Last Updated: November 25th, 2020
A. OVERVIEW
The following Privacy Policy summarizes the various ways that TARO Media (“Service Provider,” “we” or “our”) treats the information you provide while using www.taromagazine.com (“Website”). It is our goal to bring you information that is tailored to your individual needs and, at the same time, protect your privacy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. You can access the Privacy Policy any time at http://www.taromagazine.com/privacy-policy. Your use of and/or registration on any aspect of the Website will constitute your agreement to this Privacy Policy. If you cannot agree with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website. This Privacy Policy does not cover information collected elsewhere, including without limitation offline and on sites linked to from the Website.
In addition to reviewing this Privacy Policy, please read our User Agreement. Your use of the Website constitutes agreement to its terms and conditions as well.
B. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
Please note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected through third-party websites, applications, destinations, or services linked to from the Service that we do not own or control (“Third Party Services”). A link to any Third Party Service does not mean that we endorse it or the quality or accuracy of information presented on the Third Party Service. If you decide to visit a Third Party Service, you are subject to that Third Party Service’s privacy policy and practices, and not this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to carefully review the legal and privacy notices of all Third Party Services and other digital services that you visit.
I. THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THE WEBSITE COLLECTS
The Website generally collects personally identifying information with your specific knowledge and consent. For instance, when you enter a sweepstakes or contest, complete a survey, make a purchase, subscribe to our publication(s), or register for any portion of our services, you are asked to provide information such as your e-mail address, name or phone number. Optional information such as your age or gender may also be requested.
Our servers may also automatically collect information about your computer when you visit the Website, including without limitation the type of browser software you use, the operating system you are running, the website that referred you, and your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. Your IP address is usually associated with the place from which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider, your company or your university.
II. HOW THE WEBSITE USES INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU
We do not sell your individually-identifiable personal information for compensation. We may share and disclose information as described at the time information is collected or as follows:
- To perform Services. We may disclose Personal Information to third parties in order to perform services requested or functions initiated by users, such as delivering e-newsletters and publications, sending personalized event invitations, administering Promotional Events, managing subscribers, and delivering marketing and solicitation offers from us, our advertisers, or our affiliates. In addition, we may disclose Personal Information in order to identify a user in connection with communications sent through the Services. We also may offer users the opportunity to share information with friends and other users through the Services.
B. With third party service providers performing services on our behalf. We share information, including Personal Information, with our service providers to perform the functions for which we engage them (such as technical maintenance, hosting and data analyses). We may share information as needed to operate other related services
C. For legal purposes. We also may share information that we collect from users, as needed, to enforce our rights, protect our property or protect the rights, property or safety of others, or as needed to support external auditing, compliance and corporate governance functions. We will disclose Personal Information as we deem necessary to respond to a subpoena, regulation, binding order of a data protection agency, legal process, governmental request or other legal or regulatory process. We may also share Personal Information as required to pursue available remedies or limit damages we may sustain.
D. In aggregated form. We may share Personal Information about you in an aggregated form—that is, in a statistical or summary form that does not include any personal identifiers—with third parties in order to discover and reveal trends about how users like you interact with our services.
E. During corporate changes. We may transfer information, including your Personal Information, in connection with a merger, sale, acquisition or other change of ownership or control by or of us or any affiliated company (in each case whether in whole or in part).
III. INFORMATION STORAGE & SECURITY
We retain information as long as it is necessary and relevant for our operations. We also retain Personal Information to comply with applicable law, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigation, and other actions permitted by law. After it is no longer necessary for us to retain information, we dispose of it according to our data retention and deletion policies.
While we aim to protect your Personal Information, the security of information transmitted through the internet can never be guaranteed. We are not responsible for any interception or interruption of any communications through the internet or for changes to or losses of data. In order to protect you and your data, we may suspend your use of any of the Services, without notice, if any breach of security is suspected. Access to and use of password protected and/or secure areas of any of the Services are restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized access to such areas is prohibited and may lead to criminal prosecution.
IIII. YOUR RIGHTS – GENERAL
Our intention is to send e-mails only to viewers/customers who have chosen to receive such e-mails. At any time, you have the right to decline receiving future communications from Taro Magazine by following the “Unsubscribe” link in the Taro Magazine e-mail communications.
You may also opt-out of having Personal Information such as your name, email address, postal address or phone number shared with third parties for their marketing purposes. If you wish to exercise this right, or if you have any other questions regarding this Policy, please contact our Webmaster at the e-mail address below.
E-mail Address: admin@taromagazine.com
Please include “Privacy Policy” in the subject line, and in the body, please include enough information for us to help you, including your full name, contact information, and the specific website, mobile site, application, and/or other Service you are contacting us about. If you submit a request specific to your personal data, we may request additional information to verify your identity before addressing your specific request.
Note: Only inquiries about this Policy or requests to remove Personal Information from our records should be sent to the Webmaster. Other communications may not be accepted or responded to.
V. COOKIES
You may have read about “cookies,” nuggets of information that are placed by a Website in a storage place on your own computer. We may use cookies to control the display of ads, to track usage patterns on the site, to deliver editorial content, and to record registration and personalization information. For example, if you register on any part of the Website and are given the option to save your display name and password on your computer, we can provide this convenience to you by placing a cookie on your computer. Our cookies may contain personally identifiable information and such cookies may be shared with our affiliates and other companies.
Some of our advertisers occasionally serve you cookies as well. We do not have control over cookies placed by advertisers.
We may also use advertising service vendors to help present advertisements on the Website. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending you duplicate advertisements. In doing so, these vendors may collect non-personal data such as your browser type, your operating system, Web pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data. The use of cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies by these advertising service vendors is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours, and Service Provider disclaims all liability in connection therewith. If you do not want the benefits of these advertising cookies, you may be able to opt-out by visiting http://www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp.
If you don’t want any cookies, your Web browser likely includes an option that allows you to not accept them. However, if you set your browser to refuse cookies, some portions of the Website may not function properly.
VI. KIDS AND PARENTS
This Website is not intended for use by children, especially those under age 13. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information or use our public discussion areas, forums and chats. Minors between the ages of 13 and 17 must get the permission of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) before making purchases, including subscriptions, on this site.
If your children disclose information about themselves in publicly accessible areas of the Website, they may get unsolicited messages from other parties. Accordingly, you should tell them not to do so.
If you’re worried about your children’s activities or their privacy on our site, we encourage you to contact our Webmaster at: admin@taromagazine.com
