Oath Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 13, 2017

Oath and all of its brands (collectively, “Oath”) are part of the Verizon family of companies, which now includes Yahoo branded sites and our other affiliates. Please note that the Yahoo Privacy Policy will apply on Yahoo branded sites and affiliated products, services, and technologies that link to the Yahoo privacy policy. Additional privacy information is available in the Verizon Privacy Policy.

We're always working to make our services even better. One of the ways we do that is by analyzing information we collect and receive about users in order to figure out what they might be interested in. This helps us develop more engaging content and provide more effective advertising, which enables us to keep most of our services free.

This Privacy Policy describes how we handle the information we collect and receive about users. There are three things you should keep in mind as you read it:

• First, the Oath Privacy Policy applies to Oath websites, mobile apps, other online services and anything else that links to or refers to this policy. To keep things simple, we refer to all these services as our "Services."
• Second, the Privacy Policy applies no matter what computer or device you use to access our Services.
• Third, we may provide additional information about the privacy practices for some of our Services. Although this Privacy Policy applies to all Oath services that refer or link to it, you should read the additional information, too. Some of this information is linked from various places in the Privacy Policy, and some is available through the individual Services that you use. Products and services that do not link to this Privacy Policy, such as those offered outside of the United States as well as Yahoo branded and affiliated products (such as Tumblr and Aabaco Small Business), may have different privacy policies and practices that are not subject to this Oath Privacy Policy. If there is a conflict between the Oath Privacy Policy and the Verizon or Yahoo privacy policies, the Oath Privacy Policy will apply when you are on an Oath product, service, or brand site that links to this policy and the Yahoo privacy policy applies when you are on a Yahoo product, service, or brand site that links to the Yahoo privacy policy.

We've done our best to keep this Privacy Policy short and simple, but if you have any questions about it, we hope you'll let us know.

Information We Collect and Receive

We collect and receive information about users in a few different ways:

• Information you give us. You can give us information directly. For example:
  • When you sign up for an AOL account you may give us information such as your name, zip code, and date of birth;
  • When you purchase one of our paid services, you give us your billing information, which may include your credit card data;
  • When you use Moviefone, you can give us your zip code so that we can tell you where and when movies are playing;
  • When you post comments in response to a story or video on any of our Services, we-and other users-receive that information; and
  • When you use the "My Portfolios" feature on DailyFinance, you can give us information about your investments so that we can provide you with up-to-the-second market news and commentary relevant to your holdings (your use of Oath financial features is subject to additional privacy terms); and
  • When you otherwise contact us or provide us information directly.

• Information we collect or receive when you use our services. We also collect or receive information when you use our Services. We collect some of this information using cookies, web beacons, and other technologies. Depending on how you access and use our Services, we may receive:
  • Log information. This is information we automatically collect and store such as when you use our Services or other companies' websites and apps, including ONE by AOL advertising services. It may include, for example:
    • Information about your interactions with the websites, apps, and other services you use, the content you view, the search queries you submit, and information in cookies and similar technologies; and
    • Information about how you access those websites, apps, and other services, your browser or operating system, your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, and the website you visited before visiting our Services.
  • Device information. This is information we automatically collect and store about the device you use when you access our Services, including the ONE by AOL advertising services. Device information includes, for example:
    • The type of device you're using (e.g., an iPhone);
    • Certain device identifiers which may be unique to your device; and
    • Your Internet service provider.
  • Location information. This information can include your device's GPS signal and information about Bluetooth connections, nearby WiFi networks, cell towers, and other types of precise location. We get this information, for example, when you use location-enabled services.
  • Other information. Please note that Oath may use information about your use of certain Oath communication tools (for example, AOL Mail and AOL Instant Messenger); however, when you use AOL communication tools, Oath does not read your private online communications without your consent.
• Information from third-party sources. We may receive additional information about you that is publicly or commercially available and combine it along with the information we have collected or received about you in other ways. Also, we receive information about you when you choose to connect with social networking services while using our Services. Learn more about how that works here.

Additionally, when you use Oath software (such as the AOL desktop software, AOL toolbars, or AIM), we may collect information about other software on your device for the limited purposes of providing the service you are using and improving the security of our services.

How We Use the Information We Collect and Receive
 

We use the information we collect and receive for the following general purposes:

• To provide our Services. We use the information we collect and receive to provide you with the Services you use or request. For example:
  • If you request local movie show times from Moviefone, we might use your location information to provide you with times at nearby theaters;
  • If you sign up to receive the daily headlines from HuffPost, we'll use your email address to deliver them to you; and
  • If you ask us to remember your login information for Oath Services, we'll use information stored in cookies when you return to those websites.

• To improve our Services. We also use the information we collect and receive to provide content and advertising that people are likely to find relevant and engaging. For example:
  • If we notice that HuffPost users in general prefer national political commentary, we might put that content in a special place on the website or in the app; and
  • If we receive information from users that a Service isn't working properly, we may use that information to address any problem.

• To provide effective advertising. Many of our Services are supported by advertising, and some of our Services provide advertising across your devices on our own and others’ websites and apps.

How We Share the Information We Collect and Receive
 

We may share information with:

• Affiliates. The information an Oath affiliate receives can be shared among other Oath affiliates, including the Verizon family of companies. Oath affiliates may use the information consistent with their privacy policies.
• Business partners. We may share non-personally identifiable information with select business partners, who may use the information for a variety of purposes, including to provide you with relevant advertising.
• Other parties in response to legal process or when necessary to protect our Services. We may disclose your information-including the contents of your communications-in response to legal process or other legal purposes, including when we have a good faith belief that:
  • It is necessary to respond to lawful governmental requests or legal process (for example, a court order, search warrant, or subpoena);
  • The information is relevant to a crime that has been or is being committed;
  • An emergency exists that poses a threat to your safety or the safety of another person; or
  • It is necessary to protect the rights or property of Oath.
• Other parties in connection with certain business transactions. In the event that the ownership of Oath or an affiliate or their assets changes as a result of a merger, acquisition, sale of assets, or in the unlikely event of a bankruptcy, your information may be transferred to another company. If we believe a transfer results in a material change in the use of the information we've collected or received about you, you will receive notice and be offered choices consistent with applicable law.
• Companies that provide services to us.  Companies that provide services to us or act on our behalf may have access to information about you. These companies are limited in their ability to use information they receive in the course of providing services to us.

Third Parties that Provide Content, Advertising Services, or Functionality on Our Services

Some of the content, advertising, and functionality on our Services may be provided by third parties that are not affiliated with us. Such third parties include:

• Advertising providers, which help us and our advertising customers provide ads that are tailored to users' interests and understand how users respond to those ads. For more information about privacy and advertising on our Services, please visit Advertising, Analytics and Privacy.
• Audience-measurement companies, which help us measure the overall usage of our Services and compare that usage to other online services.
• Social networking services (like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google) that enable you to login to certain of our Services and to share things you find on our Services with your social network. If you choose to connect with a social networking service, we may share information with that service, and that service may share information about you with us. We may use the information for the reasons explained in this Privacy Policy, including to make your experience on our Services more personal and social. For example, we might show you what content is popular among your connections on the social networking service or give you a glimpse of what your friends are saying about that content.

These and other third parties may collect or receive information about your use of our Services, including through the use of cookies, web beacons and other technologies, and this information may be collected over time and combined with information collected on different websites and online services across your devices.

We don't control the privacy practices of these (or any other) third-party services. So we encourage you to read the privacy policies of the services before connecting to them.

“Do Not Track” Signals

Some web browsers may transmit "do not track" signals to the websites and other online services with which the browser communicates. There is no standard that governs what, if anything, websites should do when they receive these signals. Oath currently does not take action in response to these signals.

Choices

You have a number of choices about how we handle your information:

• If you're a registered AOL user, you can access your registration information and any billing or shipping information and edit this information by visiting "My Account."
• If you're a registered AOL user, you can visit AOL Marketing Preferences to review your marketing preferences and make choices about how your information may be used to provide marketing offers to you. Note that these preferences do not apply to communications that are related to your registration with AOL or the fulfillment of a specific transaction you have requested (for example, a service advisory from AOL or an acknowledgment of a purchase order).
• Visit our Advertising, Analytics and Privacy page to learn more about your choices related to use of your information for online advertising.
• Some of our Services (AOL Search and Netscape ISP, for example) may also offer you the ability to manage and control information collected or used when you use these services.
• If you're using a mobile device, please visit our Mobile Device Choices page for information about the choices we provide to mobile users.

Our Commitment to Security

Although no one can guarantee the security of the information collected and received, we do employ reasonable safeguards intended to mitigate the risk of unauthorized access or disclosure of this information.

Children’s Privacy

Our Services are for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental consent or consistent with applicable law. If you are a parent who consents to the collection of personal information from your child, you agree that your child may use all of our Services and that we may collect, use, and disclose your child's personal information consistent with Oath's Important Note to Parents and this Privacy Policy.

If you have questions concerning our information practices with respect to children, or if you would like to review, have deleted, or stop the further collection of your child's personal information, you may contact us:

By mail:
Oath Children's Online Privacy
ATT: H4A:G10
22000 AOL Way
Dulles, VA 20166-9302

By phone: (888) 206-6088

By email

International Users

Oath is based in the United States, and, regardless of where you use our Services or otherwise provide information to us, the information may be transferred to and maintained on servers located in the U.S. Please note that any information we obtain about you will be stored in accordance with U.S. privacy laws, regulations, and standards, which may not be equivalent to the laws in your country of residence. By using our Services or by providing us with your information, you consent to this collection, transfer, storage, and processing of information to and in the United States. Learn more.

How to Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or about Oath's privacy practices in general, please send us an email.

Changes to This Privacy Policy and Additional Information

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and so you should review this Policy periodically. You will be provided with appropriate online notice of any material changes.