In short, we really dislike the current practice where websites collect and sell as much data as they can. So we won’t do it here.
- We don’t collect any sensitive data (no credit cards, phone numbers or anything like that) but only data you provide that is needed for The Week to function or for us to understand how people are using The Week.
- We will never sell any of your information.
More details below.
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Last updated July 2024
This privacy notice for The Week ("Company," "we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your information when you use our services ("Services"), such as when you visit our website at theweek.ooo, or any website or engage with us in other related ways.
The data controller for the Services is:
The Week
37 rue Negrier
59420 Mouvaux
France
Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at community@theweek.ooo.
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our privacy notice.
- What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with The Week and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. See below for more information.
- Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information.
- Do we receive any information from third parties? We do not receive any information from third parties.
- How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. See below for more information.
- In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. See below for more information.
- How do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.
- What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. See below for more information.
- How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by contacting us directly. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE PROCESS?
In general, unless expressly stated otherwise, the provision of your data is not required or obligatory.
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following: names, email addresses, usernames, passwords, countries.
No Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook or Google account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect the information described in the section called "HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?" below.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected
In Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The information we collect includes log and usage data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called "crash dumps"), and hardware settings).
2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of purposes, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
- To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
- To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
- To embed video files into our Services to make them more appealing and interesting to visitors.
- To analyse and evaluate the use of our Services, and, on this basis, to optimize and improve them.
- To process and respond to your contact requests.
- To ensure the proper operation of our Services and their functions.
- To protect and secure the integrity of our Services and systems.
- To provide our Services in multiple languages.
- To save or protect an individual's vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect an individual’s vital interest, such as to prevent harm.
We do not perform automated decision-making or profiling.
3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.
- If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
- Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
- Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
- Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
- Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
- Legitimate Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require protection of personal data.
When the rely on legitimate interests to process your personal information, we pursue the following interests:
- To properly operate our Services and their functions.
- To process and answer contact requests you send to us.
- To send administrative information about our products, services, changes to our terms and policies and similar information to you.
- To provide our Services in multiple languages and thereby barrier-free.
- To protect and secure the integrity of our Services and systems (e.g., against hacking or DDOS attacks).
- If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e., express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e., implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:
- If collection is clearly in the interests of an individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely way
- For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
- For business transactions provided certain conditions are met
- If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim
- For identifying injured, ill, or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin
- You have reasonable grounds to believe and individual has been, is, or may be victim of financial abuse
- If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province
- If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records
- If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes for which the information was produced
- If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes
- If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations
4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.
We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents ("third parties") who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. The third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:
- Bubble, a website building tool and hosting service provided by Bubble Group, Inc., 22 W 21st Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. Privacy Policy: https://bubble.io/privacy. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
- Webflow, a website building tool and hosting service provided by Webflow, Inc., 398 11th Street, Floor 2, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Privacy policy: https://webflow.com/legal/privacy. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
- Mixpanel, a website analytics tool provided by Mixpanel Inc., 1 Front Street, Floor 28, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA. Privacy policy: https://mixpanel.com/legal/privacy-policy. Legal basis: user consent.
- Sendgrid, an email delivery service tool provided by Twilio Inc., 101 Spear Street, 5th floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. Responsible for the EU/EEA and the UK: Twilio Ireland Limited, 3 Dublin Landings, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland. Privacy policy: https://www.twilio.com/en-us/legal/privacy. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
- Vimeo, an online-video-platform by Vimeo.com Inc., 330 West 34th Street, New York, New York 10001, USA. Privacy policy: https://vimeo.com/privacy. Legal basis: user consent.
- Localize, a website translation tool provided by Localize Corporation, 260 King Mall Court #225, Kingston, NY 12401, USA. Privacy policy: https://localizejs.com/legal/privacy-notice. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
- Clever Cloud, an IT automation tool provided by Clever Cloud SAS, 3 rue de l’Allier, 44000 Nantes, France. Privacy policy: https://www.clever-cloud.com/privacy-policy/. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
- Make, an automation tool to interconnect multiple web services and applications used by us. Make is provided by Celonis, Inc., One World Trade Center, 87th Floor, New York, NY, 10006, USA. Privacy policy: https://www.make.com/en/privacy-notice. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information.
Cookies and similar technologies are only used with your prior consent - this also applies to the associated data processing. However, if these technologies are essential to provide our Services and their functions properly, we may use Cookies and similar technologies without your prior consent. The associated data processing is based on our legitimate interest to properly operate our Services and their functions.
6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.
Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media account details. Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider. The profile information we receive may vary depending on the social media provider concerned, but will often include your name, email address, and other information.
We provide Social Logins for the following providers:
- Facebook by Meta Platforms Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. Responsible for the EU/EEA: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland. Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=facebook_page_footer.
Insofar as personal data is collected through Facebook Login in our Services and forwarded to Meta, which includes information on activity and usage of our Services (e.g., website visits; so-called “Event Data”), we and Meta are joint controllers for this data processing. We have concluded a joint controller agreement (“JCA”) with Meta regarding the processing of your data in accordance with art. 26 GDPR, the terms of which you can view here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. We are thereafter responsible for providing the data protection information and for the implementation of the plugin in our Services in a manner that is secure from a data protection perspective. Meta is responsible for data security. Data subject rights (e.g., requests for information) regarding data processed at Meta can be exercised directly at Meta and will be forwarded to Meta if exercised at us. For more information about what personal data is processed under the joint controllership, please visit https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/businesstools_jointprocessing. Processing by Meta that occurs after onward transfer is not covered by the joint controllership.
For information about how Meta processes personal data, including the legal basis which Meta relies on, how to exercise your rights against Meta, and how to contact Meta and Meta's Data Protection Officer, please see Meta's Privacy Policy above.
- Google by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Responsible for the EU/EEA: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Services. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
7. IS YOUR INFORMATION TRANSFERRED INTERNATIONALLY?
In Short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.
Our servers are located in the United States. If you are accessing our Services from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information (see "WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?" above), in the United States, and other countries.
If you are a resident in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom (UK), then these countries may not necessarily have data protection laws or other similar laws as comprehensive as those in your country. However, we will take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this privacy notice and applicable law.
- European Commission’s adequacy decision:
The EU commission has passed an adequacy decision for the United States as part of the conclusion of the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (“TADPF”). The Framework (and the corresponding adequacy decision) ensures that data transferred to US companies certified under the Framework are adequately protected. Further information can be found on the TADPF website here. All our third-party providers have obtained such certification. Further details can be provided upon request.
8. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than six (6) months past the termination of the user's account.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
9. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
10. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at community@theweek.ooo.
11. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: In some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
If you are located in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can log in to your account settings and update your user account.
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at community@theweek.ooo.
12. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.
13. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age (which means you shouldn't have created an account with us!), reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g., backups, etc.).
14. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
15. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at community@theweek.ooo
16. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please email us at community@theweek.ooo