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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated on July 6, 2023

At The Times, our mission is to seek the truth and help people understand the
world. We want you to understand how we handle your personal information. We
also want you to know your rights and choices.

This policy describes how we handle your personal information when you use the
“Times Services,” listed below:

 * The New York Times newspaper, plus our International Edition
 * Our websites, like nytimes.com
 * Our apps, like the New York Times app and the New York Times Games app
 * Our email newsletters, like Cooking and Morning Briefing
 * Our pages or ads on social media networks, like our Facebook and Instagram
   pages
 * Anywhere we gather information from you and refer you to this Privacy Policy

How we handle information about you depends on which Times Services you use —
and how you use them. For example, we use different information about print
subscribers than website visitors.

Be aware that certain Times Services work differently. Some have additional
terms that supplement this policy (e.g., Reader Submissions). Others, like The
Athletic, refer to a different privacy policy altogether, so this one does not
apply in those cases.

If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at
privacy@nytimes.com. You can also review our Privacy F.A.Q.

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 1.  What Information Do We Gather about You?
     1. (A) Information Collected through Times Services
         i. Information You Voluntarily Give Us
         ii. Information Collected Automatically
         iii. A Note about Sensitive Personal Information
     1. (B) Information We Create or Generate
     1. (C) Information Collected from Other Sources
         i. Privately Owned Databases
         ii. Social Media Platforms and Other Third-Party Services
         iii. Workplace and Schools
     
 2.  What Do We Do With the Information We Collect about You?
     2. (A) We Provide the Times Services
     2. (B) We Personalize Your Experience
     2. (C) We Allow You to Share User-Generated Content
     2. (D) We Develop Products and Services, and Do Analysis
     2. (E) We Carry Out Administrative Tasks
     2. (F) We Offer Sweepstakes, Contests and Other Promotions
     2. (G) We Allow for Personalized Advertising on Times Services and Create
     Audiences for Third-Party Advertisers
     2. (H) We Advertise or Market Times Services to You
     2. (I) We Aggregate (or De-identify) Personal Information into Larger
     Findings
 3.  To Whom Do We Disclose or Share the Information We Gather?
     3. (A) Within The New York Times Company
     3. (B) With Service Providers
     3. (C) With Other Third Parties
 4.  What Are Your Rights and Choices?
     4. (A) In General
         i. Communications Preferences
         ii. Access, Correct, Change/Update, Delete or Restrict Processing of
     Your Personal Information
         iii. Managing Your Digital and Home Delivery Accounts
         iv. Browser and Platform Controls
         v. Other Rights and Choices
     4. (B) California Privacy Rights
         i. Notice at Collection
         ii. Rights to Know, Correction, and Deletion
         iii. “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”
         iv. Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information
         v. Authorized Agents
         vi. Non-Discrimination Rights
         vii. Record of Requests
         viii. California “Shine the Light” Privacy Rights
         ix. Removal of Content for California Minors
     
 5.  How Long Do You Retain Data?
 6.  How Do You Protect My Information?
 7.  Are There Guidelines for Children?
 8.  How Is Information Transferred Internationally?
 9.  What Is Our Legal Basis?
 10. What about Third-Party Services?
 11. How Are Changes to this Privacy Policy Communicated?
 12. How Can You Contact Us? Who Is the Controller of Your Personal Information?

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  1. What Information Do We Gather about You?

The information we gather about you depends on the context. By and large, it’s
information about you that can personally identify you — either on its own or
when combined with other information.

The following describes the information we collect and how we obtain it.

1. (A) Information Collected through Times Services.

i. Information You Voluntarily Give Us

 * For Registration:

When you sign up for a Times Service (e.g., a subscription), we collect your
contact information and account credentials. Once you’re registered, we assign
you a unique ID number. This ID number helps us recognize you when you’re signed
in.

For some Times Services, you can instead sign up by linking your Apple, Facebook
or Google account. See Information Collected From Other Sources below.

If you register for an event or conference, we might ask for additional
information (e.g., your company name, your job title or your dietary
restrictions).

 * For Billing:

To process payments or donations, we collect and use your payment information.

This can include your name, your address, your telephone number, your email
address, your credit or debit card information and any other relevant
information.

 * For User-Generated Content:

We offer you the ability to post content that other users can read (e.g.,
comments or recipe reviews). Anyone can read, collect and use any personal
information that accompanies your posts. See the Comments F.A.Q., or read the
User-Generated Content section in our Terms of Service for more information.

We do not have to publish any of your content. If the law requires us to take
down, remove or edit your personal information, we will comply to the required
extent.

 * For Contests, Sweepstakes and Special Offers:

When you sign up for these, you give us your name, email and any other required
information.

 * For Reader Surveys, Research, Panels and Experience Programs:

We gather information through questionnaires, surveys and feedback programs,
including demographic information like your age, ethnicity, race, or gender. We
also conduct similar research for advertisers. We ask you for your consent to
use this information when you participate in these programs and events.

 * During Contact with Our Call Centers:

We collect information from you when you place an order over the phone or
contact customer service through one of our toll-free numbers. This can include
your name, contact information and any other information you choose to provide.

 * Personal Contacts Data:

We never scan your device for your contacts or upload that data.

With your consent, we do comply with your requests to collect data about your
friends, family or acquaintances (e.g., Refer a Friend campaigns). This
functionality is only meant for U.S. residents. By using it, you acknowledge and
agree that both you and your contacts are based in the United States — and that
you have everyone’s consent for us to use their contact information.

ii. Information Collected Automatically

When you use Times Services, we collect some information automatically. The
technologies we use to assist with this data collection include cookies, web
beacons, tags and scripts and software development kits (or SDKs). We use these
technologies on our digital properties, including our websites and apps, as well
as in our email communications and newsletters. For more information about
tracking methods on Times Services, and how to manage them, read our Cookie
Policy and the What Are Your Rights and Choices? section below.

The categories of personal information we collect automatically include:

 * Identifiers and Device Information:

When you visit our Services, including our websites, apps, email communications
and newsletters, our servers automatically log information about the device you
are using, including unique identifiers. If your browser doesn’t accept our
cookies or similar technologies, you can’t access certain parts of our websites
(e.g., your account on nytimes.com). The items we log include:

 * Your IP address
 * Cookie identifiers
 * Your operating system and browser (e.g., type, version, and configuration)
 * Your browser language
 * Device identifiers (such as MAC address)
 * Advertising identifiers

We combine this data with other information we collect about you. 

 * Geolocation Information:

Some of our apps can provide content based on your GPS location if you enable
this feature. Your GPS location is your precise geolocation, which is considered
a type of sensitive personal information.

You choose whether to enable GPS features when you first install the app. You
can edit that setting on your device at any time. If you enable these features,
your GPS location can be found by satellite, cell phone tower or Wi-Fi and used
by the app. If you save a location-based search in your history, that data moves
to our service provider’s servers — see below for the definition of service
provider.

If you do not enable GPS location-based services, or if a specific app does not
have location-based features, we don’t collect your precise GPS location. We do
collect your IP address, which can establish your approximate location. Ads on
our sites and apps may be targeted based on this approximate location but are
never targeted based on your GPS location.

 * Other Usage Data:

We collect certain internet and network activity on our Services, including our
websites and apps, such as the URLs of any pages you visit on our sites and
apps, the URL of the website from which you came to our sites, how long you
spent on a page, access times and other details about your use of and actions on
our Services.

iii. A Note about Sensitive Personal Information

We generally don’t want to gather sensitive information about you. This
includes:

 * Government-issued IDs (such as your driver’s license, passport or social
   security number)
 * Your racial or ethnic origin
 * Your political opinions
 * Your religion or other beliefs
 * Your health, biometric or genetic characteristics
 * Any trade union membership
 * Your sexuality (information about your sex life or sexual orientation)
 * Any criminal background
 * The content of your private communications (other than messages you may send
   to us)

However, as discussed above, we sometimes collect precise geolocation
information (which may be considered a sensitive data type) to provide GPS-based
location services you choose to enable. Also, some laws define account access
information, such as a username and password, as sensitive personal information,
but we collect that information only for the accounts you create directly with
us and not for any other account you may have with a third party.

Finally, there are situations when we request certain of the above
information (e.g., a reader survey asks about your political leanings or
ethnicity), but you can decline to answer. Outside those situations we would
prefer you never share these types of information with us.

1. (B) Information We Create or Generate.

We infer new information from other data we collect, including using automated
means to generate information about your likely preferences or other
characteristics (“inferences”).

1. (C) Information Collected from Other Sources.

i. Privately Owned Databases:

Marketing, data analytic and social media-owned databases give us access to a
range of information — like public data, survey data and more. This data
sometimes includes your mailing address, your gender, your age, your household
income and other demographic data.

ii. Social Media Platforms and Other Third-Party Services:

(Social media platforms include services like Facebook. Third-party services
include services like Google and Nook.)

You can link your social media or other third-party account to a Times Service.
By linking the services, you authorize us to collect, store and use any
information they may give us (e.g., your email address). You can disconnect your
nytimes.com registration from third-party accounts at any time.

We also receive information from you when you interact with our pages, groups,
accounts or posts on social media platforms. This includes aggregate data on our
followers (e.g., age, gender and location), engagement data (e.g., “likes,”
comments, shares, reposts and clicks), awareness data (e.g., number of
impressions and reach) and individual users’ public profiles.

For more information, refer to our social login and Nook F.A.Q.

iii. Workplace and Schools:

When your employer or school buys an organization-wide subscription to
nytimes.com, they sometimes provide us with your name and organization email
address to grant you access as a user.

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2. What Do We Do with the Information We Collect about You?

We use each of the categories of personal information described above for the
following business and commercial purposes. The activities below can involve
outside companies, agents or contractors (“service providers”) to whom we
disclose your personal information for these purposes (discussed further below
in Section 3 of this Privacy Policy).

2. (A) We Provide the Times Services.

We use your information to help you use and navigate Times Services, such as:

 * Making a Times Service available to you
 * Arranging access to your account
 * Providing customer service
 * Responding to your inquiries, requests, suggestions or complaints
 * Completing your payments and transactions
 * Sending service-related messages (e.g., a change in our terms and conditions)
 * Saving your reading list, recipes or property searches
 * Displaying your Games (including Crossword, Wordle, and Spelling Bee) stats
 * Letting you take part in paid services, polls, promotions, surveys, panels,
   research and comments.

2. (B) We Personalize Your Experience.

We track your interests and reading habits (e.g., the articles you read) to
personalize your reading experience using technology like algorithmic
recommendations and machine learning. This is how we highlight articles you
might be interested in and de-emphasize articles you’ve already read. For more
information about content personalization on Times Services, you can read
the Personalization F.A.Q. We also show you prices, promotions, products or
services we believe you’ll find interesting, based on demographic and usage
data.

2. (C) We Allow You to Share User-Generated Content.

Any information you disclose in your content becomes public — along with your
chosen screen name and uploaded photo.

2. (D) We Develop Products and Services, and Do Analysis.

We analyze data on our users’ subscriptions, purchases and usage behaviors. This
helps us make business and marketing decisions.

For example, our analysis, which includes the use of technology like machine
learning, lets us predict preferences and price points for our products and
services. It helps us determine whether our marketing is successful. It also
shows us characteristics about our readers, which we sometimes share in
aggregate with advertisers.

Google Analytics is one of the analytics providers we use. You can find out how
Google Analytics uses data and how to opt out of Google Analytics.

2. (E) We Carry Out Administrative Tasks.

 * For auditing: We verify that our internal processes work as intended and
   comply with legal, regulatory and contractual requirements.
 * For fraud and security monitoring: We detect and prevent cyberattacks or
   unauthorized robot activities.
 * For customer satisfaction: We assess users’ satisfaction with Times Services
   and our customer care team.

2. (F) We Offer Sweepstakes, Contests and Other Promotions.

You can take part in our sweepstakes, contests and other promotions. Some might
have additional rules about how we use and disclose your personal information.

2. (G) We Allow for Personalized Advertising on Times Services and Create
Audiences for Third-Party Advertisers.

We gather data and work with third parties to show you personalized ads on
behalf of advertisers. This data comes from ad tracking technologies set by us
or the third party (e.g., cookies), the information you provide (e.g., your
email address), your use of Times Services (e.g., your reading history),
information from advertisers or advertising vendors (e.g., demographic data) and
anything inferred from any of this information. We only use or share this
information in a manner that does not reveal your identity. For example, we use
Google to serve ads on Times Services. Google uses cookies or unique device
identifiers, in combination with their own data, to show you ads based on your
visit to nytimes.com and other sites. You can opt out of the use of the Google
cookie by visiting the related Google privacy policy.

We also identify groups of users to whom to serve personalized ads on behalf of
our advertisers. To do this, we combine information we collect through surveys
or registration with information we collect automatically using tracking
technologies while you browse our sites and apps. This combined information is
used to build models. These data models are then used to measure users’
attributes, like their demographic information or their interests. Working with
service providers, we use these measurements to group users by common
attributes. Each group is associated with a random ID which is then passed to
our ad server for use in targeting ad campaigns on our sites and apps.

Another example is our affiliate link vendors, which we use in our guides and
product recommendations. Times Services include links that will send you to
vendor URLs and other services not operated or controlled by us. These vendors
use cookies and other technologies to collect information about your navigation
from the Times Services to the merchant you are visiting. If you buy a product
after following a link to a link vendor’s URL, we may earn a commission.

Additional Notes:

 * For more about targeted advertising, and how to opt out with your specific
   browser and device, go to the DAA Webchoices Browser Check and NAI Opt Out of
   Interest-Based Advertising. You can download the AppChoices app to opt out in
   mobile apps. You can also follow the instructions in the What Are Your Rights
   and Choices? section below.
 * We try to limit how our third-party advertising technology vendors use the
   information they gather from you. Many of these providers require us to enter
   into contracts that allow them to optimize their own services and products,
   or that help them create their own. Essentially, these providers combine any
   information they gather about you through Times Services with information
   they receive from their other clients. This helps them target ads to you on
   behalf of their other clients, not just us.
 * These third parties sometimes use other services in order to serve ads;
   check their privacy policies for more details. For further information on
   tracking technologies and your rights and choices regarding them, see the
   applicable Cookie Policy. As described in more detail below, California
   residents have the right to instruct us not to “sell” or “share” their
   personal information. Residents of Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia have
   the right to opt out of “targeted advertising” and "sales" (as defined under
   applicable law). For more information, please see the What Are Your Rights
   and Choices? section below.

2. (H) We Advertise or Market Times Services to You.

We market our Times Services to you. Sometimes we use marketing vendors to do
this.

We serve ads through websites, locations, platforms and services operated and
owned by third parties. Often these ads are targeted at people who have visited
or registered for a Times Service but have not subscribed to or purchased
anything. The ads are also targeted at people with similar traits or behaviors
to our subscribers or customers.

We target our advertising to these users by uploading an encrypted customer list
to a third party, or by incorporating a tracking technology from a third party
onto our Times Service. The third party then matches individuals who appear in
both our data and their data. Because of how this matching process works, the
third party can’t read our encrypted customer list if they don’t already have
it. We will also opt you out of such matched ads if you are a California
resident and you exercise your right not to have your personal information
“sold,” as discussed further below.

To opt out of receiving these matched ads, contact the applicable third parties.
For example, when we use “Custom Audiences” to serve you our ad through
Facebook, you should be able to hover over the box in the right corner of that
Facebook ad and opt out. We are not responsible for any third party’s failure to
comply with opt-out requests.

We periodically send you targeted email newsletters or promotional emails. For
information on opting out of these emails, see What Are Your Rights and Choices?
below.

2. (I) We Aggregate (or De-identify) Personal Information into Larger Findings.

Sometimes we aggregate or de-identify information so that it can no longer
identify you, as defined under applicable laws. This helps us better understand
and represent our users, such as when we measure ad performance, create
advertising interest-based segments or compile survey results. We can use and
disclose this aggregated or de-identified information for any purpose, unless an
applicable law says otherwise.

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3. To Whom Do We Disclose or Share the Information We Gather?

3. (A) Within The New York Times Company:

Our affiliates may access your information for the purposes listed here. Our
affiliates include the companies on this list; our affiliates also include The
Athletic, which has its own privacy policy.

3. (B) With Service Providers:

We work with service providers, as defined above, to carry out certain tasks,
including:

 * Processing your payments
 * Fulfilling your orders
 * Maintaining technology and related infrastructure
 * Offering you customer service
 * Serving and targeting ads
 * Measuring ad performance
 * Presenting surveys
 * Shipping you products and mailings
 * Distributing emails
 * List processing and analytics
 * Managing and analyzing research
 * Managing promotions

When performing these tasks, service providers often have access to your
personal information.

We sometimes allow them to use aggregated or de-identified information for other
purposes, in accordance with applicable laws.

3. (C) With Other Third Parties:

There are situations when we disclose your information to third parties beyond
our service providers. As disclosed in prior versions of this Privacy Policy, we
have historically never disclosed your email address to these third parties
without your consent, except in encrypted form to engage in the matched ads
process described above.

It is worth noting how practices of certain vendors and changes in law outside
of our control have changed what we can say about this. First, as noted
elsewhere in this Policy, to the extent regulators take the position that the
disclosure of information for matched ads is a “sale,” we will opt you out of
such matched ads if you are a resident of an applicable jurisdiction and you
exercise your right not to have your personal information “sold.”

Second, at least one of our vendors uses pseudonymized email addresses they
receive from us to power products that they provide to us and their other
customers. Therefore, it is possible that your email address, which was shared
with our vendor to provide services to us, is being used in pseudonymized form
by the vendor to provide products and services to other companies.

While we try to control the behavior of our vendors that we understand to be
service providers, some of those vendors engage in activities beyond our control
that may be seen by a regulator as the activities of “third parties,” not
service providers.

The following provides more information about the circumstances in which we know
we are disclosing personal information to third parties that are not service
providers.

i. If you’re a U.S. print subscriber, we may provide your name and mailing
address (among other information) to other companies that want to market to you
by mail. This may be a “sale” of personal information under the law of some
jurisdictions. If you prefer we don’t share this information, refer below to
What Are Your Rights and Choices? below.

ii. We provide information to third party advertisers and their agencies as
described in Section 2(G) above.

iii. We provide information to websites, locations, platforms and services
operated and owned by third parties in connection with marketing, as described
in Section 2(H) above.

iv. We provide information about our live event and conference attendees (e.g.,
your name, your company or your job title) to the event sponsors. In those
cases, we notify you when you provide us the information.

v. We provide information about participants in our sweepstakes, contests and
similar promotions to the promotions’ sponsors. In those cases, we notify you
when you provide us the information.

vi. We process payments you make through Times Services with external services.
There are two ways this can happen:

 * * We collect your information and provide it to the third-party service for
     processing (such as Worldpay).
   * The third-party service collects your information for processing.

vii. In the event of a reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment,
transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or
stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings), we
would have a legitimate interest in disclosing or transferring your information
to a third party — such as an acquiring entity and its advisers.

viii. We can preserve or disclose personal information if the law requires us to
do so. We can also preserve or disclose personal information if we believe it
would be necessary to:

 * * * Comply with the law or with legal process
     * Protect and defend our rights and property
     * Protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Times Services
     * Protect the safety or property of our personnel, users or the general
       public (e.g., if you provide false information or attempt to pose as
       someone else, we could share your information to help investigations into
       your actions)
     * Cooperate with government authorities, which could be outside your
       country of residence.

ix. We disclose public activities in our RSS feeds, APIs and other distribution
formats. Your public activities could thus appear on other websites, blogs or
feeds.

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4. What Are Your Rights and Choices?

We provide a variety of ways for you to control the personal information we hold
about you, including choices about how we use that information. In some
jurisdictions, these controls and choices are enforceable as rights under
applicable law.

4. (A) In General

i. Communications Preferences

The choices described below are limited to the email address, phone or device
used. They won’t affect subsequent subscriptions.

 * Email:

We offer a variety of commercial emails and email newsletters. You can
unsubscribe from emails and email newsletters from The Times, including emails
regarding The Athletic, by following the instructions near the bottom of the
email. You can also email us at privacy@nytimes.com.

You can also manage your nytimes.com newsletter and marketing communications
preferences.

To stop receiving emails and email newsletters sent directly by The Athletic,
you must separately contact The Athletic.

 * Mail or Telephone Promotions:

You can ask us to unsubscribe from our mail or telephone solicitations. In some
jurisdictions, as discussed elsewhere in this Policy, you can also ask us to not
share your information with third parties for marketing purposes. To do so, call
us at 1-800-698-4637 or chat with us. You may also email us
at privacy@nytimes.com with “Opt Out” in the subject line and your account
number and phone number in the body of the email.

For International Edition customers, you can write us at: The New York Times
International Edition, Subscription Dept. 18 Museum Street, London, WC1A 1JN,
United Kingdom. Please include your account number and phone number in the body
of the letter.

 * Push Notifications:

You can opt out any time by adjusting your device settings, or uninstalling our
app.

 * Text Messages:

You can opt out of text alerts any time by replying “STOP,” or any alternative
keyword we’ve shared with you.

We complete any opt-out request as quickly as we can. This opt-out request won’t
prohibit us from sending you important nonmarketing notices.

ii. Access, Correct, Change/Update, Delete or Restrict Processing of Your
Personal Information

In some jurisdictions, you may exercise the following choices:

 * Access, modify or delete the personal information we have about you
 * Be informed of or receive an electronic copy of the personal information we
   have about you, for data portability.
 * Restrict, or object to, how we process personal information about you

For example, in the European Union and the United Kingdom, you have the right to
object to, or obtain a restriction of, the processing of your personal
information under certain circumstances; and where the processing is based on
your consent, you have a right to withdraw that consent at any time for future
processing.

If you’d like to exercise any of the above choices, contact us via this form or
by calling us at our toll-free number, 1-800-NYTIMES. In your request, please be
specific. State the information you want changed, whether you’d like your
information suppressed from our database or whether there are limitations you’d
like us to put on how we use your personal information. Please use the email
address linked to that personal information — we only complete requests on the
information linked to your email address. To verify your identity, we will email
the email address you provide us, and which matches our records, and wait for
your response. In some instances, we may also ask for additional information.
This is how we verify your identity before complying.

In some jurisdictions, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request
on your behalf. In order to do that, please provide the agent with written
permission, signed by you, authorizing the agent to submit the request on your
behalf. The agent must submit that written permission along with the request. We
will contact you to verify your identity — and the authorized agent’s permission
— before a response to the request is sent.

We’ll respond to your request in a manner consistent with applicable law,
including any exceptions that may result in a request being denied in whole or
in part.

We might need to keep certain information for recordkeeping purposes, or to
complete a transaction you began prior to requesting a change or deletion (e.g.,
if you make a purchase or enter a promotion, you might not be able to change or
delete the personal information provided until after the completion of the
purchase or promotion).

In some cases, your request doesn’t ensure complete removal of the content or
information (e.g., if another user has reposted your content).

iii. Managing Your Digital and Home Delivery Accounts

You can update your account information and see your transaction
history (for International Edition print subscribers). If you need assistance,
call our toll-free number, 1-800-NYTIMES. Other local numbers are available.

It works differently if you subscribed via Apple’s App Store or Google Play.
Register with us to access the Account area and contact Apple or Google for your
transaction history.

iv. Browser and Platform Controls

 * Cookie Controls:

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can
go to your browser settings to learn how to delete or reject cookies. If you
choose to delete or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or
services of our websites. If you choose to delete cookies, settings and
preferences controlled by those cookies, including advertising preferences, may
be deleted and may need to be recreated. For more information, read our Cookie
Policy.

 * Global Privacy Control:

Some browsers and browser extensions support the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”)
that can send a signal to the websites you visit indicating your choice to
opt-out from certain types of data processing, including data sales. In certain
territories, when we detect such a signal, we will make reasonable efforts to
respect your choices indicated by a GPC setting as required by applicable law.

 * Do Not Track:

Some browsers include a "Do Not Track" (DNT) setting that can send a signal to
the websites you visit indicating you do not wish to be tracked. Unlike the GPC
described above, there is not a common understanding of how to interpret the DNT
signal; therefore, our websites do not respond to browser DNT signals. Instead,
you can use the range of other tools to control data collection and use,
including the cookie controls and advertising controls described above.

 * Mobile Advertising ID Controls:

iOS and Android operating systems provide options to limit tracking and/or reset
the advertising IDs.

 * Email Web Beacons:

Most email clients have settings which allow you to prevent the automatic
downloading of images, including web beacons, which prevents the automatic
connection to the web servers that host those images.

 * Opt Out of Targeted Advertising and “Sales” of Personal Information:

Residents of Colorado, Connecticut, and Virginia have the right to opt out of
targeted advertising and "sales" (as defined under applicable law) of their
personal information. In order to exercise your right to opt out of targeted
advertising or "sales" of your personal information, please click on the “Your
Privacy Choices” link at the bottom of the webpage where your information is
being collected. California residents can review relevant information relating
to California privacy laws below. 

v. Other Rights and Choices

You will not receive discriminatory treatment by us for the exercise of your
privacy rights.

This Policy has been designed to be accessible to people with disabilities. If
you experience difficulties accessing this Policy, please contact us at
privacy@nytimes.com. If you’d like, you can lodge a complaint with a data
protection authority. A list of E.U. data protection authorities is available.
But we encourage you to first contact us with any questions or concerns.

In some jurisdictions, you may appeal to us if we refuse to take action on your
exercise of certain choices described above. In order to appeal such a refusal,
please contact us at privacy@nytimes.com using the subject line “Appeal of
Refusal to Take Action on Privacy Request” and provide the relevant information
in the email.

4. (B) California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have certain rights with respect to your
personal information. 

i. Notice at Collection

At or before the time of collection, you have a right to receive notice of our
practices, including the categories of personal information and sensitive
personal information to be collected, the purposes for which such information is
collected or used, whether such information is sold or shared and how long such
information is retained. You can find those details in this Privacy Policy by
clicking on the above links.

ii. Rights to Know, Correction and Deletion

You have a right to request that we disclose to you the personal information we
have collected about you. You also have a right to request additional
information about our collection, use, disclosure, or sale of such personal
information. Note that we have provided much of this information in this Privacy
Policy. You also have rights to request that we correct inaccurate personal
information and that we delete personal information under certain circumstances,
subject to a number of exceptions.

Please see Access, Correct, Change/Update, Delete, or Restrict Processing of
Your Personal Information above for details, including on how to exercise these
rights and how we verify your identity.

iii. “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information”

To the extent The New York Times Company “sells” your personal information (as
the term “sell” is defined under the CCPA), you have the right to opt-out of
that “sale” on a going-forward basis at any time. 

If you’re a California resident, you have a right to opt-out from the “sale” or
“sharing” of your personal information with third parties who are not our
service providers (as those terms are defined under the California Consumer
Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act, or “CCPA” for short in this
Policy). To exercise this right, click the "Your Privacy Choices" link on the
bottom of the webpage where your information is being collected or go to
“Account” and then “Settings” and “About This App” and click the “Your Privacy
Choices” link there. You can also submit a request to opt-out by emailing us at
privacy@nytimes.com with the subject line “California Resident - Do Not Sell or
Share.” Finally, if your browser supports it, you can turn on the Global Privacy
Control to opt-out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information.

If you have an account with certain Times Services (specifically nytimes.com,
cooking.nytimes.com, nytimes.com/crosswords, the New York Times app, the New
York Times Cooking app and the New York Times Games app) and are logged in, we
will save your preference and honor your opt-out request across browsers and
devices so long as you remain logged in. If you are not logged in, or do not
have an account with any Times Services listed above, your opt-out of the “sale”
or “sharing” of personal information will be specific to the browser or device
from which you have clicked “Your Privacy Choices” and until you clear your
cookies (or local storage in apps) on this browser or device.

We do not knowingly “sell” or “share” (as those terms are defined by the CCPA)
the personal information of minors under 16 years old.

iv. Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information

If you are a California resident, effective January 1, 2023, you have a right to
limit our use of sensitive personal information for any purposes other than to
provide the services or goods you request or as otherwise permitted by law. To
opt-out from such additional purposes, contact us via this form or by calling us
at our toll-free number, 1-800-NYTIMES.

v. Authorized Agents

You can designate an authorized agent to make a request to exercise your rights
under the CCPA on your behalf. In order to do that, please provide the agent
with written permission, signed by you, authorizing the agent to submit the
request on your behalf. The agent must submit that written permission along with
the request. We will contact you to verify your identity — and the authorized
agent’s permission — before a response to the request is sent.

vi. Non-Discrimination Rights

You may exercise any of your rights listed in this section without fear of
unlawful discrimination.

vii. Record of Requests

We keep a record of requests that we received from California residents.

For data deletion and data access requests, our readers submit requests through
our intake form. In the intake form, they mark whether they reside in
California. We then send an identity verification email to the user. If the user
does not verify their identity in 45 days, their request will be denied. If the
user does verify in 45 days, we begin to fulfill their request.

We have calculated our median process time for verified data deletion and data
access requests. Any requests completed within the same day are rounded to one
day. The median process time is found by organizing the processing time of each
verified request from lowest to highest. The middle number is the median.

Request Type

Total Requests Received from California Residents*

Number of Denied Requests Due to No Verification*

Number of Verified Requests*

Median Process Time for Verified Requests in Days**

Deletion (requests to delete)

1108

215

893

1

Access (requests to know)

44

14

30

99

* Requests that we received from California residents between January 1, 2021,
00:00 UTC and December 31, 2021, 23:59 UTC.

** Numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number. Numbers below .5 are rounded
down and the numbers .5 or above are rounded up.

Request Type

Total Requests*

Median Process Time in Seconds**

Right to Opt Out of Sale of Personal Information, including Global Privacy
Control (GPC).

This number has been corrected to include individuals using GPC to opt out of
sale. This number is larger than the total number of opt out of sale requests
because it also includes the number of consumers using Mozilla’s Do Not Track
Setting and iOS’s Limit Ad Tracking Setting, which are not technically part of a
Do Not Sell request, but are not easily separated from the GPC metrics.

14,227,633

0.6

* Requests that we received from California residents between January 1, 2022,
00:00 UTC and December 31, 2022, 23:59 UTC.

** Numbers are rounded to the nearest tenth. Numbers below .05 are rounded down
and the numbers .05 or above are rounded up.

viii. California “Shine the Light” Privacy Rights

Under the California “Shine the Light” law, California residents can opt out of
our sharing of their information to third parties (and sometimes affiliates) for
their direct marketing purposes.

 * To do so, email us at privacy@nytimes.com with “Shine the Light Opt Out” in
   the subject line and your account number and phone number in the body of the
   email. You can also write to us at: Customer Care/Call Center 620 Eighth
   Avenue, New York, NY 10018, Attn: Postal. Include your account number and
   phone number in the body of the letter.

ix. Removal of Content for California Minors

If you’re a California resident under 18 years old and you’re registered with a
Times Service, you can ask us to remove content or information you’ve posted to
a Times Service. Email us at privacy@nytimes.com with “California Under 18
Content Removal Request” in the subject line and tell us what you want removed.
We will make reasonable efforts to remove the post from public view, although we
cannot ensure the complete removal of the content and may retain the content as
necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our
agreements.

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5. How Long Do You Retain Data?

We store your personal information for as long as needed, or permitted, based on
the reason why we obtained it (consistent with applicable law). This means we
might retain your personal information even after you close your account with
us.

When deciding how long to keep your information, we consider:

 * How long we have had a relationship with you or provided a Times Service to
   you
 * Whether we are subject to any legal obligations (e.g., any laws that require
   us to keep transaction records for a certain period of time before we can
   delete them)
 * Whether we have taken any legal positions (e.g., in connection with any
   statutes of limitation).

Rather than delete your data, we might de-identify it by removing identifying
details.

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6. How Do You Protect My Information?

We protect your personal information with appropriate organizational,
technological and physical safeguards — but we cannot guarantee its absolute
security. We recommend that you use complex and unique passwords for your Times
accounts and for third-party accounts linked to them. Do not share your password
with anyone.

If you have reason to believe your interaction with us is no longer secure,
notify us immediately.

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7. Are There Guidelines for Children?

Times Services are intended for a general audience and are not directed at
children under (13) years of age.

We do not knowingly gather personal information (as defined by the U.S.
Children’s Privacy Protection Act, or COPPA) in a manner not permitted by COPPA.
If you are a parent or guardian and you believe we have collected information
from your child in a manner not permitted by law, contact us
at privacy@nytimes.com. We will remove the data to the extent required by
applicable laws.

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8. How Is Information Transferred Internationally?

The New York Times Company is headquartered in the United States. If you are
located outside the United States, your information is collected in your country
and then transferred to the United States — or to another country in which we
(or our affiliates or service providers) operate.

If we transfer your data out of the European Economic Area (E.E.A.), we
implement at least one of the two following safeguards:

 * We transfer your information to countries that have been recognized by the
   European Commission as providing an adequate level of data protection
   according to E.E.A. standards (see the full list of these countries).
 * We take steps to ensure that the recipient is bound by contractual
   obligations, including E.U. Standard Contractual Clauses together with
   additional safeguards to protect your personal data. You can see a copy of
   these clauses.

In certain situations, the courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies
or security authorities in those countries might be entitled to access your
personal information.

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9. What Is Our Legal Basis?

In some jurisdictions, like the European Union and the European Economic Area,
we only collect, use or share information about you when we have a valid reason.
This is called a “lawful basis.” Specifically, this is one of the following:

 * The consent you provide to us at the point of collection of your information
 * The performance of the contract we have with you
 * The compliance of a legal obligation to which we are subject, or
 * The legitimate interests of The Times or a third party. “Legitimate interest”
   is a technical term under international laws, including the European Union
   General Data Protection Regulation. It means that there are good reasons for
   the processing of your personal information, and that we take measures to
   minimize the impact on your privacy rights and interests. “Legitimate
   interest” also refers to our use of your data in ways you would reasonably
   expect and that have a minimal privacy impact.

We have a legitimate interest in gathering and processing personal information,
for example: (1) to ensure that our networks and information are secure; (2) to
administer and generally conduct business within The New York Times Company; (3)
to prevent fraud; and (4) to conduct our marketing activities.

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10. What about Third-Party Services?

Some Times Services contain links to third-party websites, resources, vendors
and advertisers. These third parties are not Times Services. Additionally, Times
Services may be available to you through third-party digital properties such as
Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). We do not control (and are not
responsible for) third party content or privacy practices. These third parties
may independently collect and solicit information about you and affect your data
preferences when you access the Times Services on third-party digital properties
(see “Additional Notes” below for more information). Any personal information
you provide to them is not covered by this Privacy Policy. These third parties
have their own policies and practices about data, which may include what
information they share with us, your rights and choices on their services and
devices, and whether they store information in the U.S. or elsewhere. We
encourage you to familiarize yourself with their privacy policies and terms of
use.

Additional Notes

 * As mentioned above, some Times Services are offered on third-party digital
   properties (such as third-party websites, frameworks, and domains) which can
   affect our data practices and your data preferences. For example, we use
   Google AMP to help Times Services load quickly on mobile devices. We also use
   third-party properties to facilitate other Times Services, such as our Live
   Events.
 * If you set your data preferences while using one of these third-party digital
   properties, your preferences will only be saved with respect to the Times
   Services on that specific third-party digital property. Your preferences will
   not carry over when you use the Times Services on The Times’s own digital
   properties. And, your preferences will only be saved on Google AMP and other
   third-party digital properties until your cookies are cleared. Once your
   cookies are cleared, you will need to reset your data preferences for each
   third-party digital property used to access Times Services.
 * If your browser settings allow for cross-site tracking (e.g., allows for
   trackers to follow your preferences across websites), you can set your
   preferences on The Times’s digital properties so that your preferences will
   be remembered when you access the Times Services through Google AMP. However,
   if your browser settings do not allow for cross-site tracking, your
   preferences on The Times’s own digital properties will not carry over to the
   Times Services you access through Google AMP.
 * If you are an European resident and you do not accept trackers (other than
   essential trackers) while using Times Services on AMP, you will be served
   non-personalized ads. If you do not accept trackers (other than essential
   trackers) while using the Times Services on The Times’s digital properties,
   you will receive The Times house ads or no ads at all.

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11. How Are Changes to this Privacy Policy Communicated?

We are always improving our products and services, and we create new features
regularly. These updates sometimes require us to collect new information or use
what we already have differently. Further, the laws regarding personal
information and privacy frequently change. As a result, we must periodically
update this Privacy Policy.

We will post any changes on this page by updating this policy. If we make a
significant or material change in the way we collect, use or share your personal
information, we will notify you at least 30 days prior to the changes taking
effect. We will do this via email or prominent notice within Times Services. If
you object to any change, you can stop using the Times Services.

After we post any changes on this page, your continued use of Times Services is
subject to the updated Privacy Policy.

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12. How Can You Contact Us? Who Is the Controller of Your Personal Information?

If you have any questions, email us at privacy@nytimes.com or write us at:

The New York Times Company
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10018
Attn.: Privacy Counsel

We can also be reached by phone at 1-800-NYTIMES (see a list of our local
telephone numbers outside the United States).

The New York Times Company is referred to in this Privacy Policy as “The Times,”
“we” or “our.”

Certain Times Services operate as independent controllers of your personal
information. Wirecutter operates as an independent controller of personal
information collected through the Wirecutter site available at
nytimes.com/wirecutter, pages or ads on social media networks, email messages
sent by Wirecutter, your offline contacts and any other service offered by
Wirecutter (collectively, the “Wirecutter Services”). If you have any questions
regarding Wirecutter, email us at privacy@thewirecutter.com or write us at:

Wirecutter, Inc.
c/o The New York Times Company
620 Eighth Avenue
New York, N.Y. 10018
Attn.: Privacy Counsel

Wirecutter operates the Wirecutter Services in accordance with the practices
disclosed in this Privacy Policy. With respect to the Wirecutter Services,
Wirecutter, Inc. is referred to in this Privacy Policy as included in “The
Times,” “we” or “our.” In this Privacy Policy, Wirecutter Services are included
under “Times Services.”

The Athletic also operates as an independent controller of personal information
collected through The Athletic site available at www.theathletic.com and The
Athletic mobile app. As noted above, The Athletic has its own Privacy Policy and
its practices are not included in the “Times Services.” If you have any
questions regarding The Athletic, please contact The Athletic at
privacy@theathletic.com.

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