Welcome to New York Press Release, available at newyorkpressrelease.com. This Privacy Policy describes how New York Press Release and its affiliated companies (“New York Press Release, “we,” “us,” or “our”) collect, use, share, and protect information about you when you interact with our website services linked here to this policy (all collectively, the “New York Press Release Services”).

This Privacy Policy governs newyorkpressrelease.com, as well as other affiliated sites, digital services, and mobile applications under the control of New York Press Release that reference this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not cover third-party sites, or sites not controlled by New York Press Release that may be linked to or from the New York Press Release Services. We do not have control over third-party sites’ privacy policies or content and are not responsible for those sites’ policies or practices, nor do we endorse their content.

Personal Information Collected

New York Press Release is a controller of your personal information. When you access or use the New York Press Release Services, you agree to our collection, use, and sharing of your personal information for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not accept these terms, please do not continue to use the New York Press Release Services.

Sharing with Affiliates

We may share with our affiliated entities (“Affiliates”) the personal information we obtain about you. To the extent we share personal information with our Affiliates, they may treat that information as their own to use independently of us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may, from time to time, update this Privacy Policy. If we do so, we will post the effective date of the most recent revision at the top of the policy. We will notify you if there are material changes to this Privacy Policy by posting a clear and conspicuous notice of such changes on our Website or by sending an email notification to you at the email address specified in your account information. Your continued use of the New York Press Release Services after any such changes shall constitute acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

State-Specific Privacy Rights

There are perhaps other rights if you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, or Virginia. See our U.S. State Privacy Notice for information regarding notices made pursuant to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia.

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Personal Information Collected by New York Press Release

New York Press Release collects personal information from you through various interactions with the website, including but not limited to:

Account sign-ups
Email newsletter subscription
Registration for New York Press Release services or products
Event Registration
Entry into sweepstakes or contests
Saved articles or resources
Visiting and interacting with the New York Press Release Services
Utilizing particular tools on New York Press Release Services, including saving articles or bookmarking tools
Submission of forms requesting information or services from New York Press Release or third-party partners

The types of personally identifiable information we collect may include:

Identifiers and Contact Information: Such as name, phone number, home or physical address, email address, username, social media, and online identifiers in addition to one that serves to identify the person on a specific state or nation’s documents for online or other purposes related to mobile devices
Personal Records: Such as name, address, educational background, employment history, and details on any account money has been transferred from your bank, credit card, or debit card.
Demographics: Including age and sex
Transaction History: New York Press Release products or services viewed, discussed, or purchased and any preference or buying behavior disclosed by marketing vendors or third-party partners
Usage Data: Browsing, search history, and other activity related to interactions with New York Press Release Services
User-Generated Content: Comments, reviews, questions, and other information that you have voluntarily selected to share
Third-Party Information: Research from the market and focus groups
Technical Data: IP address, browser type and language, device type and model, OS, internet service provider, time of visit, page, etc. Location Data: Information based on location-aware features or inferred approximate location (such as zip code) Professional Data: Job title, organization, professional skills, and relevant education and training Inferred Interests: Presumed interests based on your activity on New York Press Release Services
Account Login Information: User Names and Passwords to gain access to any of your New York Press Release accounts
Confidential Information: race, ethnicity, etc. that are thereby voluntarily disclosed

You can register or sign into your New York Press Release account using third-party services like Facebook, Google, or Apple. If you use these services, we may receive information from those accounts, such as your name and email address, as allowed by the privacy settings of those third-party accounts. You can disconnect this at any time. Please note, that Facebook, Google, and Apple are not responsible for the content or services provided by New York Press Release.

Moreover, New York Press Release may aggregate the information we collect directly from you with information obtained from public or commercially available sources permitted and/or lawfully available and we may combine such information with other information we collect about you.

Purposes of Processing

New York Press Release collects, uses, discloses, or otherwise processes your personal information to run its business efficiently and provide quality services to you. Some of the purposes for which we process your personal information include:

Providing Products and Services: To provide the information, products, and services that you may request; fulfill your preferences; and forward special offers or materials from New York Press Release, our affiliates, or third-party partners that may interest you.
Also, we may share your personal data with affiliates and partners if we need support services. For example, we may require the information about you to support a service that our affiliates or other trusted third-party partners offer, such as retail merchants, educational institutions, financial organizations, or companies in consumer service sectors.
Customizing Your Experience Customize the content, offers, and ads you receive on New York Press Release as well as related services so that you get materials and recommendations from New York Press Release, its affiliates, or third-party partners who have a better idea of how to customize the experience for you.
Account Management The processing of the registration; the verification of account information maintenance of your profile and also performing other account-related activities.
Customer Support and Communications: To answer your questions, requests, or concerns; keep you updated with important news about our New York Press Release services and policies, also to verify whether you qualify for some particular services by us or our third-party partners.
Research, Development, and Analytics: To understand how users might engage with New York Press Release services both at a user level and aggregated to better our products, and as a means of responding to users’ preferences.
Advertising and Campaign Performance: To track the effectiveness of our ad campaigns, assess relevant ad placement, and optimize our advertising efforts across all platforms. This may include New York Press Release, our vendors, and/or digital advertising partners.
Market Research and Customer Feedback: To survey and gather feedback for improving our offerings, understanding customer satisfaction, and conducting market research.
Targeted Advertising: To show you advertisements and advertising-related content based on your interests and surfing behavior. To learn more, see our “Cookies Policy”.
Safety, Security, and Legal Compliance: To prevent, detect, investigate, and mitigate fraud, harmful activities directed to other persons, and violations of the Terms of Service or Privacy Statement.
Purposes for Which the Information Was Collected at the Time of Collection: For any specific purpose identified at the time that your information was collected.
Compliant Uses: For purposes compatible with the initial, legitimate purposes for which the personal information was collected, as long as the use is permitted by law.

The New York Press Release recognizes its duty to treat your personal information responsibly and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and other applicable laws and regulations.

Lawful Basis for Using Your Personal Information

Subject to the nature of your visit, New York Press Release may obtain personal data from you. New York Press Release processes your personal data as follows: there is a related lawful ground under the GDPR in the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA) for processing such as where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you will be signatory or where we take steps at your request in anticipation of entering into a contract.

Legal and regulatory compliance: We process your personal information as we are legally and/or contractually obliged to do so in order to meet our various obligations in our service delivery.
Legitimate interests: Where our interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms, including the right to private life, we process your personal information for the reasons of personalization of your experience, answering your inquiries, promoting our services, conducting data analysis and market research, engaging with our sponsors, maintaining our systems, data security among other purposes.
Consent: If we require your consent for processing your personal data, then we shall seek such consent.

Specifically, there are certain personal categories that might be considered sensitive. These data will be processed only upon explicit consent from you. For example, if you willingly give us your racial or ethnic background, we may use that information to offer you appropriate services or share it with an educational institution looking to recruit, and we don’t need any further consent for that action.

Sharing Your Personal Information

New York Press Release may disclose or otherwise make accessible to third parties, or otherwise receive from third parties, any personally identifiable information that you provide to us in order for such third parties to fulfill orders and other business, marketing, or social needs of New York Press Release as indicated below.

Here is an overview of the categories of third-party recipients with whom we may share your personal data:

Third-Party Service Providers: These may be vendors that support New York Press Release Services, for example, data hosting providers or payment processors. Please note that we never have direct storage of payment card information.
Business Partners: There may be some third-party providers that offer their offers or services through New York Press Release, from which we earn a commission. If you express interest, you may be asked to provide information about yourself so we can learn more about the offers that best suit your interests. Sometimes New York Press Release collects your information and transmits it to its partners, and sometimes the partner directly collects information from you and transmits it to us. The partner’s own privacy policy will govern his use of your information. If you would like to opt out of communications from these types of partners, you can do so directly with them.
Digital Advertising Partners: We may share information such as your email, IP address, or browser information with digital businesses for interest-based advertising. You can control the use of cookies and other tracking technologies through our Cookie Preference Center. More details are here in “Use of Cookies.”
Educational Institutions: If you use our education products, for example, to save schools and compare schools, we may infer certain interests for you in connection with those institutions, and share the information you provide to us with such schools or their affiliates to facilitate recruitment efforts. You will have the opportunity to provide race or ethnicity information, and in so doing, you consent to our sharing of this information with educational institutions in order to facilitate their recruitment efforts. If you like to stop allowing educational institutions to share your information, you can fill out our Consumer Rights Request Form. You may also directly contact the institution to request to be removed from their roster.
User Comments and Public Content: In some portions of New York Press Release, users can publicly comment, review, or ask questions. In doing so with this content area, we may post information such as your name or screen name. Remember that such content, along with any personal information you included, will likely be accessible to the public and will appear in third-party search results for an indefinite period of time.
Event and Webinar Sponsors: If you attend any of our events or webinars, we share your information with event sponsors who may contact you according to their privacy policy.
Survey or Focus Groups: We or our affiliates or third parties might also engage survey companies or focus groups for our internal research and analysis purposes.
Sweepstakes Sponsor: Any such entry by the Participant shall constitute such Participant’s consent to his or her name, voice, and/or likeness being used for promotional purposes in relation to the Sweepstakes and otherwise for commercial purposes, without additional compensation. Sweepstakes Administrator: We may share your entry information with a sweepstakes’ sponsor and administrator in order to administer the sweepstakes. If you win, we may place your name on a list of winners, and we may otherwise disclose your name, as may be required by law.
Affiliates: We may disclose your information to affiliates of the company.
Government and Legal Bodies: We will provide your information as necessary to regulatory, law enforcement, and dispute resolution bodies, or courts, for compliance and legal purposes.
Professional Advisors: We may disclose information to third-party professional advisors, including accountants, auditors, and legal advisors.
Business Restructuring: In the unlikely event of our business undergoing restructuring or sale, we may share your data as part of the sale.

New York Press Release respects your privacy and only discloses personal information to other entities for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Data Retention

New York Press Release retains personal information for such a period as is necessary for achieving purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will determine the relevant period for retention based on the purpose of the processing, the type of data, and its sensitivity, potential risks involved through unauthorized use or disclosure, the ability to achieve our purpose through alternative means, and specific relevant legal and regulatory requirements. In some cases, we may also have to keep your information for longer periods such as where we are required to do so for legal reasons, or by order of overarching supervisory authorities, or where litigation or investigations have arisen and are relevant to our records.

Please note that we may convert your personal information into de-identified or aggregated data, which cannot be associated with you and is no longer identifiable.

International Transfer of Your Personal Information

As a global company, we have operations worldwide, and for the purposes mentioned above, we may have to transfer your personal information across international borders from your home country, country of residence, or location where you are otherwise situated to the United States.

We will make sure that such transfers are made in accordance with the applicable data protection laws and adequate measures to guarantee your data’s confidentiality and security. About cross-border transfers, we will safeguard your personal information transferred internationally by implementing one or more of the following safeguards:

Transfer to a country whose level of personal data protection is regarded by the relevant regulator as adequate.
Implementation of contractual terms approved by the relevant regulatory authority.
Obtaining your consent for the transfer, where applicable and legally permitted.

For further information about the measures we have taken to protect your information, please contact us using the contact information found at the end of this Privacy Policy.

Data Security

New York Press Release has commercially reasonable physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to ensure protection for the information that is collected through the online process. Personal details are transmitted with the help of secure protocols and stored in encrypted locations with limited access. However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

Third Party Sites

New York Press Release contains links to third-party websites and services not under our control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the security measures of third-party websites. When you access an external website, you should refer to its applicable privacy policy.

We also make use of Google Maps API at certain points on our website, for instance in our Best Cars section. Your use of the Google Maps features and content is subject to the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.

How to Unsubscribe from Emails

You can opt out of our newsletters at New York Press Release by clicking “Unsubscribe” or “Manage my email preferences” on any one of our messages. Opting out of promotional emails will not stop you from receiving transactional ones.

Rights

Depending upon data privacy laws applicable to you and your location, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information. If you are a resident of one of the U.S. states with active consumer privacy laws, please refer to our separate U.S. State Privacy Notice to learn more about your rights. For all users outside the United States, these rights will apply:

Access: You have the right to request information regarding our processing activities relating to your personal data or to obtain a copy of it.
Correction: If your personal information is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to ask us to rectify the inaccuracies or complete any incomplete information.
Objection to Processing: You have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests, except where we can demonstrate compelling grounds that override your objection which in their own right also outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or where processing is necessary for legal claims.
Erasure: You can request the erasure of your personal information if it is no longer necessary for the purpose you allow us to collect for when you have objected to the process or unlawful processing.
Restriction of Processing: If you object to erasure but instead want to restrict our use of your information or have objected to processing based on legitimate interests, you can request we limit it to only storage.
Data Portability: You have a right to require that we transfer any personal data that you have provided to us for you to another organization or to you, where it’s possible.
Withdrawal of Consent: If we rely on your consent, you have a right to withdraw it at any time.

Please note that these rights are not absolute and may not apply in every situation. To exercise any of these rights, please submit our Consumer Rights Request Form.

Use of Cookies

New York Press Release and certain advertisers, service providers, and third parties assisting in managing and optimizing our website may use cookies and other tracking technologies on your computer or mobile device. For users outside the United States, we will only use cookies marked as “Always Active” in our Preference Center unless you select to accept other cookies and tracking technologies.

“Cookies” are small pieces of data stored on your computer or device when you visit New York Press Release. These help us identify your browser, though they do not contain any form of personal information unless you have explicitly supplied it to us. You can disable the cookies through your browser settings, but doing so may affect how our website operates. We honor “Do Not Track” signals sent by some browsers, but we do not respond to “Do Not Sell” signals at this time. You can delete cookies or otherwise adjust your browser settings to erase or refuse cookies. Depending upon your browser, it may accept cookies when you visit other sites. Sites operating jointly with us may use our technologies to allow us and other selected businesses to collect such information on those other sites. You can turn on Global Privacy Control (GPC) in your browser or device to opt out of the sale or sharing of cookies. Be aware that GPC signals are unique to a browser, unique to a device, and must be activated for every device.

Cookies and tracking technologies have been set by New York Press Release in order to facilitate your visits to our website and to make it more interesting to you. They also back personal experiences, like measuring effectiveness for ads, calculation of unique visitors, and simple login features for account-based features. If you offered your email, we may use usage across devices to give a better experience, site analytics, or interest-based advertising. We use Google Analytics to analyze all usage data, and you can opt-out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser plugin.

Advertisers and service providers may use cookies to help recognize your device, collect information about your activity on New York Press Release, and provide interest-based advertisements. We do not control third-party use of cookies or other tracking technologies. For more information about online interest-based advertising and to learn how to opt out, you can visit the National Advertising Initiative Consumer Opt-Out, Digital Advertising Alliance Your AdChoices, or AdChoices for mobile devices. New York Press Release is not responsible for the accuracy of third-party opt-out tools.

We also partner with certain third parties to display advertising on our website. These third parties may use technologies such as cookies to collect information about your interactions with our website and other websites, which enables them to deliver targeted advertisements and makes their advertising more effective. This collection of information also helps us and our third-party partners to compile de-identified information across our websites, such as demographics and interests reported.