People Inc. Privacy Policy changes — 20260618_rev01

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● **Purchasers and Third Parties in Connection With a Business Transaction**: Personal information may be disclosed to third parties in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, sale of any or all of our company assets or shares, reorganization, financing, change of control or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by an affiliate or third party, or in the event of a bankruptcy, or related or similar proceedings, or, in each case, discussions or negotiations related thereto.

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● **Law Enforcement, Regulators and Other Parties For Legal Reasons**: Personal information may be disclosed to third parties, as required by law or subpoena, or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement, (b) to enforce our Terms of Use or to protect the security or integrity of our services, or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our organization, our visitors, or others.

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In connection with any of the above, we may share information with others in an aggregated or otherwise anonymized form that does not reasonably identify you.

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● **Notice Regarding Mobile Phone Number Collection and Sharing:** If you have shared your mobile phone number with us for purposes of receiving text messages, please note that we do not share mobile contact information with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. This information may be shared with subcontractors in support services, such as customer service. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

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● **Notice Regarding Mobile Phone Number Collection and Sharing:** If you have shared your mobile phone number with us for purposes of receiving text messages, including for purposes of using our Picksy Service, please note that we do not share mobile contact information with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. This information may be shared with subcontractors in support services, such as customer service. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

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### **What are Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices?**

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#### **General**

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We, and our third-party partners, use information that we receive about you (e.g., that you provide to us or about your use of the Services, or that we receive from third parties or off our Services) to serve advertisements on and off the Services that are more relevant to your interests, determine the content on which the ads will appear, or audiences similar to you, optimize marketing and advertising campaigns more broadly, as well as to generate analytics and provide and receive marketing/advertising-related services such as reporting, market research, and measurement/attribution. These third-party partners may include online advertising networks or exchanges, measurement/attribution companies, ad fraud verification companies, social media companies, or other advertising technology services (e.g., demand-side or sell-side platforms, ad servers, clean room providers, analytics providers, identity resolution providers, data management platforms).

1		At People Inc., we take privacy seriously and we respect the privacy concerns of our community of users. This Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") describes how the publishing family operated by Dotdash Meredith Inc. a/k/a People Inc. (collectively People Inc., the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes personal information in connection with our websites (the "Sites"), mobile applications (the "Apps"), and the related content, services, products, and other features and functionality offered on or through those Sites and Apps (collectively, the "Services") or off our Services.
	1	At People Inc., we take privacy seriously and we respect the privacy concerns of our community of users. This Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy") describes how the publishing family operated by Dotdash Meredith Inc. a/k/a People Inc. (collectively People Inc., the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes personal information in connection with our websites such as people.com (the "Sites"), mobile applications such as the People App (the "Apps"), and the related content, services, products, and other features and functionality offered on or through those Sites and Apps that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the "Services") or off our Services. For the avoidance of doubt, the Picksy service offered by People Inc. is a Service covered by this Privacy Policy.
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3	3	### Manage Your Information
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5	5	Email Preferences
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7	7	Opt-out of marketing e-mails globally (i.e., across our brands) by clicking on the following link and filling out the form accordingly.
124	124	● Purchasers and Third Parties in Connection With a Business Transaction: Personal information may be disclosed to third parties in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a merger, sale of any or all of our company assets or shares, reorganization, financing, change of control or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by an affiliate or third party, or in the event of a bankruptcy, or related or similar proceedings, or, in each case, discussions or negotiations related thereto.
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126	126	● Law Enforcement, Regulators and Other Parties For Legal Reasons: Personal information may be disclosed to third parties, as required by law or subpoena, or if we reasonably believe that such action is necessary to (a) comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement, (b) to enforce our Terms of Use or to protect the security or integrity of our services, or (c) to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our organization, our visitors, or others.
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128	128	In connection with any of the above, we may share information with others in an aggregated or otherwise anonymized form that does not reasonably identify you.
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130		● Notice Regarding Mobile Phone Number Collection and Sharing: If you have shared your mobile phone number with us for purposes of receiving text messages, please note that we do not share mobile contact information with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. This information may be shared with subcontractors in support services, such as customer service. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
	130	● Notice Regarding Mobile Phone Number Collection and Sharing: If you have shared your mobile phone number with us for purposes of receiving text messages, including for purposes of using our Picksy Service, please note that we do not share mobile contact information with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. This information may be shared with subcontractors in support services, such as customer service. All other categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
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132	132	### What are Our Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising Practices?
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136	136	We, and our third-party partners, use information that we receive about you (e.g., that you provide to us or about your use of the Services, or that we receive from third parties or off our Services) to serve advertisements on and off the Services that are more relevant to your interests, determine the content on which the ads will appear, or audiences similar to you, optimize marketing and advertising campaigns more broadly, as well as to generate analytics and provide and receive marketing/advertising-related services such as reporting, market research, and measurement/attribution. These third-party partners may include online advertising networks or exchanges, measurement/attribution companies, ad fraud verification companies, social media companies, or other advertising technology services (e.g., demand-side or sell-side platforms, ad servers, clean room providers, analytics providers, identity resolution providers, data management platforms).
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170	170	If you no longer want to receive third-party marketing e-mails that you requested through our Services, simply follow the third party's unsubscribe link or opt-out instructions that should be included each such marketing e-mail from that third party.
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172	172	Please note that you cannot opt out of transactional or administrative e-mails (e.g., renewal notifications, orders placed).
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174	174	● Postal Mail and Marketing: To remove your name and postal address from lists that we sell or rent to third parties for their direct marketing purposes, or to opt out of receiving marketing offers for other magazines and products by mail:
175		o send your request to [\[email protected\]](https://www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e2d3b3d3a21232b3c3d3b3e3e213c3a0e3e2b213e222b6027202d) with the subject line "Opt-Out Postal," or
	175	o send your request to [\[email protected\]](https://www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#65061016110a080017161015150a17112515000a1509004b0c0b06) with the subject line "Opt-Out Postal," or
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177	177	o send your request to us in a letter addressed to People Inc., Opt-Out Postal, Attn: Circulation, 225 Liberty St, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10281.
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179	179	Note that if you choose to opt out of our promotional mailings, you may still receive renewal notices and related offers for any magazines to which you subscribe.
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181	181	● Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: To manage cookies and other tracking technologies, you may click the _Your Privacy Choices_ link in the website footer of any of our brand websites. You may also have the ability to change your browser settings to (for example): (i) notify you when you receive a cookie, so the you can choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies; or (iii) automatically reject cookies (or certain types of cookies, such as cookies set by third parties). Note that similar controls may exist for other tracking technologies, such as pixels, SDKs, and localStorage. Please check your device or browser settings and related documentation for more information.
221	221	#### How Will We Inform You About Changes to This Privacy Policy?
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223	223	We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our privacy practices. If we make any material changes to our privacy practices, we will indicate at the top of the Privacy Policy the date when it was most recently updated and you shall be bound to such changes when accessing the Services that are linked to the updated Privacy Policy or when the updated Privacy Policy is otherwise provided to you. We may also provide notice of such material changes in other manners at our discretion. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
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225	225	#### How Can You Contact Us?
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227		If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about our privacy practices, you may contact us by emailing [\[email protected\]](https://www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3343415a4552504a73575c475752405b5e57431d505c5e).
	227	If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about our privacy practices, you may contact us by emailing [\[email protected\]](https://www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6717150e1106041e270308130306140f0a03174904080a).
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229	229	If you are a U.S. State resident inquiring about your privacy rights under your respective State Privacy Law, please include "U.S. Privacy Rights Request" in the subject line of your email.
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231	231	If you are a resident of the European Economic Area inquiring about your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), please include "GDPR Privacy Rights Request" in the subject line of your email.
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233	233	You may also write to:
265	265	We do not have actual knowledge of "selling" or "sharing" PI of consumers under sixteen (16) years of age.
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267	267	#### To Exercise Your Privacy Rights
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269	269	To submit a request to exercise your right to access, deletion, or correction, please use [this form](https://privacyportalde-cdn.onetrust.com/dsarwebform/2159c482-749a-49db-916b-475017a9efa5/ac1b3f16-60f7-4795-aca2-2240267ed067.html). You may also email [\[email protected\]](https://www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection) for assistance on exercising rights requests (where State Privacy Laws require that we provide another means for such assistance).
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271		To exercise your right to opt-out of "sales," "shares," "targeted advertising," or certain use/disclosure of "sensitive" personal information, you must (1) click our Your Privacy Choices link (found in the footer of our brand websites) and follow the instructions therein, and (2) submit [this opt-out form](https://privacyportalde-cdn.onetrust.com/dsarwebform/2159c482-749a-49db-916b-475017a9efa5/424d0d20-a84d-41ed-9a27-379d31f2551d.html) or send an email to [\[email protected\]](https://www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#18686a716e797b6158687d7768747d3671767b) with the subject line, "Opt-Out of Sales." We will process your opt-out request in accordance with applicable State Privacy Laws.
	271	To exercise your right to opt-out of "sales," "shares," "targeted advertising," or certain use/disclosure of "sensitive" personal information, you must (1) click our Your Privacy Choices link (found in the footer of our brand websites) and follow the instructions therein, and (2) submit [this opt-out form](https://privacyportalde-cdn.onetrust.com/dsarwebform/2159c482-749a-49db-916b-475017a9efa5/424d0d20-a84d-41ed-9a27-379d31f2551d.html) or send an email to [\[email protected\]](https://www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8d8dac1dec9cbd1e8d8cdc7d8c4cd86c1c6cb) with the subject line, "Opt-Out of Sales." We will process your opt-out request in accordance with applicable State Privacy Laws.
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273	273	As discussed in the Your Privacy Choices link, we also respond to the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal to the extent required under the State Privacy Laws to effectuate your opt-out of "sales/shares/targeted advertising" via Targeting Cookies (learn more about GPC at [www.globalprivacycontrol.org](http://www.globalprivacycontrol.org/)). The Targeting Cookies opt-out is on a per-website basis and applies at the browser level for the device you use to opt out.
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275	275	Unless otherwise prohibited by the State Privacy Laws, we may need to verify your identity and confirm your residency before processing your request. In order to verify your identity, we will generally either require the successful authentication of your account or the matching of sufficient information you provide us to the information we maintain about you in our systems. This process may require us to request additional personal information from you, including, but not limited to, your email address, phone number, or date of last transaction on our Services.
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277	277	In certain circumstances, we may decline a request to exercise the rights described above, particularly where we are unable to verify your identity or locate your information in our systems. If we cannot comply with a request, we will explain the reasons in our response.
426	426	## How to Contact Us
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428	428	We are owned and operated by People Inc., located at
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430	430	225 Liberty St, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10281
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432		All feedback, questions, and comments in connection with our privacy practices and our privacy policies should be directed to: [\[email protected\]](https://www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cbbbb9a2bdaaa8b28bafa4bfafaab8a3a6afbbe5a8a4a6).
	432	All feedback, questions, and comments in connection with our privacy practices and our privacy policies should be directed to: [\[email protected\]](https://www.people.inc/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#88f8fae1fee9ebf1c8ece7fcece9fbe0e5ecf8a6ebe7e5).

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