MediaFire Privacy Policy and User Notice

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 ## **MediaFire's Privacy Policy and User Notice**
 ## Introduction
+We do our best to comply with the rapidly changing privacy policies globally. If we are missing something, let us know at [rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay](ailtomay:rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay).
+We strive to comply with global privacy regulations, including GDPR. If you have any concerns or believe we are not in compliance, please contact us at [rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay](ailtomay:rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay).
 MediaFire recognizes and believes that data privacy is essential to all Internet users, and the privacy of your personal information is of the utmost importance to us. We are committed to providing you an experience that is safe, secure, and trustworthy. Part of this commitment means safeguarding and respecting your privacy and your choices.
 This Privacy Notice explains what information we collect, how we use it and what choices you have about it, in addition to information on disclosure, retention, and protection of your personal information.
 Because we're a technology company, some of the concepts below are a little technical, but we've tried our best to explain things in a simple and clear way. This Privacy Policy gives you an overview of all possible situations in which we could interact together. Of course, all situations may not apply to you.
 - Insights into how we acquire your information and how it is used.
 - More control over your information. We provide intelligence on how you can control the information you provide to us. Our policy explains how you can make choices about your information, and the measures we've put in place to keep your information secure.
 - More about using our products for work. Many users have access to our services through their organizations (e.g., their employers), who control their accounts or use of our Services. The updated policy clarifies our relationship to these users and explains the tools available to administrators of these users.
 ## What is Personal and Non Personal Information?
+Personally Identifiable Information, commonly referred to as PII, is information that itself may identify a unique individual or can be linked back to an individual, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an online or device identifier, an identification number, or location data such as your IP address. In relation to your interaction with MediaFire, personal information, for example, may include information you may purposefully provide such as your name and email address during account registration or your address and financial information if you make a purchase. By visiting our website, we automatically collect your IP address. Upon your request and in order for us to download or distribute any Content uploaded by you to MediaFire, your files become published Content and cannot be considered personally identifiable information.
+Personally Identifiable Information, commonly referred to as PII, is information that itself may identify a unique individual or can be linked back to an individual, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an online or device identifier, an identification number, or location data such as your IP address. In relation to your interaction with MediaFire, personal information, for example, may include information you may purposefully provide such as your name and email address during account registration or your address and financial information if you make a purchase. By visiting our website, we automatically collect your IP address. Upon your request and in order for us to download or distribute any Content uploaded by you to MediaFire, your files become published Content. However, any personally identifiable information within those files remains protected under GDPR.
 Non-personally identifiable information cannot be used to identify or locate an individual person. Examples are: hashed/anonymized/pseudonymized data, click stream information, browser type, demographics, time and date, which advertisements are clicked or scrolled over and other data of interest.
 We will not share personal information about you or any of your Content with any third parties except as described in this Privacy Notice.
 ## Who We Get Information From and How Your Information Is Used
 Whenever you use any website, mobile application or other internet service, certain information gets created and logged automatically. The same is true when you visit MediaFire.
+We use your personal information to fulfill our commitment to you and provide you with our Services. In short, it's necessary for us to do these things in order to make our Services relevant, interesting and personal to you. We balance our interests with your rights.
+We use your personal information to fulfill our commitment to you and provide you with our Services. In short, it's necessary for us to do these things in order to make our Services relevant, interesting and personal to you. We process your data based on legitimate interests, consent, contract necessity, and compliance with legal obligations, always prioritizing your rights under GDPR.
 How we use the information we collect depends in part on which Services you use, how you use them, and any choices you have made about information you provide.
 Below are the specific purposes for which we use the information we collect from and about you.
 You give us information yourself voluntarily, when you:
     When a person applies for a job with MediaFire thru our website, all information is recorded and maintained on our servers. Applications received in person or by mail will be manually processed and your name and contact information will be entered into forms stored on our servers.
 Our systems and/or third parties may automatically obtain information:
 - Third-party platforms you connect with
+    An example would be logging into MediaFire from Facebook. We need to ensure it's you, so information is passed to us. You should review the privacy policies of every website you visit. Websites use cookies to track users and gather information.
+    An example would be logging into MediaFire from Facebook. We need to ensure it's you, so information is passed to us. You should review the privacy policies of every website you visit. Third-party platforms may use cookies to track users and gather information. You should review the privacy policies of these platforms to understand their practices.
 - Information about your device(s)
     Information about your IP address, device make, model, operating system, version, and data connection type, and platform, in addition to other specifications and information will be automatically gleaned during contact with our Services.
     We may send you push notifications from time-to-time in order to provide updates and other relevant messages related to our Services. These may include information and in-app messages about, new services, new features, etc.
     We allow you to use social media sites to create your MediaFire account, sign in to us, or to connect your account with the social media site. Social media sites may give us automatic access to certain personal information retained by them about you (e.g., content viewed by you, content liked by you, and information about the advertisements you have been shown or have clicked on, etc.).
     To sign in from a social media website, such as Facebook or Twitter, information is shared between us to authenticate your identity. Those platforms and services make information available to us through their APIs. The information we receive depends on what information you or the platform or service decide to give us. The information we get from those services depends on your settings and their privacy policies, so please check what those are.
     If you click on a link provided via a social media plugin, you are voluntarily establishing a connection with that respective social media site. Services, like Facebook, give you the option to post information from your account with them. The social media features on our website, like the Facebook Like Button, may allow the third-party social media provider to collect things, such as, your IP address and which page of our Services you're visiting, and to set a cookie to enable the feature (e.g. Like Button). Your interactions with these features are governed by the social media's own privacy policy.
+    You should be aware that any information you provide on social media websites, community forums and publicly accessible blogs, including profile information associated with the account you use to post the information, may be read, collected, and used by any member
+    You should be aware that any information you provide on social media websites, community forums and publicly accessible blogs, including profile information associated with the account you use to post the information, may be read, collected, and used by any member of the public who accesses these websites. Your posts and certain profile information may remain even after you terminate your account. We urge you to consider the sensitivity of any information you input into these Services.
+## Device Information
+We automatically receive certain types of information when you install, access, update, or use our Services. This information includes your computer, tablet, mobile or other digital device's unique identifier, manufacturer and model, operating system and version, screen size and resolution, mobile network and status (WiFi, etc.), application version including installation and updates info, settings, and crash data that helps us understand when something breaks. Whether we collect some or all of this information often depends on what type of device you're using and its settings. The type and amount of information collected may vary depending on the device and its settings, such as whether you are using a Mac, PC, iPhone, or Android phone. To learn more about what information your device makes available to us, please also check the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider.
+We use this information to determine what types and version of devices, etc. are accessing our Services. After all, we have to write software to accommodate various platforms, versions, etc. We have to keep up and necessarily sunset unused code.
+This Privacy Policy governs your use of the MediaFire Services, regardless of how you access it, and by using our Services you consent to the collection, transfer, processing, storage and disclosure and other uses described in this Privacy Policy. Information may be collected from you in various ways when you use our Services. We automatically receive certain types of information when you interact with our Web pages, apps, services and communications. This information includes your computer, tablet, mobile or other digital device's IP address, access times, your browser type and language. We may also collect information about the type of operating system you use, your account activity, and accessed pages. Personal and non-personally identifiable information from collected data may be shared with third parties who work on our behalf to provide your services. These third-party services and unique identifiers may be used to contact you, measure usage and analyze trends, administer the website and collect information for its databases. For example: [Google Analytics Privacy Policy](http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/).
+## Cookies, Web Beacons, and Similar Technologies
+What are they?
+When you interact with people, it's nice when they remember you, your relationship and what you like. That 'feel good' experience has been extended to your interactions with websites.
+Like most browsers and websites, we use technologies that are essentially small data files saved on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or other devices that allow us to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with our site, Services, applications, messaging, and tools, and to recognize you across devices.
+MediaFire and service providers acting on our behalf (like Google Analytics and third party advertisers) use server log files and automated data collection tools like cookies, tags, scripts, customized links, device or browser fingerprints, and web beacons when you access and use our Services. These tools are essential to enable the Services to provide the features you have requested, such as remembering you have logged in. These tools also automatically track and collect certain system data and usage data when you use our Services. In some cases, we tie data gathered through these tools to other data that we collect.
+These technologies can operate across all of your browsers, and in some instances may not be fully managed by your browser and may require management directly through your installed applications or device. The specific names and types of cookies, web beacons, unique identifiers, and similar technologies used to collect and manage information may change from time to time. In order to help you better understand our use of such technologies, we have provided the some terminology and definitions.
+Cookies are mutually beneficial small text files, which often include a unique identifier, placed in the memory of your browser or device when you visit a website or view a message. They are commonly used to remember where you were during your session with a website. They can be used to collect, store, and share data about your activities across websites. Cookies allow us to recognize you, remember things about your visits, make our site easier to use, see which areas and features are popular and count visits to our website. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. There are several types of cookies:
+- Session cookies expire at the end of your browser session and allow sites to link your actions during that particular browser session. They help with navigation on a website and are enabled by default.
+- Persistent cookies are stored on your device and record information, allowing sites to remember your preferences or actions across multiple sites. They remain until you manually delete them or until they expire.
+- First-party cookies are created by the website you are visiting and are necessary to keep track of your personal preferences and the current session. Most web browsers enable first-party cookies by default. If you were to disable first-party cookies, a website could not keep track of your activity as you move from page to page.
+- Third-party cookies are set by a third party site separate from the site you are visiting. These are commonly used for advertising, analytics, etc.
+- Flash cookies aka Local Shared Objects ("LSO") are a small file stored on your computer by a website that uses Adobe's Flash player technology. Information stored on a Flash cookie is available to all browsers and is considered a security issue. When you delete or clear cookies from your browser, you will not necessarily delete the Flash cookies stored on your computer. MediaFire does not use Flash cookies.
+Web beacons are small graphic images (also known as "pixel tags" or "clear GIFs") that typically work in conjunction with cookies to identify users and user behavior. There are myriad ways in which they can be used. For example, a third-party tracking site can determine how much merchandise was purchased for a particular banner ad campaign. In scenarios such as these, the individual users may still remain anonymous, even though their buying habits are disclosed.
+Mobile device identifiers - When you access mobile applications, companies don't have access to traditional browser cookies to track you over time. Instead, third party advertising and analytics companies use device identifiers, such as Apple iOS's Identifiers for Advertisers and Google Android's Advertising ID, to monitor the different applications used on a particular device.
+Device fingerprinting can track devices over time, based on your browser's configurations and settings. Because each browser is unique, device fingerprinting can identify your device, without using cookies. Since device fingerprinting uses the characteristics of your browser configuration to track you, deleting cookies won't help. Device fingerprinting technologies are evolving and can be used to track you on all kinds of internet-connected devices that have browsers, such as smart phones, tablets, laptop and desktop computers.
+HTML5 has been designed to deliver almost everything you'd want to do online without requiring additional software such as browser plugins. It does everything from animation to apps, music to movies, and can also be used to build incredibly complicated applications that run in your browser. And, it can generally be used as an alternative to Adobe Flash. It isn't proprietary and it is cross-platform, which means it doesn't care whether you're using a tablet or a smartphone, a netbook, notebook or ultrabook or a Smart TV. If your browser supports HTML5, it should work flawlessly.
+Why does MediaFire use these technologies?
+MediaFire and our third-party partners, such as our advertising and analytics partners, use cookies and other tracking technologies to provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience, increased functionality and to recognize you across different services and devices.
+Our cookies and similar technologies have different functions. They are either necessary for the functioning of our services, help us improve our performance, give you extra functionalities, or help us to serve you relevant and targeted ads. We use cookies and similar technologies that only remain on your device for as long as you keep your browser active (session) and cookies and similar technologies that remain on your device for a longer period (persistent). You are free to block, delete, or disable these technologies through your device settings. However, disabling them may affect the functionality of certain features of our Services. You can manage your cookies and your cookie preferences in your browser or device settings.
+To help Us help You to ...
+- save your registration ID and login password for future logins to the Service,
+- match you to your personal information,
+- remember your settings and preferences so you don't have to set them up every time you visit us,
+- customize your experience and preferences,
+- enable changes you have made in your account,
+- help us remember the country you're in,
+- identify you during a single browsing session as you move around on the pages,
+- Identify you across different browser sessions and devices,
+- remember the user-interface customization cookies (i.e. the parameters attached to your device including your screen resolution, font preference, etc),
+- enable processing and management of your purchases,
+- respond to your questions and otherwise interact with you,
+- allow sharing of your Content on social media
+To help Us ...
+For Our Website, to ...
+- allow proper functioning of our website/apps,
+- enable certain features of the Service,
+- properly display Content,
+- allow you access to our sites, services, applications, and tools,
+- help us provide a faster, more secure experience, and
+- identify irregular site behavior, prevent fraudulent activity and improve security.
+For Performance and Analytics, to ...
+- know how you discovered our websites / app,
+- to monitor aggregate usage and web traffic routing on the Service,
+- To avoid visitors being counted twice;
+- to better understand how users interact with the Service by collecting information about the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions you take when using our Services,
+- identify whether a page was visited,
+- understand which areas and features of the Services are most popular,
+- know users' reaction to subscription offerings,
+- to assess the performance of our websites, applications, services, and tools, and
+- gather information about devices and networks utilized to access our Services.
+For the Future, to ...
+- improve our websites/apps by testing new versions and features, and
+- understand how you interact with our Service so we can improve the Service and your experience based on that information.
+Third-party websites or services linked to MediaFire are not covered by this Privacy Policy. MediaFire is not responsible for the privacy practices of the third-party websites and companies or what they do with your information. You should make sure their privacy policy is acceptable to you. These websites may collect personally and non-personally identifiable information about you utilizing cookies, web beacons, log data analysis, API, SDK, JavaScript, pixels or other technologies or methods and place cookies on your browser in order to provide advertisement about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. To learn more about behavioral advertising practices or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit the websites of the Digital Advertising Alliance at [http://www.aboutads.info](http://www.aboutads.info/) and Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) at [http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/](http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/). You will still see ads if you opt out of behavioral advertising but the ads will be less relevant to you. Also note that deleting browser cookies can remove your opt-out preferences.
+## Data Retention
+Account holder information is held by MediaFire in accordance with our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
+MediaFire takes your privacy seriously and focuses on providing secure storage, sharing, and access to your data. We work hard to collect the minimum information possible to facilitate a great user experience with the powerful features you use on our website, mobile apps, and other associated platforms.
+MediaFire's Data Retention Policy can be viewed at [https://www.mediafire.com/policies/data\_retention.php](https://www.mediafire.com/policies/data_retention.php)
+## Revoke Consent
+In order to access your account and files, MediaFire must have information about you in order to identify you. Revoking consent to the collection and retention of your personal data will result in the closure of your account with MediaFire, as we require this information to provide our Services. You can [submit a ticket to customer support](https://mediafire.com/help/submit_a_ticket.php) to request deletion of your account. See our Data Retention Policy for more information.
+## California Privacy
+When you access MediaFire from California, you will receive a notification "Do Not Sell My Personal Information". If you click on that notification, you will then receive options to either dismiss it or opt-out of the sale of your personal information, in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
+For more information, MediaFire's California Privacy Policy can be viewed at
+[https://www.mediafire.com/policies/california\_privacy.php](https://www.mediafire.com/policies/california_privacy.php)
+## Data Processing
+MediaFire respects your privacy and collects, uses, and processes minimal data. We do not, now or in the past, engage in data mining or selling personal information. Our primary focus is providing secure storage and sharing of your data.
+MediaFire's Data Processing Policy can be viewed at [https://www.mediafire.com/policies/data\_processing.php](https://www.mediafire.com/policies/data_processing.php)
+## Data Deletion
+We store the smallest amount of information on you as possible to enable the services. See our Privacy Policy for more information.
+MediaFire's Data Deletion Policy can be viewed at [https://www.mediafire.com/policies/data\_deletion.php](https://www.mediafire.com/policies/data_deletion.php)
+If you would like to ensure your data is completely removed from our system, please email us at [rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay](ailtomay:rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay) with your request. We will process your request and notify you once it is complete.
+## Platform Security
+MediaFire works with partners to identify malware. In some cases where we feel the security risk of shared files warrants it, to prevent the spread of viruses and malware on our platform, at our sole discretion, we may send files to partners who may make them available to researchers.
+## Our Policy Concerning Children
+MediaFire's Websites and Services are not intended for, nor designed to attract, individuals under the age of sixteen and we recognize the privacy interests of children.
+We realize that children have access to the internet and visit websites. However, if you are under the age of 16, please do not submit any personal information through our Websites or Services.
+We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor and take an active role in their children's online activities and interests and to help enforce this Policy by instructing their children never to provide personal information through Websites or Services without their permission.
+If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us with personal information, they should delete the account. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will take reasonable steps to delete the account. For assistance, [contact our support department](https://mediafire.com/help/submit_a_ticket.php).
+## PII
+We will not rent or sell your personally identifiable information with third parties. However, we may disclose your personal information or any of its log file information when we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with a law, regulation or compulsory legal request; (b) co-operate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities; (c) identify persons who may be violating the law or legal notice; (d) protect and defend the rights or property of MediaFire or third parties; (e) protect the safety of an individual or group; (f) prevent fraud or abuse of MediaFire or its users.
+The security of your information is important to us. MediaFire employs measures to protect information collected from loss, destruction, disclosure, unauthorized access, misuse and alteration. Although we strive to protect your personal information, MediaFire cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Sensitive data such as credit card information is administered in compliance with PCI standards. Customers banking and credit card information is stored, transmitted to, accessed and managed exclusively by any third party payment processors MediaFire may utilize.
+## International Information Transfers
+MediaFire is a United States company and our datacenter is located in the United States. To facilitate our global operations and provide services to you, MediaFire will transfer, store, and process your information in the United States. We take steps to ensure that any international transfers of your personal data comply with applicable data protection laws and offer the same level of protection as required by the GDPR.
+MediaFire transfers personal data only in a secure and lawful way. We always do our best to protect your personal data and once we have received it; we use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access. MediaFire utilizes industry-standard technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to help protect the information on our servers against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your own passwords. If you have reason to believe that your password or personal data is no longer secure, please promptly [contact our support department](https://mediafire.com/help/submit_a_ticket.php).
+Your personal information may be transmitted to a third party who may have their servers in a different country, for purposes such as processing transactions, to facilitate payments, and provide support services. As some countries may have laws which are different, and potentially not as protective as the laws of your own country, governing the use and transfer of personal data, we take steps to make sure that our contracted third parties adhere to the commitments set out in this Policy. These steps may include reviewing third parties' privacy and security standards.
+If you have questions concerning the transfer of your information, please contact us at [rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay](ailtomay:rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay) and ask your questions.
+## Law enforcement, legal proceedings, and in the interest of Others
+Stewardship of your information and data is critical to us and a responsibility that we embrace. However, in certain situations, we may be required to disclose information. Disclosures may be in response to lawful requests by law enforcement, government agencies, courts, or authorized third parties, in accordance with applicable law, to meet national security or law enforcement requirements, respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims, or as otherwise required by law.
+We may also share personal information if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, situations involving potential threats to property or the physical safety of any person, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, abuse of MediaFire, our Services, or our users, to protect our network and physical assets, and for violations of our Service Agreements, or other unlawful activity.
+## Notification of Modifications to This Privacy Policy
+We may change this policy from time to time.
+Minor changes will become effective immediately upon posting on the website. For significant changes, you will be notified and asked to review the new policy and provide your consent. A revised Privacy Policy supersedes all previous Privacy Policies.
+We encourage you to review our Privacy Notice whenever you access our Services to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy. If you disagree with any changes to this Privacy Notice and do not wish your information to be subject to the revised Privacy Notice, your only remedy, if you do not accept the terms of this Policy, is to discontinue use of the Website and the Services. Your use of any of our Services after the posting of changes shall constitute your consent to the changes.
+## Business Transfers
+We may assign or transfer this Policy, as well as your account and related information and data, including any personal information, to any person or entity that acquires all or substantially all of our business or assets, or with whom we merge or acquire.
+In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the application of laws or equitable principles affecting creditors' rights generally, MediaFire may not be able to control how your personal information is treated, transferred or used.
+You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice placed on the Services if a transaction takes place. You will also be informed of any choices you may have regarding your information as a result of the transaction.
+## Contact Us
+MediaFire would like to hear from you if you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern, questions or need more information about our privacy practices, would like further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your Information, or if you would like to exercise any of your rights above. Please feel free to contact our privacy team (including our designated personal information protection manager) at [rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay](ailtomay:rivacypay@ediafiremay.omcay). You can also send postal mail to us at MediaFire, Attn: Privacy, 4747 Research Forest Dr. Ste 180-265 The Woodlands, Texas 77381-4902.
+Your right to file complaints with a data protection supervisory authority remains unaffected by also contacting us directly.
+Thank you for choosing to use MediaFire!
+Last update: July 18, 2024