Privacy Policy

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+The purpose of this privacy policy (the "**Privacy Policy**") is to inform you about our privacy practices, including how we collect, use and disclose your Personal Information (as defined herein). We respect your privacy and we are committed to safeguarding your privacy while online at our websites, together with any other websites, applications and services offered by Valnet (collectively, the "**Sites**" and individually, a "**Site**") and as such, the following further discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for the Sites.
+Last Updated: October 30, 2025
+This Privacy Policy was last updated on May 6, 2024.
+This **Privacy Policy** explains how Valnet Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada, having its head office at 7405 Transcanada Highway, Suite 100, Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4T 1Z2, and/or its subsidiaries (collectively "**Valnet** ", " **us** " or "**we**"), collects, uses and protects your personal information, which we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit any of our websites, including [https://www.valnetinc.com/](https://www.valnetinc.com/) and other digital properties that link to this Privacy Policy (our "**Website(s)**") or otherwise use our Website(s) or applications (collectively referred to as services the "**Services**").
+##### PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
+This Privacy Policy **does not apply to** :
+This Privacy Policy is current as of the "updated" date which appears at the top of this page. We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. When changes are made to this Privacy Policy, they will become immediately effective when published in a revised Privacy Policy posted on the Sites, unless otherwise noted. We may also communicate the changes through our services or by other means we deem appropriate, so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
+- Information we may collect from you offline; or information collected by any third-party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Websites.
+- Payment Information Processed by third-parties. Certain Services may require users to provide payment information directly to third-party payment processors.
+- Social Media Integration. Users may link their account with third-party social media platforms. When accounts are linked, the social media platform may share certain data with Valnet as per its privacy policy. If you are accessing our Services through a social media account, please refer to the social media provider's privacy policy for information regarding their data collection.
+- Publicly Shared Information (e.g. in open forums, comment sections or user-generated content). Information shared through publicly viewable areas of our Services is not covered by this Privacy Policy.
+- Business-Related Information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information submitted for purposes unrelated to the Services, including employment applications and business inquiries.
+Please review this Privacy Policy carefully. By submitting your Personal Information to us, by registering for or using any of the services we offer, by using our Sites, or by voluntarily interacting with us, you consent to our collecting, using and disclosing your Personal Information as set out in this Privacy Policy, as revised from time to time.
+Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Services. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
+##### DEFINITION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
+This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of our Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
+"**Personal Information**" means information about an identifiable individual. This information may include, without limitation, your name, mailing address (including postal code or zip code), e-mail address, telephone number and payment information.
+**You can click on the following links to go directly to the corresponding sections of this Privacy Policy.**
+Personal Information does not include any business contact information that is solely used to communicate with you in relation to your employment, business or profession, such as, without limitation, your name, position name or title, work address, work telephone number, work fax number or work electronic address.
+. [PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT]()
+. [HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION]()
+. [COOKIE, PIXEL TAGS AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES]()
+. [HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION]()
+. [SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION]()
+. [CHILDREN]()
+. [CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION]()
+. [YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS]()
+. [RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA]()
+. [RESIDENTS OF NEVADA]()
+. [RESIDENTS OF VIRGINIA]()
+. [RESIDENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND SWITZERLAND]()
+. [HOW TO EXERCISE MY RIGHTS]()
+. [RESPONSE TIMING AND FORMAT]()
+. [LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES]()
+. [HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS STORED]()
+. [DATA SECURITY]()
+. [CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY]()
+. [CONTACT INFORMATION]()
+. [LANGUAGES]()
+Personal Information also does not include information that has been anonymized or aggregated in such a way that there is no serious possibility it can be used to identify an individual, whether on its own or in combination with other information.
+##### 1\. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
+##### LEGAL OWNERSHIP
+In this Privacy Policy, we use the term "personal information" to refer to information that can be used by itself or in combination with other available information to identify or be associated with you. Directly identifying information includes, for example, information such as your name, email address, and date of birth. Personal information that is associated or linked to you includes data related to your interaction and usage of our Services.
+The Sites are owned and operated by Valnet Inc. ("**Valnet**", "**us**" or "**we**"), a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada, having its head office at 7405 Transcanada Highway, Suite 100, Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4T 1Z2, and/or its subsidiaries.
+We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information or personal information of children under 13 years of age.
+##### YOUR CONSENT TO COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE
+We do not sell the personal information of consumers we actually know are less than 16 years old. Consumers who opt-in to personal information sales may opt-out of future sales at any time.
+We collect, use and disclose your Personal Information with your consent or as permitted or required by applicable privacy laws. How we obtain your consent (i.e., the form we use) will depend on the circumstances, as well as the sensitivity of the information collected. Subject to applicable laws, your consent may be express or implied, depending on the circumstances and the sensitivity of the Personal Information in question.
+We may collect the personal information categories listed in the table below. The table also lists, for each category, our use purposes, and whether we sell the information or share it with third-parties for cross-context behavioral advertising.
+If you choose to provide Personal Information to us, we assume that you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of that Personal Information as outlined in this Privacy Policy, as we deem appropriate.
+| **Category** | **Examples** | **Business Purpose** | **Categories of Third-parties With Whom Data is Shared/Sold** |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| **Identifiers.** | A real name, alias, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol (IP) address, email address or account names. | We may collect your full name, IP address, device ID, and other similar identifiers to effectuate your orders, identify you as a user within the Services, to personalize the Services and share with you updates about our new products and services, as well as for marketing, consumer research and testing. | We share this information with third-party service providers, analytics, advertising and marketing partners, our affiliates, and otherwise as might be required for legal or regulatory purposes.
+For more detailed information please see section "Sharing Your Personal Information" below.
+If you wish to withdraw your consent to our collection, use or disclosure of your Personal Information, please contact us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com). However, before we implement the withdrawal of consent, we may require proof of your identity. In some cases, withdrawal of your consent may mean that we will no longer be able to provide certain products or services.
+ |
+| **Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).** | A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. | We may collect your full name, billing address, telephone number, credit card number and other payment information to effectuate your orders, identify you as a user within the Services, to personalize the Services and share with you updates about our new products and services. | We share this information with third-party service providers, analytics, advertising and marketing partners, our affiliates, and otherwise as might be required for legal or regulatory purposes.
+If you provide Personal Information about another individual to us, it is your responsibility to obtain the consent of that individual to enable us to collect, use and disclose his or her information as described in this Privacy Policy under all applicable circumstances.
+For more detailed information please see section "Sharing Your Personal Information" below.
+##### PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED
+ |
+| **Commercial information.** | Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. | We may collect your other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies to personalize the Services and share with you updates about our new products and services. | We share this information with third-party service providers, analytics, advertising and marketing partners, our affiliates, and otherwise as might be required for legal or regulatory purposes.
+When you visit our Sites, we collect certain information related to your device, such as your internet protocol ("**IP**") address, what pages you visit on our Sites, whether you were referred to our Sites by another website, and at what time you accessed our Sites. We will not collect any information without your prior explicit consent.
+For more detailed information please see section "Sharing Your Personal Information" below.
+We do not collect any other type of Personal Information. If you are accessing our Sites through a social media account, please refer to the social media provider's privacy policy for information regarding their data collection.
+ |
+| **Internet or other similar network activity.** | Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. | On the Website we will record your session for UX monitoring to improve our Services. | We share this information with third-party service providers, analytics, advertising and marketing partners, our affiliates, and otherwise as might be required for legal or regulatory purposes.
+We track and store data about how you visit and use our Sites. More specifically, the Personal Information we collect includes, but is not limited to:
+For more detailed information please see section "Sharing Your Personal Information" below.
+- Your full name;
+- Your billing address;
+- Your telephone number;
+- Your payment information;
+- Your IP address;
+- Your location;
+- Your operating system;
+- Your browser;
+- Your browser language;
+- The URLs of any pages you visit on our Sites and apps; and
+- Other usage information.
+ |
+| **Geolocation data.** | Physical location or movements. | We use your location data to personalize the Services and share with you updates about our new products and services. | We share this information with third-party service providers, analytics, advertising and marketing partners, our affiliates, and otherwise as might be required for legal or regulatory purposes.
+We combine this data with other information we collect about you. If your browser does not accept our cookies, you cannot access certain parts or sections of our Sites (e.g., your account(s) on our Sites).
+For more detailed information please see section "Sharing Your Personal Information" below.
+##### ACCESSING, AMENDING AND DELETING YOUR INFORMATION
+ |
+| **Inferences drawn from other personal information.** | Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. | We may generate inferences based on your interactions with our Services. These inferences may reflect preferences, interests, or trends in how you use and engage with our content. Please note that such inferences are drawn solely from behavioral information (e.g., website activity, usage patterns) and not from other categories of Personal Information. | We share this information with third-party service providers, analytics, advertising and marketing partners, our affiliates, and otherwise as might be required for legal or regulatory purposes.
+You have the right to request information regarding the data we have on file for you, and to request corrections and/or deletions of your Personal Information. Please contact us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com), for any inquiries or requests regarding your information.
+For more detailed information please see section "Sharing Your Personal Information" below.
+Please note that we comply with the following ID partners' privacy terms:
+ |
+- LiveRamp's country-specific terms when it comes to the collection, use, and disclosure of user information. If you have any questions about the extent of the information collected, please visit: [https://liveramp.com/authenticated-traffic-solution-country-specific-terms/](https://liveramp.com/authenticated-traffic-solution-country-specific-terms/).
+    If you would like to opt out, please visit: [https://liveramp.com/opt\_out](https://liveramp.com/opt_out) or [https://youradchoices.com/token](https://youradchoices.com/token)
+- ID5's country-specific terms relating to the collection, processing, and transferring of user personal data. If you have any questions about the nature and extent of the information collected, please consult: [https://www.id5.io/privacy-policy](https://www.id5.io/privacy-policy)
+- Criteo's privacy terms, which can be accessed here: [https://www.criteo.com/privacy/](https://www.criteo.com/privacy/)
+##### 2\. HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
+##### LOG FILES
+The Services may collect information from users and users' devices as follows:
+Like most standard website servers, we use log files. This includes logging the following information: IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/timestamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer our Sites, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
+**Directly from You**. For example, when you sign up for a newsletter, participate in polls, or contests, we may collect certain information from you, including your name, email address, and date of birth.
+##### COOKIES
+If you choose to participate in, register or access any of our services including, but not limited to, online accounts, or online content, such as community forums, commenting features, surveys, mod uploads/downloads, or newsletters, we will request and receive personal information such as your name, email address, date of birth, login details, including username and password or other contact details you may provide, as required. This personal information will then be held by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as it is necessary for us to carry out the services for which you registered. We may also use this information to improve the function of our Services, online accounts and services and to prevent any abuse of our Services.
+A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We and some of our business partners (for example, advertisers) use cookies on our Sites. These cookies track usage of our Sites for security, analytics and targeted advertising purposes.
+**Information from Affiliates and Related Companies.** Valnet may receive information that affiliates or related companies have collected from a user or device through their account systems, products, or services. For example, we may receive such information if you log in via a third-party platform.
+- **Essential Cookies:** These cookies are essential to the provision of our Sites.
+- **Functionality Cookies:** These cookies help us remember choices you have made while on our Sites, remember your preferences, and personalize your experience on our Sites.
+- **Analytics and Performance Cookies:** These cookies help us collect statistical and analytical usage to help us analyze your usage of our Sites.
+- **Social Media Cookies:** These cookies allow you to interact with content on certain social media platforms, such as "liking" our articles. Depending on your social media setting, the social media network will have record of this and may display your name or identifier in relation to this action.
+- **Advertising and Targeted Advertising Cookies:** These cookies track your browsing habits and location to provide you with advertising in line with your interests. Please see our "Advertisers" section below for further details.
+- **Shared ID Cookies:** These cookies store a unique user id in the first party domain and is accessible to our ad partners. This simple ID can be utilized to improve user matching, especially for delivering ads to iOS and MacOS browsers. Users can opt out of the Shared ID tracking cookie by clicking [here](https://prebid.org/product-suite/sharedid/).
+**Information from Third-Parties.** Valnet may receive information that third-parties collected from a user or device through their services or websites. Such access and use will be consistent with the third-party's privacy policy.
+If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. For further information regarding cookies and how to manage them, please see [https://allaboutcookies.org/](https://allaboutcookies.org/).
+**Information from Advertisements.** Valnet may collect information when you interact with advertisements or partner platforms.
+##### PIXEL TAGS
+**Indirectly from You.** When you visit our Websites, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Websites, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Websites, and information about how you interact with the Websites. We refer to this automatically-collected information as "Device Information".
+We use pixel tags, which are small graphic files that allow us and our trusted third-party partners to track your usage of our Sites and collect usage data, including the number of pages you visit, the time you spend on each page, what you click on next, and other information about your visit to the Sites.
+**Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies.** As you navigate through and interact with our Services, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
+##### ADVERTISERS
+- Details of your visits to our Websites, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Websites.
+- Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
+We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Sites. These companies may use information (such information does not include your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to our Sites and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, [click here.](http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp)
+##### 3\. COOKIE, PIXEL TAGS AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
+Advertisers, as third-party vendors, use cookies to collect usage and demographic data in order to serve ads on our Sites. For example, Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
+The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include the following:
+##### ADVERTISING PARTNERS
+**Cookies.** A cookie is a piece of data stored your computer tied to information about the user. We and some of our business partners (for example, advertisers) use cookies on our Services. These cookies track usage of our Services for security, analytics and targeted advertising purposes.
+We have used commercially reasonable efforts to review our advertising partners' policies to ensure that they comply with applicable data privacy laws and recommended data security practices.
+**Essential Cookies:** These cookies are essential to the provision of our Services.
+We use the following advertisers:
+**Functionality Cookies:** These cookies help us remember choices you have made while on our Services, remember your preferences, and personalize your experience on our Services.
+**Analytics and Performance Cookies:** These cookies help us collect statistical and analytical usage to help us analyze your usage of our Services.
+**Social Media Cookies:** These cookies allow you to interact with content on certain social media platforms, such as "liking" our articles. Depending on your social media setting, the social media network will have record of this and may display your name or identifier in relation to this action.
+**Advertising and Targeted Advertising Cookies:** These cookies track your browsing habits and location to provide you with advertising in line with your interests. Please see our "[Advertising and Marketing]()" section below for further details.
+**Shared ID Cookies:** These cookies store a unique user ID in the first party domain and is accessible to our ad partners. This simple ID can be utilized to improve user matching, especially for delivering ads to iOS and MacOS browsers. You can opt out of the Shared ID tracking cookie by clicking [here](https://prebid.org/privacy-policy/).
+Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Websites. If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. For further information regarding cookies and how to manage them, please see [https://allaboutcookies.org/](https://allaboutcookies.org/).
+**Web Beacons.** Pages of our Websites and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
+**Log Files.** Like most standard website servers, we use log files. This includes logging the following information: IP addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/timestamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer our Services, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
+**Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies.** Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Websites are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third-parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
+We do not control these third-parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see our [Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information]() section below for more details.
+##### 4\. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
+We use the personal information that we collect generally to enable the functionality of the Services, tailor services to you, send marketing communications, news and updates about the company, etc.
+Additionally, we may use information collected for a variety of business purposes such as:
+- Providing you with tailored content, services, advertisements and offers from our Websites;
+- Responding to your questions and providing news and updates from our Websites;
+- Providing you with access to features of the Services;
+- Verifying your identity;
+- Communicating about your account(s) and activities on the Services;
+- Sending notice of changes to our policies;
+- Improving the effectiveness of our Services, customer service and offerings;
+- Conducting research and analytics related to our operations;
+- Protecting our legal rights and interests and enforcing our Terms of Service;
+- Processing applications and transactions;
+- Posting your content and consumer reviews on the Services, our social media pages and related third-party sites that feature our Websites;
+- Contacting you about content shared by you about our Websites and the Services.
+##### 5\. SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
+We may share your personal information with the following categories of service providers:
+**Third-Party Service Providers:** We may rely on third-party service providers to perform a variety of services on our behalf, such as, without limitation, e-commerce providers, payment card processors, telephone and technical support providers, hosting, data storage and processing service providers, and research and analytics providers. Our partners, including ad partners, may collect data in relation to your usage of our Websites as disclosed herein. All such data will only be collected with your prior explicit consent. If we provide your information to service providers, then we require that the service providers keep your personal information secure, and only handle it for limited purposes for which it is provided. We do not authorize the service providers to disclose your personal information to unauthorized parties or to use your personal information for their direct marketing purposes. These third-party service providers may have access to or process your personal information for the purpose of providing these services for us.
+**Analytics:** We may collect, and we may engage third-party analytics providers to collect metrics and information regarding your use of the Services, including evaluating how visitors use our Services to develop new features, improve existing features or inform sales and marketing strategies. We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Website - you can read more about how Google uses your personal information here: [https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/](https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/). You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: [https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout](https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).
+**Advertising and Marketing:** We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Services. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to our Services and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, [click here](https://thenai.org/glossary/opt-out-mechanism/).
+Advertisers, acting as third-party vendors, may use cookies to collect usage and demographic information in order to deliver advertisements through our Services. We make commercially reasonable efforts to review the policies of our advertising partners to help ensure their practices align with applicable data privacy laws and recommended data security standards.
+The following is a non-exhaustive list of the advertising partners we work with along with their respective privacy policies, which you may consult to learn more about each partner's data uses:
+- Amazon: [https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html/?ie=UTF8&nodeId=918814](https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html/)
+- Blis: [https://blis.com/privacy-centre/](https://blis.com/privacy-centre/)
+- CPM Star (Aditude): [https://www.aditude.com/privacy](https://www.aditude.com/privacy)
+- Criteo: [https://www.criteo.com/privacy/](https://www.criteo.com/privacy/)
+- Epsilon: [https://legal.epsilon.com/global-privacy-policies/](https://legal.epsilon.com/global-privacy-policies/)
+- Equativ: [https://equativ.com/about-us/](https://equativ.com/about-us/);
+- Fluct: [https://en.fluct.jp/#about](https://en.fluct.jp/)
 - Google Ad Exchange: [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
 - Google Ad Sense: [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
+- Gumgum: [https://gumgum.com/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy](https://gumgum.com/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy)
 - Index Exchange: [http://www.indexexchange.com/privacy/](http://www.indexexchange.com/privacy/)
+- TripleLift: [https://triplelift.com/privacy/](https://triplelift.com/privacy/)
+- Insticator: [https://cool.co/publisher-experiences/privacy/](https://cool.co/publisher-experiences/privacy/)
 - Kargo: [https://kargo.com/privacy](https://kargo.com/privacy)
+- Xandr/Appnexus: [https://www.xandr.com/privacy/platform-privacy-policy/](https://www.xandr.com/privacy/platform-privacy-policy/)
+- Magnite: [https://www.magnite.com/legal/](https://www.magnite.com/legal/)
+- Media.net: [https://www.media.net/privacy-policy/](https://www.media.net/privacy-policy/)
+- One Tag: [https://www.onetag.com/privacy/](https://www.onetag.com/privacy/)
+- OpenX: [https://www.openx.com/privacy-center/privacy-policy/](https://www.openx.com/privacy-center/privacy-policy/)
+- Optidigital: [https://optidigital.com/privacy-policy/](https://optidigital.com/privacy-policy/)
+- Ozone Project: [https://ozoneproject.com/website-privacy-cookie/](https://ozoneproject.com/website-privacy-cookie/)
 - PubMatic: [https://pubmatic.com/legal/privacy-policy/](https://pubmatic.com/legal/privacy-policy/)
+- Primis Video: [https://www.primis.tech/privacy-policy/](https://www.primis.tech/privacy-policy/)
+- Rubicon/Magnite: [https://www.magnite.com/legal/](https://www.magnite.com/legal/)
+- OpenX: [https://www.openx.com/legal/ad-exchange-terms-and-conditions/](https://www.openx.com/legal/ad-exchange-terms-and-conditions/)
+- Sovrn: [https://www.sovrn.com/legal/privacy-policy/](https://www.sovrn.com/legal/privacy-policy/)
+- RhythmOne/Unruly: [https://unruly.co/legal/privacy/](https://unruly.co/legal/privacy/)
+- Sonobi: [http://sonobi.com/privacy-policy/](http://sonobi.com/privacy-policy/)
+- Pulsepoint: [https://pulsepoint.com/legal/platform-privacy-policy](https://pulsepoint.com/legal/platform-privacy-policy)
+- Rich Audience: [https://legal.richaudience.com/privacy-policy/](https://legal.richaudience.com/privacy-policy/)
+- Rise: [https://risecodes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Risecodes.com-Privacy-Policy-March-23-2023.pdf](https://risecodes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Risecodes.com-Privacy-Policy-March-23-2023.pdf)
+- Seedtag: [https://www.seedtag.com/privacy/](https://www.seedtag.com/privacy/)
+- Sharethrough: [https://privacy-center.sharethrough.com/en/](https://privacy-center.sharethrough.com/en/)
 - Smaato: [https://www.smaato.com/privacy/](https://www.smaato.com/privacy/)
+- Media.net: [https://www.media.net/privacy-policy/](https://www.media.net/privacy-policy/)
+- Sonobi: [http://sonobi.com/privacy-policy/](http://sonobi.com/privacy-policy/)
+- Sovrn: [https://www.sovrn.com/legal/privacy-policy/](https://www.sovrn.com/legal/privacy-policy/)
+- Teads: [https://privacy-policy.teads.com/](https://privacy-policy.teads.com/)
+- The Trade Desk: [https://www.thetradedesk.com/legal/website-privacy-policy](https://www.thetradedesk.com/legal/website-privacy-policy)
+- TripleLift: [https://triplelift.com/privacy/](https://triplelift.com/privacy/)
+- Undertone (Perion): [https://perion.com/privacy-policy/](https://perion.com/privacy-policy/)
+- Unruly: [https://unruly.co/legal/privacy/](https://unruly.co/legal/privacy/)
+- Vidazoo (Perion): [https://perion.com/privacy-policy/](https://perion.com/privacy-policy/)
+- Xandr/Appnexus: [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement)
 - Yieldmo: [https://www.yieldmo.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.yieldmo.com/privacy-policy/)
+- Sharethrough: [https://privacy-center.sharethrough.com/en/](https://privacy-center.sharethrough.com/en/)
+- Pulsepoint: [https://pulsepoint.com/legal/platform-privacy-policy](https://pulsepoint.com/legal/platform-privacy-policy)
+- Amazon: [https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html/?ie=UTF8&nodeId=918814](https://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html/)
+- Conversant: [https://www.conversant.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.conversant.com/privacy-policy/)
+- Fluct: [https://en.fluct.jp/#about](https://en.fluct.jp/)
+- Equativ: [https://equativ.com/about-us/](https://equativ.com/about-us/)
+- Teads: [https://www.teads.com/ad-policies/](https://www.teads.com/ad-policies/)
+- One Tag: [https://www.onetag.com/](https://www.onetag.com/)
+##### SERVICE PROVIDERS
+**Affiliates:** We may share information, including personal information, with companies affiliated with Valnet, and they will use that information only for the purposes that are consistent with those described in this Privacy Policy.
+We rely on third-party services providers to perform a variety of services on our behalf, such as, without limitation, e-commerce providers, payment card processors, telephone and technical support providers, hosting, data storage and processing service providers, and research and analytics providers. Our partners, including ad partners, may collect data in relation to your usage of our Sites as disclosed herein. All such data will only be collected with your prior explicit consent. If we provide your information to service providers, then we require that the service providers keep your Personal Information secure, and only handle it for limited purposes for which it is provided. We do not authorize the service providers to disclose your Personal Information to unauthorized parties or to use your Personal Information for their direct marketing purposes.Additionally, we may use and disclose your information when we believe such use or disclosure is permitted, necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce the terms of the agreements for our products and services; (e) to protect our rights, operations or property; and (f) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain. In addition, we may transfer your Personal Information and other information to a third-party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, brands, affiliates, subsidiaries or other assets.
+**Promotional and Reward Partners:** We may share information, including personal information, to third-party service providers.
+If we otherwise intend to disclose your Personal Information to a third-party, we will identify that third-party and the purpose for the disclosure, and obtain your consent.
+**Legal or Regulatory Purposes:** We may disclose personal information to third-parties when legally required to do so, in response to governmental or regulatory requests, or when it believes in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) comply with applicable laws, legal processes, or lawful requests such as subpoenas or search warrants; (b) protect and enforce the rights or property of Valnet or its affiliates; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.
+##### LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
+##### 6\. CHILDREN
+Our Sites may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Sites, and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by our Sites.
+Our Services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16, and we do not intentionally collect personal information from individuals who we have reason to believe are under the age of 16. If we learn that we collected any personal information of children under the age of 16 we will immediately delete such information and the corresponding account.
+##### PURPOSE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION
+If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on our Services, create an account or provide us with any information about yourself, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any username you may use.
+We use the information we collect in order to:
+If you become aware of any personal information we have collected from individuals under age 16, please contact us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com).
+- Administer our Sites, including troubleshooting, and statistical or data analysis;
+- To improve our Sites and enhance user experience by ensuring you have access to personalized content in line with your interests;
+- Analyze user use and optimize our services;
+- To ensure that our Sites remain secure and are not subject to any hacking or fraud; and
+- Share information with our partners to provide targeted advertising and social media features.
+##### 7\. CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
+We may use your Personal Information for purposes for which we have obtained your consent, and for such other purposes as may be permitted or required by applicable law. We may use the information we collect to advertise third-party products and services or targeted advertising of our Sites' products and services across third-party websites or service offerings.
+We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
+##### HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS STORED
+**Tracking Technologies and Advertising.** You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Services may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
+All information collected through our Sites is stored on servers located in the United States. Our servers are certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
+**Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising.** If you do not want us to share your personal information with unaffiliated third parties for promotional purposes, you may opt out by clicking the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link located at the bottom of the Website you are accessing.
+IP address and user agent string data from all visitors is stored in rotating log files on Amazon servers for up to seven (7) days. All of our employees, agents and partners are committed to keeping your data confidential.
+Once you make an opt-out request, we will wait at least twelve (12) months before asking you to reauthorize personal information sales. However, you may change your mind and opt back in to personal information sales at any time by following the same link.
+##### CONSENT UNDER APPLICABLE LAWS
+**Opt-Out Preference Signal.** You may opt out by broadcasting an Opt-Out Preference Signal, such as the WebChoices Tool and AppChoices Tool (on the browsers and/or browser extensions or device that support such a signal). To download and use either tool, click here: [https://youradchoices.com/control](https://youradchoices.com/control).
+If you are based in the European Economic Area (the "**EEA**"), a consent window will appear when accessing our Sites. If you have clicked "yes", your consent will be stored on our servers for twelve (12) months and your data will be processed as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. After twelve (12) months, you will be asked to provide consent again.
+You can choose to opt-out or unsubscribe from a newsletter or other emails you may receive from us by utilizing the "unsubscribe" link or mechanism noted in such emails, at any time. For forum account deletion requests, where applicable on our Services, you may request deletion of your account by following the instructions provided on the applicable forum's Website. You can also submit a request to access or erase your data, or any other request to exercise your rights under applicable privacy legislation by contacting us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com). Should you have multiple email addresses subscribed or registered with us, you may continue to receive newsletters and/or communications until you unsubscribe each email address provided and/or delete your account(s).
+We comply with the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework.
+##### 8\. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
+You can withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawing consent may impede your ability to access certain services and will not allow us to provide the personalized Site experience.
+The states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:
+##### DATA SECURITY
+- Confirm whether we process their personal information;
+- Access and delete certain personal information;
+- Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information's nature processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah);
+- Data portability;
+- Opt-out of personal data processing for:
+    - **\-** Targeted advertising (excluding Iowa);
+    - **\-** Sales;
+    - **\-** Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah); or
+    - **\-** Either limit (opt-out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal data.
+Our servers comply with ISO 27018, a code of practice that focuses on protection of Personal Information in the cloud. We comply with all reasonable precautions in order to ensure your information's safety.
+The exact scope of these rights may vary by state. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us as described below.
+In the event that we become aware of any data security breach, alteration, unauthorized access or disclosure of any Personal Information, we will take all reasonable precautions to protect your information and will notify you as required by all applicable laws.
+**Right to Appeal.** This right provides you with the opportunity to appeal a decision made by us in connection with a rights request.
+We have implemented physical, organizational, contractual and technological security measures with a view of protecting your Personal Information and other information from loss or theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We have taken steps to ensure that the only personnel who are granted access to your Personal Information are those with a business 'need-to-know' or whose duties reasonably require such information.Despite the measures outlined above, no method of information transmission or information storage is absolutely secure or error-free, and as such, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
+##### 9\. RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA
+We store your Personal Information for twelve (12) months, or longer if permitted by law. This means we may retain your Personal Information even after you close your account with us.When deciding how long to keep your information, we consider:
+This privacy notice for California Residents supplements the information contained in this Privacy Policy and applies to visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California. Consumers residing in California have certain rights with respect to their personal information under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act ("**CCPA**").
+- Whether we are subject to any legal obligations (e.g., any laws that require us to keep transaction records for a certain period of time before we can delete them); and
+- Whether we have taken any legal positions (e.g., in connection with any statutes of limitation).
+**Collection and Use of Personal Information.** In the preceding 12 months, we collected the following categories of Data: identifiers, personal information categories listed in the California Civil Code Section 1798.80. (e), commercial information, internet or other similar network activity, and geolocation data. For examples of more specific information we collect and the sources of such collection, please see Sections 1-4 in the Privacy Policy. We collect your Data for the business and commercial purposes described in Section 4.
+Rather than delete your information, we might de-identify it by removing identifying details.
+**Disclosure of Personal Data.** We may share your personal information with third-parties as described in Section 5 above. In the preceding 12 months, we disclosed the following categories of your personal information for business or commercial purposes:
+##### SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
+- Identifiers;
+- Personal information categories listed in the California Civil Code Section 1798.80(e);
+- Commercial information;
+- Internet or other similar network activity; and
+- Geolocation data.
+Our Sites do not intentionally collect any sensitive Personal Information, including:
+All categories of personal information listed here may be shared with third-parties as listed in Section 5 above.
+- Your social security number;
+- Your racial or ethnic origin;
+- Your political opinions;
+- Your religion or other beliefs;
+- Your health, biometric or genetic characteristics;
+- Any trade union membership; and
+- Any criminal background.
+**Sale of Personal Information.** California law requires that we provide transparency about your personal information we "sell," which for the purposes of the CCPA means scenarios in which personal information is shared with third-parties/partners in exchange for valuable consideration. In the preceding 12 months, we may have "sold" the following categories of your personal information, depending on how the CCPA is interpreted: identifiers, personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute, commercial information, internet or other similar network activity, and geolocation data.California law requires that we provide transparency about your personal information we "sell," which for the purposes of the CCPA means scenarios in which personal information is shared with third-parties/partners in exchange for valuable consideration. In the preceding 12 months, we may have "sold" the following categories of your personal information, depending on how the CCPA is interpreted: identifiers, personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute, commercial information, internet or other similar network activity, and geolocation data.
+There are rare situations when we request this information (e.g., a reader survey asks about your political leanings), but you can decline to answer. Outside those situations we would prefer you never share that information with us.
+**Your Rights.** Please see Section 8 above.
+##### AGE
+**California Rights for Minor Users.** California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits you, if you are a California resident under the age of 18, to view, correct, or remove information provided by you or publicly posted by you. To make such a request, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us. Please see Section 10 below for more details on how to make a request.
+Our Sites do not target people below the age of sixteen (16). By visiting our Sites, you hereby warrant that you are sixteen (16) years of age or older or are visiting our Sites under parental supervision.
+**California Do Not Track Disclosures.** "Do Not Track" is an internet browser setting regarding tracking and your browser may allow you to set a DNT signal indicating that you do not wish your online activity to be tracked. As there are currently no agreed upon standards for the DNT signals or how to respond to them, our system does not support and cannot act on DNT signal headers that we may receive.
+##### LEGAL DISCLAIMER
+**California's "Shine the Light" Law.** (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Services that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third-parties for their direct marketing purposes (if any). To make such a request, please send an email to [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com).
+Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose Personal Information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on us or any of our Sites.
+##### 10\. RESIDENTS OF NEVADA
+##### ONLINE ACCOUNTS AND SERVICES
+If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt out of the sale of certain personal data to third-parties who may license or sell that data. To exercise this right, please email us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com) with the subject line "Nevada Do Not Sell Request," and include your name and the email address associated with your account.
+If you choose to participate in, register or access any of our services including, but not limited to, online accounts or online content, such as community forums, commenting features, surveys, or newsletters, we will request and receive Personal Information such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, login details, including username and password or other contact details you may provide, as required. This Personal Information will then be held by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy, as it is necessary for us to carry out the services for which you registered. We may also use this information to improve the function of our Sites, online accounts and services and to prevent any abuse to our Sites.
+##### 11\. RESIDENTS OF VIRGINIA
+You can choose to opt-out or unsubscribe from a newsletter or other emails you may receive from us by utilizing the "unsubscribe" link or mechanism noted in such emails, at any time. For forum account deletion requests, where applicable on our Sites, you may use the Forums Data Deletion Request Form. You can also submit a request to access or erase your data, or any other request to exercise your rights under applicable privacy legislation by contacting us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com). Should you have multiple email addresses subscribed or registered with us, you may continue to receive newsletters and/or communications until you unsubscribe each email address provided and/or delete your account(s).
+You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment from us for exercising your privacy rights under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). Unless otherwise permitted by the VCDPA, we will not:
+##### CONTACT INFORMATION
+- Deny you goods or services;
+- Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through discounts, benefits, or penalties;
+- Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services; or
+- Suggest that you may receive a different price, rate, level, or quality of goods or services.
+If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com) or by mail at the postal address listed above, attention: Data Compliance Department.
+##### RESIDENTS OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND SWITZERLAND
+If you're located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, you have certain rights regarding how your personal data is processed.
+Data Subject Rights
+As provided under applicable law and subject to any limitations in such law, you have the following rights:
+**Access.** You may ask us to provide you with a copy of the personal information we maintain about you, including a machine-readable copy of the personal information that you have directly provided to us, and request certain information about its processing.
+**Rectification.** You may ask us to update and correct inaccuracies in your personal information. You also may ask us to complete information you believe is incomplete.
+**Erasure.** You may ask to have your personal information anonymized or deleted, under certain conditions.
+**Restrict Processing.** You may request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
+**Object to Processing.** You may object to processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
+**Data Portability.** You may request that we transfer the data that we collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
+**Consent Withdrawal.** You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us regarding the processing of your personal information at any time and free of charge. We will apply your preferences going forward. This will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before you withdrew your consent.
+**Right Not to Be Subject to Automated Individual Decision-Making.** You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.
+You also have the right to make a complaint against us by contacting your local supervisory authority for data protection (if one exists in your country). We would, however, appreciate the chance to address your concerns before you contact a data protection regulatory, and as that you direct your complaint to use first by sending an email at: [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com).
+If you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you have the right under the GDPR (as defined below) to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, including in your country of residence, place of work, or where you believe an incident took place. The EU Commission has a list of supervisory authorities here: [http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index\_en.htm](http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm).
+Basis for Processing
+The legal bases we rely on to process your personal data depend on the Services you use and how you interact with them. They primarily include:
+**Consent.** You may have consented to the use of your personal information, for example to send you electronic marketing communications. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before you withdrew your consent.
+**Contract.** We need your personal information to provide you with our Services, to complete your requested transactions, and to respond to your inquiries.
+**Legal.** We may also process your personal information when necessary to protect your or another individual's vital interests. We may use your personal information as reasonably necessary to assess and ensure compliance with applicable laws, legal requirements, and our policies; to protect our assets or to investigate or defend against any claims of illegality or wrongdoing (including to obtain legal advice or to establish, exercise or defend legal rights); and in response to a court order or judicial or other government subpoena or warrant.
+**Legitimate Interest.** We or a third-party have a legitimate interest in using your personal information, such as preventing fraud. We only rely on this legal basis when such legitimate interests are not overridden by your interests or your fundamental rights and freedoms.
+International Transfers
+To provide the Services, we may transfer your personal information outside of the country in which it was collected and where the level of protection of personal information may be different than in your country. If we do so, we will comply with applicable data protection laws, in particular by relying on an EU Commission adequacy decision on contractual protections for the transfer of your personal information, or on another approved derogation for a specific situation, such as your explicit consent. For more information about how we transfer personal information internationally, or to obtain a copy of the safeguards we use for such transfers, please contact us as specified below.
+##### 13\. HOW TO EXERCISE MY RIGHTS
+If you would like to exercise any of these rights please contact us by:
+- Emailing us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com);
+- Calling us toll-free at 1-833-979-3525; or
+- Filling out the request form [here](https://form.jotform.com/252756019487265).
+We may deny certain requests, or fulfill a request only in part, based on our legal rights and obligations.
+Your request must:
+- Provide sufficient information for us to reasonably verify that you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative of such person; and
+- Describe your request with sufficient detail for us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
+If you wish to submit a verifiable consumer request on behalf of another individual, we will also need sufficient information to verify that the individual is the person about whom we collected personal information and that you are authorized to submit the request on their behalf. For requests to know, access, correct or delete personal information, we may ask you to provide sufficient evidence to show that you have provided the authorized agent signed permission to act on your behalf, verified your own identity directly with us pursuant to the instructions set forth in this Privacy Policy, and directly confirmed with us that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request on your behalf.
+##### 14\. RESPONSE TIMING AND FORMAT
+We will confirm receipt of your request within **fifteen (15) business days** . If you do not receive confirmation within the 15-day timeframe, please contact us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com).
+We endeavor to substantively respond to a verifiable consumer request within **forty-five (45) days** of its receipt. If we require more time (up to another 45 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
+If you have an account with us, we may deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response electronically.
+Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily usable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
+##### 15\. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
+Our Services may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Services, and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by our Services.
+Our Services may utilize YouTube API Services and the unbranded YouTube embedded player for certain content on our platform. By using these Services, including the unbranded YouTube video player, you agree to comply with YouTube's Terms of Service, the YouTube API Services Terms of Service, and Google's Privacy Policy. You can review and adjust your Google privacy and security settings at: [https://myaccount.google.com](https://myaccount.google.com/).
+##### 16\. HOW YOUR INFORMATION IS STORED
+All information collected through our Services is stored on servers located in the United States. Our servers are certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
+IP address and user agent string data from all visitors is stored in rotating log files on Amazon servers for up to seven (7) days. All of our employees, agents and partners are committed to keeping your data confidential.
+We store your personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with the Services or as otherwise permitted by law. This means we may retain your personal information even after you close your account with us in order to (i) to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, (ii) to make or defend legal claims, (iii) to protect against the fraudulent activity of others, (iv) to enforce our Terms of Service and/or this Privacy Policy, (v) to administer our Services and keep them safe and secure, and for internal operations (including, but not limited to, research, statistics, troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, operations, rankings, surveys and similar purposes); and (vi) to disclose as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliated parties; (c) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, or that of our affiliated parties, users or others; and/or (d) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
+Rather than delete your information, we may de-identify it by removing identifying details.
+##### 17\. DATA SECURITY
+We take reasonable precautions in order to ensure the security of your information. We implemented physical, organizational, contractual and technological security measures with a view of protecting your personal information and other information from loss or theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. We have taken steps to ensure that the only personnel who are granted access to your personal information are those with a business 'need-to-know' or whose duties reasonably require such information. Despite the measures outlined above, no method of information transmission or information storage is absolutely secure or error-free, and as such, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
+We use AWS servers, which comply with ISO 27018:2019, a code of practice that focuses on protection of personal information in the cloud.
+In the event that we become aware of any data security breach, alteration, unauthorized access or disclosure of any personal information, we will take all reasonable precautions to protect your information and will notify you as required by applicable laws.
+##### 18\. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
+We may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the law, our practices, our Services or our service features. When we do so, we will notify you by changing the date at the top of the policy.
+If you object to any of these changes, you may opt out by notifying us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com) . You may also opt back in at any time by emailing us at the same address.
+All changes will be effective immediately upon posting, however we will always update the effective date of such changes at the top of this Privacy Policy. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically so that you are aware of our most current policies and practices.
+##### 19\. CONTACT INFORMATION
+If you have any questions or comments about this notice, the ways in which we collect and use your information described here, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights, please do not hesitate to contact us as follows:
+**By e-mail:** [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com)
+**By mail:** Valnet Inc., 7405 Transcanada Highway, Suite 100, Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4T 1Z2.
+If you need to access this Privacy Policy in an alternative format due to a disability, please contact us at [data@valnetinc.com](mailto:data@valnetinc.com).
+##### 20\. LANGUAGES
+In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this policy in English and any translation thereof in any other language, the English version shall prevail.