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:

·       Geo-location

·       Type of device

·       Traffic information and cookies

·       Web browser

·       Information concerning your mobile device (i.e., model, operating system, other device characteristics, information about your mobile network)

·       Links you click on our Website

·       Media information (i.e., Advertising engagement in social, digital, and other mediums of media)

·       Internet Protocol Address

·       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:

·       marketing and advertising campaigns, including, targeting and re-targeting, and search engine optimization

·       improving our services

·       improving our Website, diagnosing problems with, administration of, our Website

·       compliance with legal and reporting requirements

·       Cross-platform user experience optimization

·       Advertising and analytics

·       Conducting research and analysis

·       Use as required by law

·       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

·       to uphold certain duties or obligations under applicable contracts

·       to enforce and protect certain rights under applicable contracts

·       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.