June 2020  Effective: June 2020 Use Your Personal Information This Privacy Policy sets forth your privacy rights and applies to personal data we may collect:  This Privacy Policy covers Merriam-Webster products and services only. While you may encounter links on the Services to other websites and apps, such as those belonging to our third-party sponsors, advertisers, and other partners, please note that these third-party websites and apps are not covered by this Privacy Policy (unless otherwise noted on the linked website or app, which may be the case if, for example, the website or app is also owned and operated by Merriam-Webster).  We recognize that information privacy is an ongoing responsibility, and so we will from time to time update this Privacy Policy as we undertake new personal data practices or adopt new privacy policies.  Our Services use cookies, which are small data files that are placed on the hard drive of your computer, tablet, smartphone, or other devices when you visit a website and other tracking tools on our website and digital platforms. When we refer to cookies, this includes other similar technologies such as pixel tags, or web beacons.  We do not sell personal information to anyone and only share it with third parties who are facilitating the delivery of our Services as provided in this Privacy Policy. When you subscribe to or register for a Service or download a mobile app service, we collect information about you that may include (but not be limited to) your name, email address, city, state, and age. We may also collect a personal mailing address and a phone number.  For specific promotions, sweepstakes and contests sponsored or co-sponsored by us, and to access certain features, such as the ‘save your words' feature, we collect information voluntarily submitted by you to us to deliver the requested feature that may include (but not be limited to) your name, email address, city, state, and age. To register for or subscribe to receive a Merriam-Webster newsletter, you must provide us with your email address. We use Salesforce Marketing Cloud, a third-party service provider, to deliver requested newsletters, such as Word of the Day, to you on our behalf.  When you open an email that contains a newsletter, we gather certain statistics, such as number of emails opened and clicks within a newsletter, using industry-standard technologies, including clear gifs, helping us monitor and improve our newsletters. You may manage your Merriam-Webster newsletter subscriptions by subscribing or unsubscribing at any time using the link included in the related email.  If you choose to provide us with your email address or other personal information, you also may receive the following types of emails from us:  Emails related to subscription-maintenance activities; Emails highlighting new features, content, and usage tips for the Services. and Special offers and other marketing messages    As explained above, Merriam-Webster processes your data to provide you with the products and services you have requested or purchased from us, including special features, subscriptions, newsletters, and other content. Sometimes we use third-party providers or work with co-sponsors to facilitate the delivery of the services or special features described above, and these third-party providers may be supplied with or have access to your personal information for the sole purpose of providing services to you on our behalf, such as Word of the Day or delivering the special feature. Also, we may disclose your personal information in special legal circumstances. For instance, such information may be used where it is necessary to protect our copyright or intellectual property rights, or if the law requires us to do so. To carry out these activities, Merriam-Webster may rely on many legal bases to process your personal data, including where:  necessary to perform the contractual obligations in our Terms of Service and to provide the requested Services to you; necessary for a third party's, or our, legitimate interests; necessary to comply with a legal obligation or to defend legal claims; necessary to protect the public interest or vital interest of others; you have expressly made information public. or you have consented to the processing, which may be revoked at any time. This information may include (but is not limited to) internet protocol (IP) addresses  We work with DigiTrust to set a cookie (DigiTrust Cookie) in your browser to enable us to collect web-viewing data that includes visits to a Merriam-Webster service and other non-affiliated websites over time.  We also work with third-party analytics providers, ad networks, and advertisers in order to track your online activities over time and across third party websites, apps and devices, by obtaining information through the automated means (including cookies) mentioned above. The information received by us through these automated methods may include (but is not limited to) information about your activities across unrelated websites and mobile applications, information about the possible relationships between different browsers and devices, information that we receive from our third-party service providers, demographic data, information from social media providers, and information about your interests.  On the basis of legitimate interests, we use this information (or combined information) to help us design our Services to better suit our users' needs, to provide and improve our Services, for identification verification, to provide support, for statistical and market research purposes to tailor content to usage patterns, for analytic purposes through tools such as Google Analytics, and to personalize your experience by presenting content, products, and offers tailored to you. We also may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our servers and to administer our Services, analyze trends, track user movements and gather broad demographic information that assists us in identifying user preferences.  We use Google Analytics Demographics and Interest reporting, which is a Google Analytics Advertiser feature that collects and stores standard internet log and user information on our behalf and gathers information about what pages you visit, how long you are on our sites, how you got here, and what you click on during your visit. These third parties may in turn link further demographic or interest-based information to your browser. You have the choice to opt-out of the use of your data by third-party service providers for this purpose at any time. We may provide anonymous aggregated data may to other companies we do business with for statistical purposes.  You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Services.  Some internet browsers or other tools include “Do Not Track” (DNT) features that, when turned on, send a signal to websites you visit indicating you do not wish to be tracked across websites over time. However, since no technology standard for DNT signals has been developed or adopted to date, Merriam-Webster does not currently respond to DNT signals.  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook, Inc.) Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed in connection with Puku. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram, and Audience Network.  Security of Your Information Any personally identifiable information collected through this site is stored on limited-access servers. We maintain safeguards to protect these servers and the information they store. Also, to help protect the privacy of data and personally identifiable information you transmit through the use of our Services, we maintain physical, technical and administrative safeguards. We update and test our security technology on an ongoing basis. We strive to restrict access to your personal data to those employees who need to know that information to provide benefits or services to you. In addition, we strive to educate all of our employees about the importance of confidentiality and maintaining the privacy and security of your information.  We store your personal data on our servers located in the United States. We retain your information for the duration of your business relationship with us and as long as necessary to permit us to use it for the legitimate business purposes that we have communicated to you and comply with applicable law or regulations. Information we collect from you will be processed in the United States and may be stored, transferred to, and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers. These countries may be outside your country of residence, including the United States, and may have different data protection laws than your country.  As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy subsidiaries, or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business asset but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please take a look at the Effective Date at the top of this page to see when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Amended terms that materially impact or modify your privacy rights take effect 30 days after they are initially posted on the site.  To correct, update, or remove personally identifiable information, please email us at dpo@m-w.com.  If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to privacy@m-w.com or at dpo@m-w.com 

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There is a date of the last update of the agreements. The service provides information about how they intend to use your personal data. The service provides information about how they collect personal data. The service informs users that its privacy policy does not apply to third party websites. The service reviews its privacy policy on a regular basis. This service requires first-party cookies. The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.. This service does not sell your personal data. The service collects many different types of personal data. The service may collect extra data about you through promotions. Third parties are involved in operating the service. Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication. You can opt out of promotional communications. This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes. This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation. This service reserves the right to disclose your personal information without notifying you. This service collects your IP address, which can be used to view your approximate location. This service tracks you on other websites. The service uses your personal data to employ targeted third-party advertising. This service gathers information about you through third parties. The service uses your personal data for advertising. This service may collect, use, and share location data. This service uses third-party cookies for statistics. You can opt out of targeted advertising. Your personal data is aggregated into statistics. Blocking first party cookies may limit your ability to use the service. This service ignores the Do Not Track (DNT) header and tracks users anyway even if they set this header.. The service uses social media cookies/pixels. The user is informed about security practices. This service may keep personal data after a request for erasure for business interests or legal obligations. Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world. The service can sell or otherwise transfer your personal data as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction.. Promises will be kept after a merger or acquisition.  Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user . You can request access and deletion of personal data. The service provides a complaint mechanism for the handling of personal data.