Thursday, April 23, 2009

Urgent: GCI reserving right to disclose reader IDs based on 'business judgement' -- not just the law

Word for word from the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, last updated March 4 (circled in black). Can anyone tells us what changes were made on that date?

Please be aware that we may occasionally release information about our visitors if required to do so by law or if, in our business judgment, such disclosure is reasonably necessary: (a) to comply with legal process; (b) to enforce our Terms of Service; or (c) to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of our Site, us, our affiliates, our officers, directors, employees, representatives, our licensors, other users, and/or the public.

Your California Privacy Rights
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our customers who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, information about the personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year.

If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to:

Kim Jaske
Online Privacy Coordinator
Gannett Law Department
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22107

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2 comments:

  1. Is Kim Jaske...John's daughter?? Just sayin....keeping it in the family??

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  2. California users of Moms Like Me and other GCI sites using Ripple6 are in for a real eyeful when they get to see what information about them is being passed on to marketers, or used for marketing. Come to think of it, since Jim lives there, he could log onto Moms, Metromix and some of the other sites, use them for a while, then see what info GCI is divulging about him and his activities.

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