Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 2022

At The New York Sun (“we,” “us,” “our”), we know how our customers and visitors like you value your privacy, and we have created this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) to ensure that you understand our policies and procedures, what personal information we may collect, use, and share through your use of our website at www.nysun.com (“Site”) or our services, and what rights you may have relating to such information.

Please read this Policy carefully. This Policy is effective as of the date stated at the top of this page and may be updated from time to time to keep with our developments or evolving legal or regulatory requirements, so please check this Policy periodically for updates. By accessing this Site you acknowledge and agree to the practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy you may not use our Site.

If you have any questions or comments about this Policy, please contact us at info@nysun.com.

Information Collected By The New York Sun and How It May Be Used.

The New York Sun may collect various types of information when you visit the Site either (i) directly from your voluntary engagement with the Site or our services; or (ii) automatically from you when you interact with the Site.

The following categories of information we may collect from you includes:

Membership and subscription information. In order to set up your account and fulfill your request(s) we may collect your name, phone number, mailing address, email address, credit card information, billing address, or other payment information.
Event and marketing information. When you attend an event hosted by us or our partners we may collect your name, phone number, mailing address, and email address to provide you with updates on our newspaper, any new benefits or services, newsletters, or other information on behalf of ourselves or third-parties that we think would be of particular interest.
Contests and promotions. Should you choose to enter or respond to a contest, survey, sweepstakes or other promotional feature, we may ask you for your name, address and email address or other personal information. We will also collect any additional information or materials that you voluntarily provide to us.
Feedback information. To receive and respond to your customer service requests or comments on your experience with The New York Sun, we may collect your name, phone number, mailing address, email address, images, and any relevant history.
Device information. When you interact with our Site, we may automatically collect information about the computers, phones, and other devices you are using (e.g. IP address, WiFi information, geo-location, device attributes, operating system version, etc.).
Website usage. So that we may understand and improve our customer and visitor experiences, as well as the functionality of the Site, we may collect information about how you interact with the Site such as mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, the date of your visit, the time spent on pages of the Site, or other actions.

Personal Information that is automatically collected may be obtained through cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer or mobile device through a user ID or other preferences. We use cookies to personalize your experience when you use the Site (e.g. auto-populating your log-in credentials or settings). You are free to set your browser or operating system setting to limit certain tracking or to decline cookies, but by doing so, you may not be able to use certain features through our Site or take full advantage of all our services. For more information on this, please see our Cookie section below.

How and When We May Disclose Your Information.

We may disclose your personal information to third-parties in the following instances and as permitted by law:

Service providers. To carry out certain tasks including, to process your payments, mail you products, distribute emails, manage promotions, offer you customer service, serve you relevant ads, and maintain technology and related infrastructure.
To meet applicable legal requirements. Should you choose to enter or respond to a contest, survey, sweepstakes or other promotional feature, we may ask you for your name, address and email address or other personal information. We will also collect any additional information or materials that you voluntarily provide to us.
A business sale. In the event of a reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of other business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
With your consent. To comply with a legal obligation or the decision of a judicial authority, a public authority or a government body, or if disclosure is necessary for national security, law enforcement or other public interest.

Cookies.

A cookie is a small data file that certain websites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain various types of information, including a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you’ve visited. We may use cookies to enhance your experience on this Site, to determine user traffic patterns and for other purposes. We use different types of cookies for different purposes, specifically, strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, and functionality cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies. Are essential to fulfill an action requested by you, such as identifying your browser settings. We cannot guarantee how the Site will perform during your visit if you adjust these.
Performance cookies. Allow us to view analytic information about how users interact with our Site.
Functionality cookies. Enhance the performance and functionality of our Site, such as remembering you or your preferences.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies; however, you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent or you can flush your browser of cookies from time to time. (Note: you may need to consult the help area of your browser application for instructions.) If you choose to disable your cookies setting or refuse to accept a cookie, however, you may not be able to fully access and/or enjoy certain pages or aspects of the Site.

At times, some of the advertisers on our Site and their ad service providers set cookies when you click their advertising banners. While we use cookies in other parts of the Site (as discussed above), cookies received with banner ads are collected by those advertisers and their ad service providers, and we do not have access to that information. The ad company’s privacy policy and/or that of its service provider will govern the use of this information and The New York Sun is not responsible for the privacy practices of such ad company.

For more information about cookies and similar technologies, please visit allaboutcookies.org.

Interest-Based Advertising.

Interest-Based advertising, also known as online behavioral advertising, is the practice of collecting information about users’ activities across sites over time, and using such information to deliver targeted advertising based on such users’ interests. This can be achieved through automated means, including through the use of first and third-party cookies, web server logs, pixels, and web beacons. We may use this information from our website and trusted third-parties such as Facebook, Google, and Pinterest, in order to tailor our advertisements to your individual interests or to inform you about new products or services.

The data collection ay take place on our Site and third-party websites that participate in ad networks that collect information on our behalf about your visits to other websites.

The information collected and used in this manner is generally, on its own, anonymous and not personally identifiable (e.g. browsing history, demographic information, purchase history, media consumption, shopping habits, lifestyle preferences, or other similar information). To learn more about interest-based-advertising and your choices with respect to it in more detail, please visit the Network Advertising initiative at www.networkadvertising.org and the Digital Advertising Alliance at www.aboutads.info. To opt-out of some of our advertising partners’ use of cookies in this manner, visit www.networkadvertising.org

Security and Retention.

We will use commercially reasonable efforts to secure and protect the privacy of your information. However, please note that no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of the information that you transmit via the Site.

Please note that we reserve the right to access and/or disclose personal information and non-personal information we gather as required by courts or administrative agencies and to the extent required to permit us to investigate suspected fraud, harassment or other violations of any law, rule or regulation, the Site rules or policies, or the rights of third parties or to investigate any suspected conduct which The New York Sun deems improper.

We will keep your personal information as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. In some circumstances we may retain your personal information for longer if and when required (e.g. legal, tax, or accounting requirements).

Links to Other Sites.

This Site may provide links or references to other websites. However, we have no control over or responsibility for content on third-party sites and transactions that occur therein. The privacy policies and terms and conditions governing this Site may differ significantly from the policies of third-party websites and we strongly advise you review any applicable policies of these third-party websites.

Your Rights and Opt-Out Procedures in General.

You have the option to opt out of receiving information from The New York Sun. This opt out messaging will appear at the bottom of every email that is sent out. The New York Sun also gives you the option to remove your information from its database completely. If you no longer wish to take advantage of this Site or to receive any form of direct contact from The New York Sun, whether it is email, discounts, newsletters, or other promotional offers or materials, or wish us to delete your personal information from our data records, contact us at info@nysun.com to cancel your account.

In order to ensure that the information we maintain is accurate, The New York Sun gives users the option to change or modify their information previously provided. If you would like to change your information currently in our database, please contact us at info@nysun.com. Unless you are a resident of the European Union or California (which have specific rights explained below), The New York Sun is not responsible for updating information contained in third-party lists or databases.

We currently do not honor Do Not Track signals from internet browsers; when a universal standard for processing them emerges, we will follow it.

Protection for Children.

This Site is not intended for users under the age of 18. Furthermore, we have no intention of collecting personal from children (i.e., individuals under the age of 13). If a child has provided us with personal information, that child’s parent or guardian should contact us at info@nysun.com or send us a letter marked “Privacy – Urgent” at the address below if they would like the information submitted by the child deleted from our database. We will use all reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database.

Additional Rights for European Union Residents.

The European Economic Area provides certain rights to data subjects under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (including access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and the right to object and to complain). If applicable, in the event we transfer your personal data to countries that do not meet GDPR requirements, we will ensure that the recipient provides adequate protection by entering into Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission. These rights include:

The Right to Access. You have the right to learn if your personal information is being processed by The New York Sun, including which categories and specific pieces of personal information we have.
The Right to Rectify. You have the right to verify the accuracy of your personal information and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
The Right to Delete. You have the right, under certain circumstances, that we erase or otherwise remove your personal information from The New York Sun.
The Right to Transfer. You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another processor without any hindrance. This right is applicable provided that the data is processed by automated means and the processing is based on your consent or a contract which The New York Sun is a part of.
No Discrimination. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising the rights described above.

You may exercise your EU privacy rights by emailing info@nysun.com . We will handle verified requests to access, correct, or delete your information within thirty (30) days unless the request is unusually extensive or complex, in which case we will inform you of the expected timeline for handling your particular request.

Legal Bases for Processing.

We process your personal information based on one of the following legal conditions;

Your consent (e.g. to place cookies which process personal information, or marketing)
To perform our agreement with you (e.g. to process your payment or shipping information to fulfill your subscription)
To comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject
Our legitimate interests, provided they do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms (e.g. for direct or behavioral marketing purposes, to expand our business activities, to generate aggregated statistics about our customers and Site, which you may opt-out at any time).

International Transfers.

The personal information we collect may be transferred to and stored in countries, outside the jurisdiction where you are and where we or our third-party service providers have operations. If you are located in the EEA, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, your personal information may be processed outside of those regions, including in the United States. In the event of such a transfer, we will ensure that: (i) the personal information is transferred to countries recognized as offering an equivalent level of protection; or (ii) the transfer is made pursuant to appropriate and approved safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission.

Additional Rights for California Residents.

If you are a California resident, certain rights may be accorded to you under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) including:

The Right to Access. You may request, up to 2 times each year, that we disclose to you the categories and specific pieces of information that we have collected about you.
The Right to Delete. You may request that we delete any personal information that we have collected from or about you.

In accordance with the CCPA, in addition to the details described above, we make the following disclosures:

We collect the following categories of personal information: identifiers/contact information, commercial information, financial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, location, and any inferences drawn from the foregoing.
We disclose the following categories of personal information for our business purposes: identifiers/contact information, financial information, internet or other electronic network activity information, location, and any inferences drawn from the foregoing.

You may exercise your California privacy rights by emailing info@nysun.com. We will handle verified requests to access, correct, or delete your information within forty-five (45) days unless the request is unusually extensive or complex, in which case we will inform you of the expected timeline for handling your particular request. We do not discriminate against any California residents who exercise any of their rights described in this Privacy Policy.

Contacting Us.

If you have any questions about this Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, you can contact us at: info@nysun.net or telephone at (212) 918-8184.