Personal information includes data linkable to a person or household
VICE defines personal information broadly: it includes information that identifies, relates to or describes a person or household, or can reasonably be associated or linked with them directly or indirectly, as well as information covered by applicable data protection laws.
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the term “Personal Information” includes any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual or household, including any information that is subject to applicable data protection laws.
VICE receives information you provide through registration and transactions
VICE collects information you give it when using the sites or interacting offline. Examples include contact and demographic details for registration, payment and contact details for transactions, and email addresses for mailing lists. The opening scope excludes offline collection unless specifically stated at collection; the direct-source section nevertheless mentions offline interactions. It does not clarify how those statements fit for any particular offline event.
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Directly from you: We collect Personal Information that you provide directly to us while using our Sites or interacting with us offline.
Contact and demographic information when registering to use our Sites and services.
Payment information and associated contact information when engaging in a transaction on our Sites.
Email address information when subscribing to our email lists.
This Privacy Policy only covers Personal Information collected via the Sites and does not cover any information collected at any other web site or offline by VICE (unless specifically stated at the time of collection).
Qualifications & exceptions
Collection depends on the interaction you take part in.
The opening offline exclusion and this section's offline reference are not fully reconciled.
Not stated here
Whether a particular offline collection is covered depends on information provided at collection; this section does not resolve it.
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contrast (model-proposed): This policy covers VICE sites and services that link to it — The direct-source paragraph includes offline interactions, while the opening scope excludes offline collection unless specifically stated at collection. The cards preserve this tension without deciding which offline events are covered.
Questions, surveys, donations and contests supply personal information
VICE collects information you provide in questions, surveys, charity events, donations, contests and sweepstakes. If you contact VICE, it may retain the correspondence and contact details you supplied.
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Information you provide when you submit a question or complete a survey.
Information you provide when participating in a charity event or offering a donation.
Information you provide when you participate in a contest or sweepstakes.
If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence and any contact information provided.
Qualifications & exceptions
These examples depend on your participation or contact.
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Forum posts and comments are collected and may be public
VICE collects information you provide in forums, chatrooms and comments. It warns that comments are visible to other users and may be visible to anyone on the internet.
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Any information or data you provide by interacting in our online forums and chatrooms, or by commenting on content posted on our Sites. Please note that these comments are also visible to other users of our services and may be visible to anyone else on the internet.
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Cookies and similar tools collect usage, device and email-interaction data
While you use the sites, VICE automatically collects usage information, much of it through cookies, beacons, pixels, other tracking tools, browsers or devices. It includes visit timing and patterns, traffic and location data, resources and referral routes, IP addresses, operating systems and browsers, and interactions with ads and newsletters, including opens and link clicks. Its location description is general IP-derived location, not precise GPS coordinates.
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When you interact with and use the Sites, certain information about your use of our Sites is automatically collected. Much of this information is collected through cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other tracking technologies, as well as through your web browser or device.
Details of your visits to our Sites and information generated in the course of using our Sites (including the timing, frequency and pattern of service use) including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, the resources that you access, and how you reached our Sites.
Details regarding the device you use to access our services, including, but not limited to, your IP address, operating system and browser type.
Information about how you interact with our ads and email newsletters, including whether you open or click links in any correspondence.
We may be able to determine your general location based on the IP address. We do not collect your precise location (i.e. your GPS coordinates).
Qualifications & exceptions
VICE says it does not collect precise GPS location.
Social media interactions may provide account details and post information
VICE lists information you make available on social platforms among its sources, including when you click a linked social icon or subscribe to its newsletter through a social service. Examples include account ID, email address, username and information in your posts.
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Information that you make available to us on a social media platform (including by clicking on a social media icon linked from our services or by signing up for our newsletter through a social media service), including your account ID, email address, username, and other information included in your posts.
Qualifications & exceptions
The source is information you make available to VICE on the platform.
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Third-party content and widgets can collect information independently
The sites may host third-party content and widgets or link to sites VICE does not control; VICE widgets may also appear on unrelated sites. Those third parties may use their own cookies and beacons or independently collect or request personal information, and may or may not publish privacy policies. VICE disclaims responsibility for their privacy practices.
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The Sites may contain content that is hosted and served by third parties, which may include third party widgets (such as those that allow you to share content with third party web sites and online services). The Sites may also contain links to other third party web sites that VICE does not control. In addition, VICE widgets may be included on web pages and web sites that are not associated with us, and over which we have no control. These third parties may collect information about you through the use of their own cookies and web beacons, may independently collect data or solicit Personal Information, and may or may not have their own published privacy policies. VICE is not responsible for the privacy practices employed by any third party.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are third parties' independent practices, not a promise that VICE controls their collection.
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VICE says it does not knowingly collect from under-13s and will delete discovered data
VICE describes its sites as general-audience sites and says it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. It promises to delete data it later determines came from someone under 13. Parents, guardians or anyone who learns of such collection should contact USPrivacy@vice.com immediately.
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The Sites are general audience web sites and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children younger than the age of thirteen (13). We will delete any Personal Information collected that we later determine to be from an individual younger than the age of 13. If a parent, guardian or anyone else becomes aware of Personal Information that has been collected from the use of the Sites by an individual under the age of 13, please contact our customer service immediately at USPrivacy@vice.com.
Qualifications & exceptions
The initial collection statement is limited by knowledge; the deletion promise applies on later discovery.
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VICE collects identifiers for service, marketing and business activities
VICE collects names, contact details, account names, IP addresses and similar identifiers. Uses include operating and improving services, newsletters and tailored content or offers on and off the sites, customer support, internal business, audience campaigns, contests, transactions and contributions, content from submissions, protecting rights, and purposes disclosed at collection or consented to. This policy generally covers site collection, with other websites and offline collection excluded unless specifically included.
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Personal IdentifiersWe collect personal information such as name, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers.
Operating our business and providing, maintaining, and improving our Sites and services.Sending you newsletters and tailoring other content we display to you and offers we may present to you, both on the Sites and elsewhere online.Providing customer service including responding to question submissions, feedback or suggestions.For our internal business purposes.Audience targeting and running campaigns.Conducting contests and sweepstakes.Processing commercial transactions and financial contributions.Creating content based on user submissions.Other purposes disclosed to you at the time you provide your Personal Information or otherwise with your consent.Protecting and enforcing our and others’ interests, rights, and property.
This Privacy Policy only covers Personal Information collected via the Sites and does not cover any information collected at any other web site or offline by VICE (unless specifically stated at the time of collection).
Qualifications & exceptions
Other uses must be disclosed at collection or covered by consent.
Other websites and offline collection are generally outside this policy.
Demographic details support personalization, events and feedback
VICE collects age, birth date, gender and similar data when you choose to provide it in your profile or when using the sites. Listed uses are tailored content and offers on and off the sites, monitoring online and offline event attendance, questions or feedback, and internal business. The row provides retention for as long as necessary for those purposes unless you instruct otherwise or collection-time disclosure says otherwise.
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Demographic InformationWe collect your age, date of birth, gender, and other similar data when you choose to provide it to us as part of your profile, or when using the Sites. Tailoring content we display to you and offers we may present to you, both on the Sites and elsewhere online.Tracking and monitoring attendance at online and offline events.Question submissions, feedback or suggestions.For internal business purposes. As long as necessary to complete the purposes, unless otherwise instructed by consumer, or unless otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
Qualifications & exceptions
Collection is described as occurring when you choose to provide the data.
Retention is subject to consumer instructions or collection-time disclosure.
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VICE collects purchase history and products you considered
Commercial data includes products or services purchased, obtained or considered and purchasing or consumption histories or tendencies. VICE uses it for its sites and services, customer service, tailored content and offers on and off the sites, internal business and financial contributions. Retention lasts as necessary for those purposes unless consumer instructions or collection-time disclosures provide otherwise.
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Commercial InformationWe collect information about products or services you purchased, obtained or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. Providing our Sites and services, and customer service.Tailoring content we display to you and offers we may present to you, both on the Sites and elsewhere online.For our internal business purposes.Processing financial contributions. As long as necessary to complete the purposes, unless otherwise instructed by consumer, or unless otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
Qualifications & exceptions
Retention is subject to consumer instructions or collection-time disclosure.
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Visits, browsing patterns and device details support site operation and targeting
VICE collects visit timing, frequency and patterns; traffic, location and communication data; accessed resources and referral routes; and device information such as IP address, operating system and browser. Uses include service and support improvements, tailored content and offers on and off the sites, location-based delivery or restriction of content and advertising, and internal business. It retains this data as necessary for these purposes unless consumer instructions or collection-time disclosures say otherwise.
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Internet or another similar network activityWe collect details about your visits to our Sites and information generated in the course of using our Sites (including the timing, frequency and pattern of service use) including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, the resources that you access, and how you reached the Sites. We also collect details regarding the device you use to access our Sites, including, but not limited to, your IP address, operating system and browser type. Providing, maintaining, and improving our Sites and services, and customer service.Tailoring content we display to you and offers we may present to you, both on the Sites and elsewhere online.Verifying your device’s location and delivering or restricting relevant content and advertising based on that location.For our internal business purposes. As long as necessary to complete the purposes, unless otherwise instructed by consumer, or unless otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
Qualifications & exceptions
Retention is subject to consumer instructions or collection-time disclosure.
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VICE may infer general location but says it does not collect GPS coordinates
VICE may infer general location from automatically collected IP addresses. It says it does not collect precise GPS location. The location row lists service and customer support, tailored content or offers on and off the sites, location-based delivery or restriction of content and ads, event attendance and internal business uses. Retention is as necessary for those purposes unless consumer instructions or collection-time disclosure say otherwise.
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Geolocation DataAs described above, we collect your IP address and other information automatically when you use our Sites. We may be able to determine your general location based on the IP address. We do not collect your precise location (i.e. your GPS coordinates). Providing our Sites and services, and customer service.Tailoring content we display to you and offers we may present to you, both on the Sites and elsewhere online.Verifying your device’s location and delivering or restricting relevant content and advertising based on that location.Tracking and monitoring attendance at online and offline events.For our internal business purposes. As long as necessary to complete the purposes, unless otherwise instructed by consumer, or unless otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
Qualifications & exceptions
Retention is subject to consumer instructions or collection-time disclosure.
VICE may collect sensitive personal information depending on context
VICE may collect legally sensitive data depending on context and purpose. The collection row lists tailored content on and off the sites, event attendance, questions or feedback, and internal business, with retention as necessary unless consumer instructions or collection-time disclosure say otherwise. The California section also says sensitive information is used only for its collection purpose, in aggregated and deidentified form for audience insights, without inferring personal characteristics. The policy does not fully explain how each table use fits that wording or whether this California-section statement applies elsewhere; specific sensitive-data types are not named.
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Sensitive Personal InformationWe may collect certain Personal Information that is defined as Sensitive Personal Information under the applicable data protection laws. This data varies depending on the context and purpose of collection. Tailoring content we offer, both on the Sites and elsewhere online.Tracking and monitoring attendance at online and offline events.Question submissions, feedback or suggestions.For our internal business purposes. As long as necessary to complete the purposes, unless otherwise instructed by consumer, or unless otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
8. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
We only use Sensitive Personal Information for the purpose for which it was collected, in aggregated and deidentified form to gain insights about our audience, and we do not use it to infer characteristics about you.
Qualifications & exceptions
The data varies with the context and purpose of collection.
Retention is subject to consumer instructions or collection-time disclosure.
The California section adds a purpose, aggregation/deidentification and no-inference limitation; its wider application is not expressly stated.
Not stated here
Specific sensitive data types are not named in this row.
How the table uses or disclosures fit the narrower California-section wording is not fully explained.
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contrast (model-proposed): The California section limits sensitive-data use and disclaims personal inferences — The sensitive-data collection table lists several uses, while the California section describes collection-purpose use in aggregated and deidentified form for audience insights without personal inferences. Their detailed fit and wider geographic application remain unstated.