This policy was updated on July 1, 2014
INTRODUCTION
This Privacy Policy describes how Krurapp Communications Inc. and its affiliated U.S. subsidiaries (collectively, “Company,” “us” or “we”), including, without limitation, New Jersey Cops Magazine, may collect and use your Personally Identifiable Information (“PII”) (e.g., your full name, email address, mailing address, telephone number, or credit card number), as well as data that can, under certain circumstances, indirectly lead to PII (“Related Data”) on its websites and other applications.
This policy applies to PII and Related Data (collectively, your “information”) received by us from consumers who visit, register or subscribe to the online editions of New Jersey Cops Magazine (NJCopsMagazine.com) and related services or sites that link to this Privacy Policy.
From time to time, Krurapp Communications may revise this Privacy Policy. If we make revisions that change the way we collect or use your PII or Related Data, those changes will be posted in this Privacy Policy and the effective date will be noted at the beginning of this document. Therefore, you should review it periodically so that you are up to date with our most current policies and practices. If we make material changes to our practices regarding use of your PII or Related Data, your PII and Related Data will continue to be governed by the Privacy Policy under which it was subject prior to those changes, unless you have been provided notice of, and have not objected to, the changes. Notice of a significant or material change in the way we use your personal information will be made to registered users via e-mail.
INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT
Generally: When you subscribe to our products or services, we collect PII and Related Information from you. We also may collect PII and Related Information from you when you contact us about your subscriptions or participate in activities like: forums; message boards; chats; submitting a letter to the editor; forwarding an article to a friend; creating a community profile; rating, tagging and commenting on articles; or surveys, sweepstakes, contests or games. When you visit our websites, we automatically collect non PII such as IP addresses and website usage information from you.
In compliance with COPPA, we do not, however, knowingly collect or store PII from children under the age of 13.
Sometimes, we collect personally identifiable information from consumers in manual format or off-line, for example via a postcard or subscription form. Providing detailed notice in those situations often proves impractical, so consumers will instead be provided with a short notice that describes how to obtain the full text of this Policy and other relevant information from us.
When you provide PII to us, we will make sure you are informed about the types of uses we will make of the information to the extent it is being used in a manner that differs from what is allowed pursuant to this Privacy Policy. We will collect only as much personal information as we need for specific, identified purposes, and we won’t use it for other purposes without obtaining your consent.
Paywall, Billing and Credit Card Information: To enable subscription payment on applicable websites, the Company works with reputable third party service providers that collect and store billing and credit card information. This information is used by the third parties to perform billing and for their internal business purposes. Examples of these uses include fulfilling orders and processing credit card payments. Your personal information passed through any third parties is governed by their privacy policy here. Your information is not shared by these parties with other third parties and is not used for marketing third-party products.
All subscription agreements pertaining to New Jersey Cops Magazine.com are assigned to and managed by Krurapp Communications, Inc.
Cookies, Web Beacons, And Other Similar Technologies: Cookies are small bits of information that our websites place on the hard drive of your computer. We may use cookies to, among other things, facilitate our login processes; allow you to personalize and store your settings; collect usage information; determine our total audience size and traffic; and help us improve our sites by measuring which areas are of greatest interest to users. No personally identifiable information is placed in these cookies. The cookies may reflect de-identified demographic or other data linked to data you voluntarily have submitted to us, e.g., your email address, in hashed, non-human readable form.
Third-party advertisements displayed on our sites may also contain cookies set by Internet advertising companies or advertisers. We do not control these cookies and visitors to our websites should check the privacy policy of the advertiser to see whether and how it uses cookies. (See the “notice” section below for more information on third- party advertisements).
You can set the browser on your computer to warn you each time a cookie is being sent, block third party cookies or block all cookies. However, by blocking all cookies you may not have access to certain features on our websites. We also use web beacons (invisible images often referred to as pixel tags or clear GIFs) on our sites in order to recognize users and assess traffic patterns, and we include web beacons and cookies in our e-mail messages, including newsletters, in order to count how many e-mail messages have been opened. Users wishing to disable our web beacons should do so by turning images “off” in their email client (e.g., Outlook, Outlook Express). Please see your email client for more information.
When you view an ad for our publications on other sites, our third-party advertising company may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. We and our advertising company may also use web beacons to note which pages you visit after viewing our ads. The information that is collected through the use of these images is not personally identifiable and is used only to track response to our advertising efforts.
We may use cookies and similar tools to relate your use of our websites to PII obtained from you or a reputable third party. For example, if you’ve asked us to send you information about our upcoming products or promotions, cookie and/or click-stream data about your activities on our websites may allow us to limit the materials we send you to items we think you will find interesting, based on your prior online activities and preferences. However, if we wish to combine your personal and cookie or click-stream information in this manner, we will obtain your express affirmative consent.
Third Party Ad Servers: Some of the advertisements and other services that appear on our website(s) are delivered to you by Internet advertising companies. These companies utilize certain technologies including cookies to deliver advertisements and marketing messages and to collect anonymous information about your visit to our sites and other websites. If you would like more information about this practice or to opt out of having this information used by companies that are part of the Network Advertising Initiative to provide targeted ads, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
NOTICE
Third Party Websites: Our websites link to websites operated by other companies. Some of these third party sites may be co-branded with the Company or feature the Company logo, even though they are not operated or maintained by us.
We’re not responsible for the privacy practices of web sites operated by third parties that are linked to or integrated with our sites or for the privacy practices of third party Internet advertising companies. Once you’ve left our site via such a link or by clicking on an advertisement, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party or advertiser site to determine how they will handle any PII they collect from you.
Our websites may also be linked to sites operated by companies affiliated with us (i.e., that are part of Krurapp Communications Inc. (“Affiliated Companies”). Although all Affiliated Companies adhere to our privacy principles, visitors to those Affiliated Company sites should still refer to their separate privacy policies and practices, which may differ in some respects from this Privacy Policy.
USE: HERE’S HOW WE USE PII OR RELATED DATA:
Generally: We may use information in the following ways:
- For the purposes for which you specifically provide it including, without limitation, to enable us to process and fulfill your subscription or other requests.
- To send you information about your relationship or transactions with us.
- To notify you about our products, services, and special offers.
- To otherwise contact you with information that we believe will be of interest to you.
- To enhance or develop features, products and services.
- To provide advertisers and other third parties with aggregate information about our subscribers, website user base and usage patterns.
- To allow us to personalize the content and advertising that you and others see on our web sites.
- To allow other select companies to send you promotional materials about their products and services (that is, unless you’ve told us not to do so (see Choice below).
Information about your activities on our websites and other non-personally identifiable information about you may be used to limit the online ads you encounter to those we believe are consistent with your interests. We may combine the information that we collect from you with information that you provide to us in connection with your use of other Company products, services and websites, or information we collect from third parties.
Sharing your Information: Except as set forth below, or if we inform you otherwise at the time of data collection, we will not share your PII or Related Data outside of Company.
Affiliates: We may share your PII with companies that are affiliated with us, that is, are part of the Krurapp Communications group of publications and/or companies.
Service Providers and Agents: We may share your PII and Related Data with agents, contractors or partners of Company in connection with services those entities are providing for Company, including, without limitation, facilitating some aspects of our web sites, sending e-mail, fulfilling purchase requests, delivering subscriptions, serving, customizing or delivering marketing or ads and auditing. These other companies may use your PII and Related Data solely for the purpose of providing these services to us or on our behalf.
Special Circumstances: There may be instances when we may disclose PII or Related Data without providing you with a choice in order to protect the legal rights of Company, other companies within the Krurapp Communications group, or their respective employees, agents and contractors; to protect the safety and security of visitors to our websites; to protect against fraud or for risk management purposes; or to comply with the law or legal process. In addition, if Company sells all or part of its business or makes a sale or transfer of assets or is otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, we may transfer your PII to a third party as part of that transaction.
Corporate or Third-Party, and Student Subscriptions: If your subscription is provided in whole or in part by your employer or other third party, we may notify the provider when you access or use your subscription. When providing these notices, we may reveal limited amounts of your personally identifiable information such as your name or email address.
Third Party Promotional Offers: If you subscribe to our print publications, we may share your contact information with other companies whose products and services may be of interest to you. While many of our subscribers appreciate receiving offerings from these companies, if you prefer that we do not share your information for this purpose, please see “Choice” for instructions on how to tell us not to share your information. The Company complies fully with the federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. We will not sell, rent, swap, or authorize any third party to use your personally identifiable information for such party’s own marketing purposes, unless you choose in advance to have your personally identifiable information shared for this purpose.
Social Network and Interactive Tools: Certain features on our websites provide an opportunity to interact with us and others. These may include forums, message boards, chats, submitting a letter to the editor, creating community profiles, and rating, tagging and commenting on articles. When you use these features you should be aware that any information you submit, including your name, location and e-mail address, may be publicly available to others. We are not responsible for any information you choose to submit through these interactive features.
When an individual chooses to post information that will be publicly disclosed, he or she is responsible for ensuring that such information conforms to all local data protection laws. We are not responsible under any data protection laws for user posted information.
Non PII: Anonymous click stream, number of page views calculated by pixel tags, and aggregated or de-identified demographic information may also be shared with our advertisers and business partners.
CHOICE: WE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH CHOICES ABOUT THE USE OF YOUR PII
To opt out of receiving marketing from the Company or its Third Party Promotional partners, or to otherwise update your preferences, you must do so as indicated below:
New Jersey Cops Magazine and any other Krurapp Communications properties: To opt out of receiving marketing communications, you may notify us by contacting Customer Service at cops@njcopsmagazine.com.
If you are a current subscriber of any of our publications, please remember to include your account number and phone number in the body of your e-mail or letter, and if you choose to opt-out via e-mail, please include “Opt-out” in the subject line.
We reserve the right to disclose your opt-out information to third parties so they can suppress your name from future solicitations, in accordance with applicable laws.
SECURITY: WE PROTECT THE SECURITY OF PII
We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, personnel and physical measures to safeguard PII and Related Data in our possession against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification. Please note that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100-percent secure.
DATA RETENTION
We retain your information for as long as necessary to permit us to use it for the purposes that we have communicated to you and comply with applicable law or regulations.
TRANSFER TO US OR OTHER COUNTRIES
Your information may be stored and processed in the U.S., or in any country where Company has service providers, and by subscribing to and/or using our publications, including our websites, you consent to the transfer of information outside of your country.
REMEDIES AND COMPLIANCE: HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT PRIVACY CONCERNS
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our Privacy Policy or the Principles, please visit our CONTACT US page for New Jersey Cops Magazine.
Your California Privacy Rights
Under the California “Shine The Light” law, California residents may opt-out of the Company’s disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. As detailed above, you may choose to opt-out of the sharing of your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes at any time by e-mailing us at cops@NJCopsMagazine.com. It is important to note that this opt-out does not prohibit disclosures made for non-marketing purposes, including but not limited to subscription management.