Privacy Policy

1. Scope of This Policy

This Policy applies to information we collect on the Site and via the Services, in email, text, forums, posts, and other electronic messages between you and ZENGER, from website visitors, contributors, clients, partners, associates, and others who interact with us, and during events, projects, or employment/freelance inquiries.

This Policy does not apply to information collected by us offline or through any other means, or by any third party through applications or content linking to or accessible from our Services.

2. About ZENGER's Privacy Program

At ZENGER, upholding your rights is important to us. We are committed to protecting your personal information and being open and transparent about how we store and use your data.

Our privacy program is governed by applicable regulations, including but not limited to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), Nevada Senate Bill 220, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other applicable regulations in jurisdictions where we operate.

3. Key Definitions

"Personal data" or "personal information" means any information that relates to a living, identifiable person, including but not limited to names, physical and email addresses, internet identifiers, phone numbers, profile pictures, and other information that, individually or combined, can be used to identify that person.

"Processing" means the activities we perform on personal data, such as collection, computing, storage, disclosure, and disposal.

4. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services, including information by which you may be personally identified (such as name, email address, postal address, profile pictures, and telephone number), information that is about you but individually does not identify you, and information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Services, and usage details.

4.1 Information You Provide to Us

We process personal data you provide directly to us or from public existing data. This includes information provided when you register, correspond with us, contribute to our platform, participate in events, inquire about employment, or contact us in any other way.

4.2 Information We Collect Automatically

As you navigate our Services, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including IP address, operating system, access times, physical location, domain names, browser type, and referral source.

5. How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, to present our Services, provide you with information, products, or services that you request, facilitate payments and transfers, carry out obligations arising from contracts, and notify you about changes to our Services.

6. How We Share and Disclose Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. We may disclose personal information to our business partners, subsidiaries, affiliates, contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.

We do not sell your personal information as defined under applicable state privacy laws. We do not share your personal data with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising without your consent where required by law.

7. International Transfers of Your Personal Data

ZENGER is a US company, operating and processing data in the US from sources worldwide. We may work with trusted contractors, suppliers, and partners in other countries. We perform international data transfers in compliance with applicable privacy regulations, including the GDPR's rules for such transfers.

8. Retaining, Updating, and Deleting Your Personal Data

We keep personal data for the least amount of time necessary. Partner and contributor contract details are retained for up to seven (7) years after the close of the contract. Professional details are retained for at least as long as you remain a contributor. Marketing data is retained for no more than one (1) year, or less per local regulations, unless you extend your marketing consent.

9. Your Rights

We ensure rights as per local privacy regulations. We may extend these rights to you even if local regulations do not specifically provide for them. Your principal rights under the GDPR include the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, data portability, complaint to a supervisory authority, and withdrawal of consent.

9.1 US State Privacy Rights

State consumer privacy laws may provide residents with additional rights, including the right to confirm processing, access, delete, correct, portability, and opt-out of targeted advertising or data sales.

10. Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, opt out of promotional offers, and enable Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data for targeted advertising.

11. Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You may send us an email at law@zenger.news to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account.

12. How We Use Cookies

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information downloaded to your device when you visit a website. We use persistent and session cookies to recognize your device, manage passwords, usernames, and page performance.

13. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential.

14. Employment, Freelance, and Contributor Inquiries

If you contact ZENGER about potential employment, being a freelance contributor, or as a contractor, we will process your request and personal data in accordance with our policies. We may reach out to confirm your permission to retain and process your details, depending upon your local regulations.

15. Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

ZENGER may use AI-assisted tools in connection with our editorial, platform, or operational services. Where we do so in ways that process your personal data or produce outputs that affect you, we comply with applicable law. We do not use your personal data to train external AI systems or models without your explicit consent.

16. Customers and Partners

Our Terms of Use with customers and partners state that you are responsible for keeping your non-public information strictly confidential in accordance with applicable regulations, and for not publishing or disclosing any part of such information to anyone without a direct need.

17. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email and/or through a notice on the Site homepage. Your continued use of the Site or Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.

18. Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Policy, to exercise any of your rights, or to submit a data subject request, please contact us at: