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The company reserves the right to unilaterally change its Privacy Policy, with continued use implying acceptance (risk_flags-1). It also disclaims responsibility for the privacy practices of third-party websites linked from its services (risk_flags-2). Furthermore, the company and its third-party partners automatically collect device and usage data for targeted advertising (data_use-1), and allows third-party advertising networks to directly collect personal information from your browser or device for their own purposes, which may include reselling the information (data_use-2).
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Risk Flags
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Critical issues that may result in significant harm to the user. These include loss of funds, privacy violations, or limiting user’s legal rights.
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Unilateral Policy Changes Without User Consent
The company reserves the right to change or modify its Privacy Policy at any time by simply posting a revised version on its site. Your continued use of the services after these changes means you accept the revised policy.
Why it matters: The company can change its Privacy Policy without directly notifying users, and continued use of the service after such changes implies acceptance, potentially binding users to new terms without explicit agreement.
We reserve the right to change or modify our Privacy Policy from time to time by posting a revised Privacy Policy on our site. The “last updated” legend at the top of this page indicates when this Policy was last revised. Your use of the Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
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Third-Party Privacy Practices Not Covered
The Privacy Policy disclaims responsibility for the privacy practices of any third parties, including those operating sites or services linked from the company's services.
Why it matters: If you follow links from the service to third-party sites or services, their privacy practices are not covered by this policy, and the company is not responsible for them. Your data on those third-party sites may be handled differently.
This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service to which the Services link. The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service.
Practices related to the collection, processing, and sharing of user data.
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Automatic Collection of Device and Usage Data for Targeted Advertising
The company and its third-party partners automatically collect device and usage data, such as device type, IP address, and browser information, for purposes including targeted advertising, attribution, research, and analytics. This collection occurs through technologies like cookies and pixel tags.
Why it matters: Your device and usage data are automatically collected by the company and third parties for targeted advertising and other analytical purposes. This means your online activity can be tracked to show you personalized ads on various websites and services.
We and our third-party partners also collect device and usage data for purposes of targeted advertising, attribution, research and analytics purposes. We target our ads only to adult audience segments. For more information about tracking technologies, please see ["Third-party tracking and online advertising" section below](https://www.getepic.com/).
INFORMATION WE COLLECT, paragraph 6 · Citation strength: strong
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Third-Party Advertising Networks Collect Personal Information Directly
The company allows certain third-party advertising networks and businesses to directly collect personal information from your browser or device using cookies and related technologies. These third parties use this data for their own purposes, which may include reselling the information to additional third parties for advertising and other uses.
Why it matters: Third-party advertising networks and businesses can directly collect your personal information from your browser or device for their own advertising and other purposes, including potentially reselling your information to other third parties.
However, as is common practice among companies that operate online, we do allow certain third-party advertising networks and other third-party businesses to collect personal information directly from your browser or device through cookies and related technologies for the purpose of serving ads that are more relevant, for ad campaign measurement and analytics, for fraud detection and reporting, and for research purposes. These third parties may use such personal information for their own purposes in accordance with their own privacy statements, which may include reselling this information to additional third parties for advertising and other purposes.
YOUR CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS, paragraph 9 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation and Renewal
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Terms related to subscription, cancellation, and renewal processes.
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Gotchas
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Other notable clauses that may be to the user's detriment, but do not fit in the above categories.
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Protections
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Consumer-friendly clauses that offer the user more control, better privacy, or other benefits.
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Rights to Access and Delete Personal Information (California Residents)
California residents have the right to request access to specific pieces or categories of personal information collected about them, and the right to request the deletion of their personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
Why it helps: This provides California residents with important control over their personal data, allowing them to understand what information is collected and to request its removal.
Residents of California may be entitled to certain rights with respect to personal information that we have collected about them under the CCPA:
YOUR CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS, paragraph 3 · Citation strength: strong
Protection95% confidence
Right to Opt Out of Personal Information Sales (California Residents)
California residents have the right to direct the company not to "sell" personal information collected about them to third parties, as defined by the CCPA.
Why it helps: This gives California residents control over whether their personal information is shared with third parties for sales purposes, enhancing their privacy.
* **Right to Opt Out of Personal Information Sales.** The right to direct us not to sell (as such term is defined by the CCPA) personal information we have collected about you to third parties.
YOUR CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS, paragraph 6 · Citation strength: strong
Protection95% confidence
No Sale of Personal Information of Consumers Under 16
The company explicitly states that it does not "sell" the personal information of consumers known to be less than 16 years of age.
Why it helps: This provides a specific privacy protection for younger users, ensuring their personal information is not sold to third parties.
We do not sell the personal information of consumers we know to be less than 16 years of age.
YOUR CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS, paragraph 11 · Citation strength: strong
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Protection Against Targeted Advertising for Child Users
The company takes steps to prevent third parties from collecting information from child users (of any age) for targeted advertising by disabling these third-party tools once a user signs into an authenticated user account.
Why it helps: This measure protects children from behavioral advertising by limiting third-party data collection for targeted ad purposes when they are logged into the service.
We also take steps to prevent third parties from collecting information from child users of our Service (of any age) for targeted advertising purposes by disabling these third-party tools once a user signs into an authenticated user account our Service.
YOUR CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY RIGHTS, paragraph 11 · Citation strength: strong
Protection95% confidence
Commitment to Not Display Targeted Ads to Child Users
The company commits to not displaying targeted ads to child users within the Epic service.
Why it helps: This ensures that child users are not subjected to targeted advertising, creating a safer and less commercialized environment for them.
* We do not display targeted ads to child users in Epic.
Commitment to Not Use Child Data for Targeted Advertising or Marketing
The company commits to not using or disclosing data collected from child users for targeted advertising or marketing purposes.
Why it helps: This protects child users' privacy by preventing exploitation of their data for commercial advertising or marketing. It emphasizes a commitment to a child-friendly digital environment.
* We do not use or disclose data collected from child users for targeted advertising or marketing purposes.