Slate’s privacy policy.

Effective Date: July 1, 2026 (prior version)

The Slate Group LLC (“Slate,” “we,” or “us”) is committed to bringing you information tailored to your individual needs. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose information through the websites, mobile applications, and other online services and products that link to or post this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”). Please read the entire Privacy Policy before using our Services. By using the Services, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.

Slate is a daily magazine on the web and podcast network. Founded in 1996, we are a general-interest publication offering analysis and commentary about politics, news, business, technology, and culture. This Privacy Statement also explains how we may use and disclose such information, as well as your ability to control certain uses of it. By using this site, you agree to the data collection, use, disclosure and storage practices described in this Privacy Statement.

We collect information about you in a range of forms, including personal information, when you choose to provide it to us. Personal information (or personal data) means information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include personal information where the identity has been removed (anonymous personal information).

When you interact with us through the Services, we may collect information from you, as further described below.

We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. Please read this Privacy Statement carefully as it will help you make informed decisions about sharing your personal information with us.

By accessing or using the Site, you consent to the information collection, disclosure and use practices described in this Privacy Statement. Please note that certain features or services referenced in this Privacy Statement may not be offered on the Site at all times. Please also review our Terms of Use, which governs your use of the Site, and which is accessible at https://slate.com/terms.

We may sell or share your Personal Information as further described in this policy.

Sale and Sharing Opt-Out

If you are located in the United States, including in California, Connecticut, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia and would like to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, click here, call us at 646-389-7548 or email us at privacy@slate.com.

Once you make a sales opt-out request, we will wait at least twelve (12) months before asking you to reauthorize personal information sales. However, you may change your mind and opt back in to personal information sales at any time by calling us at646-389-7548 or emailing us at privacy@slate.com.

You have the right at any time to direct us not to sell your personal information and opt-out by clicking on “Do Not Share or Sell My Personal Information”, which is located in the footer of our pages and at https://slate.com/do-not-sell. On certain occasions, we sell information to third parties or buy information from third parties.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Opt-Out Icon

You are not required to create a new account with us to exercise your privacy rights. However, we do consider requests made through your password protected account sufficiently verified when the request relates to personal information associated with that specific account.

We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request. Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information.

We will process your sales or sharing opt-out request within 15 business days.

1. Information Collection

A. Information You Provide

We collect information from you when you choose to provide it to us, and which is adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary in relation to our processing of your information. We limit our collection of personal data to what is adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary in relation to the disclosed purposes for which the personal data is processed, as disclosed in this privacy statement. This may include when you purchase a product, create an account with us, sign up for our email lists, use our Services, participate in a survey or promotion, or otherwise contact us.

In the course of using the Site, we may collect information that identifies you as a specific individual and can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Information”). Examples of Personal Information we may collect include:

• Contact information, such as name, e-mail address, postal address, and telephone number;
• User name, display name, and password;
• Demographic information, such as age, race, and gender;
• Payment information, such as credit card number and expiration date, through a third-party payment processor*;
• Communications preferences;
• Search queries;
• Stories, comments, and other information posted in our interactive online features;
• Correspondence and other information that you send to us; and
• Additional information as otherwise described to you at the point of collection or pursuant to your consent.

If you register using a social media account (such as Facebook Connect or Google Connect), we collect information from the site you use to register consistent with that site’s privacy policy as described in the Social Media section below.

If you use the Site to make purchases, we will also collect certain payment information, such as payment card, PayPal, Square, or other financial account information, and billing address. A third-party payment processor collects that information; we do not store your credit card information. We may also collect additional types of personal information that you choose to provide to us. This could include information about yourself or family members. It’s up to you whether you provide this information. We will not disclose any of this personal information unless you expressly authorize us to do so.

We also may collect other information, such as ZIP codes, and other information regarding your use of the Site (“Non-Identifying Information”) or from you in response to surveys. Certain Non-Identifying Information would be considered a part of your Personal Information if it were combined with other identifiers in a way that enables you to be identified (for example, combining information with your name). We may combine your Personal Information with Non-Identifying Information.

Personal Information once “de-identified” is not subject to this Privacy Policy and we may treat it as non-Personal Information and use it without obligation to you except as prohibited by applicable law.

B. Categories of Data

In particular, we have collected the following categories of personal information from consumers within the last twelve (12) months.

Category	Examples	Collected	Sold or Shared?	Retention Period
A. Identifiers.	A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, Social Security number, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.	YES, a real name, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name.	YES	For as long as needed for legitimate business purposes.
B. Personal information, including categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).	A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.	YES: name, signature, address, telephone number. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.	YES	N/A
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law, or other state laws	Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).	YES for employees only	NO	For as long as needed for legitimate business purposes.
D. Commercial information.	Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.	YES, records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.	YES	For as long as needed for legitimate business purposes.
E. Biometric information.	Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.	NO	NO	N/A
F. Internet or other similar network activity.	Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.	YES, as set forth in our privacy policy	YES	N/A
G. Geolocation data.	Physical location or movements.	NO	NO	N/A
H. Sensory data.	Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.	NO	NO	N/A
I. Professional or employment-related information.	Current or past job history or performance evaluations.	YES, for employees only	NO	For as long as needed for legitimate business purposes.
J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).	Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.	NO	NO	N/A
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information.	Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.	NO	NO	N/A
Sensitive Personal Information	Government identifiers (social security, driver's license, state identification card, or passport number)	YES, for employees only	NO	For as long as needed for legitimate business purposes.
	Complete account access credentials (user names, account numbers, or card numbers combined with required access/security code or password)	NO	NO	N/A
	Precise geolocation data	NO	NO	N/A
	Any data revealing racial or ethnic origins	Yes, for employees only if they choose to disclose it.	NO	For as long as needed for legitimate business purposes.
	Any data revealing religious or philosophical beliefs	NO	NO	N/A
	Union membership	NO	NO	N/A
	Genetic data	NO	NO	N/A
	Mail, email, or text messages contents not directed to us	NO	NO	N/A
	Unique identifying biometric information or data	NO	NO	N/A
	Health, sex life, or sexual orientation, status as transgender or non-binary	Yes, for employees only if they choose to disclose it.	NO	For as long as needed for legitimate business purposes.
	That is generated by measuring the activity of a consumer's central or peripheral nervous system, and that is not inferred from nonneural information.	NO	NO	N/A
	Medical history, mental or physical health condition or medical treatment or diagnoses	NO	NO	N/A
	Personal data of a child under the age of 13.	NO	NO	N/A
	Citizenship or immigration status	Yes, for employees only if they choose to disclose it.	NO	For as long as needed for legitimate business purposes.

Slate does not generally collect sensitive information from consumers. If we collect any other personal information that is categorized as sensitive personal information under applicable law, which is not covered by the above, we will notify you of such at the point of collection and the use of such information will comply with this privacy statement.

C. Disclosures of Personal Information for a Business Purpose

In the preceding twelve (12) months, Company has disclosed the following categories of personal information for a business purpose to service providers and contractors:

Category A: Identifiers.
Category B: California Customer Records personal information categories.
Category D: Commercial information.
Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.

2. Selling and Sharing of Personal Information

A. Information Sharing

We want you to understand when and with whom we may share the information we collect. We share information that we collect through the Services as follows:

• Corporate Parents, Affiliates, and Subsidiaries. We share your information with our corporate parents, subsidiaries, and other affiliated entities as needed to process your questions or respond to your requests.

• Service Providers. We share your information with our agents and service providers that perform certain functions or services on our behalf, such as to host the Services, manage databases, host a store or other e-commerce platform, perform analyses, conduct surveys, place Slate-branded content on third-party websites, or send communications and newsletters for us.

When we disclose personal information to our service providers, we enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to keep that personal information confidential and not use it for any purpose except for fulfilling requirements and services being performed under contract.

• Select Business Partners. We share your information with select business partners so that they can provide you with special offers, promotional materials, advertisements and other materials that may be of interest to you.

• Other Parties When Required By Law or as Necessary to Protect the Services. We will disclose your information to outside entities in order to protect the legal rights, safety, and security of Slate, our corporate parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries, and the users of our Services; enforce our Terms of Service; prevent fraud (or for risk management purposes); and comply with or respond to law enforcement or legal process or a request for cooperation by a government or other entity, whether or not legally required.

• In Connection With a Transfer of Assets. If we sell all or part of our business, or make a sale or transfer of assets, or are otherwise involved in a merger or business transfer, or in the event of bankruptcy, we may transfer your information to one or more third parties as part of that transaction.

• Other Parties With Your Consent. We share information about you when you consent to such sharing, including when you post information to a user profile or a public area of the Services, such as a chat room, forum, blog, or other community tool.

• Aggregate Information. We disclose to third parties information that does not describe or identify individual users, such as aggregate website usage data or demographic reports.

B. Categories of Information shared or sold with third parties

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we have shared, sold or bought the following categories of personal information with the third parties listed below:

Personal Identifiers: We provide your IP address, hashed email address, and Device ID to co-marketing partners, advertising platforms, social media platforms, analytics providers, and marketing companies.

• Commercial Information: We provide information about your commercial transactions with us to co-marketing partners, advertising platforms, social media platforms, analytics providers, and marketing companies.

• Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information: We provide information about your Internet or other electronic network activity information to co-marketing partners, advertising platforms, social media platforms, analytics providers, and marketing companies.

• Inferences drawn to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences or characteristics: We provide our observations about you to co-marketing partners, advertising platforms, social media platforms, analytics providers, and marketing companies.

C. Categories of third parties we sell or share information with

An external party may be considered a third party either because the purpose of sharing the Personal Information is not an enumerated business purpose under California law, or because our contract does not restrict them from using Personal Information for other purposes. To “sell” information means to disclose it to an external party for monetary or other benefit.

We share or sell your personal information to the following categories of third parties:
• Co-marketing partners
• Advertising platforms
• Social media platforms
• Marketing companies

D. Categories of Information Sources

Slate obtains the categories of personal information listed above from the following categories of sources:

•Directly from you. For example, from forms you complete or products and services you purchase.

•Indirectly from you. For example, from observing your actions on our Site.

We will not sell personal information of minors under 18 years of age without affirmative authorization.

California prohibits a third party from reselling personal information unless you have received explicit notice and an opportunity to opt-out of further sales. The businesses listed on our Third Party Partners Page receive personal information from us and may resell that information. To opt-out of those sales, click on:

The CCPA prohibits a third party from reselling personal information unless you have received explicit notice and an opportunity to opt-out of further sales. The following businesses receive personal information from us and may resell that information. To opt-out of those sales, please visit the third-party opt-out notices on our Third Party Partners Page.

3. Information Collected from Other Sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, including social networks that you use to connect with Us. If you use a third party service to login, link to us, or communicate with us (such as a social network or third party video chat), we may receive certain information about you from the third party based on your registration and privacy settings on those third party services. This information may include name, user name, demographic information, updated address or contact information, interests, and publicly-observed data, such as from social media and online activity.

We also may receive information about you from third parties. If you provide us with personal information about others, or if others give us your information, we will only use that information for the specific reason for which it was provided to us. For example, we may supplement the information we collect with outside records, or third parties may provide information in connection with a co-marketing agreement or at your request (such as if you choose to sign in with a third-party service such as Facebook).

We may combine the information we receive from and about you, including information you provide to us and information we automatically collect through our Services as well as information collected offline or from third party sources to help us tailor our communications to you and to improve our Services. If we combine the information we receive from others with Personal Information we collect through the Site, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information as described in this Privacy Statement.

We are not responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by outside sources.

4. Use and Retention of Information

We use and retain information that we collect through the Services for a variety of purposes, including to:

• Provide you with the products, promotions, services, newsletters, and information you request and respond to correspondence that we receive from you;
• Customize and personalize your use of the Services;
• Provide Slate Plus users with premium content, products, promotions, and information;
• Contact you via email and otherwise about products, services, and events that we think might be of interest to you;
• Contact you with surveys, legal notices, and other information that may be relevant to your use of the Services;
• Maintain or administer the Services, perform business analyses, or for other internal purposes to improve the quality of our business, the Services, and other products and services we offer;
• Publish stories, comments, and other information posted in our interactive online features;
• Process employment applications and inquiries;
• Create articles and other content;
• Detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or may be fraudulent or illegal;
• Deliver advertising, including interest-based advertising, including for cross-contextual behavioral advertising purposes, to show you relevant ads both on our Services and elsewhere, and measure the effectiveness and reach of ads; and
• To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Site, products and services, databases and other technology assets, and business.
• For testing, research, analysis, and product development, including to develop and improve our Site, products, and services.
• To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
• As otherwise described to you at the point of collection or pursuant to your consent.

We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.

5. Information Automatically Collected

A. Usage Information

We collect certain information automatically when you visit the Services (“Usage Information”), including:

• Your browser type and operating system;
• Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, which is the number automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet and that can sometimes be used to derive your general geographic area;
• Transaction data on items you purchase on our site or through our partners;
• Other unique identifiers, including mobile device identification numbers;
• Sites or mobile apps you used before and after using the Services;
• Pages you view and links you click on within the Services;
• Information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other technologies;
• Information about your interactions with e-mail messages, such as the links clicked on and whether the messages were opened or forwarded; and
• Standard Server Log Information.

We may use cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies to automatically collect Usage Information:

o Cookies and Pixel Tags

Cookies are bits of information that are stored by your computer’s web browser. You can decide if and how your computer will accept a cookie by configuring your preferences or options in your browser. However, if you choose to reject cookies, you may not be able to use certain online products, services or features on the Services.

Pixel tags are very small images or small pieces of data embedded in images, also known as “web beacons” or “clear GIFs,” that can recognize cookies, the time and date a page is viewed, a description of the page where the pixel tag is placed, and similar information from your computer or device.

o Embedded Scripts

An embedded script is programming code designed to collect information about your interactions with the Services. It is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third party with whom we work, is active only while you are connected to the Services, and deleted or deactivated thereafter.

o Location-identifying Technologies

GPS (global positioning systems) software, geo-filtering, and other location-aware technologies locate (sometimes precisely) you for purposes such as verifying your location, understanding the geographic distribution of our users, and delivering or restricting relevant content based on your location.

o Device Fingerprinting

Device fingerprinting is the process of analyzing and combining sets of information elements from your device’s browser, such as JavaScript objects and installed fonts, in order to create a “fingerprint” of your device and uniquely identify your device and applications.

o In-App Tracking Methods

There are a variety of tracking technologies that may be included in mobile applications, and these are not browser-based like cookies and cannot be controlled by browser settings. Some use device identifier, or other identifiers such as “Ad IDs” to associate app user activity to a particular app and to track user activity across apps. You can stop all collection of information via our mobile applications by uninstalling them. Also, you may be able to exercise specific privacy choices, such as enabling or disabling certain location-based services, by adjusting the permissions in your mobile device and/or Slate’s iOS or Android mobile applications.

For further information on tracking technologies and your choices regarding them, please see Section 6 below.

B. Tracking Technologoes

o Analytics and Advertising Tracking Technologies.

We allow outside entities to place and read their own cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to collect information through the Services. For example, our vendors may use these technologies to collect information (i) that helps us with traffic measurement, research, and analytics, and (ii) that is used to serve advertisements on our Services and across the Internet and on other apps tailored to your apparent interests. To the extent we combine information from outside services with Personal Information we collect directly from you on the Services, we will treat the combined information as Personal Information under this Privacy Policy. Otherwise, the information collected and stored by outside entities remains subject to their policies and practices, including whether they continue to share information with us, the types of information shared, and your choices on what is visible to others on third party services.

We use various analytics services that may use cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with and use the website, compile reports on the website’s activity, and provide other services related to website activity and usage. These technologies may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor, and any referring website. The information generated by these providers will be transmitted to and stored by them and will be subject to their privacy policies. For a full list of third party partners with links to their privacy policies and opt-out options, including analytics services, see our Third Party Partners page.

You may choose whether to receive interest-based advertising by submitting opt-outs. Some of the advertisers and service providers that perform advertising-related services for us and our partners may participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising. To learn more about how you can exercise certain choices regarding Interest-based Advertising, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices, and http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices for information on the DAA’s opt-out program for mobile apps. Some of these companies may also be members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”). To learn more about the NAI and your opt-out options for their members, see http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/. You can also opt out of interest-based advertising within mobile apps based on advertising identifiers on your device (for example, through cross-app tracking). See the Advertising and Privacy options under your device’s Settings for more information. Please be aware that, even if you are able to opt out of certain kinds of interest-based advertising, you may continue to receive other types of ads. Opting out only means that those selected members should no longer deliver certain interest-based advertising to you, but does not mean you will no longer receive any targeted content and/or ads (e.g., from other ad networks). Slate is not responsible for effectiveness of, or compliance with, any third-parties’ opt-out options or programs or the accuracy of their statements regarding their programs.

C. Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information and Do Not Track Disclosures.

Some web browsers may transmit signals such as “do-not-track” (DNT) or Global Privacy Control (GPC) to the websites with which the user communicates. Because of differences in how web browsers incorporate and activate this feature, it is not always clear (especially with DNT), whether users intend for these signals to be transmitted, or whether they even are aware of them. Slate will endeavor to take action in response to these signals.

Globally, Slate will interpret the browser “do-not-track” and GPC signals as an opt-out signal of the Sale or Sharing of Personal Information to the US Privacy API. For more information on “do-not-track” and Global Privacy Control, visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com and https://globalprivacycontrol.org/.

6. User Generated Postings

The Site may provide you the opportunity to participate and post content publicly on blogs, as reviews, through interactive features and through other communication functionality on the site (“User Generated Postings”) or through third-party social media services as described separately below. You may choose, through such features or otherwise, to submit or post questions, comments, or other content. Such User Generated Content, as well as User Submitted Materials described above, may be displayed publicly along with certain of your Personal Information, such as your name or a screen name. Please note that your use of User Generated Postings is subject to our Terms of Use (www.slate.com/terms).

Note that any User Generated Postings that you make are public – others will have access to your User Submitted Materials and may use it or share it with third parties. If you choose to voluntarily disclose Personal Information in your User Submitted Materials, that information will be considered public information and the protections of this Privacy Statement will not apply.

7. Social Networking Services

Slate has worked with certain social media providers to offer you their social networking services through our Services. For example, you can use social networking services, including but not limited to Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and others to share information about your experience on our Services with your friends and followers on those social networking services. These social networking services may be able to collect information about you, including your activity on our Services. These social networking services also may notify your friends, both on our Services and on the social networking services themselves, that you are a user of our Services or about your use of our Services, in accordance with applicable law and their own privacy policies. If you choose to access or make use of social networking services, we may receive information about you that you have made available to those social networking services, including information about your contacts on those social networking services.

You also may be able to link an account from a social networking service (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) to an account through our Services. This may allow you to use your credentials from the other site or service to sign in to certain features on our Services. If you link your account from an outside site or service, we will collect information from those accounts, and any information that we collect will be governed by this Privacy Policy. If you choose to register via a social media service, or to later link your account on our Site to your account with a social media service, we will use Personal Information you have provided to the social media service (such as your name, email address, gender and other information you make publicly available via the social media service) to create your account. Note that the information we collect from and through a social media service may depend on the privacy settings you have with the social media service, that site’s terms of service, and the permissions you grant to us in connection with linking your account with the Site to your account with a social media service. Other than what we may share with the social media service as described below, the Personal Information a social media service has about you is obtained by the social media service independent of our Site, and Slate is not responsible for it.

8. Links to Other Sites and Services

The Services contain links to other websites or online services that are operated and maintained by outside entities and that are not under the control of or maintained by Slate. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by Slate of those other websites, the content displayed therein, or the persons or entities associated therewith. This Privacy Policy does not apply to this outside content. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of other websites or services.

9. Communication Preferences

You may choose to receive promotional communications (including emails and text messages), newsletters, and similar communications from us. You may opt out of receiving certain promotional communications from us at any time by (i) for promotional emails, by clicking on the opt-out or “unsubscribe” link included in the commercial e-mails you receive”. Please note that your opt-out is limited to the e-mail address or phone number used and will not affect subsequent subscriptions. Opt-out requests for e-mail may take up to 10 business days to be effective. Your opt-out request will not apply to messages that you request or that are not commercial in nature.

10. Children’s Privacy

The Services do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from, nor do we direct the Services to, anyone under the age of 18.

No one under age 18 may provide any personal information to the Site. If you are under age 18, do not use or provide any information on this Site or through any of its features, register on the Site, make any purchases through the Site, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Site, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under age 18 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 18 please contact us at privacy@slate.com.

11. Data Security

We maintain reasonable security procedures to help protect against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of the information you provide to us. Please note that no data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you disclose or transmit to us online and cannot be responsible for the theft, destruction, or inadvertent disclosure of your information.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account password and for any access to or use of the Services using your password, whether or not authorized by you. Please notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security.

12. International Users

Please note that the Services are directed toward users who reside in the United States. By using the Services, you consent to the collection, storage, processing, and transfer of your information in and to the United States, or other countries and territories, pursuant to the laws of the United States, where permitted by law. Some of these countries may not offer the same level of privacy protection as your own. Any such transfers will comply with safeguards as required by relevant law. If applicable, you may have a right to claim compensation for damages caused by a breach of relevant data protection laws.

13. Privacy Policy Updates

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting revisions to the Services or other appropriate notice. Your continued use of the Services after any modification to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the new terms and conditions, where permitted by law.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:

The Slate Group, LLC
15 MetroTech Center, 8th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: privacy@slate.com

Data Protection Representative Contact Information

If you are located in the EEA or Switzerland:

Kaplan Ireland Education Limited
Attn: EU/EEA Data Protection Representative
13/14 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, D02 WC04 Ireland

If you are located in the U.K.:

Kaplan UK Limited
Attn: UK Data Protection Representative
Palace House, 3 Cathedral St, London SE1 9DE, England

RESIDENTS OF THE EEA, SWITZERLAND OR THE UK

If you are a resident of the EEA, Switzerland, or the U.K., the following information applies:

A. Individual Rights

If you are a resident of the EEA, Switzerland, or the U.K., you are entitled to the following rights, which may be exercised by contacting us as described below. In order to verify your identity, we may require you to provide us with personal information prior to accessing any records containing information about you.

• The right to request data erasure. You have the right to have your data erased from our website if the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, you withdraw consent and no other legal basis for processing exists, or you believe your fundamental rights to data privacy and protection outweigh our legitimate interest in continuing the processing.

• The right to restrict or object to our processing. You have the right to restrict or object to our processing if we are processing your data based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest as an exercise of official authority (including profiling); using your data for direct marketing (including profiling); or processing your data for purposes of scientific or historical research and statistics.

B. Purposes of processing and legal basis for processing

As explained above, we process personal data as defined under data protection laws in various ways depending upon your use of the Services. We process personal data on the following legal bases: (1) with your consent; (2) as necessary to perform our agreement to provide Services; and (3) as necessary for our legitimate interest in providing the Services where those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedom related to data privacy.

C. Right to lodge a complaint

Users that reside in the EEA, Switzerland, or the U.K. have the right to lodge a complaint about our data collection and processing actions with the supervisory authority concerned. Contact details for data protection authorities are available here.

D. Transfers

Personal information we collect may be transferred to, and stored and processed in, the United States or any other country in which we or our affiliates or subcontractors maintain facilities. We ensure that transfers of personal information to a third country or an international organization are subject to appropriate safeguards as described in Article 46 of the GDPR.

E. Revoking Consent

If you are accessing Slate in our iOS or Android apps from the EU, Switzerland, or the U.K., you may revoke consent at any time by tapping Settings (if not signed n)/Manage Account (if signed in) > Cookie Preferences.

Slate tracks when EEA, Swiss, and UK readers grant consent for Slate to collect and process data through the use a consent management platform: OneTrust. To verify your current settings, you can use the button below:

F. Cookie Settings

If you are an EEA, Swiss, or U.K. reader and would like additional information about how to opt out of data collection by our partners, please visit our Third Party Partner Page.

If you would like additional information about how to opt out of data collection by our partners, please visit our Third Party Partner Page.

YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

1. Overview of Rights

Consumers in the US, including in California, Connecticut, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia, have rights to their personal information, provided by or about them:

The right to know:

● the categories of personal information we’ve collected and the categories of sources from which we got the information;
● the business purposes for sharing personal information; and
● the categories of third parties with whom we’ve shared personal information;
● whether a company is processing your personal information and to obtain the personal data in a readable format

The right to access the specific pieces of personal information we’ve collected

The right to delete your information provided by or obtained about you

The right to opt-out of the processing of your personal information for profiling, automated decision-making,the sale or sharing of your information and targeted advertising, in furtherance of a decision made by us concerning you that that produce legal or similarly significant effects or results in the provision or denial by the company of the following: financial and lending services, housing, insurance or health care services, education enrollment, employment opportunities, criminal justice or access to basic necessities, such as food and water

The right to correct information and inaccuracies in your personal information, taking into account the nature of the data and the purposes for processing the data;

The right to limit use and disclosure of sensitive information.

The right to equal treatment, so you will not face retaliation or discrimination for exercising these rights.

You also have the right to:
● Confirm whether we process your personal information.
● Request, access and delete certain personal information.
● Data portability.

We do not sell or profile personal data to make decisions about consumers that result in the provision or denial by the company of the following:
● financial and lending services;
● housing, insurance, or health care services;
● education enrollment;
● employment opportunities;
● criminal justice; or
● access to basic necessities, such as food and water

We may sell or share your Personal Information as described in our privacy policy.

If you are located in the United States, including in California, Connecticut, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia and would like to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, click here https://slate.com/do-not-sell, call us at 646-389-7548 or email us at privacy@slate.com.

2. Right to Appeal

If we decline a verifiable consumer request, we will provide you with notice of that decision, including a justification for the declination and instructions on how to appeal the decision. If we deny an appeal, we will provide you with information regarding how to submit a complaint regarding the matter to the Texas Attorney General.

3. Right to Know

You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights), we will disclose to you:
● The categories of personal information we collected about you.
● The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
● Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.
● The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
● The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you (also called a data portability request).
● If we sold or disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing:
o sales, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient purchased; and
o disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained.

Within 45 days, we will provide you with a copy of the information listed in “Right to Access / Data Portability,” above, by mail or electronically. To the extent possible, this information shall be provided in a portable and usable format.

4. Right to Delete

You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights), we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies.

We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:
● Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
● Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
● Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
● Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
● Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.).
● Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.
● Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
● Comply with a legal obligation.
● Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.

We will delete or de-identify personal information not subject to one of these exceptions from our records and will direct or service providers to take similar action.

You may make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability up to twice within a 12-month period at no cost to you, unless the request is unfounded, excessive, or repetitive, in which case the consumer may be charged a reasonable administrative cost.

The verifiable consumer request must:
● Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.
● Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.

5. Right to Correct Information

You have the right to request that a business correct any inaccurate personal information about them.

6. Response Timing and Format

• For all verifiable consumer requests, we will confirm receipt of your request within ten (10) business days. If you do not receive confirmation within the 10-day timeframe, please contact us at privacy@slate.com.
• We endeavor to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of receipt, though we will respond to sales opt-out requests within fifteen (15) days of receipt. If we require more time (up to 90 days), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
• If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option.
• Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding receipt of the verifiable consumer request. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable.
• For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.

7. Non-Discrimination; Notice of Permitted Financial Incentives

We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights. Unless permitted by applicable law, we will not engage in the following activities in response to you exercising your privacy rights:

● Deny you goods or services.
● Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
● Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
● Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

8. Other California Privacy Rights

Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83, California residents who provide us with personal information in obtaining products or services for personal, family, or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us, one time per calendar year, information about the customer information we shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses.

If you are a California resident and you have questions about our practices with respect to sharing information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes and your ability to exercise choice, please send your request to privacy@slate.com or write to us at the following mailing address:

The Slate Group, LLC
15 MetroTech Center, 8th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Email: privacy@slate.com

You must put the statement “Your Privacy Rights” in the subject field of your e-mail or include it in your writing if you choose to write to us at the designated mailing address. You must include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code. We will respond to you at your mailing address or, at our option, your e-mail address. We are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or do not have complete information.