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This privacy policy indicates that your personal information, including health data, may be licensed to third parties for advertising purposes and that user information can be sold or rented (data_use-2). Additionally, online data may be sold or transferred to advertisers. Your information may also be transferred to other countries with different data protection laws, and you are responsible for personal information you make public (data_use-5). The company may combine your provided data with third-party data to enhance your profile. The company also cannot guarantee the complete security of data transmitted over the internet (gotchas-1).
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Risk Flags
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Critical issues that need immediate attention due to potential for significant user harm.
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No critical risk flags were clearly stated in the provided policy text.
Data Use
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How your data is collected, processed, and shared with other companies.
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User Information can be sold or rented to third-party providers.
For some services, information such as name, mailing address, phone number, email, employer's name, company size, and other industry data may be made available on a rental or other basis (e.g., sale) to third-party providers of goods and services.
Why it matters: Your personal and professional information could be sold or rented to other companies, leading to unsolicited communications or broader dissemination of your data.
For some of our Services, we may make some information, such as the name of our users, their mailing address, phone number, email address—and in certain circumstances their employer’s name, company size and other industry data—available on a rental or other basis (e.g., sale) to third party providers of goods and services, for example, when such information is provided in connection with certain content available on our websites.
What Information We Disclose to Third Parties, paragraph 2 · Citation strength: strong
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Personal information you make public in certain areas is not the company's responsibility.
Everyday Health is not responsible for Personal Information you volunteer about yourself in public areas of the Services.
Why it matters: Any personal information you share in public forums, chats, or other public areas of the service is not protected under the company's responsibility, and could be collected and used by others.
Everyday Health is not responsible for Personal Information you volunteer about yourself in public areas of the Services.
Summary – Collection and Creation of Information, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Cancellation & Renewal
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Terms related to how you can cancel services and how subscriptions are renewed.
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No cited billing terms — wording is unclear
No information about cancellation or renewal policies was clearly stated in the provided text.
Gotchas
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Potentially overlooked clauses that could be unfavorable to the user.
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The company cannot guarantee complete security of data transmitted over the internet.
Because the internet is an open system, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. The company cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to them using the internet, and any such transmission is at your own risk.
Why it matters: Your data transmitted over the internet may be vulnerable to security risks, as the company states they cannot guarantee its complete security. You bear the risk for such transmissions.
Because the internet is an open system, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will implement reasonable measures to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to us using the internet.Any such transmission is at your own risk and you are responsible for ensuring that any Personal Information that you send to us are sent securely.
Summary – Data Security, paragraph 1 · Citation strength: strong
Protections
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Policy clauses that benefit you and protect your rights.
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Children under 13's personal information will be deleted if collected.
If it is discovered that personal information has been collected from someone under 13, that information will be deleted immediately.
Why it helps: This helps protect the privacy of children by ensuring that any inadvertently collected data from those under 13 is promptly removed.
If it is discovered that we have collected Personal Information from someone under 13, we will delete that information immediately.