CALIFORNIA SHINE THE LIGHT LAW
Residents of the State of California may ask us to provide them with a list of the types of personal information that we have disclosed during the preceding year to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, and the identity of those third parties. If you are a California resident and would like such a list, please contact us at privacy@nypost.com.
For all such requests, please indicate “CA Shine the Light” in the subject field of your request and include the name of the Service with respect to which you are requesting the information. You must also include your full name, street address, city, state, zip code and email address.
NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) provide certain rights to residents of California. This section of the Privacy Notice applies if you are a natural person who is a resident of California (“California Resident”) and uses our Services. This notice supplements the information in thePrivacy Notice. Certain terms used below have the meanings given to them in the CCPA and CPRA. The CCPA and CPRA shall be collectively referred to herein as the “CCPA.”
The following sets forth the categories of information we collect and purposes for which we may use California Residents’ personal information:
CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU, WHY AND HOW WE COLLECT SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION
Summarized in the table below are the categories of personal information we may have collected about you over the past twelve (12) months, depending on how you interact with us. The following table also describes how we collect and use such categories of information.
| Categories of information collected (Please see descriptions of the categories located just below this table) | Purposes of collection | Sources of personal information |
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| Identifiers |
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| Commercial Data |
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| Financial Data |
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| Internet Data |
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| Geo-Location Data |
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| Inference Data |
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| Profile Data |
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| Associated Data |
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More details on the categories of personal information, the purposes for which we collected such information and the sources from which we obtain your personal information are outlined below, and otherwise set forth in theInformation We Collect and Obtain andHow We Use the Information We Obtain Sections of ourPrivacy Notice.
Categories of Personal Information Collected:
Business or Commercial Purposes for which We Collected or Disclosed Personal Information:
Categories of Sources from which We Collected Personal Information:
Retention Periods for Personal Information which We Collected
The period of time that we keep certain personal information about you depends on the type of customer you are as well as the purposes for which that information is used. All information is kept for the entire period that you are an active user of our Services. Once you are no longer an active user of our Services, we keep your information for the following time periods:
| Type of Customer | Purpose of Collection | Retention Period (post active status) |
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| Unregistered Digital User |
| 13 months |
| Up to 6 years | |
| Registered Digital User |
| Up to 45 days |
| Up to 45 days | |
| Digital Subscriber |
| Up to 6 years |
| Up to 10 years | |
| Home Delivery Subscriber |
| Up to 6 years |
| Up to 10 years |
We will actively review the personal information we hold and delete it securely, or in some cases anonymize it, when there is no longer a legal, business or consumer need for it to be retained.
HOW WE SELL/SHARE AND DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We have shared the personal information collected from and about you over the past twelve (12) months as discussed above for various business purposes. The chart below explains the categories of information that we may have shared with third parties and the categories of those parties.
| Third Parties with which we share information and why | Categories of information shared |
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| Our Subsidiaries and Affiliated Businesses. We may share information we collect within our family of companies to deliver products and services to you, and enhance our products, services, and your customer experience, consistent with our Privacy Notice. Those businesses may also use your information for their own purposes, including marketing purposes. |
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| Third Party Partners for Marketing Purposes. We may share your information with partners whose offerings we think may interest you. For example, if you sign up for our newsletters, then we may share information with third parties, such as advertisers, for their marketing and other purposes. |
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| Third Party Partners to Provide Co-Branded Products and Services. In some cases, we may share information with third-party partners to provide co-branded products or services. For example, when we run a co-sponsored sweepstakes. |
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| Third Parties for Legal Requirements and Proceedings. We may disclose information to law enforcement authorities or other government officials if we are required to do so to comply with subpoenas, court orders, legal process or other law enforcement or government measures, and to comply with other legal obligations. We may disclose information if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual fraudulent or illegal activity. |
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| Third Parties for the Protection of our Services and Users. We may disclose information to protect and defend the rights, interests, and safety of the Services, our subsidiaries and affiliates, and their employees, contractors and agents; to protect the security and safety of our users of the Services, including when we believe disclosure is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss. |
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| Third Parties in Business Transfers. We may disclose information in connection with a proposed or completed corporate transaction, including for example a merger, investment, acquisition, reorganization, consolidation, bankruptcy, liquidation, or sale of some or all of our assets. |
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| Third-Party Online Advertisers and Ad Networks. As discussed in theInterest-Based Advertising Section of our Privacy Notice, the Services may rely on third-party advertising technologies that allow for the delivery of relevant content and advertising on the Services, as well as on other websites you visit and other applications you use, and these technologies will collect certain information from your use of the Services to assist in delivering such ads. |
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| Internet Services Providers. In connection with the provision of the Services, we may share information with companies that provide internet services. |
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| Data Analytics Providers. We may share information with companies that provide data analytics services in order to operate, evaluate and improve our business. |
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| Operating Systems and Platforms. We may share information with software companies that power your devices and companies that provide common tools/information for software or apps about software or app consumers. |
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| Social Networks. As discussed in theInformation We Share Section of our Privacy Notice and ourSocial Networking Notice, we may share your information with social networking services for their commercial or marketing purposes. |
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| List Rental Services. We may share information with list rental services, e.g. to parties whose offerings we think may interest you marketing or commercial purposes. |
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CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS AND CHOICES
California Residents may have certain rights in connection with the personal information we collect about you, many of which are subject to exceptions under applicable law:
Right to access, disclosure and portability. You may have the right to request, twice during a twelve-month period, the following information about the personal information we have collected about you during the past 12 months:
The right to nondiscrimination. We will not deny, charge different prices for, or provide a different level of quality of goods or services if you choose to exercise these rights.
The right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information. California law broadly defines “sale” such that it may include allowing third parties to receive certain information, such as IP address and/or browsing behavior, to deliver targeted advertising.
If you would like to opt out, you may do so as outlined on the following page: click here or by contacting us at 1-800-552-7678
If you are a Home Delivery Print Subscriber, you may exercise your right to opt out by submitting a request toSubmit Request, or by contacting us at 1-800-552-7678.
The right to deletion. You may have the right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you.
Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. We need certain types of information so that we can provide our Services to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use our Services.
How to exercise your access, correction and deletion rights.
California residents may exercise their California privacy rights by submitting your request toSubmit Request, or by contacting us at 1-800-552-7678.
Once we have verified your identity (and your agent, as applicable), we will respond to your request as appropriate:
If we are unable to complete your requests fully for any of the reasons above, we will provide you additional information about the reasons that we could not comply with your request.
Clickhere to review our CCPA request metrics for 2023.
You may also designate an agent to make requests to exercise your rights under CCRA as described above. We will take steps both to verify both (1) the identity of the person seeking to exercise their rights as listed above and (2) that your agent has been authorized to make a request on your behalf by providing us with a signed written authorization or a copy of a power of attorney.
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