Introduction

The USA Times respects each individual's right to personal privacy. We shall collect and/or use users' personal information through our Web site, our micro sites, Facebook and splash pages hereby collectively called “website”, “site” or “The USA Times” in the ways described in this statement.

We collect two types of information/data on our site.

• a) Personal identifiable information
• b) Anonymous information

I. Collection of Personal Identifiable Information

Personal Identifiable information is provided by our users at several points on our website like when you register, send us a message, post articles on our website, link your Facebook account to the site and so forth.

This information we collect includes but not limited to, your name (first, last and middle) , address information including city, state, country, zip code/postal code and street address, email address, and your chosen password. This information is used by us in several ways including, sending you newsletters, completing your order, shipping you the requested material and so on. We store this information in our database. When you connect your account with Facebook we may store your personal information like information regarding your friends etc. with your permission.

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent, or share for marketing purposes your Personal Information that we collect with any third parties, unless you explicitly authorize us to do so.

Your personal information stored in our database is accessible by our staff to provide customer support or to resolve any problems you have. Information may also be accessible by any reputable third party support companies to resolve technical issues or problems you may have.

Newsletters and Email Management

Your email address might be shared with a third party email list management companies. We use the most trusted and reputable email marketing companies to ensure that your information is safe and you can always unsubscribe easily from our newsletters and email alerts.

We generally use double opt-in method to ensure that you do not receive unwanted emails from us. In some cases we might subscribe users without them going through the double opt-in process, but in any case, easy to follow unsubscribe instruction will be provided with our mailings.

Information of Minors.

We do not permit minors under the age of 13 to register on our website, or provide any personal information. If you are under 18 and 13 or above, you must have parental or guardian consent to register with The USA Times. We will never knowingly store personal identifiable information of anyone less than 13 years of age, and we ensure that any such information is identified and deleted from our database.

Payment Information

When you buy something from The USA Times, you might have to provide the payment information such as credit card number, CVV code and expiration date.

Your credit card information is never stored on our servers and is transmitted directly to the payment processor(s). Your credit card information may be shared with your card issuing bank for verification and/or with our payment processor and other companies used by our payment processor, the involved bank and its controlled by their respective privacy policies.

Changing Personal Information

You can log in to your online control panel and change any personal information at any time by clicking "My Profile". Even if you change your personal information, your previous information related to other activities like buying a product, remain unchanged in our database. We also take backups of our database so it will not be possible to completely delete your information from our servers.

Information related to Article Posted on The USA Times.

When you post an article or a news story on The USA Times, it becomes property of The USA Times and you give us your explicit permission to use the article, including text, images, videos etc, in any way we find suitable. Our editors might change/edit your article for it to comply with our standard guidelines.

The content of the articles posted by you will be published on our website and could be read by our website visitors. The article and its content can also be shared on our partner websites.

Anonymous Information

We might periodically collect the following general information that is not personally identifiable. We collect demographic data in order to analyse our marketing results.

We collect this information through registration forms, click tracking, automatic logging files, Cookie, Pixel tags and so on. This information includes your IP address, Browser type, URL you were visiting before coming to our site, your referral ID, etc.

We might employ cookies. A cookie is a small text file that our Web server places on a user's computer hard drive to be a unique identifier. It might be used to keep you logged in for certain time, keep your session maintained etc. Cookies also enable us to track usage patterns and deliver customized content to users. Our cookies almost always have an expiration date. Our cookies do not collect personally identifiable data.

This data is used to analyze usage patterns, demographic data etc. to better plan our marketing campaigns and to make our site more user friendly. The information might also be shared with our advertising and marketing partners to improve our marketing results.

II. Law enforcement

Your identifiable and anonymous information may be used and released to law enforcement agencies to protect our rights and security of our users. The information may be released to comply with the law and to cooperate with law enforcement agencies.

III. Security

We take security of your personal identifiable information very seriously. Your passwords and other sensitive information are stored with encryption. All sensitive information is taken from users on pages secured by SSL utilizing 128 bit encryption.

Although we take all commercially reasonable security measures, it is not possible to guarantee 100% security of your data transmitted through our website as it is with any other website on the Internet.

You hereby hold us harmless of any damage, loss of property, claims, financial loss, loss or damage of equipment caused due to leakage of your personal information or by the actions of the third parties with whom we share your information to the extent of the applicable law.

IV. Comments and Feedback

You understand that all the comments and feedback you post on our website or on our Facebook app are public and can be viewed by anyone. You hereby allow us to use your feedback and comments anywhere on our website without paying any royalties and compensation to you.

V. Business Acquisition

We may be acquired or merge with other business. In this case the successor company will have all your personally identifiable information and Anonymous information. The successor company however will be bound to treat your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy unless they decide to change it later.

VI. Changes in Privacy Policy

This privacy policy can change with notice to you via email, or through notification on this page. In case of such change you will have the right to cease use of the site if you do not agree to the new privacy policy. Your continued use of the site after 48 hours of such notice will mean your approval of the new policy.

VII. Problem Resolution

If problems arise, users may contact us through mail, email or phone number listed on our contact page. We try our best to resolving any privacy issues you have within 3 business days.