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## 15\. Privacy Information for California Residents

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### 15.1 California Privacy Rights

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This section provides you with our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data in the 12 months prior to our last update to this Policy (see the date at the top). It also explains your rights regarding your personal data that we collect (as set forth in the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act or the "CCPA").

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**Categories of Information We Collect:**

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#### Categories of Information We Collect:

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- **Your contact details** (e.g. your name, address, email address, telephone number and username).

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- **Payment information** (e.g. bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information).

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- **Demographic information** (e.g. race, ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation).

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- **Purchase history & preferences** (e.g. records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies).

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- **Internet activity information** (e.g., browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement, or questions and other messages you address to us directly through online forms or by email).

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- **Inferences** (e.g. inferences about your about personal preferences and attributes drawn from profiling).

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- **Online identifiers** (e.g. IP address, ADID/IDFA, cookie IDs, internal identification numbers).

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- **Location data** (e.g. your city, state or country information).

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- **Application information** (for job applicants) (e.g. your passport number, driver's license or other state identification card number, education, and employment information)

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**Categories of Sources:**

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#### Categories of Sources:

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- You

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- Your device

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- Data partners.

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**Purpose of Collection**

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#### Purpose of Collection

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- To communicate with you, including to process your requests for products/services and/or information.

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- To register your Account.

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- To improve our Service, including to better understand our customer base, meet our diversity and inclusion goals; and to help our business partners do the same.

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- To enforce our User Agreement, and for the administration and protection of our business.

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- To comply with applicable law, regulations, and legal and regulatory processes.

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If you opt-in to do so, we may use your name and email address for our marketing purposes and to help our business partners with their marketing.

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**Disclosure or Sale of Personal Information**

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#### Disclosure or Sale of Personal Information

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| Categories of Information Disclosed or Sold: | Categories of Vendors or Other Entities We Share Information With: |

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| Your contact details | Our email service vendors, sweepstakes/promotions partners, social network partners, other vendors who assist in providing services on our behalf, and our business partners. |

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| Payment information | Our payment processing vendors. |

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| Demographic information | Our research and survey vendors, and our advertisers and other business partners. |

 ## 15\. Privacy Information for California Residents
 ### 15.1 California Privacy Rights
 This section provides you with our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data in the 12 months prior to our last update to this Policy (see the date at the top). It also explains your rights regarding your personal data that we collect (as set forth in the California Consumer Privacy Protection Act or the "CCPA").
+**Categories of Information We Collect:**
+#### Categories of Information We Collect:
 - **Your contact details** (e.g. your name, address, email address, telephone number and username).
 - **Payment information** (e.g. bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information).
 - **Demographic information** (e.g. race, ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation).
 - **Purchase history & preferences** (e.g. records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies).
 - **Internet activity information** (e.g., browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement, or questions and other messages you address to us directly through online forms or by email).
 - **Inferences** (e.g. inferences about your about personal preferences and attributes drawn from profiling).
 - **Online identifiers** (e.g. IP address, ADID/IDFA, cookie IDs, internal identification numbers).
 - **Location data** (e.g. your city, state or country information).
 - **Application information** (for job applicants) (e.g. your passport number, driver's license or other state identification card number, education, and employment information)
+**Categories of Sources:**
+#### Categories of Sources:
 - You
 - Your device
 - Data partners.
+**Purpose of Collection**
+#### Purpose of Collection
 - To communicate with you, including to process your requests for products/services and/or information.
 - To register your Account.
 - To improve our Service, including to better understand our customer base, meet our diversity and inclusion goals; and to help our business partners do the same.
 - To enforce our User Agreement, and for the administration and protection of our business.
 - To comply with applicable law, regulations, and legal and regulatory processes.
 If you opt-in to do so, we may use your name and email address for our marketing purposes and to help our business partners with their marketing.
+**Disclosure or Sale of Personal Information**
+#### Disclosure or Sale of Personal Information
 | Categories of Information Disclosed or Sold: | Categories of Vendors or Other Entities We Share Information With: |
 | --- | --- |
 | Your contact details | Our email service vendors, sweepstakes/promotions partners, social network partners, other vendors who assist in providing services on our behalf, and our business partners. |
 | Payment information | Our payment processing vendors. |
 | Demographic information | Our research and survey vendors, and our advertisers and other business partners. |
 - BuzzFeed Canada, Inc
 - BuzzFeed UK Limited
 - BuzzFeed GmbH (Germany)
 - BuzzFeed India Private Limited
 - BuzzFeed PTY, Ltd (Australia)
 - BuzzFeed Japan Corporation
+- BuzzFeed do Brasil Internet Ltda
 - Entertainment Contents Online Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
 - BuzzFeed Motion Pictures Inc.
 - Product Labs, Inc.
 - Torando Labs, Inc.
+- BF Acquisition Holding Corp.
+- BuzzFeed FC, Inc.
+- BuzzFeed Holdings, LLC
 - Lexland Studios, Inc (formerly known as BFMP Video, Inc.)
+- The HuffingtonPost.com, Inc.

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