1. Information Gathered By the Company. In general, we gather information about all of our users collectively, and not on an individual basis, for purposes such as determining which parts of our Site users access most frequently. This information helps us determine which parts of our Site are most beneficial for users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for you. We only use such data in the aggregate and anonymously. Information About You Specifically. In some instances, e.g., in the “Careers” and “Press Room” sections of the Site, we allow you to provide us with specific information about you, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number or other pertinent information. If you elect to provide us with your personal information, we may use that information to make you aware of employment opportunities with the Company, to provide you with certain of our publications or to notify you of other information regarding the Company. If you provide us with your personal information, but later change your mind, simply contact us using the information below in the section Your Rights and Choices About Your Personal Information, below. General Information Disclosure. Except as described in this Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, we do not disclose information about your individual visits to our Site, or personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, etc., to any persons or firms (please see How We Use and Share Personal Information for more). We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include hosting our Web servers, analyzing data and providing customer service. These other companies will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any third party. b. Cookies. To enhance your experience on our Site, we use a feature on your Internet browser called a “cookie”. Cookies are small files that your Web browser places on your computer’s hard drive. They are used for a variety of reasons, such as remembering usernames and passwords and preferences, tracking click streams, and for load balancing. By using cookies, we can deliver faster service, consistent, updated results, and a more personalized experience on our Site. Your browser gives you the option to reject cookies. However, setting your browser to reject cookies generally hinders the browser’s performance and will adversely affect your experience while using our Site. c. How We Use and Share Personal Information We may use or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following business purposes:
   • To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information;
   • To provide, support, personalize, and develop our Websites, products, and services;
   • To create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us;
   • To process your requests, purchases, transactions, and payments, to confirm and communicate with you about appointments and products, and to prevent transactional fraud;
   • To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses;
   • To personalize your Website experience and to deliver content and product and service offerings relevant to your interests, including targeted offers and ads through our Website, third-party sites, and via email or text message (with your consent, where required by law);
   • To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Websites, products and services, databases and other technology assets, and business;
   • For testing, research, analysis, and product development, including to develop and improve our Websites, products, and services;
   • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations;
   • As described to you when collecting your personal information;
   • To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about our users is among the assets transferred.

1. Your Rights and Choices About Your Personal Information Access to Information and Opting-Out We strive to keep your personal information accurate. We will provide you with access to your information upon request, including making reasonable efforts to provide you with online access to your information. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access or enabling you to make updates or corrections. Your California Privacy Rights You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose to you:
   • The categories of personal information we collected about you.
   • The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
   • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.
   • The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
   • The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you (also called a data portability request).
   • If we sold or disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, two separate lists disclosing:
   • sales, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient purchased; and
   • disclosures for a business purpose, identifying the personal information categories that each category of recipient obtained.

We do not disclose personal information to any third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Deletion Request Rights You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request (see section Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights), we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. We may deny your deletion request if retaining the information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:

• Complete the transaction for which we collected the personal information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
• Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
• Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act (Cal. Penal Code § 1546 et. seq.), or other data privacy or security laws.
• 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 the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
• Comply with a legal obligation.
• Make other internal and lawful uses of that information that are compatible with the context in which you provided it.

Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by:

• Sending an email to [email protected]

Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The verifiable consumer request must:

• Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative.
• Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you.

Making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request. e. California Non-Discrimination Disclosure We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your California privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act. For example, if you exercise your California privacy rights, we may not on that basis:

• Deny you goods or services.
• Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
• Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
• Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

1. Children. We do not collect information from children. Children must provide their parents’ consent before giving out personal information. Please let us know if you are concerned that your child has provided personal information to us, so that we may delete it, by contacting us using the information below.g. Concerns About Our Privacy Policy. If, at any time, you have questions or concerns about our commitment to privacy, please send email to [email protected].