Privacy Policy

A. INTRODUCTION

This Privacy Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) applies to the U.S. website, mobile application or other digital service or when you subscribe to a print or online publication or service  linking to this Privacy Notice and owned or operated by Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. or its affiliates . This Privacy Notice describes the privacy practices of Hearst only and does not cover the practices of other companies, including those that may advertise or sponsor content, products or services on the Magazine Services.

B. HOW WE PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OTHERS

We may provide the information we obtain to:

  1. Affiliates and Subsidiaries. We work closely with affiliates and subsidiaries within the Hearst family of companies to whom we provide your information as necessary or appropriate.
  2. Service Providers. In connection with the operation and provision of the Magazine Services, we engage various vendors to provide services or handle transactions on our behalf, such as payment card processing, email distribution, list processing, postal mailing, cloud computing, analytics, digital content performance measurement, ad serving and managing sweepstakes, contests, promotions or events. These service providers use the information we provide to them as necessary or appropriate for the performance of their services.
  3. Advertisers, Advertising- and Marketing-Related Service Providers and Partners. We may provide your information to advertisers, advertising agencies, ad networks, ad exchanges, marketing businesses, technology vendors and other entities that create, deliver and assess advertising or marketing campaigns, including targeted ads.
  4. Content Measurement Companies. We and third parties seek to measure the performance of content across the internet, including on the Magazine Services. We may include third-party measurement software in the Magazine Services to enable market research or to measure digital and video content consumption. 
  5. Social Media Platforms. If you interact with social media widgets, share content using social media share buttons, or access features of the Magazine Services that contain content or features provided by Social Media Platforms, the relevant Social Media Platforms may collect information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of the Social Media Platforms that you engage with as we are not responsible for their privacy practices.
  6. Business Partners. We may provide your information to business partners including, without limitation, joint marketing partners and content sponsors, for various purposes. For example, we may partner with a third party to offer products on a co-branded, co-sponsored or cross-promotional basis that involves providing your information to others. We may share your contact information and/or email with business partners and others for their own advertising, marketing, and other commercial purposes. These initiatives may be offered on the Magazine Services or on other media.
  7. Other Parties When Required by Law or As Necessary to Protect Our Rights. We may provide your information to others as we believe is necessary or appropriate to protect, enforce, or defend our legal rights, the privacy or safety of our employees, users of the Magazine Services or other individuals and entities, or to comply with or enforce applicable industry standards, law or legal process, including responding to court orders, warrants, subpoenas and other requests from public and government authorities.
  8. Corporate Transactions. We reserve the right to transfer any of the information we have about you to proceed with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets to a third party, such as in the event of a merger, acquisition or other disposition, or in connection with a bankruptcy reorganization, dissolution, or liquidation.
  9. With Your Consent or Otherwise at Your Direction. In addition, we may provide your information to others with your consent or at your request.

C. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS, INCLUDING MARKETING AND TARGETED ADS OPT-OUTS

Your U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of states with applicable privacy laws are afforded certain rights with respect to their personal information. Depending on where you live, and subject to certain exceptions, you may be entitled to the rights described below. Please note that if you submit a request to exercise any of the below rights (a “Privacy Rights Request”), we may request additional information to enable us to process your request. We will use the information you provide to make Privacy Rights Requests to verify your identity, locate your personal information that we may hold about you, and to fulfill your request. When you submit a Privacy Rights Request, you will be required to verify access to the email address you submitted, and you will receive an email with a verification link to complete your email verification process. You are required to verify your email for us to proceed with your Privacy Rights Request. If you do not see the verification in your email inbox, please check your spam or junk folder. If you have any questions regarding your privacy rights, please contact us at contact@gldtimes.com. 


Authorized Agents
You may designate an authorized agent to make a request in relation to the privacy rights listed above. In the request, you or your authorized agent must provide us with sufficient information for us to verify both the identity of your agent and that your agent has been authorized to act on your behalf. This may result in your Privacy Rights Request taking additional time to process. If you are an authorized agent working on behalf of a consumer, you will need to follow the above processes and submit the relevant forms with the consumer’s information for us to process a Privacy Rights Request. Please note that the consumer you are working on behalf of will need to verify access to the email account used to submit the Privacy Rights Request in order for us to move forward with processing that request. 

Privacy Rights Appeal Process

Certain US state privacy laws afford eligible residents the right to appeal a denial of a Privacy Rights Request in whole or in part.  For additional information regarding how to submit a Privacy Rights Request appeal, please email contact@gldtimes.com. 

Direct Marketing Opt-Outs

  1. Email marketing. You may opt out of receiving marketing or promotional emails from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link contained in such emails. Depending on the Magazine Service you use, you also may be able to opt out of marketing or promotional emails by logging into your account and managing your email preferences. Please keep in mind that if you opt out of receiving marketing or promotional emails, we may still send you transactional emails or other communications relating to your use of the Magazine Services (e.g., to confirm your subscription, to inform you of changes to a Magazine Service or in response to your password recovery request).
  2. Text message marketing. If you choose to participate in a text message marketing campaign or promotion offered in connection with a Magazine Service, you may opt out of receiving marketing texts from us by following the instructions contained in those messages (e.g., texting the word STOP) or provided to you when you elected to receive text message marketing.
  3. Direct mail. You may request that we stop sending you postal mail offers through the US post office by notifying us in writing at Hearst Magazines, PO Box 37870, Boone, IA, 50037. Please indicate in your correspondence the name of the Magazine Service or publication to which your request applies.
  4. Marketing by Third Parties. We may provide your contact information to third parties for their own marketing purposes. To request that third parties do not use your postal mailing contact information for their own marketing purposes (if we have your postal address), you may notify us in writing at Hearst Magazines, PO Box 37870, Boone, IA, 50037. Please indicate in your correspondence the name of the Magazine Service or publication to which your request applies. In addition, you may be able to request that third parties do not use your email address (if we have it) for their own marketing purposes by logging into your account or the preferences center (if available) for the relevant Magazine Service and adjusting your email preferences.
  5. Co-Branded, Co-Sponsored or Cross-Promotional Offerings. If you choose to participate in a co-branded, co-sponsored or cross-promotional offering, the brand, sponsor or other third party involved in that offering may use your information for its own purposes, including advertising and marketing purposes. You must contact the relevant third party directly to exercise your opt out choices with respect to such party’s use of your information.

Do Not Track/Global Privacy Control

Hearst does not currently take steps to respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals as no uniform standard to respond to such signals has been developed at this time. We do, however, respond to the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) to the extent required by applicable law, and allow eligible individuals to convey opt-out preferences when we detect the signal. You can learn more about the GPC on the Global Privacy Control website.

Smart TVs, Streaming & Other Connected Devices

For connected devices, such as smart TVs or streaming devices, please review the device’s settings and select the option that allows you to disable automatic content recognition or ad tracking.  Typically, to opt out, such devices require you to select options like “limit ad tracking” or to disable options such as “targeted advertising,” “interactive TV,” or “smart interactivity”.  These settings vary by device type.

Additional Choices

  1. User account. If you have created an account on a Magazine Service, you may be able to review some of your information for that account by logging in and updating your information or user preferences.
  2. Device Settings. For relevant Magazine Services, you may be able to review and adjust your preferences by updating the settings on your device (e.g., permitting us to collect precise location information).
  3. Push Notifications. If a Magazine Service enables push notifications on your device, you may review and update your push notification preferences by adjusting the settings on your device. For example, you can select the relevant app from “Notifications” (for iOS devices) or “App notifications” (for Android devices) and turn off alerts accordingly.

D. HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we make reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

E. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY RIGHTS

The Magazine Services are not intended for use by children, especially those under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

L. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our privacy practices or applicable laws. In accordance with applicable law, we may make such changes without prior notice. We will publish the updated version on the relevant Magazine Services and indicate at the top of the Privacy Notice when it was most recently updated. Your use of the Magazine Services will be governed by the then-current version of the Privacy Notice.

M. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, please contact us by email at contact@gldtimes.com . Please note that we do not accept Privacy Rights Requests  through that mailbox and we ask you to submit your Privacy Rights Requests using the methods listed in section E. or, for California Residents, using the methods listed in Section N. Notice at Collection/Additional Information for California Residents. 

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