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.
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.
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Cross-references
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Sharing & Disclosure · Context
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.
Cross-references
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.
VICE may publish user content and use it in advertising and promotion
VICE may publish submitted User Content online or offline in existing or future media formats. Subject to applicable law, it may publish your name, voice, likeness and other personal information with the content and use all or part of the content for advertising, marketing, publicity and promotion. It directs users to separate Terms of Use for full submission terms; this policy alone does not provide those full terms.
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VICE may publish User Content online or offline in any media or format (currently existing or later developed). Subject to applicable law, we may also publish your name, voice, likeness and other Personal Information with your User Content, and VICE may use the content, or any portion of the content, for advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional activities. For full terms and conditions regarding User Content you submit, please review our Terms of Use.
Qualifications & exceptions
Publishing personal information with the content is subject to applicable law.
Full submission terms are in the separately referenced Terms of Use.
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
The California section limits sensitive-data use and disclaims personal inferences
In its California section, VICE describes a right to limit sensitive-data use to collection purposes. It says it uses sensitive information only for the collection purpose, in aggregated and deidentified form for audience insights, and does not use it to infer characteristics about you. The collection table also lists tailoring content, event attendance, questions or feedback and internal business purposes. The policy does not explain in detail how each table use fits the narrower wording here or expressly say whether this California-section statement applies elsewhere.
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8. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Right to Limit the use of Sensitive Personal Information – The CCPA gives consumers the right to limit the use of their Sensitive Personal Information to only the purposes for which it was collected. 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.
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.
Qualifications & exceptions
The commitment appears in the California privacy-rights section.
The stated use is for the collection purpose, in aggregated and deidentified form, without inferring personal characteristics.
Not stated here
Detailed interaction with the collection-table uses and application outside the California section are not expressly explained.
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contrast (model-proposed): VICE may collect sensitive personal information depending on context — 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.
contrast (model-proposed): Sensitive information is listed for disclosure to advertising and marketing partners — 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.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
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.
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.
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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.
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.
VICE ignores Do Not Track but processes recognized Global Privacy Control signals
VICE says browser Do Not Track signals do not change its practices, citing a lack of industry consensus. It separately receives GPC signals as sale/sharing opt-outs and processes commonly used industry-standard signals. Some providers' implementations may not be recognized; VICE promises best efforts for signals meeting legal standards and widely adopted in the industry.
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There is no consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Like many websites and online services, VICE does not alter its practices when it receives a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor’s browser.
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
GPC processing is not a guarantee that every provider's signal will be recognized.
The best-efforts commitment is limited to legally compliant, widely adopted signals.
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qualifies (model-proposed): California residents can opt out of sale or sharing by link, phone or GPC — The California GPC opt-out option is subject to the signal-recognition and best-efforts conditions in the separate GPC section; it does not mean every provider’s implementation is supported.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
Copyright owners and authorized agents can send written infringement notices
A copyright owner or authorized agent with a good-faith belief of infringement can send a written notice to the designated copyright agent. VICE promises best efforts to remove or disable the claimed material expeditiously after receiving a notice under its procedure. The policy gives copyright-agent@vice.com, (718) 599-3101, and Copyright Agent, Vice Digital Publishing, LLC, 45 Main St, Suite 200, Brooklyn, NY. The copyright-agent ZIP is printed as 1120; this card does not silently replace it with the different ZIP in the privacy-request address.
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If you are a copyright owner (or the owner’s authorized agent) and have a good-faith belief that material on our Sites and/or services infringe one of your copyrights, you may notify us in writing using the procedure described below. In order for us to process your notice of copyright infringement, it must be sent to our Designated Agent below. When we receive a notice under this procedure, we will use our best efforts to expeditiously remove or disable access to the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity.
In accordance with the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) (DMCA), written notification must be submitted to the following Designated Agent:
Copyright Agent Vice Digital Publishing, LLC 45 Main St, Suite 200 Brooklyn, NY 1120 Phone: (718) 599-3101 E-mail: copyright-agent@vice.com.
Vice Digital Publishing, LLC 45 Main St, Suite 200 Brooklyn NY, 11201 Attention: Legal Department
Qualifications & exceptions
The notice must come from an owner or authorized agent, state a good-faith belief, and follow the designated-agent procedure.
Removal is a best-efforts commitment.
Not stated here
The copyright-agent address prints a four-digit ZIP, 1120; its intended correction is not stated.
An infringement notice needs identification, locations, contact details and signed statements
The policy requires an electronic or physical owner/agent signature, identification of the copyrighted works, a description of the claimed infringement and where an original or authorized copy exists, and a clear location of the allegedly infringing material on VICE's site, including its URL where applicable. It also requires your name, address, phone and email, a good-faith statement that the use is unauthorized by owner, agent or law, and a statement under penalty of perjury that the notice is accurate and you own the copyright or are authorized to act.
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Notification of the claimed infringement must include the following:
An electronic or physical signature of the owner or of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
Identification of the copyrighted work (or works) that you claim has been infringed;
A description of the material that you claim is infringing, and the location where the original or an authorized copy of the copyrighted work exists (for example, the URL of the page of the website where it is lawfully posted);
A clear description of where the infringing material is located on our website, including as applicable its URL, so that we can locate the material;
Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
Qualifications & exceptions
These requirements apply to notices under VICE's copyright procedure.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
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.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Email and text subscriptions can be stopped, but service messages may continue
You can modify or cancel email subscriptions using instructions in an email you receive. VICE reserves the right to send account or site-use communications, such as service and administrative announcements, which may continue after a marketing opt-out. If you signed up for offered SMS or MMS messages, reply STOP to unsubscribe from texts.
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You may cancel or modify your subscriptions to e-mails you have elected to receive from the Sites by following the instructions contained within an e-mail you receive. Please note that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to your account or use of the Sites (for example, administrative and service announcements) and these transactional messages may be unaffected if you opt out from marketing communications. If you sign up to receive SMS or MMS messages that may be offered on the Sites, you may unsubscribe from any text messages received by replying “STOP.”
Qualifications & exceptions
Marketing opt-out may leave transactional account and service messages unaffected.
The text instruction applies to SMS/MMS subscriptions you signed up for.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company commitment
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.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
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.
Security & Safeguards · Company practice
VICE takes commercially reasonable security steps but gives no security guarantee
VICE says it takes commercially reasonable steps to protect personal information, but cannot ensure or warrant security of internet or wireless transmissions or electronic storage. It says use and disclosure of information are at your own risk. It encourages caution, unshared and hard-to-guess passwords, and immediate notice to USPrivacy@vice.com if you believe your interaction is no longer secure.
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VICE takes commercially reasonable steps to help protect and secure Personal Information. However, no data transmission over the Internet, wireless transmission or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Please note that we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information we collect, and that you use our Sites and provide us with your information at your own risk.
This includes not sharing your passwords and making passwords that are hard to guess but easy for you to remember. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us by contacting us at USPrivacy@vice.com.
Qualifications & exceptions
The security commitment is commercially reasonable steps, not guaranteed security.
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.
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.
The identifiers row ties retention to services, business records and legal needs
In the personal-identifiers row, VICE says it retains and uses personal information for as long as needed for the stated purposes, requested services or communications, site access, documenting its relationship with you, and legal compliance, disputes and agreement enforcement. It gives no fixed period here.
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We will retain and use your Personal Information for as long as it is needed to complete the purposes, provide you with any services, communications, news/press releases you have requested, or access to the Sites, to document our business relationship with you, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
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qualified by (model-proposed): Deletion requests include directions to service providers — 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.
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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 build a profile from purchases, preferences and interactions
VICE analyzes purchases, preferences and other interactions and may create a profile to suggest content. Its inference row also lists improving services, tailoring content and offers on and off the sites, and internal business. Retention lasts as necessary for those purposes unless consumer instructions or collection-time disclosures provide otherwise.
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Inferences drawn from other personal informationWe analyze your purchases, preferences, or other interactions and may create a profile for you to suggest other content you may be interested in. Provide, maintain, and improve our Sites and services.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. As long as necessary to complete the purposes, unless otherwise instructed by consumer, or unless otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
Qualifications & exceptions
Profile creation is described as possible, rather than inevitable.
Retention is subject to consumer instructions or collection-time disclosure.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
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.
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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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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.
Cross-references
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.