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Terms of Services

We are pleased to provide you with our content and services and appreciate your patronage.  Before you engage with our website, app, or services, we encourage you to read these Terms of Service, so you know what to expect when visiting and engaging with our various properties.  

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF SERVICE (“AGREEMENT“) CAREFULLY.  THIS AGREEMENT IS A LEGAL CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU (“USER“) AND DOTDASH MEDIA INC. OR THE APPLICABLE AFFILIATE OF DOTDASH MEDIA INC. DOING BUSINESS AS “DOTDASH MEREDITH” (“COMPANY,” “WE,” OR “US“).

By accessing or using any website with an authorized link to this Agreement (each a “Website“), accessing or using any application with an authorized link to this Agreement (“App,” together with the Websites, the “Properties”), registering an account, or accessing or using any content, information, services, features or resources available or enabled via the Properties (collectively with the Properties, the “Services“), or clicking on a button or taking another action to signify your acceptance of this Agreement, you: (1) agree to be bound by this Agreement and any future amendments and additions to this Agreement as published through the Services; (2) represent you are of legal age in your jurisdiction of residence to form a binding contract; and (3) represent that you have the authority to enter into this Agreement personally and, if applicable, on behalf of any company, organization or other legal entity on whose behalf you use the Services.  Except as otherwise provided herein, if you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement you may not access or use the Services.

Your use of the Services is also subject to any additional terms, terms of use, conditions and policies that we separately post on the Services (“Supplemental Terms“) which are incorporated by reference into this Agreement.  Some of the specialized features and tools accessible through our Services are provided by third-party companies pursuant to their own separate terms of service (“Third-Party Terms”) that differ from ours.  By using such third-party features and tools, you agree that your relationships with the third-party service providers will be governed by the applicable Third-Party Terms.

Subject to Section 5.9 of this Agreement, the Company reserves the right to modify this Agreement or its policies relating to the Services at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version of this Agreement or any applicable Supplemental Terms on the applicable Services.  You should regularly review this Agreement.  Your continued use of the Services after any such changes constitutes your agreement to such changes.

1. Registration; Other Services

1.1Registration Data.  When applying for or registering an account for any of the Services, including, but not limited to, subscribing or gaining access to a magazine or other subscription (“Account”), you agree to provide accurate, current and complete information (the “Registration Data”) and to promptly update your Registration Data in the event of a change of such Registration Data, including, but not limited to, name change, credit, debit card or payment account information, e-mail address or postal address, as necessary.  You agree that you may not register for an Account if you are barred or otherwise suspended from using the Services under any applicable law or by the Company.  You further agree that you will not maintain more than one Account for the same Company service at any given time.  You will be responsible for all activities that occur under your Account.  You agree not to share your Account or password with anyone.  You further agree to notify the Company immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or any other breach of the security of your Account. 

1.2Subscriptions.  If you subscribe to a Company publication or other Service for which there is a recurring charge, you agree to provide and keep current all payment account and contact information provided for that subscription so that we may continue to deliver and bill you for the subscription without interruption.  If we are unable to charge your selected payment method, you understand and agree that we may seek to update your account information with your issuing bank and card association networks.  Subscriptions purchased through the Services will be governed by the terms of the subscription offer at the time of enrollment, which, unless otherwise noted, will be incorporated by reference into this Agreement.

1.3Sponsored/Affiliate Content.  Certain portions of the Services may include content that contains links to third party web sites for which Company may receive compensation from the operator of the third-party web site by virtue of your clicking to or making a purchase on that site.  As described more fully in Section 3.4 below, by clicking on these links you understand and agree that you are leaving a Company Property and visiting a website that is not controlled by us.    

1.4Lead Generation.  Certain portions of the Services may provide you the opportunity to be contacted by third party suppliers and others in order to obtain particular services.  By providing your contact information in connection with these Services, you understand and expressly consent to be contacted by these third parties using the contact information you provide and that we shall have no responsibility or liability whatsoever in connection with any products, work estimates or the provision of services by these third parties.

1.5Sweepstakes and Contests.  All sweepstakes, contests, and other promotions conducted on or through the Services will be governed by the official rules applicable to that promotion, which, unless otherwise noted, will be incorporated by reference into this Agreement.

1.6Removal of Accounts.  Company reserves the right to remove or reclaim any usernames at any time and for any reason.  You agree that you have no ownership or other property interest in your Account and that all rights in and to your Account are owned by the Company.  

1.7Company’s Privacy Policy.  Our information collection and use policies with respect to the privacy of the Registration Data and any other data provided by you or collected by Company are set forth in Company’s Privacy Policy which is incorporated herein by reference into this Agreement.

2. User Content

2.1Responsible Party for Content.  You understand, acknowledge, and agree that all user generated content posted (that is, non-Company content), displayed, or performed on or through the Services is the sole responsibility of the party from whom such content originated.  This means that each User is entirely responsible for all content that that User makes available through the Services, or otherwise provides to the Company, whether online or offline, and whether or not solicited by the Company (“User Content“).  User Content shall include your submission of any ideas, suggestions, documents, and/or proposals to Company.  Company has no obligation to pre-screen any User Content.  You agree to use all User Content and interact with any other User at your own risk.  Without limiting the foregoing, Company reserves the right in its sole discretion, but does not have an obligation, to pre-screen, review, refuse, or remove any content.  Company shall have the right to remove any content that violates this Agreement or is otherwise objectionable as determined by Company.  Company reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, or government request, or to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in Company’s sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of this Agreement, Company’s policies, or applicable law.

2.2Ownership of Your Content.  Company does not claim ownership of any User Content you make available on the Services (“Your Content“).  However, when you as a User post or publish Your Content on or in the Services, you represent that you have all of the necessary rights to grant Company the license set forth in Section 2.3.  Except with respect to Your Content, you agree that you have no right or title in or to any other content that appears on or in the Services.

2.3License to Your Content.  Subject to any applicable Account settings that you select or license agreement you may be asked to agree to when posting or submitting Your Content on or though the Services, you grant Company, its agent(s) and supplier(s), and anyone else authorized by Company, an irrevocable, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right and license to use, copy, display, publicly perform, transmit, modify, publish, distribute, make derivative works of, sublicense, and otherwise commercially and non-commercially exploit and use Your Content (in whole or in part) in any manner or medium now existing or hereafter developed (including print and electronic storage) and for any purpose.  The foregoing grant includes the right to exploit any proprietary rights in Your Content, including, but not limited to, under copyright, trademark, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property laws that exist in any relevant jurisdiction, and a waiver of any “moral rights” in Your Content.  In connection with the exercise of these rights, you grant Company, and anyone authorized by Company, the right to identify you as the author of Your Content by name, email address, or username, as Company deems appropriate.  You will not receive any compensation of any kind for the use of Your Content.  Note that other Users may search for, see, use, modify, and reproduce any of Your Content that you submit to any “public” area of the Services.  Accordingly, you should be careful and selective about the personal information that you disclose about yourself and others, and in particular, you should not disclose sensitive, embarrassing, proprietary, or confidential information in any public area of the Services.

2.4Ratings and Reviews.  Ratings and reviews posted by Users on our Services are User Content that is not endorsed by Company and does not represent the views of Company.  To the fullest extent permitted by law, Company does not assume liability for ratings and reviews or for any claims for economic loss resulting from such ratings and reviews.  Because we expect Users to maintain a high level of integrity with respect to ratings and reviews posted through the Services, you agree: (a) to base any rating or review you post only on your actual, first-hand experience with the applicable business, product, or service; (b) you will not provide a rating or review for any business, product, or service with respect to which you have a competitive, ownership or other economic interest, employment relationship, or any other affiliation; (c) you will not submit a rating or review in exchange for payment or other benefits from any individual or entity; and (d) your review will comply with the terms of this Agreement.  If we determine, in our sole discretion, that any rating or review could diminish the integrity of the ratings and reviews, or otherwise violates the terms or spirit of this Agreement, we may exclude, prohibit, or remove such User Content in our sole discretion without notice.

2.5Other Restrictions on User Conduct.  You agree not to use the Services for any purpose prohibited by this Agreement or by applicable law.  You shall not (and shall not permit any third-party to) (a) take any action or (b) make available any content on or through the Services that: (i) infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity or other right of any person or entity; (ii) is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, deceptive, fraudulent, invasive of another’s privacy, tortious, obscene, offensive, or profane; (iii) constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk e-mail; (iv) involves commercial activities and/or sales without Company’s prior written consent, such as embedding links, contests, sweepstakes, barter, advertising, or pyramid schemes; (v) impersonates any person or entity, including any employee or representative of Company or misrepresents your affiliation with any other person or entity; or (vi) that violates any other rules or regulations that we may post in connection with a particular feature of the Services.  You alone are responsible for the content and consequences of any of your activities.

3. Ownership of and License to Use Company Services

3.1Use of the Services.  Except with respect to User Content, Company and its suppliers own or are licensees of the rights, title, and interest required for the Services.  The Services are protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws throughout the world.  Subject to this Agreement, Company grants you a limited license to use the Services solely for your personal non-commercial purposes.  Any future release, update or other addition to the Services shall be subject to this Agreement.  Company, its suppliers and service providers reserve all rights not granted in this Agreement.

3.2Trademarks.  Company’s stylized name and other related trademarks, graphics, logos, service marks, and trade names used on or in connection with the Services are the trademarks of Company and may not be used without permission in connection with any third-party products or services.  Other trademarks, logos, service marks and trade names that may appear on or in the Services are the property of their respective owners.  You will not remove, alter, or obscure any copyright notice, trademark, service mark or other proprietary rights notices incorporated in or accompanying the Services.

3.3Restrictions on Use of Services.  You agree not to do any of the foregoing:

(a) you shall not license, sell, rent, lease, transfer, assign, reproduce, distribute, host, or otherwise commercially exploit the Services or any portion of the Services; 

(b) you shall not frame or use framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or Services (including images, text, page layout or form) of Company; 

(c) you shall not use any metatags or other “hidden text” using Company’s name or trademarks; 

(d) you shall not modify, translate, adapt, merge, make derivative works or services of, circumvent, decrypt, disassemble, decompile, reverse compile or reverse engineer any part of the Services except to the extent the foregoing restrictions are expressly prohibited by applicable law; 

(e) you shall not use any manual or automated software, devices, or other processes (including but not limited to spiders, robots, scrapers, crawlers, avatars, data mining tools or the like) to “scrape,” harvest, or download data from the Services (except that we grant the operators of public search engines revocable permission to use spiders to copy materials from the Website for the sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials); 

(f) you shall not use any data from the Services for the development of any software program (including but not limited to training a machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) system); 

(g) you shall not access the Services to build a similar or competitive website, application, or service; 

(h) you shall not except as expressly stated herein, no part of the Services may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted, or transmitted in any form or by any means; 

(i) you shall not remove or destroy any copyright notices or other proprietary markings contained on or in the Services or use the Services in violation of any third party’s intellectual property or other proprietary or legal rights; 

(j) you shall not use the Services in violation of any applicable law; 

(k) you shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems through the Services; 

(l) you shall not interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Services or use the Services in any way not expressly permitted by this Agreement; and 

(m) you shall not attempt to harm our Services or use the Services in a manner that could interfere with any party’s use or enjoyment of the Services, including but not limited to, by violating or attempting to violate any related security features, introducing viruses, worms, or similar harmful code into the Services, or interfering or attempting to interfere with use of the Services by any other user, host, or network, including by means of overloading, “flooding,” “spamming,” “mail bombing,” or “crashing” the Services.  Any unauthorized use of the Services immediately terminates the licenses granted by Company pursuant to this Agreement.

3.4Third-Party Links.  The Services may contain links to third-party services such as third-party websites, applications, or ads (“Third-Party Links“).  When you click on such a link, we will not warn you that you are about to or have left the Services.  Company does not control and is not responsible for Third-Party Links.  Company provides these Third-Party Links only as a convenience and does not review, approve, monitor, endorse, warrant, or make any representations with respect to them, or any content, products or services accessible through such links.  Your use of all Third-Party Links is at your own risk.

3.5Embedded Video Links.  Certain pages of the Services provide the functionality for you to “embed” videos appearing on the page on other web sites or blog pages (together with the Player, as defined herein, the “Embedded Video“).  The functionality is provided by giving you the necessary HTML code to include on such page to make that Embedded Video appear.  If you include the HTML on a web or blog page, the actual video stream for the Embedded Video will be served from our servers but the Embedded Video may be rendered to the visitor of that page as part of that page.  If you elect to embed video on a page, you agree as follows: (i) you will not alter, in any respect, the Embedded Video (including without limitation the content, format, length, and advertising associated therewith) from how it is served from our servers; (ii) you will not facilitate access to the Embedded Video through any video player or other tool other than the video player that is provided by the Company when the Embedded Video appears (the “Player”); (iii) the Embedded Video may be used for commercial purposes, including on an advertising-supported page, provided that: (a) the Embedded Video shall not be included in, or used as part of, a service that sells access to video content; (b) the Embedded Video is not used for the development of any software program (including but not limited to training a machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) system); (c) you shall not insert advertising, sponsorship or promotional messages in, or immediately adjacent to, the Embedded Video or Player; and (d) to the extent you sell any advertising, sponsorship, or promotional material to appear on the same page that includes the Embedded Video, the page includes other content not provided by Company which is a sufficient basis for such sales.  You may not block, inhibit, build upon, or disable any portion of the Player, including without limitation links back to Company’s Services.  You understand and agree that all measured metrics related to the access and viewing of the Embedded Video shall be credited to the Website without limitation of any provision of these Terms of Service, we shall have no liability to you for any reason with respect to your use of Embedded Video and you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us and our affiliates and our affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising in any way from your use of the Embedded Video.

4. Indemnification and Limitation of Liability

4.1Indemnification.  You agree to indemnify and hold Company, its corporate parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, partners, suppliers, and licensors of each (collectively, the “Company Parties”) harmless from any damages, losses, costs, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) relating to or arising out of any claims concerning: (a) the violation of the rights of any third party, including intellectual property rights, by Your Content; (b) your misuse of the Services; (c) your violation of this Agreement; (d) your violation of any rights of another party, including any Users; or (e) your violation of any applicable laws, rules, or regulations.  Company reserves the right, at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Company in asserting any available defenses. 

4.2Disclaimer of Warranties and Conditions.  YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES AND ANY PRODUCTS OFFERED THROUGH THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND THE SERVICES AND ANY PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS.  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY PARTIES EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, AND CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, PLAYABILITY, DISPLAYABILITY, ACCURACY, PRECISION, CORRECTNESS, THOROUGHNESS, COMPLETENESS, USEFULNESS, OR CONTENT OF THE SERVICES OR INFORMATION ON THE SERVICES, AND THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT ARISING FROM USE OF THE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS.  THE COMPANY PARTIES ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE TIMELINESS, DELETION, MIS-DELIVERY OR FAILURE TO STORE ANY CONTENT, USER COMMUNICATIONS OR PERSONALIZATION SETTINGS.  THE COMPANY PARTIES MAKE NO WARRANTY, REPRESENTATION OR CONDITION THAT: (A) THE SERVICES OR ANY PRODUCTS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR (B) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE.  IF YOU RELY ON ANY DATA OR INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH OUR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK.  YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR USE OF SUCH DATA OR INFORMATION.  OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT COMPANY AND ITS USERS ARE NOT ENGAGED IN RENDERING LEGAL, MEDICAL, COUNSELING, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR ADVICE.  OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OR ADVICE.  PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL, HEALTH, OR LIFESTYLE INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE, OR OTHER CONTENT.  CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES.  IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

4.3Disclaimer of Certain Damages.  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUE OR FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR DAMAGES OR COSTS DUE TO LOSS OF DATA, PRODUCTION, OR USE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION OR PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, WHETHER OR NOT COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

4.4Cap on Liability.  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT THAT THE COMPANY PARTIES ARE LIABLE TO YOU EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID TO COMPANY BY YOU DURING THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE ACT, OMISSION OR OCCURRENCE GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100).  THE FOREGOING CAP ON LIABILITY SHALL NOT APPLY TO LIABILITY OF A COMPANY PARTY FOR (X) DEATH, TANGIBLE PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY A COMPANY PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR FOR (Y) ANY INJURY CAUSED BY A COMPANY PARTY’S FRAUD OR FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION.

4.5Basis of the Bargain.  THE LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THE BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN COMPANY AND YOU IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES.

4.6Exclusions.  

THE LAWS OF SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES.  IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE FOREGOING DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU AND YOU MAY HAVE OTHER RIGHTS. 

4.7Survival.  You agree that the provisions in this section will survive any termination of your Account, this Agreement, or your access to the Services.

5. General Provisions.

5.1Disclaimer.  The information available through the Services is provided solely for informational purposes on an “as is” basis at user’s sole risk. Company makes no guarantees as to the accurateness, quality, or completeness of the information and Company shall not be responsible or liable for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in the information or for any user’s reliance on the information. Users are solely responsible for verifying the information as being appropriate for user’s personal use.

5.2Termination.  At its sole discretion, Company may modify, suspend, change, or discontinue the Services, or may modify, suspend, change, or terminate your access to the Services, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice to you and without liability to you or any third party.  In addition to restricting, suspending, or terminating your access to the Services, for any reason or no reason, Company reserves the right to take appropriate legal action, including without limitation pursuing civil, criminal, or injunctive redress. 

5.3Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement.  If you believe content posted on the Services infringes your copyright rights, please provide our Copyright Agent with the following information: (1) an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; (2) a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; (3) a description of the location on the Services of the material that you claim is infringing; (4) your address, telephone number, and e-mail address; (5) a written statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and (6) a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.  

5.4Electronic Communications.  The communications between you and Company use electronic means, whether you visit the Services or send Company e-mails, or whether Company posts notices on the Services or communicates with you via e-mail. 

5.5Notice.  Where Company requires that you provide an e-mail address to receive notices and for other purposes, you are responsible for providing Company with your most current e-mail address.  In the event that the last e-mail address you provided to Company is not valid, or for any reason is not capable of delivering to you any notices required/permitted by this Agreement, Company’s dispatch of the e-mail containing such notice will nonetheless constitute effective notice.

5.6Governing Law and Exclusive Venue.  THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY ACTION RELATED THERETO WILL BE GOVERNED AND INTERPRETED BY AND UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAW OR OTHER PRINCIPLES THAT PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.  THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON CONTRACTS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.  To the extent the parties are permitted under this Agreement to initiate litigation in a court, both you and Company agree that all claims and disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement will be litigated exclusively in the state courts in New York County, New York or federal courts located in the Southern District of New York.

5.7International Users.  The Services are controlled and offered by Company from its facilities in the United States of America.  Company makes no representations that the Services are appropriate or available for use in other locations.  Those who access or use the Services from other countries do so at their own volition and are responsible for compliance with local law.

5.8Export Control.  You may not use, export, import, or transfer the Services except as authorized by U.S. law, the laws of the jurisdiction in which you obtained the Services, and any other applicable laws.  In particular, but without limitation, the Services may not be exported or re-exported (a) into any United States embargoed countries, or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Denied Person’s List or Entity List.  By using the Services, you represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. 

5.9Entire Agreement.  This Agreement is the final, complete, and exclusive agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and merges all prior discussions between the parties with respect to such subject matter.  Any waiver or failure to enforce any provision of this Agreement on one occasion will not be deemed a waiver of any other provision or of such provision on any other occasion.  If any portion of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that portion shall be construed in a manner to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intention of the parties, and the remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.  Company shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform resulting from causes outside its reasonable control, including, but not limited to, acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargos, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, pandemics, strikes or shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor or materials.  This Agreement, and your rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned, subcontracted, delegated, or otherwise transferred by you without Company’s prior written consent.  Any attempted assignment, subcontract, delegation, or transfer in violation of the foregoing will be null and void.

5.10Questions, Complaints, Claims, Permissions.  If you have any questions, complaints, or claims with respect to the Services, please contact our customer service department using the contact information available on the Services.  We will do our best to address your concerns.  

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

Information You Provide to Us

The personal information we collect from and about you may vary depending on how you engage with our Services and the information you provide voluntarily.  We may collect personal information directly from you or otherwise in connection with your use of the Services, such as:

 

● Contact Information, including your name, contact details (such as a postal address and email address), event or conference registration and related information (including dietary restrictions or photos and videos taken at events), and communication preferences. 

● Inquiry Information, including information provided in messages sent through forms or surveys, to our email addresses, or via phone. This also may include information provided when you sign up for our newsletters.

● Account Information, including name, username, account ID, date of birth, contact information, profile information, saved, “liked,” or bookmarked items (e.g., articles or recipes), payment and purchase history information, subscription information, courses enrolled in and completed, and Stock Simulator results.

● Financial Information, including credit and debit card information, bank account and routing number, and billing and shipping address.

● Demographic Information, including age, gender, race, income, occupation, marital status, and information about your household/family status, including your household size and the length of time at your residence.

● Health- or Fitness-Related Information, including exercise and activity levels, weight-loss objectives, dietary preferences, and other health and wellness information.

● User-Generated Content, including personal information you choose to provide about yourself when you participate in forums or discussions on the Services, post comments or reviews, and participate in any Services.  Please be aware that information you post may be viewed, used, or captured by anyone who visits the Services; therefore, you should avoid posting sensitive personal information that you would not want to be available to the public.

● Contest, Sweepstakes, and Survey Information, including information provided when you enter a contest or sweepstakes, information included in any responses submitted through surveys or questionnaires, or the content of any testimonials.

● Inferences About Your Interests, Preferences, and Other Behavioral Data, including hobbies, interests, and characteristics, e.g., your favorite foods, purchases, or recipes, consuming tendencies, and health and fitness information.

Information Automatically Collected

General

As is true of many digital properties, we and our third-party partners may automatically collect information you provide to us and information about your device and use of the Service when you visit or interact with our Services. We, and our third-party partners, use cookies and other tracking technologies (e.g., pixels, SDKs, APIs, scripts, location-identifying technologies, and logging technologies) in connection with our Services to collect and store the information described in this section (and otherwise expanded upon in other sections) for our, and our third-party partners’, purposes.

The type of information automatically collected includes:

⠀⠀⠀● Device data, including internet protocol (IP) address, operating system, device type and version, browser type and version, browser id, the URL entered, the referring page, date/time of visit, other user agent string data, the time spent on our Services, and any errors that may occur during the visit to our Services.  Device data may overlap with the other categories of data listed below.

⠀⠀⠀● Analytics/Usage data, including the path taken to our Services, through our Services, and when exiting our Services, usage and activity on or in connection with our Services (e.g., pages visited, links clicked, videos watched), metrics on how many emails we send are actually opened and which attachments or links are opened, clicked, or viewed (such as via pixels, as described further below). We may also use third-party tools to collect information you provide to us or information about how you use the Services, including mouse movements, scrolling, clicks, and keystroke activity on the Services and other browsing, search, or purchasing behavior. These tools may also record information you enter when you interact with our Services or engage in chat or other features through our Services.

⠀⠀⠀● Location data, including geographic location we or our third-party providers may collect, such as via permissions within the app operating system or browser functionality.

⠀⠀⠀● Advertising/Advertising measurement data, including data associated with your view of, or your clicks on, advertisements served on our Services, cookie IDs or other digital or proprietary identifiers (e.g., iOS IDFA, Google AAID) assigned to such device, and device metadata, analytics/usage data, and location data described above, in each case, for purposes of serving advertising (personalized or otherwise) or facilitating advertising measurement/attribution to better optimize or otherwise understand the effectiveness of ad campaigns. For more information on our and third-party partners’ data collection and online advertising practices, please see the “What are Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices?” section of this Privacy Policy.

Note that we and our third-party partners may combine information that each of us collects automatically with other information about you, including information you choose to provide.

See the “What Controls Do I Have Over My Information?” section below to learn more about how you may limit or disable cookies or certain other tracking technologies on your device. For more information about how we and our third-party partners use these technologies and data for advertising purposes, please see “What are Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices?” below.

Third-Party Sources

We also obtain personal information from third parties, which we often combine with personal information we collect either automatically or directly from an individual.  For example, we may receive the same categories of personal information described above from the following third parties:

⠀⠀⠀● Other Users who Interact with our Services:  We may receive your information from other users who interact with our Services.

⠀⠀⠀● Business Partners:  We may receive your information from our business partners, such as companies that offer their products or services on our Services or on other properties (e.g., digital properties, offline locations) or marketing/advertising and analytics partners, including third-party brands/agencies or other partners that facilitate the buying and selling of advertising inventory on our Services, measure of the effectiveness of those related ad campaigns, or inform business analytics (e.g., view rates, bounce rates, audience composition).

⠀⠀⠀● Social Media Networks:  When an individual interacts with our Services through various social media networks, such as when someone logs in through a social network, “Likes” us on Facebook, or follows us or shares our content on Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or other social networks, we may receive some information from those social networks including your profile information and any other information you permit the social network to share with third parties.  We use this information to allow you to log into your account, to communicate or interact with individuals on the social network, to better understand the demographics of our visitors, and to personalize content and advertising.  Individuals should always review and, if necessary, adjust their privacy settings on third-party websites and social media networks and services before sharing information or linking or connecting them to other services.

⠀⠀⠀● Information We Receive From Authentication Services:  Some parts of our Service may allow you to login through a third-party social network or authentication service such as Facebook or Google.  These services will authenticate the individual’s identity and provide the option to share certain personal information with us, which could include a name, email address, address book and contacts, or other information.  The data we receive is dependent on that third party’s policies and the individual’s privacy settings on that third-party digital property.  We use this information to authenticate the individual’s account, to provide our Services, to communicate with our users, and for advertising and marketing purposes.

⠀⠀⠀● Service Providers:  Our service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processors or survey and third parties who conduct marketing/advertising and analytics activities on our behalf, collect personal information and may share some or all of this information with us.

⠀⠀⠀● Information Providers:  We may, from time to time, obtain information from third-party information providers to correct or supplement personal information we collect.  For example, we may obtain updated contact information from third-party information providers to reconnect with an individual or obtain demographic information (e.g., interests, preferences).

⠀⠀⠀● Other Sources:  We may also collect personal information about individuals that we do not otherwise have from, for example, publicly available sources, third-party data providers, brand partnerships, or through transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.

How Do We Use Personal Information?

We may use your information for various purposes, including:

⠀⠀⠀● To fulfill your requests and provide our Services to youThis includes:

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀● Making our Services and Dotdash Meredith products and services available to you;

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀● Coordinating access to your account

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀● Responding to requests, suggestions, questions, and comments, and providing other types of user support;

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀● Fulfilling your payments and transactions;

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀● Sending you service/transaction-related messages, such as changes to your account;

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀● Saving your reading lists, recipes, or other searches; and

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀● Communicating about, and administering your participation in, events, conferences, programs, contests, surveys, polls, panels, questionnaires, and other offers or promotions.

⠀⠀⠀● To personalize your experience on our Services:  This includes providing you with content or other products or services you might be interested in and de-emphasize content you’ve already read or viewed.

⠀⠀⠀● For marketing purposes:  We may send you communications about new features, updates, products, and special offers.  We may also use your information to serve you ads about our products or other products or services we (or our advertising partners, such as other third-party brands/agencies) think you might find interesting.  We may also use individual and aggregate information about you to inform our, and our third-party partners, marketing and advertising campaigns more broadly.  For more information on your choices about marketing communications, see the “What Controls Do I Have Over My Information?” and “What are Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices?” sections of this Privacy Policy.

⠀⠀⠀● To communicate with you:  For example, we may communicate with you about your account activities, such as by providing you transaction confirmations or alerting you when a subscription is up for renewal.  If you register with us, we may enroll you in our email newsletters or other periodic electronic communications and may also send you user surveys and promotional communications.  We may communicate with you by email, postal mail, telephone, text message, or other means.  We may use push notifications on Apps to your mobile device.  For more information on how to adjust your communications preferences, see “What Controls Do I Have Over My Information?” below.

⠀⠀⠀● To monitor, improve, and develop our products and services:  We may use your information to understand our users and to tailor or optimize our Services.  For example, we may analyze statistics and trends to make our Services better and to develop or better personalize the Services or new services or features

⠀⠀⠀● To protect the security and integrity of our business, comply with legal requirements and obligations, or as otherwise permitted by law: We may use your information to protect our company, our affiliates, including other Dotdash Meredith brands, our customers, and our Services.  We may also use information in order to comply with laws, regulations, court orders, or other legal obligations or to assist in an investigation, protect and defend our rights and property, or the rights or safety of third parties, enforce our Terms of Use, this Privacy Policy, or agreements with third parties, detect and prevent fraud or for crime-prevention purposes, or for any other reason permitted by law.  We may take part in or be involved with a corporate business transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, joint venture, or financing or sale of company assets and may use information in connection with or as an asset in such a corporate business transaction.  Personal information may also be used in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership.

⠀⠀⠀● For any other purposes with your consent, at your direction, or where notice is provided: We may use your personal information for any other purposes with your consent, at your direction, or where notice is otherwise provided.

How Do We Share Personal Information?

The personal information we collect from you is used by all the companies and brands in the Dotdash Meredith publishing family. We may also disclose personal information to third parties, including:

● Third Parties At Your Request: You may choose to share your activities on the Services with your friends through email, text, or on various social media networks.

● Promotional Partners: We may share information with third parties with whom we partner to provide contests, surveys, and sweepstakes, or other joint promotional activities.

● Marketing and Strategic Business Partners: We may share information with marketing/advertising, analytics, and other business partners (such as those that provide their own products or services on other properties) for purposes such as us or those entities providing you with information, undertaking marketing/advertising activities about products or services that may interest you, informing business analytics, or for other business or commercial purposes as may be further described in their privacy policies or our privacy policy.

● Online Advertising Partners: We may share information with third-party online advertising partners or permit these partners to collect information from you on our Services to facilitate online advertising and related measurement/attribution activities.

● The Public: When you provide feedback or post user content on our Services (e.g., if you post a comment on an article or comment on our social media sites), your information (e.g., your first name, last initial, state of residence, and your comments) may be displayed on our Services or on our social media pages. When you engage with us on social media, we may tag your social media account or the social media account of others (e.g., to give photo credit to another user).

● With Your Consent, At Your Direction, or Where Notice is Provided:  In addition to the sharing described in this Privacy Policy, we may share information about you with third parties whenever you consent to or direct such sharing or where notice is otherwise provided.

● Service Providers and Advisors: Personal information may be shared with third-party vendors and other service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf. This may include certain vendors and providers who engage in marketing or advertising activities, analytics, or provide mailing or email services, tax and accounting services, product fulfillment, delivery services, payments processing, data enhancement services, fraud prevention, web hosting, or analytic services.

● Purchasers and Third Parties in Connection With a Business Transaction: Personal information may be disclosed to third parties in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, sale of any or all of our company assets or shares, reorganization, financing, change of control or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by an affiliate or third party, or in the event of a bankruptcy, or related or similar proceedings.

● Law Enforcement, Regulators and Other Parties For Legal Reasons: Personal information may be disclosed to third parties, as required by law or subpoena, or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement, (b) to enforce our Terms of Use or to protect the security or integrity of our Services, or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our organization, our visitors, or others.

In connection with any of the above, we may share information with others in an aggregated or otherwise anonymized form that does not reasonably identify you.

What are Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices?

General

We, and our third-party partners, use information that we receive about you (e.g., that you provide to us or about your use of the Services, or that we receive from third parties) to serve advertisements more relevant to your interests, the content on which the ads will appear, or audiences similar to you, to optimize marketing and advertising campaigns more broadly, as well as to generate analytics and provide marketing/advertising-related services such as reporting, market research, and measurement/attribution. These third-party partners may include online advertising networks or exchanges, measurement/attribution companies, ad fraud verification companies, social media companies, or other advertising technology services (e.g., demand-side or sell-side platforms, ad servers, clean room providers).

How We Collect This Information

The information used for these advertising practices is typically collected through tracking technologies, such as cookies, web beacons/pixels, SDKs, APIs, embedded scripts, location-identifying technologies, logging technologies, and similar technologies, which recognize the device you are using and collect information, including clickstream information, browser type, time and date you visited the Sites, mobile ad ID or other digital identifier (e.g., iOS IDFA, Google AAID, cookie ID, click ID, other proprietary IDs such as open-source “universal IDs” or other ID solutions), geolocation, and other information, such as the advertising/advertising measurement data discussed further above in this Privacy Policy. These tools may also collect other information you provide to us or other information about how you use the Services, such as your mouse movements, scrolling, clicks, and keystroke activity on the Services and other browsing, search, or purchasing behavior. These tools may also record information you enter when you interact with our Services or engage in chat or other features through our Service.

We may share a common account identifier (such as a hashed or encrypted email address or user ID) or other information (such as phone number, which also is typically provided in hashed or encrypted format) with our third-party advertising partners to help identify you across devices. We may share this information using mechanisms such as API, direct file upload, server-to-server transfer, or integrating the tracking technologies of those partners (e.g., pixel).

How To Exercise Your Choices Regarding Online Ads

Please see the “What Controls Do I Have Over My Information?” section below to learn how you can opt out of interest-based advertising.

More On Social Media Platforms and Advertising

Our Services may include social media features, such as the Facebook “Like” button, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, or other widgets. These social media companies may recognize you and collect information about your visit to our Services, and they may set a cookie or employ other tracking technologies. Your interactions with those features are governed by the privacy policies of those companies.

We display targeted advertising to you through social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms.  For example, these companies have interest-based advertising programs that allow us to direct advertisements to users who have shown interest in our services while those users are on the social media platform, or to groups of other users who share similar traits, such as likely commercial interests and demographics.  As mentioned in the section above, we may share a unique identifier, such as a user ID or hashed or encrypted email address or phone number, with these platform providers or they may collect information from our website visitors through a pixel (or other mechanism, such as API, direct file upload, or server-to-server integration), in order to direct targeted advertising to you or to a custom audience (including “look-a-like” audiences, such as audiences that are similar to you or other users) on the social media platform.  These advertisements are governed by the privacy policies of those social media companies that provide them.  If you do not want to receive targeted ads on your social networks, you may be able to adjust your advertising preferences through your settings on those networks.

What Controls Do I Have Over My Information? 

You may control your information in the following ways:

● Access to, Modification of, or Deletion of Your Information: You have the right to request access to your personal information, amendment/correction of inaccurate/incomplete personal information, or deletion of your personal information. In order to better protect the security of your personal information, we will seek to confirm your identity as part of our processing of any request. Under certain circumstances, we may not fulfill your request, such as where we, in our discretion, deem that your identity has not been reasonably verified or that such information is subject to legal/regulatory, internal audit, record-keeping, or other requirements or legal exceptions such that the request should not reasonably be granted (or should be granted in part). In any event, we will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe. In order to make such a request of us, please contact us by using one of the following methods:

Marketing E-mail Preferences: You can manage your opt-out preferences for each of our brand’s marketing e-mails by:
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀o   using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of such messages, or
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀o   by visiting “E-mail Preferences” (to the extent offered by a brand) on our Services and updating your preferences.

If you no longer want to receive third-party marketing e-mails that you requested through our Services, simply follow the third party’s unsubscribe link or opt-out instructions that should be included each such marketing e-mail from that third party.

Please note that you cannot opt out of transactional or administrative e-mails (e.g., renewal notifications, orders placed).

● Postal Mail: To remove your name and postal address from lists that we sell or rent to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, or to opt out of receiving marketing offers for other magazines and products

● Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: To manage cookies, an individual may have the ability to change their browser settings to (for example): (i) notify them when they receive a cookie, so the individual can choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies; or (iii) automatically reject cookies (or certain types of cookies, such as cookies set by third parties). Note that similar controls may exist for other tracking technologies, such as pixels, SDKs, and localStorage. Please check your device or browser settings and related documentation for more information. 

Further, note that restricting the use of these technologies might negatively impact an individual’s experience using our Services, as some features or offerings may be less personalized or may not work as otherwise intended. Depending on an individual’s device and operating system, the individual may not be able to delete or block all cookies or other tracking technologies described in this Privacy Policy. In addition, if an individual wants to reject cookies across all browsers and devices, the individual will need to do so on each browser and device they use. You may also have options within your email client to prevent the automatic downloading of images that may contain technologies that would allow us to know whether you have accessed our email and performed certain actions with respect to such emails (e.g., URL clickthroughs).

● Online Ads: To learn more about interest-based advertising and how you may be able to opt-out of some of this advertising (to the extent the advertising partner or other entity participates .

You may also opt-out of some of the tracking technologies used for interest-based advertising as further set forth in our Your Privacy Choices link (found in the website footer).

Please note that when you opt out of receiving interest-based advertisements, this does not mean you will no longer see advertisements from us (or our third-party partners) or on our online services in general. It means that the online ads that you do see from self-regulatory program participants (or other participants that may provide an opt-out mechanism) should not be based on your interests. We are not responsible for the effectiveness of, or compliance with, any third parties’ opt-out options or programs, or the accuracy of their statements regarding those options or programs. In addition, third parties may still use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about your use of our online services, including for analytics and fraud prevention as well as any other purpose permitted under those self-regulatory programs.

How Do We Protect Personal Information?

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use.  That said, no security system is impenetrable and we cannot guarantee the security of our systems at all times.  Thus, you assume some risk with regard to the security of information you provide through any digital property, including our Services.

What About Links to Third-Party Websites or Services?

Our Services may provide links to other digital properties that are controlled by third parties.  Linked digital properties may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we suggest you review.  We are not responsible for the content, usage, terms, or privacy policies of digital properties that we do not own or control.

What’s Our Policy With Respect to Children’s Personal Information?

Our Services are not designed or intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 16 (or the equivalent age of a child in your jurisdiction) on the Services.  If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under the age of 16 (or the equivalent age of a child in your jurisdiction), we will endeavor to delete any such information promptly.  If you believe that we may have collected information from a child under 16 (or the equivalent age of a child in your jurisdiction), please contact us using the contact information below.

What’s Our Policy for Users Outside the United States?

Your personal information may be stored in, transferred to, and processed in the United States and in any other country in which the Company  or service providers maintain facilities. The data protection laws in these countries may provide a different standard of protection for your personal information than the country in which you are located or your country of residence. If you have questions or wish to obtain more information about the international transfer of your personal information or the implemented safeguards, please contact us using the contact information below.

Where Can I Find Your Region-Specific Disclosures?

We may choose or be required by law to provide different or additional disclosures about our data privacy practices depending on your state or country of residence:

● California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Utah, and Virginia:  If you are a California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, Utah, or Virginia resident.

● European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland: If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), United Kingdom (“UK”), or Switzerland, or otherwise engage with our European operations, please see the ‘European Privacy Notice’ section for additional European-specific privacy information, including what constitutes your personal data, the lawful bases we rely on to process your personal data, and your rights in respect of your personal data.

How Will We Inform You About Changes to This Privacy Policy?

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our privacy practices.  If we make any material changes to our privacy practices, we will indicate at the top of the Privacy Policy the date when it was most recently updated and you shall be bound to such changes when accessing the Services that are linked to the updated Privacy Policy.  We may also provide notice of such material changes in other manners at our discretion. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.