PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy sets forth and describes the privacy practices of
Sapphire Media International B.V (the "Company", "we,
"us" or "our") in connection with the operation of the
internet website sapphiremedia.com ( the "Website"). In connection
with the operation of the Website (the "services"), we and our
third-party service providers, partners, and vendors, may sometimes gather
certain information from you and about visitors of the Website (collectively,
"you"). Please note that the Company may operate and maintain
websites other than the Website, for more information about the Company's
privacy practices with respect to these other websites, please visit the
respective privacy policies that can be found on each such website.
This Privacy Policy describes our policies regarding the collection, use
and disclosure of any information we may collect from you when you visit the
Website. It also describes your options regarding what types of information are
collected from you, how such information is used, and what we do to protect
this information.
The Website operates as a directory to other websites hosted at linked
subdomains, all of which are licensed users of certain intellectual property
and branding associated with various brands that are respectively operated and
managed by entities that may be separate from the Company (collectively, the
"Directory Websites"). This Privacy Policy covers only the privacy
practices of the Company with respect to the Website, and the privacy practices
employed in connection with the operation and management of the Directory
Websites are governed and established by the privacy policies of each
respective Directory Website. At this time, the Website does not offer
products, goods, or services, and operates only as a list of links of the
Directory Websites.
Information collected by any service provider, strategic partner,
third-party website or advertiser that processes information, links to, or is
accessible from the Website to the extent applicable (if at all) is not covered
by this Privacy Policy. Such information is covered by the privacy policies of
such third parties, if any. PLEASE REFER TO THE PRIVACY POLICIES OF
THESE THIRD PARTIES TO REVIEW THEIR RESPECTIVE PRIVACY POLICIES AND PRACTICES.
Our use of information collected in connection with the Website and the service
is covered by this Privacy Policy. Any third parties that receive
information through the Website, such as, for example, a service provider,
receive such information solely for the purpose of the service they provide for
the Website. We do not share, sell, or exploit any data derived from the
Website to anyone except service providers covered in this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to amend, modify, or change any part of this Privacy
Policy, in whole or in part, at any time.
The Website is operated from the Netherlands in accordance with laws of the
Netherlands and the EU. If you are located outside of the EU, use of the
Website is at your own risk and be advised that you are responsible for
complying with your local and national laws. By using the Website and/or by
providing us with any personal information, you acknowledge that (a) EU law may provide a lower standard of protection
for personal data than the laws of some other countries; (b) we will deal with
your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and EU law; and (c) you
hereby waive any claims that may arise under the laws and regulations that
apply to you in any other country or jurisdiction.
This Privacy Policy, along with the Terms of Service (or sometimes
referred to herein as the Terms of Use) also posted on our Website, sets forth the rules and policies governing use of
the Website. We reserve the right to change or update the Terms of Service
and/or this Privacy Policy at any time, so we urge you to check this page
frequently. The date of the most recent update is shown at the top of this
page. Revisions take effect upon posting. Your use of the Website
following any such update and posting constitutes your acceptance of the
Privacy Policy as amended and then in effect.
WHEN YOU ACCESS THE WEBSITE, YOU THEREBY AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY –
PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY
POLICY, DO NOT ACCESS, CONTINUE TO ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE.
1.Applicability:
This Privacy Policy applies whenever and however you access or use the
Website, whether via personal computers, mobile devices or other devices (each
a "Device").
2. Types of Information we may
collect:
In order to provide you with certain services, and/or information, we may
collect the following information in connection with your use of our Website and/or our service, which may include both
identifiable and non-identifiable information:
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Geo-location
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Type of device
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Traffic information and cookies
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Web browser
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Information concerning your mobile device (i.e., model, operating
system, other device characteristics, information about your mobile network)
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Links you click on our Website
·
Media information (i.e., Advertising engagement in social, digital, and
other mediums of media)
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Internet Protocol Address
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Language preferences
The Company only collects personal information necessary for the
purposes further disclosed and described in this Privacy Policy.
3. Methods of Information
Collection:
You Provide Personal Information Directly To Us
We collect information that is observable to us when you visit the
Website, or information that you otherwise directly provide to us.
Automatic Information Collection
We may use automatically collected information for the purposes of
analyzing and improving our business. Be advised that third parties may also
automatically collect information about you. We do not control the actions of
third parties, and their actions are not governed by this Privacy Policy.
We may use automatically collected information for the purposes of
analyzing and improving our business. Be advised that third parties may also
automatically collect information about you. We do not control the actions of
third parties, and their actions are not governed by this Privacy Policy.
We may also use automated information collection technologies for
reporting, analysis, optimization and improvement of our services and your
experience at the Website. For example, we may examine browsing habits on our Website to determine the efficacy of certain designs and
marketing campaigns, to diagnose issues with the Website, and/or to add further
functionality to the Website.
The scope of this Privacy Policy does not cover the privacy practices or
activities of any third-party companies, including our service providers. For
more information about the privacy practices and activities concerning personal
information conducted by third parties, please review the privacy policies of
these third parties and your choices regarding the information that they
collect.
Cookies and other anonymous identifier technologies may be used in
connection with our Website and its related services
(i.e., pixels and web beacons). This means that we, and our third-party service
providers may collect and store information using these technologies whenever
you interact with us, our Website, and/or third
parties that use our Website.
In addition to any information that you choose to submit to us the
Company and our third-party service providers and advertisers may use a variety
of technologies (including cookies, Flash cookies, web beacons and embedded
scripts) (collectively, "Cookies") that automatically or passively
collect information when you visit or interact with the Website (the
"Usage Information"). This Usage Information may include, without
limitation, your IP address, the URL that referred you to our Website and all
of the areas within our Website that you visit, the web sites you visit after
the Website; the ads you see; the ads you click on; other information about the
type of web browser, computer, platform, related software and settings you are
using; any search terms you have entered on this Website or a referral site; if
you share our content to social media platforms; and other web usage activity
and data logged by our web servers. Your IP address is usually associated with
the place from which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service
Provider. We may use your IP address for purposes such as assisting us to
diagnose problems with our servers, and maintain the Website.
Usage Information gathered from your use of the Website may be combined
with information from third-party sources to identify your location by state
and region.
For more information, see "Cookies and Other Tracking
Technologies", below.
i. Social Media
Our Website may include social media features
and links, such as, but not limited to, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Tiktok, Pinterest, Snapchat, Threads, and X (formerly known
as Twitter) widgets. The use of these features may result in the collection of
information about you (i.e., your IP address and the Website pages you visit)
by setting a cookie or through the use of other tracking technologies. The
collection and use of your information arising from or related to your
interactions with social media links, widgets, and/or features found on the
Website may be governed by third-party privacy policies, and not this Privacy
Policy. This is because certain of these social media features and widgets may
not be hosted by us, and they may be hosted by third parties. We recommend you
review the information your third-party social networking services may make
available to us by visiting their privacy policies and/or modifying your
privacy settings directly with those services. You agree that we shall not be
liable for the use by social networking services of any information. Please
note that contacting us through our social media accounts, or our engagement
with you via direct messages on social media platforms may result in the
collection of information about you by these social media platforms.
ii. Geolocation Information.
With your consent, certain mobile website or a third-party such as an
advertiser may collect and use your geolocation to provide you with information
about goods and services within your geographic location or implement other
functionality concerning the Website, such as to serve targeted advertising. In
addition, when you have geolocation software running on your mobile phone,
computer or other device, we may collect that information as controlled by your
privacy settings on those devices. By using such service, you hereby
consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your geolocation information
as described.
iii. Information From Other Sources
We may use other sources to collect and update existing information and
correct or improve our records. For example, when accessing the Website, your
mobile device may share certain information related to your location with us
and our service providers.
4. How Your Information Is
Used.
We may use the information we collect for a variety of purposes. Some of
these purposes include:
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marketing and advertising campaigns, including, targeting and
re-targeting, and search engine optimization
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improving our services
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improving our Website, diagnosing problems
with, administration of, our Website
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compliance with legal and reporting requirements
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Cross-platform user experience optimization
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Advertising and analytics
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Conducting research and analysis
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Use as required by law
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Performing other business activities as needed, or as described
elsewhere in this Privacy Policy
Please note that we may merge information that we collect from our Website with information that we collect from other sources
related to the operation of the Website. We do not sell information or data
collected from the Website to advertisers or advertising agencies, nor do we
sell such information or data for advertising purposes. Under certain rare
circumstances we may share your information with our parent, subsidiary and/or
affiliated companies, successors and/or assigns, who may use personal information
or data for any purpose disclosed in or consistent with this Privacy
Policy. Additionally, in the event of a sale, merger, consolidation,
change in control, transfer of substantial assets, bankruptcy, reorganization,
or liquidation, we may transfer, sell, or assign to third parties any and/or
all information collected from or about you subject to Section 4(vii). We
have not sold any personal information to third parties for a business or
commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months.
i. Provide, Manage and Improve our Website.
Company may use information we collect from you in part to operate and
maintain the Website, to respond to your inquiries, to administer the Website
and for other lawful business purposes.
ii. Advertising and Analytics.
We may use the information in connection with advertising and we may
also use the information we collect and obtain about you to measure and improve
our Website, to customize certain features of the
Website.
iii. Marketing.
Subject to applicable law, we may combine and use any and all
information we collect about you either online or otherwise, including from
third parties, for marketing purposes. Unless we expressly notify you otherwise
at the time of collection, we also may disclose information that we receive
from you and from third-party sources to third parties whose practices are not
covered by this Privacy Policy (e.g. other marketers, publishers, retailers,
participatory databases and non-profit organizations) that want to market
products or services to you.
iv. Affiliates.
Certain Company offices and affiliates may have access to certain of
your information for internal management and administrative purposes on our
behalf. In any case, these affiliates will only have access to your information
for administrative and operations purposes only.
v. Social Media
While some communications with us through social media platforms may be
governed by this Privacy Policy, please be advised that the privacy policy of
the social media platform being used for these communications will also govern
these interactions and related data collection. Please review the privacy
policies of these social media platforms for more information on how they
collect and use information they may collect about you. The terms and
conditions of these social networking sites will apply in connection with any
interactions concerning these social media platforms.
vi. Administrative and Legal Reasons.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, we may at all times and
in any manner access, use, preserve, transfer and disclose information we
collect, including disclosure to third parties: (i)
to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, subpoenas, governmental requests or
legal process, or in connection with a legal investigation, if in our good
faith opinion such is required or permitted by law; (ii) to protect the safety,
rights, property or security of the Website or any third-party (for example, if
we are trying to collect money you owe us); and/or (iii) to detect, prevent or
otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues. We may also use information
we collect to answer and comply with administrative, regulatory, statutory, and
other legal inquiries or requirements. We may also assist law enforcement
agencies and offices using the information we collect. We reserve the right to
use IP addresses to identify you and, where permitted or required by law, we
may provide information about or relating to you, including information about
you, to third parties without your consent if we reasonably believe that such
action is necessary to: (a) comply with a court order, subpoena, government
request for information, or other legal or regulatory requirements; (b) protect
or defend our rights or property, our Website, or other Website users; (c)
respond to claims that any posting or other content of our Website violates the
rights or property of any third party (d) to protect the health and safety of
our Website's users or the general public; or (e) to fulfill the purpose for
which you provide it to us, and otherwise with your consent.
vii. Sales or Transfer of Business or Assets.
We may share information in connection with a sale, merger, transfer,
exchange, or other disposition (whether of assets, stock, or otherwise,
including via bankruptcy) of all or a portion of the business conducted by the
Company with respect to the Website to which this policy applies, in which case
the acquirer, purchaser, surviving entity, or other appropriately characterized
company will possess the information collected by us and will assume the rights
and obligations regarding your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
viii. Cross-Platform Information
In some instances, the experience that is available on the mobile
version of the Website may be different than that provided through the desktop
or tablet version of the Website. This may include, but is not limited to,
different UI/UX naming conventions, and few minor differences. Certain mobile
applications offered or operated by the Company may have a different user
experience than the mobile or desktop versions of the Website accessible
through internet browsers, and these user experiences may have minor
differences in products and/or services made available for purchase, and/or the
methods of payment available to users.
ix. Anonymous Information.
We may create aggregated or anonymized information about you and other
users of the Website by excluding information (such as your name) that relate
to an identifiable individual ("Anonymous Information"). We may use
this Anonymous Information for any purpose permitted under the law and disclose
Anonymous Information to third parties in our sole discretion.
x. Monitoring and Improvement of Security
We may use information collected to bolster our security by using it to
monitor and prevent theft, fraud, and hacking. We also may use information
collected to update and maintain the security of our Website
to optimize the security of our customers and business.
xi. Our Use of Cookies and other Technologies
We may also use cookies, pixel tags, action tags and similar tags to
collect information. A cookie is a small data file that is placed on your
computer when you visit a website. A persistent cookie stores information so
when you end a session visiting a website and return to the same web site at a
later date the cookie information is still available. Cookies and tags allow us
to compile statistics and other information about how you use our Website. We may use this data to personalize your customer
experience based on your prior visits to our Website.
We may also use this data to analyze trends and improve the usability of our Website as well as to administer the Website and gather
broad demographic statistics. We may also share such non-personally
identifiable information with third parties on an aggregate basis.
In addition, we may use third-party service providers to serve ads on
our behalf across the Internet. They may collect anonymous information about
your visits to our Website, including by means of
clicking links or advertisements embedded in other websites, and your
interaction with our products and services. These third parties may use cookies
and other online tools such as pixel tags, action tags and similar tags to
serve ads and personalize your customer experience based on your prior visits
to our Website. They may also use information about
your visits to our Website and other websites to
target advertisements for products and services. This anonymous information is
collected through the use of a cookie. To our knowledge, no personally
identifiable information is collected or used in this process. These
third-party service providers do not know your name, phone number, address,
email address, or any other personally identifying information about you unless
you provide such information directly to them. Our Website
responds to a web browser's block of persistent cookies by refraining from
using our anonymous cookie. Our Website may contain
links to other Internet websites that we think you may find of interest. We are
not responsible for the content of these sites, nor do we control, sponsor,
endorse or approve them. Your use of those links is at your own risk.
We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information and track
behavior anonymously that allows us to look at user trends without identifying
individuals. You can opt-out of this by adjusting your cookie settings for
hustler.com on the website, using the Google Network Advertising initiative
opt-out or installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser extension here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
5. How Your Information is
Shared.
The information that we collect may be shared with certain third parties
as characterized below:
i. Company Affiliates
We may share information we collect with the Company's subsidiaries and
affiliates. legal@sapphiremedia.com:
ii. Third-Party Service Providers and Vendors
The information we collect may be shared with companies that we have
engaged for certain support services necessary for the operation of the
Website. These service providers and vendors assist in various services related
to the Website, which may include services such website hosting, advertising,
analytics, as well as other services. Company will limit the information shared
with these third parties to that information that is minimally necessary to
allow these parties to render and provide their services, if any.
iii. Business Transfers
We may transfer information related to our customers in connection with
the sale, assignment, or transfer of all, some, or substantially all of our
business assets. We also may retain copies of such information if required by
law or for other legal purposes.
iv. Non-identifiable Information; and Aggregate Data and Information
Certain non-identifiable and/or anonymous information that we collect or
data that has been aggregated following this collection may be shared with
third parties for legal purposes.
v. Legal Requirements
We may disclose information that we have collected:
·
when reasonably appropriate to
comply with the legal inquiries, requirements, or investigations
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to uphold certain duties or
obligations under applicable contracts
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to enforce and protect certain
rights under applicable contracts
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to protect Company or customer
property
·
in connection with transactions that
may involve borrowing, collateralizing, insuring, selling, pledging, assigning,
or leasing certain of the assets of the Company's business
·
in connection with bankruptcy, or
divesting of all, part of, or substantially all of the assets of the Company
·
to protect the rights of our
customers and others.
vi. For Other Reasons with Your Consent
If you provide consent, we may share your information for other reasons
that you may request.
6. Your Rights Concerning Our
Practices
i. Geo-Location
To stop your mobile device from sharing your location while accessing
our Website, you may be able to turn off location
services in your device's settings. You may also be able to stop sharing your
location by adjusting the settings of the browser, or application you are
using.
ii. Cookies, Tracking, and Digital Marketing Campaigns
Your internet browser should provide a means for you to set your
device's preference concerning "cookies". For example, you may adjust
your settings to "accept all cookies", receive a notification when a
cookie is set, or to block all or some cookies. If you set your device or
browser to block all cookies, this may result in many personalized aspects of
the Website to be blocked and some Website operations may not fully function.
We use certain vendors for cross-device and cross-platform linking. To
opt-out of cross-device linking, you can go to the Digital Advertising
Alliance's Choices page at www.aboutads.info/choices and complete a global
opt-out on each browser and device that you would like to opt-out on. Browsers
on the device you complete this type of "opt-out" on will not receive
information collected on devices linked to it. Conversely, devices linked to
the opted-out device will no longer receive information collected from the
opted-out device, and service providers will no longer transfer information
collected from the opted-out device to any third parties. This type of opt-out
will not result in an opt-out concerning cross-device linking or certain
marketing strategies used across linked devices based that operate based only
on your visits to the Website, or your interactions with our advertisements.
To opt-out of our digital advertising based on your interests or those
of another party, visit Digital Advertising Alliance's Choices page and perform a global opt-out. Please note that
any opt-out options you select are specific to the browser and device being
used.
To learn more about interest-based digital advertising, visit
the Network Advertising Initiative website and the Digital
Advertising Alliance website. The opt-out tool described operates based on
cookies and therefore, such an opt-out will function only if your browser is
set to accept and allow third-party cookies. The opt-out features may not
function correctly or at all in the case that cookies are automatically
disabled, blocked, and/or removed. Please also note that this type of opt-out
is specific to the nature and operation of your device, and consequently,
deleting cookies, changing browser settings, and/or using other browsers,
devices, or operating systems and you will need to opt-out again.
iii. Do Not Track
"Do Not Track" is a feature common to many browsers that
allows to you to inform websites that you do not consent to their tracking of
your online activities. Some websites do not respond to certain browser
"do not track" signals. Some of the opt-out will be effective only if
your browser is set to accept cookies. Deleting cookies, changing your browser
settings, switching computers, browsers, or operating systems may make it so
that you have to opt-out again.
7. How To Access and Update
Your Personal Information?
With respect to the Website:
·
You may need to provide certain
information in order to permit us to identify and
access the personal information you are seeking to review, correct, or
supplement.
8. How We Protect Your Personal
Information
The Company has certain security policies concerning the protection of
your personal information.
As a user of our Website, we rely on you to
help us and the online community. If you suspect a personal data breach, please
submit a message to us on our contact page as soon as possible. If we find a
data breach has occurred, we will take responsive action and notify users via
in-site notification within 72 hours.
We do not collect or process Sensitive Personal Information for the
purpose of making assumptions or inferences concerning the characteristics of
our customers or other individuals.
In some cases, we may process data based on your information that is
void of any specific identifiable characteristics or traits. If we choose to
use this this de-identified data, we will maintain this data in its
deidentified form, and no attempts will be made to reidentify any such data
unless permissible under applicable law.
THE COMPANY DOES NOT SELL PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.
Your personal information may be retained by Company in compliance with
our record keeping policies, safeguards, and applicable legal requirements.
Unless otherwise required by law, we will retain the personal information we
collect about you for a period of time reasonably necessary to achieve our
commercial purposes as set forth in this Privacy Policy, or for a period of
time as set forth in a notice of collection provided to you at the time
personal information is collected.
10. Contact Us
You can contact us with any questions about this Privacy Policy using
sending an email to legal@sapphiremedia.com
11. Miscellaneous
The terms of this Privacy Policy apply to the personal information of
all customers of the Company, including those who no longer do business with
the Company to the extent that certain personal information is still maintained
by the Company for legally permissible reasons.
The Website may offer products and some product listings or other pages
on the Website may include hyperlinks directing users to other websites. Please
note that in the case you click on one of these hyperlinks and are directed to
another website.
Conversely, you may have been directed to the Website by clicking on a
hyperlink embedded in another website or one of our digital advertisements.
Please note that clicking on these hyperlinks may result the collection of
certain information by the entities hosting and operating these webpages.
We advise that you review the privacy policies of such other websites
and webpages to understand your rights with regards to any such site's privacy
practices and information collection activities. This Privacy Policy does not
govern the privacy practices of those other websites, webpages, or entities.