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12 13</head> 14 15<body> 16 <div class="fade-in mb-8 mt-16 max-w-3xl mx-auto"> 17 <a href="index.html"><img src="site-logo.svg" alt="Logo" class="w-24"></a> 18 </div> 19 <main class="prose max-w-3xl mx-auto pb-24 text-gray-800"> 20 <div class="privacy-policy"> 21 <h1>Ask Privacy Policy</h1> 22 <div class="privacy-policy-content"> 23 <p><strong>Effective Date: April 20, 2026</strong></p> 24 <h3>SECTIONS IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY</h3> 25 <div class="menu"> 26 <ol> 27 <li><a href="#1">INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE</a></li> 28 <li><a href="#2">INFORMATION WE COLLECT, HOW WE COLLECT IT, HOW WE USE IT, AND WHY WE 29 SHARE IT</a></li> 30 <li><a href="#3">REGIONAL SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES</a> 31 <ol type="A"> 32 <li><a href="#A">EEA and UK</a> 33 <ol type="I"> 34 <li><a href="#I">Legal Basis for Collection</a></li> 35 <li><a href="#II">Use of Cookies</a></li> 36 <li><a href="#III">Data Subject Rights</a></li> 37 </ol> 38 </li> 39 <li><a href="#B">United States</a> 40 <ol type="I"> 41 <li><a href="#IV">How and Why We Collect, Use, and Disclose Your 42 personal data</a></li> 43 <li><a href="#V">Consumer Rights</a></li> 44 </ol> 45 </li> 46 </ol> 47 </li> 48 <li><a href="#4">HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS</a></li> 49 <li><a href="#5">YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES</a></li> 50 <li><a href="#6">DATA HOSTED IN THE UNITED STATES</a></li> 51 <li><a href="#7">NON DISCRIMINATION, COMPLAINTS AND DISPUTES</a></li> 52 <li><a href="#8">DATA RETENTION AND SECURITY</a></li> 53 <li><a href="#9">UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND CONTACT INFORMATION</a></li> 54 </ol> 55 </div> 56 <h2 id="1">1. INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE</h2> 57 <p><strong>AMG Sites and applications.</strong> <!-- -->Ask Media Group LLC, (âAMGâ) operates a 58 number of search and everyday useful content Sites, browser extensions and mobile 59 applications (click<!-- --> <a href="https://www.askmediagroup.com/">here</a> <!-- -->for 60 more info about AMG). We understand that your privacy is important to you, and we are 61 committed to being transparent about the information we collect and process when you use our 62 Sites and applications. This Privacy Policy describes our practices concerning the personal 63 data collected, processed and stored by AMG when you visit and use Sites and applications 64 operated by AMG (â<strong>Sites</strong>â).</p> 65 <p><strong>US California Based Business.</strong> <!-- -->AMG operates the Sites from the United 66 States of America and, regardless of your place of residence or access location, your use of 67 the Sites is governed by the laws of the State of New York. Users who access or use the 68 Sites from other locations consent to the transfer and processing of their data in the 69 United States of America and any other jurisdiction throughout the world. For more 70 information, see<!-- --> <a href="#6">DATA HOSTED IN THE UNITED STATES</a> <!-- -->below. 71 This Privacy Policy is provided in English. Translations to certain other languages may be 72 available and can be requested by contacting us via email to [email protected].</p> 73 <p><strong>User Consent and Age Requirement.</strong> <!-- -->By using the Sites, you consent to 74 our collection and use of your information as described
74in this Privacy Policy. Our Sites 75 are not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect information from children. IF 76 YOU ARE NOT AT LEAST 16 YEARS OLD, DO NOT USE THE SITES.</p> 77 <p><strong>Third party links and features.</strong> <!-- -->The Sites include many links to 78 third-party websites, services, widgets, ads, and other services. Clicking on those links or 79 enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do 80 not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices. 81 If you watch a video sourced from YouTube embedded in our search results page, your use of 82 the YouTube service is subject to the<!-- --> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/t/terms">YouTube 83 Terms of Service</a> <!-- -->and 84 the<!-- --> <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Google Privacy Policy</a>. If you 85 use Social media features implemented on our Sites (like the Facebook âLikeâ or âShareâ 86 button) you are allowing the social media providers to collect information about your use of 87 our Site and tie it to your social media account. This data collection by the social media 88 platform is subject to the privacy policy of the social media provider.</p> 89 <h2 id="2">2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT, HOW WE COLLECT IT, HOW WE USE IT, AND WHY WE SHARE IT</h2> 90 <p>The chart below describes what personal data we collect about our users, how we collect or 91 access it, how we use it, which third parties have access to it, and the purpose for 92 disclosure. In addition, we may collect, use and disclose your personal data as required or 93 permitted by applicable law, as directed by you, or in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 94 </p> 95 <table> 96 <thead> 97 <tr> 98 <th><strong>Categories of Personal Data</strong></th> 99 <th><strong>How we collect it</strong></th> 100 <th><strong>How we use it</strong></th> 101 <th><strong>Who has access</strong></th> 102 <th><strong>Purpose for disclosure</strong></th> 103 </tr> 104 </thead> 105 <tbody> 106 <tr> 107 <th><strong>Your IP address</strong></th> 108 <td>We automatically collect the IP address you use each time you visit our Sites. 109 We get this information from your browser when it interacts with our servers. We 110 log these IP addresses in our user visit logs.</td> 111 <td>This is to determine what country or state or province you are in to show you 112 relevant search results, content, and ads. This is also to analyze fraudulent 113 traffic patterns. We also analyze which regions of the world our users come from 114 so we can develop search and content offerings for these regions.</td> 115 <td rowspan="2">Our vendors receive your IP address and Browser ID to provide to us 116 a variety of services to help our Sites function, such as site hosting, data 117 warehousing, content delivery, Site functionalities (video, push notifications), 118 Site content, security, privacy tools, and analytics (such as Google Analytics - 119 for more information visit:<!-- --> <a 120 href="https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/">How Google uses 121 information from sites or apps that use our services â Privacy & Terms</a> 122 <!-- -->and to opt out of<!-- --> <a 123 href="https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/">Google Analytics cookies, 124 visit: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on Download Page</a>). Our 125 marketing agencies may also have access to your IP address while promoting our 126 Sites on our behalf. Your IP address may also incidentally be accessed by 127 vendors for IT support, data backup and recovery services, and office softw
127are. 128 We also provide this data to our parent company IAC.</td> 129 <td rowspan="2">Our vendors process this data to:<ol> 130 <li>Provide their services to us and to determine what amounts are owed to 131 them based on traffic and app install volumes or other metrics</li> 132 <li>Log page impressions and user actions for their business analytics</li> 133 <li>Detect and address fraudulent behavior or illegal activity</li> 134 <li>Monitor the proper functioning of their services, quality assurance, 135 find errors and fix them</li> 136 <li>Internal research</li> 137 <li>Improve their products and services</li> 138 </ol>Such vendors may also engage their own vendors to help them process user 139 personal data, so they can provide their services to us. IAC processes IP 140 address data for security purposes. IAC analyzes all traffic patterns from all 141 IAC group companies for Site security and fraud prevention.</td> 142 </tr> 143 <tr> 144 <th><strong>A unique ID assigned to your browser</strong></th> 145 <td> 146 <p>We attribute a unique ID to your browser for each of our Sites that you visit 147 (Browser ID). We store this information in a cookie set on your browser.</p> 148 <p>Every time you visit the same Site with the same browser, we recognize you as 149 the same visitor through your Browser ID. If you use a different device or a 150 different browser, or if you visit a different Site with the same browser, 151 you will be identified as a different user with a different Browser ID.</p> 152 </td> 153 <td> 154 <p>This is so we can count unique users and repeat users for each of our Sites. 155 We can determine which of our Sites receive more repeat visits and which 156 type of content causes users to come back to the Sites.</p> 157 </td> 158 </tr> 159 <tr> 160 <th><strong>Data collected via third party cookies</strong></th> 161 <td>We implement on our Sites certain code provided by partners such as a pixel or 162 beacon that enable them to place or recognize a cookie on your browser or other 163 tracking device (for example, tied to your mobile device ID). Such tracking 164 technology enables them to collect the IP address that you use when you visit 165 our Sites and information about your activities while visiting our Sites.</td> 166 <td>N/A</td> 167 <td>Advertisers and digital advertising technology intermediaries who place interest 168 based advertisements on our Sites, advertising networks where we promote our 169 Sites, and service providers who help us optimize our advertising campaigns 170 (such as retargeting companies). For information about opting out of tracking 171 via cookies by these partners, see<!-- --> <a href="#3">REGIONAL SPECIFIC 172 DISCLOSURES</a> <!-- -->and<!-- --> <a href="#5">YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES</a>. 173 </td> 174 <td> 175 <p>Ad partners use tracking technology to place ads on our Sites and other 176 websites and applications targeted to you based on your past actions on our 177 Site or on other websites (interest based advertising).</p> 178 <p>Ad networks where we promote our Sites collect information about you to 179 provide promotion campaign optimization services to us.</p> 180 <p>Ad partners and ad networks also use cookies to develop their own ad 181 targeting algorithms and help other advertisers optimize their campaigns. 182 </p> 183 <p>They may also combine information about your activities on our Sites with 184 information about you from other sources not affiliated with us. These 185 partners may also use cookie data to determine payments owed to them, 186 analyze fraudulent traffic patterns, detect and fix errors in their service, 187 and to conduct internal research to improve their service and increase their 188 revenues.</p> 189 </td> 190 </tr> 191 <tr> 192 <th><strong>Additional Information when you install one of our applications</strong> 193 </th> 194 <td> 195 <p>If you install a browser extension, an installation ID will be created and 196 tied to your Browser ID.</p> 197 <p>If you install one of our mobile applications, we will receive the unique
198 identifier (âIDâ) that is tied to your app store account ID (such as Google 199 Play or Amazon Appstore).</p> 200 </td> 201 <td> 202 <p>This enables us to understand how many users are visiting our Sites via 203 browser extensions or mobile applications.</p> 204 <p>It also enables us to understand where you were coming from before installing 205 our apps in order to compensate our marketing partners for referrals to our 206 application install pages.</p> 207 </td> 208 <td>N/A</td> 209 <td>N/A</td> 210 </tr> 211 <tr> 212 <th><strong>Your activities on our Sites</strong></th> 213 <td> 214 <p>All of your actions on each of our Sites (your visits, search queries, search 215 results or other content you click on, mouse movements, URL of the webpage 216 you were last visiting before clicking to our Site, pages viewed, chatbot 217 conversations, contact information forms filled, any installation of a 218 browser extension or mobile app, comments posted-where applicable, duration 219 of visit) are logged and may be tied to your Browser ID. Your browser has a 220 different Browser ID for each of our Sites. We may also use vendor SDKs or 221 other code to collect such information.</p> 222 <p>If you use our mobile apps, some of your activities (installs, uninstalls, 223 bookmarks, adding to device home screen, use of new tabs) may be tied to 224 your unique app ID, which may include a Google Advertising ID or Amazon 225 Advertising ID respectively.</p> 226 </td> 227 <td> 228 <p>This is to count search queries, clicks, page views, repeat visits, time on 229 Site and in apps, and other metrics so we can determine which search queries 230 are trending, which content, web page layouts or user interfaces are the 231 most popular or generates the most revenue and which app features are the 232 most used. We also collect and share your information with service providers 233 for services in which you expressed interest.</p> 234 <p>This is also to determine payments owed to content and advertising partners, 235 as well as marketing agencies and payments due to us from advertisers.</p> 236 </td> 237 <td>Advertisers and digital advertising technology intermediaries who place interest 238 based advertisements on our Sites, advertising networks where we promote our 239 Sites, service providers who help us optimize our advertising campaigns (such as 240 retargeting companies),lead authentication service providers such as<!-- --> <a 241 href="https://activeprospect.com/trustedform-privacy-notice/">ActiveProspect</a>, 242 and social media platforms.</td> 243 <td>As explained above in the<!-- --> <strong>Data collected via third party 244 cookies</strong> <!-- -->row of this chart. We also use this information to 245 verify that you are an authentic human user interested in our marketing 246 partnerâs products and services and to verify your consent to sharing your 247 contact information with them.</td> 248 </tr> 249 <tr> 250 <th><strong>Other technical information</strong></th> 251 <td>As you interact with the Sites, we collect information about your computer or 252 mobile device such as type of device, mobile device ID number, screen 253 resolution, web browser information and operating system or platform. We also 254 collect your browser preferences and settings (time zone, language, etc.) This 255 information is also tied to your Browser ID.</td> 256 <td>This is to present search results and content to you in your preferred language 257 and present our Site pages in a format that best fits your device screen and 258 format.</td> 259 <td>N/A</td> 260 <td>N/A</td> 261 </tr> 262 <tr> 263 <th><strong>Contact information you may submit via email to us</strong></th> 264 <td>When you fill out a form to contact us via email to [email protected], we retain 265 your request and any other information you provide. We do not combine this 266 information with any of your other data collected through our Sites and keep it 267 in a separate database.</td> 268 <td> 269 <p>This is used only to respond to your support request. We do not use your 270 contact information for any other purpose.</p> 271 <p>There is no need to provide to us (and we strongly discourage you from) 272 providing any personally identifiable or sensitive information about you or 273 anyone else such as your exact location, physical address, telephone number, 274 health, race, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation.</p> 275 </td> 276 <td> 277 <p>Our parent company IAC will also receive your email support request. In 278 addition, our previous helpdesk platform Zendesk may retain information you 279 may have previously submitted via our helpdesk for a period of 12 months. 280 </p> 281 </td> 282 <td>Zendesk and IAC assist us in responding to user support requests.</td> 283 </tr> 284 </tbody> 285 </table> 286 <p>
286In addition to the sharing described in the chart above, we share your personal data with 287 other parties for the purposes described below:</p> 288 <ol> 289 <li> 290 <div>Connecting you with professional experts: Ask Media Group partners with experts to 291 connect you with legal, health, finance, and other professionals. We may collect 292 information to pass on to experts to enable them to contact you to discuss your 293 needs and make offers of engagement. In such instances, Ask Media Group does not 294 store the additional information you provide and only uses it to pass on to such 295 third party partners with your prior consent. Such partners may use the information 296 to connect you with professionals and experts or to market additional related 297 services to you.</div> 298 <div>By submitting a form to express interest in a product or services, you acknowledge 299 and accept that submitting your telephone number to us constitutes an inquiry to us, 300 and that we or our service provider partners and their marketing affiliates may 301 contact you at the phone number submitted even if such number appears on any state 302 or federal do not call lists (taking into account inquiry exception timeframes as 303 appropriate).</div> 304 </li> 305 <li>Fraud prevention: we may disclose your personal data to third parties when we believe 306 disclosure is necessary to investigate, prevent, or respond to suspected illegal or 307 fraudulent activity or to protect the safety, rights, or property of us, our users, or 308 others.</li> 309 <li>Law enforcement purposes and public safety: if requested or required by government 310 authorities, such as law enforcement authorities, courts, or regulators, or otherwise to 311 comply with the law, we may disclose any information we have about our users. We may 312 disclose personal data collected about you in order to exercise or protect legal rights 313 or defend against legal claims. We also may be required to disclose an individualâs 314 personal data in response to a lawful request by public authorities, including to meet 315 national security or law enforcement requirements.</li> 316 <li>Other IAC businesses: we are part of the IAC family of businesses (go to www.iac.com for 317 a listing of these businesses). We may share information we collect, including personal 318 data, with the IAC companies. Sharing information with our IAC companies enables us to 319 provide you with information about a variety of products and services that might 320 interest you.</li> 321 <li>Sale or merger of our business: we may transfer your information to a third party if we 322 or any of our affiliates are involved in a corporate restructuring (e.g., a sale, 323 merger, or other transfer of assets).</li> 324 </ol> 325 <h2 id="3">3. REGIONAL SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES</h2> 326 <h3 id="A">A. EEA and UK</h3> 327 <h4 id="I">I. Legal Basis for Collection</h4> 328 <p>We collect and use your personal data to:</p> 329 <ol> 330 <li>Provide our services: we process your personal data to provide our web search and 331 content services. This is so we can comply with our contractual obligations to you.</li> 332 <li>Improve our services: we analyze information about how you use our Sites to provide an 333 improved experience for our users, including product testing and site analytics. It is 334 in our legitimate business interests to use the information provided to us for this 335 purpose, so we can understand any issues with our Sites and improve them.</li> 336 <li>Compensate our partners: we process your personal data for purposes of c
336alculating 337 compensation to be paid to our third party product/service providers and distributors 338 and to analyze usage across products, services and distribution partner/channel. It is 339 in our legitimate interest to appropriately determine amounts to be paid to our partners 340 and inform our product roadmap and distribution strategy.</li> 341 <li>Communicate with you: we may use your personal data when we communicate with you, for 342 example to respond to your requests via email to [email protected]. It is in our 343 legitimate interests that we are able to provide you with appropriate responses and 344 provide you with notices about our Sites and services.</li> 345 <li>Promotion of our Sites: we may use your personal data to deliver relevant advertisements 346 to you to promote our Sites, and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. 347 It is in our legitimate interest to analyze the interests of our users to craft more 348 relevant advertising messages and inform our marketing strategy. We may use automated 349 decision-making to deliver tailored advertisements based on your personal data. In most 350 cases, we and our marketing network partners use cookies, unique ID codes and other 351 types of trackers to carry out this activity as further described in<!-- --> <a 352 href="#2">INFORMATION WE COLLECT, HOW WE COLLECT IT, HOW WE USE IT, AND WHY WE SHARE 353 IT</a>.</li> 354 <li>Exercise our rights: we may use your personal data to exercise our legal rights where it 355 is necessary to do so; for example, to detect, prevent and respond to fraud claims, 356 intellectual property infringement claims or violations of law or our<!-- --> <a 357 href="https://www.ask.com/terms">Terms of Service</a>.</li> 358 <li>Comply with our obligations: we may process your personal data to, for example, carry 359 out fraud prevention checks or comply with other legal or regulatory requirements, where 360 this is explicitly required by law, such as responding to your request for data access 361 or deletion.</li> 362 <li>Customize your experience, including ads: when you use the Sites, we may use information 363 about your use of the Sites (queries you submitted, content you viewed) to customize 364 your experience, such as by providing personalized elements and showing you content 365 based on your recent interests. We may use automated decision-making for these 366 activities. Upon your affirmative consent or request, we may use your browser 367 information to send you notifications about content on our site via your browser. As 368 required by applicable data protection and privacy laws, we will obtain your consent for 369 these activities and enable you to opt out of these activities.</li> 370 </ol> 371 <p>Your personal data is also processed in the United States by some of the third parties with 372 whom we share your data as detailed in<!-- --> <a href="#2">INFORMATION WE COLLECT, HOW WE 373 COLLECT IT, HOW WE USE IT, AND WHY WE SHARE IT</a>. We have entered into data processing 374 agreements with service providers who process your data that restrict and regulate their 375 processing of your data on our behalf.</p> 376 <h4 id="II">II. Use of Cookies</h4> 377 <p>AMG and its vendors and partners use cookies. Cookies are small text files stored by your 378 browser, to collect, store, and share personal data about your activities across multiple 379 websites. Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of 380 time. Some cookies are 'session cookies', meaning that they exist only while your browser is 381 open. These are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are 382 persistent cookies', meaning that they survive after your browser is closed. They can be 383 used by websites and advertising services to recognize you when you open your browser and 384 browse the Internet again. Cookies can be âfirst partyâ, meaning they are served directly by 385 us to your browser or mobile device, or âthird partyâ, meaning they are served by either one 386 of our vendors to provide their services to us, or by an advertising partner when we promote 387 our services. Cookies can be divided into categories based on their functionality.</p> 388 <p><u>Strictly Necessary</u>. These cookies are necessary for our Sites to function and cannot 389 be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you 390 which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in 391 or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but 392 then some parts of the Site will not work.</p> 393 <p><u>Functional</u>. These cookies enable the Site to provide enhanced functionality and 394 personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have 395 added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may 396 not function properly.</p> 397 <p><u>Site Performance and Analytics</u>. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic 398 sources so we can measure and understand how our Sites are accessed in order to improve the 399 performance of our Sites. These cookies also help us test different versions of our Sites to 400 see which features or content users prefer. These may be first party cookies or third party 401 cookies from our vendors who help us with analytics services. They help us to know which 402 Site pages, content and features are the most and least popular and see how visitors move 403 around within our Sites. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know if and how you 404 have visited our Sites, and will not be able to use your activity information to monitor our 405 performance or improve our services.</p> 406 <p><u>Ad Targeting</u>. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. 407 They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you 408 relevant ads on our Sites other websites and applications. They are based on uniquely 409 identifying your browser and device as you access our Sites. If you do not allow these 410 cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. If you are in the EEA/UK and would 411 like more detailed information about third party cookies, please click on the Cookie Details 412 Link within our cookie preference center accessible via the Manage Privacy link (only 413 available to EEA/UK users).</p> 414 <h4 id="III">III. Data Subject Rights</h4> 415 <p>Subject to certain exceptions, you may have some or all of the following rights in relation 416 to how we use your personal data.</p> 417 <ul> 418 <li>Know: you may request information about the type of personal data we collected about 419 you;</li> 420 <li>Deletion: you may ask us to delete your personal data;</li> 421 <li>Object to, or limit or restrict, use of personal data: you may ask us to stop using all 422 or some of your personal data or to limit our use of it.</li> 423 </ul> 424 <p>While EEA/UK residents also have a right to access and receive a copy of personal data 425 collected about them, correct inaccuracies in their personal data, and have their data 426 ported to another service, such rights cannot be exercised with us because we do not have a 427 way of authenticating or verifying the identity of our users and so we cannot adequately 428 verify that the requester is the same person as the user whose data copy, correction or 429 portability is being requested. See<!-- --> <a href="#4">HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS</a> 430 <!-- -->for more details.</p> 431 <p><u>Your right to know</u>. Upon your request, and provided you are able to provide to us your 432 Browser ID, then we may provide you with certain limited information:</p> 433 <ul> 434 <li>Which type of personal data we have collected about you (based on your Browser ID or 435 other information you have provided to us), and how we
435collected that information, as 436 well as the legitimate purpose for our collecting such personal data.</li> 437 <li>The type of personal information we shared with our vendors and the categories of 438 vendors with whom we have shared your personal data.</li> 439 <li>The types of personal data that may have been collected by third parties when you 440 visited our Site, and the categories of third parties who may have collected such 441 information.</li> 442 </ul> 443 <p>Information relating to your Browser ID is retained by us for various time periods, so we may 444 not be able to provide information that was collected but no longer retained by us.</p> 445 <p><u>Your Right to delete</u>. Upon your request to delete or if you withdraw the consent that 446 you have previously provided to us to store or use your personal data, and provided you are 447 able to provide to us your Browser ID, then we will delete any personal data we have stored 448 about you. If you are in the UK, Switzerland, or the EEA and you do not consent to your data 449 being processed by us or by our vendors in the United States, please request the deletion of 450 your personal data and please stop accessing our Sites.</p> 451 <p><u>Exercising your rights</u>. Follow the steps indicated below in<!-- --> <a href="#4">HOW 452 TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS</a>. Please note that we manage requests on a per Browser ID 453 basis, which is the only way we can fulfill a request, and so you will have to provide your 454 browser ID as instructed below. Applicable law may require or permit us to decline your 455 request. If we decline your request, we will tell you why subject to any legal restrictions. 456 If you have submitted a support request to us at [email protected], your contact information 457 will not be tied to your Browser ID and we will not be able to verify that any Browser ID 458 information corresponds to any additional information you provide to us.</p> 459 <p>We will do our best to resolve any questions or concerns you may have. If you have any 460 questions about our personal data processing, or want to submit a complaint or an appeal 461 about our decision regarding your request, you can contact us via email to [email protected]. 462 </p> 463 <h3 id="B">B. UNITED STATES</h3> 464 <p>If you are a United States resident, you may have specific rights under certain US State laws 465 such as the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA). The following provisions apply only 466 to residents of US States that have enacted a consumer privacy protection law (Consumer 467 Privacy Law States). For information on whether your State has enacted a consumer privacy 468 protection law, you can consult this Consumer Privacy Law States information page. Ask Media 469 Group may in its sole discretion extend equivalent rights to all US consumers as a mere 470 courtesy. If you do not reside in a Consumer Privacy Law State, you hereby acknowledge that 471 Ask Media Group has no statutory or other obligation to comply with the provisions of this 472 Section 3-B.</p> 473 <h4 id="IV">I. How and Why We Collect, Use, and Disclose Your Personal Information (for 474 California Consumers)</h4> 475 <p>The chart below summarizes the Categories of Personal Information we Collect, how we use it, 476 and with whom we Share or Sell certain Personal Information (as those capitalized terms are 477 defined in the CCPA). For further details, please see<!-- --> <a href="#2">INFORMATION WE 478 COLLECT, HOW WE COLLECT IT, HOW WE USE IT, AND WHY WE SHARE IT</a></p> 479 <table> 480 <thead> 481 <tr> 482 <th><strong>Category of Personal Information</strong></th> 483 <th><strong>Purposes for Collection, Use, and Disclosure</strong></th> 484 <th><strong>Sales and Sharing</strong></th> 485 </tr> 486 </thead> 487 <tbody> 488 <tr> 489 <th><strong>Identifiers</strong> <!-- -->such as a cookie ID, an IP address or other 490 similar identifiers, email address if you contact our help desk, and name, email 491 address, telephone number and other information you submit to be contacted for 492 specific services.</th> 493 <td> 494 <ol> 495 <li>Enhance your experience with our services</li> 496 <li>Recognize you as a repeat visitor</li> 497 <li>Respond to your requests</li> 498 <li>
498Provide customer service</li> 499 <li>Manage web traffic</li> 500 </ol> 501 <p>This is only so we can count unique users and repeat users for each of our 502 Sites. We can determine which of our Sites receive more repeat visits and 503 which type of content causes users to come back to the Sites.</p> 504 <p>Third party identifiers are used to customize your experience with our Sites 505 and tailor content and advertisements that are shown to you.</p> 506 <p>Contact information and other submitted information is used to share with 507 service providers for services in which you expressed interest.</p> 508 </td> 509 <td> 510 <p>Sold and Shared for marketing and advertising purposes to third party 511 advertisers lead generation partners and their customers and analytics 512 providers.</p> 513 </td> 514 </tr> 515 <tr> 516 <th><strong>Geolocation data</strong>, inferred from your IP address</th> 517 <td> 518 <ol> 519 <li>Enhance your experience with our Sites</li> 520 <li>For tailoring content and advertisements to your geographic location 521 </li> 522 </ol> 523 </td> 524 <td> 525 <p>Sold and Shared for marketing and advertising purposes to third party 526 advertisers and analytics providers</p> 527 </td> 528 </tr> 529 <tr> 530 <th> 531 <p><strong>Internet or other electronic network activity information</strong> 532 <!-- -->such as IP address, device identifiers, device advertising 533 identifiers, mobile network, operating system details, language preferences, 534 referring URLs, length of visits, mouse movements, anonymous traffic data, 535 pages viewed, and information regarding interactions with our services or 536 advertisements</p> 537 </th> 538 <td> 539 <ol> 540 <li>Enhance your experience with our services</li> 541 <li>Guide decisions about Askâs products, Sites, applications, services, 542 tools, and communications</li> 543 <li>Operations</li> 544 </ol> 545 <p>Via third party identifiers, Third Parties can tailor content and 546 advertisements that are shown to you based on your searches and content you 547 viewed on our Sites.</p> 548 </td> 549 <td> 550 <p>Sold and Shared for marketing and advertising purposes to third party 551 advertisers and analytics providers</p> 552 </td> 553 </tr> 554 </tbody> 555 </table> 556 <h4 id="V">II.US Consumer Rights</h4> 557 <p>Consumers of Consumer Privacy Law States have certain rights detailed below, and Ask Media 558 Group may respond to equivalent requests from other US consumers in its sole discretion.</p> 559 <p><u>Right to know about personal data Collected, Shared, or Sold</u>(as those terms may be 560 defined in Consumer Privacy Law States). You have the right to know about your personal data 561 that we are currently maintaining and have collected and shared about you. You also have the 562 right to obtain a transportable copy of such personal data. Requests of this nature may be 563 made no more than twice in a 12-month period. Please note that we retain personal data for 564 various time periods in accordance with applicable law and our internal recordkeeping 565 policies and procedures. For more information on our retention practices, please see<a 566 href="#8">DATA RETENTION AND SECURITY</a>.</p> 567 <p><u>Right to know</u>. Consumers of Consumer Privacy Law States have the right to request more 568 information regarding the following:</p<ul> 569 <li>The categories of personal data we have collected about you</li> 570 <li>The categories of sources from which the personal data was collected</li> 571 <li>Our business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling, or sharing your personal 572 data</li> 573 <li>The categories of third parties to which we disclosed your personal datan</li> 574 <li>The categories of personal data we sold or shared about you and the categories of third 575 parties to which each category of personal data was sold or shared</li> 576 <li>The categories of personal data we disclosed about you for a business purpose and the 577 categories of third parties to which it was disclosed</li> 578 <li>The specific pieces of personal data we have collected about you. This right cannot be 579 exercised with us because we do not have a way of authenticating or verifying the 580 identity of our users and so we cannot adequately verify that the requester is the same 581 person as the user whose personal data is being requested.<!-- --> <a href="#4">HOW TO 582 EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS</a> <!-- -->for more details.</li> 583 </ul> 584 <p><u>Right to copy.</u>You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data in a format 585 that is readable and portable to allow you to transfer your Personal Data to another 586 platform.</p> 587 <p><u>
587Right to request deletion of personal data. </u>You may request that we delete the 588 personal data that we have collected directly from you and are currently maintaining. Please 589 note, however, that we may have a legal basis for retaining certain personal data under 590 applicable laws, despite your request.</p> 591 <p><u>Right to correct personal data.</u>While you may also have a right to correct inaccuracies 592 in your personal data, such rights cannot be exercised with us because we do not have a way 593 of authenticating or verifying the identity of our users and so we cannot adequately verify 594 that the requester is the same person as the user whose data correction is being requested. 595 See<!-- --> <a href="#4">HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS</a> <!-- -->for more details.</p> 596 <p><u>Right to limit use of your sensitive personal data.</u>We do not process sensitive 597 personal data. For this reason, we do not offer a way for you to submit such a request.</p> 598 <p><u>Right to non-discrimination for the exercise of your privacy rights</u>. We will not 599 discriminate against you if you choose to exercise any of the privacy rights described 600 above.</p> 601 <p><u>Right to non-discrimination for the exercise of your privacy rights.</u>We will not 602 discriminate against you if you choose to exercise any of the privacy rights described 603 above.Right to Opt-Out of Profiling. We do not engage in profiling that results in decisions 604 that produce legal or similarly significant effects, and as such this right is not 605 applicable.</p> 606 <p><u>Right to Appeal.</u>If you are unsatisfied with our actions related to the exercise of one 607 of your privacy rights above, you may appeal our decision.</p> 608 <p><u>Right to opt-out of the Sale or Sharing of your personal data for Targeted Advertising 609 Purposes.</u>We only engage in Sales and Sharing (as defined in the CCPA) or processing 610 and sharing for Targeted Advertising (as defined in other state consumer privacy laws) via 611 tracking technologies such as cookies through our Sites. You have the right to opt-out of 612 the Sale or Sharing of your personal data and processing and sharing of your personal data 613 for Targeted Advertising in the context of cookies or other tracking technologies.</p> 614 <p>To exercise these rights, follow the steps indicated below in<!-- --> <a href="#4">HOW TO 615 EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS</a>. Please note that we manage requests on a per Browser ID basis, 616 which is the only method for us to recognize a user, and so you will have to provide your 617 browser ID as instructed below.</p> 618 <p><u>Right to opt-out of the Sale or Sharing of your Personal Information</u>. We only engage 619 in Sales and Sharing via tracking technologies such as cookies through our Sites. You have 620 the right to opt-out of the Sale or Sharing of your Personal Information in the context of 621 cookies or other tracking technologies. To opt out of Sale or Sharing via cookies or other 622 tracking technologies, please click on the âDo Not Sell or Share My Personal Informationâ 623 link on the bottom of our Sites. You may also opt out of the Sale or Sharing of your 624 Personal Information via cookies or tracking technologies through an opt-out preference 625 signal. In order to process your request through an opt-out preference signal, you must use 626 a browser supporting the preference signal. If you choose to use an opt-out preference 627 signal, you will need to turn it on for each browser and each device you use. We do not 628 knowingly Sell or Share the personal data of individuals under the age of 16.</p> 629 <h4>III. Shine the Light (For California Residents)</h4> 630 <p>California law permits customers in California to request certain details about how their 631 personal information is shared with third parties if personal information is shared for 632 those third partiesâ own direct marketing purposes. We do not share personal information 633 with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes. Californians may request 634 information about our compliance with this law by contacting us via email to [email protected] 635 or by sending a letter to: Ask Media Group, LLC, Data Protection Officer, 555 West 18th 636 Street, New York, New York 10011, Attn: Privacy/Shine the Light.</p> 637 <p>Any such request must include your name and âCalifornia Shine the Light Privacy Rights 638 Requestâ in the first line of the description and, if sent by mail, must include your street 639 address, city, state, and zip code.</p> 640 <p>Please note that we are not required to respond to more than two requests per individual 641 consumer each year, and we are not required to respond to requests made by means other than 642 through those provided under this section. We will confirm receipt of your request and 643 respond to your request as soon as we reasonably can and no later than legally required. If 644 you choose to exercise any of the privacy rights described above, you will not receive 645 discriminatory treatment from us.</p> 646 <h2 id="4">4. HOW TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS</h2> 647 <p><u>
647Opting out of Sale or Sharing for Targeted Advertising. </u>o opt out of Sale or Sharing 648 (as these terms are defined in the CCPA) or using and sharing of your for Targeted 649 Advertising (as these terms are defined in other US State consumer privacy laws) via cookies 650 or other tracking technologies, please click on the âDo Not Sell or Share My Personal 651 Informationâ link on the bottom of our Sites.</p> 652 <p>You may also opt out through a Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt-out preference browser 653 signal. In order to process your request through an opt-out preference browser signal, you 654 must use a browser supporting such preference signal. If you choose to use an opt-out 655 preference browser signal, you will need to turn it on for each browser and each device you 656 use, and for each of our Sites. </p> 657 <p><u>Exercising Right of Access, Correction or Portability</u>. We do not collect sufficient 658 personal data to authenticate any particular user. As indicated above in<!-- --> <a 659 href="#2">INFORMATION WE COLLECT, HOW WE COLLECT IT, HOW WE USE IT, AND WHY WE SHARE 660 IT</a>, we only recognize a unique browser based on the Browser ID we assign to that 661 browser for a particular Site. A Browser ID could therefore correspond to multiple 662 individuals. Since the personal data we collect related to a Browser ID is not sufficient to 663 verify that the corresponding browser belongs to the person making the request, we are not 664 able to provide certain information in response to a request to know, access or port 665 specific about a user. This is to prevent anyone from using your browser to obtain your 666 search or browsing history. We want to make sure your search and browsing history does not 667 fall into the wrong hands.</p> 668 <p><u>Exercising Other Rights</u>: Residents of the EEA, UK, and Consumer Privacy Law States can 669 request to delete, restrict use of their personal data by following these steps:</p> 670 <ol> 671 <li>Click on the Browser ID button below to get your Browser ID and copy your Browser ID to 672 a safe place so you can later send it to us. Remember that this Browser ID is unique to 673 this Site. If you visit a different Site with the same browser, you will be identified 674 as a different user with a different Browser ID.</li> 675 <div class="userIdBlock"><button type="button" id="userIdBtn">Get My Browser ID</button> 676 </div> 677 <li>Provide your Browser ID number in an email to [email protected]</li> 678 <li>In your email confirm that:<ol> 679 <li>You are a resident of a United States Consumer Privacy Law State, the UK, or a 680 country in the EEA (please indicate which country); and</li> 681 <li>You are the rightful owner of the browser that corresponds to the Browser ID you 682 are providing.</li> 683 </ol> 684 </li> 685 <li>Add any clarification as appropriate.</li> 686 <li>To assist us in processing your request in a timely manner, please make your request in 687 English if you are able to do so.</li> 688 </ol> 689 <p>All requests will be reviewed by our legal and compliance team and we reserve the right, in 690 compliance with applicable laws, to accept or reject, or make further inquiries regarding 691 any requests. We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it 692 may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a 693 number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated. We will typically 694 not charge a fee to fully respond to your requests; provided, however, that we may charge a 695 reasonable fee, or refuse to act upon a request, if it is excessive, repetitive, unfounded 696 or overly burdensome. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, or that we may refuse 697 it, as permitted by the applicable laws of your country or state, we will give you notice 698 explaining why we made that decision. You will be provided a cost estimate and the 699 opportunity to accept such fees before we will charge you for responding to your request. 700 </p> 701 <h2 id="5">5. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES</h2> 702 <p>You have choices regarding our collection and use of your personal data, as well as the 703 collection and use of some of our third party partners</p> 704 <p><u>Removing our cookie.</u> <!-- -->If you remove our Browser ID cookie from your browser 705 cache, we will no longer recognize your browser and activities until a new cookie is placed. 706 Any future Site activities you perform after you delete this cookie will not be tied to your 707 previous activities which were associated with the removed cookie.</p> 708 <p><u>Removing Interest based advertising cookies.</u> <!-- -->You can opt-out of third-party 709 interest-based, advertising-related cookies, pixel tags and web beacons, to prevent our 710 advertising partners to deliver targeted interest based ads to you. You can choose to 711 opt-out through these (and other) resources:</p> 712 <ul type="circle"> 713 <li>
713<a href="https://www.networkadvertising.org/">Network Advertising Initiative</a></li> 714 <li><a href="https://www.aboutads.info/consumers">Digital Advertising Alliance</a></li> 715 <li><a href="https://www.youronlinechoices.com/">Your Online Choices</a></li> 716 </ul> 717 <p>You will continue to see advertisements on our Sites, but they will not be tailored to you 718 based on any past behavior on our Sites or other websites. You may, however, still receive 719 customized content and/or ads based on the search queries you submitted or the content of 720 the pages you are visiting.</p> 721 <p><u>Removing Interest-based advertising from Mobile Tracking Devices.</u> <!-- -->You may opt 722 out of tracking and receiving tailored advertisements on your mobile device by some mobile 723 advertising companies and other similar entities by<!-- --> <a 724 href="https://youradchoices.com/appchoices">downloading the App Choices app</a>.</p> 725 <p><u>Other Privacy Tools.</u> <!-- -->In addition, third party tools enable you to search for 726 and opt-out of some of these devices, such as the<!-- --> <a 727 href="https://www.ghostery.com/">Ghostery browser plug-in</a>.</p> 728 <p><u>Do Not Track.</u> <!-- -->Do Not Track (DNT) is an optional browser setting that allows 729 you to express your preferences regarding tracking by advertisers and other third-parties. 730 However, we do not recognize or respond to browser-initiated DNT signals.</p> 731 <p><u>Deletion of information you submit via our HelpDesk</u>. You may request us to delete all 732 the information you submitted to us via email to [email protected] by contacting us via our 733 HelpDesk. However, we reserve the right to retain any information you provided via our 734 HelpDesk in order to defend legal claims, retain a record of our compliance with laws, 735 including privacy and data protection laws, and other statutory data retention requirements. 736 Note that except when you provide your Browser ID via an email support request, your request 737 information is not tied to your Browser ID. Deleting your request information will not 738 automatically delete from our systems all personal data we have relating to your activities 739 on our Sites and you must make these requests separately.</p> 740 <h2 id="6">6. DATA HOSTED IN THE UNITED STATES</h2> 741 <p>Ask Media Group is headquartered in California, and in order to access our Sites, your 742 browser interacts directly with our Site servers in the United States. By visiting or using 743 our Sites, your data is automatically collected, processed and stored on servers located in 744 the United States. If you are located in the United Kingdom (âUKâ), Switzerland, or the 745 European Economic Area (âEEAâ), this means your data is stored in a country with laws that 746 may offer less personal data protection than your country. We however comply with 747 requirements set forth in the EU General Data Protection Regulation when we process your 748 data, and you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data supervisory authority of 749 your country if you feel that we have unlawfully processed your data.</p> 750 <h2 id="7">7. NON DISCRIMINATION, COMPLAINTS AND DISPUTES</h2> 751 <p>All content and services offered on the Sites are free of charge and Ask Media Group will not 752 discriminate against any user who has exercised their rights as set forth in this Privacy 753 Policy. We commit to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your 754 personal data. Inquiries, concerns or complaints may be submitted to us via email to 755 [email protected]. We are committed to working with you to obtain a fair resolution of any 756 complaint or concern about your privacy. If, however, you believe that we have not 757 satisfactorily addressed your complaint or concern, you may have the right to make a 758 complaint to the data protection authority of your state of residence.</p> 759 <h2 id="8">8. DATA RETENTION AND SECURITY</h2> 760 <p>We have designed our Browser ID system so that we can manage our Sites while collecting as 761 little information about our users as possible. We may retain the information tied to your 762 Browser ID for a period up to fourteen (14) months. We retain information previously 763 collected in our HelpDesk system for up to 12 months to respond to discovery requests in the 764 event of litigation or have the ability to defend legal claims.</p> 765 <p>We take the security of your information seriously and use appropriate technical and 766 organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized or unlawful 767 processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage. We also limit access to 768 information about you to employees who reasonably need access to it to provide products or 769 services to you, or in order to do their jobs. However, because no security system can be 770 100% effective, we cannot completely guarantee the security of any information we may have 771 collected from or about you.</p> 772 <h2 id="9">
7729. UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND CONTACT INFORMATION</h2> 773 <p>We will continue to evaluate this Privacy Policy against new technologies, applicable laws, 774 business practices, and our userâs needs, and may make changes accordingly. Please check 775 this page periodically for updates. If we make any changes to this notice we will post the 776 updated Privacy Policy on this page and update the effective date. Except in connection with 777 updates that materially change the ways in which we process your information, your continued 778 use of the services after this Privacy Policy has been updated means that you agree to be 779 bound by such updates.</p> 780 <p>If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the manner in which your 781 information is processed (or if you are an EEA resident, how your data is transferred 782 outside of the EEA), or if you would like to submit a request to us, please contact our Data 783 Protection Officer via email to [email protected] or via mail at:</p> 784 <p>Ask Media Group, LLC<br />Data Protection Officer<br />555 West 18th Street,<br />New York, 785 New York 10011</p> 786 </div> 787 </div> 788 </main> 789 <footer class="w-full text-center py-8 text-xs text-gray-400 font-light fade-in delay-3"> 790 © 2026 IAC Inc. All rights reserved. 791 </footer> 792</body> 793 794</html>
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