BuzzFeed Privacy Policy

ARCHIVED 2012-11-06, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20121106_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20111002_rev01

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 ### How does BuzzFeed.com use my personal information?
 The more we know about you, the better we are able to customize our web site to suit your personal preferences and interests. The e-mail address you provide may be used by us for any reason, such as contacting you for editorial purposes, advising you of any changes to our site, or alerting you when we link from BuzzFeed to your site. We may also from time to time send you messages about our marketing partners' products. When you sign up for our updates or receive e-mail messages from BuzzFeed.com, you will always be given the chance to opt-out of special offers and site updates. You may change your preferences at any time and will only be contacted in manners consistent with your stated preferences.
 Non-personally identifiable information (such as stated above) may be shared in aggregate form with our advertisers or marketing partners but your personally identifiable information will never be disclosed to them.
+### How Does BuzzFeed Use Third Party Cookies?
+Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies, including first-party (such as Google Analytics) and third party (such as DoubleClick) cookies, to inform, optimize, re-market and serve ads based on your prior visits to this website. You have the option to opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting the [Google advertising opt-out page](http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html) or [Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/). Alternatively you can opt out of cookies by visiting the [Network Advertising Initiative opt out page.](http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp)
 ### Is there anything else I should know about my privacy and BuzzFeed.com?
 Any information you disclose voluntarily through submissions or in any forums we may develop in the future becomes public information. We cannot control the actions of our site users and advise you to use your discretion in sharing information about yourself on the internet. All information sharing is optional and done so at your own risk. Privacy is a very personal matter and we encourage you to be careful and responsible when disclosing personal information online.