Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 10, 2020
This Privacy Policy applies to Soft News, Inc. (“Soft News”,
“We”, “Us” or “Our”) and describes the collection, use, disclosure, and
protection of information gathered through the Soft News network of Websites,
including Soft News.com, email newsletters distributed by us, Samsung Daily
Soft News Card (hereinafter “Web sites” or “Sites”) and through Soft News
published mobile applications (hereinafter “Apps”) (together hereinafter
“Services”). Soft News is committed to protecting the confidentiality and
security of information it collects through its Websites and Apps. Please read
the following carefully. Your use of the Web sites and Apps is governed by this
Privacy Policy, along with Soft News’s Terms of Use (available here:
https://softnews.co/terms-of-use). Our Privacy Policy or Terms of Use does not
apply to any third-party websites, services or applications, even if they are
accessible through our Services.
By using our Sites and Apps, you are accepting the practices
described in our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this
Privacy Policy, please do not use the Sites and Apps. We reserve the right to
modify or amend the terms of our Privacy Policy from time to time without
notice. Your continued use of our Sites and Apps following the posting of
changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
Revisions to this Privacy Policy. Any information that is
collected via our Services is covered by the Privacy Policy in effect at the
time such information is collected. We may revise this Privacy Policy from time
to time. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we’ll notify
you of these changes by posting them on the Services or other notification, and
we’ll update the “Last Updated Date” above to indicate when those changes will
become effective. You understand and agree that you will be deemed to have
accepted the updated Privacy Policy if you use the Services after the updated
Privacy Policy is posted on the Services.
Information We Collected or Received. We collect the
following information, many of them are device-related and non-personal
information, which alone cannot be used to identify you.
Device Related Information. We collect IP address, device
ID, cookies, user settings and preferences, operating system, and app version
about your device.
Location Information. We may collect location information
about your device that you volunteer or enable through the App or your device.
We will not collect any location information that you do not volunteer or
enable.
Usage Information. We collect information about how you use
our Apps, such as the type of content you view, and the time, frequency and
duration of your activities, advertisement interactions and other usage information
and performance data related to the Sites and Apps and usage of them.
Information You Provide When Sign-In. If you register for an
account with us, you will provide us your unique account name, your email
address. You may be able to register using your user credentials to certain
social media sites, such as Facebook, Google+ or Twitter (“Social Networks”).
Information You Choose to Share from Your Social Networks.
If you choose to link the Platform to your Social Networks, Facebook, Google+
or Twitter will share with us information from your social networks based on
their privacy policies and only with your consent.
Information You Provide as One-Time Request. You may provide
us with certain information when you submit a request, claim or event on our
Apps or to us.
Surveys. We may contact you to participate in surveys. If
you decide to participate, you may be asked to provide certain information
about you.
How Do We Use Your Information. Our primary purposes for the
collection and processing of information is to provide our Services (to perform
our contract with you), to improve our Services, to administer your use of the
Services, to market the Services to you, and to enable you to enjoy and easily
navigate our Services. Also, we may process your information where we have a
legitimate interest (e.g., fraud prevention, network and information security,
research (including marketing research), and direct marketing), and as you
otherwise consent.
We will use your information in one or more of the following
ways:
Performing Services for You:
As necessary for the Web sites or Apps to function or
provide you with Services properly;
Automatically update the App on your device;
Improve user experience;
Perform statistical, demographic, and marketing analyses of
users of the App;
Communicate with you about your questions, claims or
technical support; and
Communicate with you about changes to our policies, and send
you information about features and enhancements on our Sites and Apps.
Advertising Customization:
Personalize content and experiences on our Apps, including
providing you reports, recommendations, ads and feedback based on your
preferences.
Internal Research and Development; Quality Control:
In the aggregate to help us evaluate and modify existing
services and to help us develop additional services that are likely to be of
interest to our users;
Optimize or improve our products, services and operations;
and
To monitor quality control and ensure compliance with our
legal obligations, codes and ordinances, policies and procedures.
Security Detection, Protection and Enforcement;
Functionality Debugging, Error Repair:
Detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate
our policies or be illegal;
Recognize repeat visitors and facilitate ongoing access to
the Web sites or Apps; and
Verify your or your authorized agent’s identity.
Information We Share with Third Parties. We will not share
any information that we have collected from or regarding you except as
described below:
Software Development Kits. We may use our advertising
partners’ software development kits (“SDKs”). Our Advertising Publisher
Partners can access your information through the SDKs so that they can decide
whether to bid on ad inventory or serve an advertisement and choose the best ad
for you on our Apps.
Affiliates and Service Providers. We engage our affiliates
and service providers to administer or provide Our Services. We may share the
information we collect with our affiliates or service providers subject to
obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate
confidentiality and security measures.
Publishers. When you follow a publisher, the publisher can
access your username, profile picture if you sign-in through the Social
Network.
Legal Obligations. We cooperate with government and law
enforcement officials or private parties to enforce and comply with applicable
laws and regulations.
Your Choices. You may have the right to opt out of certain
uses of your information:
Opt-out of Email Communications. We may periodically send
you free newsletters and emails that directly promote our Services. When you
receive such promotional communications from us, you will have the opportunity
to “opt-out” (either through the App (if applicable) or by following the
unsubscribe instructions provided in the email you receive). We do need to send
you certain important communications regarding the Services and you will not be
able to opt out of those communications.
Opt-out of Ad Tracking. If you would like to opt-out of the
sharing of your information in connection with personalized advertising in
desktop and mobile browsers, please visit http://optout.aboutads.info/#/ or
http://optout.networkadvertising.org/# on each of your devices and browsers. To
opt-out in mobile apps, you may use your device’s “Limit Ad Tracking” or
similar settings at https://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice or
download and use the AppChoices app athttp://www.aboutads.info/appchoices on
each of your devices.
More Opt-out on Mobile Apps. You have choices when it comes
to how Apps function on your mobile device. Access to or availability of
controls may vary depending on your device. You may be able to:
Manage push notifications by using your built-in mobile
device settings and controls;
Manage location information by using your built-in mobile
device settings and controls;
Manage/restrict in-app purchases by using your built-in
mobile device settings and controls; or
Block navigation to the web by turning off network access on
the device or turning off the browser.
Opt-out of Samsung Daily Soft News Card. You can go More
options > Cards > Soft News > Privacy at any time to stop allowing
Soft News to collect your data.
California Residents Only.
As a California resident, you will have other following
rights with respect to your personal information of prior 12 months:
Right to know. You have the right to request that we
disclose to you the personal Information we collect, use, or disclose, and
information about our data practices, including the categories of personal
information we collect, the categories of sources of such information, our
business purpose for collecting or sharing such information, and the categories
of third parties with whom we share such information;
Right to receive a copy. You have the right to receive a
copy of the personal information we have collected about you;
Right to request deletion. You have the right to request
that we delete your Personal Information that we have collected from you
subject to certain exceptions;
Right to non-discrimination. We will not discriminate
against you for exercising any of these rights.
To exercise these rights, you can choose to:
Send an email to contact@softnews.co with a subject of “CCPA
Request”; or
Open our App, choose Me > setting icon, click Feedback
tab, and then send an email message with a subject of “CCPA Request”.
In order to protect your information, we may need to verify
your identity (that you are the persona about whom we collected personal
information) before processing your request. In some cases we may need to
collect additional information to verify your identity, such as a government
issued ID.
We cannot respond to your request or provide you with
personal information if we cannot verify your identity and confirm that the
personal information relates to you. Please understand due to very limited
personal information we received, we might not be able to verify your identity
and process your request.
Under the CCPA, You can also designate an authorized agent
to exercise your rights on your behalf. We may request that your authorized
agent have written permission from you to make requests on your behalf and may
need to verify your authorized agent’s identity.
Do not Sell My Info. We do not sell your personal
information. We and our advertising partners may collect certain information
about your devices to deliver personalized ads to you (e.g., cookies,
advertising identifiers, IP address, usage history, geolocation) when you visit
our sites or use our apps. These ads help to fund our websites and apps and
make them free for you.
If you would like to opt-out of the sharing of your
information in connection with personalized advertising in desktop and mobile
browsers, please visit http://optout.aboutads.info/#/ or
http://optout.networkadvertising.org/# on each of your devices and browsers.
To opt-out in mobile apps, you may use your device’s “Limit
Ad Tracking” or similar settings at
https://www.networkadvertising.org/mobile-choice or download and use the
AppChoices app at http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices on each of your devices.
Please note that opting out does not mean that you will stop
seeing all ads.
The Security of Your Information. We take reasonable
administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect the
information that we collect from or about you from unauthorized access, use or
disclosure. Please be aware, however, that no method of transmitting
information over the Internet or storing information is completely secure.
Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the security of any information.
Data Retention. We retain the information we collect for as
long as your use of our Services or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for
which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal
defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our
agreements, and comply with applicable laws.
Links to Other Sites. Our Services may contain links to
websites and services that are owned or operated by third parties (each, a
“Third-party Service”). Any information that you provide on or to a Third-party
Service or that is collected by a Third-party Service is provided directly to
the owner or operator of the Third-party Service and is subject to the owner’s
or operator’s privacy policy. We’re not responsible for the content, privacy or
security practices and policies of any Third-party Service. To protect your
information we recommend that you carefully review the privacy policies of all
Third-party Services that you access.
International Transfer. We may process the information we
collect in the United States and elsewhere in the world where our subsidiary or
third-party service providers are located in order to provide the Services.
Our Policy toward People under 13. Our Services are not
directed to people under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from individuals
under the age of 13. If you are between 13 and 18, you must have permission
from your legal guardian before you are permitted to use the Services. If we
learn that we have collected information of an individual under 13 we will take
steps to delete such information from our files as soon as possible.
Questions? Please contact us at contact@softnews.co,