Privacy & Cookies Policy

This Privacy Statement (“Statement”) elucidates the data collection, usage, disclosure, and retention practices of Bookmark Publishing Company and its global affiliates, subsidiaries, and related entities operating under the umbrella of Bookmark Publishing Company for Harbinger Journal readers (“Bookmark Publishing Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). It pertains to individuals who engage with our various online and offline activities, offerings, publications, and other interactions, collectively referred to as the “Services,” which are linked to or reference this Statement. Additionally, this Statement outlines the rights you may possess concerning the processing of your personal information in accordance with local regulations.

By accessing or utilizing any of our Services, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information will be treated as outlined in this Statement. Your use of the Services, as well as any privacy-related disputes, are subject to both this Statement and our User Agreement, including any applicable limitations of liability and dispute resolution mechanisms. The Bookmark Publishing Company User Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.

Note for California Residents: This Privacy Statement outlines how Bookmark Publishing Company, the owner and operator of Harbinger Journal, collects, utilizes, discloses, shares, sells, and retains personal information pertaining to California residents on our various platforms, including our websites, apps, event participation, and your control over your personal information. This information is provided in the following section: “Your Privacy Choices and Rights; Submitting Requests in Compliance with Local Laws.”

I. Categories of Personal Information We Collect About You

Personal information is data that either identifies you, is related to you, describes you, or could reasonably be linked to you, whether directly or indirectly. Depending on the Services you engage with, we may collect the following categories of personal information directly from you, automatically through your interaction with our Services, or from third parties:

• Identifiers: Including but not limited to your name, signature, postal address, zip code, email address, telephone number, unique online identifier, IP address, user ID, device ID, or similar identifiers.
• Characteristics of Protected Classification: Such as your gender, age (over 40), marital status, nationality, and country of origin, as defined by applicable law.
• Commercial Information: Including your purchase history, registration information, login credentials, and usage history of our Services.
• Payment Records: When necessary for our Services, we may collect your financial account information, credit card number, debit card number, or other payment card data.
• Internet or Electronic Network Activity: Comprising information like your browser type, operating system, browsing history, clickstream data, and search history on our Services, as well as details regarding your interactions with websites, applications, emails, newsletters, or advertisements associated with our Services.
• Geolocation Data: Specifically, the general physical location of your device.
• Audio, Electronic, Visual, Thermal, Olfactory, or Similar Information: This category includes voice and video recordings, physical descriptions, photos, and other related data.
• Professional Information: Such as your occupation, employment history, professional contact information, education background, or any other details you provide while engaging with our Services.
• Inferences: These are conclusions drawn to create a profile reflecting your preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, or aptitudes.
• Sensitive Personal Information: As defined by applicable local law, this category may encompass certain characteristics of protected classifications, account login credentials, passwords, and financial account information, including credit card and debit card details.

Information We Collect Directly From You: We gather personal information directly from you when you utilize our Services, whether online or at in-person events (e.g., contest entries, survey submissions, content uploads, or comments). If you create an account or establish a profile on our Services, we may collect your name, login credentials, password information, telephone number(s), postal address, email address, and details about your age, gender, or preferences (e.g., newsletter preferences). When you make a purchase through our Services, we may collect your financial account information, credit card number, debit card number, or other payment card data. If you contact us, we may collect information such as your name, email address, social media handles, message contents, attachments, and any other data you choose to provide. Additionally, we may collect information about other individuals if you provide it, such as when purchasing our products as gifts.

Information We Collect From Other Sources: We obtain personal information about you from external sources, including third-party consumer data suppliers, data enrichment providers, aggregators, advertising networks, data analytics providers, internet service providers, operating systems and platforms, data brokers, social networks, business contact databases, government entities, other users, and our parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, and related entities.

Social Network Integration: Should you opt to engage with us on social networking services or use features like plugins, widgets, or other tools provided by third-party social networking services in connection with our Services, we may collect personal information available through those services, including data concerning your contacts on these platforms. For example, certain social networking services allow you to share content from our Services with your contacts or access information about your contacts to facilitate connections on our platform. Additionally, some social networking services may simplify your registration for our Services or enhance your experience on our platform.

Information We Collect Automatically: We, along with our third-party business partners, automatically collect personal information as you utilize our Services, employing technologies such as cookies, pixel tags, clear GIFs, or similar mechanisms. This data may encompass information such as your IP address and the categories of personal information mentioned earlier as “Internet or other electronic network activity.” For further details on our use of cookies and related technologies, please refer to our section on “Our Use of Cookies and Related Technologies.”

II. How We Use Your Information And The Basis On Which We Use It

We utilize the categories of personal information outlined above for various business and commercial purposes:

• To Provide Our Services and Fulfill Your Requests: Your information is employed to deliver and manage our Services, process and fulfill your requests or orders, engage in communication regarding your Service use, respond to inquiries, and handle customer service and administrative functions.
• To Improve Our Services: We analyze our user base and how you utilize our Services to enhance and improve the user experience. This includes the development of new products, services, features, and functionalities.
• Identification and Authentication Purposes: For identification and authentication purposes, your information may be used. For instance, when you enter your login ID and/or password for registration or login portals, your credentials and password are employed for authentication.
• Personalization: We personalize content and information sent or displayed to you, offer location customization, provide tailored offers, personalized assistance, instructions, and enhance your overall experiences while using the Services.
• Marketing and Promotional Purposes: Your information may be used to send news, newsletters, event updates, and communicate information about new features, events, or products from us or our third-party business partners, including advertising, marketing, and sponsorship clients. We may also employ your data for demographic analysis, trend assessment, identifying compatible advertisers, sponsors, clients, and customers, and tracking user activities within the Service and across the internet, apps, or devices (including for “OBA” as described below). General geolocation data may be used to display content (including advertising and sponsored messaging) based on your approximate geographic location. In accordance with applicable law, we will seek your prior consent before using your personal information for marketing and promotional purposes.
• Combining Information: We (and our third-party business partners) may combine or merge information, including personal information, to support the purposes mentioned above.
• To Comply With Legal Obligations: When required, we may use your information to meet legal obligations or protect our rights or those of a third party. This includes cooperation with law enforcement or government authority requests and participation in compliance audits.
• To Protect Us and Others: Information may be used when deemed necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities, fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or to otherwise enforce this Policy or maintain the integrity of the Services.
• Deidentified Data: We may deidentify or anonymize your data to a degree where re-identification by us or another party is not reasonably possible. This deidentified data may be used for purposes permitted by applicable law. If data originally based on personal information is deidentified, we will maintain and use it in that form, refraining from attempts to reidentify it.

In compliance with applicable local law, our legal bases for processing your information are as follows:

• Performance of a Contract: We process personal information when necessary for fulfilling our contractual obligations to you. For instance, providing Services to you, including transactions such as purchases, sweepstakes entries, event or conference registration, or other engagements with us.
• Compliance with Legal Obligations: Personal information is processed to comply with legal obligations to which we are subject. This includes cooperation with public and government authorities, courts, or regulators in accordance with our legal responsibilities, which may require the processing or disclosure of personal information to safeguard our rights.
• Legitimate Interests: We process your personal information to serve our legitimate business interests. These interests encompass effective business management and communication, conducting investigations or compliance audits, tailoring content and information we provide to you, improving Services, protecting and asserting our rights, and addressing administrative needs. When using personal information to uphold our legitimate interests and as required by applicable local law, we take steps to safeguard your rights. You can contact us using the details in the “Contact Us” section below for information about how we use your personal information under this legal basis.
• Consent: When required by applicable law, personal information is processed based on your consent. If we obtain your consent to process your personal information, you may have the right to withdraw that consent under applicable local law. To exercise this right, please contact us using the details provided in the “Contact Us” section of this Policy. If you appear in content submitted to the Services, we may request the person submitting the content to obtain your consent.