Privacy Policy
Last updated: 6/13/2023
Protecting your private information is important to us. This Statement of Privacy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to Tampa Bay Living Magazine and www.tampabaylivingmagazine.com (“Tampa Bay Living”) and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to “Tampa Bay Living” include www.tampabaylivingmagazine.com and Tampa Bay Living Magazine.
The Tampa Bay Living Magazine website is a news and information site. By using the Tampa Bay Living Magazine website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Topics:
Collection of your Personal Information
Use of your Personal Information
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
Tracking User Behavior
Automatically Collected Information
Use of Cookies
Links
Security of your Personal Information
Do Not Track
Data Protection and Privacy Rights
Right to Deletion
Children Under Thirteen
E-mail Communications
Opt-Out and Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications
External Data Storage Sites
International Transfers
Changes to This Statement
Contact Information
How to Contact the Appropriate Authority
1. Collection of your Personal Information
To better provide you with products and services offered, Tampa Bay Living may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
First and Last Name
E-mail Address
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Tampa Bay Living's public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. This means we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
2. Use of your Personal Information
Tampa Bay Living collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.
Tampa Bay Living may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Tampa Bay Living and its affiliates.
3. Sharing Information with Third Parties
Tampa Bay Living does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties.
We use third-party service providers to enhance our services. For more information, review the privacy policies of these providers, which are linked below.
Google Analytics – We use Google Analytics to track the traffic on our website to improve the functionality and enhance the user experience.
Google Tag Manager – We use Google Tag Manager on our website to track user behavior and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising on marketing platforms and social media websites.
Squarespace – We use Squarespace to manage our website and online content.
Tampa Bay Living may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Tampa Bay Living, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Tampa Bay Living may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Tampa Bay Living or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Tampa Bay Living; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Tampa Bay Living, or the public.
4. Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
In connection with any personal information that we may disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:
• The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.
You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from disclosing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the disclosure of your personal information.
To opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, contact us at: editor@tampabaylivingmagazine.com
5. Tracking User Behavior
Tampa Bay Living may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Tampa Bay Living, to determine what Tampa Bay Living services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Tampa Bay Living to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
6. Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Tampa Bay Living. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Tampa Bay Living website.
7. Use of Cookies
The Tampa Bay Living website may use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Tampa Bay Living pages, or register with Tampa Bay Living site or services, a cookie helps Tampa Bay Living to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Tampa Bay Living website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Tampa Bay Living features that you customized.
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
Functionality – Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
Advertising – Our Company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Tampa Bay Living services or websites you visit.
8. Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
9. Security of your Personal Information
Tampa Bay Living secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Tampa Bay Living uses the following methods for this purpose:
SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
10. Do Not Track
Tampa Bay Living Magazine currently does not respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals in web browsers. The DNT concept has been promoted by regulatory authorities, including the USA’s Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing Internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites. Various browsers offer a DNT option that relies on a technology known as a DNT header that sends a signal to websites about the user's DNT preference. You can usually access your browser's DNT option in your browser's settings.
11. Data Protection and Privacy Rights
Tampa Bay Living Magazine is committed to protecting your privacy. We would like to make sure you are fully aware of your data protection rights as a user. Every user is entitled to the following rights:
The right to know – You have the right to know about the personal information a business collects about you and how it is used and shared.
The right to delete – You have the right to delete personal information collected from you (with some exceptions).
The right to opt-out – You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.
The right to non-discrimination – You have the right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Tampa Bay Living Magazine correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Tampa Bay Living Magazine to complete information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure (the right to be forgotten) – You have the right to request that Tampa Bay Living Magazine erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Tampa Bay Living Magazine restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Tampa Bay Living Magazine 's processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Tampa Bay Living Magazine transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
The right not to be subject to a decision that is based solely on automated processing – You have the right not to be subject to a decision by Tampa Bay Living Magazine that is based solely on automated processing. However, there are some exceptions to this rule, such as when you give your explicit consent to the automated decision.
The right to restrict use of sensitive personal information – You may request to limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive data for specific secondary purposes, including disclosure to third parties.
The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority or other relevant authority.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note, however, that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: editor@tampabaylivingmagazine.com.
12. Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
• Delete your personal information from our records; and
• Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
• Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
13. Children Under Thirteen
Tampa Bay Living does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
14. E-mail Communications
From time to time, Tampa Bay Living may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. To improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Tampa Bay Living or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Tampa Bay Living, you may opt out of such communications by Selecting the unsubscribe button at the bottom of each email or contacting editor@tampabaylivingmagazine.com.
15. Opt-Out and Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of Tampa Bay Living Magazine by contacting us. To opt out of third-party communications, contact us at: editor@tampabaylivingmagazine.com.
16. External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
17. International Transfers
Tampa Bay Living Magazine is based in the United States of America (“USA”) and our servers are located in the USA. To provide our Services to you, 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 in the USA and other countries.
Data transfers for residents of the European Union (“EU”) are subject to the regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). If you are located 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. With that in mind, we use appropriate safeguards when we transfer your information outside the EEA or UK to ensure your personal information remains protected and to comply with applicable data protection laws.
The bases, mechanisms, and measures we rely on for international transfers include:
Adequacy Decisions. When applicable, we may rely on EU or UK adequacy decisions to transfer your information outside the EEA or UK. When the relevant EU or UK authority issues an adequacy decision, that means they found the third country to offer adequate protection for personal information.
Derogations. We may transfer information based on a derogation listed in Article 49 of the GDPR. We will only do so if the transfer of information meets specific strict conditions.
Standard Contractual Clauses: We have implemented measures to protect your personal information, including by using Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information between us and our group companies and between us and our third-party providers. These clauses require all recipients to protect all personal information that they process originating from the EEA or UK in accordance with European data protection laws and regulations. Our Standard Contractual Clauses can be provided upon request. We have implemented similar appropriate safeguards with our third-party service providers and further details can be provided upon request.
Supplementary Measures. When necessary, in addition to the Standard Contractual Clauses, we may adopt technical, contractual, and organizational supplementary measures to better ensure that the level of protection guaranteed by the GDPR is not undermined by the transfer.
18. Changes to this Statement
Tampa Bay Living reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
19. Contact Information
Tampa Bay Living welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Tampa Bay Living has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Tampa Bay Living at:
Tampa Bay Living Magazine
Attention: Data Protection Officer
Tampa, Florida 33616
Email Address:
editor@tampabaylivingmagazine.com
20. How to Contact the Appropriate Authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint regarding our collection, use, and sharing of your personal information by contacting the appropriate authority, as follows:
USA. If you are located in the USA, you may file a complaint with your state’s attorney general.
EU. If you are located in the EU, Data Protection Authorities (“DPAs”) are independent public authorities that supervise the application of the data protection law through investigative and corrective powers. The DPAs provide expert advice on data protection issues and handle complaints lodged against violations of the GDPR and other relevant national laws. The main contact point for questions on data protection is the DPA in the EU Member State where you or your organization is based. You can find your National DPA here.
EEA or UK. If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here.
Switzerland. If you are located in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here.