Data Protection & Privacy Policy

WHO WE ARE

The Epoch Times Association Inc. (“Epoch Times,” “our,” “us,” or “we”) gathers
and processes your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice.
This notice provides you with the necessary information regarding your rights
and obligations, and explains how, why, and when we collect, process, and use
your personal information.

This Privacy Policy is part of Epoch Times’ Terms of Service and applies to your
use of The Epoch Times’ websites (e.g. https://www.theepochtimes.com), mobile
or tablet apps, (collectively, “the Sites”), subscription, comments, books, or
other products, goods, or services from us (collectively, the “Services”). This
Privacy Policy does not apply to the data collection practices of any other Epoch
Times websites that are not owned and operated by The Epoch Times Association
Inc.

Please note that this Privacy Policy does not govern the practices of third parties,
including our partners, third party service providers, marketing providers, and/or
advertisers, even when those services are branded as or provided on behalf of
The Epoch Times.

By using our services and/or making the choices you made when registering with
us, you acknowledge that you have read and accepted the terms of this Privacy
Policy and our Terms of Service, and you are consenting to our collection, protection,
use, retention, and disclosure, subject to the terms and conditions set-forth
below in this Policy, of your personal information. If you elect to not provide
the information we require, we may not be able to provide all of our services
to you.

If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use our
Sites or our other Services. We may make changes to this Privacy Policy from
time to time. Your continued use of our Sites and other Services following the
posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy will indicate your acceptance to
these changes. We will post any Privacy Policy changes on this page. Please check
back frequently to see any changes.

INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT

We collect your information in several ways, including: Information we collect
from you; Information we collect from when you use our Services; and Information
we collect from third parties. When you use our Services (e.g., purchase a subscription
or other products, browse our sites, use our apps, complete a survey, etc.),
we may request and you may provide your personal information to The Epoch Times.
The Epoch Times collects, uses and processes your personal information to provide
our Sites and Services to you, and to meet our legal, statutory and contractual
obligations. The specific information we collect depends upon your use of the
Sites and our other Services, as described below.

“Personal information” is information that identifies you as an individual or
relates to or is reasonably capable of being associated with an identifiable
individual, and includes the data sets referred to below.

The personal information that we may collect includes:

  • Your name;
  • Your Email (only applicable to account registration, for our newsletter service,
    subscription or if you submit an inquiry through our sites);
  • Your billing and contact information, such as your name, address, telephone
    number (only applicable to subscription of certain paid services);
  • Your user account information (including email address and access information);
  • Your telephone number and voicemail if you call our hotline;
  • Your IP address and unique user/device identifiers;
  • Your geo-location;
  • Your demographic information, such as your age and gender;
  • Your payment card or other online payment information;
  • Your purchasing history and subscription information;
  • Browser type and browsing history;
  • Device type and other device information;
  • Operating system;
  • Cookies and tags;
  • Your user generated content (such as your comments to our Sites, chat information,
    and other content that you generate and provide to us);
  • Information on user activity/behaviors, interests, and preferences on our
    Sites and apps; and
  • Information from third parties and other databases.

How We Collect Your Information

The personal information is collected in several different ways, including: registration
forms to sign up for our online and offline Services, billing, user generated
content (e.g., comments), survey, contacting our service center, different cookies
and tracking technologies, and other sources.

  1. Information You Provide to Us. This includes the information that you provide
    to The Epoch Times directly — for instance, when you purchase a subscription
    or create an account, contact us with a question, applying for a job through
    our Sites, post comments or other user generated content to our Sites, or
    otherwise directly interact with us. Please note that information you choose
    to provide through comments or other user generated content to our Sites
    may be publicly accessible and viewable to other visitors to the Sites.
  2. Information Gathered During the Use of Our Services. This includes among
    others information automatically gathered through your use of our Sites,
    such as through cookies.
  3. Information Collected after Consent. In some contexts, we may ask for
    your consent before collecting certain types of information.
  4. Data from other sources. We also obtain data from other partners or
    third parties that help us provide our services to you.

COOKIES AND AD-TARGETING TECHNOLOGIES

We and our third-party partners (including service providers and advertising
partners) may use cookies, web beacons (“pixels”), mobile ad identifiers, and
other similar technologies to facilitate our relevant services to you, and to
provide you with a customized online experience. Cookies are files with a small
amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are
sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking
technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track
information and to analyze and improve our Service. We use third-party partners
to help manage and optimize our services’ performance and online advertising.

Please be advised that if you choose to reject all cookies, then certain areas
of the Site might not function properly.

Examples of cookies we use:

  • First Party Cookies. We use first party cookies, including
    session cookies and preference cookies, to remember your selections, choices,
    and preferences for when you interact with our Sites. Session cookies are
    temporary and are automatically deleted once you close your Internet browser.
    Preference cookies are first party cookies that remain on your device until
    you delete them or they are otherwise removed upon expiration.
  • Third Party Cookies. We permit certain third-party Service
    Providers, advertisers, and other companies to use cookies or other similar
    technologies on our Website. These companies may collect your information,
    track your behavior on our Website, and gather information about your use
    of our Websites and other online services over time and across different
    services. Additionally, some companies may use information collected to deliver
    targeted ads on behalf of us or other companies, including on other websites
    or online services. We are not responsible for the functioning of cookies
    and other technologies used and placed by third parties on your device. The
    third-party partners we use who may utilize cookies or other tracking technologies
    include, but not limited to:

    • Google: to provide Google Analytics (as Analytics
      Cookies) to analyze behavior of your use of our Sites, apps,
      and other Services, in order to improve our Services and provide
      you and other users with a better experience;
    • Facebook, Twitter, and other Social Media Partners (Social
      Media Cookies): to enable the sharing of content through social
      media sites and otherwise allow you to interact or connect with
      such sites while using our platforms;
    • Advertising partners: Google (Google Ad Manager):
      to collect information about your activities on our Sites and
      apps, and serve you personalized advertising.
    • Interest-Based Advertising & Analytics: We
      utilize third parties to collect information about your activities
      on our Sites and apps, and serve you interest-based advertising
      and analyze the activity on our Sites and apps.
  • Other Technologies: We collect many different types of information
    from other technologies to improve the quality of our Site and the services
    we provide. For example, we may collect usage data and other information
    about the device you use to access our Site, your operating system and/or
    mobile device type, browser type, domain, and other system settings, as well
    as the language your system uses and the country and time zone where your
    device is located. We may record the IP address of the device you use to
    connect to the Internet.

    • These technologies include web beacons and scripts:
      Web beacons are pieces of code embedded in a website or e-mail to
      monitor your activity on the website or your opening of the e-mail,
      and which can pass along information such as the IP address of the
      computer or device you use to view the website or open the e-mail,
      the URL page on which the web beacon is located, the type of web
      browser that was used to access the website, and previously set cookie
      values. Web beacons are sometimes used to collect advertising data,
      such as counting page views, promotion views or advertising responses.
      Disabling your computer’s, device’s or web browser’s cookies may
      prevent some web beacons from tracking or recording certain information
      about your activities. Please be advised that if you disable all
      such cookies, then certain areas of the Site might not function properly.
      Scripts are pieces of code embedded in a website to define how the
      website behaves in response to certain key or click requests sent
      by the user. Scripts are sometimes used to collect information about
      the user’s interactions with the website, such as the links the user
      clicks on. Scripts are often temporarily downloaded to the user’s
      computer or device from the website server, active only while the
      user is connected to the Site and deactivated or deleted when the
      user disconnects from the website. Please be advised that if you
      disable any scripts through your web browser or other means, then
      certain areas of the Site might not function properly.This Privacy Policy applies to any personal information collected
      through our used Cookies and similar technologies. Personal information
      collected through the third-party partners’ Cookies and similar
      technologies is subject to the privacy policy of the third-party
      partners respectively, and not to our privacy policy.
    • Software Development Kits (“SDKs”): We may
      use SDKs on our mobile app to collect analytics regarding the use
      and functionality of our mobile app. Additionally, we may collect
      mobile ad identifiers on our mobile app for interest-based or cross-application
      advertising and analytics. To opt-out of the collection of mobile
      data for cross-application advertising, please contact us utilizing
      the information in the “Other Questions” Section below. Additionally,
      if you access our mobile app utilizing an iPhone, you may turn off
      cross-application tracking in the Privacy section of your phone settings.

When it comes to how you want to use or allow cookies to be used on your devices,
you are in control. Most internet browsers are initially set to accept cookies.
You can set your browser to block or otherwise control what cookies your browser
or mobile device accepts via your browser or mobile device settings. Additionally,
you can choose to modify your settings and delete cookies that are otherwise
stored on your device. Please consult the instructions provided by your browser
or your mobile device’s manufacturer to determine how you can limit the placement
of and/or remove cookies or other technologies. Please note, however, that limiting
or disabling essential cookies and other technologies may impact or adversely
affect some portion or functions of our Sites.

You can visit the following sites for comprehensive information on how to manage
cookies and how to opt out of cookies used for advertising and marketing purposes:

For individuals in the United States:

For EU/EEA-based individuals:

We partner with third-party sponsors, affiliates, vendors, and other companies
who might have links, content, or applications on the Sites. These third parties
might also use tracking tools on our Sites or other Sites to collect information
about you when you use the Sites. They may collect information about your online
activities over time and across different Sites and other online services. We
do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be
used. If you have any questions about such a link, content, or application, you
should contact the third entity directly. We are not responsible for the content
or privacy practices on any websites, applications, tracking tools, or other
technology that are not operated by The Epoch Times, even though our Sites might
link to them or they might link to our Sites.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Epoch Times takes your privacy very seriously. The purposes and reasons for
collecting, processing, and using your personal information are detailed below:

  • To provide you with the subscriptions, news, content, other information,
    and other Services that you seek from us;
  • To improve the contents of the Sites and apps to serve you, and make them
    more suitable to your needs and increase their usability;
  • To analyze how you and other users interact with our Sites;
  • To provide customer support;
  • To communicate with you about your account, your subscription or other transactions;
  • To make your navigation more pleasant and personalized, with our products
    (such as contents) and services personalized to you;
  • To facilitate your experience and social sharing;
  • To analyze and develop our new products and services for the interest of
    users;
  • To send you newsletters, offers or other communications about our products
    and services, such as special or promotional events, including services,
    products, or events, or other materials;
  • To detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our Terms
    of Service or other policies, or which may be fraudulent or illegal;
  • In specific cases we will be contractually obligated to share your data with
    one of our third-party partners explained above.

In these instances, we will make it clear that the third-party partners, which
the data you share will be transferred to, follow applicable privacy and data
protection regulations.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share or disclose your personal information to help provide our Services
to you. For instance, we may share your information with our affiliated companies
and service providers to respond to your requests or process your subscriptions.
We may also provide your Personal Information to third party service providers
who assist us in providing certain services. For example, we may share the information
we collect from you with our cloud hosting service providers.

We may also disclose or share your information for the following purposes:

  1. To facilitate and improve the quality of our Services.
  2. To protect our users and network against fraud and security threats.
  3. To comply with a legal obligation.
  4. To protect and defend our rights or property.
  5. To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Services.
  6. To protect the personal safety of individuals or the public.
  7. To protect against legal liability.
  8. When there is a good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate
    or protect against harmful activities to our guests, visitors, associates,
    or property (including the Websites), or to others. This may include disclosures
    to law enforcement to investigate potential criminal activity or other civil
    violations.

We may share your information with the following types of entities and third
parties:

  1. Our affiliated companies within the Epoch Times family;
  2. Our third-party service providers, such as Google, to analyze how users use
    our websites and apps, track user interests, trends and patterns in order
    to serve you personalized content which is relevant to your interests;

The Epoch Times uses third-party service providers and business partners to provide
certain services and business functions as detailed throughout this Privacy Policy.
In those instances, the applicable third-party partners collect and process your
data governed by their privacy policy.

In certain situations, we will only share your information with your consent,
as noted below.

We may from time to time be required to provide information to law enforcement
or other governmental authorities pursuant to a warrant, court order, or other
lawful process.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH OUR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING PARTNERS

Some of the above sharing and use of your information is only done where we have
obtained your consent to do so. For example, we may ask your consent to provide
your personal information, including IP address information, interest data, unique
IDs and other information to certain third parties that help us advertise and
market our services. In those instances where we ask your consent, we will only
share your information with those third parties where you have given us permission
to do so. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at using
the contact information listed in the “Exercising your Privacy Rights” section
below.

All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent;
this information will not be shared with any third parties for their own marketing
purposes.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Epoch Times is headquartered in the United States, and its Services are designed
and intended for audiences within the United States. If you reside outside of
the United States and access our Services, you acknowledge that your information
will be collected and transmitted to the United States. Please do not use our
Services if you do not agree to this transfer. Many of our third-party service
providers such as Google, Facebook, and Twitter are U.S. companies. Data transmitted
to those service providers are done in accordance with their respective privacy
policies.

SECURITY MEASURES

The Epoch Times takes your privacy seriously and we take reasonable measures
and precautions to protect and secure your personal information. This includes
implementing physical, technical, administrative, and other safeguards to protect
you and your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or
destruction.

Encryption is our security strategy to ensure the stored personal information
can be accessed only by the authorized roles and services with audited access
to the encryption keys.

Personal information is encrypted and stored in a private and isolated environment
for extended security.

CONSEQUENCES OF NOT PROVIDING YOUR DATA

You are not obligated to provide your personal information to The Epoch Times.
However, there may be times where your information is required for us to provide
you with our Services, deliver requested products, or provide you with the content,
feedback, or other materials that you request from us. In certain situations,
we will not be able to offer some or all of our products or Services to you without
requesting or collecting your personal information.

HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR DATA

The Epoch Times retains your personal information for as long as necessary for
the purpose for which it is collected, to provide you with our Services, such
as our Sites and apps.

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

The Epoch Times and its Sites and Services provide news and related services
for general audiences, and are intended for adults over 18 years of age. The
Epoch Times does not intentionally or knowingly collect, use, or process the
personal information from children under the age of 16, and such children are
not permitted to use our Site or Services. If you are under 18, do not attempt
to register for or use any of our Services, including our Sites, and do not provide
us any Personal Information about yourself. By signing up for an account or subscription
with us or otherwise using our Services, you acknowledge you are an adult over
18 years of age and are permitted to use our services in accordance with our
Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. If you are a parent or guardian and you
are aware that your child has violated this Privacy Policy and provided us with
Personal Information, please contact us and we will take measures to remove that
information from our Services.

OUR POLICY ON “DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS

We do not support “Do Not Track.” Do Not Track is a preference you can set in
your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can
enable or disable “Do Not Track” by visiting the “Preferences” or “Settings”
page of your web browser.

We may track users across time and over different websites or platforms.

YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Individuals may have certain rights over their personal information under particular
laws. Please see the following sections regarding the rights you may have over
your information:

1. Your Rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and United
Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GPDR”)

For residents from the United Kingdom (UK), or the European Economic Area (EEA)
and Switzerland, this section allows you to exercise your rights under the European
Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK’s version of
the GDPR (UK GDPR), as applicable. Although applicable data protection legislation
in relevant jurisdictions may afford similar rights, there may be circumstances
where some of these rights do not apply under or are modified by, local law.
Epoch Times takes reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete or
limit the use of your personal information, and exercise other rights available
under applicable law. Epoch Times therefore informs you that, where applicable
under relevant law, you are entitled to the following:

  1. Right to Access / Disclosure: The right to have access to your personal
    data upon simple request – that is, you may receive a copy of such data upon
    receipt of a verifiable request, along with other information related to
    the processing.
  2. Right to Correction/Rectification: The right to correct your personal
    data if you find it is inaccurate, incomplete or obsolete.
  3. Right to Erasure / “Right to be Forgotten”: The right to obtain the
    deletion of your personal data in the situations set forth by applicable
    data protection law.
  4. Withdrawal of Consent to Processing: The right to withdraw your consent
    to the data processing without affecting the lawfulness of processing, where
    your personal data has been collected and processed based on your consent
    and not any other basis.
  5. Right to Object: The right to object to the processing of your personal
    data under certain circumstances, in which case we may ask you to justify
    your request by explaining to us your particular situation.
  6. Right to Restrict Processing: The right to request limits to the processing
    of your data, when allowed by and in circumstances set forth under applicable
    law, as well as to object to any direct marketing from us.
  7. Right to Restrict Automated Individual Decision-Making (Profiling): The right
    to not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including
    profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you.
  8. Right to Data Portability: The right to have your personal data directly
    transferred by us to a third-party processor of your choice (where technically
    feasible; may be limited to situations when processing is based on your consent).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the contact information
listed in the “Exercising your Privacy Rights” section below. Note that we may
ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

If we receive a request from you to exercise any of the above rights, we may
ask you to verify your identity before acting on the relevant request; this is
to ensure that your data is protected and kept secure.

Please bear in mind that if you exercise such rights, this may affect our ability
to provide our products and services.

2. Your Rights Under Australia’s Privacy Act of 1988

We intend to allow Australian residents to exercise their rights under the Privacy
Act 1988 and associated Australian Privacy Principles. Although applicable data
protection legislation in relevant jurisdictions may afford similar rights, there
may be circumstances where some of these rights do not apply under or are modified
by, local law. Epoch Times takes reasonable steps to allow you to correct and
amend your personal information, and exercise other rights available under applicable
law. We therefore inform you that, where applicable under relevant law, you are
entitled to the following:

  1. Right to Access / Disclosure: The right to have access to your personal
    data upon simple request – that is, you may receive a copy of such data upon
    receipt of a verifiable request, along with other information related to
    the processing.
  2. Right to Correction/Rectification: The right to correct your personal
    data if you find it is inaccurate, incomplete or obsolete.
  3. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the contact information
    listed in the “Exercising your Privacy Rights” section below. Note that we
    may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

3. Your Rights Under Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act

We intend to allow Canadian residents to exercise their rights under the Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”), Alberta’s Personal
Information Protection Act (Alberta PIPA), British Columbia’s Personal Information
Protection Act (BC PIPA), and Québec’s Act respecting personal information in
the private sector (Quebec Act) as applicable. Although applicable data protection
legislation in relevant jurisdictions may afford similar rights, there may be
circumstances where some of these rights do not apply under or are modified by,
local law. Epoch Times takes reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend,
and delete your personal information, and exercise other rights available under
applicable law. We therefore inform you that, where applicable under relevant
law, you may be entitled to the following:

    1. Right to Access / Disclosure: The right to have access to your personal
      data upon simple request – that is, you may receive a copy of such data upon
      receipt of a verifiable request, along with other information related to
      the processing.
    2. Right to Correction/Rectification: The right to correct your personal
      data if you find it is inaccurate, incomplete or obsolete.
    3. Right to Deletion: The right to obtain the deletion of your personal
      data in the situations set forth by applicable data protection law.

4. California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act

The Epoch Times Association, Inc. is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization. Under
the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act of
2023 (collectively, the “CPRA”), certain organizations that do business in California
and collect personal information about California residents are subject to privacy
disclosure, access, and deletion requirements.

To the extent any California data privacy law applies to the collection of your
personal information, this supplemental section of our Privacy Policy outlines
the rights that California residents may have, and how they can exercise those
rights.  This notice applies solely to California residents.

California law allows California residents once a year to request information
regarding our disclosure of your personal information, if any, to third parties
for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar
year. This information includes:

      1. The categories of information we disclosed to third parties for their direct
        marketing purposes during the immediately preceding calendar year;
      2. The names and addresses of third parties that received the information; and
      3. If the nature of the third party’s business cannot be determined from their
        name, to obtain examples of the products or services marketed.

California residents may have separate rights under the CPRA, including the following:

      • Right to Know and Access Specific Information. 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 twelve
        (12) months. Once we receive and confirm a verifiable consumer request
        from you, we will disclose to you, to the extent permitted by law:

        • The categories of personal information we collected about you, and
          whether we sell or share your information to third parties.
        • The specific pieces of personal information we hold about you.
        • The categories of personal information sold within the last 12 (twelve)
          months.
        • The categories of sources from which personal information about you
          is collected.
        • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing
          your personal information.
        • The categories of third parties with whom your personal information
          is sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose.

You have the right to request that the personal information described above be
provided to you in a portable and readily useable format, to the extent technically
feasible (“data portability”).

      • Deletion Request Rights. You have the right to request
        that we delete the personal information that we collected from you, subject
        to certain exceptions.  To the extent that we can delete your personal
        information, once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request,
        we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your Information,
        unless an exception applies.
      • Right to Correct Inaccurate Information. To the extent
        that we may maintain inaccurate personal Information, you have the right
        to request that we correct such inaccurate personal information taking into
        account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing
        of the personal Information. Once we receive and verify your verifiable
        consumer request, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct
        your personal information.
      • Sale and Sharing of Personal Information and the Right to Opt Out.
        You have the right to opt out of the processing of your Information for the
        following purposes:

        • Sale of your personal information.
        • Sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral
          advertising.

        The use of online tracking technologies may be considered a “sale” or
        “sharing” under California law.  To the extent that these online
        tracking technologies are deemed to be a “sale” or “sharing” under California
        law, you may opt out of these online tracking technologies by submitting
        a request by clicking the “Cookie Settings” button below or by broadcasting
        an opt-out preference signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC).



      • Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. 
        You have the right to request that we limit the ways we use and disclose
        your sensitive personal information (as defined by the CCPA) to uses which
        are necessary for us to perform the Services, or deliver the goods reasonably
        expected by you, or and as authorized by law.
      • Right to Non-Discrimination.  You have a right to not
        be discriminated against in the Services or quality of Services you receive
        from us for exercising your rights.  We may not, and will not, treat
        you differently because of your data subject request activity.  As a
        result of your data subject request activity, we may not and will not deny
        goods or Services to you, charge different rates for goods or Services, provide
        a different level quality of goods or Services, or suggest that we would
        treat you differently because of your data subject request activity.

You may make an authenticated consumer request exercising your Right to Know
and Access Specific Information including Right to Know what Personal Information
is being Sold or Shared or under the CCPA twice within a twelve (12) month period.

Once The Epoch Times receives and confirms a verifiable consumer request, we
will work to promptly process such request. The need to verify an individual’s
identity is critical to protecting your information, and ensuring that your information
is not shared with anyone pretending to be you or someone who is not authorized
to act as your agent on your behalf. To that end, we must be able to verify your
information in order to process your request. You may fill out and submit a verifiable
privacy rights request form
HERE.

We will ask you to provide information about yourself so that we can verify your
identity as part of this process. This information may include your name, address,
account information, and any other information deemed necessary by The Epoch
Times to reasonably verify your identity, to ensure that your information is
not shared with anyone impersonating you. Once we have verified your identity,
we will work to fulfill your request in a timely manner. Please note there may
be some situations in which we are unable to fulfill your request, such as if
we cannot find any information about you within our systems. Additionally, we
may not be able to honor a deletion request in some situations, such as if your
information is necessary to fulfill the Services you requested or meet a legal
obligation. We will inform you whether we can fulfill your rights request.

We may ask for additional information if we have difficulty confirming your identity.
You may use an authorized agent to submit verifiable consumer requests on your
behalf provided that the authorized agent is a natural person or a business entity
that you have authorized to act on your behalf.  If you use an authorized
agent, we will require: (1) proof of written permission for the authorized agent
to make requests on your behalf, and identity verification from you; or (2) proof
of power of attorney pursuant to California Probate Code sections 4000 to 4665.

We will not share your information or honor other requests in those situations
in which we are unable to confirm a request for your information is a “verifiable
request.”

 

To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may charge a reasonable fee to
comply with your request.

Financial Incentives

As an incentive for providing us with your information, you may receive a financial
benefit in the form of an email coupon, discount, rebate, free sample, promotions,
or other similar reward that will be sent to you.  This discount may constitute
a financial incentive under the CPRA (“Financial Incentive”).  The categories
of personal information required for us to provide the Financial Incentives include
personal identifiers such as full name and contact information including email
address as well as personal and demographic information you choose to provide.

To offer these discounts, we may track your personal information, such as purchase
history and other demographic data.  You have the right to withdraw from
the Financial Incentive at any time by submitting a request
HERE.
Please note that if you request deletion of part or all your personal information,
that could affect your ability to qualify for the discount.

5. Colorado Privacy Act

NOTICE TO COLORADO RESIDENTS

To the extent any Colorado data privacy law applies to the collection of your
Information, this supplemental section of our Privacy Policy outlines the individual
rights guaranteed to Colorado residents and how to exercise those rights and
applies solely to Colorado residents.  We provide the supplemental section
below to comply with the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) and any terms defined in
the CPA have the same meaning when used below.

Your Rights under CPA

Subject to certain exceptions you may be entitled to the following rights:

      • Right to Access & Data Portability.  You have the
        right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection
        and use of your Personal Information at any time.  Once we receive and
        confirm an authenticated consumer request from you, we will, subject to certain
        exceptions:

        • Disclose whether we are processing your Personal Information.
        • Provide you with access to your Personal Information where we process
          it.

        Where exercising your right to access, you have the right to request
        and obtain a copy of your Personal Information that you previously provided
        to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily
        usable format that allows you to transmit the Information to another
        data controller without hindrance (“data portability”).

      • Right to Correct Inaccurate Information.  To the extent
        that we may maintain inaccurate Personal Information, you have the right
        to request that we correct such inaccurate Personal Information taking into
        account the nature of the Personal Information and the purposes of the processing
        of the Personal Information.  Once we receive and verify your authenticated
        consumer request, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct
        your Personal Information.
      • Right to Delete.  You have the right to request that
        we delete certain of your Personal Information provided by or obtained about
        you.  To the extent that we can delete your Personal Information, once
        we receive and confirm your authenticated consumer request, we will delete
        your Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions.
      • Sale of Personal Information, Targeted Advertising, Profiling, and the Right to Opt Out. 
        You have the right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information
        for the following purposes:

        • Targeted advertising.
        • Sale of your Information.
        • Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly
          significant effects concerning you.
        • Right to Appeal.  You have the right to appeal
          our denial of any request you make under this section.  To exercise
          your right to appeal, please submit an appeals request via the information
          in the How To Contact Us[NA1] [T2]  section below.
          Within forty-five (45) days of receipt of your appeal, we will inform
          you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to your
          appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions.
          If you have concerns regarding the results of your appeal, you may
          contact the Colorado Office of the Attorney General by:
        • Contacting Online: https://complaints.coag.gov/s/contact-us
        • Calling: (720) 508-6000

You may make an authenticated consumer request free of charge under the CPA once
within a twelve (12) month period.  We reserve the right to charge a reasonable
fee for a second or subsequent request within the same twelve (12) month period.
To exercise the rights described above, see the Exercising Your Rights section
below.

Sensitive Data

We do not process sensitive data including sensitive data inferences.  When
we process sensitive data, we do so with your consent.

Authorized Agent

You may use an authorized agent to submit verifiable consumer requests on your
behalf.  An authorized agent is a natural person or a business entity that
you have authorized to act on your behalf.  If you use an authorized agent,
we will require: (1) proof of written permission for the authorized agent to
make requests on your behalf, and identity verification from you; or (2) proof
of power of attorney pursuant to Colo. Rev. Stat. § 15-14-705.  We may deny
a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proper verification proof.

Notice of Financial Incentive

As an incentive for providing us with your Personal Information, you may receive
a financial benefit as part of our bona fide loyalty program in the form of an
email coupon, discount, rebate, free sample, promotions, or other similar reward
that will be sent to you.  This discount may constitute a financial incentive
under the Consumer Privacy Act (“Financial Incentive”).  The categories
of Personal Information required for us to provide the Financial Incentives include
personal identifiers such as full name and contact information including email
address as well as personal and demographic information you choose to provide.

To offer these discounts, we may track your Personal Information, such as purchase
history and other demographic data.  You have the right to withdraw from
the Financial Incentive at any time by submitting a request
HERE.
Please note that if you request deletion of part or all your Personal Information,
that could affect your ability to qualify for the discount.

LODGING A COMPLAINT

The Epoch Times only processes your personal information in compliance with this
privacy notice and in accordance with the relevant data protection laws. If,
however you are a resident of the UK or the EEA and wish to raise a complaint
regarding the processing of your personal information or are unsatisfied with
how we have handled your information, you have the right to lodge a complaint
with your local supervisory authority.

If you would like to raise an issue or lodge a complaint directly with Epoch
Times, please contact us using the information below.

The Epoch Times
Address: 229 West 28th Street, 6th FL, New
York, NY10001, USA.
Online: Fill out a request form
HERE.

UPDATE TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

The Epoch Times may update this notice from time to time. All changes will be
posted and updated here. We will notify you directly by email (if we hold one
for you) or by other appropriate means if any significant changes occur. Any
changes to the privacy policy will become effective when the updated policy is
posted. We advise you to check back here frequently to review the most current
version of this notice.

CONTACT US

If you have other questions, contact us
HERE.

Or, by writing to the following postal address:
229 West 28th Street, 7th FL, New York, NY 10001, USA.

This policy was last updated on April 2024.

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