Privacy Policy and Your Privacy Rights

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11## PRIVACY POLICY AND YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
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3[CALIFORNIA NOTICE OF COLLECTION](https://www.latimes.com/privacy-policy)
3[CALIFORNIA NOTICE OF COLLECTION]()
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5**_Last updated on September 30, 2020._**
5**_Last updated July 1, 2021._**
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7En español: POLÍTICA DE PRIVACIDAD Y SUS DERECHOS DE PRIVACIDAD
7En español: [POLÍTICA DE PRIVACIDAD Y SUS DERECHOS DE PRIVACIDAD](https://www.latimes.com/espanol/privacidad)
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99Los Angeles Times Communications LLC and its Affiliates ("Los Angeles Times," "we," "us," or "our") operate newspapers, and news, entertainment, and informational websites, and other print and digital products and services. In this Privacy Policy, "Affiliates" refers to subsidiaries and entities in which Los Angeles Times or its subsidiaries operate or have an ownership interest.
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1111This Privacy Policy applies only to the information Los Angeles Times and its Affiliates collect through the websites, mobile applications, electronic devices, kiosks, and all other print and digital products and services we provide, any other services that display this Privacy Policy, and all of the associated content, functionalities and advertising (collectively, the "Services"). This Privacy Policy governs the Services regardless of how you access them. Some Services may have a specific, separate privacy policy that will govern use of those Services. This Privacy Policy describes:
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13131\. the information we collect and how we collect it;
209209This Supplemental Privacy Notice supplements the information in our Privacy Policy above and applies solely to California residents. It applies to personal information we collect on or through the Services and through other means (such as information collected offline, in person, and over the telephone). It does not apply to personal information we collect from our employees or job applicants.
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211211## 16.1 Summary of Information We Collect
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213213California law, including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 and related regulations (the "CCPA"), requires us to disclose information regarding the categories of personal information that we have collected about California consumers, the categories of sources from which the information was collected, the business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined by applicable law) for which the information was collected, and the categories of parties with whom we share personal information.
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215## 16.2 California Notice of Collection
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217## California Notice of Collection
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219217(a) We or our service providers may collect the below categories of information for the following business or commercial purposes (as those terms are defined in applicable law):
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221219- providing the Services (e.g., account servicing and maintenance, customer service, analytics, and communication about the Services);
222220- our or our service provider's operational purposes;
223221- auditing consumer interactions on our site;
224222- detecting, protecting against, and prosecuting security incidents and fraudulent or illegal activity;
489487If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under California law or would like to exercise any of them, please: (i) contact us at [latimes.com/dsar](https://latimes.com/dsar) ; or (ii) email us at privacy@latimes.com.
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491489You may have the right to receive information about the financial incentives that we offer to you (if any). You also have the right to not be discriminated against (as provided for in applicable law) for exercising certain of your rights. Certain information may be exempt from such requests under applicable law. We need certain types of information so that we can provide the Services to you. If you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access or use the Services.
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493491## 16.4 Metrics
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495California law may require us to compile metrics for the previous calendar year regarding consumer requests and responses. If required by applicable law, we will update this section after the CCPA has been in effect for a calendar year.
493California law requires us to compile metrics for the previous calendar year regarding consumer requests and responses. Below are certain metrics for requests we received from all individuals (including California residents) between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020.
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495| **Request Type** | **Number of Requests Received** | **Number of Requests Denied (Due to No Verification)** | **Number of Requests Verified and Processed** | **Mean Number of Days for Processing Verified Requests** |
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497| Know/Access
498(requests to know/access) | 55 | 15 | 40 | 60 |
499| Delete
500(requests to delete) | 169 | 33 | 136 | 50 |
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502| **Request Type** | **Number of Requests Received** | **Mean Number of Days for Processing Verified Requests** |
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504| Opt-out
505(request to opt-out of sale of personal information) | 13,201 | Automated |
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497507## 16.5 California Shine the Light
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499509California law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their 'personal information' (if any, and as defined under applicable California law) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information, please submit your request in an email at privacy@latimes.com.
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501511## 16.6 Additional California Rights
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503513If you are a California resident under the age of 18 and are a registered User of our Services, you may be entitled to request that we remove from our Services content you posted to our Services that can be accessed by any other User (whether registered or not). Please note that any content that is removed from our Services may still remain on our servers and in our systems. To request removal of content under this provision, please send an email to privacy@latimes.com and provide us with a description of the content and the location of the content on our Services, and any other information we may require to consider your request. Please note that removal of content under this provision does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information posted on the Services by you.
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