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Privacy Policy Highlights

Last Updated on April 18, 2011

The New York Times wants to make our privacy practices clear and easy to understand. This page provides highlights of The New York Times Privacy Policy. For more information, please review our complete Privacy Policy.

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Scope

The New York Times privacy highlights and full Privacy Policy (available at: www.nytimes.com/content/help/rights/privacy/policy/privacy-policy.html) apply to the New York Times Web sites listed below, and to services that display or link to this notice.

The New York Times Replica Edition, which is maintained by Libre Digital, Inc., maintains its own Privacy Policy. The New York Times advertising portal, for advertisers of The Times, also maintains a separate Privacy Policy.

Information We Gather

The information we gather falls into two categories: 1) personal information you voluntarily supply when you subscribe, order, complete a survey, register for an online discussion, enter a contest or provide your e-mail address, and 2) tracking information collected as you navigate through our sites. More.

Use of Information

  • If you have registered online for one of our sites, The New York Times will not sell, rent, swap or authorize any third party to use your e-mail address without your permission. This also applies to any information that personally identifies you, except as noted immediately below. We do, however, share information about our audience in aggregate form. For example, we may want to know how long the average reader spends on our site, or which pages or features get the most attention.
  • When you make a purchase through an NYT Service, we will collect and store your billing and credit card information. This information will only be shared with third parties who perform tasks required to complete the transaction (such as processing your payment).

     

  • If you are a print subscriber to The New York Times newspaper and subscribed either by mail, phone or online, we may exchange or rent your name and mailing address (but not your e-mail address) with other reputable companies that offer marketing information or products through direct mail. If you prefer that we do not share this information, you may opt-out.
  • NYTimes.com may share personal information with The New York Times Company for analysis purposes. NYTimes.com will not share personal information about you as an individual to third parties without your consent.
  • The New York Times may perform statistical analyses of subscribers and their subscribing and purchasing patterns for product development purposes and to generally inform advertisers about the nature of our subscriber base.
  • We may use demographic and preference information to allow advertising on our Web sites to be targeted, in aggregate, to the users for whom they are most pertinent.
  • We may collect information about the computer, mobile telephone, smartphone or other device you use to access the NYT Services.
  • We contract with other companies to provide services on our behalf, including credit-card and billing processing, shipping, e-mail distribution, list processing and analytics, or promotions management. Analytics may include the usage and browsing patterns on some of our mobile applications.
  • Any information you disclose when posting to a message board, along with your message board screen name or ID, becomes public and may be used by The New York Times for online and offline promotional or commercial uses in any and all media.
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Your Privacy Choices

If, at any time, you prefer not to receive e-mail marketing information from us, simply follow the unsubscribe options at the bottom of each e-mail. For more information on how to unsubscribe from e-mail marketing, click here.

If, at any time, you prefer not to receive traditional mail or telephone solicitations originated by The New York Times Home Delivery Department and its third party affiliates, you may choose to opt-out.

To view and edit your personal information, please visit the appropriate part of any of our Web sites. For example, to update your e-mail address on NYTimes.com, go to the My Account area. For more information on how to view and edit your personal information, click here.

Important Information

We encourage you to read our complete Privacy Policy. The full New York Times Privacy Policy contains links to supplementary information about specific New York Times sites or services. We reserve the right to update our Privacy Policy.

Our Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time. Any such changes will be posted on our main Privacy Policy page. If we make a significant or material change in the way we use your personal information, the change will be posted thirty (30) days prior to taking effect and registered users will be notified via e-mail.

We employ measures designed to protect the security of your personal identifying information. More.

COPPA Compliance

Except for The Learning Network, The New York Times does not knowingly collect or store any personal information, even in aggregate, about children under the age of 13. The Learning Network is a free service for parents, teachers and students, and does not require registration. For any questions concerning The Learning Network, please contact: Katherine Schulten, NYTimes.com, 620 8th Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10018. Telephone: (212) 556-8391. More.

How To Contact Us

For any questions or comments regarding our information or security practices, you may contact us by e-mail at feedback@nytimes.com or by mail at Privacy at Customer Care, 620 8th Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10018.The New York Times is a TRUSTe licensee and you may contact TRUSTe if you feel a privacy question is not properly addressed.