This Privacy Policy describes NewsSnip's policies regarding the collection, use, storage, sharing and protection of your personal information (the "Privacy Policy"). This Privacy Policy applies to www.newssnip.com, newssnip.com website, and all related websites, applications, services and tools that reference this policy (the "Service"), regardless of how you access the Service, including through a mobile device. Scope and Consent: By using NewsSnip and related Services, you expressly consent to NewsSnip's collection, use, disclosure and retention of your personal information by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. NewsSnip may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We recommend that you read it regularly. Significant changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted on our website. The revised Privacy Policy will be effective immediately after it is first posted on our website. This Privacy Policy is effective as of February 17, 2025.

You can visit our website without registering for an account. When you decide to provide us with your personal information, you consent to such information being sent to and stored on our servers. We collect the following types of personal information: Information We Collect Automatically: When you visit our website, use our services, and/or respond to an advertisement or other content, we automatically collect information that your computer, mobile device, or other device providing access sends to us. This information includes, but is not limited to: information about your interaction with our website and services, including, but not limited to, device ID, device type, geolocation information, computer and connection information, page view statistics, traffic to and from www.newssnip.com, referring URLs, advertising data, IP addresses, and standard web log information; and information we collect through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. Information You Provide to Us: We collect and store any information you enter on our website or that you provide to us when you use our services. This information includes, but is not limited to: information you provide to us when you register for an account or for the services you use; other information you may provide to us through social media sites or third-party services; information provided in dispute resolution, communications through our website, or communications sent to us; information about your location and device location, including your device's unique identifier information if you have enabled this service on your mobile device, and your resume if you choose to submit this service to us through our careers page Consider information from other sources: We may receive or collect other information about you from third parties and add it to our account information. This information includes, but is not limited to: demographic data, navigational data, other contact data, and other data about you from other sources (such as public authorities), to the extent permitted by law.

You agree that we may use your personal information for the following purposes: To provide you with access to our Services and customer support by email or telephone; To prevent, detect and investigate potential prohibited or illegal activities, fraud and security breaches, and to enforce our Terms of Use; To personalize, measure and improve our Services, content and advertising; To contact you by email, push notification, text message (SMS) or telephone regarding inquiries about our Services and Company Services. To conduct targeted marketing campaigns, updates and promotional offers based on your information preferences (if applicable), or for any other purpose set out in this Privacy Policy; To provide you with other services you request, as described at the time we collect the information. We provide a login service that enables you to access the Website or related websites using your login credentials. Before providing personal information, the intellectual property owner will enter into an agreement that, among other things, provides that the information will be provided only under strict conditions, namely that it can only be used in the context of legal proceedings and/or to obtain legal advice and/or to answer questions about the relevant advertiser, without limitation to the above, and that we shall - in order to respect your privacy and keep the website free of malicious persons or parties - not disclose your personal information to third parties pursuant to an applicable court order or formal request by governmental law, unless we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to prevent imminent harm or financial loss or to report alleged illegal activity. Information You Share on www.newssnip.com: Our website allows users to share advertising and other information with other users, thereby making such shared information accessible to other users. Since our website also allows you to contact buyers or sellers directly, we recommend that you consider how you share your personal information with others. You are solely responsible for the personal information you share through our website, and we cannot guarantee the privacy or security of the information you share with other users. If you access our website from a shared computer or a computer in an Internet cafe, we strongly recommend that you log out after each session. If you do not want a shared computer to remember you and/or your credentials, you will need to delete cookies and/or website visit history. Your data controller may transfer data as described in this Privacy Policy to other members of our corporate family who may process and store your personal information on servers in the EU, the United States and our data centers in other parts of the world.

You agree that we may use the information we collect to send you offers, whether personalized or not, or to contact you by phone regarding products or services offered by NewsSnip. We will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may combine your information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize our services and features. When you no longer wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can change your preferences in your My NewsSnip account, where applicable, or follow the unsubscribe link in the marketing communications you receive.

If you do not wish to participate in our ad personalization using your identified personal information or retargeting/tracking programs, you may opt-out by following the instructions provided in the applicable ad or directly in our AdChoice program. The effect of opting out is to stop personalized ads, but it still allows information to be collected for certain purposes (such as usage, research, analytics, and internal online service operations purposes). You may still see non-personalized ads, including ads based on general geographic area. Other than that, we do not allow third parties to track or collect your personal information on our website for their own advertising purposes without your explicit consent.

We and our service providers may place cookies (data files on your phone or mobile device drive) or web beacons (electronic images placed in the code of a web page) or similar technologies when you use our Services. We use cookies to help us recognize you as a user, provide you with a better website experience, measure promotional effectiveness, and ensure trust and security on our website. For more details on our use of these technologies, please see our Cookies, Web Beacons and Similar Technologies Policy.

We cannot modify your personal information or account information. You can modify your information by logging into your NewsSnip account. When you place a classified ad, you may not be able to change your listing or delete your message. If you would like to close your account with us (as applicable), please send us a request here. We will process your request within a reasonable time and process your personal information in accordance with applicable law. Alternatively, you may also contact customer support to access personal information we store that is not directly accessible on NewsSnip, unless we are not required to provide access under applicable law. We may charge a fee to reimburse costs; however, the fee shall not exceed the amount permitted by law. You may request that we modify or delete your information if it is factually incorrect, incomplete, or irrelevant to the purpose for which we process your information. Such requests will be processed in accordance with applicable law. If you have any questions, please contact us with the subject "Request Privacy Policy".

We protect your information by using technical and administrative security measures (such as firewalls, data encryption, and physical and administrative access controls to data and servers) that limit the risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. Nonetheless, if you believe your account has been misused, please contact us via the contact form. We retain personal information for no longer than permitted by law and delete it when it is no longer needed for the purposes listed above.

If you choose to register to use your platform social network account details (e.g. Google, Apple, Microsoft), you will provide us or allow your social network to provide us with your email address and publicly available information. We also share certain information with the relevant social network, such as your application ID, access token and referring URL. Based on the permissions you grant, we can obtain your account information and other information, which is only used for registration and login, and will not disclose this information to any third party or for other commercial purposes.

Abuse and Unsolicited Commercial Communications ("Spam"): We do not tolerate abuse of our website. You are not authorized to add other NewsSnip users to your mailing list (email or postal mail) for commercial purposes, even if the user has purchased something from you, unless the user has explicitly consented. If you notice someone abusing our website (spam or spoof email), please notify us here. Using our member-to-member communication resources to send spam or any other content that violates our Terms of Use is not permitted. For your safety, we may automatically scan messages and check for spam, viruses, phishing and other malicious activity or illegal or prohibited content. We do not permanently store messages sent through these resources. Third Parties: Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Privacy Policy, this Privacy Policy applies only to the use and transfer of information we collect from you. NewsSnip has no control over the privacy policies of third parties that may apply to you. When we partner with third parties or use third-party tools to provide certain services, we will clearly indicate which privacy policy applies to you. Therefore, we encourage you to ask questions before disclosing personal information to others. If you have unresolved privacy or data use concerns.