Privacy Policy for European Union Individuals
Effective Date: [Date]
Introduction:
Welcome! This Privacy Policy applies to you as an individual in the European Union (EU) and explains how your personal data is collected, used, and shared when you use our websites, interactive services, email programs, and mobile device applications.
Children Under 16:
Meredith is committed to protecting the privacy of children. We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 16. Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 16, and they should not use or register for our Services. If you are a parent or guardian and believe we have collected any information from your child, please contact us at [email protected]. We encourage you to be involved in your children’s online experience and to share your knowledge and experience with them.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It:
Comments:
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
Media:
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors can download and extract this information from the images.
Contact Forms:
If you fill out a contact form on our website, we collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, and any other details you provide.
Automatically Collected Information:
We collect certain information automatically when you use our Services, including:
- Web pages, content, and advertisements you view, and links you click on while navigating within our Services.
- Information about your interactions with our content, including video or audio content.
- Information about your interactions with our email messages, such as the links you click on and whether you open or forward a message.
- The website you visited before and after visiting a Meredith website.
- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, which can be used to derive your general geographic area.
- Search terms you enter using our Services or on a referral site.
- Unique identifiers, including mobile device identification numbers, that can identify the physical location of devices.
- Your device type, screen size, browser type, language and other settings, memory capacity, plug-ins, Internet domain, TCP configuration parameters, operating system, carrier code, time zone, and software installed on your device.
- Standard server log information.
- Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
Cookies:
We use cookies on our site to enhance user experience. If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
Embedded Content from Other Websites:
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. Embedded content behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.
Analytics:
We use tracking technologies, such as cookies, web beacons, and device identifiers, to analyze, operate, and improve our Services, as well as to tailor content and advertising to user interests. Third-party companies that provide tools and features on our Services, advertisers, and other companies involved in delivering advertisements may also use tracking technologies to collect information about your use of our Services.
How We Use The Information We Collect:
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Analyzing, operating, and improving our Services.
- Fulfilling your requests for products, services, and information.
- Sending you email and electronic newsletters.
- Providing technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support.