At American News Brief, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information that are collected and recorded by American News Brief and how we use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website regarding the information they share and/or collect in American News Brief. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or through other channels.
Consent
By using our website, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Information We Collect
The personal information you are asked to provide—and the reasons why—will be clearly explained at the point we request it.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information such as your name, email address, phone number, message contents, and any attachments you may send.
If you register for an account, we may ask for contact information including your name, company name, address, email, and phone number.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website
- Understand and analyze how you use our website
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for customer service, updates, and promotional purposes
- Send you emails
- Find and prevent fraud
Log Files
American News Brief follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and it’s a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, American News Brief uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
For more general information on cookies, please read the Cookies article on the Generate Privacy Policy website.
Google DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to https://americanewsbrief.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Our Advertising Partners
Some advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners include:
Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that American News Brief has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
American News Brief’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
- Request that a business disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that it has collected.
- Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that it has collected.
- Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
American News Brief does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Use of Copyrighted Images for News Reporting Purposes
We are committed to respecting the intellectual property rights of others and strive to ensure that all content used on our website is done so with proper authorization. However, we understand that in some cases, it may be necessary to use copyrighted images in our news reporting. We believe that such use falls within the bounds of fair use for news reporting under United States copyright law. As such, we may use copyrighted images in our news articles or other content for the purpose of reporting news and current events. We will make every effort to ensure that our use of copyrighted images is minimal, transformative, and does not negatively impact the market for the original work. If you are the owner of copyrighted material used on our website and believe that our use of the material does not fall within the bounds of fair use for news reporting, please contact us so we can address your concerns.
We reserve the right to remove any content that we believe to be infringing on the rights of copyright holders, and we will respond promptly to any notices of alleged copyright infringement that we receive in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content on our website infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification pursuant to the DMCA by providing our designated agent with the following information:
- Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
- Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material;
- Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail;
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.