Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us.Effective Date, July 1st, 2022
Editfeast LLC (referred to in this Privacy Policy as "Editfeast," “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides
this Privacy Policy, explaining how we collect, use and share information and data we obtain
through your use of the internet sites, applications, online services, content and products owned
and operated by Editfeast (the “Services”). This “Privacy Policy” governs your use of
www.editfeast.com, including, without limitation, both mobile and online versions of our
website, and also applies to your use of all applications, content, information, downloads, Social
Media account newsletters, magazines, email and other services that we make available through
our websites and/or that post a link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, referred to herein as the “
Site” “Website” or “Platforms”), regardless of how you access or use the Site, whether via
personal computers, mobile devices or otherwise.
WHEN YOU ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE, YOU CONSENT TO SUCH COLLECTION,
USE AND SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION AND PERSONAL DATA (AS DEFINED
BY APPLICABLE LAW) AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING IN THIS PRIVACY
POLICY, OR TO ANY CHANGES WE SUBSEQUENTLY MAKE TO THIS PRIVACY
POLICY, YOU MUST NOT USE THE SERVICES AND YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP
USING THE WEBSITE OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING ANY INFORMATION TO US.
We provide links to other websites in the Site and through our content, our Privacy Policy does
not apply to information collected on or through any such third-party websites. We are not
responsible for the privacy policy and practices of such third parties or the content of their
websites. Such third parties have their own privacy policies and you should review those privacy
policies to determine their privacy practices.
TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT
INFORMATION YOU DIRECTLY AND VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE TO US:
- If you are a visitor to our Services, we may collect information that you provide to us when you use our Services to use or download our content, receive newsletters, or to get information about Editfeast promotions, content, products or events, you may be asked for your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, other information and Unique Identifiers.
- We will also collect information about you at other points on our Services that state that your information is being collected, including without limitation, If you participate in our events or an activity such as a survey or sweepstakes, you may be asked for your name, email address and zip code, and to provide other types of information such as gender and personal interests, which may be associated with other personal information that has been obtained from or about you.
- We may collect information about the mobile or internet service provider you are using with your device to access the Website and/or send us messages.
- If you contact us, you will need to provide your name and e-mail address.
HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION
IP ADDRESS AND OTHER TECHNICAL INFORMATION. When you access and use our
Services, we may collect information provided from the servers used by you or your vendors,
such as information and data that is automatically collected upon visiting the Website and our
platforms. Editfeast and our service providers may collect information about your visits to permit
you to connect to and obtain the Services. We will automatically collect information such as your
browser type and version, computer and connection information, IP address and standard web
log information. We may use the information to understand our visitors and the frequency with
which specific visitors visit various parts of our Services. We may combine this information with
other information that we have collected to make our Services and our communications to you
more targeted to your interests and to create a better experience.
LOCATION. We collect information about your location based on sources from the IP address
from which you connect and while you are using a mobile device, we may automatically collect
geo-locational information from your mobile device or wireless carrier and/or certain third-party
service providers. Collection of this information occurs only when the Site or our Platforms are
running on your mobile device. You may decline to allow us to collect such information by
adjusting your browser settings, in which case we will not be able to provide certain features or
functionalities to you.
SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES. When you access the
Services through social media services or when you connect a service to social media services,
you are authorizing Editfeast to collect, store, and use such information and content in
accordance with this Privacy Policy. The information we collect may also include your user ID
and/or user name associated with that social media service, location, interests and any
information or content you have permitted the social media service to share with us, such as your
profile picture, email address or friends lists, and any information you have made public in
connection with that social media service.
If you use such third-party logins, you are authorizing Editfeast to collect, store, and use, in
accordance with this Privacy Policy, any and all information that you agreed that third parties
could provide to us through their application programming interface. If you don't want a social
network to collect the information about you as described above, we encourage you to review the
privacy policies and settings on the third party websites and social media services with which
you interact to make sure you understand the information that may be collected, used, and shared
by those third party websites and social media services.
COOKIES. We use automatic data collection technology when you visit the Site and Platforms
to collect information that identifies your computer. This comprises information about your
operating system, your IP addresses, browser type and language, referring pages and URLs,
keywords, date and time, and what sections of our Website and Platform you visit (the "Usage
Information") and the amount of time you spend using our Services. We use cookies (and the
Usage Information collected) to help us identify you and analyze how you use the Site and
Platforms, and to personalize your return visits to our Site and Platforms.
You have the choice to set your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you
when a cookie is set by following the directions provided by your browser or by your Internet
provider's "help" file. If you reject cookies, you may still visit our Website and Platforms
however, if you disable cookies you may not be able to log in to the Services or to use certain
features of the Services. When personal information collected through a third-party cookie, we
are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties or the content of their websites.
WEB BEACONS AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGY. We use small graphic images or other
web programming code called Web Beacons
(also known as 1x1 GIFs
or clear GIFs
), and
other tracking tools (collectively Web Beacons
) to collect user activity information about your
activities on the Site and the Services. These are small electronic images embedded in web
content (including online ads) and email messages and are ordinarily not visible to users. Web
beacons or similar technologies may be used for many reasons including, without limitation, to
count visitors to the Site, the time (and length of time) the page containing the pixel tag was
viewed, to monitor how users navigate the Site, to count how many e-mails and Newsletters that
were sent were actually opened and clicked on or to count how many particular articles or links
were actually viewed. Web Beacons enable us to track pages and content (including ads)
accessed and viewed by users. We may use them in combination with our cookies to provide
offers and information of interest to you. Web Beacons may also enable ad networks to serve
targeted advertisements to you when you visit the Services or other websites.
THIRD PARTY TRACKING. We use third-party tracking tools to improve the performance
and features of the Site and Services, to collect information about your visit, including the pages
you view, the links you click, search terms and other similar usage information, and analyze
performance metrics and other actions taken in connection with the Site and Services. We use all
the information provided from our third-party tracking tools in combination with our cookies to
understand our visitors and to provide offers and information of interest to you.
We and our third-party service providers may use such data to diagnose problems with our
servers and software, to administer the Services, to gather demographic information and to target
advertising to you on the Services and elsewhere online.
These third parties may also use these technologies, along with activity information they collect,
to recognize you across the devices you use, such as a mobile device and a laptop or other
computer. We do not control these third-party technologies and their use is governed by the
privacy policies of third parties using such technologies.
THIRD PARTY COMPANIES. We may receive information and data about you from third
party companies with whom we enter into a partnership and business relationship. We may add
and use this information to the other information we have collected about you.
TARGETING. We may use Tracking Technologies to deliver content, including ads, links,
content and create products relevant to your interests on the Site and third‑party sites based on
how you interact with our content, links and ads. This includes using Tracking Technologies to
understand the usefulness to you of the content, links and ads that have been delivered to you.
All such third parties, function as our agents, performing services at our instruction and on our
behalf. Third parties may use Tracking Technologies in connection with our Site, which may
include the collection of information about your online activities over time and across third-party
web sites or online services. We may not control those Tracking Technologies and we are not
responsible for them. You may opt out of having your personal information transferred to any or
all of our categories of agents by emailing us at info@editfeast.com Please allow us a reasonable
time to process your request.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
WE USE THE INFORMATION AND DATA WE COLLECTED FROM YOU UNDER THIS PRIVACY POLICY TO:- Understand our visitors and how the Site and Services are being used. By recognizing patterns and trends in usage, we are able to better design the Site, Services and Products to improve your experiences.
- Provide you (with your consent) with information, Services or products, that we otherwise believe will interest you, to provide relevant content on the Site and Platforms, including advertisements regarding products and Services of ours or third parties both on the Services and elsewhere online.
- Send you electronic newsletters or to provide you with special offers or promotional and marketing materials on behalf of Us or third parties, including to let you know about new features on the Site, Services and products, or upcoming events to enable you to participate; and to enable you to participate to administer and process contests, sweepstakes, and promotions.
- We may send you surveys regarding our Services and Products time to time to evaluate our work and business, to optimize your experience on the Site and Platforms. We use the result of our surveys to understand our visitors, their interests and like to create a better Site and Platform for our visitors.
- Communicate and respond to general inquiries, answer your questions and to provide related customer service and care including responding to, complaints, or comments and sending surveys (with your consent) and processing survey responses. We also seek feedback regarding our Services, Platforms and Products. We communicate with you regarding our current and future product and service offerings. We use the information and data for internal business purposes, such as to improve the Site, Services, Products and to create new features and Services.
- We may use data we receive from our third-party partners to match multiple devices linked with the same identifier as devices belonging to the same user or household. We may use this information to deliver targeted advertisements across multiple devices on behalf of ourselves or third parties.
- We reserve the right to share your information with certain third parties and government authorities in other circumstances, including when complying with legal process and in response to a subpoena or court order. We will disclose your information to government authorities or third parties preventing fraud or imminent harm and/or ensuring the security of our network and services; Safety or other rights of us or other users third parties or the public at large if we believe that you have abused the Services by using it to attack other systems or to gain unauthorized access to any other system, to engage in spamming or otherwise to violate applicable laws.
- We may use third-party vendors to perform certain services on behalf of us or the Site, to help us manage and provide the Services, including development of our websites and applications, maintenance and support, personalization, email distribution, measurement and improvement, sweepstakes/contest administration. We may use third-party and work with entities to provide us services such as manage a database of customer information; hosting the Site; designing and/or operating the Site’s features; tracking the Site’s activities and analytics; and to assist us in maximizing our business potential. We may provide third parties with access to your information to carry out the services they are performing for you or for us. Third-party analytics and other service providers may set and access their own technologies on your device, and they may otherwise collect or have access to information about you. We are not responsible for those third-party technologies or activities arising out of them.
- We may share your information and data we collected from you, including your Personal Information, Device Identifiers, Location, Demographic and Usage Information with our parent company, partners, investors, subsidiaries, affiliates and joint ventures. If you would like us to stop providing your information and data to our affiliates for their own marketing purposes, you may opt-out by emailing us at info@editfeast.com Please allow us a reasonable time to process your request.
- We reserve the right to disclose and transfer all the information and data in the event of a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other sale of all or a portion of our assets. We reserve the right, as part of this type of transaction, to transfer or assign your information, data and other information we have collected from users of the Services to third parties. All the information you submit or that is collected after this type of transfer may be subject to a new privacy policy adopted by the successor entity.
- We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions (any, a
Promotion
) through the Site and when you enter any promotions that may require providing your information, and we may share your information with any co-sponsors, prize providers, or other third parties involved in the promotion that we identify in the rules or entry materials. By participating in a Promotion, you are agreeing to official rules that govern that Promotion, and we don’t control these third parties’ privacy practices, and our Privacy Policy does not apply to their collection and use of your information and data. If you choose to enter a Promotion, we may also share some of your entry information with third parties or the public in connection with the administration of the promotion, such as winner selection and prize fulfillment, and as permitted by the promotion’s official rules, such as on a winners’ list. - We work with other companies to perform certain business-related services and may
disclose personal information to certain types of third-party companies but only to the
extent needed to enable them to provide such services. We may share your usage
information with third parties for ad distribution and ad optimization (defined as the
tailoring, targeting (i.e., behavioral, contextual, and retargeting), analyzing, managing,
reporting, and optimizing of ads). We will disclose your information to our employees,
contractors, affiliates, distributors, dealers, vendors and suppliers (
Service Providers
) who provide certain services to us or on our behalf, such as operating and supporting the Services, analyzing data, or performing marketing or consulting services for our Site and Platforms. When the information collected from or about you does not identify you as a specific person, we may use that information for any purpose or share it with third parties, to the extent permitted by applicable law. - In an ongoing effort to better understand our visitors and users to the Site, Services, Platforms, and Products, we might analyze your information in aggregate form to operate, maintain, manage, and improve the Site, Services, Platforms, and Products. We may share information relating to users of the Service with affiliated or unaffiliated third parties on an anonymous, aggregate basis. While this information will not identify you personally, in some instances these third parties may be able to combine this aggregate information with other data they have about you, or that they receive from third parties, in a manner that allows them to identify you personally.
- In accordance with your consent.
INTERNATIONAL USERS. Editfeast is based in the United States, with our servers and
offices headquartered in the United States. If you are in another jurisdiction, please be aware that
information you provide to us will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States,
and be subject to the laws of, the United States. The privacy and data protection laws in the
United States will be different from similar laws in your country of residence. By using the Site
or Services, or by providing us with your information, you consent to the collection, transfer,
storage and processing of information to and within the United States, a jurisdiction in which the
privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as those in the country where you reside or are a
citizen. If our cookies or other software detects IP addresses located in a country outside the
United States, we reserve the right to deny access to any and all of our Services. We will take all
steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with
this Privacy Policy.
EU USERS. If you are in the EU, you have certain additional rights and protections under the
law regarding the collection and processing of your personal data. If you are a user in the EU,
you have the right to access personal data we hold about you and to have certain personal data
corrected or erased. You also have the right to data portability, and to restrict certain processing
of your data in certain circumstances. You also have the right to complain to your data protection
authority if you have any complaints about how we process your personal data.
If you are in the EU, we will collect and process your personal data in order for us to run a
successful Site and Services (e.g. to communicate, create content, advertise, create products,
events) Where you have given your consent. please note that you can withdraw your consent at
any time by emailing at info@editfeast.com Please allow us a reasonable time to process your
request.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS. Your Californian Privacy Rights: A Notice to California
Users (California Civil Code Section 1798.83). Under the California Shine The Light
law
residents of California have the right to obtain certain information about the types of personal
information that companies with whom they have an established business relationship (and that
are not otherwise exempt) have shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the
preceding calendar year, including the names and addresses of those third parties, and examples
of the types of services or products marketed by those third parties. Any California resident may
choose to opt-out of the sharing of such personal information with third parties for marketing
purposes at any time by directing such request at info@editfeast.com Please allow us a
reasonable time to process your request.
CHILDREN. The content and services provided by us or our affiliates, sponsors and advertisers,
including without limitation both mobile and online versions of our Website, Platforms and
Services are not intended for anyone under the age of 16 and you should not access such content
or services if you are under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect any personal information
from children under the age of 13 through our Website, Platform and Services, nor is any such
information knowingly used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside
or outside the Website and Platforms. If you are under the age of 13, please do not give us any
personal information. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us
with information without their consent, he or she should contact us using the details in the
Contact Us at info@editfeast.com Please allow us a reasonable time to process your request.
THIRD PARTY PARTNERS, PROVIDERS AND SERVICES. When we use third parties to
assist us in collecting and/or processing your personal information, we typically request that they
comply with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
However, we make no representation or warranty that such third parties will comply with any
such request.
We will provide you with direct access to functionality from other third parties and they may
store, collect or otherwise have access to your information when you interact with their Tracking
Technologies, content, tools, apps or ads on our Site and Services or link to them from our Site
and Services. The placement of social media widgets, or advertising units on the Site can permit
these third parties, including such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest,
LinkedIn or other third party posting or content sharing tools. They can have access and can see
information about you and your activities via cookies, web beacons and other technologies they
place and/or access on your browser or device, even if you do not interact with them. We are not
responsible for the privacy policies and practices of such third parties and, therefore, you should
review such third-party privacy policies and practices of such third parties prior to requesting
information from or otherwise interacting with them.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date
stated at the top of this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any
time without notice to you. By accessing or using our Site and Services after we make any such
changes to this Privacy Policy, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. If we make any
material changes to this Privacy Policy in the way we collect, use, and/or share personal
information through the Services in a manner that expand our rights to use the personal
information we have already collected from you, we will provide you with a choice about our
future use of that information. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact
us at info@editfeast.com Please allow us a reasonable time to process your request.
Please refer back to this Privacy Policy on a regular basis.
RESPOND TO DO NOT TRACK
SIGNALS. While some internet browsers offer a do not
track
or DNT
option that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online
activities tracked, these features are not yet uniform and there is no common standard that has
been adopted by industry groups, technology companies or regulators. At this time, we do not
respond to such do not track
requests, although we may choose to do so in the future.
KEEPING YOUR INFORMATION. We will keep your personal information and data only
for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and for any period
required by law and to comply with our legal obligations. Where we are not under a legal
obligation to retain your information and data, we will determine what is necessary by reference
to the lawful basis for processing set out above and our lawful interests. If you have any
questions about how long we keep your information, please contact us.
DATA RETENTION. We will retain your personal information in a form that identifies you
only for as long as it serves the purpose(s) for which it was initially collected as stated in this
Privacy Policy, or subsequently authorized. We may continue processing your personal
information for longer periods. After you have terminated your use of our Services, we may store
your information in an aggregated and anonymized format.
SECURITY. We incorporate commercially reasonable administrative, technical and physical
measures to safeguards to help protect and secure your Personal Information. However, no data
transmission over the Internet, mobile networks, wireless transmission or electronic storage of
information can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please note that we cannot ensure the security
of any information you transmit to us, and your use of our Site and Services and provide us with
your information at your own risk.
You may request changes to the user information you have provided to us by contacting us at
info@editfeast.com. Following receipt of a request from you, we will use commercially
reasonable efforts to honor your request. We may retain an archived copy of your information as
required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
MANAGING YOUR INFORMATION. If your personally identifiable information changes, or
if you no longer choose to use our Services or the Site, you may request changes to the user
information you have provided to us by contacting us at info@editfeast.com Please allow us a
reasonable time to process your request.
OPTING OUT. If you want to be removed from our marketing list and do not want us to send
you email, postal mail or other messages about our products and services, you can opt out. To do
so, please send an email to info@editfeast.com with the word REMOVE
in the subject line, or
to use the unsubscribe option to opt out. Please allow us a reasonable time to process your
request. You may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications by
clicking on the link located on the bottom of our marketing email and following the instructions
found on the page to which the link takes you.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us by email at
info@editfeast.com. Please allow us a reasonable time to process your request.
PLEASE REFER BACK TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY ON A REGULAR BASIS.