Privacy Policy for Lockwood Broadcast Group

 

Lockwood Broadcast Group, together with its Affiliates (collectively, “Lockwood”, “we”, “us”, “our”) makes available this website and related mobile sites, applications, products, advertising services, and technology, (collectively, the “properties”) including news, weather and information, products and services available regardless of the device used to access such Properties. Our properties include KAKE.com, KTEN.com, WPGXFox28.com, WTNZFox43.com, WFXG.com,  SKY4TV.com, WDFXFox34.com, CBS19News.com, and others. 

 

The section titled “Additional Privacy Information for Certain Jurisdictions” below provides information about our compliance with applicable U.S. state privacy laws (“Applicable Privacy Laws”).

•   If you are a resident of California, the “California Notice at Collection” and “Additional information for California Residents” subsections contain further information about our handling of your data and your data subject rights. 

•   If you are a non-California resident the subsection below titled, “Additional Information for Residents of States with Applicable Privacy Laws” includes information about privacy rights you may have under other state privacy laws

Table of Contents

• Personal Information We Collect
• Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies
• How We Use Personal Information
• How We Share Personal Information
• Additional Privacy Information for Certain Jurisdictions
• California Notice at Collection
• Additional Information for California Residents
• Additional Information for Residents of States with Applicable Privacy Laws
• Third Party Services
• Non-United States Users
• Data Security
• Updates to this Privacy Policy
• Contact Us

Personal Information We Collect

 

The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with us

. We collect information about you from different sources and in various ways when you interact with us , including (i) information you provide directly, (ii) information collected automatically, (iii) information collected from third-party data sources, and (iv) data we infer or generate from other data.

Information you provide directly. We collect personal information you provide to us. For example, we collect your:

• Identifiers. Name, email address, postal address, phone number, and fax number.
• Commercial Information. Credit card numbers and other payment information (if you make a payment).
• Professional or employment-related information. Current employer and business contact information.

Information collected automatically. When you visit our properties, some information may be collected automatically, for example:

• Internet or other electronic network activity. Device operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times, browser type and language, the website you visited before our site, and information collected via cookies and other similar tracking technologies. More information about our use of tracking technologies is available in the “Cookies and Similar Technologies” section below.
• Geolocation Data. Depending on your browser settings, we collect geolocation data when you visit our sites.

 

Information created or generated. 

• Inferences. We may infer new information from other data we collect, including using automated means to generate information about your likely preferences or other characteristics. For example, we infer your city, state, and country location based on your IP address.

Information obtained from third-party sources. We also obtain information from third parties. Examples include the following:

• Data brokers from which we obtain demographic data to supplement the data we collect;
• Applications and services, such as social networks, that make users’ data available to others;
• Partners with which we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing and other activities; and
• Publicly available sources, such as open government databases or other data in the public domain.

 

When you are asked to provide personal information, you may decline. And you may use browser controls to prevent certain types of automatic data collection. But if you choose not to provide or allow data that is necessary for certain products or features, those products or features may not be available or function correctly.

 

Use of Cookies and Similar Technologies

 

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate our sites and to help collect data. Cookies are small text files placed on your device to store data that can be recalled by a web server in the same domain that placed the cookie. The text in a cookie often consists of a string of numbers and letters that uniquely identifies your device, but it can contain other information as well.

We use cookies on our sites to store your preferences and settings, enable you to sign-in, combat fraud, analyze how our products perform, and fulfill other legitimate purposes.

Our web pages may also contain electronic images known as web beacons (also called single-pixel gifs) that we use to help deliver cookies on our sites, count users who have visited those sites, and gather usage and performance data. We also include web beacons in our promotional email messages or newsletters to determine whether you open and act on them.

Our sites may include web beacons and cookies from third-party service providers. In some cases, that is because we have hired the third party to provide services on our behalf, such as site analytics. In other cases, it is because our web pages contain web beacons from third parties used to track interaction with and effectiveness of content (such as videos, news content) and ads. Because your browser connects to those third parties’ web servers to retrieve that content, those third parties are able to set or read their own cookies on your device and may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites or online services.

To opt-out from their collection or use of cookie data, and to learn more about their privacy practices, click on the links above.

We may also enable third parties to set and read their own cookies for advertising purposes. Many of these companies are members of associations, which provide a simple way to opt out of analytics and ad targeting, which you can access at:

NAI (http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.aspx and DAA (http://www.aboutads.info/choices/)

 

Browser cookie controls. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can go to your browser settings to learn how to delete or reject cookies. If you choose to delete or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our site. If you choose to delete cookies, settings and preferences controlled by those cookies, including advertising preferences, may be deleted and may need to be recreated.

Global Privacy Control. You may exercise your opt-out right by broadcasting an opt-out preference signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) (on the browsers and/or browser extensions that support such a signal). Please note that your request to opt-out of sale/sharing will be linked to your browser identifier only. If you use a different computer or Internet browser to access our sites, you will need to renew your opt-out request.

How We Use Personal Information

 

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

• To provide you information about our products and services;
• To fulfil our contracts and provide our products and services;
• To respond to your requests and inquiries;
• To provide you information about our new promotions, products, and services;
• To pursue our legitimate interests, such as marketing, research and development, network and information security, and fraud prevention;
• To improve our products and services;
• To debug, identify, and repair errors with our services;
• To communicate with you, such as to notify you when changes may be necessary to an agreement with you, to fulfill a request by you, or to contact you about your account or registration with us. For example, we use return email addresses to answer emails or web-based requests that we receive;
• To comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce agreements;
• To carry out other purposes that are disclosed to you and/or to which you consent; and
• To respond to comments and questions and provide customer service.

 

How We Share Personal Information

We share personal information with your consent or as necessary to complete your transactions or provide the information, products, or services you have requested or authorized. For example, when you provide payment data to make a purchase, we will share that data with service providers as necessary for payment processing.

In addition, we share personal information as follows:

• We share with subsidiaries and affiliates share common data systems and process personal information as needed to provide our products and operate our business.
• We share personal information with vendors or agents working on our behalf for the purposes described in this statement.
• We may also disclose personal information as part of a corporate transaction or proceeding such as a merger, financing, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, or at transfer, divestiture, or sale of all or a portion of our business or assets.

We will also access, transfer, disclose, and preserve personal information when we believe that doing so is necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies;
• Protect individuals visiting our properties, for example to prevent spam or attempts to commit fraud, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone;
• Operate and maintain the security of our properties, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or
• Protect the rights or property or ourselves or others, including enforcing our agreements, terms, and policies.

Finally, we may share de-identified information in accordance with applicable law.

Please note that some of our sites include references or links to products and services provided by third parties whose privacy practices differ from ours. If you provide personal information to any of those third parties, or consent to our sharing personal information with them, that data is governed by their privacy statements.

Additional Privacy Information for Certain Jurisdictions

 

Residents of certain states have additional rights under applicable privacy laws, as described in this section. If you are a resident of California, please review our California Notice at Collection provided directly below. The following subsection includes additional information about your privacy rights under applicable California privacy laws.

If you are a resident of another state that has enacted an applicable privacy law, please review the subsection entitled “Additional Information for Residents of States with Applicable Privacy Laws” below for additional information about your privacy rights under applicable state privacy laws.

The California Code of Regulations defines a “resident” as:

• Every individual who is in the state of California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and
• every individual who is domiciled in the state of California who is outside the state of California for a temporary or transitory purpose.

All other individuals are defined as “non-residents”.

California Notice at Collection

 

This Notice provides California residents with information about our collection, use, and disclosure of their personal information. Please reference the other sections of the Privacy Policy for more information about our privacy practices.

This Notice is provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as modified by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CCPA”) supplements and should be read in conjunction with this Policy. The information in this section applies solely to consumers who reside in the State of California.

Collection, Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

The chart below describes how and why we collect, use, and disclose personal information also describe how and why we have collected, used, and disclosed personal information.

Selling and Sharing of Personal Information

We may share the following categories of data with Advertising partners: 

• Identifiers, and
• Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity.

To the extent that such sharing is considered a “sale”, “sharing”, or “targeted advertising ” under applicable state law, you may limit such sharing by following the instructions found below in the section titled “Exercising Your Rights” or by contacting us as set forth in the “How to Contact Us” section below. You may also opt-out by visiting our “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” page.

Retention of Personal Information

We maintain the categories of personal information described above for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this Policy or as otherwise authorized by law. This generally means holding the information for as long as one of the following apply:

• Your personal information is reasonably necessary to manage our operations, to manage your relationship with us, or to satisfy another purpose for which we collected the information;
• Your personal information is reasonably necessary to carry out a disclosed purpose that is reasonably compatible with the context in which the personal information was collected;
• Your personal information is reasonably required to protect or defend our rights or property, which will generally relate to applicable laws that limit actions in a particular case; or
• We are otherwise required or permitted to keep your personal information by applicable laws or regulations.

 

Where personal information is used for more than one purpose, we will retain it until the purpose with the latest period expires.

Additional Information for California Residents

 

The categories of and the sources from which we collect personal information vary based on our relationship or interaction with a specific California resident and the business purpose for which the personal information is collected. Please reference the “Personal Information We Collect” and “Sources of Personal Information We Collect” sections for more information about these practices. Details regarding how we may share your personal information is available in the “How We Disclose Personal Information” section above.

California Consumer Rights

Subject to certain exceptions, as a California resident, you have the following rights to your personal information:

Right to Know and Access: Request access to your personal information that we have collected, used, disclosed, or sold about you, including:

• The categories of personal information we have collected about you, including:
• The categories of sources from which the personal information was collected;
• Our business or commercial purposes for collecting or disclosing personal information;
• The categories of recipients to which we disclose personal information; and
• The categories of personal information that we disclosed for a business purpose, and for each category identified, the categories of recipients to which we disclosed that particular category of personal information; or
• The specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.

 

Right to Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain limitations. If you ask to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as but not limited 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.
• Exercise free speech to 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 seq.).
• 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.

 

Right to Correction: You have the right to request that we correct personal information we maintain about you that you believe is inaccurate.

Right to Opt-out of Sales and Sharing: You have the right to opt-out of your personal information being shared for purposes of targeted advertising.

Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal information: We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information in any way that is governed by the CCPA.

Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of Rights: You have the right to be free from unlawful discrimination for exercising your rights under the CCPA. We will not discriminate against you based upon your exercising your rights with respect to your personal information.

Exercising Your Rights

If you are a California resident and wish to exercise any of these rights, you can contact us by completing this form or by calling us at 804.672.6565.

When submitting your request, you must provide sufficient information that allows us to verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or their authorized agent. This information includes your first and last name, email address, and billing address. When submitting your request, please provide sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate and respond to the request. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. If we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud prevention purposes. 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 that the personal information relates to you.

Authorized Agents

You have the right to designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf to exercise your rights under the CCPA. In order to do so, we must verify your identity, and your authorized agent must have written permission from you. We reserve the right to deny a request from an agent that does not submit proof that they are authorized to act on your behalf.

Response Timing

We will attempt to respond to a verifiable consumer request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require more time, we will inform you of the reason and the necessary extension period in writing.

Additional Information for Residents of States with Applicable Privacy Laws

 

Residents of certain U.S. states other than California have the right to receive disclosures regarding a business’ processing of “personal information”, as defined under Applicable Privacy Law. Residents of these states may have unique rights with respect to our processing of such personal information. To the extent you are a resident of a state with such a privacy law, and we collect, use or disclose personal information subject to your state’s privacy law, this section of our Policy applies. For more information about the personal information we collect, use and disclose, please see “Personal Information We Collect,” “How We Use Personal Information,” and “How We Disclose Personal Information” sections in this Policy.

Consumer Rights

Under Applicable Privacy Law, you have the following rights:

• Right to Access: You have the right to confirm whether or not we are processing your personal information and to access such personal information. 

 

• Right of Portability: You may have the right to obtain a copy of the personal information that you previously provided to us in a format of our choosing as long as it is accessible and machine readable. 

• Right to Delete: You have the right to ask us to delete certain personal information we have collected about you. 

 

• Right to Correction: You have the right to ask us to correct inaccuracies in the personal information we have collected. 

• Right to Opt-out of Sale: A “sale” includes disclosing or making available personal information to a third party in exchange for money. We do not “sell” personal information as defined under Applicable Privacy Laws; thus, this right is not available consumers at this time. 

 

• Right to Opt-out of Targeted Advertising: You have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal information if it is used for targeted advertising. Applicable state privacy laws may provide the right to opt out of the processing of personal information for decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.

Exercising Your Rights

If you are a resident of a state that has enacted an applicable privacy law and wish to exercise any of these rights you can contact us by completing this form or by calling us at 804.672.6565.

Verification Process

We may request that you provide additional information reasonably necessary to verify you and your consumer’s request. If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identify before processing your request. If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your rights, we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.

Response Timing

Upon receiving your request, we will attempt to respond within 45 days. The response period may be extended when reasonably necessary. We will inform you of any such extension within 45 days of receiving your request, together with the reason for the extension.

Right to Appeal

If we decline to take action regarding your request, we will inform you of our decision and reasoning behind it. If you wish to appeal our decision, please e-mail us at privacy@lockwoodbroadcast.com. Within 60 days of receipt of an appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reason(s) for the decision. If your appeal is denied, you may contact your state’s Attorney General to submit a complaint related to the denial.

 

Third Party Services

Our site uses YouTube. When customers use our platform to provide certain functionality as part of our services we also allow customers to use YouTube API services subject to our Agreements and YouTube’s Terms of Service (https://www.youtube.com/t/terms), including to allow third parties to serve content and advertising on sites we manage for you (Customer Sites). The YouTube API service stores, accesses or collects (or allows third parties to do so) information directly or indirectly on or from the device and browser of personnel users of our customers and of visitors to Customer Sites, including by placing, accessing or recognizing cookies or similar technology on such devices or browsers. The YouTube API also collects analytics and reporting data, including number of views for a video, the number of channels for a subscriber, or the number of videos in a playlist. We may use this data for YouTube videos on our site and on behalf of our customers in connection with Customer Sites. Google may use this data in accordance with the privacy policy at Google Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy. We expect our customers to post a privacy notice to visitors of Customer Sites describing this data collection and use including a link to the Google Privacy Policy.

Additionally, for data collected and used by the YouTube API services, users can review and revoke access to their data via the Google security settings page at https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions. We also expect our customers to disclose this choice in their privacy notice to visitors of Customer Sites

International Users

Our properties are not directed at or intended for users outside the United States. Please be advised that if you are located in the European Union or another region with laws related to data collection and use that may differ from United States law, your personal information submitted through the properties and transferred to the United States may not have the same legal data protection as in your jurisdiction.

We make no claim that our properties appropriate for use outside of the United States. Access to our properties may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access our properties from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with laws of your jurisdiction.

Data Security

 We take reasonable and appropriate steps to help protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

To help us protect personal information, we request that you use a strong password and never share your password with anyone or use the same password with other sites or accounts. If we need, or are required, to contact you concerning any event that involves your personal information, we may do so by e-mail, telephone, or mail.

 

Updates to this Privacy Policy

 We may update this Policy from time to time when necessary to reflect changes in our products, how we use personal information, or the applicable law. When we make changes to the statement, they will become effective when posted, and we will change the “Last Updated” date at the top of the statement.  If we make material changes to the statement, we will provide notice or obtain consent regarding such changes as may be required by law.

 

Contact Us

If you have a privacy concern, complaint, request, or questions for Lockwood Broadcast Group, please contact us at privacy@lockwoodbroadcast.com.    

Our address is 3914 Wistar Rd, Richmond, VA 23228. Phone: 804.672.6565