Privacy Policy
Last Updated: December 16, 2024
Ad.com Interactive Media, Inc. (“AdMedia”) values its users' privacy. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") will help you understand how we collect and use personal information from those who visit our websites and their sub-domains, and what we will and will not do with the information we collect. Our Policy has been designed and created to ensure those affiliated with AdMedia of our commitment and realization of our obligation not only to meet but to exceed most existing privacy standards. We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy at any given time. If you want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, we advise you to visit this page frequently. If at any point in time AdMedia decides to make use of any personally identifiable information on file, in a manner vastly different from that which was stated when this information was initially collected, the user or users shall be promptly notified by email. Users at that time shall have the option as to whether to permit the use of their information in this separate manner. This Policy applies to AdMedia, its websites, sub-domains, subsidiaries, and affiliated websites, and it governs any and all data collection and usage by us. By using www.admedia.com, you are consenting to the data collection procedures expressed in this Policy. Please note that this Policy does not govern the collection and use of information by companies that AdMedia does not control, nor by individuals not employed or managed by us. If you visit a website that we mention or link to, be sure to review its privacy policy before providing the site with information. It is highly recommended and suggested that you review the privacy policies and statements of any website you choose to use or frequent to better understand the way in which websites garner, make use of and share the information collected. Specifically, this Policy will inform you of the following 1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through our website; 2. Why we collect personally identifiable information and the legal basis for such collection; 3. How we use the collected information and with whom it may be shared; 4. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data; and 5. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
Information We Collect
It is always up to you whether to disclose personally identifiable information to us, although if you elect not to do so, we reserve the right not to register you as a user or provide you with any products or services.
This website collects various types of information, such as:
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Voluntarily provided information which may include your name, address, email address, driver’s license or ID numbers and information, in addition to your social media user accounts names, login information and other addresses and telephone numbers at which you received communication from or on behalf of AdMedia.
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Financial account information such as billing and/or credit card information etc. which may be used when you purchase products and/or services and to deliver the services you have requested. This includes your credit card or debit card numbers, expirations dates, and card verification numbers.
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Information automatically collected when visiting our website, which may include cookies, third party tracking technologies and server logs.
In addition, AdMedia may collect non-personal anonymous demographic information, such as age, gender, birth date, zip code, household income, political affiliation, race and religion, as well as the type of browser you are using, IP address, or type of operating system, which will assist us in providing and maintaining superior quality service. You may be asked to submit non-Personal information with Personal information or separately. AdMedia may also deem it necessary, from time to time, to follow websites that our users may frequent to gleam what types of services and products may be the most popular to customers or the general public. AdMedia collects personal and non-personal information in two ways: (1) Information you provide; and (2) Information we received from your use of our services.
Information You Provide
We collect Personal Information when you:
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Send us any written or electronic communication (via an email or other website database form)
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Complete a user account
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Create shopping cart data, as and when available
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Subscribe to newsletters, notifications and email updates
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Fill out questionnaires
Automatically Collected Information
When you use our services, we may collect certain information for the purpose of improving our products and services, troubleshooting bugs, providing the services, tracking usage and improving the overall performance of the services. Such information may include IP addresses, profile information, aggregate user data, technical session information, information about your computer, hardware, or mobile device, demographic information including gender, zip code, and navigational data including log files, server logs, and other data. If you arrived at our website via a link from another webpage, we may receive aggregate or otherwise anonymous statistical information about your visit to our websites.
Cookies and Related Technologies
When you use AdMedia services, we collect certain information by automated or electronic means, using technologies such as cookies, pixel tags and web beacons, browser analysis tools, and web server logs. As you use our website, your browser communicates with servers operated by us, our business partners and service providers to coordinate and record the interactivity and fill your requests for services and information. The information from cookies and related technology is stored in web server logs and in web cookies kept on your computers, which are then transmitted back to our website by your computers. If you want to delete any cookies that are already on your computer, please refer to the instructions for your file management software to locate the file or directory that stores cookies. For more information about cookies in general, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. For more information about how to clear your browser cache, please see your browser’s instructions for doing so. Please note that deleting or resetting cookies and clearing your browser cache will not opt you out of receiving interest-based advertising (including retargeting) from PubMatic’s Ad Services.
We are a member of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and adhere to the NAI Code of Conduct. We also adhere to the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising and Multi-Site Data, the Application of Self-Regulatory Principles to the Mobile Environment, and the Application of the DAA Principles of Transparency and Control to Data Used Across Devices. If you go to optout.networkadvertising.org, or optout.aboutads.info, you can learn how to exercise choice regarding the collection of information about your online activities over time and across multiple third-party websites, online services, devices, or applications for interest-based advertising purposes. Some of our Publisher Clients have their own opt-out mechanisms that are linked from their sites or their online-posted privacy policies. You should review the privacy policies of those companies for these opt-out links if you no longer wish to receive targeted advertising from a particular company, or multiple companies. At this time, we do not honor “Do Not Track” headers and similar mechanisms.
DATA COLLECTION AND USE
AdMedia. does not collect ANY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION such as your name or address.
INSTEAD WE COLLECT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
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Browser information (e.g. URL, browser type, ‘click through’ data)
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Ad reporting or delivery data (e.g. size/type of ad, ad impressions, location/format of ad, data about interactions with the ad)
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Device-type information (e.g. screen dimensions, device brand and model)
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Unique identification numbers (e.g. IP address and mobile/cell phone device ID)
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Location data (as derived from IP address or GPS (for mobile))
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Interest segments (i.e. inferred information on the behavior or likely interests associated with a device or your search query)
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Information about your activities on our website and Services
With respect to data collected, we may combine information that does not directly identify an individual with data collected from other sources and disclose the combined information to participating publishers, advertisers and ad networks so that they can determine whether to bid on ad inventory and in order to improve the relevance of the advertising presented to users. We also use the information we collect to host, operate, maintain, secure, and further develop and improve our Services, such as to keep track of advertising delivery and to measure the effectiveness of advertising delivered through our Services, and investigate compliance with our policies and terms and conditions.
Cookies and Other Similar Technologies
AdMedia. uses cookies (a small file containing a string of characters that uniquely identifies your web browser), web beacons (an electronic file placed within a website that monitors usage), pixels, etags, and similar technologies to operate and improve our Service.
We use the following categories of cookies for our Services:
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Necessary Cookies : These cookies are essential in order to enable you to navigate our Services and use its features.
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Performance Cookies : These cookies collect anonymous information on how people use our Service. We use these cookies to help us highlight areas where we can improve marketing campaigns. The data stored by these cookies never shows personal details from which your individual identity can be established.
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Functionality Cookies : These cookies remember choices you make such as the country from which you visit our website, language and search parameters such as size, color or product line. These cookies can then be used to provide you with an experience more appropriate to your selections and to make the visits more tailored and relevant. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
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Marketing or Advertising Cookies : These cookies collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. The cookies remember the websites you visit and that information is shared with other parties such as advertisers.
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Third Party Cookies : Publishers, advertisers and ad networks that use the Services may also utilize cookies or similar technologies to deliver ads and monitor the performance of such ads. The collection of information through cookies or similar technologies by such third parties will be governed by their own privacy policies and principles, which AdMedia. does not control.Here is a list of the third party cookies that we may utilize.
Third Party Cookies Technologies -
PartyServiceFor More Information
FacebookSocial networkinghttps://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Integral Ad ScienceSite analytics and optimizationhttps://integralads.com/privacy-policy/
Live RampSite analytics and audience informationhttps://liveramp.com/privacy/
EureksterSearch analytics and optimizationhttps://p.eurekster.com
Disabling/Enabling cookies via your browser
There are a number of ways for you to manage cookies and other tracking technologies. Through your browser settings, you can accept or decline cookies or set your browser to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. You should be aware that you may not be able to use all our interactive features if you set your browser to disable cookies entirely. If you use different computers in different locations you will need to ensure that each browser is adjusted to suit your preferences.
You can delete any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser. The various browsers provide different procedures to manage your settings.
Click on any of the browser links below for instructions.
If you are not using any of the above-listed browsers, then you should select “cookies” in the “Help” function for information on where to find your cookie folder. It may not be possible for you to selectively opt out of all third-party advertising cookies placed on our website. You should also be aware that disabling cookies does not disable other types of analytics products which we may use to collect generic information about how you and other visitors use our website.
Do Not Track Signals
We do not respond to the “Do Not Track” signal that may be activated on your browser. There is no uniform or consistent standard or definition for responding to, processing, or communicating Do Not Track signals.
Information Sharing
We will disclose the information we collect to third parties as follows:
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with your express permission;
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with our affiliates, which include entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with AdMedia.;
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where we contract with third parties to provide certain services, such as advertising, analytics, data management services, web hosting, and web development. We ask these providers to confirm that their privacy and security practices are consistent with ours, we provide these providers with only the information necessary for them to perform the services we re-quest and Service Providers are prohibited from using such information for purposes other than as specified;
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in the event that AdMedia. is merged, sold, or in the event of a transfer of some or all of our assets (including in bankruptcy), or in the event of another corporate change, we may disclose or transfer information in connection with such transaction; and
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where we believe it is necessary to protect AdMedia. or our users; to enforce our terms or the legal rights of AdMedia. or others; or to comply with a request from governmental authorities, legal process, or other legal obligations.
We may also share and disclose other information that we collect, including aggregate information, as we consider necessary to develop and provide our Services. AdMedia. may also be required to disclose information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
Why We Collect Information and For How Long
We are collecting your data for several reasons:
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To better understand your needs and provide you with the services you have requested;
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To fulfill our legitimate interest in improving our services and products;
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To send you promotional emails containing information we think you may like when we have your consent to do so;
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To contact you to fill out surveys or participate in other types of market research, when we have your consent to do so;
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To customize our website according to your online behavior and personal preferences.
The data we collect from you will be stored for no longer than necessary. The length of time we retain said information will be determined based upon the following criteria: the length of time your personal information remains relevant; the length of time it is reasonable to keep records to demonstrate that we have fulfilled our duties and obligations; any limitation periods within which claims might be made; any retention periods prescribed by law or recommended by regulators, professional bodies or associations; the type of contract we have with you, the existence of your consent, and our legitimate interest in keeping such information as stated in this Policy.
Use of Information Collected
AdMedia may collect and may make use of personal information to fulfill requests for AdMedia products and services, assist in the operation of our website, to ensure delivery of the services you need and request and track redemption of products or services and perform other analytics. AdMedia may send you reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages service bulletins, or marketing. At times, we may find it necessary to use personally identifiable information as a means to keep you informed of other possible products and/or services that may be available to you from www.admedia.com. AdMedia may collect and make use of personal information to manage our everyday business needs such as website administration, fulfillment, analytics, fraud prevention, enforcement of our corporate reporting obligations, Terms and Conditions or to comply with the law. AdMedia may also be in contact with you with regards to completing surveys and/or research questionnaires related to your opinion of current or potential future services that may be offered. AdMedia may provide customers with offers for products and services from AdMedia, including offers based on variables such as state and anticipated customer interests. AdMedia may use personal information to evaluate eligibility of customers for certain offers, products or services and may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of our other external business partners with regards to a potential new offer which may be of interest to you. If you consent or show interest in presented offers, then, at that time, specific identifiable information, such as name, email address and/or telephone number, may be shared with the third party. AdMedia may use aggregate anonymous data from our Services used for benchmarking, to improve the Services and find it beneficial to share specific data with our merchants and trusted business partners in an effort to conduct statistical analysis, provide you with email and/or postal mail, deliver support and/or arrange for deliveries to be made. AdMedia may use various third-party social media features including but not limited to and other interactive programs. These may collect your IP address and require cookies to work properly. These services are governed by the privacy policies of the providers and are not within AdMedia's control. If you do not want to be on our mailing list, you can opt out anytime by sending an email to support@admedia.com. From time to time, we may use your personal information to send important notices to our customers regarding material changes to our terms, conditions, and policies or purchased products and services which you may not opt out of receiving if you are a current customer.
Disclosure of Information
AdMedia will NOT share, sell, rent or trade Personal Information with third parties for their own promotional purposes, and will only share Personal Information as outlined herein or with your consent. AdMedia may not use or disclose the information provided by you except under the following circumstances:
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as necessary to provide services or products you have ordered;
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in other ways described in this Policy or to which you have otherwise consented;
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in the aggregate with other information in such a way so that your identity cannot reasonably be determined;
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as required by law, or in response to a subpoena or search warrant;
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to outside auditors who have agreed to keep the information confidential;
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as necessary to enforce the Terms of Service;
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as necessary to maintain, safeguard and preserve all the rights and property of AdMedia.
We may disclose your Personal Information to our service providers that provide services for us such as sending emails on our behalf and processing payments. Our service providers are bound by law or contract to protect the Personal Information and are only allowed to use the Personal Information in accordance with the terms of our service agreements with them. We may aggregate and/or anonymize information collected via our services or other means so that the information does not identify you. Our use and disclosure of aggregated, anonymized, and other non-Personal information is not subject to any restrictions under this Privacy Policy, and we may disclose it to others without limitation for any legal purpose.
How We Protect Your Personal Information
The security of your personal information is important to us. We have implemented reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect against the unauthorized access, destruction or alteration of your information. Despite our best efforts, however, no security measures are 100% impenetrable. AdMedia expressly makes no guaranteed protection of your personal information.
Accessing and Correcting Personal Information
You can access, update and delete your Personal Information, including financial information, by sending us an email at support@admedia.com.
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services and to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting purposes. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Data Processing & Transfers
When you use or interact with any of our services, you consent to the data processing, sharing, transferring and uses of your information as outlined in this Privacy Policy. Regardless of the country where you reside, you authorize us to transfer, process, store and use your information in countries other than your own in accordance with this Privacy Policy and to provide you with services. Some of these countries may not have the same data protection safeguards as the country where you reside.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Privacy Clause
Your Rights under the CCPA
Under this Privacy Policy, and by law if you are a resident of California, you have the following rights:
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The right to notice. You must be properly notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.
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The right to access / the right to request. The CCPA permits you to request and obtain from AdMedia information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Data that has been collected in the past 12 months by AdMedia or its subsidiaries to a third-party for the third party's direct marketing purposes.
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The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data. You also have the right to ask AdMedia not to sell your Personal Data to third parties. You can submit such a request by visiting our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" section or web page.
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The right to know about Your Personal Data. You have the right to request and obtain from AdMedia information regarding the disclosure of the following:
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The categories of Personal Data collected
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The sources from which the Personal Data was collected
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The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the Personal Data
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Categories of third parties with whom We share Personal Data
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The specific pieces of Personal Data we collected about you
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The right to delete Personal Data. You also have the right to request the deletion of your Personal Data that have been collected in the past 12 months. The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your Consumer's rights, including by:
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Denying goods or services to you
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Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties
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Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to you
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Suggesting that you will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or
Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights
In order to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, and if you are a California resident, you can email or call us or visit our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" section. AdMedia will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary and with prior notice.
California Shine The Light
California law permits residents of California to request certain details about how their information is shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes. If you're a California resident and would like to make such a request, please call us at 888-444-7492.
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
We do not sell personal information. However, service providers we partner with may use technology that "sells" personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If you wish to opt out of the use of your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, you may do so by emailing legal@admedia.com. Please note that any opt out is specific to the browser you use. You may need to opt out on every browser that you use. If you have any questions, concerns or would like to report a complaint regarding a violation of CCPA, you can contact us:
By Phone: 800-296-7104
By Email: legal@admedia.com
By Mail:
Ad.com Interactive Media, Inc.
c/o Legal Counsel
21200 W Oxnard St,#429
Woodland Hills, ca 91367
California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities. If you are visiting such websites, you can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable DNT by visiting the preferences or settings page of your web browser.
Notice to European Union Users
AdMedia's operations are located primarily in the United States. If you provide information to us, the information will be transferred out of the European Union (EU) / European Economic Area (EEA) and sent to the United States. (The adequacy decision on the EU-US Privacy became operational on August 1, 2016. This framework protects the fundamental rights of anyone in the EU whose personal data is transferred to the United States for commercial purposes. It allows the free transfer of data to companies that are certified in the US under the Privacy Shield.) By providing personal information to us, you are consenting to its storage and use as described in this Policy.
Your Rights as a Data Subject
Under the regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") of the EU you have certain rights as a Data Subject. These rights are as follows:
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The right to be informed: this means we must inform you of how we intend to use your personal data and we do this through the terms of this Policy.
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The right of access: this means you have the right to request access to the data we hold about you and we must respond to those requests within one month. You can do this by sending an email to support@admedia.com.
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The right to rectification: this means that if you believe some of the date, we hold is incorrect, you have the right to have it corrected. You can do this by logging into your account with us, or by sending us an email with your request.
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The right to erasure: this means you can request that the information we hold be deleted, and we will comply unless we have a compelling reason not to, in which case you will be informed of same. You can do this by sending an email to support@admedia.com.
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The right to restrict processing: this means you can change your communication preferences or opt-out of certain communications. You can do this by sending an email to support@admedia.com.
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The right of data portability: this means you can obtain and use the data we hold for your own purposes without explanation. If you wish to request a copy of your information, contact us at support@admedia.com.
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The right to object: this means you can file a formal objection with us regarding our use of your information with regard to third parties, or its processing where our legal basis is our legitimate interest in it. To do this, please send an email to support@admedia.com.
In addition to the rights above, please rest assured that we will always aim to encrypt and anonymize your personal information whenever possible. We also have protocols in place in the unlikely event that we suffer a data breach and we will contact you if your personal information is ever at risk. For more details regarding our security protections see the section below or visit our website at www.admedia.com.
Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights
You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting us. Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. If you make a request, we will try our best to respond to you as soon as possible. If you have any questions, concerns or would like to report a complaint regarding a violation of GDPR, you can contact us:
AdMedia
Email: legal@admedia.com
Telephone: (800) 296-7104
Mailing Address:
Ad.com Interactive Media, Inc.
6320 Canoga Ave Ste 200
Woodland Hills, California 91367
Non-Marketing Purposes
AdMedia greatly respects your privacy. We do maintain and reserve the right to contact you if needed for non-marketing purposes (such as bug alerts, security breaches, account issues, and/or changes in AdMedia products and services). In certain circumstances, we may use our website, newspapers, or other public means to post a notice.
Children under the age of 13
AdMedia's website is NOT directed to, and does not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from, children under the age of thirteen (13). If it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of thirteen (13), we shall immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system's database, or in the alternative, that verifiable parental consent is obtained for the use and storage of such information. Anyone under the age of thirteen (13) must seek and obtain parent or guardian permission to use this website.
AdMedia products are not intended for children. We don't direct our Services to children under 16, or knowingly attempt to solicit or receive information from children.
Unsubscribe or Opt-Out
All users and visitors to our website have the option to discontinue receiving communications from us by way of email or newsletters. To discontinue or unsubscribe from our website please send an email that you wish to unsubscribe to support@admedia.com. If you wish to unsubscribe or opt-out from any third-party websites, you must go to that specific website to unsubscribe or opt-out. AdMedia will continue to adhere to this Policy with respect to any personal information previously collected.
Links to Other Websites
Our website does contain links to affiliate and other websites. AdMedia does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read the privacy statements of every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website.
Security
AdMedia takes precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (e.g. credit card information), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the webpage. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers and servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment. This is all done to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of the user's personal information under our control.
Acceptance of Terms
By using this website, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with our terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of our sites. In addition, your continued use of our website following the posting of any updates or changes to our terms and conditions shall mean that you agree and acceptance of such changes.
Privacy Policy Changes
AdMedia may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We may notify you about significant changes in the way we treat your information by sending a notice to you, although we are not required to do so, or we may simply place a notice on the Web Site. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy without any notice whatsoever to you and for whatever reason we deem appropriate under the circumstances. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this Privacy Policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Privacy Policy Agreement related to our website, please feel free to contact us at the following email, telephone number or mailing address.
AdMedia
Email: support@admedia.com
Telephone: (800) 296-7104
Mailing Address:
Ad.com Interactive Media, Inc.
6320 Canoga Ave Ste 200
Woodland Hills, California 91367