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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 3, 2022.

When you use our connected websites and online services (collectively, our “Websites”), MetaNewsr™, including any affiliates and subsidiaries (“MetaNewsr™ ,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) cherishes the confidence you put in us. This Privacy Policy explains how we gather, utilize, disclose, and keep information about you and how we use it. This Privacy Policy applies to all of our websites that publish or link to it, no matter how you access or use them, including mobile devices.


YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS OF USE BY USING OUR WEBSITES, AND YOU AGREE TO OUR COLLECTION, USE, DISCLOSURE, AND RETENTION OF INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.


Please do not use our websites if you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Any modifications will be announced on our websites. You accept any changes made to our websites if you continue to use them after they are posted.


This Privacy Policy does not cover information you provide to third-party websites or mobile apps that may connect to or be linked from the Websites. We are not responsible for the activities or privacy policies of third-party websites and apps; for more information, please contact those websites and applications directly.


INFORMATION ABOUT YOU THAT WE COLLECT

When you use or interact with our websites, and in other ways specified below, we collect, handle, and keep information from you and any devices you may use.


We collect and store information such as your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, picture, date of birth, payment information, registration information, social media and messaging platform handle, optional biographic and demographic information, processional and licensure information, information for wallets you create or connect via our websites, survey responses, and any other information you provide to us. This includes data you provide us via third-party websites and apps.


We will gather your name, contact information, resume/CV and cover letter, information from your LinkedIn Profile or website, and if you need sponsorship for work inside the United States if you apply for a job on our websites. You will also be given the option of providing optional demographic and self-identification data; this information is not necessary and will not be utilized in any hiring choices.


Information We Collect Automatically: When you use our websites, we collect and store certain kinds of information. To help us improve or customize your online experience, our websites may use “cookies,” tagging, and other tracking technology. This information includes statistics on your page views, traffic to and from our websites, referral URLs, ad data, your IP address, device identifiers, transaction history, and web log information. We will have information on the linked transfers, balances, transactions, and ledger if you have any DESK tokens or a wallet connected to your account.


We may obtain information about your location and device, including a unique identifier for your device, when you visit our websites or engage with our online services. We may deliver location-based services, such as advertising and other tailored content, using location data. Furthermore, if you scan one of our QR codes, we will be aware of the event, venue, or company linked with that code, as well as your current position.


Information Collected Through Social Media: When you connect with us or our Websites through a social media platform, we may collect the personal information you provide, such as your account ID, username, and other information contained in your postings. We and that service may exchange some information about you and your activities if you choose to log into your account with or via a social networking site. We may gather information from your social media account on your behalf if you grant us permission.


Other Sources of Information: We may augment the information we gather with information obtained offline or from other sources.


HOW WE USE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE RECEIVE FROM OR ABOUT YOU

We utilize the information we gather from or about you to customize and enhance your experience on the Websites, which includes offering our services and programs, responding to information requests, analyzing and collecting trends and statistics, and engaging with you. See the Your Choices section below for more information on how to manage your personal information and your options.


We may also use information about you to: provide, maintain, and improve the Websites, as well as for internal or other business purposes; run and administer our virtual and in-person conferences; fulfill your requests for information; communicate with you; detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be fraudulent or illegal; optimize, perform analysis, or improve our Websites, products, services, and operations; provide, produce, and ship them ; and provide, produce, and ship them.


DESK Program: If you supply your wallet address as part of our DESK Program, we will not use or analyze it for any reason other than to offer you with the DESK Program. Our DESK Program may share your wallet address with our program partners, sponsors, or service providers to allow or offer a program advantage that you have earned or redeemed, as described below. We require these third parties to remove your wallet information after the benefit has been granted. We contractually prevent these third parties from using your wallet information for any reason other than delivering such advantages. We will never utilize your wallet address supplied with the DESK Program for any journalistic or news reporting purposes.


We may combine information acquired from numerous areas of the Websites, and we may utilize information from one portion of the Websites on other portions of the Websites. For a variety of purposes, including to improve, extend, and verify the accuracy of our records, we may also utilize or combine information that we gather offline or that we obtain or receive from third-party sources. In addition, we may combine information obtained from one browser or device with information collected from another browser or device that is related to the one from which the information was collected.


We may keep information we collect from or about you for as long as it is reasonably necessary to fulfill the reasons for which it was obtained, or if the law requires, whichever comes first. This implies that we will keep information on you while you are a registered user of our websites and after you stop using them.


HOW DO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH OTHERS?

As indicated below, we share information we gather from or about you with third parties. We may also share information with third parties that does not individually identify you, such as aggregate data, de-identified data, device IDs, or other unique identifiers. See the Your Choices section below for more information on how to manage your personal information and your options.


Third-Party Service Providers: We use third-party care providers to handle things like hosting, content syndication, content management, technological integration, marketing, analytics, customer service, fraud prevention, payment processing, fulfillment, and shipping on our behalf. When performing their tasks, these third parties may require access to information about you.


Business Partners: We may share personally identifiable information about you with business partners who provide goods and services we believe you might be interested in.


Sale, Assignment, or Change of Control: While offering the Websites, we may change our ownership or corporate organization. In conjunction with, or during talks of, any merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or other line of business, change in ownership control, or financing transaction, we may transfer some or all information about you. In such cases, we shall ask the acquiring party to adhere to the standards outlined in this Privacy Policy regarding previously obtained data. However, we cannot guarantee that an acquiring party or merged organization will follow the same privacy policies or use your personal information in the same manner as outlined in this Privacy Policy.


Law Enforcement, Legal Process, and Emergency Situations: We may use or disclose information we collect from or about you if we are required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that doing so is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on us or our Websites; (b) protect and defend our rights or property, the Websites, or our users; or (c) respond to a third party alleging that you have infringed their intellectual property rights.


Public Areas, Interactive Features, and Activities: Please keep in mind that any information you provide in public areas, such as your public profile or social sharing features, becomes public information that anyone may take and use. Please be cautious about what you reveal, and do not share any information that you want to remain secret. For usage of these features, please refer to the related guidelines, if any. We have no control over who sees information you publish in public sections of the Websites or on third-party messaging platforms like Discord, and we are not responsible for how third parties, including other users, use or disclose information you post or otherwise communicate with them. You may get material or information you’ve posted deleted from public view if you’re under the age of eighteen and a registered member by removing the message yourself or emailing the community manager.


Our websites may allow you to share some information with other users or other parties at your discretion, such as by scanning your “My Code.” You authorize us to share your information when you use these services on our websites. We have no control over how those third parties use or disclose your information after it has been provided.


HOW DO YOU GET ACCESS TO AND UPDATE YOUR DATA?

If you have an account with us, you can amend the information you’ve given us by going into your account and changing it. Please keep in mind that after your account is created, you may not be able to alter any information, such as your username or email address. Prior to accessing any records containing information on you, you may be asked to furnish us with sufficient information to authenticate your identity. If we feel that changing information about you would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be erroneous, we may refuse to comply with your request.


COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRACKING

We, like many other websites, use tracking technologies like cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies to keep track of your preferences, monitor how you use our websites, how you engage with our emails, and how much exposure you get from our online ads. These technologies may also be used to track visitors, develop the Websites, and make them simpler to use and more relevant. Most web browsers allow cookies by default; however, you can typically change your browser settings to block or reject cookies if you prefer. You may also make certain web beacons ineffective by rejecting or deleting the cookies that are linked with them. Some elements of the Websites may not operate or may not perform as expected if you remove your cookies or configure your browser to refuse cookies.


On the Websites, we employ third-party analytics services such as Google Analytics. These analytics service providers employ cookies or other tracking technologies to assist us in analyzing how users interact with and use our websites, compiling reports on website activity, and providing us with other services. Your IP address, time of visit, if you are a repeat visitor, any referring website, geographical location, and other information may be collected by the technologies. These analytics service providers are not used to collect information that may be used to identify you personally. Google Analytics will send and keep the information it collects, and it will be subject to Google’s privacy rules. Click here to learn more about Google’s partner services and how to opt out of Google’s analytics monitoring.


We collaborate with third-party firms that utilize these technologies to serve ads on our and other third-party websites. When you use the Websites, these third parties may use these technologies to gather information about you. They may keep track of your online activity over time and across numerous websites and online services. They may also employ permanent identifiers to monitor your Internet activity throughout their networks of websites, not just ours. They may use this information to provide you with tailored advertising or other content based on your interests. While we do not intentionally share these companies with information that personally identifies you, with enough data from other sources, these third parties may be able to personally identify you without our knowledge. In the Choices section below, you’ll find further information on how to disable certain cookies.

The cookies we utilize on our websites are classified into four categories:


Cookies that are required to make our Websites functional by allowing basic operations such as page navigation, access to secure sections of the Website, and determining if you have opted-out of certain non-essential cookies. These cookies are required for the Websites to operate correctly. Our permission management does not allow you to de-select certain required cookies.


Preferences: Cookies that allow our websites to remember information that alters the way they function or appear, such as your chosen language or location.


Analytics and Statistics: Cookies that gather and report on your device’s activities to help us understand how visitors engage with our websites.


Marketing: Used to track devices across websites to offer relevant and engaging adverts to our users on third-party websites. You may also disable or erase these cookies by changing the settings on your browser.


Unaffiliated third parties may deliver certain content, apps, and adverts on the Websites. We have no control over the tracking technologies used by these third parties or how they are utilized. We are not responsible for the content or privacy policies of any website that connects to or is linked from our websites that is not owned by us.


“Do Not Track” capability may be available in your browser or device. Whether or not a Do Not Track signal is received, our information collection, disclosure, and choice practices will remain the same as detailed in this Privacy Policy.


YOUR OPTIONS REGARDING THE USE AND SHARE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

In many cases, you have options about the information you supply and how we utilize it. The options are shown below. Residents of California and data subjects in Europe have additional rights, which are outlined in the sections below labeled Notice to California Residents and Notice to Residents of the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.


Marketing Emails: By supplying us with your e-mail address, you agree that we may contact you using that address. While you cannot opt out of getting account or transaction-related alerts and other service-related communications from us, you may opt out of receiving promotional and other marketing emails from us by utilizing the “unsubscribe” function in our marketing e-mails.


Text Messages: If you’ve signed up for one of our text messaging services, you may unsubscribe at any time by texting “STOP.”


Interest-Based Advertising Options: You also have interest-based advertising options. Although most browsers allow cookies by default, you can typically change your browser’s settings to deny cookies if you prefer. If you choose to delete cookies, keep in mind that you may also delete opt-out cookies that influence your advertising choices.


Many of the third-party advertisers who use tracking techniques on our websites are members of programs that provide you more control over how your personal information is used for advertising purposes. Visit the Network Advertising Initiative and the Digital Advertising Alliance websites to learn more about the alternatives available to restrict these third parties’ usage of your information.


Similarly, you may use your device settings to learn about your choices for opting out of mobile app monitoring by specific advertising networks. See the support pages for Apple, Android, or Windows devices for further information on how to update these settings.


Please note that opting out of the services of participating advertising networks does not prevent you from receiving advertising while using our websites or on other websites, nor does it prevent you from receiving interest-based advertising from third parties who do not participate in these industry programs.


NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

This section is part of our Privacy Policy; however, it only pertains to California residents. You have the right under state law to be informed about the collection, use, and sharing of “personal information,” as well as the ability to view, delete, and limit the sale of certain personal information we gather about you. Send us an email at [email protected] if you or your authorized representative would want to exercise these rights. You have the right not to be treated unfairly because you are exercising your privacy rights under relevant legislation.


Personal Information Collection and Use: This Privacy Policy’s broad parts detail the sorts of personal information we gather, how we collect it, and how we use it. The types of personal information we may have obtained from or about customers, as well as the sources of that information, are listed below:

Name, alias, postal address, unique personal identity, online identifier, IP address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers are all examples of identifiers. You submit this information, or it is gathered automatically when you interact with our website, or it is given by a third party.

Name, address, phone number, education, occupation, or payment account number are examples of customer records. You submit this information, or it is gathered automatically when you interact with our website, or it is given by a third party.


Race, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability are all protected categories. You supply this information, such as when you willingly provide it as part of a job application.


Commercial data consists of records of items or services bought, received, or contemplated, as well as other buying or consumption histories or patterns. This data is gathered automatically because of your activities with our website, purchases, and subscriptions.


Browsing history, search history, and information about interactions with our website or adverts are all examples of internet or other electronic network activity information. When you interact with our website, this information is automatically gathered, or it is given by a third party, such as an advertising or analytics supplier.


Geolocation refers to information about a location’s general or specific site. When you enter your address or other location information, scan a QR code, or check-in at a place, this information is supplied by you, or it is inferred from your IP address.


Employer, title, professional license numbers, job experience, and educational background are all examples of professional and educational data. This information is either given by you or a third party, such as your conference registration or job application.


Inferences: Data about your preferences, attributes, predispositions, demographic information, attitudes, and favorites. You submit this information, or it is gathered automatically when you interact with our website, or it is given by a third party.


The kinds of personal information are collected and used for the reasons indicated in the sections under How We Use Information We Collect from or About You, How We Share Your Information with Others, and Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. As previously stated, we only disclosed personal information to service providers for commercial purposes.


Sale of Personal Information and Right to Opt Out: Under state law, businesses must post certain disclaimers on their websites, including a “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link. We do not knowingly sell personal information on children under the age of sixteen. To opt out of the sale to third parties, please write us an email at [email protected] and deactivate non-essential cookies using the cookie manager on our website. Please keep in mind that your right to opt out does not apply to the data we share with service providers with whom we collaborate and who are tasked with using the data on our behalf.


The following categories of personal information are revealed for a commercial purpose or “sold,” as well as the third-party categories that are connected to them:


Affiliates, commercial partners, advertising and marketing businesses, data analytics providers, and social networks: Name, email, unique personal identifiers, online identifiers, IP address, or other similar identifiers.


Information about your interactions with a website, application, or advertisement on the internet is shared with affiliates, business partners, advertising and marketing businesses, data analytics providers, and social networks.


Requests for Disclosure: As previously stated, you have the right to request that we reveal what personal information we collect, use, and sell, as well as the right to have some personal information gathered from you deleted. Send us an email at [email protected] you or your authorized representative would want to exercise these rights. Before we can act on your request, we’ll need to verify your identity. To begin the verification process, you must submit your name and email address, as well as your mobile phone number if you have signed up to receive text messages from us, or your wallet address if you have connected it to your account. If you’re requesting access on behalf of someone else, we’ll need evidence of your identity as well as permission from the person whose personal information you want to see. There may be certain information that we will not provide in response to your request, such as information that might compromise the privacy of others or conflict with legal responsibilities. Similarly, there may be circumstances in which we are unable to comply with your deletion request, such as the necessity to retain your personal information in order to provide you with a service or to comply with a legal requirement.


Financial Incentives: From time to time, we may conduct campaigns in which you may be asked to submit personal information with us. When you join up, we will always provide you explicit notice of these sorts of activities, and participation is always optional. You will be able to opt out if you change your mind, and you will still be able to use our services if you do not participate.


If you are a California resident and a customer, California law allows you to seek specific information on our and our associated businesses’ sharing of your personal information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. Please write an email to [email protected] to make such a request.


NOTICES TO EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, SWITZERLAND, AND UNITED KINGDOM RESIDENTS

This portion of our Privacy Policy only applies to those who live in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, or the United Kingdom. MetaNewsr™ is the controller for data protection reasons.


Processing Purposes: We use your personal data to administer our websites, process your requests, facilitate access by our service providers and third parties, send marketing communications, respond to your requests in connection with employment opportunities, transfer or sell our business, combine data sets, and for the other purposes described in our Privacy Policy. As previously stated, we may utilize, transmit, and otherwise use personal data collected directly from you or through cookies or other tracking technologies to remember your preferences, perform analytics, and provide you with advertisements.


We collect and process personal data for a variety of reasons, including (a) to complete a transaction (such as registering for a conference, subscribing to our newsletters, inquiring about employment, or responding to your requests); (b) to comply with a legal obligation; (c) where you have provided consent; and (d) for legitimate interest when such processing is reasonably expected by you and does not harm you. Please utilize the choices indicated in the Your Choices section above if you want to withdraw your permission. Please bear in mind that processing that is not based on your permission may nevertheless have an additional basis.


Transfers: Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in the United States or elsewhere in the globe, where the level of data protection may differ from that in your home country. To guarantee that your data is appropriately safeguarded, we shall ensure that transfers of personal data are subject to suitable protections in compliance with relevant legal requirements.


Your Legal Rights: According to the law, you have certain rights. These rights include: (1) obtaining information about the processing of your personal data and a copy of your personal data that we store; (2) obtaining information about the processing of your personal data and a copy of your personal data that we store; and (3) obtaining information about the processing of (2) to request that we correct or complete your personal data; (3) to request that your personal data be deleted if it is no longer required for the purposes for which it was obtained or if you withdraw permission and there is no other legal basis for processing; (4) to request a restriction of processing if you dispute the accuracy of your personal data, if our processing is deemed unlawful and you oppose deletion, or if we no longer need the personal data but must keep it to comply with our legal obligations; (5) to receive your personal data and transfer it to another controller; (6) to object to our processing when we process your personal data on the basis of legitimate interests; and (7) to file a complaint about our collection or processing (DPA).


Please write an email to [email protected] if you want to exercise rights (1) through (6). Prior to obtaining any information about you, we may request you to furnish us with personal data to authenticate your identity. If you want to make a complaint with your DPA, go to ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index en.htm for the EEA and UK, and https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home/the-fdpic/links/data-protection—-switzerland.html for Switzerland.


To use our websites, buy our services, or engage with us offline, you do not need to supply all of the personal data included in this Privacy Policy, although some functionality may be unavailable to you. We may not be able to react to your requests, complete a transaction with you, or send you marketing that we feel you will find helpful if you do not supply your personal information. We do not employ automated decision-making, including profiling, without human participation in a manner that has legal consequences for you or otherwise has a substantial impact on you.


ADDITIONALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Users Under the Age of Thirteen: Our websites are solely for those who are thirteen years old or older. If we discover information in our database that was taken from a kid under the age of thirteen, we will remove it.


Users from outside the United States: If you use our websites from outside the United States, you agree to the transfer of information we collect from or about you to, and the collection, processing, and storage of information about you in, the United States and elsewhere. The laws of the United States and these nations may vary from those of your country.


You may reach us at [email protected] if you have any queries regarding our Privacy Policy.


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