on a confidential basis, the information we collect while operating the Service to third parties in connection with a financing, a sale of part or all of Bold Type News, or other corporate event. Such third parties will be bound by this Privacy Policy. Any successor will have the right to use the information collected operating the Service so long as such successor abides by this Privacy Policy.

 

6. OTHER PROVSIONS

By providing information to us when you create or update your account, you expressly and voluntarily accept the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service Agreement.

 

Our Privacy Policy does not apply to sites found by, or external to, the Service.

 

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version is available on our website. If you object to any changes, you may close your account or, if possible, opt out of the service or services that required the change to the Privacy Policy. Continuing to use the Service means that you are consenting to the most current Privacy Policy.

 

If you have any concern about providing information to us as permitted in this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service Agreement, you should not sign up for the Service, or close your account if you have already registered.