This policy covers VICE sites and services that link to it
The policy, updated August 6, 2024, applies to personal information collected through Vice Digital Publishing, LLC websites and linked features, apps, widgets and online services, across devices. It generally excludes other websites and offline collection unless VICE says otherwise at collection.
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This Privacy Policy was updated August 6th, 2024,
This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information (defined below) collected through Vice Digital Publishing, LLC’s (“VICE,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) web sites that post this Privacy Policy
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 websites and offline collection are excluded unless specifically included at collection.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): VICE receives information you provide through registration and transactions — 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.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
VICE tells users who disagree with the policy not to use the services
VICE asks users to review this policy and the separate Terms of Use. It says that if you disagree with the privacy policy, you should not use the site or services or provide personal information. The Terms of Use are referenced here; their separate contents are not supplied by this policy.
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In addition, please review the Terms of Use, which govern your use of the Sites. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site or the services or provide us with any Personal Information.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Listed-state residents may request information about the past 12 months
Under section 7, you may request the categories and specific pieces of personal information collected about you over the past 12 months, its sources and collection purposes, recipient categories, and information about sales or business-purpose disclosures. VICE provides this after receiving and confirming a verifiable request. This is the policy’s description for listed states; the exact rights vary by state.
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Right to Know – You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your Personal Information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you, as well as the categories of sources from which such information is collected, the purpose for collecting such information, the categories of third parties with whom we share such information, and information about our sale or disclosure for business purposes of your Personal Information to third parties.
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 7 names California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada and Utah; exact rights vary by state.
A confirmed verifiable request is required; the stated reporting period is the past 12 months.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Deletion requests include directions to service providers
Section 7 allows a request to delete personal information collected from you and retained. After confirming a verifiable request, VICE says it will delete the information and direct its providers to do so, unless an exception applies. The right is state-dependent and is not an unconditional promise to erase every record.
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Right to Delete – You have the right to request that we delete any of your Personal Information that we have collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Personal Information from our records, unless an exception applies.
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 7 names California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada and Utah; exact rights vary by state.
Applies to information collected from you and retained, after verification and subject to exceptions.
Cross-references
qualifies (model-proposed): The identifiers row ties retention to services, business records and legal needs — The policy’s retention purposes coexist with a state-dependent verified deletion request, including directions to providers and stated exceptions. Neither card promises unconditional deletion or unlimited retention.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Correction may be refused when VICE considers its records likely accurate
Section 7 describes a right to request correction of inaccurate information collected from you and retained. Following verification, VICE says it will correct the information and direct providers to do so unless an exception applies or it decides its records are likely accurate. The later state-rights list expressly excludes Iowa and Utah from its correction entry; rights otherwise vary by state.
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Right to Correct – You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information that we have collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will correct (and direct our service providers to correct) your Personal Information, unless an exception applies or we determine that our records are likely accurate.
Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 7 names California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada and Utah; exact rights vary by state.
Requires verification and is subject to exceptions and VICE’s assessment of likely accuracy.
The later correction entry excludes Iowa and Utah.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
The policy states a right against discrimination for exercising privacy rights
In its listed-state rights section, VICE says you have a right not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights. The policy also notes that their exact scope varies by state.
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Right to Non-Discrimination – You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 7 names California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada and Utah; exact rights vary by state.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
A verified request can produce a portable copy of your information
Section 7 describes a right to a copy of personal information collected about you in a portable and, where technically feasible, readily usable format that can be sent to another entity. After confirming identity, VICE provides the data as applicable law requires, through your account or the email address in your request. The listed-state summary also includes confirmation of processing, access, deletion and portability, now or in the future depending on state law.
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Right to Data Portability – You have the right to request that we provide a copy of the Personal Information we have collected about you, in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance. Once we receive your request and confirm your identity, we will provide to you a copy of your data as required under the applicable data protection laws. We may provide this data to you through your user account with us, or via email to the email address you have provided with your request.
State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. The states listed above, provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:
Confirm whether we process their personal information.
Access and delete certain personal information.
Data portability.
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 7 names California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada and Utah; exact rights vary by state.
Identity confirmation and applicable-law requirements govern provision; usability is qualified by technical feasibility.
The additional state-law list includes rights that may be future rights in this dated policy.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
VICE aims to respond within 45 days and may verify requests or allow an agent
To exercise section 7 rights, VICE directs you to its contact information. It may ask for matching data to verify the request and promises to use that additional data only to handle it. An authorized agent may act in some circumstances. VICE endeavors to respond within 45 days, allows possible verification delay, and says it will explain any extension and its duration in writing. This is an aim with qualifications, not an unqualified 45-day guarantee.
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If you would like to exercise one or more of the above rights, please contact us using the contact information provided at the end of this section. We may need you to provide additional information to verify your request, such as providing certain data elements so that we can confirm they match the Personal Information already maintained by us. We will not use this additional information for anything other than handling your request. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request in certain circumstances on your behalf. We will endeavor to respond to all such requests within forty-five (45) days, although there may be a brief delay in processing a request while we verify that the request is valid and originates from you as opposed to an unauthorized third party. If we require more time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 7 names California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada and Utah; exact rights vary by state.
Additional information may be needed for verification; agent requests are allowed only in certain circumstances.
The 45-day response aim permits verification delay and a written extension.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
The state-law list includes advertising, sale, profiling and sensitive-data choices
The dated policy lists state-law rights, available now or in the future, to opt out of targeted advertising (excluding Iowa), sales, and profiling for decisions with legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah). It also lists either a sensitive-data processing limit/opt-out or a consent requirement. Exact rights depend on the state; this is not a statement that every listed state currently grants every choice.
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State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. The states listed above, provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:
Opt-out of personal data processing for:
targeted advertising (excluding Iowa);
sales; or
profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah).
Either limit (opt-out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal data.
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 7 names California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada and Utah; exact rights vary by state.
The sensitive-data right is framed alternatively as a limit/opt-out or a consent requirement.
The policy includes rights available now or in the future.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): Privacy requests require a subject label and complete mailing details — Section 7 names Nevada but not Virginia; the section 9 general request list names Virginia but not Nevada and then provides a separate Nevada sales paragraph. Exact rights vary by state; the cards do not silently unify these lists.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
The policy gives differing directions for privacy-request appeals
Section 7 says you may appeal VICE’s inability to comply by contacting it, then complain to your state Attorney General if dissatisfied after that process. It says “contact us here” without providing an address in that sentence. Section 9 instead directs appeals to the state Attorney General’s office. The policy does not explain how these two appeal directions fit together.
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Right to Appeal – If you make a request to exercise any of the above privacy rights and we are unable to comply with your request, you may request to appeal our decision. To appeal any data privacy request decision, please contact us here. If after you complete the appeal process with us, you are still unsatisfied with our response, you may contact your state Attorney General to file a complaint.
To appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request, please email your respective Attorney General’s office in your state.
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state.
Qualifications & exceptions
Section 7 names California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Nevada and Utah; exact rights vary by state.
Section 7 describes an internal appeal before a complaint; section 9 points directly to the Attorney General.
Not stated here
The policy does not reconcile the appeal sequences or identify a specific internal appeal address in the appeal sentence.
Privacy requests require a subject label and complete mailing details
Section 9 tells residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia to email USPrivacy@vice.com or write to Vice Digital Publishing, LLC, 45 Main St, Suite 200, Brooklyn NY 11201, Attention: Legal Department. Include Privacy Rights Request in the email subject or letter, plus your name, street, city, state and ZIP. VICE disclaims responsibility for misdirected, unlabeled or incomplete notices. Rights vary by state. This list includes Virginia and omits Nevada, unlike section 7; Nevada has a separate sales paragraph. Section 9 directs appeals to the state Attorney General, while section 7 describes an internal appeal first.
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If you are a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia resident and you have questions about our privacy practices or would like to exercise one or more of the rights listed above, please send your request to the following email address: USPrivacy@vice.com; or write to us at the following mailing address:
Vice Digital Publishing, LLC 45 Main St, Suite 200 Brooklyn NY, 11201 Attention: Legal Department
You must put the statement “Privacy Rights Request” in the subject field of your e-mail or include it in your writing if you choose to write to us at the designated mailing address. You must include your name, street address, city, state, and zip code. We are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or do not have complete information to allow us to respond to you.
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state. To appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request, please email your respective Attorney General’s office in your state.
7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)
To appeal any data privacy request decision, please contact us here. If after you complete the appeal process with us, you are still unsatisfied with our response, you may contact your state Attorney General to file a complaint.
Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales.
Qualifications & exceptions
Follow the required label and contact details.
The request-section and rights-heading state lists differ; exact rights vary by state.
Not stated here
The policy does not reconcile the differing state lists or the two appeal directions.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): The state-law list includes advertising, sale, profiling and sensitive-data choices — Section 7 names Nevada but not Virginia; the section 9 general request list names Virginia but not Nevada and then provides a separate Nevada sales paragraph. Exact rights vary by state; the cards do not silently unify these lists.
Defective notices may be ineffective and knowing misrepresentations may lead to damages
VICE warns that a notice failing the requirements of DMCA Section 512(c)(3) may be ineffective. It also warns that knowingly and materially misrepresenting infringement may create liability for damages, costs and attorneys' fees under Section 512(f). These are the policy's warnings; the cited statute is not reproduced here.
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If you fail to comply with all of the requirements of Section 512(c)(3) of the DMCA, your notice may not be effective. Please be aware that if you knowingly materially misrepresent that material or activity on the Site is infringing your copyright, you may be held liable for damages (including costs and attorneys’ fees) under Section 512(f) of the DMCA.
Qualifications & exceptions
The misrepresentation warning requires a knowing, material misrepresentation.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment
Changes take effect on posting, but materially different data uses need consent
VICE reserves the right to change the policy at any time without notice, with changes effective immediately when posted and the latest revision date shown under the title. It nevertheless promises not to use your personal information in a materially different way from what was stated when it was collected without your consent.
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VICE reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. The revision date appearing on the first page of this Privacy Policy underneath the title will identify the date of the last update or revision. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy. However, VICE will not, without your consent, use your Personal Information in a manner materially different than what was stated at the time it was collected.
Qualifications & exceptions
Consent is required for a materially different use compared with the collection-time statement.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Privacy-practice and processing questions go to USPrivacy@vice.com
For questions about privacy practices or processing of personal information, VICE gives USPrivacy@vice.com as its contact address. Formal state-rights requests have the separately stated labeling and identifying-information requirements.
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If you would like to contact us for any reason concerning our privacy practices, or have further questions on the processing of your Personal Information, contact us at USPrivacy@vice.com.
You must put the statement “Privacy Rights Request” in the subject field of your e-mail or include it in your writing if you choose to write to us at the designated mailing address. You must include your name, street address, city, state, and zip code.
Qualifications & exceptions
Formal rights requests require the additional information and labeling specified in the request section.