USA TODAY Print Newspaper Online Subscriptions and Services Privacy
Policy
Effective Date: November 4, 2005
The following Privacy Policy governs the online collection of
information from you by the USA TODAY print newspaper
(“we,� “us,� or “our�) via
our Online Subscription Site (the “Service�).
Specifically, it outlines the types of information that we gather
about you while you are using the Service and the ways in which we
use and don’t use that information. This Privacy Policy,
including the children’s privacy statement, does not apply
to any information you may provide to us or that we may collect
offline and/or through other means (for example, at a live event,
via telephone, or through the mail). In addition, this Privacy
Policy does not apply to any activities (online or otherwise) of
the USATODAY.com online news and information service.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By visiting the USATODAY
print newspaper Online Subscription Site, you agree that your use
of our Service, and any dispute over privacy, is governed by this
Privacy Policy and our Terms of
Service. Because the Web is an evolving medium, we may need to
change our Privacy Policy at some point in the future, in which
case we'll post the changes to this Privacy Policy on this website
and update the Effective Date of the policy to reflect the date of
the changes. By continuing to use the Service after we post any
such changes, you accept the Privacy Policy as modified.
Your California Privacy
Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the
“Shine The Light� law, permits our customers who are
California residents to request and obtain from us once a year,
free of charge, information about the personal information (if any)
we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the
preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would
include a list of the categories of personal information that was
shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which
we shared information in the immediately preceding calendar year.
If you are a California resident and would like to make such a
request, please submit your request in writing to:
Online Privacy Coordinator
USA TODAY Print Subscription Site
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107
How We Collect and Use Information
We collect and store information, personal or otherwise, that you
voluntarily supply online as part of the Service, including any
information you submit via the online subscription form. We also
collect and store information that is generated automatically as
you navigate through the Service. For example, we may collect
information about your computer’s connection to the
Internet, which allows us, among other things, to improve the
delivery of our web pages to you and to measure traffic on our
site. We also may use a standard feature found in browser software
called a "cookie� to enhance your experience on our site.
Cookies are small files that your web browser places on your hard
drive for record-keeping purposes. By showing how and when visitors
use the Service, cookies help us deliver advertisements, identify
how many unique browsers visit us, and track user trends and
patterns. They also prevent you from having to re-enter your
preferences on certain areas of the site where you may have entered
preference information before. We also may use web beacons (also
known as “transparent GIFs�) to access cookies and to
count users who visit the site or open HTML-formatted email
messages from us.
We use the information we collect from you while you are using the
Service in a variety of ways, including using the information to
customize features and advertising that appear on the Service and
to administer your order. We also may provide your information to
third parties, such as service providers, contractors, and
advertisers, for a variety of purposes. Accordingly, we reserve the
right to use, and to disclose to third parties, all of the
information collected from and about you while you are using the
Service in any way and for any purpose, such as to enable us or a
third party to provide you with information about products and
services.
Please also keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily make your
personal information available for viewing online - for example on
message boards, through email or web logs, or in chat areas - that
information can be seen, collected and used by others besides the
USA TODAY print newspaper. We cannot be responsible for any
unauthorized third party use of such information.
Some of our third-party advertisers and ad servers that place and
present advertising on the Service also may collect information
from you via cookies, web beacons or similar technologies. These
third-party advertisers and ad servers may use the information they
collect to help present their advertisements, to help measure and
research the advertisements' effectiveness, or for other purposes.
The use and collection of your information by these third-party
advertisers and ad servers is governed by the relevant
third-party’s privacy policy and is not covered by our
Privacy Policy. Indeed, the privacy policies of these third-party
advertisers and ad servers may be different from ours. If you have
any concerns about a third party’s use of cookies or use of
your information, you should visit that party’s website and
review its privacy policy.
Our site also includes links to other websites, and provides access
to products and services offered by third parties, whose privacy
policies we do not control. When you access another website or
purchase third-party products or services through the Service, use
of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of
the operator of the site you are visiting or the provider of such
products or services.
We also make some content, products and services available through
the Service through cooperative relationships with third party
providers, where the brands of our provider partner appear on the
Service in connection with such content, products and/or services.
We may share with our provider partner any information you provide,
or that is collected, in the course of visiting any pages that are
made available in cooperation with our provider partner. In some
cases, the provider partner may collect information from you
directly; in which cases the privacy policy of the provider partner
may apply to the provider partner’s use of your information.
The privacy policy of our provider partners may differ from ours.
If you have any questions regarding the privacy policy of one of
our provider partners, you should contact the provider directly for
more information.
In addition, certain affiliated USA TODAY divisions, such as
USATODAY.com, provide certain online services that are separate
from the USA TODAY print newspaper’s Online Subscription
Service and are subject to privacy policies that are different from
ours. If you have any question about the privacy policy that
applies to the online service you are using, you should click on
the relevant link on the page of the service that you are
using.
Be aware that the USA TODAY print newspaper may occasionally
release information about visitors when release is appropriate to
comply with law, to enforce our Terms of
Service agreement, or to protect the rights, property or safety
of visitors to our site, the public, or the USA TODAY print
newspaper.
Please also note that as our business grows, we may buy or sell
various assets. In the unlikely event that the USA TODAY print
newspaper, some or all of our assets, or the Service is acquired by
another company, information about our visitors may be among the
transferred assets.
Children's Privacy Statement
This children's privacy statement explains our practices with
respect to the online collection and use of personal information
from children under the age of thirteen, and provides important
information regarding your rights under federal law with respect to
such information.
* This Service is not directed to children under the age of
thirteen and we do NOT knowingly collect personally identifiable
information from children under the age of thirteen as part of the
Service. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received
personally identifiable information from a user under the age of
thirteen as part of the Service, we will delete such information
from our records. If we change our practices in the future, we will
obtain prior, verifiable parental consent before collecting any
personally identifiable information from children under the age of
thirteen as part of the Service.
* Because we do not collect any personally identifiable information
from children under the age of thirteen as part of the Service, we
also do NOT knowingly distribute such information to third
parties.
* We do NOT knowingly allow children under the age of thirteen to
publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable
contact information through the Service.
* Because we do not collect any personally identifiable information
from children under the age of thirteen as part of the Service, we
do NOT condition the participation in the Service’s online
activities of a child under thirteen on providing personally
identifiable information.
Privacy Policy for USA TODAY Electronic Edition
In addition to the services that are available on our Online
Subscription Site, we offer an electronic edition of the USA TODAY
print newspaper (the “USA TODAY Electronic Edition�)
through the NewsStand service available at NewsStand.com. Any
information that is collected from you by NewsStand, whether as
part of your use of the NewsStand service or as part of your
subscription to the USA TODAY Electronic Edition, is used by
NewsStand in accordance with its privacy policy, which can be
accessed at www.newsstand.com (the “NewsStand Privacy
Policy�). NewsStand may provide us with some or all of the
information it collects from you as part of your subscription to or
use of the USA TODAY Electronic Edition. We will use any of the
information provided to us by NewsStand in accordance with our
Privacy Policy, as set forth above.
How To Make Changes to Your Information
If you have subscribed to the USA TODAY print newspaper, you can
cancel your subscription or make changes to your account, address,
or phone number by visiting Customer Service.
Questions Regarding Privacy
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, the
privacy practices of the USA TODAY print newspaper Online
Subscription Site, or your dealings with the USA TODAY print
newspaper or USA TODAY Electronic Edition, please contact us by
writing to:
Online Privacy Coordinator
USA TODAY Print Subscription Site
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107
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