Last updated: January 1, 2025
buzzy.today is a news website (see "Who We Are"). We are concerned about privacy issues and want you to be familiar with how we collect, use, and share information and how you can exercise the privacy rights available to you. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") covers the information that we may process and is for individuals who visit, use, or interact with the buzzy.today Properties.
If you are resident in the European Economic Area and want to find out more about your data protection rights, please see "Your Data Protection Rights".
If you are resident of California, see "California Notice" for a declaration of your data protection rights.
If you have any questions, you may contact us by email at hello@buzzy.today. If you have tips or content you wish to share you can send it to news@buzzy.today.
A reference to "buzzy.today" "we" or "our" means The buzzy.today (buzzy.today).
buzzy.today provides curated headlines with links to prevailing stories about current events worldwide. We operate a website and mobile applications, each "Digital Properties". We provide information to the public and digital advertising space to our "Media Buyers" who are advertisers and other ad partners looking to distribute relevant ad content on our Digital Properties. We display relevant online advertising to end users ("End Users") who interact with our Digital Properties.
buzzy.today may also share or license certain information about End Users collected in connection with our partners, agencies and other interested third parties, to help them better promote transparency and protect against fraud.
buzzy.today also collects information from individuals when they visit, use, or interact with: (i) www.buzzy.today and other websites operated by us, including buzzy.today’s client interfaces (the "Websites"); (ii) our software applications (the "Apps"); (collectively, our "buzzy.today Properties").
This Section covers the specific things that we promise not do to that you might be concerned about.
This Section describes how we collect and use information when visitors interact with or use any of the buzzy.today Properties (such as our Website and mobile apps).
Information that individuals provide voluntarily
Although our Website does not ask for this information, our mobile Apps may ask visitors to provide personal information voluntarily: for example, we may collect personal information when a visitor registers or otherwise contacts us.
The personal information we collect may include contact information (such as name, address, telephone number, or email address) and contact preferences. It may also include professional information, such as job title, department or job role, and the nature of an individual’s request or communication. We may also collect information that visitors choose to provide to us when completing any ‘free text’ boxes in our forms (for example, for news tips). Please do not post any information that you do not want to reveal to the public at large. We do not collect any personal information from our news tips form, except the End User IP address which is only used to prevent abuse of the form.
Information we or our third-party partners collect automatically
When using the buzzy.today Properties, we or our third-party partners may automatically collect certain information from an individual’s device. In some countries, including countries in the EU, this information may be considered personal data under applicable data protection laws.
Specifically, the information we collect automatically may include IP address, operating system type and version, browser type and version, cookie ID, an individual’s activities on the buzzy.today Properties, and other information about the individual’s system and connection and how the individual interacts with the buzzy.today Properties and other websites. We and our third-party partners may collect this information as a part of log files and through the use of cookies or other tracking technologies, as explained further in our Website Cookie Policy.
We may use information collected from the buzzy.today Properties for the following purposes:
To send administrative information. For example, to send information regarding our services and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
Interest-based advertising and analytics. We may partner with certain third parties to collect information on the buzzy.today Properties to engage in analysis, auditing, research, and reporting, as well as to deliver advertising that we believe may interest you based on your activity on the buzzy.today Properties and other websites over time. These third parties may set and access cookies on your computer or other device and may also use pixel tags, web logs, web beacons, or other similar technologies. For more information about these practices and how to opt out, please see buzzy.today’s Website Cookie Policy.
To manage accounts and provide customer support or other services. For example, we may use information to create or administer buzzy.today accounts and to provide customer support or other requested services or information.
To select content and improve quality. We may use information to help improve the buzzy.today Properties and to ensure that content on the buzzy.today Properties is presented in the most effective manner for your device.
For legal purposes. We may use information as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with subpoenas, warrants, or other legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
For our business purposes. We may use information for our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our products, services, marketing, and client relationships.
We and our third-party partners may use cookies and similar tracking technologies on the buzzy.today Properties to collect and use information about you. For further information about the types of cookies and other tracking technologies we use, why, and how you can control cookies, please see our Website Cookie Policy.
The buzzy.today Properties are not intended for nor directed to individuals that are deemed to be children under applicable data protection or privacy laws, and we request that such individuals do not provide information through any of the buzzy.today Properties.
Information we collect may be disclosed:
Opting out of receiving electronic communications from us
We do not send marketing-related emails to anyone. Therefore it is not necesary to opt out of receiving any marketing-related emails from us, because that will not happen. If you receive marketing related emails claiming to be from buzzy.today, they are fraudulent.
Opting out of interest-based advertising from Cookies
buzzy.today does not collect any information about your identity in order to use our Digital Properties such as our website or mobile apps. This is outlined in our Privacy Policy.
We don't collect your Name, Address, Email Address, or any other contact information. We make no attempt to individually identify you as a person. If you are concerned about sharing of this information, using this opt-out will not provide you further protection from that, because we don't have the information to begin with and therefore don't share it.
Furthermore, buzzy.today does not collect any Personal Information as defined by California Civil Code section 1798.83. In order to fund operations, we do use cookies aka Advertising Cookies to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. You have an option to opt-out using our browser of choice if you wish.
Important notes about this option:
For more information about cookies in general, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. For more information about how to clear your browser cache, please see your browser's instructions for doing so. Please note that deleting or resetting cookies and clearing your browser cache will not opt you out of receiving interest-based advertising (including retargeting) from buzzy.today.
While we are not a member of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) we do use best efforts to adhere to the 2018 NAI Code of Conduct, the the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising and Multi-Site Data, the Application of Self-Regulatory Principles to the Mobile Environment, and the Application of the DAA Principles of Transparency and Control to Data Used Across Devices. If you go to optout.networkadvertising.org, or optout.aboutads.info, you can learn how to exercise choice regarding the collection of information about your online activities over time and across multiple third-party websites, online services, devices, or applications for interest-based advertising purposes.
Some 3rd party advertising networks that we may use have their own opt-out mechanisms that are linked from their sites or their online-posted privacy policies. You should review the privacy policies of those companies for these opt-out links if you no longer wish to receive targeted advertising from a particular company, or multiple companies.
At this time, we do not honor “Do Not Track” headers and similar mechanisms.
Opting Out of Interest-Based Advertising in Mobile Applications
Our clients and partners may display interest-based advertising to you in mobile applications, based on your use of mobile applications over time and across non-affiliated apps. To learn more about these practices and how to opt out, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices, download the DAA's AppChoices mobile app, and follow the instructions provided in the AppChoices mobile app. You can also adjust the advertising preferences on your mobile device (in iOS, visit Settings > Privacy > Advertising > Limit Ad Tracking, and in Android, visit Settings > Google > Ads > Opt out of interest-based ads).
Opting Out of Cross-Device Targeting
Our clients and partners may combine and use information from websites or applications on your current browser or device with information from your other browsers or devices for advertising purposes. To opt out of such practices by our clients and partners, please use your browser to reject all cookies. Please note that you will need to opt out separately on each of your browsers and on each of your mobile devices to ensure that information collected on a particular browser or device is not used on another browser or device.
You have the following data protection rights:
Please note that because most of the information we store can only identify a particular browser or device, and cannot directly identify you personally, you may need to provide us with some additional information to enable us to identify the personal information we hold about you and ensure that we accurately fulfill your request and do not infringe on the privacy rights of other individuals.You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting us at hello@buzzy.today. We will respond to your request in accordance with our obligations under applicable privacy laws.
If you are a resident of the EEA, our legal basis for collecting and using personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. However, we normally rely on our (or our Clients) legitimate interests to collect personal information from you, except where such interests are overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Where we rely on our legitimate interests to process your personal information, they include the interests described in the sections above with the heading "How Do We Use Your Information".
In some cases, we may rely on your consent or have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you or may otherwise need the personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person. If we rely on consent to collect and/or process your personal information, we will obtain such consent in compliance with applicable laws.
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided under the “Contacting Us” heading below.
This Policy does not address, and except as otherwise described in this Policy, we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including our vendors or any other third party operating any site or service to which the Ad Services or buzzy.today Properties link. The inclusion of a link through the Ad Services or Online Property does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.
Please note that we are not responsible for the collection, usage and disclosure policies and practices (including the data security practices) of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including any personal information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with the Ad Services or buzzy.today Properties.
You should always read the privacy policy of any website you access or social network page through which you share information carefully in order to understand their specific privacy and information usage practices.
We use reasonable organizational, technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect the personal information we collect and process. The measures we use are designed to provide a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal information and to help ensure that your data is safe and secure. However, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting us in accordance with the “Contacting Us” section below.
We will retain personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Policy and where we have ongoing legitimate business needs to do so (for example, to provide the Ad Services, to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements, to enforce our agreements or comply with our legal obligations) unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
If you are an End User, we may retain information that we collect through the Ad Services (including the segment information that we receive from third parties) for up to 45 days from the last date that we received any of the End User’s data. We may retain ad impression information for up to 45 days. We may retain raw ad server logs for our mobile ad server business for up to 45 days. We use precise geolocation for the specific ad impression to which the geolocation relates, after which the geolocation information is aggregated with other geolocation data for use by us for analytical purposes. If we de-identify information we collect through the Ad Services, we may retain that information, in an aggregated format, indefinitely. In such cases, we commit to not re-identifying the information. If we are required to retain information to comply with a legal or audit obligation, we may store End User information for longer periods.
The buzzy.today Properties and Ad Services are provided, supported, and hosted in the United States. If you are using these from outside the United States, be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information, in the United States and other locations, including India, where we have offices or employees or engage service providers. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country of residence.
However, we have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Policy. These include:
With respect to personal information received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Frameworks, we are subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive personal information (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, criminal background, or trade union membership) on or through the buzzy.today Properties or otherwise to us.
We may receive the following non-sensitive health-related advertising segments that we use to target ads that may be of interest to End Users: diet and fitness; doctors; health care professionals; health conscious; health and medicine; health and well-being; interest in health insurance; and pregnancy.
We will review and update this Policy periodically and will note the date of its most recent revision at the top of this Policy. If we make material changes to this Policy, we will post the revised Policy on our website and may take additional measures to inform you about such changes if required by applicable data protection laws. We encourage you to review this Policy frequently to be informed of how buzzy.today is protecting your information.
If you have any questions about this Policy or buzzy.today's privacy practices, please contact us by email at hello@buzzy.today.
Please note that email communications are not always secure, so please do not include sensitive information in your emails to us.
To comply with our obligations under EU data protection legislation, we have appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO). Our DPO is contactable at hello@buzzy.today or by mail using the details provided above.
Who is the controller of my data? For the purposes of EU data protection legislation, buzzy.today is the controller of your personal information.
We may use third-party services (such as Google Analytics) that collect information based on their own privacy policies.
We may update this policy from time to time. We encourage you to review it periodically.
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