dnj.com Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 2007
The following Privacy Policy governs the online information collection practices
of dnj.com ("we" or "us"). Specifically, it outlines
the types of information that we gather about you while you are using the dnj.com website (the "Site"), and the ways in which we use this
information. This Privacy Policy, including our children's privacy statement,
does not apply to any information you may provide to us or that we may collect
offline and/or through other means (for example, at a live event, via telephone,
or through the mail).
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By visiting and using the Site,
you agree that your use of our Site, and any dispute over privacy, is governed
by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.
Because the Web is an evolving medium, we may need to change our Privacy Policy
at some point in the future, in which case we'll post the changes to this Privacy
Policy on this website and update the Effective Date of the policy to reflect
the date of the changes. By continuing to use the Site after we post any such
changes, you accept the Privacy Policy as modified.
Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light"
law, permits our customers who are California residents to request and obtain
from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information
(if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the
preceding calendar year. If applicable, this information would include a list
of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and
addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately
preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to
make such a request, please submit your request in writing to:
Online Privacy Coordinator
Newspaper Division
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107
How We Collect and Use Information
We may collect and store personal or other information that you voluntarily
supply to us online while using the Site (e.g., while on the Site or in responding
via email to a feature provided on the Site).
We also collect and store information that is generated automatically as you
navigate online through the Site. For example, we may collect information about
your computer's connection to the Internet, which allows us, among other things,
to improve the delivery of our web pages to you and to measure traffic on the
Site. We also may use a standard feature found in browser software called a
"cookie" to enhance your experience with the Site. Cookies are small
files that your web browser places on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes.
By showing how and when visitors use the Site, cookies help us deliver advertisements,
identify how many unique users visit us, and track user trends and patterns.
They also prevent you from having to re-enter your preferences on certain areas
of the Site where you may have entered preference information before. The Site
also may use web beacons (single-pixel graphic files also known as "transparent
GIFs") to access cookies and to count users who visit the Site or open
HTML-formatted email messages.
We use the information we collect from you while you are using the Site in
a variety of ways, including using the information to customize features and
advertising that appear on the Site. We also may provide your information to
third parties, such as service providers, contractors, and advertisers, for
a variety of purposes. Unless you inform us in accordance with the process described
below, we reserve the right to use, and to disclose to third parties, all of
the information collected from and about you while you are using the Site in
any way and for any purpose, such as to enable us or a third party to provide
you with information about products and services. If you do not wish your information
to be used for these purposes, you must send a letter to the Online Privacy
Coordinator whose address is listed at the end of this Privacy Policy requesting
to be taken off any lists of information that may be used for these purposes
or that may be given or sold to third-parties.
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily make your personal information
available for viewing by third parties online - for example on message boards,
web logs, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be seen, collected
and used by others besides us. We cannot be responsible for any unauthorized
third-party use of such information.
Some of our third-party advertisers and ad servers that place and present
advertising on the Site also may collect information from you via cookies, web
beacons or similar technologies. These third-party advertisers and ad servers
may use the information they collect to help present their advertisements, to
help measure and research the advertisements' effectiveness, or for other purposes.
The use and collection of your information by these third-party advertisers
and ad servers is governed by the relevant third-party's privacy policy and
is not covered by our Privacy Policy. Indeed, the privacy policies of these
third-party advertisers and ad servers may be different from ours. If you have
any concerns about a third party's use of cookies or web beacons or use of your
information, you should visit that party's website and review its privacy policy.
The Site also includes links to other websites and provides access to products
and services offered by third parties, whose privacy policies we do not control.
When you access another website or purchase third-party products or services
through the Site, use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy
policy of the operator of the site you are visiting or the provider of such
products or services.
We also make some content, products and services available through our Site
through cooperative relationships with third-party providers, where the brands
of our provider partner appear on the Site in connection with such content,
products and/or services. We may share with our provider partner any information
you provide, or that is collected, in the course of visiting any pages that
are made available in cooperation with our provider partner. In some cases,
the provider partner may collect information from you directly, in which cases
the privacy policy of our provider partner may apply to the provider partner's
use of your information. The privacy policy of our provider partners may differ
from ours. If you have any questions regarding the privacy policy of one of
our provider partners, you should contact the provider partner directly for
more information.
We are an affiliate of the CareerBuilder online careers service. Through our
cooperative relationship with CareerBuilder, we are able to provide you with
access to the CareerBuilder products and services through a co-branded CareerBuilder
site. When you provide information through the co-branded CareerBuilder site,
CareerBuilder may share your information with us and we may use the information
consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Likewise, we are an affiliate of the Topix.net online news service, which enables
us to provide you with access to Topix.net products and services through a co-branded
Topix.net site. When you provide information through the co-branded Topix.net
site, Topix.net may share your information with us and we may use that information
in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Be aware that we may occasionally release information about our visitors when
release is appropriate to comply with law, to enforce our Terms of Service
agreement, or to protect the rights, property or safety of users of the Site or the public.
Please also note that as our business grows, we may buy or sell various assets.
In the unlikely event that we sell some or all of our assets, or one or more
of our websites is acquired by another company, information about our users
may be among the transferred assets.
Children's Privacy Statement
This children's privacy statement explains our practices with respect to the
online collection and use of personal information from children under the age
of thirteen, and provides important information regarding their rights under
federal law with respect to such information.
- This Site is not directed to children under the age of thirteen and we do
NOT knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under
the age of thirteen as part of the Site. We screen users who wish to provide
personal information in order to prevent users under the age of thirteen from
providing such information. If we become aware that we have inadvertently
received personally identifiable information from a user under the age of
thirteen as part of the Site, we will delete such information from our records.
If we change our practices in the future, we will obtain prior, verifiable
parental consent before collecting any personally identifiable information
from children under the age of thirteen as part of the Site.
- Because we do not collect any personally identifiable information from children
under the age of thirteen as part of the Site, we also do NOT knowingly distribute
such information to third parties.
- We do NOT knowingly allow children under the age of thirteen to publicly
post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information through
the Site.
- Because we do not collect any personally identifiable information from children
under the age of thirteen as part of the Site, we do NOT condition the participation
of a child under thirteen in the Site's online activities on providing personally
identifiable information.
How To Make Changes to Your Information
If you have subscribed to one or more of our email newsletters, you may change
your subscriber information, modify your subscriptions, and/or unsubscribe from
these newsletters at any time by visiting http://www.dnj.com/newsletters.
Questions Regarding Privacy
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices,
or your dealings with us, you can contact:
Online Privacy Coordinator
Newspaper Division
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107
dnj.com
