Terms and Conditions

Workman Publishing Company Giveaway

Official Rules

By entering this giveaway contest, you are providing information to Workman Publishing Company 225 Varick St New York, NY 10014, (212) 614-7548 (the “Sponsor”).

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

The Giveaway: Sponsor will give the winner of the giveaway one children’s book of its choosing (the “Book”) plus a $100.00 workman Publishing Company gift card (the “Gift Card”). The Book and the Gift Card have a total retail value of approximately $125.00 (the “Giveaway”). Facebook.com, Inc. (“Facebook.com”) is hosting the Giveaway and registration to win the Giveaway will be through Facebook.com. Mediaplanet USA (“Mediaplanet”) will be serving the Giveaway platform on Sponsor’s behalf.

Who May Enter: The Giveaway is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 years or older with Internet access at time of entry. This promotion is void in Puerto Rico and where otherwise prohibited by law. Only entrants logging onto the Internet from within the 50 United States or the District of Columbia are eligible to enter the Giveaway. The following persons are not eligible to enter the Giveaway: (a) Sponsor’s employees, its affiliates or subsidiaries, (b) employees of any organizations directly involved with this Giveaway, (c) immediate family members and persons living in the same household as the persons identified in (a) or (b) above.

How To Enter: To enter to win the Giveaway, you must: (a) submit an entry using the online form; (b) fulfill all requirements set forth in these Official Rules, as specified, to be eligible to win the Giveaway; and (c) provide all the information requested in the online form, including submitting your first and last name and e-mail address. Entries that are incomplete or entries that do not adhere to these Official Rules (the “Rules”) may be disqualified at Sponsor’s sole discretion. You must provide the information requested on the online entry form to be deemed entered to win the Giveaway. You are limited to one entry per person. Sponsor will not be responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, illegible, or misdirected entries due to any reason. Entries submitted using any kind of bot or automated technology will be deleted.

Random Drawing: There will be one winner of the Giveaway. A Random drawing will take place on October 25^th, 2019 from all eligible entries received, and the winner will be notified by November 1^st, 2019 via the e-mail address supplied on your online entry form. All decisions of the judges are final. No cash or other prize substitution shall be permitted except at Sponsor’s discretion. The Giveaway is nontransferable. Any and all Giveaway-related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and/or local taxes, shall be the sole responsibility of winner. Acceptance of the Giveaway constitutes permission for Sponsor to use the winner’s name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.

Odds of Winning: The Giveaway is non-transferable, has no monetary value, and cannot be redeemed for cash. Sponsor makes no representation or warranties concerning the appearance, safety or performance of the Giveaway or any prizes awarded. The odds of winning depend upon the number of valid entries received. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute an alternative giveaway or prize of equal or greater value.

Gift Card: The Gift Card is nonrefundable for cash except in states where required by law. Resale of the Gift Card is likewise strictly prohibited. The Gift Card is also not for promotional use by the winner. Lost or stolen Gift Cards will not be replaced and neither Mediaplanet nor Sponsor shall have liability to you for (i) a lost or stolen Gift Card or (ii) use of a Gift Card. The Gift Card shall expire after 1 year of the date the Gift Card is awarded. In the event the Gift Card is not used within the first twenty-four (24) months after the Gift Card is awarded, Mediaplanet and/or Sponsor reserves the right to charge a reasonable dormancy fee.

Claiming the Giveaway: All properly claimed Giveaway prizes will be awarded. By accepting the Giveaway, the winner consents to Sponsor’s use of their name, photograph and/or likeness, address, voice, and statements made by or attributed to them in perpetuity, in any and all media now known or hereafter developed for all business purposes without additional compensation unless prohibited by law. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on an e-mail address, the winning entry will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. For purposes of these Rules, the phrase “Authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, on-line service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational, institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address.

Privacy: Sponsor will be collecting personal data about entrants in accordance with the terms of several privacy policies, including, Sponsor’s Facebook.com’s and Mediaplanet’s. By participating in the Giveaway and submitting an entry for the Giveaway, you agree to the collection and usage of your personal information by these entities and/or their affiliates and acknowledge that you have read and accepted the terms of their respective privacy policies, which can be accessed by clicking here or through their respective websites.

Limitation of Liability: By submitting an entry and entering to win the Giveaway, participants release and hold harmless Sponsor and Mediaplanet, their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, as well as their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability or any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Giveaway or acceptance or use of any prize or giveaway won.

Miscellaneous Terms & Conditions: The Sponsor assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. The Sponsor is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Giveaway or downloading any materials in this Giveaway. If for any reason this Giveaway is not capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Giveaway, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway. Sponsor reserves the right to make rule changes, and change the aforementioned Giveaway dates.

Right to Cancel Giveaway: Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway.

Choice of Law: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations of entrants and Sponsor in connection with this Giveaway, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles.

Facebook: The Giveaway sponsored by Sponsor and hosted by Facebook.com is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook.com or Mediaplanet. By entering into this Giveaway contest, each entrant waives any and all claims of liability against Sponsor, Mediaplanet, Facebook.com, and their respective parents, affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents, for any and all claims, loss, damage or injury which may occur as a result of entrant’s participation in this contest.

DISCLAIMER FOR USE ON MARKETING MATERIAL

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE THE ODDS OF THE ENTRY WINNING. Workman Publishing Company’s promotions are independently overseen and conducted by Mediaplanet USA. Workman Publishing Company’s promotions are open only to legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia who are living in the United States and the District of Columbia and who are at least 18 years of age. Workman Publishing Company’s promotions are void in Puerto Rico and where otherwise prohibited by law. The odds of winning depend on the number of valid entries submitted prior to each drawing. Winners are responsible for taxes associated with the Giveaway. For method of entry, please click here. For our Official Rules, please click here. For the Mediaplanet USA and Facebook.com Giveaway Privacy Policies, please click here.

Mer-Sea & Company Giveaway

By entering this giveaway contest, you are providing information to Mer-Sea & Company, 14832 w. 107^th Street, Lenexa, Kansas 66215, (816) 204-1858 (the “Sponsor”).

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

The Giveaway: Sponsor will give the winner of the giveaway one water.org candle (the “Candle”) plus one water-themed gift basket containing one “Sea Change” Candle, one “Agate” Candle, one Hand Soap, one Hand Lotion, one “Voyager” Scented Candle, one Difusser, one Bar Soap, one Beach Wrap, one Travel Wrap in Sea Salt, one “Aberdeen” Travel Sweater and one Classic Recycled Tote (the “Gift Basket”). The Candle and the Gift Basket have an approximate total retail value of $581.00 (the “Giveaway”). For further details on the Giveaway, please visit Sponsor’s website located at https://www.mersea.com/collections/candles. Facebook.com, Inc. (“Facebook.com”) is hosting the Giveaway. Registration to win the Giveaway will be through Facebook.com. Mediaplanet USA (“Mediaplanet”) will be serving the Giveaway on Sponsor’s behalf.

Random Drawing: There will be one winner of the Giveaway. A Random drawing will take place on 31^st October, 2019 from all eligible entries received, and the winner will be notified by 14^th November, 2019 via the e-mail address supplied on your online entry form. All decisions of the judges are final. No cash or other prize substitution shall be permitted except at Sponsor’s discretion. The Giveaway is nontransferable. Any and all Giveaway-related expenses, including without limitation any and all federal, state, and/or local taxes, shall be the sole responsibility of winner. Acceptance of the Giveaway constitutes permission for Sponsor to use the winner’s name, likeness, and entry for purposes of advertising and trade without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.

Privacy: Sponsor will be collecting personal data about entrants in accordance with the terms of several privacy policies, including, Sponsor’s, Facebook’s, and Mediaplanet’s. By participating in the Giveaway and submitting an entry for the Giveaway, you agree to the collection and usage of your personal information by these entities and/or their affiliates and acknowledge that you have read and accepted the terms of their respective privacy policies, which can be accessed by clicking here or through their respective websites.

Miscellaneous Terms & Conditions: The Sponsor, Mediaplant and Facebook assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries. Sponsor, Mediaplant and Facebook are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or telephone lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by Sponsor on account of technical problems, human error or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any website, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in this Giveaway or downloading any materials in this Giveaway. If for any reason this Giveaway is not capable of running as planned due to infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Giveaway, the Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process and/or to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway. Sponsor reserves the right to make rule changes, and change the aforementioned Giveaway dates.

Right to Cancel Giveaway: Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Giveaway.

General: Participants agree that the Sponsor, Mediaplanet and Facebook (A) shall not be responsible or liable for, and are hereby released from, any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, death and bodily injury, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, as a result of participating in the promotion or any promotional related activity, including prize misuse and (B) have not made any warranty, representation or guarantee express or implied, in fact or in law, with respect to any prize, including, without limitation, to such prize’s quality or fitness for a particular purpose. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Giveaway. Many of Sponsor’s products are hand-poured and hand finished and may have variations in color and replication.

Facebook: The Giveaway sponsored by Sponsor and hosted by Facebook is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook or Mediaplanet. By entering into this Giveaway contest, each entrant waives any and all claims of liability against Sponsor, Mediaplanet, Facebook, and their respective parents, affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents, for any and all claims, loss, damage or injury which may occur as a result of entrant’s participation in this contest.

DISCLAIMER FOR USE ON MARKETING MATERIAL

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE THE ODDS OF THE ENTRY WINNING. Mer-Sea & Company’s promotions are independently overseen and conducted by Mediaplanet USA. Mer-Sea & Company’s promotions are open only to legal residents of the United States and the District of Columbia who are living in the United States and the District of Columbia and who are at least 18 years of age. Mer-Sea & Company’s promotions are void in Puerto Rico and where otherwise prohibited by law. The odds of winning depend on the number of valid entries submitted prior to each drawing. Winners are responsible for taxes associated with the Giveaway. For method of entry, please click here. For our Official Rules, please click here. For the Mediaplanet USA and Facebook Giveaway Privacy Policies, please click here.

Common Sense Caution: Remove all packaging before burning candles. Burn within sight. Keep away from things that catch fire. Keep away from children and animals. To reduce sooting, trim the wick to ¼ inch each time the candle is to be lit. Avoid using in drafty areas. Do not burn candle for more than three hours at a time.

Privacy Statement MP Group

Effective May 25, 2018

Your trust and privacy are important to us. This Privacy Statement explains how Mediaplanet´s group of companies (“MP Group,” “we”, “us” or “our”) collect, handle, store and protect personal information about you. Read more about who we are here. It also provides information about your rights and about how you can contact us if you have any questions about us or how we handle your personal information.

Who this applies to and what it covers

We may collect personal data electronically when you visit any website, application, including mobile application (“app”), product, software or service of ours (referred to as our “Services”) that hyperlinks to this Statement.

Depending on which of our Services are used, we may provide additional or different privacy statements or notices for specific interactions you have with us or to highlight how we use your personal data for specific Services. Where we do this, it will be clear which statements apply to which interactions and Services.

Within our Services, there may be links to third-party websites or applications. We are not responsible for the content or privacy compliance of third-party websites or applications. You should check those websites or applications for their privacy statements and terms that apply to them.

This Privacy Statement does not generally apply to individuals whose personal information forms part of the content included within our products.

Children’s Privacy

Our products and services are not generally aimed at children under the age of thirteen (13). If we detect that personal data has been collected from a person under 13 years of age on or through our Services, we will take the appropriate steps to have this information deleted.

Who we are

MP Group is a global company consisting of numerous brands and legal entities. The legal entities are Mediaplanet Holding AB including all subsidiaries; N365 Group Holding AB, Appelberg Publishing Group AB and Mediaplanet International AB.

Sources of personal information

We collect personal information about you from your interactions with us and from certain third parties and other sources.

We obtain personal information from you:

through your interactions with us and our Services, such as, when you purchase or use our Services, register for an event or a newsletter or you request information
through your system/device and use of our Services. Our servers, logs and other technologies automatically collect system/device and usage information to help us administer, protect and improve our Services, analyse usage and improve users’ experience
through cookies and similar technologies included on our Services. More information relating to cookies, and how to control their use can be found here, and information related to Interest-Based and Mobile Advertising can be found here

We also collect personal information about you from third parties such as:

partners and service providers who work with us in relation to our Services
publicly available sources such as public websites, open databases or other data in the public domain, to help us maintain data accuracy and provide and enhance our Services

What types of personal information we may collect

The type of personal information we collect depends on how you are interacting with us and which Services you are purchasing or using.

In many cases, you can choose whether or not to provide us with personal information, but if you choose not to, you may not receive full functionality from the Services.

The personal information we collect varies with the Service provided and may consist of the following:

Name and contact data, such as; first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data
User content, such as; communications and files provided by you in relation to your use of the Services
Payment information, such as; payment card number (credit or debit card), and the security code associated with your payment instrument, if you make a payment
Device information, such as; information about your device, such as IP address, location or provider
Usage information and browsing history, such as; information about how you navigate within our Services, your browsing history and which elements of our Services you use the most
Location data, for Services with location-enhanced features
Demographic information, such as; your country, and preferred language

How we use personal information

This section includes details of the purposes for which we use personal information and also the different legal grounds upon which we process that personal data. We use personal information to provide and improve our Services and for other purposes that are in our legitimate interests, as well as for compliance purposes. Further information is set out below.

Some laws require us to explain our lawful reason for processing your personal information. We process personal information about you on the basis that it is:

necessary for the performance of a contract: where we have a contract with you, we will process your personal information in order to fulfil that contract (i.e., to provide you with Services)
in our or a third parties’ legitimate interests: details of those legitimate interests are set out in more detail below (e.g., provision of Services that we are contractually obliged by a third party, such as your employer or our subscriber, to deliver to you)
where you give us your consent: we only ask for your consent in relation to specific uses of personal information where we need to and, if we need it, we will collect it separately and make it clear that we are asking for consent
for compliance with a legal obligation (e.g., to respond to a court order or a regulator)

You are welcome to contact us for further information about the legal grounds that we rely on in relation to any specific processing of your personal information.

How we share personal information

We share personal information within MP Group, with our business partners and third-party service providers and in accordance with law. Our third-party service providers are not permitted to share or use personal information we make available to them for any purpose other than to provide services to us.

We share your information for the purposes set out in this Statement, with the following categories of recipients:

MP Group Companies
business partners with whom we deliver co-branded Services, provide content, or to host events, conferences and seminars
third parties that help us deliver Services or act on our behalf
third parties where we have a duty to or are permitted to disclose your personal information by law (e.g., government agencies, law enforcement, courts and other public authorities)
third parties in order to participate in, or be the subject of, any sale, merger, acquisition, restructure, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings), in which case we may disclose your personal data to prospective buyers, sellers, advisers or partners and your data may be a transferred asset in a business sale
third parties where reasonably required to protect our rights, users, systems and Services (e.g., legal counsel and information security professionals)
any person you have asked us to share information with (e.g., if you upload information into a public forum it is shared publicly)

To achieve the purposes above we may share your personal data with our sub-contractors for the necessary treatment on behalf of MP Group, in connection with, for example, printing, distribution and marketing. We might also process and transfer your data to other countries e.g. social networks and advertising networks.

For some Services we make decisions on how personal information is used in the context of a Service (MP Group is a controller of personal information in this case), and for other Services we will only use personal information as instructed by our customers (MP Group is a processor of personal information in this case).

International transfers

MP Group is a global organisation and your personal information may be stored and processed outside of your home country, including in countries that may not offer the same level of protection for your personal information as your home country. We have measures in place to ensure that when your personal information is transferred internationally, it is subject to appropriate safeguards in accordance with data protection laws.

MP Group has networks, databases, servers and systems around the world. We collaborate with third-parties like cloud hosting services, suppliers and technology support located around the world to serve the needs of our business, workforce and customers. We take appropriate steps to ensure that personal information is processed, secured and transferred according to applicable law. In some cases, we may need to disclose or transfer your personal information within MP Group or to third parties in areas outside of your home country, including to countries that have not been declared adequate for the purposes of data protection by the European Commission.

When we transfer personal information internationally, we put in place safeguards in accordance with applicable law (including Articles 44 to 50 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation). If you would like to know more about our data transfer practices, please contact our Data Protection Manager.

Legitimate interests

Our legitimate interests to collect and process your data is to maintain good customer relations, improve our products and services, administer our relationship with you, for marketing and in order to exercise our rights and responsibilities. More detailed information about these legitimate interests is set out below:

to administer our relationship with you, our business and our third-party providers (e.g., to send invoices)
to deliver and suggest tailored content such as news, research, reports and business information. We analyse the way you use our Services to make suggestions to you for features or Services that we believe you will also be interested in, and so that we can make our Services more user-friendly
to personalise your experience with our Services. We may retain your browsing and usage information to make your interactions within our Services more relevant and use those insights to target advertising to you online on our websites and apps. Your choices in relation to marketing and advertising are explained here. We may sometimes share your personal information across our Services so that we can make all of the Services we deliver to you more intuitive
to contact you in relation to, and conduct, surveys or polls you choose to take part in and to analyse the data collected for market research purposes
to display information you choose to post, share, upload or make available in chat rooms, messaging services, and community and event forums (including in community and event profiles) and for related collaboration, peer connection, games and information exchange
for internal research and development purposes and to improve, test and enhance the features and functions of our Services
to provide you with marketing as permitted by law
to meet our internal and external audit requirements, including our information security obligations
to enforce our terms and conditions
to protect our rights, privacy, safety, networks and systems, or those of other persons
for the prevention, detection or investigation of a crime or other breach of law or requirement, loss prevention or fraud
to comply with requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, including where they are outside your country of residence
in order to exercise our rights, and to defend ourselves from claims and to comply with laws and regulations that apply to us or third parties with whom we work
in order to participate in, or be the subject of, any sale, merger, acquisition, restructure, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings)

Where we rely on legitimate interests as a lawful ground for processing your personal information, we balance those interests against your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms. For more information on how this balancing exercise has been carried out, please contact our Data Protection Manager.

How we store your data and for how long

Your personal data is stored and used for the time you are actively involved with MP Group and for some time after which you can take advantage of the benefits of being a registered user.

Your information will not be used otherwise than to provide you with information and services from MP Group or third parties approved by us.

We retain your information in accordance with our enterprise records retention schedule. You can find more information on the criteria used to calculate the retention periods set out below:

the length of time necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for
when you cease to use our Services
the length of time it is reasonable to keep records to demonstrate that we have fulfilled our duties and obligations
any limitation periods within which claims might be made
any retention periods prescribed by law or recommended by regulators, professional bodies or associations
the existence of any relevant proceedings

Your rights

You may have rights under European and other laws to have access to your personal information and to ask us to rectify, erase and restrict use of your personal information. You may also have rights to object to your personal information being used, to ask for the transfer of personal information you have made available to us and to withdraw consent to the use of your personal information. Further information on how to exercise your rights is set out below.

We will honour your rights under applicable data protection laws. You have the following rights under European laws and may have similar rights under the laws of other countries:

Right of subject access: The right to make a written request for details of your personal information and a copy of that personal information
Right to rectification: The right to have inaccurate information about you corrected or removed
Right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’): The right to have certain personal information about you erased
Right to restriction of processing: The right to request that your personal information is only used for restricted purposes
Right to opt out of marketing: You can manage your marketing preferences by unsubscribe links found in the communications you receive from us or by visiting the applicable preference centre
Right to object: The right to object to processing of your personal information in cases where our processing is based on the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or we have let you know the processing is necessary for our, or a third party’s, legitimate interests
Right to data portability: The right to ask for the personal information you have made available to us to be transferred to you or a third party in machine-readable format
Right to withdraw consent: The right to withdraw any consent you have previously given us to handle your personal information. If you withdraw your consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of our use of your personal information prior to the withdrawal of your consent

These rights are not absolute, and they do not always apply in all cases. In response to a request, we will ask you to verify your identity if we need to, and to provide information that helps us to understand your request better. If we do not comply with your request, whether in whole or in part, we will explain why.

Marketing and Advertising

We contact, deliver marketing and event communications to you across various platforms such as email, telephone, text messaging, direct mail and online. Where required by law, we will ask you to explicitly opt in to receive marketing from us. If we send you marketing communication, it will include instructions on how to opt out of receiving these communications in the future.

Honouring your marketing preferences is important to us. You always have the right to opt out of receiving direct marketing and targeted online advertising.

How to Opt Out of Email Marketing

Where we send marketing emails and newsletters, we provide unsubscribe options for your use within those emails. To update your email marketing preferences, please visit the applicable email preference centre, a link to which will normally be included in emails you receive from us. In addition, you can also use the “Contact Us” feature of a particular Service.

Even if you opt out of receiving marketing communications by email, we may still send you service communications or important transactional information related to your accounts and subscriptions (for purposes such as providing customer support).

How to Opt Out of Web Notifications

Where the Services provide the option to allow push notifications to receive updates through your web browser, you need to opt out by revoking/disabling the notifications through your browser’s settings. These vary by browser, we recommend you follow the help guides provided by the browser.

Interest-based advertising (IBA)

Interest-based advertising (IBA) allows us to deliver targeted advertising to users of our Services. IBA works by showing you advertisements, or sending you marketing emails, that are based on the type of content you access or read. For example, as you browse our Services, cookies are placed on your device, that will be advertising cookies, so we can better understand what sort of pages or content you are interested in. The information collected about your device enables us to group you with other devices that have shown similar interests. We can then display advertising to categories of users that is based on common interests. For more information about IBA, please visit: http://www.iab.net/public_policy/behavioral-advertisingprinciples.

Opting out of IBA

If you want to opt out of receiving IBA, it does not mean that you will no longer receive advertising when you are using our Services. It just means that we will not use your personal data for IBA and that any advertising you see will not be customised to you. You can exercise your online advertising choices at http://optout.aboutads.info or by clicking the AdChoices icon in an ad and by following the instructions. You may also opt out of receiving IBAs from many sites through the Network Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) Opt Out Tool (http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices) and in the EU at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/.

If you delete cookies, and use a different device, or change web browser, you may need to opt out again.

Advertising on mobile devices

Mobile devices have an identifier that gives companies the ability to serve targeted ads to a specific mobile device. In many cases, you can turn off mobile device ad tracking or you can reset the advertising identifier at any time within your mobile device privacy settings. Another tool you can use to control advertising on your mobile device is the AppChoices App: http://youradchoices.com/appchoices.

You may also choose to turn off location tracking on your mobile device. If you turn off ad tracking or location tracking, we will no longer use information collected from your device’s advertising identifier for the purposes of advertising. You may still see the same number of ads, but they may be less relevant because they will not be based on your interests. Where we need your consent to gather information about your location, we will obtain this from you.

Cookies and similar technologies

MP Group and our third-party providers set and use cookies and similar technologies to store and manage user preferences, deliver targeted advertising, enable content, and gather analytic and usage data, for example. The use of cookies and other tracking technologies is standard across websites and apps through which information is collected about your online activities across applications, websites, or other services. More information about how we use cookies and similar technologies and how you can control and manage them is set out below.

What we need to collect

Requested Content

Data requested by your webbrowser

By analyzing the content your web browser requests, we can properly determine the correct content to serve you.

Loaded Content

Content you open

By processing your requests, we provide a working experience by serve you images and text.

Generalized ads

We display ads for everyone, independent of who they are.

With your consent, we may also collect

Personalized Ad Data

Relevant Ads

Ads tailored to the articles you read, making them more relevant and interesting to you.

Interactive Content

Multimedia Components

By integrating with external sources, we can provide interactive elements such as videos and audio from our own sources, and social networks.

Social Media Interactions

Sharing and Caring

If we can interact with Facebook, Twitter and other sources we can easily allow you to share and discuss content with your friends.

What is a cookie and why we use them

A cookie is a small text file that is placed on a computer or other device and is used to identify the user or device and to collect information. Cookies are typically assigned to one of four categories, depending on their function and intended purpose: absolutely necessary cookies, performance cookies, functional cookies, and cookies for marketing purposes.

Absolutely necessary cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to move around a website and use its features. Without these cookies, Services you have asked for cannot be provided.
Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our websites. Information collected includes, for example, the Internet browsers and operating systems used, the domain name of the website previously visited, the number of visits, average duration of visit, and pages viewed. These cookies only collect information in an aggregated format. Performance cookies are used to improve the user-friendliness of a website and enhance your experience.
Functionality cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as language preference, or the area or region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of web pages. They may also be used to provide Services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Targeting and advertising cookies: These cookies track browsing habits and are used to deliver targeted (interest-based) advertising. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an ad and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organisations, such as advertisers.

Managing cookies

You can manage website cookies in your browser settings, and you always have the choice to change these settings by accepting, rejecting, or deleting cookies. If you choose to change your settings, you may find that certain functions and features will not work as intended on the Services. All browser settings are slightly different, so to manage cookies, you should refer to the relevant settings within your browser.

We understand that you may want to know more about cookies. Here are some useful resources that provide detailed information about types of cookies, how they are used, and how you can manage your cookie preferences: www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Please click below for detailed information on how to disable and delete cookies in some commonly used browsers:

We use certain other tracking technologies in addition to cookies:

Local shared objects/Flash cookies: Flash cookies, also known as local shared objects, are designed to support browser content supported by Adobe® Flash. They are usually used to enable ads and video content on websites. Like other cookies, they will store information on your device, some of which will be specific to the Flash-enabled content. Flash cookies can only be deleted within Adobe Flash rather than via your browser. Please refer to the following help page for information on how to manage your privacy settings and how to delete Flash cookies:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html.

Web beacons: Our web pages may contain electronic images known as web beacons (also called single-pixel gifs and transparent graphic images) that we use to help deliver cookies on our sites, count users who have visited those sites, deliver our Services, and analyse the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, for example. We may also include web beacons in our marketing email messages or newsletters to determine whether an email is opened or if links are clicked. Web beacons are also used to deliver you interest-based advertising.
Web server & application logs: Our servers automatically collect certain information to help us administer and protect our Services, analyse usage, and improve users’ experience. The information collected includes:
- IP address and browser type
- Device information including Unique Device Identifier (UDID), MAC address, Identifier For Advertisers (IFA), and similar identifiers we or others may assign
- Device operating system and other technical facts
- The city, state, and country from which you access our website
- Pages visited and content viewed, stored, and purchased
- Information or text entered
- Links and buttons clicked
- URLs visited before and after you use our Services

“Do Not Track” Signals

Some browsers transmit Do Not Track (DNT) signals to websites. Due to the lack of a common interpretation of DNT signals throughout the industry, we do not currently alter, change, or respond to DNT requests or signals from these browsers. We continue to monitor industry activity in this area and reassess our DNT practices as necessary.

Browser Notifications

Some of our Services use browser technology in order to send you notifications. This is a technology that you opt-in to. This technology does not store any personal information about you. If you choose to opt-in to browser notifications, a setting is made in your browser that acknowledge that your browser is listening for notifications from those websites you have accepted notifications from and displays those notifications to you.

To opt-out, you revoke your opt-in setting in your browser settings. Depending on the browser, this setting can be found in different places.

Connecting via social networks

Some of our Services may include social networking features, such as the Facebook® “Like” button and widgets, “Share” buttons, and interactive mini-programs. Additionally, you may choose to use your own social networking logins from, for example, Facebook or LinkedIn®, to log into some of our Services.

If you choose to connect using a social networking or similar service, we may receive and store authentication information from that service to enable you to log in and other information that you may choose to share when you connect with these Services. These Services may collect information such as the web pages you visited and IP addresses, and may set cookies to enable features to function properly.

We are not responsible for the security or privacy of any information collected by these third parties. You should review the privacy statements or policies applicable to the third-party services you connect to, use, or access. If you do not want your personal information shared with your social media account provider or other users of the social media service, please do not connect your social media account with your account for the Services and do not participate in social sharing on the Services.

Security measures

MP Group has implemented technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data, such as traceability, disaster recovery, access limitations and policies and guidelines in order to ensure that employees only access personal data on a need-to-know basis.

Contact information

If you as a customer / subscriber / recipient / user have any questions in relation to our processing of your personal data or our use of Cookies, or if you would like to invoke any of your rights, please send an e-mail to:

dataprivacy@mediaplanet.com

Or contact:
Mediaplanet International AB
(Reg.nr: 556620-90002)
Att: Data Protection Manager

Birger Jarlsgatan 43
111 45 Stockholm, Sweden

MP Group may from time to time update this Privacy Statement, and when updates occur, we will promptly post notice of this on our websites.