Disclosure categories span vendors, advertising partners, related companies and government
The charts use broad recipient groups. Service providers include hosting, payment, security, commerce, support and professional advisers. Advertising and marketing partners include social networks, advertising, measurement and analytics services. Subsidiaries, affiliates and business partners include affiliated brands, a parent and companies under common ownership, control or management. Government entities include courts, regulators, legislators and law enforcement. These definitions alone do not say every group receives every data category.
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Service Providers: including hosting providers, auditors, advisors, consultants, payment processors, cybersecurity, e-commerce, technology, and customer service and/or support providers.
Advertising and Marketing Partners: including social media networks and third parties that provide advertising, campaign measurement, online and/or mobile analytics, and related services.
Subsidiaries, Affiliates, and Business Partners: including affiliated brands, parent company, and other companies under common ownership, control or management.
Government entities: including courts, legislative and regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, or other federal, state, or local government entities.
Qualifications & exceptions
The actual recipient groups depend on the specific chart row and disclosure conditions.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
VICE lists five data categories as sold or shared for advertising
Using sale and share in their applicable privacy-law senses, VICE lists identifiers, commercial information, network activity, geolocation and inferences as sold or shared with advertising and marketing partners to serve ads. Location is described elsewhere as general rather than GPS location. Separately, it says third-party marketing disclosures require opt-in and offers a Do Not Sell or Share My Info opt-out. It does not fully explain how that opt-in statement maps to every sale or sharing row. The identifiers row also places administration of sweepstakes, contests and promotions in the recipient cell; this wording does not identify an additional recipient.
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the terms “sale,” and “share” (including any variations thereof), and other similar terms have the meaning ascribed to them under applicable data privacy laws.
Personal Identifiers To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.To administer sweepstakes, contests and promotions.
Commercial information To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.
Internet or other similar network activity To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.
Geolocation data To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.
Inferences drawn from other personal information To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.
We do not disclose your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing purposes unless you agree to such sharing by opting in. You may opt-out of sharing by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Info” link.
We do not collect your precise location (i.e. your GPS coordinates).
Qualifications & exceptions
Sale and share have their applicable privacy-law meanings.
The policy separately states an opt-in condition for third-party marketing and provides a sale/sharing opt-out.
Location is described as general, not precise GPS data.
Not stated here
How the third-party-marketing opt-in applies to each advertising sale/sharing category is not fully specified.
The identifiers row mixes a promotion activity into the recipient cell without identifying a corresponding additional recipient.
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contrast (model-proposed): VICE says third-party marketing disclosures require opt-in — The policy promises opt-in for third parties’ marketing and separately lists advertising sales/sharing. It does not fully map that condition to every row; these provisions are presented together without treating either as a universal override.
VICE may disclose aggregated statistics and other non-identifying data
VICE says it may disclose non-personally identifiable information, including aggregated user statistics and certain usage information, to service providers and other third parties. The same passage says advertisers, content providers and analytics providers may collect such information during visits.
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We may disclose non-personally identifiable information, such as aggregated user statistics and certain usage information, with service providers and other third parties, including third party advertisers, content providers and analytics providers, may themselves collect such information when you visit the Sites.
Qualifications & exceptions
This statement concerns non-personally identifiable information.
VICE says it does not disclose personal information for third parties' marketing unless you opt in, and provides a Do Not Sell or Share My Info link to opt out of sharing. Its California discussion says declining opt-in or opting out when offered prevents direct-marketing sharing with that identified third party. The advertising sale/sharing table separately lists five data categories; the policy does not fully explain how the opt-in statement maps to every row. Other disclosures can occur as described in the policy, disclosed at collection or consented to where law requires.
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We do not disclose your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing purposes unless you agree to such sharing by opting in. You may opt-out of sharing by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Info” link.
We may disclose the information we have collected about you, including Personal Information, as disclosed at the time you provide your information or otherwise with your consent (to the extent required by law), and as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you do not opt in or if you choose to opt out at the time VICE offers that choice, VICE does not share your information with that identified third party for its direct marketing purposes.
Personal Identifiers To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.To administer sweepstakes, contests and promotions.
Commercial information To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.
Internet or other similar network activity To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.
Geolocation data To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.
Inferences drawn from other personal information To serve advertisements. Advertising and Marketing Partners.
Qualifications & exceptions
The promise concerns third parties' marketing, not every disclosure or VICE's own marketing.
The California discussion refers to the identified third party when the choice is offered.
Not stated here
The policy does not fully map the opt-in statement to each advertising sale/sharing category.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): VICE lists five data categories as sold or shared for advertising — The policy promises opt-in for third parties’ marketing and separately lists advertising sales/sharing. It does not fully map that condition to every row; these provisions are presented together without treating either as a universal override.
Accepting a third-party offer puts shared information under that party's practices
If you agree to share personal information for a third party's information or marketing offer, VICE discloses it to that party and its privacy policy and practices apply. VICE disclaims responsibility for those practices. To stop that party's later communications, you must contact it directly.
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If you agree at that time to have your Personal Information shared, your Personal Information will be disclosed to that third party (or parties) and will be subject to the privacy policy and practices of that third party. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of third parties, and, if you later decide that you no longer want to receive communications from a third party, you will need to contact that third party directly.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies when you agree to the offered sharing.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Likes and other interactive requests can transfer information to third parties
VICE says it typically shares information when you request it, including through interactive features or third-party apps. Liking content can transfer information to the app provider and destination website. Posts, likes and tweets through these features may be public and give the third party information about you and your site use.
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You also may request, sometimes through your use of an interactive feature or third party application, that we share information about you with a third party and we will typically do so under those circumstances. For example, if you “like” content on our Sites, information about you may transfer to the third party offering that application on our Sites and to the third party web site to which you are posting.
Also, if you choose to “like” content on one of the Sites, to tweet from the Sites or to otherwise post information from or via the Sites to a third party web site, feature or application, that information may be public and the third party may have access to information about you and your use of our Sites.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sharing follows your request or use of the interactive feature; transfer and public visibility are described as possible.
Service providers may access personal information to perform their work
VICE may use providers for hosting, feature design and operation, interaction analysis, communications, fraud prevention and administration. It may give them user information, including personal information, to perform services for you or the sites.
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We may use third party service providers to perform certain services on behalf of the Sites, such as hosting the Sites, designing and/or operating the Sites’ features, analyzing users’ interactions with the Sites, sending communications, safeguarding against fraud, or performing other administrative services. We may provide these service providers with access to user information, including Personal Information, to carry out the services they are performing for you or for the Sites.
Qualifications & exceptions
Access is described as serving the work the provider performs for you or the sites.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Promotions can require publicity permissions and disclose entrant information
Promotions may require registration. Entering means agreeing to their governing rules, which may require sponsors' promotional use of your name, voice, likeness or other persona indicators except where law prohibits it. Entrant information may be disclosed to third parties or the public for administration, winner selection, prizes, legal requirements or uses permitted by the official rules, such as winners lists. The particular promotion's rules are not supplied here.
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By participating in a Promotion, you are agreeing to the terms, conditions or official rules that govern that Promotion, which may contain specific requirements of you, including, except where prohibited by law, allowing the sponsor(s) of the Promotion to use your name, voice, likeness or other indicia of persona in advertising or marketing associated with the Promotion.
If you choose to enter a Promotion, Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties or the public in connection with the administration of such Promotion including, without limitation, in connection with winner selection, prize fulfillment, and as required by law or permitted by the Promotion’s official rules, such as on a winners list.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies if you participate; the specific promotion rules control.
Persona-use requirements are subject to prohibitions in law.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Legal, investigative and protective disclosures may occur without notice
VICE may disclose user information to respond to subpoenas or legal process, when it believes law requires disclosure, at investigating authorities' request, or to defend site policies or protect people's safety, rights, property or security. This includes engaging a third party against fraud and unauthorized card use. VICE may also identify users through device identifiers, alone or with copyright owners, connectivity providers or law enforcement. These disclosures may occur without notifying you.
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We may also transfer and disclose user information, including Personal Information, to third parties: (i) in the event we are required to respond to subpoenas or other legal process or if in our opinion such disclosure is required by law; (ii) at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation; or (iii) to protect and/or defend the Sites’ Terms of Use or other policies applicable to the Sites or to protect the personal safety, rights, property or security of any individual.
To that extent, we may disclose certain Personal Information to a third party we engage to protect against fraud and the unauthorized use of credit and gift cards. We may also use Device Identifiers (e.g., IP addresses) to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with copyright owners, Internet service providers, wireless service providers or law enforcement agencies, in our discretion. These disclosures may be carried out without notice to you.
Qualifications & exceptions
Triggers include VICE's judgment about legal requirements and requests by investigating authorities, not only a court order.
Notice to the user is not promised.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Personal information can move within the group or during corporate transactions
VICE may share personal information with subsidiaries and affiliates for internal business reasons. It reserves the right to transfer all site-related information, including personal data, to a later owner, co-owner or operator of the sites or a component such as a database, or in a merger, restructuring, ownership or asset sale or other corporate change. This includes due diligence before a transaction is completed.
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VICE may share Personal Information with its subsidiaries and affiliates for internal business reasons. VICE also reserves the right to disclose and transfer all information related to the Sites, including Personal Information: (i) to a subsequent owner, co-owner or operator of the Sites or component of the Sites, such as a database; or (ii) in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, restructuring, the sale of certain of VICE’s ownership interests, assets, or both, or other corporate change, including, without limitation, during the course of any due diligence process.
Qualifications & exceptions
Affiliate sharing is described as for internal business reasons.
Transaction-related transfers may happen during due diligence.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Public forum posts can be collected by others and fall outside this policy's protection
User Content includes comments, ideas, reviews and suggestions submitted to public forums such as message boards and chatrooms. Forum posts are public, and others can view, collect and use them. VICE says the policy's protections do not cover your voluntary disclosure of that content. Posting or liking through a third-party feature can also make information public and reveal information about you and your site use to that third party.
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You may be able to submit comments, ideas, reviews, suggestions and other content (“User Content”) to the Sites and to post your User Content publicly on message boards, chat rooms, and other public areas (collectively, “Community Forums”).
Note that anything you post to a Community Forum is public. Information you choose to post or make available in the Community Forums may be viewed, collected and used by others. If you choose to voluntarily disclose User Content, the protections of this Privacy Policy will not cover your disclosure of that information or content.
Also, if you choose to “like” content on one of the Sites, to tweet from the Sites or to otherwise post information from or via the Sites to a third party web site, feature or application, that information may be public and the third party may have access to information about you and your use of our Sites.
Qualifications & exceptions
The exclusion concerns content you voluntarily disclose; it is not a blanket exclusion of all account information.
Third-party-feature information may be public, whereas forum posts are described as public.
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exception to (model-proposed): This policy covers VICE sites and services that link to it — Although the policy generally covers site-collected personal information, it expressly excludes protection for content the user voluntarily discloses publicly. That does not remove protection from every account record.
California residents can opt out of sale or sharing by link, phone or GPC
The California section describes additional CCPA rights beyond section 7. It says residents may opt out of sale or sharing, including covered uses from the collection section, through the Do Not Sell or Share My Info link, +1-888-269-1005, or browser Global Privacy Control. VICE says it processes commonly used industry-standard GPC signals; some providers' solutions may not be recognized, and its best-efforts promise is for legally compliant, widely adopted signals.
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) provides California residents with rights to receive certain disclosures regarding the collection, use, and sharing of Personal Information,
In addition to the rights described above in Section 7, California residents have the following rights:
Right to Opt Out of Sale – You have the right to opt-out of the Sale or Sharing of your Personal Information.
To exercise this right, please click the “Do Not Sell or Share My Info” link, call us at +1-888-269-1005, or set your browser Global Privacy Controls to send this signal when you visit our Sites.
We receive and process GPC Signals for requests to opt-out of sale or sharing. We process the commonly used and industry standard GPC Signals. Please note that this is developing technology, and providers may offer solutions that our Sites do not recognize. We will do our best to recognize, process, and honor a GPC Signal that meets the legal standards and is widely adopted in the industry.
Qualifications & exceptions
The right is stated in the California section.
GPC handling is qualified by recognition, legal standards and industry adoption.
VICE describes marketing choice as its Shine the Light compliance method
The California passage describes an annual right to information about certain prior-year disclosures for third parties' direct marketing, then says VICE uses the alternative of offering choice and explaining how to exercise it. If you decline opt-in or opt out when offered, VICE says it will not share with that identified third party for direct marketing. The policy therefore does not promise an unconditional annual recipient list from VICE under this passage.
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California Shine the Light – Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83, residents of the State of California have the right to request, once a year, a list of all third parties to which the company has disclosed certain categories of Personal Information, such as those outlined in Sections 3 and 4, during the preceding year for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes, and the categories of Personal Information the company shares.
Alternatively, the law provides that a company may comply, as VICE does, by disclosing in its privacy policy that it provides consumers choice (opt-out or opt-in) regarding sharing Personal Information with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes, and information on how to exercise that choice.
If you do not opt in or if you choose to opt out at the time VICE offers that choice, VICE does not share your information with that identified third party for its direct marketing purposes.
Qualifications & exceptions
This is the policy's description of California Civil Code Section 1798.83, not an independent explanation of the law.
The choice concerns the identified third party and its direct marketing.
VICE says it does not make sales that trigger Nevada's stated opt-out right
The Nevada paragraph describes a limited sales opt-out and designates USPrivacy@vice.com for requests. It also says VICE does not currently sell data in a way that triggers that statute's opt-out requirements. This is a Nevada-specific statement in the dated policy, not a denial of all sales or sharing under other privacy laws.
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Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to this designated address: USPrivacy@vice.com However, please know we do not currently sell data triggering that statute’s opt-out requirements.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement concerns Nevada's statutory trigger and the practices described as current in this policy.
Information from outside the United States is processed there with stated safeguards
VICE operates the sites in the United States and says information collected from users in the EU, UK, Canada or elsewhere outside the US will be transferred to and processed in the US, whose privacy laws may be less comprehensive. It says it ensures appropriate safeguards meeting relevant legal requirements, including UK- and EU-regulator-approved standard contractual clauses. The clauses themselves are not supplied in this policy.
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The Sites are operated in the United States. If you are located in the European Union, UK, Canada or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that information we collect will be transferred to and processed in the United States where the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as those in the country where you reside and/or are a citizen. When we undertake such transfers, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place in line with relevant legal requirements including standard contractual clauses approved by the UK and EU regulators.
Qualifications & exceptions
This transfer description concerns users outside the US.
The stated safeguards follow relevant legal requirements.
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
Section 4 treats disclosure separately from legal sale or sharing
For section 4, disclosure means transferring, making available or communicating personal information to third parties, excluding the sales or sharing covered by section 3. Sale and sharing take their applicable privacy-law meanings. The section 4 chart is therefore a distinct list, not a denial of section 3's advertising sales or sharing.
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The term “disclosure” refers to any action or process by which personal information is transferred, made available, or otherwise communicated to third parties, excluding activities classified as “sales” or “sharing” as outlined in Section 3.
the terms “sale,” and “share” (including any variations thereof), and other similar terms have the meaning ascribed to them under applicable data privacy laws.
Identifiers go to providers, advertising partners, related businesses and government
The section 4 disclosure row lists identifiers for service operation and improvement, audience campaigns, contests, protecting rights and other purposes disclosed at collection or covered by consent. Its recipients are service providers, advertising and marketing partners, subsidiaries, affiliates and business partners, and government entities. VICE separately says disclosures for third parties' marketing require opt-in and provides a sharing opt-out. These are section 4 disclosures, distinct from section 3 sales or sharing.
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Personal Identifiers Operating our business and providing, maintaining, and improving our Sites and services.Audience targeting and running campaigns.Conducting contests and sweepstakes.Protecting and enforcing our and others’ interests, rights, and property.Other purposes disclosed to you at the time you provide your Personal Information or otherwise with your consent. Service Providers.Advertising and Marketing Partners.Subsidiaries, Affiliates, and Business Partners.Government Entities.
We do not disclose your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing purposes unless you agree to such sharing by opting in. You may opt-out of sharing by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Info” link.
excluding activities classified as “sales” or “sharing” as outlined in Section 3.
Qualifications & exceptions
Uses outside the listed purposes must be disclosed at collection or covered by consent.
Third-party marketing is subject to the policy's opt-in statement and sharing opt-out.
Protected characteristics are listed for rights protection and disclosed or consented purposes
The disclosure chart lists characteristics protected under state or federal law for protecting and enforcing interests, rights and property, or purposes disclosed at collection or covered by consent. Recipients are providers, advertising and marketing partners, subsidiaries, affiliates and business partners, and government. It does not specify which protected characteristics. The separate third-party marketing opt-in statement applies to that purpose; section 4 distinguishes these disclosures from section 3 sales/sharing.
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Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law Protecting and enforcing our and others’ interests, rights, and property.Other purposes disclosed to you at the time you provide your Personal Information or otherwise with your consent. Service Providers.Advertising and Marketing Partners.Subsidiaries, Affiliates, and Business Partners.Government Entities.
We do not disclose your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing purposes unless you agree to such sharing by opting in.
excluding activities classified as “sales” or “sharing” as outlined in Section 3.
Qualifications & exceptions
The stated purposes are rights protection and purposes disclosed at collection or covered by consent.
Third-party marketing requires opt-in under the policy's separate statement.
Not stated here
Specific protected characteristics are not identified in the disclosure row.
Commercial data is disclosed to providers, promotional partners and affiliates
VICE lists service providers, promotional and joint marketing partners, and subsidiaries and affiliates as recipients of commercial information. Purposes include operating and improving services, newsletters and personalized content or offers on and off the sites, internal business, campaigns, transactions and contributions, rights protection, and other disclosed or consented uses. The policy says third-party marketing requires opt-in and offers a sharing opt-out. This row concerns disclosures distinct from section 3 sales/sharing.
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Commercial information 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.For our internal business purposes.Audience targeting and running campaigns.Processing commercial transactions and financial contributions.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. Service providers.Promotional partners and joint marketing partners.Subsidiaries and affiliates.
We do not disclose your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing purposes unless you agree to such sharing by opting in. You may opt-out of sharing by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Info” link.
excluding activities classified as “sales” or “sharing” as outlined in Section 3.
Qualifications & exceptions
Additional purposes must be disclosed at collection or covered by consent.
Third-party marketing is subject to the separate opt-in statement and sharing opt-out.
Network and location data have different disclosure recipient lists
For both network activity and geolocation, VICE lists service operation and improvement, campaigns, rights protection, internal business and other disclosed or consented uses. Network activity recipients are providers, advertising and marketing partners, related businesses and government. The location row lists only providers and advertising and marketing partners. VICE describes location as general, not GPS. The third-party marketing opt-in statement and sharing opt-out remain relevant; section 4 treats these disclosures separately from section 3 sales/sharing.
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Internet or other similar network activity Operating our business and providing, maintaining, and improving our Sites and services.Audience targeting and running campaigns.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.For internal business purposes. Service Providers.Advertising and Marketing Partners.Subsidiaries, Affiliates, and Business Partners.Government Entities.
Geolocation data Operating our business and providing, maintaining, and improving our Sites and services.Audience targeting and running campaigns.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.For internal business purposes. Service Providers.Advertising and Marketing Partners.
We do not disclose your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing purposes unless you agree to such sharing by opting in. You may opt-out of sharing by clicking the “Do Not Sell or Share My Info” link.
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).
excluding activities classified as “sales” or “sharing” as outlined in Section 3.
Qualifications & exceptions
Recipient lists differ by data category.
Other purposes must be disclosed at collection or consented to; third-party marketing is subject to opt-in.
Location is general rather than precise GPS location.
Sensitive information is listed for disclosure to advertising and marketing partners
The sensitive-information disclosure row lists advertising and marketing partners for internal business purposes, without naming the data types or detailing those purposes. Section 4 distinguishes these disclosures from sales/sharing, and third-party marketing is subject to the separate opt-in statement. The California section says sensitive information is used only for its collection purpose in aggregated and deidentified form for audience insights, without personal-characteristic inferences. The policy does not explain how each disclosure relates to this commitment or expressly extend the California-section wording elsewhere.
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Sensitive Personal Information For internal business purposes. Advertising and Marketing Partners.
We do not disclose your Personal Information with third parties for their marketing purposes unless you agree to such sharing by opting in.
excluding activities classified as “sales” or “sharing” as outlined in Section 3.
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 row specifies internal business purposes.
If disclosure is for the third party's marketing, the separate opt-in statement applies.
The California section adds a purpose, aggregation/deidentification and no-inference limitation; its wider application is not expressly stated.
Not stated here
This row does not identify the sensitive data types or detail the internal business purpose.
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 disclosure row names advertising and marketing partners for internal business, while the California section contains narrower sensitive-data-use wording. The policy does not explain the form or conditions of each transfer; no additional permission is inferred.