Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: January 1, 2023.
Last Updated January 31, 2023.

We care about your privacy and the security of your information. We believe that protecting your personally identifiable information, while also offering you a quality experience with Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. d/b/a Lightning Digital (“Lightning Digital”), is among our most important tasks.

This Privacy Policy sets forth the privacy practices in conjunction with your access to Lightning Digital’s print and digital products and services of Lightning Digital (also referred to as “LD”, “we”, “us” or “our”). These products and services include the Lightning Digital, our websites, email newsletters, social media pages, mobile and other applications owned and operated by us, our offline contacts, and to any other services that display this notice (collectively referred to as the “LD Services”). This Privacy Policy does not apply to certain of our products and services that display a different privacy policy.

The LD Services contain links to other websites for your convenience and information. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites.

Privacy Policy Summary

When you use or interact with a website, mobile app or other digital service (each an “LD Service”) operated or owned by Lightning Digital, we and third parties may collect or obtain certain information about you. We also collect information when you communicate or interact with us, whether online, in person or through other means. In this summary section, we provide an overview of our privacy practices with regard to your personal information. Please review our full Privacy Policy below for a detailed explanation of our practices.

What Information We Obtain

Information you provide when you use the LD Services, including when you sign up for subscriptions, create an account or register through the LD Services. This may include your contact, payment or demographic information.
Information you submit when you choose to participate in a survey, sweepstakes, contest, promotion, event or similar initiative.
Information you give us about others, such as a friend’s contact information when you order a gift subscription.
In email, text or other electronic messages between you and us.
Information collected when you interact with advertising or other applications on our website or third party websites, if those advertisements or applications include links to this policy.
Information collected by automated means such as cookies or pixels. This may include information about your device and browser, including IP address or mobile device advertising identifiers, as well as information about how you and others use, interact with or respond to the LD Services. This collection may take place while you are using a LD Service or while the LD Service is running in the background of your device.
Precise location information associated with your device when location services are active.
Information we obtain from other sources, such as business partners, data suppliers and social media platforms.

How We Use Information We Obtain

To process your requests and provide you with the LD Services, including to deliver customized content or recommendations. Note that we use your payment card information (such as your card number and expiration date) for limited purposes such as to process your transaction (including recurring payments, if applicable), to provide you with the requested products or services and to protect our rights or the rights of others.
To learn about users of the LD Services and analyze how you and others interact with and respond to the LD Services.
To communicate with you, including to send you marketing and promotional communications.
For advertising and marketing purposes, including to deliver interest-based ads, for cross-device linking and to analyze the performance of advertising and marketing activities.
To protect our rights and the rights of others.

How We Share Information

Within the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. group of publications and services.
With service providers that perform services or handle transactions on our behalf.
With advertisers, advertising- and marketing-related services providers and partners as well as companies that help us learn how you and others interact with our content.
With social media platforms and similar services, including when you interact with our LD Services that integrate tools and services provided by social media platforms.
With business partners, such as when we partner with a third party to offer products or services on a co-branded basis.
Other parties when required by law or as necessary to protect our rights, and in the context of corporate transactions.
With your consent or otherwise at your direction.
With Data Aggregators.

Your Choices, Including Marketing and Interest-Based Ads Opt-Outs

You may take steps to limit the use of your information for interest-based advertising on your browser or mobile device.
You may unsubscribe from our marketing or promotional emails by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in our emails, or for certain LD Services, by logging into your account and adjusting your preferences.
California residents have additional rights and opt-outs with regard to the use of personal information under applicable law, including but not limited to, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2022. For more information on these additional rights and opt-outs, see the Privacy Notice for California Residents available here: https://www.reviewjournal.com/privacy/californiaresidents

Additional Information

We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.
The LD Services are operated from the United States. Information may be processed and stored in the United States or other countries.
The LD Services are not intended for use by children under the age of 13.
This Privacy Policy is part of our Terms of Service, which govern your use of the LD Services and any disputes related to your use of the LD Services (including our use of your information) will be resolved per the dispute resolution provision in the Terms of Service.
If you are accessing the LD Services from the European Economic Area, additional provisions may be relevant for you. These are included at the end of this Privacy Policy.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS: California residents may be provided with additional privacy rights under applicable law, including but not limited to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by California Privacy Rights Act of 2020. For more information, see the Privacy Notice for California Residents available here: https://www.lightningdigital.com/ca-privacy-policy/

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, email us at privacy@reviewjournal.com or write us at:
Las Vegas Lightning Digital Inc., P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125 Attn: Privacy Officers

PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction
What Information We Obtain
How We Use Information We Obtain
How We Share Information
Your Choices, Including Marketing and Interest-Based Ads Opt-Outs
Additional Information for California Residents
How We Protect Your Information
Non-U.S. Visitors
Children’s Privacy Rights
Links to Third-Party Websites, Mobile Apps or Other Services
Careers/Job Opportunities
Dispute Resolution/Terms of Service
Changes to This PRIVACY POLICY
Contact Us
Additional Information for European Visitors

INTRODUCTION

This Privacy Policy applies to our physical location(s), the website, mobile application or other digital service (each a “LD Service”) linking to this Privacy Policy and owned or operated by Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. d/b/a Lightning Digital (“Lightning Digital”, “LD”, “we”, “us” or “our”). This Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices of the Lightning Digital only and does not cover the practices of other companies, including those that may advertise or sponsor content, products or services on the LD Services.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is to not to use the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service, purchase from us, provide us with your information, or otherwise communicate or interact with us. By accessing or using any LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service, providing us with any information, purchasing our goods or services, or otherwise communicating or interacting with us, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see the Changes to This Privacy Policy section below). Your continued use of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, our products or services, provision of information, or other communication or interaction with us after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Privacy Policy periodically for updates.

WHAT INFORMATION WE OBTAIN

We collect or obtain information from you in a variety of ways, including, when you use an LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service, when you purchase our goods or services, when you communicate or interact with us through telephone communications, traditional mail, email, text or other methods, through your interaction with advertising or applications on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services or third party sites (if the advertisement or application references, or links to, this Privacy Policy). This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services if this Privacy Policy is not referenced or linked. Further, this policy does not apply to any Personal Information collected from or about any of our employees or our affiliates’ employees or the web pages hosting our careers or job opportunities. Any employee information is protected by our employee policies and information obtained through our careers or job opportunities pages is governed by the privacy policy published thereon.

The information that we obtain or collect may include information that directly identifies you or your household such as your name, address, or contact information or other identifiers that could be used to identify you or your household (this type of information may be called “Personal Information”). The information we obtain generally consists of information (1) you give us about yourself, (2) you give us about others, (3) automatically collected about your interactions with the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and our content or ads on third-party websites, apps or other media, and (4) we get from other sources.

Information you give us

We may ask you to provide information about yourself when you use the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, when you purchase a product or service, or when you communicate or interact with us or the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services or you interact with advertising or applications on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service or third party sites. For example, to subscribe to one of our newsletters or news alerts, you will need to give us an email address. You may not be able to use certain features if you choose not to submit the requested information.

The information you give us may include details such as:

Contact information (e.g., name, mailing address, email address or phone number).
Demographic, interests and household information (e.g., age, gender or education).
Payment information for subscriptions or purchases made through the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services (e.g., payment card number, expiration date and billing information).
Comments, photos, videos and other content or information you choose to publish on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services or otherwise share with us.
Information you provide when you make subscription choices, including your choice of a username, password, and associated email address.
Information you provide when you choose to participate in surveys, polls, sweepstakes, contests or promotions (including information about your participation in activities that may generate loyalty or rewards points).
Location information, which may include precise location information when you permit the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services to access device location. To prevent the collection of precise location information, please refer to
instructions provided by your mobile service provider or device manufacturer.
Other information you may allow us to access through your device’s permissions settings, such as your contacts or address book.
Transactional and activity information (e.g., requests, searches or orders).

Information you give us about others

You may give us information about other people, such as the name and email of a friend or contact with whom you want to share an article or the name and address of a gift subscription recipient. Do not give us information about others unless you are authorized or have their consent to do so. Under no circumstances may you provide us information about anyone under the age of 13 (See Children’s Privacy Rights section below). We will use their information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Information automatically collected

The LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services automatically log certain information about visits to the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, such as the number and frequency of visitors, technical information about browsers and devices used to access the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, and information about crashes or other technical issues. In addition, we and third parties may automatically collect certain information through automated means about your activities over time across the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services as well as across third-party sites, apps or other media. The tools that collect this information vary depending on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and include technologies such as cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, pixels, local shared objects (including HTML5 cookies) and software development kits (“SDKs”). These technologies may be included in our web pages, mobile apps, emails, and other digital content and are as follows:

Cookies. When you use the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, we may place small files, called “cookies” onto your computer. Cookies are data files that websites write onto computer hard drives for record keeping purposes when you visit them. The cookie file then identifies you as a unique user. Cookies make your use of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service more pleasing and efficient by “personalizing” your LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service experience and gathering website statistical data, such as which parts of the Website you have previously visited, what material you downloaded, your Internet provider’s domain name and country, and the addresses of websites you linked from immediately before and linked to immediately after the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service. They enable us to tailor the information you receive and to assist our partners or other third party organizations with whom we have strategic alliances by identifying you as our customer or LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service user. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, unless you have configured yours not to accept them. You can program your browser not to accept cookies, but if you do, you may not be able to use certain portions of the Website and the Website will not be able to customize certain features according to your preferences.
Web Beacons. Small graphic images or web programming code called web beacons (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) may be included on the pages of the Website and in email messages we send you. Web beacons or other similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, such as to count visitors to the Website, or to count how many particular articles or links posted on the website were actually viewed.

While specific types of cookies and technologies may change from time to time as we improve and update the Services, cookies used by the Services generally fall into the categories below:

Security and Authentication (Strictly Necessary Cookies): These cookies are essential to provide you with the Services and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, we can’t provide parts of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services that you request, like secure login accounts and transactional pages.
Performance & Functionality Cookies: We use performance cookies to analyze how the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services are being accessed and used, or how the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services are performing in order to maintain, operate and continually improve the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services about choices you’ve made and allow us to customize the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services to you. When you continue to use or return to the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, we can remember choices you make (such as login credentials, language preference, country location or other online settings) and provide the personalized or enhanced features that you select.
Social Networks: Some technologies help you to interact with social networks you are signed into while using the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, such as sharing content with the social network, logging in with the social network, and other features you employ with the social network, or that are allowed in the social network’s privacy policy. These may be set and controlled by the social networks, and your preferences with those social networks. You can manage your privacy preferences for these social networks and their tools and widgets via your account with the social network.
Advertising or Targeting Cookies: These cookies allow us and third parties to gather information about the content you’re browsing, your visit, or your interaction with ads and our communications, and to display ads that are relevant to you and measure their effectiveness. Certain third party cookies may also track your activity across various sites to display ads relevant to you and your interests on third party sites and applications. Most advertising or targeting cookies set by the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services belong to our service providers.

The tools may assign or collect unique cookie IDs or other identifiers associated with your browser or device. The tools may collect information while you are using our LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service or while they are running in the background of your device.

The information automatically collected may include:

Information about your computer, device, browser and operating system (e.g., type, model, or version).
Internet protocol (IP) address, which may be used to derive your general geographic area (e.g., city and country).
Device identifiers (e.g., mobile advertising IDs).
Information about your interactions with the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, including browsing activities and clickstream data that reflect the content you have accessed, clicked on, or viewed.
Information about how you accessed the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, including details about websites or apps visited immediately before or after accessing a Digital Service.
Demographic, interests and household information.
Information about your interactions with email messages and other communications, such as whether you opened or forwarded the email or clicked on links contained in the email.

Information we obtain from other sources

We receive information about you from other sources and it may be combined with other information about you. For example, we may obtain data from:

Operators of third-party sites or apps, content distribution channels and platforms (e.g., Roku, Amazon Fire TV), voice-activated assistants (e.g., Amazon Alexa, Google Home) or other devices and technologies when you interact with our content, products, services or ads available on those channels and platforms. The information we receive may include information about the content you view or access as well as your demographic information and information about your interests.
Third-party data suppliers such as data aggregators, data resellers, public databases and business partners. They may provide us with demographic information, information about your purchases, and other information that helps us learn about you and other users of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services.
Social Media Platforms and similar services (“Social Media Platforms”). When you engage with our content or ads on Social Media Platforms, or interact with features on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services that contain content or features provided by Social Media Platforms (e.g., login or sign in features or tools that allow you to share our content with others on Social Media Platforms), we may obtain information from Social Media Platforms, including your username, user ID, demographic information and other information, subject to the settings and privacy practices of the relevant Social Media Platform. We may obtain this information directly from the Social Media Platform or through plug-ins, integrations or applications. Please keep in mind that the operators of the Social Media Platforms may also gather information about your use of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and their features and tools.

HOW WE USE INFORMATION WE OBTAIN

If you make a purchase or place an order through or in connection with an LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service, through our third-party processor Authorize.net, we use your payment card information (e.g., your card number and expiration date) for limited purposes such as to process your transaction (including recurring payments, if applicable), to provide you with the requested products or services, and for the purposes described under the section “To protect our rights or the rights of others” below. To find out more information about how Authorize.net collects, uses, and protects your payment card information, please review their Privacy Policy, bearing in mind that, while linked, LIGHTNING DIGITAL does not control or have any control over third-party websites such as Authorize.net and is not responsible for anything that happens on any third-party website.

With respect to information other than your payment card information, we use that information:

To provide you with the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and to sell our products and services. This includes:

Processing your requests regarding the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and our subscriptions, products or services, or your participation in a survey, sweepstakes, contest, promotion, event or similar initiative.
Processing your account, including, at times, verifying that the e-mail address you provide is active and valid.
Providing customer assistance or technical support.
Responding to inquiries.
Providing customer services and resolving any complaints or other issues.
Improve our LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and resolving any technical problems.
Customizing content, providing recommendations and enhancing the quality and your overall experience with the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, including by retaining your user preferences or presenting content in the most effective manner for the browser or device you use to access the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services.
Maintaining, operating, improving and developing the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and related content, products or services, including developing new products and features based on users’ interactions with the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services.
Ensuring compliance with our Terms of Services.
Complying with applicable laws and regulations.
Learning about users of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and analyzing how you and others interact with and respond to the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, including by measuring and optimizing usage, reliability and performance, conducting market research, analyzing trends, and supporting our operations (e.g., for accounting, auditing, financial, legal or other purposes).
For any other purpose disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or pursuant to your consent.

To communicate and otherwise interact with you. This includes:

Sending you informational messages about the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services (e.g., to confirm your subscription or notify you of changes to a LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service).
Delivering marketing or promotional communications, including offers or promotions about our or third parties’ products, services or other initiatives.
Responding to your questions or addressing your requests.
Communicating with you about surveys, sweepstakes, contests, promotions or events.
For any other purpose disclosed to you at the time we collect your information or pursuant to your consent.

For advertising and marketing purposes, including interest-based advertising. This includes:

Developing, managing and conducting advertising and marketing campaigns, promotions and offers, including about our content, products and services or third parties’ products, services and other initiatives.
Interest-based advertising (also known as targeted or personalized advertising or ads) is advertising based on your interests as inferred from your activities over time on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and online services operated by third parties, as well as information from other sources. Interest-based ads may consist of text ads, images, animations or videos and may be displayed to you based on various factors, including the context of the site or app in which they appear (e.g., business or sports section), information you provided to the operator of the site or app (e.g., when you created an account), your activities on the site or app (e.g., pages viewed, searches performed or ads clicked), and information such as your demographic, interests and household information.
On the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and on third-party sites, apps or other media, we, our service providers and third parties may use automated means to (a) collect information for interest-based advertising purposes or (b) serve you interest-based ads. These automated means vary depending on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and include technologies such as cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, pixels, local shared objects (including HTML5 cookies) and SDKs (software development kits). These technologies may use unique identifiers associated with your browser or device to support interest-based advertising.
We may use online and offline information we obtain about you, including your Personal Information, for interest-based advertising purposes. We may aggregate the information we obtain to create audiences that are most likely to respond to ads based on demographic, interests or household information.
Interest-based ads may be displayed to you by third parties, such as ad networks or exchanges.
There are steps you can take to limit the collection of your information for interest-based advertising purposes. These steps vary for the web and mobile app environments and are browser and device specific. To learn more about interest-based advertising and opt-out choices, see http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and here.
In serving interest-based ads, we adhere to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising developed by the Digital Advertising Alliance.
Cross-device linking. If you access the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services from multiple browsers or devices, we, our service providers and third parties may try to establish connections among and link the different browsers and devices you use to access the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and our content or ads published elsewhere. This helps us provide you with a seamless experience across the browsers and devices you use and serve you with more relevant content and ads (e.g., so that we don’t show you the same article twice). See here for steps you can take to limit browser and mobile app tracking for interest-based advertising purposes.
Analyzing and measuring the performance, effectiveness and reach of our advertising (including interest-based ads) and marketing efforts on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and elsewhere.

To protect our rights or the rights of others. This includes:

Detecting, preventing and responding to fraud or potentially illegal activities, misuse of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, intellectual property infringement or other violations of law, this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service or other Las Vegas Review-Journal policies.
Performing audits, assessments and testing or troubleshooting activities.
Backing up our systems (including for disaster recovery purposes) and enhancing the overall security of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services.
Complying with and enforcing applicable industry and legal requirements (including legal process such as court orders, warrants or subpoenas) and fulfilling contractual obligations.

There are other disclosures for California residents in Privacy Notice for California Residents, which is available at https://www.lightningdigital.com/ca-privacy-policy/

HOW WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

We may disclose the information we obtain with:

Affiliates. We work closely with our affiliates with whom we share your information as necessary or appropriate to operate the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services.

Contractors, Third Party Service Providers and Other Third Parties. In connection with the operation and provision of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and operations of our businesses, we engage various third parties to provide services or handle transactions on our behalf, such as payment card processing, email distribution, list processing, postal mailing, cloud computing, analytics, digital content performance measurement, ad serving and managing sweepstakes, contests, promotions or events. These third parties are contractually bound to keep the information confidential and only use the information we provide to them for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

Advertisers, Advertising- and Marketing-Related Service Providers and Partners. We may provide your information to advertisers, advertising agencies, ad networks, ad exchanges, marketing businesses, technology vendors and other entities that create, deliver and assess advertising or marketing campaigns, including interest-based ads. We contractually require these third parties to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them. For more information, see Your Choices, Including Marketing and Interest-Based Ads Opt-Outs section below, and for California residents, see our Privacy Notice for California Residents at https://www.lightningdigital.com/ca-privacy-policy/

Content Measurement Companies. We and third parties seek to measure the performance of content across the internet, including on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services. We may include third-party measurement software in the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services to enable market research or to measure digital and video content consumption. We contractually require these third parties to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them. For more information, see Your Choices, Including Marketing and Interest-Based Ads Opt-Outs section below, and for California residents, see our Privacy Notice for California Residents at https://www.lightningdigital.com/ca-privacy-policy/.

Social Media Platforms. If you interact with social media widgets, share content using social media share buttons, or access features of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services that contain content or features provided by Social Media Platforms, the relevant Social Media Platforms may collect information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of the Social Media Platforms that you engage with as we are not responsible for their privacy practices.

Business Partners. We may provide your information to business partners including, without limitation, joint marketing partners and content sponsors, for various purposes. For example, we may partner with a third party to offer products on a co-branded, co-sponsored or cross-promotional basis that involves the sharing of information. These initiatives may be offered on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services or on other media. We contractually require these third parties to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them. For more information, see Your Choices, Including Marketing and Interest-Based Ads Opt-Outs section below, and for California residents, see our Privacy Notice for California Residents at https://www.lightningdigital.com/ca-privacy-policy/.

Other Parties When Required by Law or As Necessary to Protect Our Rights. We may share your information as we believe is necessary or appropriate to protect, enforce, or defend our legal rights, the privacy or safety of our employees, users of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services or other individuals and entities, or to comply with or enforce applicable industry standards, law or legal process, including responding to court orders, warrants, subpoenas and other requests from public and government authorities.

Corporate Transactions. We reserve the right to transfer any of the information we have about you to proceed with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets to a third party, such as in the event of a merger, acquisition or other disposition, or in connection with a bankruptcy reorganization, dissolution, or liquidation.

Data Aggregators

With Your Consent or Otherwise at Your Direction. In addition, we may share your information with third parties when you consent to or request such sharing.

YOUR CHOICES, INCLUDING MARKETING AND INTEREST-BASED ADS OPT-OUTS

California residents have additional rights and opt-outs with regard to the use of personal information under applicable law, including but not limited to, , the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2022 (“CPRA”). For more information on these additional rights and opt-outs, see the Privacy Notice for California Residents available here: https://www.lightningdigital.com/ca-privacy-policy/

Direct Marketing Opt-Outs

Email marketing. You may opt out of receiving marketing or promotional emails from us by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link contained in such emails. Depending on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service you use, you also may be able to opt out of marketing or promotional emails by logging into your account and managing your email preferences. Please keep in mind that if you opt out of receiving marketing or promotional emails, we may still send you transactional emails or other communications relating to your use of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services (e.g., to confirm your subscription, to inform you of changes to an LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service or in response to your password recovery request).
Text message marketing. If you choose to participate in a text message marketing campaign or promotion offered in connection with a LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service, you may opt out of receiving marketing texts from us by following the instructions contained in those messages (e.g., texting the word STOP) or provided to you when you elected to receive text message marketing.
Direct mail. You may request that we stop sending you postal mail offers through the US post office by notifying us in writing at Lightning Digital, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125, Attn: Privacy Officers. Please indicate in your correspondence the name of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service or publication to which your request applies.
Marketing by Third Parties. We may provide your contact information to third parties for their own marketing purposes. To request that third parties do not use your postal mailing contact information for their own marketing purposes (if we have your postal address), you may notify us in writing at Lightning Digital, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125, Attn: Privacy Officers. Please indicate in your correspondence the name of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service or publication to which your request applies. In addition, you may be able to request that third parties do not use your email address (if we have it) for their own marketing purposes by logging into your account or the preferences center (if available) for the relevant LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service and adjusting your email preferences.
Co-Branded, Co-Sponsored or Cross-Promotional Offerings. If you choose to participate in a co-branded, co-sponsored or cross-promotional offering, the brand, sponsor or other third party involved in that offering may use your information for its own purposes, including advertising and marketing purposes. You must contact the relevant third party directly to exercise your opt out choices with respect to such party’s use of your information.

Interest-Based Ads Opt-Outs

Some of the ads you see on the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services are interest-based ads. This means that these ads are customized based on the information we and others obtain about you. We describe below steps you can take to limit tracking of your activities and the delivery of interest-based ads in browsers and mobile apps you use to access the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services. Please keep in mind that if you opt out of interest-based ads, you will still see ads, but these ads will not be based on your inferred interests. In addition, if you take the steps described below, some automated means may still be used to collect information about your interactions with the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services for the other purposes described in this Privacy Policy (e.g., to remember user preferences or enable specific functionality).

The technologies used to deliver ads on websites and mobile apps differ. Please also remember that opt-outs are browser and device-specific.

Website (Browser) Opt-Out

Disabling Cookies. Most browsers accept cookies by default. You may be able to change the settings to have your browser refuse certain cookies or notify you before accepting cookies.
If you choose to disable the use of cookies in your web browser, some features of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services may become difficult to use or unavailable.

Opt-out Cookies. You can follow the instructions provided by the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) here and/or the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) here to place an opt-out cookie on your browser. These opt-out cookies enable you to block participating companies from installing future cookies on your computer or browser.
If you place opt-out cookies but subsequently clear or delete cookies on your computer or device browser, your opt-out cookies may be deleted and you may have to renew your opt- out choices for that specific browser.
The opt-out mechanisms offered by the DAA and NAI are provided by third parties. Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. does not control or operate these mechanisms or the choices provided through these mechanisms.

Mobile App Opt-Out

Device Settings. To limit interest-based advertising on your mobile device, you can review and adjust the settings provided by your device manufacturer, such as “Limit Ad Tracking” for iOS or “Opt-out of interest-based ads ” for Android.
AppChoices Application. You can download the “AppChoices” application provided by the DAA from your app store. AppChoices offers a mechanism to limit the collection of app data used for interest-based ads by participating companies. See here for more.
Please keep in mind that as the mobile environment continues to evolve, additional opt-out mechanisms or privacy settings may become available to you. We encourage you to review the information on opt-outs and settings that device manufacturers, technology companies and industry associations make available to you.

Additional Choices

User account. If you have created an account on an LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service, you may be able to review some of your information for that account by logging in and updating your information or user preferences.
Device Settings. For relevant LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, you may be able to review and adjust your preferences by updating the settings on your device (e.g., permitting us to collect precise location information).
Push Notifications. If an LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service enables push notifications on your device, you may review and update your push notification preferences by adjusting the settings on your device. For example, you can select the relevant app from “Notifications” (for iOS devices) or “App notifications” (for Android devices) and turn off alerts accordingly.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Your California Privacy Rights

California residents may be provided with additional privacy rights under applicable law, including but not limited to the CCPA and the CPRA. For more information, please see the Privacy Notice for California Residents available here: https://www.lightningdigital.com/ca-privacy-policy/

Do Not Track

Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. does not currently take steps to respond to browsers “Do Not Track” signals as no uniform standard to respond to such signals has been developed at this time.

SPECIAL NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS: California residents may be provided with additional privacy rights under applicable law, including but not limited to the CCPA and the CPRA. For more information, see the Privacy Notice for California Residents available here: https://www.lightningdigital.com/ca-privacy-policy/

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We use a variety of security measures, technologies and procedures designed to protect information from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we make reasonable efforts to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

NON-U.S. VISITORS

We operate the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services from the United States. Any information we obtain about you in connection with your use of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services may be processed and stored in the United States or other countries.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY RIGHTS

The LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services are not intended for use by children, especially those under the age of 13. Minors under 18 and at least 13 years of age are only permitted to use our Service through an account owned by a parent or legal guardian with their appropriate permission and under their direct supervision. We do not currently market to, solicit, or create special areas for use by children. Those under may not attempt to register for an LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service or send any information to us, including name, address, telephone number, or email address. In the event that we discover that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Information to us, in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (please see the Federal Trade Commission’s website at https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/privacy-and-security/children%27s-privacy for more information about this Act), we will delete the child’s Personal Information from our files to the extent technologically possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at privacy@reviewjournal.com.

LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES, MOBILE APPS OR OTHER SERVICES

The LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services may contain links to websites, mobile apps or other services operated by companies not affiliated with Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. In addition, the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services may be made available to you through third-party platforms (such as app stores or Social Media Platforms) or other channels. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any non-LIGHTNING DIGITAL operated websites, mobile apps or other services and channels, and we encourage you to review the privacy policies or notices published by relevant third parties.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION/TERMS OF SERVICE

Any dispute concerning the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services (including our use of your Personal Information) will be resolved per the dispute resolution provision in the Terms of Service, which govern your use of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services. Please take a few minutes to read the Terms of Service before using the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our privacy practices or applicable laws. In accordance with applicable law, we may make such changes without prior notice. We will publish the updated version on the relevant LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and indicate at the top of the Privacy Policy when it was most recently updated. Your use of the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services will be governed by the then-current version of the Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at privacy@reviewjournal.com.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR EUROPEAN VISITORS

With regard to visitors from one of the European Economic Association, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Inc. provides the following additional information regarding our US-based LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services. LIGHTNING DIGITAL does not claim to be subject to, or in full compliance with, any non-US privacy law. LIGHTNING DIGITAL provides the following information for informational purposes only and, as a courtesy, to assist European visitors in controlling our processing of your information.

Who is Responsible for Your Information?

If you use or interact with a LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service then LIGHTNING DIGITAL is controlling the collection and processing of such information (a “data controller” as such is defined under applicable privacy laws) . The contact details for this entity are provided in the “Contact Us” section above.

Legal Bases for Using Your Information

We process Personal Information for different purposes (as described in the “How We Use Information We Obtain” section, above) on the following legal bases:

To perform our contractual obligations to you. We and our service providers process your information to perform our contractual obligations to you when we use your information to provide you with the Las Vegas Review-Journal Services and related content, products or services and to communicate with you. For example, when you purchase a subscription from us, we process your payment and contact information as necessary to confirm the subscription and we process your contact information and other details to provide you with support services you request. We also send you informational communications on this basis, including to confirm a subscription or to notify you of a change to a LIGHTNING DIGITAL Service. Failure to provide requested information could prevent or delay the fulfillment of our contractual obligations.
To pursue our legitimate interests. We process your information to meet our legitimate interests when we use your information to provide you with the Las Vegas Review-Journal Services and related content, products or services, to communicate with you and for our advertising and marketing purposes. For example, our legitimate interests include making improvements to, customizing and understanding how you interact with the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services and related content, products or services, and sending you communications about products and services we think may be of interest to you. To accomplish our legitimate interests, we may share your information with our affiliates and subsidiaries, service providers and business partners (including for our advertising and marketing purposes) and in the context of a corporate transaction. We maintain safeguards to protect the information we process to pursue our legitimate interests.
To comply with our legal obligations. We process and share your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations when we use your information to protect our rights or the rights of others and when we share your information with other parties where required by law or as necessary to protect our rights. For example, we are required to collect certain information from you when processing your subscription payment for tax or financial reporting reasons.
With your consent. We obtain your consent to process your information when we are required to do so by law. If consent is the legal basis on which we process your Personal Information, you can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section above.

Your Rights Over Your Information

In certain circumstances, you may have certain rights regarding the use of your Personal Information, including the right to access or object to the use of Personal Information that we hold about you (including in relation to direct marketing). Under certain data privacy and protection laws or regulations, individuals also have the right to request that we rectify, update, erase, restrict or to share their Personal Information in a usable format with another company. All of these requests are subject to applicable law and whether or not such law is applicable to you and to us. We encourage you to contact us to update or correct your information if it changes or if the Personal Information we hold about you is inaccurate.

If you would like to discuss or exercise such rights, please contact us at privacy@reviewjournal.com. We will contact you if we need additional information from you in order to honor your requests.

Storing Your Information

We will keep your Personal Information for as long as we have a relationship with you. Once our relationship with you has come to an end, we will retain your Personal Information for a period of time that enables us to:

Maintain business records for analysis, understanding market trends and/or audit purposes and to improve the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services.
Comply with record retention requirements under applicable laws or other relevant legal or regulatory requirements.
Defend, establish, exercise or bring any existing or potential legal claims.
Carry out fraud detection and prevention.
Deal with any complaints regarding the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services, our products and services.

We will delete your Personal Information when it is no longer required for these purposes. If there is any information that we are unable, for technical reasons, to delete from our systems, we will put in place appropriate measures to prevent any further processing or use of the data.

International Data Transfers

Information collected through the LIGHTNING DIGITAL Services will be processed in and subject to the laws of the United States, which may not provide the same level of protection for your Personal Information as your home country. If we transfer personal data from the European Economic Area, UK and Switzerland, we will comply with applicable law and where required put in place appropriate safeguards, including, to the extent required, the European Commission-approved standard contractual clauses. For more information on these safeguards, please contact us at the details provided in the “Contact Us” section above.

Changes to the PRIVACY POLICY

Where changes to this Privacy Policy have a fundamental impact on the nature of the processing or otherwise have a substantial impact on you, we will endeavor to give you advanced notice so that you have the opportunity to exercise your rights (e.g. to object to the processing).

Privacy Officers and Complaints

Our Privacy Officers can be contacted at privacy@reviewjournal.com.

We are committed to working with you to obtain a fair resolution in the event you have a complaint or concern about privacy. If, however, you believe that we have not been able to assist with your complaint or concern, you have the right to make a complaint to a data protection authority.

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