Privacy Notice
Your U.S. Privacy Rights
If the state where you are a resident has an enforceable privacy law, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information. Please see below for certain state-specific notices.
Please note that if you choose to delete your information or opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for the purposes of targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising, you may still be served advertisements on the Websites.
For Mediavine’s full privacy policy, please click here. You may contact us at privacy@mediavine.com or 888-705-1246.
Verification
If you submit a request to us, we may use the information you provide to us or request additional information to verify your request so that we can process it. You are required to verify your email for us to proceed with your request. You will receive an email with a verification request to complete your email verification process.
Other Opt-Out Mechanisms
If you would like more information about how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising in desktop and mobile browsers, including some of Mediavine’s partners, please visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s WebChoices Tool, the Mobile App AppChoices Tool, or the Network Advertising Initiative’s Consumer Opt-Out Tool.
You may also disable or delete cookies from your web browser. Please click the following links for our help documents about deleting cookies for the following browsers: (1) Google Chrome (2) Safari (3) Firefox and (4) Microsoft Edge. You may also review this information from Google for Chrome, Apple for Safari, Mozilla for Firefox, and Microsoft for Edge.
We accept the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) signal to the extent required by applicable law. You can learn more about the GPC on the Global Privacy Control website. We do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals.
State Specific Notices
Privacy Notice for California Residents
This privacy notice is provided for California residents and contains relevant information under the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
Right to Know
You have the right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, and share.
Mediavine collects the following categories of personal information for the purpose of providing cross-context behavioral advertising:
- Internet Activity: Cookie identifiers, hashed email-based identifiers, IP addresses, device type and model, device operating system type and version, and browser type.
Mediavine collects the following categories of personal information in connection with users of Grow:
- Identifiers: IP address, email address, and hashed email-based identifiers. Users of Grow may also choose to provide their first and last name, mailing address, website URL, and birthday, however, they do not need to provide this information to use the Grow service.
Mediavine collects the following categories of personal information in connection with members of its advertising management service:
- Identifiers: Business name, email address, mailing address, and website URL.
- Customer Records: Payment information (not including sensitive financial information).
- Commercial Information: Website analytics.
We do not collect, sell or share sensitive information. We do not knowingly collect the personal information of minors under 16 years of age. We may disclose, share or sell the information associated with cross-context behavioral advertising to our partners. Our Ad Partners page provides a link to each partner’s privacy policy, which may include instructions to opt out of their processing of your information.
For more information about the personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share please visit our privacy policy.
Right to Correct
You may request that we modify or update your personal information if it is inaccurate. Please be aware that not all personal information is able to be corrected, and we reserve the right to deny a request to correct your information where exceptions apply. To request that we modify or update your personal information, please email privacy@mediavine.com and include your name and email address and specify the personal information you would like to be corrected, and what you would like the change to be.
Right to Delete
You have the right to request that Mediavine deletes the personal information we currently hold about you.
To exercise this right in connection with Mediavine’s targeted advertising, please click here.
If you have created a Grow account and would like us to delete the information associated with your account, please log in to your account and choose the option to delete your account. You may contact us at privacy@mediavine.com if you need further instructions to delete your Grow account.
Please note that this is not an absolute right, and we may not be able to delete all or some of your personal information.
If you access this site from other devices or browsers, visit the link above from those devices or browsers to ensure your choice applies to the data collected when you use those devices or browsers.
Right to Opt-Out of ‘Sales’ of Personal Information
If you are a California resident, the CCPA and CPRA allow you to request that Mediavine no longer sell or share your personal information.
To opt out of the sale and sharing of your personal information, you will need to opt out of targeted advertising. To do so, simply follow the instructions available by clicking on the button below:
Do Not Sell or Share My Information
If you access this site from other devices or browsers, visit the link above from those devices or browsers to ensure your choice applies to the data collected when you use those devices or browsers.
Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights
You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of the privacy rights conferred by the CCPA and CPRA.
If you have any questions about this Notice, need to access it in an alternative format due to having a disability, or wish to request more information or appeal any decisions made in connection with your data subject rights, please contact privacy@mediavine.com or 888-705-1246.
Privacy Notice for Virginia Residents
This privacy notice is provided for Virginia residents and contains relevant information under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA).
Right to Know/Access
You have the right to confirm what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, and share and a right to access that information.
Mediavine collects the following categories of personal information for the purpose of providing cross-context behavioral advertising:
- Internet Activity: Cookie identifiers, hashed email-based identifiers, IP addresses, device type and model, device operating system type and version, and browser type.
Mediavine collects the following categories of personal information in connection with users of Grow:
- Identifiers: IP address, email address, and hashed email-based identifiers. Users of Grow may also choose to provide their first and last names, mailing address, website URL, and birthday, however, they do not need to provide this information to use the Grow service.
Mediavine collects the following categories of personal information in connection with members of its advertising management service:
- Identifiers: Business name, email address, mailing address, and website URL.
- Customer Records: Payment information (not including sensitive financial information).
- Commercial Information: Website analytics.
We do not collect, sell or share sensitive information. We do not knowingly collect the personal information of minors under 18 years of age. We may disclose, share or sell the information associated with cross-context behavioral advertising. To tailor ads that may be more relevant to you, we share the information we collect with our partners. Our Ad Partners page provides a link to each partner’s privacy policy, which may include instructions to opt out of their processing of your information.
For more information about the personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share please visit our privacy policy.
Right to Correct
You may request that we modify or update your personal information if it is inaccurate. Please be aware that not all personal information is able to be corrected, and we reserve the right to deny a request to correct your information where exceptions apply. To request that we modify or update your personal information, please email privacy@mediavine.com and include your name and email address and specify the personal information you would like to be corrected, and what you would like the change to be.
Right to Delete
You have the right to request that Mediavine deletes the personal information we currently hold about you.
To exercise this right in connection with Mediavine’s targeted advertising, please click here.
If you have created a Grow account and would like us to delete the information associated with your account, please log in to your account and choose the option to delete your account. You may contact us at privacy@mediavine.com if you need further instructions to delete your Grow account.
If you access this site from other devices or browsers, visit the link above from those devices or browsers to ensure your choice applies to the data collected when you use those devices or browsers.
Please note that this is not an absolute right, and we may not be able to delete all or some of your personal information.
Right to Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising, Sale of Your Personal Data, and Profiling
If you are a Virginia resident, VCDPA allows you to opt out of targeted advertising and the sale and sharing of your personal data.
To opt out of the sale and sharing, you will need to opt out of targeted advertising. To do so, simply follow the instructions available by clicking on the button below:
Opt-out of Targeted Advertising
If you access this site from other devices or browsers, visit the link below from those devices or browsers to ensure your choice applies to the data collected when you use those devices or browsers.
If you have any questions about this Notice, need to access it in an alternative format due to having a disability, or wish to request more information or appeal any decisions made in connection with your data subject rights, please contact privacy@mediavine.com and 888-705-1246.
Effective date: January 5, 2023