Privacy Policy

Updated and Effective: January, 2021

500NewsWire.com is a press release distribution and media services provider. As referenced in this Privacy Policy, the terms “500NewsWire”, “we” and “us” owns and operates website (the Site www.500newswire.com).

Privacy Policy

We want you to feel comfortable using the Site, so we have created this Privacy Policy to inform you of what information we may collect from you on the Site and how we may use that information. As we note in this Privacy Policy, we may collect different types of information and utilized them in different ways.

It also describes your choices regarding use, access and correction of your personal information. Please take a moment to review the terms of this Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you agree to accept the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected on the Site. It does not apply to information that we may collect by means other than on the Site.

How We Collect Information from You and Why?

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information that you provide directly to us, including when you register for or order a Service; when a company, organization or individual authorizes you to manage its account or use our Services on its behalf; and/or when you subscribe to a newsletter, provide feedback about our Services or contact us with questions or comments about a Service.

Information We Collect Through Your Use of our Services

We collect certain technical information using cookies and other tracking mechanisms to help us operate and provide our Services to you. This information includes, without limitation:

• Information about the systems and device(s) you use to access our Services, including MAC address, IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, device type, and device identifiers;
• Information about your visits to the Websites, including the full URL clickstream to, through and from the Websites (including date and time);
• Information about your use of our mobile apps, including the information you view in our mobile apps and the date and time you view it;
• Information to facilitate your use of our Services (including to provide access to third-party websites and services), such as URL requests, destination IP addresses, or device configuration details; and
• Pages you view or search for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), your engagement with certain variable/dynamic elements of a page and methods used to browse away from the page.

If you decline to have us collect such information (for example, by disabling cookies). We may not be able to provide some or all of our Services to you.

Information We Collect about You from Third Parties

Our Services may also, from time to time, contain links to and from social media platforms. You may choose to connect with us through a social media platform and when you do, and to the extent available, we may collect additional information from you, such as your user names, profile picture, contact information, contact list, and the profile pictures of your contacts, through the social media platform. Please be advised that social media platforms may also collect information from you. We do not have control over the collection, use and sharing practices of social media platforms and encourage you to review their usage and disclosure policies and practices, including the data security practices, before using the social media platforms.
We may combine the information we collect about you from the various sources described above.

How Your Information May Be Used

We may use any information we collect, including personal information and technical information, as described to you at the time of collection, for the following purposes:

• Providing, maintaining and improving our Services. Operating and improving our Services (e.g., administration, troubleshooting, managing account access, protecting security); evaluating our Services; developing new features, products, or services; and for other customer service and support purposes.
• Tailoring content. Personalizing the information and content we display to you, including marketing, promotional and sponsored content and advertising within the Services.
• Marketing and communications. Contacting you directly about your use of an account or Service for which you are registered; providing you with information about products or services, from us or third parties that may interest you; serving advertisements to you; and responding to your requests, feedback or questions.
• Research and analytics. Researching and analyzing how you interact with our Services, including to monitor usage and activity trends and for statistical purposes; creating reports for customers that may include both aggregate trends and the organizations that are viewing their releases, or accessing our Services or customer websites or otherwise using our Services; and measuring or understanding the effectiveness of content, communications, Website visits, web traffic, our Services, or advertising we or our customers serve to you and other customers like you, and to deliver relevant advertising to you and other customers like you.
• Legal compliance. Complying with laws, regulations and requests from law enforcement or other governmental entities; carrying out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts; and using as evidence in litigation.
• Protecting rights and interests. Protecting the safety, rights or property of 500NewsWire or any third party; investigating, preventing or otherwise addressing activity that 500NewsWire, in its sole discretion, may consider to be or pose a risk of being, an illegal, unethical, or legally questionable activity.

We may also create aggregate or anonymous information about your and other users’ use of our Services for purposes similar to those listed above.

How Your Information May Be Shared

We may share any information, including personal information as follows:

• With our subsidiaries and affiliates, including any future subsidiaries or affiliates;
• With our service providers and sub-contractors to the extent reasonably necessary to enable us provide our Services (e.g., we use a third-party platform for e-mail and cannot communicate with you without disclosing your e-mail address to our third-party e-mail provider);
• With a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of any of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, including during planning or negotiations of such sale or transfer;
• With a third party with whom we must legally share information about you;
• With the company or organization you represent upon their request;
• With you or other third parties with your express consent;
• To comply with any court order, valid subpoena, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
• To investigate potential unauthorized access or misuse of our Services or otherwise enforce or apply our Terms of Service and other agreements;
• To protect our assets or rights, including for billing and collection purposes;
• If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of 500NewsWire, our customers or others, including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction; and
• With any other entity disclosed by us when you provide the information.

We may also share aggregate or anonymous data for marketing, advertising, research, compliance, or other purposes.
In the event that we receive a request from a governmental entity to provide it with your personal information, we will take reasonable attempts to notify you of such request, to the extent reasonably possible and legally permissible.

Cookies & Other Tracking Mechanisms

Keeping Your Personal Information Secure

The security of your information is important to 500NewsWire, and we have implemented administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against theft or misuse. Unfortunately, no system can guarantee complete security of your information. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information from unauthorized third parties, 500NewsWire cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information. Thus, your use of the Services and communications with us is at your own risk. You are responsible for protecting your username(s) and password(s) and for the security of information that you transmit to us over the internet.

Children

Our Services are directed to working professionals. Our Services are not intended for children under 16 years of age or the relevant age of majority, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under that age. If you are under 13 years of age or the age of majority, you are not permitted to submit any personal information to us.

Third-Party Information Collection

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites and services, including those of social media platforms, partner networks and advertisers. Please note that these websites and services may have their own privacy policies. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the policies of any third parties. If you chose to access any websites or services linked from our Services, please check the applicable policies before you use or submit any personal information to such website or service.

Third parties unaffiliated with us may also collect information about you, including tracking your browsing history, when you use our Services. We do not have control over these third-party collection practices and advise you to adjust the settings of your browsers or install plug-ins and add-ins if you wish to minimize these third party collections.

How Long Will We Keep Your Information For?

We will retain your personal data while we are providing our services to you and we will not retain your personal data for longer than is strictly necessary.

Personal Information Transferred from EEA and/or Switzerland

We may share your personal data with entities within the 500NewsWire group. Given that we are an international organization with our headquarters in the USA, this may involve transferring your personal data outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”). Some of the third parties to whom we transfer your personal data are also based outside of the EEA, so their processing of your personal data will likewise involve a transfer outside the EEA. Where your personal data is transferred outside of the EEA we will ensure that we appropriate mechanisms in place to ensure the protection of your personal information, including the use of specific contracts approved by the European Commission giving your personal data the same protection as it has in Europe.

Such transfers may be made by or to us in our capacity as a data processor or as a data controller:

Processor: 500NewsWire is a provider of software, services and tools intended to help customers manage all aspects of their marketing and PR campaigns. 500NewsWire does not own or control any of the information it processes on behalf of its customer. All such information is owned and controlled by 500NewsWire’s customer. In this capacity, 500NewsWire receives information transferred from the EU to the US merely as a processor on behalf of its customer, although such information may not be required by 500NewsWire.

Data Controller: 500NewsWire also provides information products designed to help customers research and plan their campaigns more effectively. In this function, 500NewsWire acts as a data controller of the personal information contained in these products and processes this personal information as a data controller.

Legal Basis for Processing

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

Where we need to process your information to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you. Where we need to process your information to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Where it is in our legitimate interests to do so. Our legitimate interests include our legitimate commercial interests in operating the 500NewsWire Services and providing you with access to our Media Database. We make sure that we consider and balance any potential negative impact on you and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you. Where we have obtained your consent.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time to align with changes to our business practices and/or changes to our legal requirements. We will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page and will indicate that the updates have been made by changing the effective date first written above. We urge you to check back periodically to see whether there have been updates to our Privacy Policy.

Your continued use of the Services or communication with us about the Services after the updated Privacy Policy has been posted (or any other indication of your consent) will constitute your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

Please note that we may condition your continued access to our Services on your consent to changes to this Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

Please contact us if you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or the information, we hold about you. Please send an email to [email protected]