This Privacy Policy describes what information RLJ Entertainment, an operating division AMC Networks Inc., and its United States-based affiliate and subsidiary companies (together, “RLJE” or “we” and sometimes “us”) collect about you and why, how we use and share that information, and the choices we offer.
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is incorporated into the RLJE Terms of Service, and applies to information that we collect when you sign up for, use, access, download or otherwise interact with any RLJE applications, mobile applications, games, sweepstakes, products, services, or websites and anywhere else where this policy is posted, including applications we make available on third party sites or platforms, if disclosed to you in connection with your use of the application (collectively, “Services”), as well as when we collect information from other parties or from you at conferences or other offline interactions. If you disagree with the terms of this Policy, please do not use the Services.
We may change this Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by posting the updated policy and revising the “Effective Date” above. Use of the Services after the posted Effective Date means you accept the current version of the Policy, including any changes made prior to the posted Effective Date. If we make any material changes to this Policy, we will also notify you by email or by means of a notice on the Services. We encourage you to review the Policy whenever you use our Services to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.
We collect the following categories of information about you:
We use the information we collect to serve you and improve your experience with our Services. Some examples include:
We disclose information in the following circumstances
With your consent: We may share or disclose your information if you ask or authorize us to do so.
Among group companies: We may share your information with our affiliated and subsidiary companies and joint venture partners for the purposes of processing, analyzing or storing your information or otherwise as needed to provide the Services to you or achieve other purposes for which we collect information, in each case, consistent with the terms of this Policy.
With service providers: We engage third party service providers to perform a variety of services and functions for us, such as data storage, transmitting emails, and managing digital content. We may share your information with such service providers subject to confidentiality obligations consistent with this Policy and on the condition that the service providers use your information only on our behalf and pursuant to our instructions.
Information shared via third party social buttons, widgets and other embedded content: Some of our Services carry embedded content controlled by third parties for services such as social sharing, commenting and displaying video or images. When you interact with these services they may collect information from and about you and your interaction with their content, including the URL of the web page you are visiting. This activity will be subject to the privacy policy of and your settings for the third party network or service. Please be aware that they may track your activity, including through the use of cookies or similar technology, without you needing to interact with them. If this concerns you, ensure you log out of their services before using ours.
To comply with legal requirements and to protect you, us, and others: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Policy, we reserve the right to retain and disclose your information at our discretion if we believe in good faith that such retention and disclosure is necessary to: (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas, warrants or similar process served on us; (b) protect and defend our rights or property, you, or third parties; or (c) ensure the safety and security of our Services, systems and of our customers and third parties.
In connection with a business transfer: In the event we go through a business transition such as a merger, acquisition by another company, bankruptcy, reorganization or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Policy and that the new entity may continue to process your information as set forth in this Policy.
If the information has been aggregated, de-identified or otherwise does not identify you personally: We may share or disclose information that has been aggregated, de-identified, otherwise does not identify you or information that you choose to make public, such as your public user profile information. For example, we may develop information concerning the Services’ users, using de-identification processes to help ensure that such information cannot reasonably be re-associated or connected with you as an individual. This Policy does not limit our use or disclosure of de-identified information (i.e., information from which your name and any other personally identifying information has been removed) in any way, and we reserve the right to use and disclose such information to our partners, advertisers and any other third parties at our discretion.
If you do not agree or do not consent to the disclosure of your information in any manner described above, you should not use the Services.
We disclose the following categories of personal information for the operational business purposes discussed above:
You may opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from us. To find out more about our advertising and how to opt out, please see our Cookies Policy. You may also choose to block cookies. Learn more about cookies, how we use them and how to block them by reviewing our Cookies Policy.
You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you for marketing purposes. When you receive promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further promotional communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the promotional e-mail you receive or by contacting us directly at support@acorn.tv. Despite your indicated e-mail marketing preferences, we may still send you relationship and/or transactional e-mails regarding the Services, including, for example, administrative confirmations and notices of updates to our Policy, if we choose to provide such notices to you in this manner.
If you access the Services through a mobile device and you do not want your device to provide us with location-tracking information, do not agree to allow your device to share this information with us or disable the GPS or other location-tracking functions on your device, provided your device allows you to do this. Your device manufacturer should provide instructions on how to disable GPS or other location-tracking functions. If you initially consent to the collection of location information, you can subsequently stop our collection of location information at any time by changing the preferences on your mobile device or by uninstalling the application from your mobile device by following the standard uninstall process to remove applications from your device.
If you are a resident of California, please review the California Rights section below for additional information.
We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as necessary to provide the relevant Service to you or for so as long as reasonably required to satisfy the purpose for which you submitted the information.
Links to third party websites may be available through the Services. Clicking on such advertisements and links will direct you to the website or application of a third party. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. Any information you provide via those sites is subject to the privacy policies on those websites and is not covered by this Policy. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of each and every website you visit or application you use. This Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Services and does not apply to third party websites or applications. The ability to access third party information from the Services and to link to other websites and locations from the Services is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such third parties, their products, their services, their websites and locations or the content they make available on the Services or on their websites and locations.
We are committed to protecting the security of your information. We use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. These measures vary based on the sensitivity of the information that we collect.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and devices. Be sure to close your application after using our Services.
Even though we have taken significant steps to protect your information, no company, including us, can fully eliminate security risks associated with information. We cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent every unauthorized attempt to access, use, or disclose your information.
You may have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you that identifies you personally. If you live outside of California and would like a copy of some or all of this information, please contact us at support@acorn.tv. If you live in California, please refer to the California Rights section below for more information. Where permitted by law, we may charge a reasonable fee for this service. We want to make sure that your information is accurate and up-to-date. You may ask us to correct or to remove information that you think is inaccurate. We also provide you with tools and account settings to access or modify some of the information you provided to us and associated with your account.
RLJE does not direct its Services to children under the age of thirteen (13) and does not knowingly collect information from such children. We require all users of the Services to be at least thirteen (13) years old. If we obtain actual knowledge that a user is under the age of thirteen (13), we will promptly delete all information associated with such account. By using the Services, you are representing that you are at least thirteen (13) years old.
California law grants its residents certain rights regarding the collection and use of their personal data. Subject to certain limitations, California residents have the right to:
This Policy and all disputes arising hereunder or relating hereto shall be governed by, and will be construed under, the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A., without regard to choice of law principles. Those who choose to access the Services from locations outside the United States do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws if and to the extent local laws are applicable. RLJE may limit the website’s availability, in whole or in part, concerning any person, geographic area or jurisdiction, at any time in its sole discretion.
Our services are intended only for individuals located in the United States and Canada. If you visit our Services or contact us from outside of the United States, please be advised that (1) any information you provide to us or that we automatically collect will be stored or otherwise processed in the United States and may be transferred to other jurisdictions; (2) that by using our Services or submitting information to us, you agree to such processing and transfer; and (3) U.S. law may not offer the same privacy protections as those in your country.
If you have questions or concerns about our Policy, please contact us at: support@acorn.tv.