Privacy Policy | PMC (original) (raw)

Effective January 1, 2020
Updated July 1, 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) explains how Penske Media Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates, which are set forth below (collectively, “PMC”, “We” and “Us”) process information in connection with websites, applications, online stores, events, (including festivals, conferences, summits and other live activities) (“Events”), subscriptions, publications (the “Publications”) and other online or offline services or activities that link to or incorporate this Privacy Policy (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Services”). This Privacy Policy (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Services”). This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the Services’ Terms of Use. By using the Services, you acknowledge you have read and understand this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, you must discontinue using the Services.

For the purposes of data protection laws, PMC is the data controller. PMC’s address is 11355 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90062

This Policy does not apply to:

PMC’s subsidiaries and affiliates include Artforum Media, LLC, Art Media, LLC, BGR Media, LLC, Billboard Media, LLC, Deadline Hollywood, LLC, Fairchild Publishing, LLC, Gold Derby Media, LLC, IndieWire Media, LLC, LA3C, LLC, Life is Beautiful, LLC, PME Music, LLC, LLC, Robb Report Media, LLC, Rolling Stone, LLC, Rolling Stone Licensing, LLC, RSW Productions, LLC, SheMedia, LLC, Sourcing Journal Media, LLC, Sportico Media, LLC, Spy Media, LLC, The Hollywood Reporter, LLC, TVLine Media, LLC, Variety Media, LLC and Vibe Media Publishing, LLC,. This list may be updated from time to time. For the avoidance of doubt, this Policy does not apply to any websites operated by third parties publishing foreign editions of the Publications and related websites and digital properties.

For information about information practices of the publisher and blogger network advertising services of SheMedia, LLC, please read the SHE Media Ad Services Privacy Policy.

2. The Information We Collect

We obtain information from or about you in connection with our Services. The information we collect and the purposes for which we use depends on the specific Services and how you interact with PMC. For example, we collect the information you provide when you enter a contest, complete a survey, participate in a reader panel, register for a part of our Services or for an Event, attend an Event, make a purchase, request a refund, participate in our social networking features, subscribe to our Publications, or send us an email or feedback. If you post material to any forums or our social networking features or other community boards offered on our Services, such materials will be collected and some information, including your posted pseudonym, may be publicly available for others to view.

We, or our service providers on our behalf, may collect the following information about you or your use of the Services:

‍Information You Provide to Us:

Information We Collect Automatically:

Information from Third Parties:

We may also collect the information outlined above (except “Other Information You Choose to Provide”), such as contact information, demographic and interest information listed above, social media information, as well as product ownership, purchase history, political views, religion, union or guild membership, and professional information (such as your title and employer) from other sources such as public and commercial data sources, affiliates, entities providing conferences and other Events, ticketing and merchandise partners, marketers, social media networks, third party advertising partners in accordance with your privacy preferences on such services, and partners such as those providing surveys or operating sweepstakes for or with us. We use this information to update, validate or supplement the information that you provide or that we collect automatically in order to, a) target our communications and advertising so that we can inform you of products, services and offers that may be of interest, and b) for internal research, analytics and improvement of our Services. If other users of the Services provide information about you, such as your name and mailing address, including to send a gift or to use our send-to-a-friend functionality, we collect that information from such users.

*Please note: certain information such as precise location, health data, union membership, race or ethnicity information is considered “sensitive” under certain laws. For certain jurisdictions, we do not process data that is considered sensitive. For others, if we process information that is deemed sensitive under applicable law, we do so as permitted by and in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Information we collect for our editorial activities:

We may collect information for or in relation to our articles and other editorial content (without limitation, “Editorial Content”) and activities, including for the purposes of journalism, and literary and artistic purposes (collectively, “Editorial Activities”).

3. How We Use the Information We Collect

Depending on the Services you use and how you use them, we, or Our service providers, may use your information to:

Provide the Services you request, including to maintain and service your account, by:

Communicate with You & Provide Customer Service to Provide the Services, including through:

Personalize your experience to Provide the Services, by:

Republish Information You Provide on the Services, by:

Improve the Services and develop new services, by:

Our Marketing and Third-Party Marketing and Advertising Purposes, by:

Bug detection and error reporting, including to understand and resolve technical issues, app crashes and other issues being reported

Audit consumer interactions on the Services including to measure the placement, frequency, efficacy and compliance of advertising and ad impressions

Security, Fraud, and Legal Compliance, including by detecting, protecting against, and prosecuting security incidents, fraud, and illegal activity including to:

Aggregate and/or De-Identified Information. We may aggregate or anonymize information and/or de-identify any information collected through the Services so that such information can no longer reasonably be linked to you or your device (such information, “Aggregate/De-Identified Information”). We may use and disclose this Aggregate/De-Identified Information for any purpose permitted under the law.

California and Colorado residents can find additional information about how we process categories of information in “California Privacy Notice” below.

4. How We Disclose the Information Collected

PMC may disclose information collected from and about you on the Services to other companies or individuals as set forth below:

Under the law of certain jurisdictions, such as the European Union, the UK, and Brazil, our legal basis for collecting and using the information described above will depend on the information concerned and the context in which we collect it. We collect information from you:

We may also collect and use personal information in connection with your consent in other circumstances, which will be presented to you at the time of collection. You can revoke your consent at any time, though you might not be able to use a service or feature that requires collection or use of that personal information.

6. Your Rights & Your Choices

A. Marketing Choices
B. Cookies

You may have the ability to accept or decline (or opt out of) certain cookies for analytics & targeted advertising on our Services depending on your jurisdiction. Some analytics providers we partner with may provide specific opt-out mechanisms. For example, to prevent Google Analytics from using your information for analytics, please see the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. You may choose whether to receive some forms of targeted advertising from many ad networks, audience segment providers, ad serving vendors, and other service providers by visiting websites operated by the Network Advertising Initiative and Digital Advertising Alliance or if you are a user in the European Economic Area, Your Online Choices. Many mobile devices allow you to opt-out of targeted advertising for mobile apps using the settings within the mobile app or your mobile device. For more information, please check your mobile settings. You can also manage your preferences regarding our cookie-based advertising, in the “Cookie Management” section in our Cookie Notice below. Please note that if you exercise the opt out choices above, you will still see advertising when you use the Services, but it will not be tailored to you based on your online behavior over time.

C. Privacy Rights

Laws in certain jurisdictions grant consumers the right to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of your information.

If you are a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Texas, Utah, or Virginia resident, or a resident of the EEA, UK, Canada, or Switzerland, you may request:

Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Virginia also have sale/targeted advertising opt out rights described below.

Applicable law may further provide you with the right to not be discriminated against for exercising your rights. If you have any concerns or complaints about our data processing activities, we urge you to first try to resolve such issues directly with us. However, if applicable, you may make a complaint to the data protection supervisory authority in your country about our processing of your personal data.

California residents can also:

For additional information and rights for California residents, please see Appendix A: California Privacy Notice below.

Residents of certain other countries may be able request one or more of the above under applicable law. Your rights and our responses will vary based on your state or country of residency. You may be located in a jurisdiction where we are not obligated, or are unable, to fulfill a request. In such a case, your request may not be fulfilled.

Please note that certain rights and information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. For example, we need certain information for legal compliance or in order to provide the Services to you. In addition, where you may have these rights, the exercise of them is not absolute. Your rights may, for example, be outweighed by our rights and/or the rights of freedom of expression and information, including for the purposes of Editorial Activities.

Verification: We will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request, which may include, depending on your request and relationship with you verifying your name, email address, address, and/or having you respond to an email from us.

California residents are also permitted to designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf. In order for an authorized agent to be verified, we may require proof of your written authorization before processing the request. We may also follow up with you to verify your identity before processing the authorized agent’s request.

If you would like further information regarding your legal rights or would like to exercise any of them:

Please note that we do not use your information to make decisions that produce legal or similar effects based solely on the automated processing of your information.

D. Sale/Targeted Advertising Opt Out Rights (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah & Virginia Residents)

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Virginia residents may opt out of the “sale” of their personal information (as personal information/personal data defined by those states’ laws) or processing or sharing of such information for online targeted advertising purposes. We sell or share certain of your information to third parties that may directly provide you with offers and promotions and opportunities that may be of interest to you.

We also allow third parties to receive certain information, such as cookies, IP address, and/or browsing behavior and information about your potential interests or characteristics, to deliver targeted advertising to you on the Services or other services. This activity may also be considered a sale under applicable law. Advertising, including targeted advertising, enables us to provide you certain content for free and allows us to provide you offers relevant to you.

Depending on what Services you use, we may sell the following personal information or share or process it for targeted advertising:

If you would like to opt out of PMC’s sale, sharing or use of your information for such purposes, you may do so as follows:

For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia Residents:

Please note that we do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without legally-required affirmative authorization.

Even if you opt out, you will still see advertising, it just may be less relevant to you, or it may be personalized for you based only on the data that PMC has collected about you. You must opt out on each device and each browser and for each brand where you want your choice to apply. Your preference may be lost if you clear, or your browser is set to clear, cookies. If you have enabled a legally recognized browser-based opt out preference signal (such as Global Privacy Control) on your browser, we recognize such preference in accordance and to the extent required by applicable law. You will need to turn this on for each browser you use.

Nevada Residents:

Under Nevada law, Nevada residents who have purchased goods or services from us may opt out of the “sale” of “covered information” (as such terms are defined under Nevada law). If you are a Nevada resident, you may submit a request to opt out of such activity by filling out the form located here. Please note we may take reasonable steps to verify your identity and the authenticity of the request.

E. Subscriber Preferences

Subscribers to our Publications may change their subscription-related mail and email preferences at any time as follows by emailing or calling at the contact information provided for the publication:

NOTE: changing your subscription-related preferences does not change your non-subscription-related email preferences, including for email alerts and newsletters, special offers from our brands, and promotional emails from third parties, which are set via the preference center on each individual Publication listed here.

Despite your indicated preferences, we may send you service related communications, including notices about your subscription, and we may continue disclosing your information to third parties as set forth under the Service Provider Use, the Legal Use and the Acquisition Use sections above.

7. Retention of Your Information

We keep your information for the purposes for which it is processed. The length of time for which we retain information depends on the purposes for which we collected and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws.

8. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We use and allow certain other companies to use certain tracking technologies, including cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) on the Services. To see an explanation of what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them please see our cookie notice(“Cookie Notice”). We endeavor to adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) self-regulatory principles governing interest-based advertising.

When you are on the Services, you may be directed to other websites that are operated and controlled by third parties that we do not control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by any of these third parties. If you access a third-party website from the Services, you do so at your own risk, and you understand that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of such websites.

10. Security

We implement appropriate administrative, technical and security safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of the information we collect. However, no systems can be completely secure. Therefore, while PMC uses reasonable efforts to protect your information, PMC cannot guarantee its absolute security, and your use of the Services indicates your agreement to assume this risk.

11. Special Note For Parents

The Services are for a general audience and are not designed or intended for use by children, especially those under age thirteen (13) or sixteen (16) in the EU.

12. Transfer Information to the United States

The Services are operated in the United States of America (USA) and are intended for users located in the USA. If you are located outside of the USA, please note that the information you provide to us will be processed in the USA, where laws regarding processing of personal data may be less stringent than the laws in your country. Where applicable law requires certain mechanisms or safeguards prior to the transfer of data from another entity in another jurisdiction to the United States, we will implement such safeguards such as relying on approved standard contractual clauses and applying appropriate security measures relevant to the treatment of data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy.

14. Disputes; No Rights of Third Parties

If you choose to access the Services, subscribe to our Publications or use any of our Services, any dispute over privacy is subject to our T erms of Use, including limitations on damages, resolution of disputes by binding arbitration, and application of the laws of the United States, and the State of New York. This Privacy Policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties.

15. Contact Us: Data Privacy Officer

If you have any questions or concerns about any aspect of this Privacy Policy, please contact our Data Privacy Officer at the address set forth below.

Data Privacy Officer
Penske Media Corporation

11355 W. Olympic Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90062

Or

PrivacyDirector@pmc.com

In addition, pursuant to Article 27 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), PMC has appointed European Data Protection Office (EDPO) as its GDPR Representative in the EU. You can contact EDPO regarding matters pertaining to the GDPR:

Appendix A: California Privacy Notice

This Privacy Notice for California residents supplements the PMC Privacy Policy.

This Notice applies to website visitors, app users, Event attendees and other customers in California. This Notice does not apply to employees, former employees, candidates or contractors of PMC. This supplemental privacy notice gives California residents additional information about our information collection and use practices required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”).

This notice provides information about the categories of personal information that we collect from California residents generally, the purposes for which we use the information, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose the information for business purposes. More detailed information is available in our Privacy Policy at How We Use Personal Information and How We Disclose Personal Information.

Information you provide to us or we collect from third parties:

Event Information

(in addition to information listed above) related to health and safety

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Information we collect automatically from you and/or your device:

Depending on what Services you use, we may sell or share for cross-context behavioral advertising the following categories of personal information to third parties for these purposes:

If you would like to opt out of PMC’s use of your information for such purposes that are considered a “sale” or “share” under California law, you may do so as outlined on the following page: Your Privacy Choices. You can also submit a sale or share opt-out request for contact information by completing our webform or by calling us at (877) 365-3500. Please note that we do not knowingly sell the personal information of minors under 16 years of age without legally-required affirmative authorization.

PMC employees who are seeking further information about their legal rights under California law should instead contact their PMC HR representative. Applicants submitting information on the PMC Careers pages at pmc.com/careers-listing should instead consult the Penske Media Corporation Human Resources Privacy Notice referenced therein.

Right to Limit Sensitive Personal Information. The CCPA also allows you to limit the use or disclosure of your “sensitive personal information” (as defined in the CCPA) if your sensitive personal information is used for certain purposes. We may use certain sensitive personal information such as race, ethnicity, union or guild membership, health data, political or religious affiliation to enable marketing to you and the delivery of targeted advertising on the Services or other sites to you, such displaying an ad relevant to your precise location data. You can opt out of our processing of your sensitive personal information for advertising purposes here a]. You can also change your precise geolocation permissions for our mobile apps in your mobile device settings. If you opt out, we may still process sensitive personal information as permitted by California law such as to provide the services you request.

Retention. We keep your information to fulfill the purposes described above, unless a longer retention is required or permitted by law. Our retention is based upon the amount, nature and sensitivity of the information, our purposes for which we process the information, applicable legal requirements, and our legitimate interests. The different purposes for which we process information may result in different retention periods for the same types of information.

Financial Incentives

The Services may offer opportunities to receive certain services or benefits such as discounts or free services, which may require the provision of personal information. Such opportunities could be considered a financial incentive under applicable law. When you participate in a financial incentive, you agree to the terms of that incentive, and may revoke your participation depending on the incentive (e.g., by opting out of emails or terminating a subscription).

Metrics Regarding CCPA Rights Requests for January – December 2023

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*Not verifiable or was denied on other grounds.
**Due to duplicative requests or no matching information.

California Shine the Light

The California “Shine the Light” law gives residents of California the right under certain circumstances to opt out of the sharing of certain categories of personal information (as defined in the Shine the Light law) with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you would like to opt out of such sharing, please use the sale opt out form noted above. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: PMC, 111355 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90062, Attn: Privacy Officer. In your request, please specify that you want a “PMC California Privacy Rights Notice.” Please allow at least 30 days for a response.

Do Not Track

Some web browsers offer users a “Do Not Track” privacy preference setting in the web browser. We do not currently recognize or respond to browser-initiated Do Not Track signals. Learn more about Do Not Track. Please note that “Do Not Track” is a distinct privacy mechanism from the legally recognized browser-based opt out signals described above, which we honor in accordance with applicable law.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies (“Cookie Notice”)

Last Updated Date: March 22, 2024.

What are Cookies? Cookies and other tracking technologies on the Services, including but not limited to web beacons/GIFs, pixels, scripts, and SDKs (together “Cookies” unless otherwise stated), are small files or technologies that are placed on that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit online site, service or app. They are used to recognize visitors across one or more browsing sessions and across one or more sites. Cookies help enable certain features (like remembering you so you do not have to re-log in), improve the Services, and deliver advertising.

We use Cookies:

Cookies can be set by the site or service you are visiting (“first-party Cookies”) or by a third party, such as analytics or advertising services (“third-party Cookies”). Third parties may collect and use information as we have described in this Notice and our Privacy Policy and pursuant to their own privacy policies. To see a list of some of our third party partners, please seeList of Third Party Vendors below.

Types of Cookies

Our Services (including emails we send you) use the following types of first and third-party Cookies. To make choices about Cookies, please follow the instructions below under the section Cookie Management

Cookie Management.

You can use the methods described below to manage certain Cookies. You must take such steps on each browser or device that you use. If you change or upgrade your browser or device, or delete your Cookies, you may need to use these opt-out tools again. Some Cookie-management solutions also rely on Cookies, so please adjust your browser Cookie settings carefully. We do not maintain or control the third-party or browser or device level opt-out mechanisms and settings below and are not responsible for their operation.

Consequences of Deactivation of Cookies: If you disable or remove Cookies, some parts of the Services may not function properly. Information may still be collected and used for other purposes, such as internal operations and to remember your opt-out preferences.

List of third party partners as of March, 2024

To see a list of our third party partners as of the date noted above, please see below. This list may be updated from time to time.

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