Privacy Policy and Your Privacy Rights

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 ## PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
 [CALIFORNIA NOTICE OF COLLECTION]()
+**_Last updated October 17, 2024._**
+**_Last updated June 6, 2025._**
 En español: [POLÍTICA DE PRIVACIDAD Y SUS DERECHOS DE PRIVACIDAD](https://www.latimes.com/espanol/privacidad)
 Los Angeles Times Communications LLC, L.A. Times Studios, LLC and their Affiliates ("The Times Parties," "we," "us," or "our") operate newspapers, and news, entertainment, and informational websites, and/or other print and digital products and services. In this Privacy Policy, "Affiliates" refers to subsidiaries and entities in which The Times Parties or their subsidiaries operate or have an ownership interest.
 This Privacy Policy applies only to the information The Times Parties and its Affiliates collect through the websites, mobile applications, electronic devices, kiosks, and all other print and digital products and services we provide, any other services that display this Privacy Policy, and all of the associated content, functionalities and advertising (collectively, the "Services"). This Privacy Policy governs the Services regardless of how you access them. Some Services may have a specific, separate privacy policy that will govern use of those Services. "Services" include, without limitation, [www.latimes.com](https://www.latimes.com/), [www.hoylosangeles.com](https://www.hoylosangeles.com/) and [studios.latimes.com](https://studios.latimes.com/).
 - Whether the information is relevant to enforcing our agreements, resolving disputes, site safety and security, improving site functionality.
 If you opt out of email marketing, we maintain your email on our suppression list for an extended time to comply with your request. We may delete or de-identify your information sooner if we receive a verifiable deletion request, subject to exemptions under applicable law. We may retain cached or archived copies of your information.
 ## 16.5 Metrics
+California law requires us to compile metrics for the previous calendar year regarding consumer requests and responses. Below are certain metrics for requests we received from all individuals (including California residents) between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023.
+California law requires us to compile metrics for the previous calendar year regarding consumer requests and responses. Below are certain metrics for requests we received from all individuals (including California residents) between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.
 | **Request Type** | **Number of Requests Received** | **Number of Requests Denied (Due to No Verification)** | **Number of Requests Verified and Processed** | **Mean Number of Days for Processing Verified Requests** |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | Know/Access
+(requests to know/access) | 13 | 0 | 13 | 17 |
+(requests to know/access) | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
 | Delete
+(requests to delete) | 4591 | 4475 | 116 | 29 |
+(requests to delete) | 217 | 30 | 187 | 22 |
 | **Request Type** | **Number of Requests Received** | **Mean Number of Days for Processing Verified Requests** |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | Opt-Out
+(request to opt-out of sale of personal information) | 442,086 | Automated |
+(request to opt-out of sale of personal information) | 437,542 | Automated |
 ## 16.6 California Shine the Light
 California law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their 'personal information' (if any, and as defined under applicable California law) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information, please submit your request in an email at privacy@latimes.com.
 ## 16.7 Additional California Rights
 If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and are a registered User of our Services, you may be entitled to request that we remove from our Services content you posted to our Services that can be accessed by any other User (whether registered or not). Please note that any content that is removed from our Services may still remain on our servers and in our systems. To request removal of content under this provision, please send an email to privacy@latimes.com and provide us with a description of the content and the location of the content on our Services, and any other information we may require to consider your request. Please note that removal of content under this provision does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information posted on the Services by you.
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