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 * GANNETT PRIVACY POLICY FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
 * INTRODUCTION
 * DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA
 * CALIFORNIA “SHINE THE LIGHT” LAW/YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
 * PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
 * Sources of Personal Information
 * USE AND DISCLOSURE (“SALE”) OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
 * Categories
 * Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes.
 * Disclosing Personal Information to Other Parties
 * YOUR CCPA PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CHOICES
 * Exercising Your Rights
 * Response Timing and Format
 * Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of CCPA Privacy Rights
 * FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
 * DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
 * CALIFORNIA DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURES
 * DO WE USE “COOKIES”?
 * SECURITY
 * Third Party Links
 * TRANSFERS
 * AGGREGATE AND DE-IDENTIFIED INFORMATION
 * CHILDREN’S ON-LINE PRIVACY INFORMATION
 * LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
 * INDEMNIFICATION
 * WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION CLAIMS
 * ACCESSIBILITY
 * CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
 * OTHER
 * CONTACT US

GANNETT PRIVACY POLICY FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
 * GANNETT PRIVACY POLICY FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
 * INTRODUCTION
 * DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA
 * CALIFORNIA “SHINE THE LIGHT” LAW/YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
 * PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
 * Sources of Personal Information
 * USE AND DISCLOSURE (“SALE”) OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
 * Categories
 * Use of Personal Information for Business Purposes or Commercial Purposes.
 * Disclosing Personal Information to Other Parties
 * YOUR CCPA PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CHOICES
 * Exercising Your Rights
 * Response Timing and Format
 * Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of CCPA Privacy Rights
 * FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
 * DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
 * CALIFORNIA DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURES
 * DO WE USE “COOKIES”?
 * SECURITY
 * Third Party Links
 * TRANSFERS
 * AGGREGATE AND DE-IDENTIFIED INFORMATION
 * CHILDREN’S ON-LINE PRIVACY INFORMATION
 * LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
 * INDEMNIFICATION
 * WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION CLAIMS
 * ACCESSIBILITY
 * CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
 * OTHER
 * CONTACT US


GANNETT PRIVACY POLICY FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Last Updated:  July 25, 2022


INTRODUCTION

This Privacy Policy for California Residents describes the privacy practices for
the publications, businesses, websites, mobile applications, crosswords, and
other digital products, and related services that we provide through the
foregoing (collectively, “Products”) that are operated by Gannett Co., Inc. and
its affiliates, and applies solely to the Personal Information (as defined
below) that we collect and use relating to consumers and users who reside in the
State of California (“users,” “consumers” or “you”). The California Consumer
Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) requires certain notice(s) and may provide specific
rights to California residents, which are detailed below.

If you are not a California resident, please click here for the Gannett/USA
TODAY Network Privacy Policy.

By using the Products, and providing us with Personal Information you agree to
the practices described in this Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy referenced
below and to the updates to these policies posted here from time to time. To
make sure you stay informed of all changes, you should check these policies
periodically. Updates will be referenced by the “Last Updated” date shown above.


DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, except where a different definition is
noted, “Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to,
describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could
reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer,
household, or device.

Personal Information for purposes of this Privacy Policy does not include:

 * Your name, phot and/or other information about you included in news or
   editorial content.
 * Publicly available information from government records.
 * De-identified or aggregated consumer information.
 * Other information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as:
   * health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability
     and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality
     of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data;
   * personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws,
     including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
     (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the
     Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994.


CALIFORNIA “SHINE THE LIGHT” LAW/YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law,
permits consumers who are California residents, to request and obtain from us
once a year, free of charge, information about the categories of personal
information (as defined in the Shine the Light law), if any, that we disclosed
in the preceding calendar year to third parties for those third parties’ direct
marketing purposes. Our disclosure requirements apply only if we share our
consumers’ personal information with third parties for them to directly market
their own products to those consumers, instead of assisting us with our own
business. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a
request, contact us as provided in the "Contact Us" section below.


PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The following is a list of categories of Personal Information which may have
been collected from consumers or users of our Products within the last twelve
(12) months. The categories and examples provided in the chart below are those
defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all examples of that category of
Personal Information were in fact collected but reflects our good faith belief
to the best of our knowledge that some of that information may have been
collected about consumers. We will update this disclosure from time to time as
appropriate.

Category

Examples

A. Identifiers.

A name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier,
Internet Protocol address, email address, account username, screen name,
password, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, or
other similar identifiers.

B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records
statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).

A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or
description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or
state identification card number, insurance policy number, education,
employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit
card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health
insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may
overlap with other categories.

C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.

Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship,
religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental
disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy
or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or
military status.

D. Commercial information.

Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or
considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.

F. Internet or other similar network activity.

Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a
website, application, or advertisement, including user generated content.

G. Geolocation data.

Physical location or movements.

H. Sensory data.

Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.

I. Professional or employment-related information.

Current or past job history or performance evaluations.

J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).

Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational
institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class
lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial
information, or student disciplinary records.

K. Inferences drawn from other personal information.

Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological
trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and
aptitudes.

In response to a verified consumer request for categories of information
collected, we will investigate and provide an individualized response to the
consumer, and will not merely refer the consumer to our general practices
outlined in this Privacy Policy unless our response would be the same for all
consumers and this Privacy Policy discloses all the information that is
otherwise required for the response to such a consumer request.

Any of the above information may be combined with other Personal Information we
may have or obtain about you from your use of our Products or from third
parties.


SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

 * Directly from you. For example, during account registration from forms you
   complete, subscriptions you purchase or comments you provide on our Products.
 * Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on our
   Products.
 * From third parties. For example, third party social networking providers and
   advertising companies, our affiliates and service providers who provide
   services or information to us. If you do not want us to collect information
   from social networks, you should review and adjust your privacy settings on
   those networks as desired before linking or connecting them to our Products.
 * From publicly available sources. For example, online database searches.

You agree that you will provide to us only your own Personal Information, or the
Personal Information of those whom you have the legal right to provide (such as
in your capacity as a legal guardian).  You agree to provide us with accurate
Personal Information.


USE AND DISCLOSURE (“SALE”) OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The CCPA broadly defines the term “sale” to mean:

“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 by the business to a third party
for valuable consideration; or (B) sharing orally, in writing, or by electronic
or other means, a consumer’s personal information with a third party, whether
for valuable consideration or for no consideration, for the third party’s
commercial purposes.”

Within this meaning, we may have disclosed (as that term is defined by the CCPA)
Personal Information in the categories below from consumers and users of our
Products within the last twelve months where such disclosure may fall within the
CCPA’s definition of a “sale.” When we disclose that we may have sold Personal
Information, it means that we may have received some kind of benefit to our
company in return for sharing Personal Information, it does not necessarily mean
we received any money in exchange. 

The categories below are those defined in the CCPA. This does not mean that all
examples of that category of Personal Information were in fact “sold” but
reflects our good faith belief to the best of our knowledge that some of that
information may have been shared for value in return. We will update this
disclosure from time to time as appropriate. In response to a verified consumer
request for categories of Personal Information “sold,” we will investigate and
provide an individualized response to the consumer, and will not merely refer
the consumer to our general practices outlined in this Privacy Policy unless our
response would be the same for all consumers and this Privacy Policy discloses
all the information that is otherwise required for the response to such a
consumer request.


CATEGORIES

 1.  Identifiers.
 2.  Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records
     statute.
 3.  Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
 4.  Commercial information.
 5.  Internet or other similar network activity.
 6.  Geolocation data.
 7.  Sensory data.
 8.  Professional or employment-related information.
 9.  Non-public education information.
 10. Inferences drawn from other personal information.


USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.

We may use or disclose Personal Information we collect for “business purposes”
or “commercial purposes” (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the
following examples. The examples provided are illustrative and not intended to
be exhaustive.

(a) Auditing Interactions with Consumers. For example: monitoring traffic to our
Products, counting ad impressions, and auditing legal and regulatory compliance.

(b) Security. For example, maintaining the safety, security, and integrity of
our Products, databases and other technology assets and our business, including
preventing fraud, detecting security breaches and prosecuting violators, and
responding to law enforcement requests or court orders and to comply with any
applicable laws and regulations.

(c) Debugging/Repair. For example, identifying and repairing errors in our
Products’ functionality.

(d) Certain Short-term Uses. For example, ad customization that does not involve
or contribute to profiling.

(e) Performing Services. For example, creating, maintaining, customizing and
securing your account with us, processing your purchases, transactions, and
payments, hosting our Products, fulfilling subscription orders, managing
databases, performing analyses, billing, and marketing services such as managing
promotions and contests.

(f) Internal Research for Tech Development. For example, testing, research,
analysis, and product development, including to develop and improve our
Products.

(g) Quality and Safety Maintenance and Verification. For example, improving,
upgrading or enhancing our Products, and verifying the quality or safety of our
Products.

(h) Other Commercial Purposes. Examples include: (i) purposes as described to
you when collecting your Personal Information, such as for promotions or
contests we think you may be interested in:  (ii) if you sign up for text
messaging, cookies or other tracking devices may be used to personalize your
experience (for example, to send you personalized text message offers: and (iii)
to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization,
dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, in which
Personal Information we hold is among the assets transferred.

If we decide to collect additional categories of Personal Information or use the
Personal Information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or
incompatible purposes we will update this Privacy Policy.

In response to a verified consumer request to know what Personal Information was
collected or sold, we will investigate and provide an individualized response to
the consumer, which will include the business or commercial purpose for
collecting and/or sharing that information. We will not merely refer the
consumer to our general practices outlined in this Privacy Policy unless our
response would be the same for all consumers and this Privacy Policy discloses
all the information that is otherwise required for the response to such a
consumer request.


DISCLOSING PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER PARTIES

We may disclose your Personal Information to the following categories of other
parties for a business purpose or commercial purpose, as those terms are defined
in the CCPA:

 * Our affiliates
 * Service providers: such as data processors, hosting companies, customer
   service providers, contractors, agents or sponsors who help us manage or
   provide our products and services by, for example: developing or supporting
   products and features; sending email messages on our behalf; processing
   payments; fulfilling orders; delivering subscriptions; auditing; processing
   data or statistics; and serving, customizing or delivering marketing. These
   third party service providers are required to protect Personal Information
   entrusted to them and not use it for any other purpose than the specific
   service they are providing on our behalf.
 * Advertisers, advertising technology companies, analytics companies and other
   third parties with whom we have business relationships
 * Government regulators
 * Our legal advisors and parties involved in a legal process
 * To an entity involved in the sale of our business
 * Third parties to whom you or your agents authorize us to disclose your
   Personal Information in connection with products or Services we provide to
   you

In order to provide advertisements and content that are more relevant to you, we
and our advertising and content providers may collect certain types of Personal
Information when you use our Products (such as, by way of example, your email,
the IP address of your device, the identifier on your mobile device, or cookies
stored on your device). We or our advertising and content providers may combine
this information with other information we have, or that we collect through
other sources, and may share the information we collect with third parties to
provide interest based or targeted advertising and content, including textual
and/or audio-visual ads or content. If you would like to opt out from this use,
or for more information, please see our  Cookie Policy which includes links to
specific third party opt-outs. 


YOUR CCPA PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CHOICES

California residents may have certain rights under the CCPA, many of which are
subject to limitations or exceptions under applicable law:

(a) Right to Know about Personal Information Collected or “Sold”

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.
After we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose
to you within the time required by the CCPA, the relevant information, which may
include:

 * 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 for collecting or selling 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 your Personal Information, or disclosed your Personal Information
   for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing:
   

 1. sales, identifying the Personal Information categories that each category of
    recipient purchased; and
 2. disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the Personal Information
    categories that each category of recipient obtained.

(b) Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information

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,
including if we need the Personal Information for a reason related to our
business, such as:

 1. providing the Products to you;
 2. detecting and resolving issues related to security or functionality;
 3. complying with legal obligations;
 4. conducting research in the public interest;
 5. exercising free speech or ensuring another’s exercise of free speech; or
 6. using the information for internal purposes that a consumer might reasonably
    expect.

After we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete
your Personal Information from our records in the time and manner required by
the CCPA, subject to any limitations or exceptions under law.


EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS

To exercise the rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer
request to us through the web form link provided below in Contact Us.

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. This means that in making a request
you may be required to: provide your email and phone number, customer
information, and/or account sign-up authentication or other information needed
to verify your identity depending on the sensitivity of the Personal Information
that is the subject of the request.

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 the
Personal Information relates to you. If we are unable to verify your identity,
we reserve the right to deny the request. 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 the requestor’s
identity or authority to make the request.

If you choose to use an authorized agent to submit a request to know or a
request to delete your information, we may require that you: (1) provide the
authorized agent written permission to do so; and (2) verify your own identity
directly with us. We will not require these steps if we have received proof that
you have provided the authorized agent with a power of attorney pursuant to
California Probate Code sections 4000 to 4465. We may deny a request from an
agent that does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on
your behalf. We may also deny a request from an agent that does not meet the
requirements for authorized agents under the CCPA.

Once we have verified your identity (and your authorized agent, as applicable),
we will respond to your request as appropriate. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, we may charge a reasonable fee to comply with your request. If
we are unable to complete your request in whole or in part, we will let you know
why.


RESPONSE TIMING AND FORMAT

We use good faith efforts to respond to a verifiable consumer request within
forty-five (45) days after its receipt. If we need more time (up to 90 days), we
will inform you of the reason and the needed extension period in writing.

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 by email.

Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the
verifiable consumer request’s receipt. If we cannot comply with any portion of a
request, the response we provide will also explain why, if applicable. For data
portability requests, we will select a commercially reasonable format to provide
your Personal Information that is commonly useable and should allow you to
transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance,
but we do not guarantee that all formats are useable in all media. 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.


NON-DISCRIMINATION FOR THE EXERCISE OF CCPA PRIVACY RIGHTS

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. In
particular, we will not:

 * Deny you any Products
 * Charge you different prices for the Products, whether through denying
   benefits or imposing penalties
 * Provide you with a different level or quality of the Products
 * Threaten you with any of the above


FINANCIAL INCENTIVES

We may offer you certain financial incentives for the collection of your
Personal Information and as permitted by the CCPA. These incentives may result
in different prices, rates, or quality levels. Any CCPA-permitted financial
incentive we offer will reasonably relate to your Personal Information’s value
and contain written terms that describe the program’s material aspects.
Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt in
consent, which you may revoke at any time. Details of the incentive, if
applicable, including how to opt in or out and the basis for the value of the
incentive, will be provided prior to or at the time of your participation.


DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION

The CCPA requires businesses to provide a web page where consumers can opt out
of the “sale” of their Personal Information. California residents may exercise
there “Do Not Sell” Right by clicking on the Do Not Sell button below.

Manage Cookies

In addition, you may opt out of certain interest-based advertising by using the
following resources:

(a) You may opt-out of tracking and receiving tailored advertisements on your
mobile device by some mobile advertising companies and other similar entities by
downloading the App Choices app at www.aboutads.info/appchoices.

(b) You may opt-out of receiving permissible targeted advertisements by using
the NAI Opt-out tool available at optout.networkadvertising.org or visiting
About Ads.

(c) You may opt-out of having your activity on our Products made available to
Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out add-on for your web
browser by visiting: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout for your web browser.

(d) One of our providers, LiveRamp, Inc. collects certain Personal Information
from you through our Products, such as your email (in hashed form), IP address
or information about your browser or operating system. LiveRamp then returns to
us an online identification code that is associated with your Personal
Information, and that we may store in our first-party cookie for our own use in
online and cross-channel advertising across our Products. It may also be shared
with advertising companies to enable interest-based and targeted advertising. To
opt out of this use by LiveRamp, please click here:
https://optout.liveramp.com/opt_out.

(e) We also transfer certain Personal Information collected from you through our
Products, such as your email (in hashed form), IP address, or information about
your browser or operating system to one of our service providers, Neustar
Information Services, Inc. (“Neustar”). Neustar then returns to us an online
identification code that is associated with your Personal Information, and that
we may store in our first-party cookie for our own use in online and
cross-channel advertising across our Products. It may also be shared with
advertising companies to enable interest-based and targeted advertising. To opt
out of this processing by Neustar, please click here:
https://www.home.neustar/privacy/opt-out. You may also opt-out of this
processing by Neustar via the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out
mechanism, described above in subparagraph (b).


CALIFORNIA DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURES

“Do Not Track” (DNT) is a privacy preference you can set in your browser if you
do not want online services to collect and share certain kinds of information
about your online activity from this party tracking services.  We respond to DNT
signals and follow the W3C standard for responding to DNT signals.   If you
would like to set your browser to signal that you would not like to be tracked,
please check your browser’s documentation for how to enable that signals. For
more information on Do Not Track, please visit allaboutdnt.com.


DO WE USE “COOKIES”?

Yes. Cookies and similar technologies are small files that a website or its
service provider transfers to a computer’s hard drive through a Web browser (if
the user allows) that enables the website’s or service provider’s systems to
recognize the user’s browser and capture and remember certain information.

 In general, we and our third party providers, advertisers, and marketing
partners use cookies and other technologies to optimize the functionality of the
Websites, to help us understand how the Products are used and to provide users
with interest-based content and/or advertising, including textual and/or
audio-visual ads or content based upon their browsing activities and interests.
For more information about the cookies and other technologies that we, our
affiliates and third party providers and advertisers use on our Products, please
read our Cookie Policy.


SECURITY

We use commercially reasonable procedures and various technical, administrative
and physical safeguards to help protect the confidentiality of Personal
Information. However, no data transmitted over the Internet or stored or
maintained by us or our third-party service providers can be 100% secure given
the reality of communication via technology systems. Therefore, although we
believe the measures implemented by us are commercially reasonable and reduce
the likelihood of security problems to a level appropriate to the type of data
involved, we do not promise or guarantee, and you should not expect, that your
Personal Information or private communications sent to us over those systems
will always remain private or secure. We are not responsible for the
circumvention of any privacy settings or security features. If you believe that
your Personal Information has been accessed or acquired by an unauthorized
person, please promptly Contact Us so that necessary measures can quickly be
taken.


THIRD PARTY LINKS

Our Products may contain links to other websites or services that are not owned
or controlled by us, including links to social media platforms, or may redirect
you off our Products to other websites for information or other services. This
Privacy Policy only applies to information collected by our Products. We are not
responsible for the privacy and security practices of those other websites or
social media platforms or the information they may collect (which may include IP
address). You should refer to such third parties’ privacy policies on their
sites to determine their respective privacy practices. Links to any other
website’s or content do not constitute or imply an endorsement or recommendation
by us of the linked website, social media platform, and/or content.


TRANSFERS

Your Personal Information may be stored, transferred to, and processed in any
country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers. These
countries may be outside the United States, and may have different data
protection laws than in the United States.


AGGREGATE AND DE-IDENTIFIED INFORMATION

We may aggregate and/or de-identify any information collected through the
Products so that such information can no longer be linked to you or your device
(“Aggregate/De-Identified Information”). We may use Aggregate/De-Identified
Information for any purpose, including without limitation for research and
marketing purposes, and may also share such data with any third parties,
including advertisers, promotional partners, and sponsors, in our discretion.


CHILDREN’S ON-LINE PRIVACY INFORMATION

In general, the Products are not intended for use by children under the age of
13, or 16 where applicable, and the terms for certain Products may specify
further age-related restrictions. In cases where certain Products are intended
for use by children under the age of 13 (or 16 where applicable), we will post
appropriate notices and take steps as required by applicable law to safeguard
children's data. In addition, we do not knowingly collect Personal Information
from children under the age of 13 (or 16 where applicable) through form
submissions through our Products, although certain third party sites that we
link to may do so. These third-party sites have their own terms of use and
privacy policies and we encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their
children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing
their children to never provide information through our Products without their
permission.

 Involvement of parents: In accordance with the provisions of the Children’s
Online Privacy Act, in the event that we do begin collecting any Personal
Information or data from children under the age of 13 (or 16 where applicable),
we will notify parents first, and will seek parental or guardian consent to
collect, use and/or disclose certain Personal Information from children under
the age of 13, or 16 where applicable. A parent may review and have deleted
their child’s Personal Information, and may refuse to permit further collection
or use of their child’s information by contacting us as noted at the end of this
Privacy Policy. Parents may consent to our collection and use of their child’s
Personal Information without consenting to the disclosure of that information to
others.

If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has
provided Personal Information “Contact Us” below with sufficient detail to
enable us to delete that information from our databases.


LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE, WILL WE OR OUR SUBSIDIARIES, PARENT
COMPANIES OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM OUR USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION, EVEN
IF WE ARE ADVISED BEFOREHAND OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, AND THE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF DAMAGES FOR WHICH WE WILL BE LIABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE THE
GREATER OF THE FEES YOU PAID FOR ANY PRODUCT IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH YOU
PROVIDED YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, OR $100. (BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT
ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF DAMAGES, THE ABOVE
LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, OUR LIABILITY AND THE LIABILITY
OF OUR SUBSIDIARIES, PARENT COMPANIES AND AFFILIATES, IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY SUCH LAW.) YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE
ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DEFAMATORY, THREATENING, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF
ANY USER OF OUR PRODUCT. 


INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless us, our affiliates, and each of our and
their respective directors, officers, managers, employees, shareholders, agents,
representatives and licensors, from and against any and all losses, expenses,
damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that arise out of your
provision of any inaccurate or unauthorized Personal Information to us or your
violation of this Agreement or any rights of another. We reserve the right to
take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to
indemnification under this section. In such event, you agree to provide us with
such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.


WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION CLAIMS

You and Gannett agree that each party may bring disputes against the other party
only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any
purported class or representative proceeding, including, without limitation, a
federal or state class action lawsuit. However, nothing in this section limits
your right or Gannett’s right to bring a lawsuit against each other as an
individual plaintiff. This provision applies to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law to all claims that arise under, in connection with, or relate to
this Privacy Policy or the Personal Information that is automatically collected
by us and/or obtained by us from third parties; that arose under, in connection
with, or relate to any previous privacy policy in effect or that otherwise arose
before these terms went into effect; or that may arise in connection with or
after or otherwise relate to your Personal Information (or any other Personal
Information you provide to us) after termination of any business relationship we
may have with you, including cancellation or deletion of your accounts if
applicable.


ACCESSIBILITY

Please see our Accessibility Support page at
https://static.usatoday.com/accessibility/ if you experience any difficulty in
accessing any part of this Website or this Policy. You may also contact us at
accessibility@usatoday.com.


CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We may amend this Privacy Policy at our discretion and at any time. When we make
changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated notice on our Products
and update the notice’s “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of our Products
following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.


OTHER

This Privacy Policy, any terms of use or terms of service posted on or in or
linked to from our Products, or described on any form through which you
registered or subscribed to a Product, as well as other policies referenced
herein or therein  constitute the entire agreement (“Agreement”) between us and
you with respect to the subject matter contained in this Agreement and
supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements, proposals and
communications, written or oral. 

You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when
you use the products or services of a third party that are provided through the
Digital Products. In the event of any conflict between any such third-party
terms and conditions and this Privacy Policy (as it relates to Personal
Information), this Privacy Policy will govern. 

This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of
law.

This Agreement is personal to you and you may not assign it to anyone. We may
assign this Agreement and all rights and obligations hereunder at any time.  If
any provision of this Agreement is found to be unlawful, void, or for any reason
unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from this agreement
and will not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
This Agreement is not intended to benefit any third party, and does not create
any third party beneficiaries. Accordingly, this Agreement may only be invoked
or enforced by you or us. 

You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or
cause of action that you may have arising out of or related to use of the
Products or this this Agreement must be filed by you within one year after such
claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.


CONTACT US

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, the ways in
which we collect and use your information described here, your choices and
rights regarding such use, or you wish to exercise your rights under California
law, please contact us as provided below:

PLEASE NOTE: YOU SHOULD ONLY CONTACT US AT THIS NUMBER AND EMAIL FORM FOR
PRIVACY RELATED CONCERNS, AND NOT FOR EDITORIAL, SUBSCRIPTION OR CONTENT-BASED
ISSUES INCLUDING TAKE-DOWN REQUESTS RELATING TO YOUR NAME OR IMAGE APPEARING IN
NEWS STORIES. PLEASE SEE OUR CORPORATE CONTACT US PAGE INSTEAD FOR THOSE
MATTERS.

To fill out a Data Information or Deletion Request, click here

Do Not Sell My Personal Information: click here

Call us at 1 (844) 510-3710 (California residents only)

For additional information and other non-privacy requests, at contact us.


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