Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 06, 2023

This “Privacy Policy” describes the privacy practices of Optimism Media LLC and its parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates (collectively, “Optimism“, “we“, “us“, or “our“) in connection with the websites we own and operate that link to this Privacy Policy, our email communications, our social media pages, and other services, sweepstakes, and features that we offer (collectively, the “Platform“), and the rights and choices available to individuals with respect to their information. In some cases, region-specific terms may apply to you, which are indicated in the section headings below. We may provide additional or supplemental privacy policies to individuals for specific products or services that we offer at the time we collect personal information. These supplemental privacy policies will govern how we may process the information in the context of the specific product or service.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal Information You Provide to Us. Personal information you provide to us through the Platform or otherwise may include the categories listed below. We may also collect other personal information that is not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

  • Contact information, such as your first and last name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and social media handle.
  • Content you choose to upload to the Platform, such as text, images, audio, and video, along with the metadata associated with the files you upload.
  • Registration information, such as information that may be related to a service, an account, or an event you register for.
  • Feedback or correspondence, such as information you provide when you contact us with questions, feedback, or otherwise correspond with us online.
  • Your responses, answers, and other input, such as the answers you submit to one of our quizzes or surveys and other responses and information that you provide when using the Platform.
  • Contest or giveaway information, such as your contact and other information you submit when entering a prize drawing or sweepstakes in which we participate or host.
  • Demographic Information, such as your city, state, country of residence, postal code, and age.
  • Usage information, such as information about how you use the Platform and interact with us, including information associated with any content you upload to the websites or otherwise submit to us, and information you provide when you use any interactive features of the Platform.
  • Marketing information, such as your preferences for receiving communications about our activities, events, and publications, and details about how you engage with our communications.
  • Other information that we may collect which is not specifically listed here, but which we will use in accordance with this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.

Personal Information We Receive from Third Party-Platforms and Social Media Networks. We may maintain pages for our brands or otherwise relating to our services on social media platforms, such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google, YouTube, Instagram, and other third-party platforms. When you visit or interact with our pages on those platforms, the platform provider’s privacy policy will apply to your interactions and their collection, use, and processing of your personal information. You or the platforms may provide us with information through the platform, and we will treat such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you choose to login to the Platform via a third-party platform or social media network, where available, or otherwise connect your account on the third-party platform or network to your account through the Platform, we may collect information from that platform or network. For example, this information may include your social media handle, user ID, profile picture, cover photo, and networks to which you belong (e.g., school, workplace). You may also have the opportunity to provide us with additional information via the third-party platform or network, such as a list of your friends or connections and your email address. You can read more about your privacy choices in the “YOUR CHOICES” section below.

Personal Information We Receive from Other Third Parties. We may receive personal information about you from third parties, such as our marketing and advertising partners, affiliate networks, data analytics partners, sweepstakes providers, contest partners, publicly available sources, and data providers. For example, a business partner may share your contact information with us if you have expressed interest in learning specifically about our products or services, or the types of products or services we offer.

Referrals. Users of the Platform may have the opportunity to refer friends or other contacts to us. If you are an existing user, please only submit a referral if you have permission to provide the referral’s contact information to us so that we may contact them.

Personal Information Collected by Automated Means. We, our service providers, and our advertising partners may automatically log information about you, your computer, or mobile device, and your activity over time on or through the Platform and other sites and online services. The information that may be collected automatically includes:

Personal Information We Receive from Other Third Parties. We may receive personal information about you from third parties, such as our marketing and advertising partners, affiliate networks, data analytics partners, sweepstakes providers, contest partners, publicly available sources, and data providers. For example, a business partner may share your contact information with us if you have expressed interest in learning specifically about our products or services, or the types of products or services we offer.

Referrals. Users of the Platform may have the opportunity to refer friends or other contacts to us. If you are an existing user, please only submit a referral if you have permission to provide the referral’s contact information to us so that we may contact them.

Personal Information Collected by Automated Means. We, our service providers, and our advertising partners may automatically log information about you, your computer, or mobile device, and your activity over time on or through the Platform and other sites and online services. The information that may be collected automatically includes:

  • Device Information, such as your computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, wireless carrier, manufacturer and model, device identifier (such as Google Advertising ID or Apple ID for Advertising), browser type, screen resolution, IP address, general location information such as city, state or geographic area; and
  • Online Activity Information, such as information about your use of and actions on the Platform, such as the website you visited before browsing to our Platform, pages or screens you viewed, how long you spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, and duration of access.

Like many online services, we use cookies and similar technologies to facilitate some of this automatic data collection, such as:

  • Cookies, which are text files that websites store on a visitor’s device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser for the purpose of helping you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, helping us understand user activity and patterns, and facilitating online advertising. As part of some of our Platform, we use cookies to track your points earned from our quizzes and trivia games.
  • Flash cookies, or locally-stored objects, which are used on websites for purposes similar to cookies but allow storage of a larger amount of data.
  • Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are typically used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked, typically to compile statistics about usage of websites and the success of marketing campaigns.
  • Local storage, which is used to save data on a visitor’s device. We may use data from local storage for similar reasons as cookies, such as to store multimedia preferences, customize what we show you based on your past interactions with the Platform, remember your preferences, and measure ad effectiveness.

Session replay technologies, which are third-party software used to record a video replay of users’ interactions with the Platform. The video replay may include users’ clicks, mouse movements, scrolls, mobile app touches, typing, and other activity taken during the session. We use these replays for research and development purposes, such as to help us troubleshoot problems with the Platform, understand how users interact with and use the Platform, and identify areas for improvement.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Session replay technologies, which are third-party software used to record a video replay of users’ interactions with the Platform. The video replay may include users’ clicks, mouse movements, scrolls, mobile app touches, typing, and other activity taken during the session. We use these replays for research and development purposes, such as to help us troubleshoot problems with the Platform, understand how users interact with and use the Platform, and identify areas for improvement.