BuzzFeed Privacy Policy
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| 1 | ## **BuzzFeed's Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy** | |
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| 3 | **LAST UPDATED:** May 17, 2024 | |
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| 5 | Welcome 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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| 7 | United States users you can find out about your privacy rights ["Privacy Information for United States Residents"](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) section. | |
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| 9 | 1 | [1\. Who we are](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) |
| 10 | 2 | |
| 11 | 3 | [2\. About this Privacy Policy](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) |
| 12 | 4 | |
| 13 | 5 | [3\. Changes to this Privacy Policy](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) |
| 14 | 6 | |
| 33 | 25 | [13\. Cookie policy](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) |
| 34 | 26 | |
| 35 | 27 | [14\. Privacy information for EEA and UK users](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) |
| 36 | 28 | |
| 37 | 29 | [15\. Privacy Information for United States Residents](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) |
| 38 | 30 | |
| 39 | [16\. BuzzFeed legal entities](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) | |
| 31 | [16\. Privacy Information for All Users](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) | |
| 40 | 32 | |
| 33 | [17\. BuzzFeed legal entities](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) | |
| 34 | ||
| 41 | 35 | ## **1\. Who we are** |
| 42 | 36 | |
| 43 | When 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](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy). **Please note that Independent Digital News and Media Limited now manage operations for UK users. For further details please see Section 14 - Privacy Information for EEA and UK users for further details.** | |
| 37 | When 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 17.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) **Please note that Independent Digital News and Media Limited now manage operations for UK users. For further details please see Section 14 - Privacy Information for EEA and UK users for further details.** | |
| 44 | 38 | |
| 45 | 39 | ## **2\. About this Privacy Policy** |
| 46 | 40 | |
| 47 | 41 | This Privacy Policy explains how BuzzFeed collects, uses, and discloses your personal data. We collect personal data when you use our website(s), mobile apps, and other online and offline products, services and experiences (collectively, the "Services"). This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third parties you may interact with through our Services. From time to time, we parties with third parties to provide you with products, promotions or other experiences. If those third parties will receive your personal data, we will make their privacy policy available to you. |
| 48 | 42 | |
| 49 | 43 | ## **3\. Changes to this Privacy Policy** |
| 52 | 46 | |
| 53 | 47 | ## **4\. How to contact us** |
| 54 | 48 | |
| 55 | 49 | If 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: |
| 56 | 50 | |
| 57 | 51 | BuzzFeed, Inc. |
| 58 | 229 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor | |
| 59 | New York, NY 10036 | |
| 52 | 50 West 23rd Street, 6th Floor | |
| 53 | New York, NY 10010 | |
| 60 | 54 | Attn: Legal Department |
| 61 | 55 | data-privacy@buzzfeed.com |
| 62 | 56 | |
| 63 | 57 | ## **5\. What personal data we collect and how** |
| 64 | 58 | |
| 65 | 59 | ### **5.1 Personal data you provide to us.** |
| 157 | 151 | In 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: |
| 158 | 152 | |
| 159 | 153 | - Within 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"](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) section; |
| 160 | 154 | |
| 161 | 155 | - With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who process your data on our behalf when they provide services to us, for example data analytics, research, marketing and financial services; |
| 162 | 156 | |
| 163 | - With Advertising Partners to customize your experience and better tailor the services, products, marketing and advertising on our Services and on their Third Party Sites. Our Advertising Partners are companies that provide services that help us provide advertising to you. These companies may use their own tracking technologies to collect or request information about you. For more information, please see our ["Cookie Policy"](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) section. | |
| 157 | - With Advertising Partners to customize your experience and better tailor the services, products, marketing and advertising on our Services and on their Third Party Sites. Our Advertising Partners are companies that provide services that help us provide advertising to you. These companies may use their own tracking technologies to collect or request information about you. For more information, please see our ["Cookie Policy"](https://www.buzzfeed.com/about/privacy) section; | |
| 164 | 158 | |
| 165 | 159 | - 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; |
| 166 | 160 | |
| 167 | - 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. | |
| 161 | - 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; | |
| 168 | 162 | |
| 169 | 163 | **Other Sharing** |
| 170 | 164 | |
| 171 | 165 | We may also share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you (we do not attempt to re-identify de-identified information, except as permitted or required by law). 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. |
| 172 | 166 | |
| 173 | 167 | We may also share information about you along with a hashed version of your email address with our Advertising Partners so that they and we can facilitate customized ad campaigns and other offers on the Services and on other platforms. "Hashing" transforms your email into an unrecognizable series of numbers and letters (e.g. a "hashed" version of [jane@email.com](mailto:jane@email.com) would be [k5f7g23@email.com](mailto:k5f7g23@email.com)). |
| 302 | 296 | - **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. |
| 303 | 297 | |
| 304 | 298 | ### **14.3 How to exercise your rights** |
| 305 | 299 | |
| 306 | 300 | To exercise your rights, please complete the form on our Request Portal which can be accessed [here](https://buzzfeed-privacy.my.onetrust.com/webform/a2fdc8ea-c07a-4e1a-9c6e-d481efbe7ce8/852b34f0-af60-481c-a823-8a8ea0b4147e). 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. |
| 307 | 301 | |
| 308 | 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. You may also reach us at [data-privacy@buzzfeed.com](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.com). | |
| 302 | 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. You may also reach us at [data-privacy@buzzfeed.com](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.com) to exercise your data privacy rights described above, including the right to deletion. | |
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| 310 | 304 | **UK users: please contact** [customerservices@independent.co.uk](file:////Users/joanabelardo/Library/Group%20Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/TemporaryItems/msohtmlclip/clip_filelist.xml) |
| 311 | 305 | |
| 312 | 306 | ### **14.4 UK Users** |
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| 314 | 308 | UK Users of BuzzFeed's site are subject to the privacy policy ([https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html)) of the Independent Digital News and Media Limited. |
| 354 | 348 | - **No Discrimination.** You have the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in the applicable US Privacy Law) for exercising your rights. |
| 355 | 349 | |
| 356 | 350 | - **Right to Opt-Out.** You have the right to opt-out of the "sale" of your personal data, or the "sharing" of your personal data for interest-based or other targeted advertising on third party websites. Note that "sale" is defined broadly and 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. We engage in these activities because advertising, including targeted advertising, enables us to provide you certain content for free and allows us to provide you content relevant to you. |
| 357 | 351 | |
| 358 | 352 | ### **15.2 How to Exercise Your Rights** |
| 359 | 353 | |
| 354 | **Deletion** | |
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| 356 | If you would like to have us delete your personal data, you can choose from the following options: | |
| 357 | ||
| 358 | - Make the deletion request in your account settings at [https://www.buzzfeed.com/settings](https://www.buzzfeed.com/settings), | |
| 359 | ||
| 360 | - Complete our [rights request form](https://buzzfeed-privacy.my.onetrust.com/webform/a2fdc8ea-c07a-4e1a-9c6e-d481efbe7ce8/852b34f0-af60-481c-a823-8a8ea0b4147e), or | |
| 361 | ||
| 362 | - Email us at [data-privacy@buzzfeed.com](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.com). | |
| 363 | ||
| 360 | 364 | **Opt-out of Sale/Share/Targeted Advertising.** |
| 361 | 365 | |
| 362 | 366 | If you would like to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data for targeted advertising, please visit this page: ["Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information"](https://www.buzzfeed.com/) or contact us at [data-privacy@buzzfeed.com](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.com). |
| 363 | 367 | |
| 364 | 368 | We will also respond to browser-based opt-out signals sent through the ["Global Privacy Control"](https://globalprivacycontrol.org/), as well as any other browser-based signals that meet the requirements of applicable state privacy laws. If you use an opt-out preference signal from your browser, we will apply the opt out to the device or browser which sends the opt out preference signal. |
| 365 | 369 | |
| 366 | 370 | Please note that because these activities are based on Cookies, you will need to opt out again if you visit one of our Services from a different device or browser or if you clear your Cookies. Your selections are specific to the device, website, and browser you are using, and are deleted whenever you clear your browser's cache. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal data of minors under 16 years of age without legally-required affirmative authorization. |
| 367 | 371 | |
| 368 | 372 | **Exercising Your Other Privacy Rights** |
| 369 | 373 | |
| 370 | If you have a registered account with us, you can submit your access or deletion request by signing into your account. You can find instructions on how to proceed at our [consent preferences center](https://www.buzzfeed.com/consent-preferences). | |
| 374 | If you have a registered account with us, you can submit your access or deletion request in your account settings at [https://www.buzzfeed.com/settings](https://www.buzzfeed.com/settings). You can find instructions on how to proceed at our [consent preferences center](https://www.buzzfeed.com/consent-preferences). | |
| 371 | 375 | |
| 372 | 376 | If you do not have a registered account, you may exercise your rights by completing the form on our Request Portal which can be accessed [here](https://buzzfeed-privacy.my.onetrust.com/webform/a2fdc8ea-c07a-4e1a-9c6e-d481efbe7ce8/852b34f0-af60-481c-a823-8a8ea0b4147e). You may also reach us at [data-privacy@buzzfeed.com](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.com). |
| 373 | 377 | |
| 374 | 378 | Please note that the verifiable consumer request must: |
| 375 | 379 | |
| 376 | 380 | - Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal data or an authorized representative. |
| 462 | 466 | The CCPA requires us to provide metrics on the number of requests we have received each year from California consumers and how they have been fulfilled. This information can be found in the chart below. |
| 463 | 467 | |
| 464 | 468 | \*Note: The numbers above reflect requests received from all individuals, rather than requests received from California consumers only. |
| 465 | 469 | |
| 466 | 470 | ### **15.6 California Shine the Light Disclosure** |
| 467 | 471 | |
| 468 | Under 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: 229 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036, 10th Floor, Attn: Legal Department. | |
| 472 | Under 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: 50 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010, 6th Floor, Attn: Legal Department. | |
| 469 | 473 | |
| 470 | ## **16\. BuzzFeed legal entities** | |
| 474 | ## **16\. Privacy Information for All Users** | |
| 471 | 475 | |
| 476 | As described above, depending on your place of residence, you may have certain data privacy rights afforded by law; however, we allow you to exercise select privacy rights regardless of your jurisdiction. | |
| 477 | ||
| 478 | To request deletion of your personal data or request access to the personal data we may have about you, please complete our [rights request form](https://buzzfeed-privacy.my.onetrust.com/webform/a2fdc8ea-c07a-4e1a-9c6e-d481efbe7ce8/852b34f0-af60-481c-a823-8a8ea0b4147e)[.](https://buzzfeed-privacy.my.onetrust.com/webform/a2fdc8ea-c07a-4e1a-9c6e-d481efbe7ce8/852b34f0-af60-481c-a823-8a8ea0b4147e) You may also email us at [data-privacy@buzzfeed.com](mailto:data-privacy@buzzfeed.com). | |
| 479 | ||
| 480 | ## **17\. BuzzFeed legal entities** | |
| 481 | ||
| 472 | 482 | - BuzzFeed, Inc. |
| 473 | 483 | |
| 474 | 484 | - BuzzFeed Media Enterprises, Inc. |
| 475 | 485 | |
| 476 | 486 | - BuzzFeed Canada, Inc |
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