Texas News (“Texas We Love”), including our affiliates and subsidiaries, values your privacy and is committed to safeguarding your Personal Information (defined below). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, process, maintain, and share your Personal Information, and outlines your choices regarding its use, access, and correction.
We recommend reading this Privacy Policy alongside any other privacy notice or fair processing policy we provide when collecting or processing your Personal Information to ensure you fully understand how and why we use your data. This Privacy Policy supplements other policies and does not override them.
I. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE
Texas We Love consists of multiple legal entities, including our affiliates and subsidiaries. These entities include our websites (such as TexasWeLove.com and others controlled by Texas Media or its affiliates), mobile applications (“apps”), social media platforms, electronic newsletters, and other Texas Media digital properties (“Digital Properties”), as well as print publications, and other products and services (e.g., podcasts, classified ads, events, promotions, and surveys). Collectively, these are referred to as “Services.”
“Personal Information” refers to information that can identify you, directly or indirectly, alone or with other details. Examples include your name, physical address, phone number, email address, company affiliations, and associated interests. Personal Information does not include anonymous data where an individual’s identity has been irreversibly removed. “Aggregated Data” derived from your Personal Information does not reveal your identity.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection
In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, we do not knowingly collect or store Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please refrain from providing personally identifying information.
Third-Party Links and Applications
Our Digital Properties may include links to third-party websites, platforms, plug-ins, and applications. We do not control these third-party platforms and are not responsible for their privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of each platform you visit or use.
II. WHAT CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
We may collect, use, store, and transfer various types of Personal Information, grouped as follows:
- Identity Data: Includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier, birth year, gender, and other demographic information.
- Contact Data: Includes billing address, delivery address, email address, and telephone numbers.
- Financial Data: Includes bank account details, payment methods, and transaction information.
- Technical Data: Includes IP address, internet service provider, login data, browser type and version, operating system, date/time stamp, clickstream data, device type, and other technical details.
- Mobile Device Location Data: With your permission, we may collect precise location data via mobile apps. Consent can be withdrawn by adjusting your device’s settings.
- Usage Data: Includes information on how you use our Digital Properties and Services, such as reading history.
- Profile Data: Includes login details, purchases, orders, preferences, feedback, and survey responses.
- Marketing and Communications Data: Includes preferences for receiving marketing materials from us or third parties.
Failure to Provide Personal Information
If you fail to provide required Personal Information necessary for legal, contractual, or legitimate interests, we may be unable to perform the requested Services. In such cases, we will notify you.
III. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED AND USED?
We collect and receive your Personal Information from various sources, including third parties and public resources. Additionally, we may combine data from multiple sources. Here are key purposes for collecting and using your Personal Information:
- Providing Services/Products: To process orders, maintain accounts, communicate about Services, and fulfill contractual obligations.
- Personalized Information: To inform you about relevant Texas Media Services, events, or marketing communications.
- Targeted Advertising: To deliver customized advertisements and promotions based on your preferences.
- Inquiry Response: To address your questions or support requests.
- Classified Ads: To process purchases for classified advertisements.
- Promotions and Events: To manage participation in promotions, events, or contests.
- Surveys and Feedback: To collect feedback or testimonials for improving our Services.
- Analyzing Usage Trends: To monitor and improve Digital Properties via automated technologies like cookies and analytics tools.
- Third-Party Providers: To collaborate with vendors, consultants, and service providers for business operations.
- Geolocation-Based Services: To offer geographically relevant content and advertisements.
- Social Media Integration: To share information through connected social media accounts.
- Public Profiles and Forums: To facilitate user interactions on public forums and discussion boards.
- Government Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, such as audits or law enforcement requests.
- Emergencies: To respond to emergencies involving risk of death or bodily harm.
- Consent-Based Activities: To process data with your explicit consent.
For inquiries or to manage communication preferences, contact us at info.texasweloveblog@gmail.com or call our customer service line.
This Privacy Policy reflects our commitment to transparency and accountability in managing your Personal Information. For further details or updates, visit texaswelove.com/privacy.
Third Party Personal Information.
Before you disclose the Personal Information of another person, you must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you choose to provide us with that Personal Information, you represent that you have that other person’s permission to do so.
Change of purpose.
We will only use your Personal Information for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us, as set forth in Section X of this Privacy Policy.
IV. WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We do not sell, license, rent, or swap your Personal Information without your consent, except as outlined in this Privacy Policy or as required by law. Your Personal Information may be shared with the following categories of parties for the purposes described in Section III. All third parties are required to uphold the security and confidentiality of your information in compliance with applicable laws.
1. Texas Entities
We may share your Personal Information with other Texas entities to:
- Deliver our Services.
- Enhance our business operations.
- Analyze performance and improve our Services.
- Develop new offerings aligned with our business and journalism goals.
2. Service Providers and Vendors
We engage service providers to assist with:
- Credit card and billing processes.
- Shipping, email distribution, analytics, and promotions management.
- Ad serving and other support functions.
These providers receive only the information necessary to perform their services and are prohibited from sharing, reselling, or using the data for their marketing. For example, if you subscribe to The Texas Globe, your email address may be shared with a service provider to send newsletters on our behalf.
3. Social Media Platforms
We use widgets and tools from social media platforms on our Digital Properties. These tools may collect and share your Personal Information, governed by the privacy policies of the respective platforms.
4. Promotions, Contests, Surveys, and Events
Your Personal Information may be shared with third-party service providers, vendors, co-hosts, or co-sponsors when we conduct or participate in promotions, contests, surveys, or events.
5. Marketing and Advertising Partners
We collaborate with third parties, such as Google and Facebook, to promote our Services. This includes sharing data for targeted advertising both on and off our platforms.
6. Third-Party Advertisers
Aggregated data, including statistical and demographic analyses, may be shared with advertisers. This aggregated data does not include Personal Information.
7. Merger or Acquisition Partners
In the event of a sale, transfer, or merger of our business or assets, your Personal Information may be shared with the involved parties. The new owners will continue to use your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
8. Legal Compliance and Public Safety
We may disclose your Personal Information if required to:
- Comply with laws or legal processes (e.g., subpoenas).
- Protect our rights, property, or users.
- Address unauthorized use or protect public safety.
9. California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to:
- Opt out of the sale of your Personal Information.
- Request a list of third parties with whom we’ve shared your information for direct marketing purposes.
To exercise these rights:
- Visit Do Not Sell My Personal Information on our website.
- Mail your request to Texas We Love , at this Email: info.texasweloveblog@gmail.com”
V. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS
The Texas We Love operates in the United States and works with third parties globally. By providing your Personal Information, you acknowledge its transfer outside your jurisdiction. If you do not consent to this, refrain from sharing your information, as this may affect our ability to provide Services. For inquiries, please contact us.
VI. DATA INTEGRITY AND SECURITY
We implement robust security measures to protect your Personal Information against unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include:
- Technical, physical, and organizational safeguards.
- Regular staff training to enforce our privacy policies.
- Procedures to address potential data breaches, including notifying affected users and regulators when required.
VII. MINIMIZATION, RETENTION, AND DELETION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We will only retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including, for example, for as long as we provide you with Services, and for the purposes of satisfying any legal (including but not limited to enforcement of agreements or resolving disputes), accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for Personal Information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the Personal Information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Information, the purposes for which we process your Personal Information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
In some circumstances, we may anonymize your Personal Information (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
VIII. EU/EEA AND UK SPECIFIC CLAUSES
Lawful Basis for Processing (EU/EEA; UK)
Regardless of your jurisdiction, we will only use your Personal Information when the law allows us to. That said, if you are a resident of the EU/EEA or the United Kingdom, our lawful basis for collecting and using your Personal Information will depend on the Personal Information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. Generally, we will not collect or access any Personal Information other than in the manner described above.
What we mean by legitimate interests is the interest of our business in conducting, managing, and growing our business to enable us to give you the best and most secure experience with our Services or Digital Properties. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your Personal Information for our legitimate interests. We do not use your Personal Information for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your information. If you would like to get more information on how we balance legitimate interests or the specific legal ground we are relying on, please contact us.
Where we rely upon your consent to process the Personal Information, you have the right to withdraw or decline your consent at any time. We do not generally rely on consent as a legal basis other than in relation to sending third-party direct marketing communications to you via email. You may withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us at info.texasweloveblog@gmail.com or by using any of the relevant methods described in Section III. Please note that this does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Your Data Subject Rights (EU/EEA and UK)
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under applicable data protection laws with respect to Personal Information we knowingly collected.
We will try to comply with any of these requests pertaining to your Personal Information in accordance with applicable law. As a security measure, we may need to verify your identity before acting on your request. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. Please recognize that in certain circumstances we may be unable to provide the access or information sought, or correction or deletion requested. This may be because a request would require us to release commercially confidential information, disclose Personal Information relating to another person that is not the requestor, or would result in impracticability, excessive redundancy, and/or an undue burden or expense to the Texas Globe.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your Personal Information (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if it is clear that your request is unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.
- Choice: The Texas Globe enables its readers and subscribers to determine certain privacy preferences and settings that can serve to modify the Personal Information collected. These are described in detail in Section III of this policy.
- Right to Access: A person who has provided their Personal Information directly to us may have certain access to their Personal Information and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
- Correction: You may request correction of any incorrect or inaccurate Personal Information that we hold about you. Any such corrections must be truthful, complete, and accurate. In your request, please be as clear as possible about what Personal Information you have provided to us and what Personal Information you would like corrected.
- Erasure: You may request that we delete the Personal Information that we hold about you. In your request, please be as clear as possible about what Personal Information you have provided to us and what Personal Information you would like deleted. If you ask us to delete your information before we have used it for the necessary purposes set out in this policy, we may not be able to do so due to technical, legal, regulatory, and contractual constraints.
- Object to Processing: You may object to the processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation that makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information that override the potential impacts.
- Restriction: You may request restriction of processing of your personal data, which enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios:
- (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy;
- (b) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims;
- (c) you have objected to our use of your data, but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
- Transfer: You can request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
- Withdraw Consent: You may withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact our privacy manager at:
Email: info.texasweloveblog@gmail.com
Complaints in the First Instance
Subject to applicable law, EU/EEA residents, including the United Kingdom, who believe we maintain their Personal Information within the scope of the applicable privacy laws have a right to make a complaint at any time to their local supervisory authority or to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK Supervisory Authority for data protection issues. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact us in the first instance.
IX. ACCEPTANCE AND CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
By using the Texas Globe’s Services and Digital Properties, and/or submitting any of your Personal Information to us, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Please do not send us any Personal Information you do not want used in this way. This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time, consistent with the applicable data protection and privacy laws and principles. We will make you aware of changes to this Privacy Policy either by posting to our intranet, through email, or other means, particularly before any material changes become effective. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If you do not wish your information to be subject to the revised Privacy Policy, you will need to deactivate any accounts with us and stop using our Digital Properties and Services. Your continued use of our Digital Properties and Services after the posting of such changes will constitute your consent to such changes.
X. WHO SHOULD YOU CONTACT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?
For questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our security practices:
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or are seeking to exercise any of your statutory rights, please contact the data privacy manager using the details below.