BuzzFeed Privacy Policy

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1## BuzzFeed's privacy notice and cookie policy
1## BuzzFeed's Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy
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3Welcome to BuzzFeed's privacy notice and cookie policy. You can find information about what we do with your personal data here.
3**LAST UPDATED:** January 1, 2020
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5California users you can find out about your privacy rights [here]().
5Welcome to BuzzFeed's **Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.** This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose personal data (as defined herein) related to your use of our Services.
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7California users you can find out about your privacy rights ["Privacy Information for California Residents"]() section.
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79- [1\. Who we are]()
810- [2\. About this privacy notice]()
911- [3\. Changes to this privacy notice]()
10- [4\. Personal data we collect]()
11- [5\. Aggregated data]()
12- [6\. How we collect personal data]()
13- [7\. What we use your personal data for and the legal bases we rely on]()
14- [8\. Marketing]()
15- [9\. Sharing personal data]()
16- [10\. EU users: international transfer of your data]()
17- [11\. Protecting your data]()
18- [12\. Retaining your personal data]()
19- [13\. Third party sites, apps and platforms]()
20- [14\. Cookie policy]()
21- [14.1 Essential cookies]()
22- [14.2 Third party cookies: advertising and affiliate links]()
23- [15\. Your legal rights]()
24- [15.1 EU users]()
25- [15.2 California privacy rights]()
12- [4\. How to contact us]()
13- [5\. Personal data we collect and how]()
14- [6\. Aggregated data]()
15- [7\. How we collect personal data]()
16- [8\. Marketing Choices]()
17- [9\. Sharing your personal data]()
18- [10\. UK and EU users: international transfer of your personal data]()
19- [11\. Retaining your personal data]()
20- [12\. Third-Party Sites]()
21- [13\. Cookie policy]()
22- [14\. Privacy information for EEA and UK users]()
23- [15\. Privacy Information for California Residents]()
2624- [16\. BuzzFeed legal entities]()
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2826## 1\. Who we are
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30BuzzFeed, Inc. is the data controller of your personal data. When we mention BuzzFeed, we, us or our in this privacy notice, we mean BuzzFeed, Inc, or the relevant BuzzFeed company responsible for processing your data. BuzzFeed legal entities are listed in [section 16]().
28When we mention "BuzzFeed", "we", "us" or "our" in this Privacy Policy, we mean BuzzFeed, Inc, or the relevant BuzzFeed company responsible for processing your data. BuzzFeed legal entities are listed in our [section 16]().
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3230## 2\. About this privacy notice
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34This privacy notice tells you how BuzzFeed collects and processes information that may identify you (personal data) when you use our sites and apps, sign in as a user, buy products or services, or interact with us in other ways. We may show you other privacy notices when we collect or share your personal data and this privacy notice is in addition to those.
32This Privacy Notice explains how BuzzFeed collects, uses, and discloses data about you and processes information that identifies or can be used to identify you (sometimes referred to as "personal data" or "personal information" under applicable privacy and data security laws, and hereinafter **"personal data"**) when you use our website(s), mobile apps, and other online products or services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the **"Services"**) or when you otherwise interact with us. For some interactions, we will show you other privacy policies belonging to our third-party business partners when we collect or share your personal data, and that third party's privacy policy will also govern the collection of your personal data in addition to this Privacy Policy.
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36## 3\. Changes to this privacy notice
34## 3\. Changes to this Privacy Policy
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38Our privacy notice was last updated on 16-10-2019. We're likely to update in future and we'll let you know about any significant changes. Please come back and check from time to time. If you have questions about this privacy notice you can get in touch with us by emailing [data-privacy@buzzfeed.com](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.com)
36We're likely to update this Privacy Policy in the future and when we make changes, we will revise the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, will notify you through the Services, such as on our homepage, or via email or other communication. Please come back and check from time to time for the latest information on our privacy practices.
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40## 4\. Personal data we collect
38## 4\. How to contact us
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42We may collect the following information about you:
40If you have questions or concerns about the information in this Privacy Policy, our handling of your personal data more generally, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under law, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
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441. 4.1 Information that directly identifies you. This may include your name, address, email address, username and password.
452. 4.2 Information that indirectly identifies you. We automatically receive and record information from your device or web browser when you interact with our sites and apps, for example your internet protocol (IP) address, mobile device ID, time zone setting, location data, language preference, operating system, platform, and links you have clicked on or shared with others, including through email and social media. We may also create a user ID that may similarly indirectly identify you. We may use this information to collect data about your activities on our sites and apps and on third-party sites, apps and platforms, such as Facebook. We may associate information that indirectly identifies you with your user account (if you have one) and other information we have collected about you.
463. 4.3 Location data. We may collect geo-data, which tells us where you are, when we collect other information about you. We may also collect the language option or country you choose. We may link location data to other information we have collected about you.
474. 4.4 Profile data. This may include your username and password and other information you give us (if you are a registered user), information you give us in connection with purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses. Profile data you enter in your account profile (if you are a registered user), including your username may be shown to other users to facilitate user interaction on our sites and apps. We do not disclose email addresses to other users.
485. 4.5 Marketing and communications data. This may include information about your subscriptions to newsletters and your marketing preferences.
496. 4.6 Transaction and financial data. We may collect or receive transactional and financial information relating to you when you buy something through our sites and apps (for example payment details) or because you have bought something from a third party after clicking on an affiliate link in our content.
507. 4.7 Special category data. When we conduct research or carry out surveys we may collect sensitive personal data about you, for example information about your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life or sexual orientation. We will not use or share this information without your explicit consent.
42BuzzFeed, Inc.
43111 E. 18th St.
44New York, NY 10003
45Attn: Office of the General Counsel
46[data-privacy@buzzfeed.com](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.com)
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52## 5\. Aggregated data
48## 5\. What personal data we collect and how
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541. 5.1 We aggregate personal data we collect, such as the number and frequency of your visits to our sites and apps, to produce metrics and statistical information. We may share this data with third parties.
552. 5.2 We share aggregated, anonymized, information with our ad partners and service providers so that we, and they, can understand how people use our sites and apps; this helps us grow our business and improve and develop our products and services. These third parties may share with us information about you that they have independently developed or acquired.
563. 5.3 We combine information about you with information about other users to create audience segments of aggregated data, for example, statistical, demographic and usage data. If we combine or connect aggregated data with personal data we treat the combined data as personal data and deal with it in accordance with this privacy notice.
50### 5.1 Personal data you provide to us.
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58## 6\. How we collect personal data
52We collect data you provide directly to us.
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601. 6.1 You may give us your personal data directly, for example when you create a user account, fund us by donation, or support us by paying for a subscription, buy products or services, subscribe to our newsletters, opt in to marketing, publish posts or comments, enter a competition, participate in a promotion or survey, ask for user support, or contact us for any reason.
612. 6.2 We automatically collect personal data when you interact with our sites and apps. We collect information about your devices and browsing actions and interests by using cookies and similar technologies. [Section 14]() (cookie policy) provides more details.
623. 6.3 Third parties who provide advertising and related services may give us your personal data, these including analytics providers and ad networks.
634. 6.4. We may receive your personal data from third parties when you buy things through our sites and apps or when you buy things from a third party after clicking on an affiliate link in our content. This information may include your contact details and financial and transaction data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services.
645. 6.5 If you access our sites and apps using your Facebook credentials, we will automatically collect certain information, such as your name, picture, and email address. We will use all information available through Facebook, including the user ID Facebook attributes to you, in accordance with Facebook's policies and your preferences selected through Facebook.
54- **Account data.** If you sign up for a BuzzFeed.com account ("Account"), we will collect data you give us related to your Account, including your name, email address, username and password. We describe this more fully in Section 5.4 below.
55- **Payment data.** To order products or services through our Services, you may need to provide certain financial information (like your bank account or credit card information) in order to facilitate the processing of payments. We will collect the data we need in order to process that purchase (for example, payment details). However, your financial information is collected and stored by our third party payment processing company, and use and storage of that data is governed by the third party payment processor's applicable privacy policy. If you make a purchase from a third party after clicking on an affiliate link through the Services, we will receive data about the purchase for the purpose of managing our business relationship.
56- **Additional Account data.** You may provide additional data as part of your Account (such as your personal description). This data will be publicly visible to others. If you do not wish to share this information with us or others, do not provide the information as part of your Account.
57- **Other data.** You may provide us with data when you fill in a form, conduct a search, update or add information to your Account, respond to surveys, post to community forums, provide us with feedback, participate in promotions, or use other features of the Services.
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66## 7\. What we use your personal data for and the legal bases we rely on
59### 5.2 Data that indirectly identifies you and automatically collected data.
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68We will use your personal data only for the purposes for which we collect it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason that is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal data for another purpose we will explain the legal basis we rely on.
61When you access or use the Services, we collect data that indirectly identifies you and we automatically collect other data about you, including:
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70We do not always need your consent to process your personal data. The table below shows what we use your personal data for and the lawful basis for processing it in each case.
63- **Log Data.** We automatically receive and record information from your device or web browser when you interact with the Services. For example, we collect your internet protocol (IP) address, mobile device ID, time zone setting, language preference, operating system, platform, internet service provider (ISP), and links you have clicked on or shared with others, including through email and social media. If you sign up for an Account, we also create a user ID that indirectly identifies you. We use this information to collect data about your activities through the Services. We associate information that indirectly identifies you with your Account (if you have one) and other information we have collected about you.
64- **Cookies.** When you visit the Services, we will set certain "cookies" and similar tracking technologies on your device, including cookies and web beacons. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, please see our "Cookie Policy" section below.
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72| Purpose | Type of data | Lawful basis |
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74| Recognize you and analyze how you, and other users, navigate our sites and apps and what you're interested in. We do this by using cookies or similar technology as explained in [section 14]() (cookie policy). | Data that indirectly identifies you such as your IP address, mobile device ID and location data. | Legitimate interest. |
75| Communicate legal information to you. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) and data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address and information you include in your user profile). | Legitimate interest. |
76| Analyze comments and feedback you have given us including comments, feedback and reviews you have posted on our sites and apps. | Data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address) and data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data). | Legitimate interest. |
77| Provide you with communications and services you've signed up, for such as our newsletters. | Data that directly identifies you such as your name, username, email address and location data. | Consent. |
78| Register you as a user of our sites and apps and other products and services and administer your account. | Data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address and other information included in your user profile). | Creation or performance of a contract. |
79| Publish content on our sites and apps including articles, feedback, reviews and user comments about our posts. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) and data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address and information included in your user profile). | Creation or performance of a contract. |
80| Fulfill orders for subscriptions or products or services placed through our sites or apps. | Data that directly identifies you including your name and address, email address, other contact details, financial and transactional data. | Creation or performance of a contract. |
81| Collect money you owe us. | Data that directly identifies you including your name and address, email address, other contact details and financial and transactional data. | Legitimate interest. |
82| Verify or obtain payments due to us when you buy something from a third party after clicking on an "affiliate" link in our content, measure the performance of affiliate links, analyze and develop this part of our business. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID) or data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, email address and location data). | Legitimate interest. |
83| Communicate our terms, notify you about changes to them and communicate with you about non-compliance. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) or data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username and email address). | Creation or performance of a contract. |
84| Communicate our privacy notices and notify you of changes to them | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) or data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address). | Compliance with a legal obligation. |
85| Ask you to take part in a survey or other research about our sites and apps and other products and services. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address, mobile device ID and location data) or data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address). | Legitimate interest. |
86| Conduct surveys or undertake research so that we can improve and develop our business, our sites and apps and our products and services. | Data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, name, email address and location data) | Consent. |
87| Allow you to take part in a prize draw, sweepstake, or other competition or other promotional activity. | Data that directly identifies you such as your name, username, and email address. | Creation or performance of a contract. |
88| Administration and protection of our business including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, user support, reporting and hosting data, administration and IT services, network security, fraud prevention, customer services and business reorganisation, including exchanging information with third parties for fraud protection and spam/malware prevention. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) and data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address). | Legitimate interest. |
89| Serve content and ads and analyze their performance and effectiveness. | Data that indirectly identifies you such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data. | Legitimate interest. |
90| Use of data analytics to improve and develop our products and services and inform our marketing strategy. | Data that indirectly identifies you such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data. | Legitimate interest. |
91| Send marketing communications to you if you subscribe to our newsletters or other products and services. We explain how we comply with the law and how you can manage your preferences in [section 8]() (marketing). | Data that directly identifies you such as your name and email address. | Consent. |
92| Communicate with you about our services, and content, including published content, content you submit for publication, and content posted by you (including your comments on content, feedback and reviews). | Data that directly identifies you such as your name and email address. | Legitimate interests |
93| Comply with applicable laws, regulations and legal and regulatory processes. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) and/or data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address). | Compliance with a legal obligation. |
66We also may use these technologies to collect data about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking).
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95## 8\. Marketing
68The information we collect automatically may include personal data, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal data we collect in other ways or receive from third parties.
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97We may use your personal data to help us decide which products, services and offers may be of interest to you. We will send marketing messages to you if you have asked us to send you information, bought goods or services from us, or if you provided us with your details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion. If you opt out of receiving marketing messages we will not send them to you. We will ask for your consent before we share your personal data with any third party.
70### 5.3 Location data.
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72We use your IP address to infer your approximate location. We may also collect the language option or country you choose. When we provide certain services, such as providing you with a version of our Services that is localized to your country, we link location data to other information we have collected about you in order to do so.
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74### 5.4 Profile data.
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76If you sign up for an Account, we will collect certain data you give us as part of your Account sign-up as described above, information you give us in connection with purchases or orders made by you, and your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses. Your interests and preferences are inferred from data we collect regarding what types of content you have interacted with, how long you interacted with them, how often you interacted with them, and the nature of your interaction with the content. We do not disclose email addresses to other users except where it is necessary to comply with the law, to protect our rights, or to protect the rights of our users.
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78### 5.5 Special category data.
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80When we conduct research or carry out surveys and you participate in our research or surveys, we may collect sensitive personal data about you, for example, information about your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life or sexual orientation. We will get your explicit consent for our collection, use, or sharing of this data as required by law.
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82## 6\. Aggregated data
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841. 6.1 We analyze and aggregate personal data we collect, such as the number and frequency of your visits to the Services, to produce anonymized metrics and statistical information that does not identify you as an individual.
852. 6.2 We combine information about you with information about other users to create audience segments of aggregated data, for example, statistical, demographic and usage data. If we combine or connect aggregated data with your personal data, we treat the combined data as personal data and deal with it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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87## How we collect personal data
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891. 7.1 You may give us your personal data directly, for example when you create an Account, fund us by donation, support us by paying for a subscription, buy products or services, subscribe to our newsletters, opt-in to marketing communications, publish posts or comments, enter a competition, participate in a promotion or survey, ask for user support, or contact us for any reason.
902. 7.2 We automatically collect personal data when you interact with our Services. We collect information about your devices and browsing actions and interests by using cookies and similar technologies. Our ["Cookie Policy"]() section provides more details on how this works.
913. 7.3 Third parties who provide advertising and related services (such as analytics providers and ad networks) may give us your personal data so that we can compare it to personal data we hold in order to determine if you are the same individual (this is sometimes called "cookie-matching"). We may collect data from unaffiliated third parties so we can better understand you and provide you with information and offers that may be of interest to you. For example, we may receive information about your interests or preferences as well as contact information, such as email address.
924. 7.4 We may receive your personal data from third parties when you buy things through our Services or when you buy things from a third party after clicking on an affiliate link in our content. This information may include your contact details and financial and transaction data (such as items purchased and purchase price) from providers of technical, payment and delivery services.
935. 7.5 If you access our Services using your Facebook or Google credentials, we will automatically collect certain information, such as your Facebook or Google user ID. We will use any information collected from Facebook or Google, including the user ID Facebook or Google attribute to you, only in accordance with Facebook's or Google's policies and your preferences selected through Facebook or Google.
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95### 7.6 What we use your data for:
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97We use the data we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Services. We also use the data we collect to:
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99- Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages and to respond to your comments, questions and customer service requests;
100- Communicate with you about products, services, offers, and events offered by BuzzFeed and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;
101- Personalize and improve the Services and provide advertisements, content or features that match user profiles or interests. Your interests and preferences are inferred from data we collect regarding what types of content you have interacted with, how long you interacted with them, how often you interacted with them, and the nature of your interaction with the content;
102- Facilitate contests, sweepstakes and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards;
103- Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Services and personalize and improve the Services;
104- Detect, investigate and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Buzzfeed and others; and
105- Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the data was collected.
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107## 8\. Marketing choices
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109When you sign up for a promotion like a sweepstakes, or subscribe to or create an Account to use our Services, we use your personal data to help us decide which products, services and offers may be of interest to you. We will send marketing messages to you if you have asked us to send you information, bought goods or services from us, or if you provided us with your details when you entered a competition or registered for a promotion. If you opt out of receiving marketing messages, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your Account or our ongoing business relations. We will ask for your consent before we share your personal data with any third party for direct marketing purposes.
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99111You may unsubscribe from marketing messages through a link we include on messages we send you. You can also ask us to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us at: [data-privacy@buzzfeed.co.uk](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.co.uk)
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101## 9\. Sharing personal data
113## 9\. Sharing your personal data
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1031. 9.1 We may share your personal data within BuzzFeed: BuzzFeed's legal entities are listed in [section 16]().
1042. 9.2 We share your personal data with third parties who process your data on our behalf when they provide services to us, for example data analytics, ad networks, research, marketing and financial services.
1053. 9.3 We may share your personal data with third parties who use it for their own purposes if you have provided consent.
1064. 9.4 You share your personal data with third parties when you publish content including articles, comments and reviews on our sites and apps.
1075. 9.5 If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business, or if we buy or merge with another business we may share your personal data. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data as set out in this privacy notice.
1086. 9.6 We may be legally required to disclose or share your personal data without your consent in some circumstances, for example to comply with a court order or law enforcement.
115In general, your personal data will remain with BuzzFeed but we may share personal data about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
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110## 10\. EU users: international transfer of your data
117- BuzzFeed We share your personal data within BuzzFeed's legal entities where necessary to fulfill a contract or precontractual measures, or where we have a legitimate interest in doing so or a legal obligation to do so. BuzzFeed's legal entities are listed in our ["BuzzFeed Legal Entities"]() section;
118- With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who process your data on our behalf when they provide services to us, for example data analytics, ad networks, research, marketing and financial services;
119- With third parties who use it for their own purposes if you have provided consent;
120- In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company;
121- We may be legally required to disclose or share your personal data without your consent in some circumstances, for example to comply with a court order or law enforcement. In such circumstances, we will only disclose your personal data if we have a good-faith belief that such sharing is required under applicable legal obligations.
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1121. 10.1 When we process your personal data within BuzzFeed this may involve processing and transferring your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes all EU member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
1132. 10.2 Third parties with whom we share your data may be based outside the EEA and their processing of your personal data may involve a transfer of data outside the EEA.
1143. 10.3 When your data is transferred outside the EEA we take steps to make sure it has the same level of protection as it would have in the EEA. Our agreements with third parties make clear the standards we expect of them in order to safeguard your information and your legal rights.
123We may also share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you. For example, we may share aggregated or de-identified information with our ad partners and service providers so that we, and they, can understand how people use our Services; this helps us grow our business and improve and develop our products and services. We may also share a hashed version of your email address to facilitate customized ad campaigns on other platforms.
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116## 11\. Protecting your data
125## 10\. UK and EU users: international transfer of your personal data
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1181. 11.1 We take steps to safeguard your information by putting in place appropriate security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed.
1192. 11.2 We limit access to your personal data to employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who need to access it. They are subject to a duty of confidentiality and we require them to process your personal data only in accordance with our instructions.
1203. 11.3 We do not guarantee or warrant that security measures will prevent data breaches. We have procedures to deal with suspected data breaches. We will notify you and the relevant regulator of any data breach as legally required.
1271. 10.1 When we process your personal data within BuzzFeed, we will do so in countries in which we have offices (United States, India, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Canada). We have put into place intra-group controls (including the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission) to ensure that your rights continue to be protected.
1282. 10.2 Third parties with whom we share your data may be based outside the EEA and their processing of your personal data may involve a transfer of data outside the EEA. For more information, please refer to the privacy policy links for such third parties in our consent management platform.
1293. 10.3 Our agreements with those third parties include Commission-approved standard contractual clauses and otherwise make clear the standards we expect of them in order to safeguard your information and your legal rights.
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122## 12\. Retaining your personal data
131## 11\. Retaining your personal data
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1241. 12.1 We keep your personal data for as long as we need it for the purposes for which it was collected.
1252. 12.2 When we decide how long we will keep your information we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, why we need it, and any relevant legal requirements.
1263. 12.3 We may anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely.
1331. 11.1 We keep your personal data for as long as we need it for the purposes for which it was collected.
1342. 11.2 When we decide how long we will keep your information we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure, why we need it, and any relevant legal requirements (such as legal retention and destruction periods).
1353. 11.3 We may anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes.
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128## 13\. Third party sites, apps and platforms
137## 12\. Third-Party Sites
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130Our sites and apps may include links to third-party sites, apps and social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control third-party sites, apps and social media platforms and we encourage you to read their privacy notices so that you understand how they process information about you.
1391. 12.1 Our sites and apps may include links to third-party sites, apps and social media platforms ("Third-Party Sites"). Clicking on those links may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not endorse or control Third-Party Sites, each of which may be governed by its own terms of service and privacy policy and we encourage you to read their privacy policies and terms so that you understand how they process information about you. You are solely responsible for all liability for any damages or other harm, whether to you or third-parties, resulting from your use of Third-Party Sites. Please take all protections necessary to protect yourself when accessing Third-Party Sites, particularly when downloading or purchasing anything therefrom.
1402. 12.2 The Services may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools, which let you share actions you take on our Services with other media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. We also use the analytics tools provided by the social media platforms to help us to understand how people interact with our social media presence, to identify trends and to carry out joint promotional activities with those platforms. For example, sometimes we agree with a social media platform that we will jointly promote certain content.
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132## 14\. Cookie policy
142We also use the analytics tools provided by the social media platforms to help us to understand how people interact with our social media presence, to identify trends and to carry out joint promotional activities with those platforms. For example, sometimes we agree with a social media platform that we will jointly promote certain content.
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134Cookies are small data text files that are sent from a server during a browsing session. Cookies are typically stored on your computer's hard drive and are used by web sites to simulate a continuous connection to that site. The use of cookies automatically identifies your browser whenever you interact with a site. A "web beacon," also known as a tag, pixel tag, or clear GIF, is used to transmit information back to a web server. When we talk about "cookies" in this privacy notice, we mean not just cookies, but web beacons and similar technologies.
144We receive from the platform aggregated statistical information about the performance of our posts and promoted content, such as numbers of views and kinds of viewers. This data is aggregated and anonymized by the platform prior to being made available to us.
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136Browsers and devices have tools that allow you to disable cookies on sites and apps. If you disable cookies you may not be able to access all the features of our services. We suggest that you keep our essential cookies (described below) active for a better user experience and to help us keep improving and developing our products and services.
146We also use the paid advertising and paid content tools provided by the social media platforms to help us carry out advertising campaigns for our ad partners and to promote our content on the social media platforms. For example, we use the "Promoted Pins" tool on Pinterest to promote editorial or paid content to visitors to Pinterest. Again, we receive from the social media platforms only aggregated statistical information about interactions with our ads and paid content, such as number of views, number of times shared and so on.
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148We process information provided to us by the social media platforms on the basis of our legitimate interest in interacting with our audience on social media and using social media to promote our content.
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140 Session cookies remember you during your session on our sites and apps they are deleted when you log out of the site and when you close your web browser.
150For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features or your use of the social media platforms, please visit the privacy policies of the respective entities at the following links:
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142 Analytics cookies are used by us and by third parties who process data for us for data analytics purposes (for example Google Analytics) so that we can manage and improve the performance and design of our sites and apps and for monitoring, auditing, research and reporting.
152- Facebook and Instagram - [https://en-gb.facebook.com/policy.php](https://en-gb.facebook.com/policy.php)
153- Twitter - [https://twitter.com/en/privacy](https://twitter.com/en/privacy)
154- YouTube - [https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
155- Snapchat - [https://www.snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-center/](https://www.snap.com/en-US/privacy/privacy-center/)
156- Twitch - [https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/privacy-policy/](https://www.twitch.tv/p/legal/privacy-policy/)
157- TikTok - [https://www.tiktok.com/en/privacy-policy](https://www.tiktok.com/en/privacy-policy)
158- Pinterest- [https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy](https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy)
159- Tumblr - [https://www.tumblr.com/privacy](https://www.tumblr.com/privacy)
160- LinkedIn - [https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy)
161- LINE - [https://terms.line.me/line\_rules](https://terms.line.me/line_rules)
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144 Consent cookies may be used by consent management tools we employ to allow us to record your preferences about third party cookies described in \[section 14.2\]() below, and to store and share your preference with us.
163## 13\. Cookie policy
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146 We may collect the following personal data through essential cookies: a unique ID assigned to your device; IP address; device and browser type; operating system; referring URLs; content viewed or other actions taken on our sites and apps; time and date of those actions; country and language selected.
1651. 13.1 Cookies are small data text files that are sent from a server during a browsing session. Cookies are typically stored on your computer's hard drive and are used by web sites to simulate a continuous connection to that site. The use of cookies automatically identifies your browser whenever you interact with a site. A "web beacon," also known as a tag, pixel tag, or clear GIF, is used to transmit information back to a web server. When we talk about "cookies" in this Privacy Policy, we mean not just cookies, but web beacons and similar technologies.
1662. Cookies and similar technologies allow us to collect the following types of personal data: a unique ID assigned to your device; IP address; device and browser type; operating system; referring URLs; content viewed or other actions taken through our Services; time and date of those actions; country and language selected.
1673. Browsers and devices have tools that allow you to disable cookies on sites and apps. If you disable cookies you may not be able to access all the features of our services. We suggest that you keep our essential cookies (described below) active for a better user experience and to help us keep improving and developing our products and services.
1684. 13.2 Our Services use our own cookies to recognize you and remember you as a unique user.
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1482. 14.2 Third party cookies: advertising and affiliate links
170- **Session cookies** remember you during your session on our Services. They are deleted when you log out of the Services and when you close your web browser. Session cookies are used to ensure you are served content correctly, to balance and monitor load on our servers, and for other technical matters essential to the operation of our Services. You can configure your device to reject these cookies, but our Services will probably not work correctly, or at all, if you do.
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150 Our ad partners and our affiliate links partners may collect personal data from you for their own purposes.
172- **Consent cookies** are used by our consent management platform we employ to record your preferences about third party cookies described below, and to store and share your preference with those third parties. These cookies are essential for compliance with the legal obligations imposed on us and on third parties with whom we have a business relationship to ensure we request your consent, record your consent preferences, and act on such consent preferences.
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152 - Ad partners include ad networks such as third party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms.
153 - Affiliate links partners pay us when you buy things from them or another third party after clicking on an affiliate link in our content.
174### 13.3 Analytics cookies
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155 Our ad partners use third party cookies to serve ads to you and to target you with tailored (or personalized) ads when you are on our sites and apps and when you visit third party sites. They also use cookies to measure traffic on our pages (for example to track ad views).
176Analytics cookies are used by us and by third parties who process data for us for data analytics purposes (for example Google Analytics) so that we can manage and improve the performance and design of our Services and for monitoring, auditing, research and reporting.
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157 Ad partners and affiliate links partners may view, edit or set their own cookies on your mobile device or web browser when you interact with our sites and apps. They use cookies to track your use of our sites and apps and your activities elsewhere online. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties and we encourage you to read their privacy notices so that you understand how they process information about you.
178We have activated Google's IP anonymisation function on our Sites. This will cause your IP address to be cut by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other countries party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the Sites, to compile reports on Site activity and to provide us with other services relating to website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.
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159 You can decide who you will allow to set these third party cookies on your browser or device by going to our \[consent preferences center\](https://www.buzzfeed.com/consent-preferences). You can change your mind and revisit your consent choices at anytime by returning there.
180With respect to Google Analytics, you can read about how Google uses data gathered for that purpose [here.](https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners)
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161## 15\. Your legal rights
182### 13.4 Third party cookies: advertising and affiliate links
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1631. 15.1 EU users
184Our ad partners and our affiliate links partners collect personal data from you for the purposes they disclose through our cookie consent management platform.
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165 Legal rights you may exercise over your personal data are briefly described below:
186- Ad partners include ad networks such as third party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms.
166187
167 ### Right to request access
188- Affiliate links partners pay us when you buy things from them or another third party after clicking on an affiliate link in our content.
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169 You have the right to ask for a copy of personal data we hold about you and to check we are dealing with it lawfully by asking for information about how we process it.
190Our ad partners use third party cookies to serve ads to you and to target you with tailored (or personalized) ads when you are using the Services and when you visit Third-Party Sites. They also use cookies to measure traffic on the Services (for example to track ad views).
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171 ### Right to request correction
192Ad partners and affiliate links partners may view, edit or set their own cookies on your mobile device or web browser when you interact with our Services. They use cookies to track your use of our Services and your activities elsewhere online. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties and we encourage you to read their privacy policies so that you understand how they process information about you. We provide links to their privacy policies in our consent management platform, which you can access by [here.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/)
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173 You have the right to ask us to correct incomplete or inaccurate information about you.
194You can decide who you will allow to set these third party cookies on your browser or device by going to our [consent preferences center.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/consent-preferences) You can change your mind and revisit your consent choices at any time by returning there.
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175 ### Right to request erasure
196## 14\. Privacy information for EEA and UK users
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177 You have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data.
198### 14.1 Information for UK/EU Users (including legal bases)
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179 ### Right to object to processing
200We will use your personal data only for the purposes for which we collect it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason that is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal data for another purpose, we will explain the legal basis we rely on.
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181 If we are relying on a legitimate interest to process your personal data, you have the right to object. Our legitimate interest in processing your information may override your rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object to us processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
202The table below shows what we use your personal data for and the lawful basis for processing it in each case.
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204| Purpose | Type of data | Lawful basis |
205| --- | --- | --- |
206| Recognize you and analyze how you, and other users, navigate the Services and apps and what type of content you're interested in, and to manage and improve the Services by testing new features of our sites and apps. We do this by using cookies or similar technology as explained in our ["Cookie Policy" section.]() | Data that indirectly identifies you such as your IP address, mobile device ID and location data. This data does not include anything that allows us to identify you by name or contact details. | Legitimate interest. |
207| Recognize you and analyze how you, and other users, interact with ads on our Services and what type of ads you're interested in. We do this by using cookies or similar technology as explained in our ["Cookie Policy" section.]() | Data that indirectly identifies you such as your IP address, mobile device ID and location data. This data does not include anything that allows us to identify you by name or contact details. | Consent. |
208| Communicate legal information to you. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) and data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address and information you include in your user profile). | Legitimate interest. |
209| Analyze comments and feedback you have given us including comments, feedback and reviews you have posted on our Services in order to use the information to carry out journalistic activities, to improve our services and content offerings, and to enforce our Terms of Service. | Data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address) and data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data). | Legitimate interest. |
210| Provide you with communications and services you've signed up, for such as our newsletters. | Data that directly identifies you such as your name, username, email address and location data. | Consent. |
211| Register you as a user of our Services and other products and services and administer your Account. | Data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address and other information included in your user profile). | Creation or performance of a contract. |
212| Publish content on our Services including articles, feedback, reviews and user comments about our posts. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) and data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address and information included in your user profile). | Creation or performance of a contract. |
213| Fulfill orders for subscriptions, products or services placed through our Services. | Data that directly identifies you including your name and address, email address, other contact details, financial and transactional data. | Creation or performance of a contract. |
214| Collect money you owe us. | Data that directly identifies you including your name and address, email address, other contact details, financial and transactional data. | Legitimate interest. |
215| Verify or obtain payments due to us when you buy something from a third party after clicking on an "affiliate" link in our content, measure the performance of affiliate links, analyze and develop this part of our business. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID) or data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, email address and location data). | Legitimate interest. |
216| Communicate our terms, notify you about changes to them and communicate with you about non-compliance. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) or data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username and email address). | Creation or performance of a contract. |
217| Communicate our Privacy Policy and notify you of changes to them | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) or data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address). | Compliance with a legal obligation. |
218| Conduct surveys or undertake similar types of research so that we can improve and develop our business, our Services. | Data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, name, email address and location data) | Consent. |
219| Allow you to take part in a prize draw, sweepstake, or other competition or other promotional activity. | Data that directly identifies you such as your name, username, and email address. | Creation or performance of a contract. |
220| Administration and protection of our business including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, user support, reporting and hosting data, administration and IT services, network security, fraud prevention, customer services and business reorganization, including exchanging information with third parties for fraud protection and spam/malware prevention. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) and data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address). | Legitimate interest. |
221| Send marketing communications to you if you subscribe to our newsletters or other products and services. We explain how we comply with the law and how you can manage your preferences in our "Marketing choices" section. | Data that directly identifies you such as your name and email address. | Consent |
222| Communicate with you about our services that you sign up to receive when you create an Account and transactions that you conduct using our services, including published content you visit, content you submit for publication on buzzfeed.com, and content posted by you on buzzfeed.com (including your comments on content, feedback and reviews). | Data that directly identifies you such as your name and email address. | Creation or performance of a contract |
223| Comply with applicable laws, regulations and legal and regulatory processes. | Data that indirectly identifies you (such as your IP address or mobile device ID and location data) and/or data that directly identifies you (such as your name, username, and email address). | Creation or performance of a contract |
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185 If we are processing your personal data on the basis of your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time.
225### 14.2 Legal rights for EEA and UK users
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187 ### Right to request restriction of processing.
227If you are an EU or UK resident, you have certain rights in respect of the information that we hold about you. Below is a short overview of those rights:
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189 You can ask us to suspend processing of your personal data where: (a) you contest the data's accuracy; or (b) processing of your data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; or (c) we no longer need your data but you need us to hold it for a legal claim; or (d) you object to our processing of your data and we are checking whether the legitimate interest we rely on overrides your rights.
229- Access. With some exceptions designed to protect the rights of others, you have the right to a copy of the personal data that we hold about you. Where the data is data that you have given to us, you have the right to receive your copy of it in a common electronic format, and to provide copies of it to other people if you wish.
230- Correction. You have the right to have the personal data we hold about you corrected if it is factually inaccurate. This right does not extend to matters of opinion, such as views expressed in editorial content.
231- Deletion. In some limited circumstances, you have the right to have personal data that we hold about you erased (the "right to be forgotten"). This right is not generally available where we still have a valid legal reason to keep the data (for example, because we are obliged to do so by law).
232- Objection. You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data where we rely on "legitimate interests" as our legal basis for processing, but we may be able to continue processing if our interest outweighs your objection.
233- Withdrawing consent. If we are processing your personal data on the basis of your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, in which case we will stop that processing unless we have another legal basis on which to continue.
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235### 14.3 How to exercise your rights
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193 You have the right to ask us to transfer your personal data to you, or to a third party. This right applies only to automated information you gave us consent to use, or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
237To exercise your rights, email data-privacy@buzzfeed.com. In order to protect your privacy and that of others, we will ask you to prove your identity before we take any steps in response to a request you have made. If a third party is making a request on your behalf, we will ask them to prove that they have your permission to act for you.
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195 ### Right to object to automated decision-making
239We may contact you to ask you for further information to help you exercise your legal rights or to speed up our response. We will try to respond to requests within one month and we will let you know if we need to take longer, for example because your request is complicated. We may have an overriding lawful basis for processing your personal data, or certain exemptions may apply. If we refuse your request, we will explain why.
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197 You have the right not to be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling, which has legal or other significant effects on you. This right does not apply when the automated decision is necessary for entering into or performing a contract with you, or is based on your explicit consent.
241### 14.4 Complaints
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199 ### How to exercise your rights
243You have the right to complain about data privacy matters to the Information Commissioner's Office ([www.ico.org.uk](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/www.ico.org.uk)), or the relevant data protection regulator in your country of residence. You can contact the ICO on 0303 123 1113. We invite you to raise your concerns with us first, so that we can try to resolve them.
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201 To exercise your rights email [data-privacy@buzzfeed.com](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.com). As a security measure we will ask you to verify your identity. If a third party is making a request on your behalf we will ask them to prove that they have your permission to act for you.
245## 15\. Privacy Information for California Residents
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203 We may contact you to ask you for further information to help you exercise your legal rights, or to speed up our response. We will try to respond to requests within one month and we will let you know if we need to take longer, for example because your request is complicated. We may have an overriding lawful basis for processing your personal data, or certain exemptions may apply. If we refuse your request we will explain why.
247### 15.1 California Privacy Rights
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205 ### Complaints
249This section provides you with our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data. It also explains your rights regarding your personal data that we collect (as set forth in the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act or the "CCPA"). The following chart summarizes our personal data collection, use, and sharing practices in the preceding 12 months since we last updated this Policy on January 1, 2020.
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207 You have the right to complain about data privacy matters to the Information Commissioner's Office ([www.ico.org.uk](https://www.ico.org.uk/)), or the relevant data protection regulator in your country of residence. We invite you to raise your concerns with us first, so that we can try to resolve them.
251| Category of Information | Source of Information | Purposes of Collection | Vendors and Other Entities with Whom We Share this Information | Disclosed or Sold for a Business or Commercial Purpose |
252| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
253| A. Identifiers, e.g., your name, address, email address, and username | You | To process your requests for products/services and/or information, to communicate with you, to improve our Services, to enforce our User Agreement, to register your Account, for the administration and protection of our business, and to comply with applicable law, regulations, and legal and regulatory processes. If you opt-in to do so, we may use your name and email address for our marketing purposes and to help our business partners with their marketing. | Service providers who assist in providing services on our behalf If you opt-in to do so, our business partners. | Yes |
254| B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)), e.g., your name and address | You | To process your requests for products/services and/or information, to communicate with you, to improve our Services, to enforce our User Agreement, to register your Account, for the administration and protection of our business, and to comply with applicable law, regulations, and legal and regulatory processes. If you opt-in to do so, we may use your name and email address for our marketing purposes and to help our business partners with their marketing. | Service providers who assist in providing services on our behalf If you opt-in to do so, our business partners. | Yes |
255| C. Protected Classification characteristics under California law, e.g., your racial or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation | You | If you are in the U.S. ONLY and you opt-in to do so, to improve our Services, better understand our customer base, meet our diversity and inclusion goals; and to help our business partners do the same. | Service providers who assist in providing services on our behalf. If you are in the U.S. ONLY and you opt-in to do so, our business partners. | Yes |
256| D. Commercial Information, records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies | You and your device | To fulfil your requests for products or services, to improve our Services | Service providers who assist in providing services on our behalf. Our business partners. | Yes |
257| E. Internet or Electronic Network Activity Information, e.g., browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement, or questions and other messages you address to us directly through online forms or by email | You and your device | To process your requests for products/services and/or information, to communicate with you, to improve our Services, to enforce our Terms of Service, to register your Account, for the administration and protection of our business, and to comply with applicable law, regulations, and legal and regulatory processes. | Service providers who assist in providing services on our behalf. Our business partners. | Yes |
258| F. Other Identifiers and Internet Activity Information, e.g., IP address; similar information | You and your device | To process your requests for products/services and/or information, to communicate with you, to improve our Services, to enforce our Terms of Service, to register your Account, for the administration and protection of our business, and to comply with applicable law, regulations, and legal and regulatory processes. | Service providers who assist in providing services on our behalf. Our business partners. | Yes |
259| G. Inferences about personal preferences and attributes drawn from profiling | You and your device | To improve our Services, to help us better understand our customer base and to help our business partners improve their offerings. | Service providers who assist in providing services on our behalf. Our business partners. | Yes |
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2092. 15.2 California privacy rights Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83- 1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask for a notice identifying the categories of personal customer information which we share with our affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes, and providing contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: 111 E. 18th Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10003.
261If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal data we collect, disclose, and "sell" about you (as that term is used in the CCPA). Additionally, you have the right to access, delete and opt out from the "sale" of your personal data. Specifically, California residents may request that we:
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263- Inform you about the categories of personal data we collect or disclose about you; the categories of sources of such data; the business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal data; and the categories of third parties with whom we share/disclose personal data. Such information is also set forth above in this Privacy Policy.
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265- Inform you about the specific pieces of personal data we collected about you (also called a data portability request)
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267- Provide you access to and/or a copy of certain personal data we hold about you.
268- Delete certain personal data we have about you.
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270The CCPA further provides you with the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising your rights.
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272**Note for non-California residents:** We will seek to honor requests to exercise the above rights made by non-California residents to the extent required by applicable law.
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274Please note that certain data may be exempt from such access, data portability, and deletion requests under California law. For example, we need to retain certain data in order to provide the Services to you.
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276Only you or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal data. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.
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278You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:
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280- Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal data or an authorized representative.
281- Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
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283We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal data if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal data relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an Account with us. We will only use personal data provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the request.
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285### 15.2 California Notice of Right to Opt-Out of "Sale"
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287California residents may opt out of the "sale" of their personal data. California law broadly defines "sale" in a way that may include allowing third parties to receive certain data, such as cookies, IP address, and/or browsing behavior, to deliver targeted advertising on our Services or other sites and apps. Advertising, including targeted advertising, enables us to provide you certain content for free and allows us to provide you content relevant to you.
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289Depending on what Services you use, we may sell (as defined by California law) the following categories of data for such advertising purposes:
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291- A. Identifiers
292- B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))
293- D. Commercial information
294- E. Internet or electronic network activity information
295- F. Other identifiers and internet activity information
296- G. Inferences about personal preferences and attributes drawn from profiling
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298If you would like to opt out of our use of your personal data for such purposes, you may do as outlined on the following page: "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" or by contacting us at data-privacy@buzzfeed.com. This will cause data to cease to be added to any cookies or other tracking technologies that have been set on our Services or block them entirely. Please note that you will need to opt out again if you visit one of our Services from a different device or browser of if you clear your cookies. Please note that we do not knowingly sell the personal data of minors under 16 years of age without legally-required affirmative authorization.
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300### 15.3 California Shine the Light Disclosure
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302Under California Civil Code sections 1798.83- 1798.84, California residents are entitled to ask for a notice identifying the categories of personal customer data which we share with our affiliates and/or third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, and providing contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties. If you are a California resident and would like a copy of this notice, please submit a written request to the following address: 111 E. 18th Street, New York, NY 10003, Attn: Office of the General Counsel.
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213306- BuzzFeed, Inc.
214307- BuzzFeed Canada, Inc
215308- BuzzFeed UK Limited
216309- BuzzFeed France SARL