O'Reilly Privacy Policy (Version 4.15)

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33- [Overview]()
44- [About Us]()
55- [Questions or Concerns: Contact Us]()
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771. [Information We Collect]()
2323This Privacy Policy (the "Policy") discloses the privacy practices of O'Reilly Media, Inc. and O'Reilly UK Limited ("O'Reilly"), and Safari Books Online, LLC ("Safari") (referred to collectively as "we," "us," and "our"). This Policy governs how we use and protect personal information that we collect when you visit our website, use our services or mobile apps, or otherwise engage with us. Any practices or points that are specific to O'Reilly or Safari are also clearly marked out in this Policy.
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2525Any use you make of O'Reilly service offerings is subject to O'Reilly's [Terms of Service (TOS)](https://www.oreilly.com/terms/) and may also be subject to [O'Reilly's Membership Agreement](https://learning.oreilly.com/membership-agreement/). Any use you make of any Safari service offering is also subject to Safari's [Membership Agreement](https://www.safaribooksonline.com/membership-agreement/) and [TOS](https://www.safaribooksonline.com/terms/).
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2727## About Us
2828
29O'Reilly Media, Inc. is a corporation registered in Delaware, with a principal office at located at 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472, United States of America.
29O'Reilly Media, Inc. is a corporation registered in Delaware, with a principal office located at 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472, United States of America.
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3131O'Reilly UK Limited is a company registered in England, under company number 03569414, with its registered address at New Derwent House, 69-73 Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8TA, United Kingdom.
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3333Safari Books Online, LLC is a limited liability company registered in Delaware, with a principal office at located at 1003 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472, United States of America.
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3535## Questions or Concerns: Contact Us
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5757- by using EDPO's online request form: [https://edpo.com/gdpr-data-request/](https://edpo.com/gdpr-data-request/)
5858- by writing to EDPO at Regus Block 1, Blanchardstown Corporate Park, Ballycoolen Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, D15 AKK1, Ireland
5959
6060Our UK representative: We have appointed O'Reilly UK Limited as our representative in the UK, whom you may contact if you are located in the UK to raise any issues or queries you have relating to our processing of your personal information and/or this Privacy Policy more generally. You can contact O'Reilly UK Limited via email at the following address:
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62If you prefer, you can of course always contact us using our US contact details set out above.
62If you prefer, you can, of course, always contact us using our US contact details set out above.
6363
6464## 1\. Information We Collect
6565
6666We collect personal information in the following ways:
6767
6868### 1.1 Information that you provide to us directly
8282- "follow", "like," post to, or interact with our social media accounts, including Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Snapchat
8383- Contribute content and information about yourself in the course of your use of social and sharing features in our websites, services, or products that make users' content and information available to the public or to specific groups, such as others who use those features
8484
8585The information you provide to us will include (depending on the circumstances):
8686
8787- **Identity and contact data**: title, names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, or your signature.
88- **Account profile data**: a username/display name, password, user preferences, and, if you sign up through a social media account, certain information about that account.
89- **Conference registration details**: the company/organization you work for, job title/position, language preferences, your name, your email, your age, your gender, your job function, your experience, your opinions and why you are attending the conference and what you hope to learn, and your accessibility needs.
88- **Account profile data**: username/display name, password, user preferences, and, if you sign up through a social media account, certain information about that account.
89- **Conference registration details**: the company/organization you work for, job title/position, language preferences, your name, your email, your age, your gender, your job function, your experience, your opinions, why you are attending the conference, what you hope to learn, and your accessibility needs.
9090- **Financial data**: payment details, which may include billing addresses, credit/debit card details, and bank account details.
91- **Employment and background data**: if you apply for employment on our sites, your academic and work history, qualifications, skills, projects and research that you are involved in, references, proof of your entitlement to work in the relevant country, your national security number, your passport or other identity document details, your current level of remuneration (including benefits), and any other such similar information that you may provide to us.
91- **Employment and background data**: if you apply for employment on our sites, your academic and work history, qualifications, skills, projects, research that you are involved in, references, proof of your entitlement to work in the relevant country, your national security number, your passport or other identity document details, your current level of remuneration (including benefits), and any other such similar information that you may provide to us.
9292- **Visual and audio information about yourself**: for example, a photo, video footage, or a sound recording.
9393- **Your preferences**: information about your preferences, interests, industry focus, community choices, and other customer profile information.
9494- **Sensitive information**: information about your race or ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, health, and whether or not you have any disability. You can find out more about how we use sensitive information in "Section 1.5 "Special Categories of Data" below.
9595- **Any other information that you choose to share with us**: for example, any information that you provide via correspondence, when you fill out our survey(s), via our website or social media accounts linked to our website, in person at events or meetings, or over the phone.
9696- **Mobile application**: when you download and use the O'Reilly mobile app, we automatically collect information on the type of device you use and your operating system version.
9797- **Usage data**: information related to your usage of the O'Reilly learning platform, such as the content you have accessed, viewed, or otherwise interacted with.
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113113- **Other website users.**
114114- **Event attendees.**
115115- **Your agents or representatives** who are acting on your instructions.
116116- **Commercial contact lists** that we acquire from other organizations.
117117- **Organizations that we acquire or merge with.**
118- **Organizations with whom we provide cobranded events, websites, products, and services.**
118- **Organizations with whom we provide co-branded events, websites, products, and services.**
119119- **Fraud detection agencies.**
120- **Your current and former employers, recruitment agencies, and referees.**
120- **Your current and former employers, recruitment agencies, and references.**
121121- **Service providers,** including our website developers, IT support providers, cloud services providers, payment services providers, billing service providers, contractors, consultants, advertising agencies and platforms, digital performance monitoring and management providers, advertising analytics providers, marketing and sales service providers, user experience testing platforms, B2B contact databases, recruitment agencies, survey tool providers, customer relationship and customer support service providers, event ticket retailers, event management platform service providers, customer identity account management providers, HR service providers, couriers, and instant messaging service providers.
122122- **Social media plug-ins.** By providing your social media account details, you are authorizing that third-party provider to share with us certain information about you.
123123- **Publicly available sources** such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
124124
125125We might also receive information about you from other third parties if you have indicated to such third parties that you would like to hear from us.
126126
127127### 1.5 Special categories of data
128128
129Special categories of particularly sensitive personal information require higher levels of protection. These so-called "special categories of data" include details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, and trade union membership and information about your health and genetic and biometric data. Depending on the circumstances, we will also collect information about criminal convictions and offenses.
129Special categories of particularly sensitive personal information require higher levels of protection. These so-called "special categories of data" include details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership and information about your health and genetic and biometric data. Depending on the circumstances, we will also collect information about criminal convictions and offenses.
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131131We need to have further justification for collecting, storing, and using this type of personal information. We process special categories of personal information in the following circumstances:
132132
133133- In limited circumstances, with your explicit written consent
134134- Where it is necessary to carry out our legal obligations or exercise rights in connection with employment
135135- Where it is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, such as for equal opportunities monitoring
139139
140140For example, we will collect special categories of information:
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142142- When you apply to work for us (for diversity and equal opportunities records, to support your needs and facilitate access to our premises, and to carry out background checks)
143143- When you attend our events, visit our premises, or apply for a diversity and inclusion scholarship from us to obtain access to our products or services
144144
145In limited circumstances, we may request your written consent to allow us to use certain particularly sensitive data. If we do so, we will provide you with full details of the information that we would like and the reason we need it so that you can carefully consider whether you wish to consent.
145In limited circumstances, we may request your written consent to allow us to use certain particularly sensitive data. If we do so, we will provide you with full details of the information that we would like to use and the reason we need it so that you can carefully consider whether you wish to consent.
146146
147147## 2\. Processing and Using Personal Information
148148
149149### 2.1 How we process and use information we collect
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151151We process and use your information for the following purposes:
152152
153153- **To provide access to our website** in a manner convenient and optimal and with personalized content relevant to you (on the basis of our legitimate interest to ensure our website is presented in an effective and optimal manner).
154154- **To register and maintain your O'Reilly or Safari account** (on the basis of performing our contract with you).
155155- **To process and fulfill your orders for O'Reilly and Safari products and services** (on the basis of performing our contract with you).
156- **To process and facilitate transactions and payments, and recover money owed to us** (on the basis of performing our contract with you, and on the basis of our legitimate interest to recover debts due).
156- **To process and facilitate transactions and payments, and recover money owed to us** (on the basis of performing our contract with you and on the basis of our legitimate interest to recover debts due).
157157- **To monitor your account and use of services** to ensure compliance with our end-user agreements and prevent and identify unlawful content use and violations (on the basis of our legitimate interests to operate a safe and lawful business, or where we have a legal obligation to do so).
158158- **To enable you to communicate with other website users and clients** (on the basis of your consent where we have requested it, or on the basis of performing our contract with you).
159- **To manage our relationship with you**, which will include notifying you about changes to our Terms of Service or Privacy Policy and asking you to leave a review or take a survey (on the basis of performing our contract with you, to comply with our legal obligations, and our legitimate interest in keeping our records updated and study how our website and services are used).
159- **To manage our relationship with you**, which will include notifying you about changes to our Terms of Service or Privacy Policy and asking you to leave a review or take a survey (on the basis of performing our contract with you, to comply with our legal obligations, and our legitimate interests in keeping our records updated and study how our website and services are used).
160160- **To enable and support your participation and sharing** in connection with those social features of our websites, products, services, and online communities in which you choose to participate.
161- **To conduct business with you or your employer**, including to contact you and manage and facilitate our business relationship with you and your employer (on the basis of performing our contract with you, and our legitimate interest in running our business).
161- **To conduct business with you or your employer**, including to contact you and to manage and facilitate our business relationship with you and your employer (on the basis of performing our contract with you, and our legitimate interest in running our business).
162162- **To provide customer service and support**, like dealing with inquiries or complaints about the website, which may include sharing your information with our website developer, IT support provider, and payment services provider as necessary (on the basis of performing our contract with you, our legitimate interest in providing the correct products and services to our website users, and to comply with our legal obligations).
163- **To enable you to take part in prize drawings, competitions, and surveys** (on the basis of performing our contract with you, and our legitimate interest in studying how our website and services are used, to develop them and to grow our business).
163- **To enable you to take part in prize drawings, competitions, and surveys** (on the basis of performing our contract with you, and our legitimate interest in studying how our website and services are used and to develop them and to grow our business).
164164- **To work with you and undertake projects with you**, including to process any proposals that you submit to us (on the basis of our contract with you, and our legitimate interest in running our business).
165165- **To provide access to and administer O'Reilly scholarship programs** (on the basis of your consent where we have requested it, on the basis of performing our contract with you, and our legitimate interest in making our products and services accessible to a range of individuals with diverse backgrounds).
166166- **For recruitment**, including to process any job applications you submit to us, whether directly or via an agent or recruiter, including sharing your information with our third-party recruitment agencies (on the basis of our legitimate interest to recruit new employees or contractors).
167- **To carry out marketing** and let you know about our news, events, new website features, products, or services that we believe may interest you, including sharing your information with our marketing services providers (either on the basis of your consent where we have requested it or our legitimate interests to provide you with marketing communications where we may lawfully do so).
167- **To carry out marketing** and let you know about our news, events, new website features, products, or services that we believe may interest you, including sharing your information with our marketing services providers (either on the basis of your consent where we have requested it or our legitimate interest to provide you with marketing communications where we may lawfully do so).
168168- **To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you** and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you (on the basis of our legitimate interests in studying how our website and services are used, to develop them, to grow our business, and to inform our marketing strategy).
169169- **To interact with users on social media platforms** (on the basis of our legitimate interest in promoting our brand and communicating with interested individuals).
170170- **To conduct data analytics** to improve our website, products and services, marketing, customer relationships, and experiences (on the basis of our legitimate interests in defining types of customers for our website and services, to keep our website updated and relevant, to develop our business, to provide the right kinds of products and services to our customers, and to inform our business and marketing strategy).
171171- **To make suggestions and recommendations** by sharing your information with selected third parties such as sponsors and partners, so they can contact you about things that may interest you (either on the basis of your consent where we have requested it or on the basis of our legitimate interest to share details of conference attendees with our copresenters and sponsors).
172- **To carry out marketing research and user testing** to assess the levels of satisfaction of existing and proposed products and services (on the basis of our legitimate interest in carrying out research, providing the right kinds of products and services to our customers).
172- **To carry out marketing research and user testing** to assess the levels of satisfaction of existing and proposed products and services (on the basis of our legitimate interest in carrying out research and providing the right kinds of products and services to our customers).
173173- **To protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity** (on the basis of our legitimate interests to operate a safe and lawful business or where we have a legal obligation to do so).
174174- **To enable us to comply with our policies and procedures and enforce our legal rights**, and to protect the rights, property or safety of our employees and share your information with our technical and legal advisors (on the basis of our legitimate interests to operate a safe and lawful business or where we have a legal obligation to do so).
175175- **To create deidentified information**, such as deidentified demographic information, deidentified location information, information about the computer or device from which you access our services, or other analyses we create (on the basis of our legitimate interests in studying how our website/services are used, to develop them, to grow our business, and to inform our marketing strategy).
176176- **To send push notifications through our mobile application**. We may, if allowed by applicable law, send you push notifications through our mobile application. You may at any time opt out from receiving these types of communications by changing the settings on your mobile device.
177177
178178**We will use your information for the purposes listed above either on the basis of:**
183183- Our legitimate interests or those of a third party (see "Section 2.2 Legitimate Interests" below for more information)
184184
185185### 2.2 Legitimate interests
186186
187187As outlined above, in certain circumstances we may use your personal information to pursue legitimate interests of our own or those of third parties. Where we refer to our "legitimate interests," we mean our legitimate business interests in conducting and managing our business and our relationship with you, including the legitimate interests we have specified in Section 2.1 above.
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189Where we use your information for our legitimate interests, we make sure that we take into account any potential impact that such use may have on you. Our legitimate interests don't automatically override yours, and we won't use your information if we believe your interests should override ours unless we have other grounds to do so (such as your consent or a legal obligation). If you have any concerns about our processing please refer to details of your rights in Section 6 below.
189Where we use your information for our legitimate interests, we make sure that we take into account any potential impact that such use may have on you. Our legitimate interests don't automatically override yours, and we won't use your information if we believe your interests should override ours unless we have other grounds to do so (such as your consent or a legal obligation). If you have any concerns about our processing, please refer to the details of your rights in Section 6 below.
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191191### 2.3 Cross-device tracking
192192
193Your browsing activity may be tracked across different websites and different devices or apps. For example, we may attempt to match your browsing activity on your mobile device with your browsing activity on your laptop to efficiently serve content to you if you're a logged-in user or, in the case of non-logged-in users, to increase the accuracy of site usage analytics. To do this our technology service providers may share data, such as your browsing patterns and device identifiers, and will match the information of the browser and devices that appear to be used by the same person.
193Your browsing activity may be tracked across different websites and different devices or apps. For example, we may attempt to match your browsing activity on your mobile device with your browsing activity on your laptop to efficiently serve content to you if you're a logged-in user or, in the case of non-logged-in users, to increase the accuracy of site usage analytics. To do this, our technology service providers may share data, such as your browsing patterns and device identifiers, and will match the information of the browser and devices that appear to be used by the same person.
194194
195195### 2.4 Business-to-business accounts
196196
197You may be receiving access to our O'Reilly learning platform service pursuant to a business-to-business ("B2B") contract in place between us and your employer. The following terms apply to our processing of your personal information in relation to a B2B account:
197You may be receiving access to our O'Reilly learning platform service pursuant to a business-to-business ("B2B") contract in place between us and your employer. Some of our B2B customers are subject to laws and regulations such as GDPR which require them to execute a data processing addendum or other kinds of stipulations regarding privacy and personal data protection with us. To the extent that your employer has executed a data processing addendum with O'Reilly, the following terms apply to our processing of your personal information in relation to a B2B account:
198198
199199- **We act as data processors** for the personal information that we receive from your employer. This is the personal information that we require in order to create a user account for you under our B2B contract with your employer. As data processors, we only process this personal information in accordance with the instructions provided to us by your employer, who, as data controller, is solely responsible for determining the purposes for which we may process your personal information.
200200- **We act as data controllers** for any personal information we collect in relation to your usage of the O'Reilly learning platform ("B2B Usage Data"), such as the content you have accessed, as well as for any additional personal information you choose to share with us. Our policies in relation to our collection and processing of your personal information as data controllers are covered by this Privacy Policy.
201201
202202Please note that B2B Usage Data may be made visible, shared, or otherwise disclosed to your employer. When we make B2B Usage Data available to your employer, we do so based on the fact that your employer administers your account and that it has a legitimate interest in understanding and optimizing your usage of the O'Reilly learning platform. Your employer's processing of B2B Usage Data is governed by your employer's privacy policy. Please contact your employer if you have any questions or concerns in relation to your employer's use of B2B Usage Data.
203203
204204Please note that this section may also apply in circumstances where you are obtaining access to the O'Reilly learning platform as an authorized user under a B2B account that is administered by an entity that is not your employer (for example, an organization for which you act as a contractor or as an agent).
205205
206Please note that your employer and O'Reilly may have executed legal terms, including ad hoc terms relating to the processing of your personal information, which deviate from the representations made under this section. If you have any questions relating to the stipulations between O'Reilly and your employer with respect to the processing of your personal information, please reach out to us using the contact information under the ["Contact Us" section]() above, or reach out to your employer directly.
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206208## 3\. How We Share and Disclose Personal Information
207209
208210There are certain circumstances in which we may share your personal information with certain third parties, as follows
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210212- **Other website users and clients who use our websites and/or applications** to communicate or otherwise interact with you
211- **Sponsors, partners, and collaborators,** including sponsors of our events, products, or services and organizations with whom we host cobranded events
213- **Sponsors, partners, and collaborators,** including sponsors of our events, products, or services and organizations with whom we host co-branded events
212214- **Our service providers who are acting as processors** and who assist us with our administrative or business functions or in the provision of any of our products/services to you
213215- **Wholly owned subsidiaries and foreign offices of O'Reilly Media, Inc.,** including those based in the USA, the UK, China, and Japan
214216- **Regulators and governmental bodies** like the IRS, HMRC, and other authorities and regulators acting as processors or joint controllers who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances
215217- **Marketing parties,** which are any selected third party that you consent to our sharing your information with for marketing purposes
216218- **Any prospective buyer of our business or assets**, only in the event that we wish to sell any part of our business or assets
217219- **Your employer,** pursuant to Section 2.4 above
220222For a list of the categories of personal information we have disclosed about consumers for a business purpose in the past 12 months, please click [here](https://www.oreilly.com/privacy-categories-disclosed-for-business-purpose.html). For a list of categories of personal information we have sold about consumers for a business purpose in the past 12 months for valuable consideration, please click [here](https://www.oreilly.com/privacy-categories-disclosed-for-valuable-consideration.html). We rely on the lawful bases set out in Section 2.1 above when we use your information for these purposes.
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222224## 4\. How We Look After Your Personal Information and How Long We Keep It
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224226### 4.1 Security
225227
226We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information against loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We also operate a policy of "privacy by design" by looking for opportunities to minimize the amount of personal information we hold about you.
228We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality, and integrity of personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We also operate a policy of "privacy by design" by looking for opportunities to minimize the amount of personal information we hold about you.
227229
228230The safeguards we use include:
229231
230232- Ensuring the physical security of our offices, warehouses, or other sites
231233- Ensuring the physical and digital security of our equipment and devices by using appropriate password protection and encryption
232234- Using standard security protocols and mechanisms, such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, to transmit sensitive data such as credit card details
234236- Limiting access to your personal information to those who need to use it in the course of their work
235237
236238If you have any questions about the security of your personal information, please contact us using the methods outlined in the ["Contact Us" section]() above.
237239
238240### 4.2 Retention
239241
240We will keep your information for as long as is necessary to provide you with the services that you have requested from us or for as long as we reasonably require to retain the information for our lawful business purposes, such as for the purposes of exercising our legal rights or where we are permitted to do. We operate a data retention policy and look to find ways to reduce the amount of information we hold about you and the length of time that we need to keep it.
242We will keep your information for as long as is necessary to provide you with the services that you have requested from us or for as long as we reasonably require to retain the information for our lawful business purposes, such as for the purposes of exercising our legal rights or where we are permitted to do so. We operate a data retention policy and look to find ways to reduce the amount of information we hold about you and the length of time that we need to keep it.
241243
242244Please contact us using the methods outlined in the ["Contact Us" section]() above if you would like to obtain details of our retention periods for different aspects of your personal information.
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244246### 4.3 Help keep your information safe
245247
246248You can also play a part in keeping your information safe by:
247249
248250- Choosing a strong account password, changing it regularly, and using different passwords for different online accounts.
249251- Keeping your login and password details confidential.
250252- Logging out of the website and closing the browser each time you have finished using it, especially when using a shared computer.
251253- Informing us if you know or suspect that your account has been compromised or if someone has accessed your account without your permission.
252254- Keeping your devices protected by using the latest version of your operating system and maintaining any necessary antivirus software.
253- Being vigilant against fraudulent emails that may appear to be from us. Any emails that we send will come from an email address ending in either @oreilly.com (O'Reilly US), @mail.oreilly.com.cn (O'Reilly China), @oreilly.co.uk (O'Reilly UK), @oreilly.co.jp (O'Reilly Japan), or @safaribooksonline.com or @e.safaribooksonline.com (Safari Books)
255- Being vigilant against fraudulent emails that may appear to be from us. Any emails that we send will come from an email address ending in either @oreilly.com (O'Reilly US), @mail.oreilly.com.cn (O'Reilly China), @oreilly.co.uk (O'Reilly UK), @oreilly.co.jp (O'Reilly Japan), or @safaribooksonline.com or @e.safaribooksonline.com (Safari Books).
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255257## 5\. International Transfers of Your Information
256258
257259O'Reilly and Safari are both based in the United States of America.
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259261### 5.1 Privacy Shield certification
263265O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Safari Books Online, LLC (and entities and subsidiaries that are, or may become, covered by O'Reilly or Safari's Privacy Shield certification) participate in and have certified their compliance with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework (collectively the "Privacy Shield Framework"). O'Reilly and Safari are committed to subjecting all personal information received from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland ("Privacy Shield Covered Data"), respectively, in reliance on each Privacy Shield Framework, to the Framework's applicable Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, and Enforcement and Liability, including the 16 supplemental principles described in each Privacy Shield Framework (collectively, the "Privacy Shield Principles"). O'Reilly and Safari have each certified to the US Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles. To learn more about the Privacy Shield Framework and to view O'Reilly and Safari's certifications, please visit the US Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield List, available at [https://www.privacyshield.gov](https://www.privacyshield.gov/). If there is any conflict between the terms in this Policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. Additionally, O'Reilly and Safari may protect your data through other legally valid methods, including international data transfer agreements.
264266
265267Under the Privacy Shield Framework, O'Reilly and Safari collect, use, and disclose Privacy Shield Covered Data for the purposes described in this Policy. Under the Privacy Shield Framework, as described in Section 6 below, you may inquire as to whether O'Reilly and/or Safari is processing personal information about you, request access to personal information, and ask that we correct, amend, or delete your personal information where it is inaccurate or has been processed in violation of the Privacy Shield Principles. O'Reilly and Safari are responsible for the processing of personal information each receives, under each Privacy Shield Framework, and subsequently transfers to a third party acting as an agent on its behalf. Privacy Shield requires that O'Reilly and Safari remain liable should its third parties process personal information in a manner inconsistent with the Privacy Shield Principles. O'Reilly and Safari comply with the Privacy Shield Principles for all onward transfers of personal data from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, including the onward transfer liability provisions.
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267269With respect to Privacy Shield Covered Data received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Framework, O'Reilly and Safari are subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the US Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC"). The FTC has jurisdiction over O'Reilly and Safari's compliance with the Privacy Shield Framework. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
268270
269If you are an EU or Swiss citizen and feel that we are not abiding by the terms of this Privacy Notice or that we are not in compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, please contact us by using the [contact information]() provided at the top of this Privacy Policy.
271If you are an EU or Swiss citizen and feel that we are not abiding by the terms of this Privacy Policy or that we are not in compliance with the Privacy Shield Principles, please contact us by using the [contact information]() provided at the top of this Privacy Policy.
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271273Under certain conditions, more fully described on the Privacy Shield website [https://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=How-to-Submit-a-Complaint](https://www.privacyshield.gov/article), you may be entitled to invoke binding arbitration when other dispute resolution procedures have been exhausted. For additional information, see [https://www.privacyshield.gov/article?id=ANNEX-I-introduction](https://www.privacyshield.gov/article).
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273275If you are not satisfied with our response, O'Reilly and Safari further commit to cooperate with the [EU data protection authorities (DPAs)](https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en) and the [Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC)](https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/task.html) with regard to the investigation and resolution of unresolved Privacy Shield complaints concerning data transferred from the EU and Switzerland to the United States.
274276
275277### 5.2 Special note to users outside of the United States
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277279We transact business throughout the world and have operations, processes, and systems that cross borders. Our offices are located in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, and Japan, and our servers are located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, China, and Japan. We transfer your personal information within the O'Reilly and Safari group of companies in the United States and to affiliates, joint venture partners, and third-party service providers around the world.
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279281If you reside in the European Union, please be advised that your personal information will be processed outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). We will take all steps necessary to ensure that your information is adequately protected and processed in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including but not limited to:
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281283- Only transferring your personal information to [countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal information by the European Commission](https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/adequacy-protection-personal-data-non-eu-countries_en).
282- Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give personal information the same protection it has in Europe (the so-called [European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses](https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/model-contracts-transfer-personal-data-third-countries_en)).
284- Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts approved by the European Commission, which give personal information the same protection it has in Europe (the so-called [European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses](https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/data-transfers-outside-eu/model-contracts-transfer-personal-data-third-countries_en)).
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284286We may transfer your personal information to countries in the following regions outside of the EEA: North America and Asia. Please contact us using the [contact details]() in this Privacy Policy if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal information out of the EEA.
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286288## 6\. Your Rights: Access and Accuracy, Updating, Correcting, or Deleting Information
287289
288290### 6.1 Your rights - summary
291293
292294- The right to be informed of the ways in which we use your information, as we seek to do in this Privacy Policy
293295- The right to restrict or object to the processing of your personal information, including the right to opt in or opt out of the sale of your personal information to third parties, if applicable, where such requests are permitted by law
294296- The right to request access to the information that we hold about you
295297- The right to request that we correct or rectify any information that we hold about you which is out of date or incorrect
296298- The right to withdraw your consent for our use of your information in reliance of your consent (refer to Section 2 above to see when we are relying on your consent), which you can do by contacting us using any of the details at the top of this Privacy Policy
297- The right to object to our using your information on the basis of our legitimate interests (refer to Section 2 above to see when we are relying on our legitimate interests) or those of a third party and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground
299- The right to object to our using your information on the basis of our legitimate interests (refer to Section 2 above to see when we are relying on our legitimate interests) or those of a third party, and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground
298300- The right to receive a copy of any information we hold about you (or request that we transfer this to another service provider) in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format, in certain circumstances
299301- In certain circumstances, the right to ask us to limit or cease processing or erase information we hold about you
300302- The right to lodge a complaint about us to the UK Information Commissioner's Office ([https://ico.org.uk/](https://ico.org.uk/)) as well as the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant authority in your country of work or residence
301303- The right of nondiscrimination for exercising your rights
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303305### 6.2 How to exercise your rights
307309**In the case of preventing processing for marketing activities**, you can opt out of marketing by signing in to your O'Reilly account and updating your account settings. You may also opt out of receiving newsletters or other communications by following the opt-out instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by contacting us using the methods outlined in the ["Contact Us" section]() above.
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309311**You can opt out of our Google Analytics** data collection by using the tools available [here](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/). **You can opt out of Adobe Analytics** by using the tools available [here](https://smetrics.oreilly.com/optout.html).
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311313Please note that your objection to processing (or withdrawal of any previously given consent) could mean that we are unable to provide you with our services. Even after you have chosen to withdraw your consent, we may continue to process your personal information when required or permitted by law, in particular in connection with exercising and defending our legal rights or meeting our legal and regulatory obligations.
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313California residents can exercise your "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by clicking [here]().
315California residents can exercise their "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by clicking [here]().
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319321### 6.3 What we need from you to process your requests
339341## 9\. For California Residents: Additional Privacy Rights
340342
341343This section applies only to California consumers. It describes how we collect, use, and share California consumers' personal information in our role as a business, and the rights applicable to such consumers. If you are unable to access this Privacy Policy due to a disability or any physical or mental impairment, please contact us and we will arrange to supply you with the information you need in an alternative format that you can access.
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343345### 9.1 California "Shine the Light" Law
344346
345O'Reilly's and Safari's policy is to share your personal information only if you have given us your consent, for instance, by your agreeing to this Privacy Policy through your use of our sites. After obtaining such consent, O'Reilly may in accordance with this Privacy Policy from time to time provide its business partners with contact details for direct marketing purposes of relevant services, products, and programs. If you no longer wish your information to be shared, please let us know, and we will prevent disclosure of your information to such business partners free of charge, or if you have further inquiries regarding our information sharing practices, please let us know using the methods outlined in the ["Contact Us" section]() above.
347O'Reilly's and Safari's policy is to share your personal information only if you have given us your consent, for instance, by your agreeing to this Privacy Policy through your use of our sites. After obtaining such consent, O'Reilly may in accordance with this Privacy Policy from time to time provide its business partners with your contact details for direct marketing purposes of relevant services, products, and programs. If you no longer wish your information to be shared, please let us know, and we will prevent disclosure of your information to such business partners free of charge, or if you have further inquiries regarding our information sharing practices, please let us know using the methods outlined in the ["Contact Us" section]() above.
346348
347349**How we collect, use, and share your personal information**
348350
349351We have collected the following statutory categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:
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351353- **Identity and contact data**: names, addresses, and email addresses
352- **Account profile data**: a username/display name, password, user preferences, and, if you sign up through a social media account, certain information about that account
354- **Account profile data**: username/display name, password, user preferences, and, if you sign up through a social media account, certain information about that account
353355- **Financial data**: payment details, which may include billing addresses, credit/debit card details, and bank account details
354356- **Any other information that you choose to share with us**: for example, any information that you choose to provide within the bio and social profiles sections of your profile settings, when you fill out our survey(s), via our website or social media accounts linked to our website, in person at events or meetings, or over the phone
355357- **Technical data**: your web browser user agent information and IP address
356358- **Usage data and analytics**: information related to your usage of the O'Reilly learning platform, such as the content you have accessed, viewed or otherwise interacted with
357359
358360The business and commercial purposes for which we collect this information are described in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy. The categories of third parties to whom we "disclose" this information for a business purpose are described in Section 3 of this Privacy Policy.
385387Please note that this Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your consent. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email or by means of a notice on this website prior to the change becoming effective. You can also view prior versions of the Policy by viewing the links in Section 11 below.
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387389## 11\. Previous Versions of the Privacy Policy
388390
389391### 11.1 O'Reilly and Safari privacy policies
390392
393[Click here for version 4.10](https://www.oreilly.com/privacy-022422.html)
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391395[Click here for version 4.9](https://www.oreilly.com/privacy-100721.html)
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393397[Click here for version 4.8](https://www.oreilly.com/privacy-072921.html)
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395399[Click here for version 4.7](https://www.oreilly.com/privacy-040721.html)
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