THE DAILY CALLER PRIVACY POLICY

The Daily Caller (THE DC or we) is the owner and operator of DailyCaller.com {the Website), a comprehensive news website providing original reporting, updated links to the latest news, analysis of current events, satire, research on current policy issues, columns from thought leaders, and Congressional Member reviews.

This Privacy Policy (Policy) is about the information that THE DC collects, uses, and stores in operating the Website and making content available to you. This Policy applies to information that is collected on or through DailyCaller.com, as well as information that we collect offline.

DailyCaller.com is operated entirely within the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, please note that any information – including personal data – you provide to us will be transferred to and processed in the United States. You hereby consent to these transfers.

This Policy is incorporated by reference into our Terms of Use Agreement.

I. WHAT TYPES OF INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

A. Non-Personally Identifiable Information Collected When Using Our Services

THE DC collects non-personally identifiable information automatically through the use of electronic tools such as web beacons, “cookies”, and clickstream data that are deployed on the Website.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please see:

• Web Beacons – A web beacon is a type of picture file used on the Internet. Web beacons are used in combination with cookies to help monitor traffic at DailyCaller.com and understand the ways in which users interact with content on the website.
• Cookies – Cookies help provide a customized Web experience by enabling us to identify web users, but not specific individuals, who visit our website. You may choose not to provide such information by adjusting your Internet browser security settings to refuse cookies. Refusing cookies, however, may limit your ability to access certain pages and feature available on the website.
• Clickstream Data – In addition, THE DC may use third-party software to analyze the Web pages that your computer visits while visiting the website. This information, called “clickstream data,” is associated with your computer’s Internet protocol (IP) address and includes other information such as the type of browser your computer uses to access the Internet. We collect clickstream data to optimize search engine results and may also use clickstream data to analyze which portions of our website draw the most traffic so we can improve performance of our websites. This clickstream data may be shared with third party advertisers and marketing companies.
• IP Addresses – Although THE DC usually does not use IP addresses as a means to identify specific individuals, we may use IP addresses to help identify you or the computer you are using when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our Terms of Use, this Privacy Policy, other THE DC policies, or to protect our services, website, systems, information, employees, business partners, providers, users, customers or others.

B. Personally Identifiable Information Collected When Using our Services

THE DC may collect certain types of personally identifiable information — that is, information that can identify an individual — including but not limited to:

• name;
• e-mail address;
• date of birth;
• zip code;
• credit or debit card information;
• username; and
• password;

We may collect some or all of this information if you:

• visit the website and make inquiries through the Website;
• purchase products or services on the Website;
• share your e-mail address to subscribe to email newsletters;
• share personal information when you post comments, messages, letters and the like on the Website;
• participate in any surveys, contests, or sweepstakes sponsored by THE DC;
  register on DailyCaller.com;
• share personal information when you provide tips, comments or questions to our news department; or
• provide it to us when contacting us about this Privacy Policy.

II. HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION?

We use your personally identifiable information for various reasons, including:

• to deliver content that you have requested from the website;
• to send e-mails that you have requested to receive from THE DC;
• to provide you with information about services, products, and features that may be of interest to you.
• we may from time to time send you special offers and advertisements for products or services offered by third parties. We will not disclose any of your personal information to such third parties when we do this; and
• in response to inquiries that you initiate with us about any aspect of the website.

III. WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT?

THE DC may share personally identifiable information with others, such as:

• third-party service providers who provide technical support for the operation of the website;
• third-party marketers, advertisers, research companies, and non-profit organizations;
• law enforcement authorities, government agencies, courts, or other entities, when:
  • we believe in good faith that the law requires it;
  • we deem it necessary or appropriate to provide such information; or
  • to otherwise protect our rights.
• another business, in the course of a sale to or merger with such business; or
• a court, another business, or other interested party in the event of a bankruptcy proceeding, in which case the information about you would be among the many assets shared or transferred.
• Third-party merchants with from whom you choose to make a purchase through the Website

IV. HOW CAN YOU MAKE CHOICES ABOUT THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?

You can always choose not to submit any personally identifiable information to THE DC.

If you do not wish to receive communications from THE DC, you can unsubscribe to our e-mails. will include an opt-out link or reply address in each such e-mail. After unsubscribing, you will be removed from our database. Please allow us up to 10 business days to process your request. After unsubscribing, you may still receive messages about the status of your account, to resolve technical issues, or to confirm a new registration with us.

If you wish to make changes to any personally identifiable information that you have provided us, or if you have any questions about what we do with your personally identifiable information, please send an e-mail to privacy@dailycaller.com.

If you would like to opt-out of having non-personally identifiable information collected during your visits to this or other sites, click here.

V. LINKS TO OTHER (THIRD PARTY) WEBSITES

THE DC may provide links to content or advertisements created, offered, sponsored, or available at third party websites. Your interactions with these third party websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy, but rather the privacy policies posted on those linked websites. THE DC is not responsible for your access to and use of these websites or any information you may share with them.

VI. HOW DO WE SECURE YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION?

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of the personally identifiable information we collect, we have implemented physical, electronic, and administrative procedures. These measures are based on commercially reasonable standards that similar companies use.

NO DATA TRANSMITTED OVER THE INTERNET, HOWEVER, CAN BE GUARANTEED TO BE 100% SECURE AT ALL TIMES. Although we have implemented security measures to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of such information.

VII. CHILDREN

This website is not directed to children. THE DC does not knowingly collect or solicit personally identifiable information from or about children under 13, except as permitted by law. If we discover that we have received any personally identifiable information from a child under 13, we will delete such information from our servers and records promptly.

VIII. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

THE DC reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. We will post a notice on this website if and when this policy changes to alert visitors that a new policy is in place.

Any material – that is, really important – changes to the way we use or disclose personally identifiable information will only apply on a going-forward basis, unless we have your express consent to change the way we use or disclose the personally identifiable information we collected when the earlier version of this Privacy Policy was in effect.

IX. GOVERNING LAW

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Delaware without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law.

You agree that any action at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy shall be filed only in the state or federal courts in Delaware, and you hereby consent and submit exclusively to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action. Either THE DC or you may demand that any dispute or claim between THE DC and you must be settled by arbitration utilizing the dispute resolution procedures of the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in Delaware. Both parties hereby acknowledge and agree to submit exclusively to the jurisdiction of the AAA in Delaware to resolve the applicable dispute or claim if arbitration is demanded. An arbitration demand, however, shall not prevent either party from seeking injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.

X. HOW TO CONTACT US

Questions and comments regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to privacy@dailycaller.com.

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