Data and Privacy Policy
Effective date: July 17, 2024
Welcome to JusttheNews.com (the “Website”), a product of Bentley Media Group, LLC (“Bentley”, “our”, “us”, or “we”). We are strongly committed to protecting your privacy online and have taken steps to protect the information you share with us. We do collect certain personal information to provide you with content.
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Website and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Website. We do not sell your data to third parties. By using the Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Personal Data
Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
Usage Data
Usage Data is data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Website or from the Website infrastructure itself, (such as the duration of a page visit). This includes your use of media experience provided by videos, audio clips, and podcasts.
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of data stored on a User’s device.
Data Controller
Data Controller means a person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal data are or are to be processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your data.
Data Processor (or Third Party Website Providers)
Data Processor (or Third Party Website Provider) means any person (other than an employee of the Data Controller) who processes the data on our behalf. We use various Third-Party Providers to process your data more effectively, listed here with more information.
Data Subject
Data Subject is any living individual who is the subject of Personal Data.
User
The User is the individual using our Website. The User corresponds to the Data Subject, who is the subject of Personal Data.
Information Collection and Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Website’s value to you.
Types of Data Collected:
Personal Data
While using our Website, we may obtain certain Personally Identifiable Information that can be used to contact or identify you (“PID”). Personally Identifiable Information may include but is not limited to your Email address; First and Last name; and if applicable, credit card information and billing address.
Usage Data
If you register for our newsletters, we may use your Personal Data to contact you with updated newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by contacting us at privacy@justthenews.com.
We may also collect information regarding how the Website is accessed and used. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date.
Tracking Cookies Data
We use “cookies.” Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. We use web beacons, which are single pixel gifs, in our emails. When we send emails to subscribers, we may track behavior such as who opened the emails and who clicked the links. This allows us to measure the performance of our email campaigns and to improve our features for specific segments of Users.
Use of Data
We use the data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Website;
- To notify you about changes to our Website;
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Website when you choose to do so;
- To provide customer support;
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Website;
- To monitor the usage of our Website;
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues; and
- To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other content and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information. We will not sell or share your data with third parties for any marketing purposes without your consent.
Retention of Data
We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis and diagnostic purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Website, or when we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods. You have the right to request that any Personal Data be expunged from our records. (See “Your Rights” below).
Transfer of Data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Data
Disclosure for Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to facially valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency). We are under no obligation to provide you with notice of such requests, although we may do so at our discretion.
Legal Requirements
We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- To comply with a legal obligation;
- To protect and defend our rights or property;
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website;
- To protect the personal safety of users of the Website or the public; and
- To protect ourselves against legal liability.
Security of Data
The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
“Do Not Track” Signals
We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
Your Rights
We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. If you wish to be informed what Personal Data, we hold about you or if you want it removed from our systems or amended, please contact us at: privacy@justthenews.com
You have the following rights:
- To access and receive a copy of any Personal Data we hold about you;
- To rectify any Personal Data held about you that is inaccurate; and
- To request the deletion of Personal Data held about you.
- You have the right to data portability for the information you provide to us.
- You can request a copy of your Personal Data in a commonly used electronic format so that you can manage and move it.
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
Third Party Website Providers
We employ certain third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Website (“Third Party Website Providers”) to improve functionality, user experience or to assist us in analyzing how our Website is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and may not disclose or use it for any other purpose. You can have any of your Personal Data removed from these Third-Party Website Providers by sending an e-mail to privacy@justthenews.com.
Please see our Third-Party Partners page for a list of partners that provide certain features or functionality on the Services (e.g., content, analytics, advertising, and social media plug-ins) that may use your data, as well as more information about these partners’ use of your data.
Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not directed to anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. In addition, we will let you know via email and a prominent notice on our Website. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
The web is an evolving medium. If we need to change this Privacy Statement in the future, we will post the revised Privacy Statement on the Website and update the “Effective Date,” above, to reflect the date of the changes. By continuing to use the Website after we post such changes, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Statement, as modified.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: By email: privacy@justthenews.com or by our webpage at https:// justthenews.com/form/contact