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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 1, 2020

Thank you for reading our content! This Privacy Policy describes: 

  • The ways we collect personal data about you and why we do so

  • How we use your personal data

CONTACT US

If you have questions about data protection, or if you have any requests for resolving issues with your personal data, we encourage you to primarily contact us through our email listed below. Alternatively, you may also contact us at (516)-495-3122

Email: therikerstimes@gmail.com

THE DATA WE COLLECT

Data you provide us directly.

  • Contact information (such as name, email address, and/or phone numbers

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Data we collect from our partners.

We also use third-party partners, such as social networking sites, data analytics providers, and advertising networks to supplement information we have about you, such as:

  • Your IP address 

  • Data about your device, such as device name and operating system, browser type and language

  • Approximate location data

  • Which articles you visited

  • Data for advertising and analytics purposes, so we can provide you a better Service

  • Data that you have made available to us from a third-party service (such as Google, or Facebook)

WHY WE COLLECT YOUR DATA

We use your data for a variety of purposes, such as:

To make the Service more suitable for our viewers.

To provide a great Service to our players, we have a legitimate interest to collect and process necessary data to:

  • Develop and improve the Service and reader experience

  • Manage our relationship with you

  • Customize your Service experience

  • Respond to your comments and questions and provide reader support

  • Enable you to interact with other viewers

 

To show personalized advertisements.

To show you personalized advertisements in the Service as well as in other websites and services (including email) we have a legitimate interest to process necessary data to

  • Track the content you access in connection with the Service and your online behavior

  • Deliver, target and improve our advertising and the Service

To keep the Service safe and fair.

In order to keep the Service and its social features safe and fair, to fight fraud and ensure acceptable use otherwise, we have a legitimate interest to process necessary data to:

  • Analyze and monitor the use of the Service and its social features

  • Moderate comments either automatically or manually

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WHO CAN SEE YOUR DATA

Apart from The Rikers Times, your data can be accessed by others in the following situations:

Other Viewers.

Social features are a core component of our Service. Other viewers users may, for example, see your profile data, read the comments you have posted.​

 

Our Service Providers.

  • Other Companies and Public Authorities

    • In order to combat fraud and illegal activity, we may process and disclose data with other companies and organizations and provide it to public authorities in response to lawful requests.

  • Advertising and Social Media Partners.

    • These partners may access data regarding your activities and your device (such as your IP address, mobile identifiers, page(s) visited, location, time of day).​ These advertising partners may use this data (and similar data collected from other websites) for purposes of delivering targeted advertisements to you when you visit third-party services within their networks. These partners may operate under their own privacy policies. This practice is commonly referred to as “interest-based advertising” or “online behavioral advertising.”

YOUR RIGHT AND OPTIONS

Opt-out of marketing emails and other direct marketing

You may opt-out of receiving promotional communications, such as marketing emails from us by following the instructions in such communications. The updated settings may not be effective immediately. 

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