We may collect personal information about our users in various ways. For example, we may collect information that you provide to us, information that we collect through your use of the Services, and information that we collect from publicly available sources or third parties.
Information You Provide to Us
When you register or otherwise interact with the Services, you may be invited to provide personal information to enhance your experience on the Services. For example:
During account registration, if you order products from us or if you participate in a contest, promotion or survey, we may ask for:
- Contact information such as your name, e-mail address, street address
- Demographic information such as year of birth, gender, street address
- Professional Information such as job title and industry and related information
- Payment information, such as your credit card number and expiration date, where appropriate to process a financial transaction you have requested
User-Generated Content: such as when you comment on articles, participate in message boards, and submit images, photos, videos, or other content to the Services, when you enter a contest or participate in a promotion, when you post an online ad, or otherwise engage with the Services.
Automatically Collected Information
In addition to the information you provide to us directly, we may collect information about your use of the Services or your device. As discussed further below, we and our service providers (which are third party companies that work on our behalf), may use of cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to assist in collecting this information.
For example, we may collect:
- Device information — such as your hardware model, IP address, other unique device identifiers, operating system version, browser type and settings, such as language and available font settings, and settings of the device you use to access the Services.
- Usage information — such as information about the Services you use, the time and duration of your use of the Services and other information about your interaction with content offered through a Service, and any information stored using cookies, mobile ad identifiers, and similar technologies that we have set on your device.
- Location information — such as your computer's IP address, your mobile device's GPS signal or information about nearby WiFi access points and cell towers that may be transmitted to us when you use certain Services.
Information from Third-Party Sources
We may receive information about you from publicly and commercially available sources, as permitted by law, which we may combine with other information we receive from or about you. For example, we may receive information about you from a social media site if you connect to the Services through that site, and we may obtain demographic or interest data from consumer data resellers.
Other Information We Collect
We also may collect other information about you, your device, or your use of the services in ways that we describe to you at the point of collection or otherwise with your consent. You may choose not to provide us with certain types of information, but doing so may affect your ability to use some of the Services.