Privacy Policy

DATED 2021-10-27 · VERSION 20211201_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20211001_rev01 · ARCHIVE SNAPSHOT

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+_If you have entered this website from the European Union or Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein, please [click on this link](https://entrepreneur.com/privacy-policy/eu) to read important information about how your personal data is used and stored._
+_If you have entered this website from California, please [click on this link](https://entrepreneur.com/privacy-policy/ccpa) to read important information about how your personal data is used and stored._
+Last Revised: October 27th, 2021
 ## Your Privacy is Serious Business to Us!
 Maintaining the privacy of our website visitors and mobile application users is very important to us. Because we gather information about you, you need to know:
 - The kinds of information we collect and why we collect it;
 - How we use that information; and
 . [Where We Store the Information]()
 . [The Information You Share]()
 . [Updating Your Personal Information]()
 . [The Information We Share]()
 . [The Protection of Your Information]()
 . [The Scope of Our Privacy Policy]()
+. [Handling Complaints from Our Service Users and Regulatory Authorities]()
+. [California Residents]()
+. [Privacy Policy Revisions and Updates]()
+. [Contacting Us]()
+. [Your Rights and Choices about What Personal Information We Collect and Maintain and How We Use It]()
+. [Glossary of Terms]()
+. [Handling Complaints from Our Service Users and Regulatory Authorities]()
+. [California Residents]()
+. [Privacy Policy Revisions and Updates]()
+. [Contacting Us]()
 ### 1\. The Kinds of Information We Collect.
 We collect information to provide better services to all of users of our Service, including determining what types of editorial content and the products and services offered on our Service that are of the most interest and relevance to you.
 We collect information about you from the following two sources:
 Our Privacy Policy applies to all of the services offered through our Service. However, our Privacy Policy does _not_ apply to the any of the following:
 a. services offered by other companies or individuals on non-EMI websites or applications, including any such websites or applications which may be referenced on or linked from our Service; and
 b. the information collected by, and information practices of, other companies, organizations or individuals, who advertise our Service, editorial or advertising content, or any of the products or services offered on our Service, and who may use cookies, pixel tags and other technologies to serve and offer relevant ads.
+### 12\. Handling Complaints from Our Service Users and Regulatory Authorities.
+### 12\. Your Rights and Choices about What Personal Information We Collect and Maintain and How We Use It
+**_Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights_**
+You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to You about our collection and use of your Personal Information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you:
+- The categories of Personal Information we collected about you.
+- The categories of sources for the Personal Information we collected about you.
+- Our business or commercial purpose (as defined in Section 13 below) for collecting or selling (as also defined in Section below) that Personal Information.
+- The categories of third parties, with whom we share that Personal Information.
+- The specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about YOU (also called a data portability request).
+- If we sold (as defined in Section 13 below) or disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing:
+    - sales, identifying the Personal Information categories that each category of recipient purchased; and
+    - disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the Personal Information categories that each category of recipient obtained.
+**_Deletion Request Rights_**
+You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.
+We may deny your deletion request if retaining the Personal Information you request to have deleted is necessary for us or our service providers to:
+a. Complete the transaction, for which we collected the Personal Information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
+b. Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
+c. Debug products, in order to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
+d. Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his/her free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
+e. If you had previously provided informed consent, engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest, that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when deletion of the Personal Information may likely render impossible or seriously impair the purpose(s) of that research.
+f. Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
+g. Comply with applicable law or any legal obligation(s) we may have.
+h. Make other internal and lawful use of that Personal Information that is compatible with the context in which you provided that Information.
+**_Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights_**
+To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by visiting us, and completing the information requested, at [www.entrepreneur.com/privacy-preferences](https://entrepreneur.com/privacy-preferences).
+Only You may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child.
+You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:
+- Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.
+- Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
+We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm that the Personal Information relates to you. Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use Personal Information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify your identity as the person making the request or having your authority to make the request.
+**_Response Timing and Format_**
+We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you in writing of the reason(s) why we will need more time and the additional time needed. If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to you electronically to the email address you provide. Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your verifiable consumer request. The response we provide will also explain any reason(s) why we cannot comply with your request (if applicable). For data portability requests, we will select a format for providing your Personal Information, which is readily usable and which should allow you to transmit that Information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
+We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
+### 13\. Glossary of Terms.
+As used in this Privacy Notice, the terms below shall have the following meanings:
+**"Affiliate"** means a person or entity, who/which directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, us.
+**"Business purpose"** means the use of Personal Information for a business' or service provider's operational purpose(s) or other notified purpose(s), provided that the use of such information is reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve the purpose for which the Personal Information was collected or processed or for another operational purpose that is compatible with the context in which the Personal Information was collected or processed. A business purpose includes: (i) auditing interactions with consumers such as counting ad impressions; (ii) security such as protecting against malicious or fraudulent activity; (iii) debugging such as identification and repair of impairments to functionality; (iv) short-term uses not involving disclosure to a third party, building a profile about a consumer, or altering a consumer's experience outside of the transaction for which the personal information was collected; (v) performing services such as maintaining or servicing accounts and processing or fulfilling orders, verifying customer information, or providing advertising or marketing services; (vi) internal research for tech development; and (vi) quality and safety maintenance and verification.
+**"Commercial purpose"** under CCPA means to induce a person's commercial or economic interests, such as by inducing a person to buy, subscribe to, or provide goods, services or information.
+**"Sale"** means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer's Personal Information to a third party for valuable consideration or for no consideration, for the third party's commercial purposes.
+**"Service Provider"** means a for-profit legal entity, to which we disclose a consumer's Personal Information for processing for a business purpose pursuant to a written contract between us and the Service Provider.
+### 14\. Handling Complaints from Our Service Users and Regulatory Authorities.
 We regularly review our compliance with this Privacy Policy and with any and all industry-recommended best practices, as well as applicable laws and regulations. When we receive a formal written complaint, we will contact the person who made the complaint to follow up. This is without prejudice to your right to launch a claim with your local data protection supervisory authority. We work with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that we cannot resolve with the users of our Service directly.
+### 13\. California Residents.
+### 15\. California Residents.
 California residents may choose to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes or choose to opt out of such disclosure. Our policy is not to disclose personal information collected online to a third party for directing marketing without your approval. To make a request or to opt out at any time, please contact us at _[legal@entrepreneur.com](mailto:legal@entrepreneur.com)_ or the other contact information provided below.
+### 14\. Privacy Policy Revisions and Updates.
+### 16\. Privacy Policy Revisions and Updates.
 Our Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time, in which case the Privacy Policy you view will be the most current version and the date of the latest such revision will be identified at the beginning of this Privacy Policy. We will provide you with 30 days' notice of any substantial changes to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
+### 15\. Contacting Us.
+### 17\. Contacting Us.
 If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at _[legal@entrepreneur.com](mailto:legal@entrepreneur.com)_ or at the following address:
 Entrepreneur Media, Inc.
 Attn.: Privacy Policy Issues
 Fitch Avenue