Privacy Policy of The Philadelphia Post-Intelligencer
The Philadelphia Post-Intelligencer (referred to as “The Philly PI,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the digital newspaper website, accessible at https://thephillypi.com/ (the “Service”).
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you use our Service and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.
By accessing or using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Service, including:
A. Information You Provide Directly
This is information you voluntarily give us when you interact with the Service, such as when you:
- Create an Account or Subscribe: Your full name, email address, password, postal address, and payment information (processed via a third-party payment processor).
- Sign up for a Newsletter: Your email address.
- Submit Comments or Contribute Content: Your name, email, and any information contained in the submission.
- Contact Customer Support: Any information you provide when seeking assistance.
- Participate in Surveys or Contests: Personal details required for participation.
B. Information Collected Automatically (Tracking Technologies & Cookies)
When you access the Service, we automatically collect certain data using cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies. This usage data may include:
- Usage Data: Your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
- Device Information: Information about the device you use to access the Service, such as device type, operating system, mobile network information, and crash data.
- Location Information: We may use your IP address to infer your approximate geographic location for content display and advertising purposes.
C. Information from Third-Party Sources
We may receive information about you from our third-party partners, such as:
- Advertising Partners: Data relating to your interaction with advertisements.
- Social Media Networks: If you choose to log in or interact with our content through a social media platform, we may receive profile information from that platform.
- Analytics Providers: Aggregated demographic and interest data.
2. How We Use Your Information
The Philadelphia Post-Intelligencer uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To Provide and Maintain the Service: Including monitoring the usage of our Service and delivering the news content you request.
- To Manage Your Account: To manage your registration as a user, subscription, and payments.
- To Improve Our Service: To analyze usage trends, understand visitor interests, and improve the functionality, design, and content of our website.
- To Communicate with You: To send you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, updates about your account, and other information related to the Service.
- For Targeted Advertising: To deliver personalized advertising and track the performance of marketing campaigns.
- For Security and Fraud Prevention: To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, or misuse of the Service.
- For Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests from public authorities.
3. Sharing and Disclosure of Your Information
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We share data with trusted third parties who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data hosting, email delivery, and marketing assistance. These parties are obligated to protect your data.
- With Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
- With Advertisers and Analytics Providers: We share aggregated or pseudonymized information with advertising networks and analytics companies (like Google Analytics) to serve relevant ads and measure effectiveness.
- For Business Transfers: If The Philly PI is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred.
- For Legal Purposes: We may disclose your data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
- With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
4. Data Retention
We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will also retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
5. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have specific rights regarding your personal data. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
You may have the following rights:
- The Right to Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.
- The Right to Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): The right to request that we delete your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Object or Restrict Processing: The right to object to or request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Data Portability: The right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- The Right to Opt-Out of Sale (CCPA): If you are a California resident, you have the right to direct us not to sell your personal information.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information in Section 8.
6. Children’s Privacy
Our Service is not intended for anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
