Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was updated April 25, 2024,

This Privacy Policy applies to Personal Information (defined below) collected through Vice Media Acquisition LLC's ("VICE," “we,” “us,” or “our”) web sites that post this Privacy Policy, including any features, applications, widgets or online services that post a link to this Privacy Policy, whether accessed via computer, mobile device, Apple TV, Roku or otherwise (collectively, the "Sites").

When referred to in this Privacy Policy, 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. 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).

This Privacy Policy explains VICE's information collection practices at the Sites, such as the types of Personal Information VICE collects regarding visitors to the Sites and how we may use that information. Please review this Privacy Policy carefully. 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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• INFORMATION WE COLLECT
• CATEGORIES OF SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
• CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION SOLD OR SHARED TO THIRD PARTIES
• CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES
• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DATA COLLECTION AND DISCLOSURE PRACTICES
• INFORMATION YOU CHOOSE TO PUBLICLY DISPLAY THROUGH THE SITES, AND POSTING CONTENT TO THIRD PARTY SITES
• YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
• CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
• SUBMITTING A REQUEST TO EXERCISE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
• HOW WE RESPOND TO DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS
• HOW WE RESPOND TO THE GLOBAL PRIVACY CONTROL (“GPC SIGNALS")
• DMCA
• CHANGING YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS
• THIRD PARTY CONTENT, WIDGETS, AND LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
• CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
• TRANSFER OF INFORMATION TO THE UNITED STATES
• SECURITY
• CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
• HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US?

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The chart below provides a description of our data collection practices, including the Personal Information we collect, the sources of that information, the purposes for which we collect the information, whether we disclose that information to other companies, and how long we retain the information.

2. CATEGORIES OF SOURCES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Directly from you: We collect Personal Information that you provide directly to us while using our Sites or interacting with us offline. This includes:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Information We Collect Automatically: 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. This includes:

• 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.
• 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.

For more information about our use of cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Sites, please see our Cookie Policy.

3. CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION SOLD OR SHARED TO THIRD PARTIES.

In this privacy policy, the terms “sale,” and “share” (including any variations thereof), and other similar terms have the meaning ascribed to them under applicable data privacy laws. The following defined terms are used in the charts below to describe the categories of third parties with whom we disclose, sell, share, or otherwise make available Personal Information:

• 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.

4. CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DISCLOSED TO THIRD PARTIES.

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.

5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR DATA COLLECTION AND DISCLOSURE PRACTICES.

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. 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.

When You Agree To Receive Information From Third Parties Or Otherwise Request That We Share Your Information. You may be presented with an opportunity to receive information and/or marketing offers from one or more third parties. 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.

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.

Third Parties Providing Services on our Behalf. 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.

Sweepstakes, Contests and Promotions. We may offer sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions (a "Promotion") that may require registration. 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.

Administrative and Legal Reasons. 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.

Business Transfers. 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.

6. INFORMATION YOU CHOOSE TO PUBLICLY DISPLAY THROUGH THE SITES, AND POSTING CONTENT TO THIRD PARTY SITES

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. Think carefully before you post and use caution before disclosing any Personal Information.

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.

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.

7. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS (CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, FLORIDA, INIDIANA, IOWA, MONTANA, OREGON, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEVADA AND UTAH)

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.

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.

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.

Right to Non-Discrimination – You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.

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.

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.

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.
• Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).
• Data portability.
• 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.

8. CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS

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. We use your Personal Information for the purposes described in the Information We Collect section above, some of which may be considered to be a Sale or Sharing under applicable privacy laws and you may have the right to request to opt-out of such data uses. 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.

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.

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. As stated below in this Privacy Policy, VICE provides you choice prior to sharing your Personal Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. 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.

9. SUBMITTING A REQUEST TO EXERCISE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

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; call us at +1-888-269-1005; or write to us at the following mailing address:

Vice Media Acquisition 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.

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.

10. HOW WE RESPOND TO DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS

Please note that your browser setting may allow you to automatically transmit a "Do Not Track" signal to websites and online services that you visit. 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. To find out more about "Do Not Track," please visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.

11. HOW WE RESPOND TO THE GLOBAL PRIVACY CONTROL (“GPC SIGNALS")

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.

12. DMCA

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 Media Acquisition LLC
45 Main St, Suite 200
Brooklyn, NY 1120
Phone: (718) 599-3101
E-mail: copyright-agent@vice.com.

Notification of the claimed infringement must include the following:

1. An electronic or physical signature of the owner or of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
2. Identification of the copyrighted work (or works) that you claim has been infringed;
3. 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);
4. 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;
5. Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
6. 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
7. 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.

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.

13. CHANGING YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS

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."

14. THIRD PARTY CONTENT, WIDGETS, AND LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

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.

15. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY

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.

16. TRANSFER OF INFORMATION TO THE UNITED STATES

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.

17. SECURITY

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. We encourage you to use caution when using the Internet. 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.

18. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

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.

19. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US?

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 or call us at +1-888-269-1005.