1. Policy
This Privacy
Policy is a part of the Site’s Terms and Conditions which is binding on all
Site users including users of websites operated by a television station in the
Nexstar family. The policy
of Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (“Nexstar”)is to
respect and protect the privacy of our users. Nexstar includes as part of its mission, the constant effort to build
users’ trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting fair information
practices. To fulfill this mission, Nexstar
agrees to exercise reasonable precautions to maintain the confidentiality of
information provided by you in connection with accessing and using the Sites. Because we gather certain types of personally
identifiable information (“Personal Information”) from users of our websites,
we feel you should know how we collect, use, disclose, manage, and store the
Personal Information that you may voluntarily provide us and the Personal
Information that is collected passively through the use of cookies or image tags
on our websites. Nexstar agrees to post
prominently and in plain language its specific privacy policies. This Privacy Policy sets forth Nexstar’s current policies and practices
with respect to nonpublic personal information of the users of the Sites. Your continued participation on
these Sites indicates your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and of the
collection, use, disclosure, management and storage of your Personal Information
as described below.
2. Collection and Use of Information
Generally, you may browse a Site without providing any
Personal Information. We do not collect
personal information about individuals except when specifically and knowingly
provided by such individuals. The Sites
provide certain activities where we gather Personal Information from users of
the Sites, such as an activity that requires that a user complete a
registration process and receive/select a “user name” and password. Registration to participate in these Site
activities may require the submission of your email address, zip code, date of
birth and other Personal Information. Other Personal Information that may be submitted include your full name,
postal address, gender, industry you work in, occupation/role, household income,
and preferred news source, to name a few. You will also have the ability to opt-in to additional subscription
services, such as email news alerts, and promotional and marketing information
to be received directly from our Advertisers.
Unless otherwise provided in a separate registration page,
we do not request contact information for a mobile phone, text messaging or any
wireless device that includes a domain name address (such as
“wireless.bellsouth.com”) as part of the contact information. Federal law prohibits the sending of
commercial email messages directly to a wireless device that uses a domain
name, unless you have first given your affirmative consent. We may inadvertently collect a wireless
device number that includes a domain name when you send us an inquiry or
register for a contest or membership club. However, we will not knowingly use that contact information for sending
commercial email. We reserve the right
to respond to user inquiries or requests sent via a wireless device that uses a
domain name as such messages are not deemed to be commercial email and
therefore, are not regulated by Federal law.
We use your Personal Information to provide you with the
features, services, or goods you request and to respond to billing and/or other
such questions related to Nexstar or Sites. We will also use your Personal Information to notify you about updates,
new features, programming and activities on behalf of Nexstar, the Sites, or
our Advertisers that may be of interest to you.
We may also use your information for hiring, operational and
business purposes, or to find out how we can improve our company and Sites via
surveys or online tracking mechanisms. We use aggregate Personal Information collected directly during the
registration process and via cookies to help us evaluate and modify existing
services and features, as well as provide demographic and geographic
information to Advertisers. (For more
information on “cookies” and our policy on the use of cookies see below). We also use your Personal Information to
develop new services and features that may be of interest to you.
3. Disclosure of Information
We will not sell, exchange, rent, lease or otherwise
disclose your Personal Information or sensitive personal information to any
third party without your consent. However, Nexstar may disclose personal information in special cases: (1)
when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to
identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing
injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the
rights of Nexstar or to anyone that could be harmed by such activities; (2)
when we believe in good faith that the law requires it; (3) to any affiliate or
to any third party who may acquire Nexstar; and (4) in situations involving
threats to the physical safety of any person.
4. How You Can Review or Correct Your Personal Information
You may contact Nexstar at PrivacyAdministrator@nexstar.tv
to ask if we are keeping personal information about you. If we do have personal information about you,
we will provide you with a readable copy of such personal information at no
charge. Factual errors in your personal
information, including out-of-date information, can be corrected by sending us
a request that credibly shows our error.
5. Information-Sharing Disclosure Request
You may request a Notice of
Information-Sharing Disclosure which will identify the third parties with
whom Nexstar has shared the information we have collected from you. You may request the Notice of Information-Sharing
Disclosure by writing us at Privacy
Administrator, Nexstar Broadcasting Group, 909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite 1450, Irving, TX 75039.
You may also send us your Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure request via
e-mail at PrivacyAdministrator@nexstar.tv or by
telephone at (972) 373-8800. We will
respond to your request for a Notice of Information-Sharing Disclosure within
thirty (30) days of receipt.
6. Opt-Out Procedures
You may always opt-out of receiving communications from us. To remove any personal information from our
database or to not receive future e-mail communications from Nexstar, send an
e-mail to PrivacyAdministrator@nexstar.tv with the word “remove” in the subject line. Further, if you do not want your personal
information shared with third parties in the manner discussed in Section 3,
“Disclosure of Information,” please notify Nexstar by telephone at (972)
373-8800, by e-mail to
PrivacyAdministrator@nexstar.tv or
at the following address:
Privacy Administrator
Nexstar Broadcasting Group.
909 Lake Carolyn Parkway, Suite 1450
Irving, TX 75039
7. Security of Information
You can be assured that personal information collected
through the Sites is secure and is maintained in a manner consistent with
current industry standards. The
importance of security for all personal information associated with our
subscribers is of utmost concern to us. Your personal information is protected in several ways. Your personal information resides on a secure
server that only selected Nexstar employees and contractors have access to via
password. We encrypt your personal
information and thereby prevent unauthorized parties from viewing such
information when it is transmitted to us.
In order to most efficiently serve you, credit card
transactions and order fulfillment are handled by established third-party
banking, processing agents and distribution institutions. They receive the information needed to verify
and authorize your credit card or other payment information and to process and
ship your order. Financial transactions
related to your purchases from Nexstar are handled by VeriSign Inc. (http://www.verisign.com/)
and LaSalle Bank (
http://www.lasallebank.com/prospect.html). Information relating to your financial
transactions will not be maintained on Nexstar servers. Please visit the websites of VeriSign Inc. (http://www.verisign.com/)
and LaSalle Bank (http://www.lasallebank.com/prospect.html) to familiarize
yourself with its terms and conditions and with its privacy policies.
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 of the Internet which are
beyond our control; (b) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all
information and data exchanged between you and us through a Site cannot be
guaranteed; and (c) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered
with in transit by a third party.
8. Cookies
You should be aware that non-personal information and data
may be automatically collected on the Sites through the use of “cookies.” “Cookies” are small text files (no larger
than 4k) stored as text on a computer hard drive. Websites can use “cookies” to recognize repeat
visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the site, and
allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow
content improvements. “Cookies” are not
programs that come onto a visitor’s system and damage files. The use of “cookies” is common in the
Internet industry, and many major websites use them to provide useful features
to their customers. Generally “cookies”
work by assigning a unique number to the visitor that has no meaning outside
the assigning site. If a visitor does
not want information collected through the use of “cookies”, there is a simple
procedure in most browsers that allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie
feature. Nexstar uses “cookie”
technology but only to obtain non-personal information from online visitors in
order to improve their online experience and facilitate their visit within the
Sites.
9. Links to Third Party Websites
The Sites may contain links to the websites of third parties
not affiliated with Nexstar, including without limitation, VeriSign Inc. and
LaSalle Bank, an affiliate of ABN AMRO Bank, N.V. You understand, acknowledge and agree that
these links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an
endorsement by the Sites or Nexstar of the content, advertising or business
practices. Nexstar is
NOT
responsible for the privacy practices or the content on any of these other
websites, including any sites that may indicate a special relationship or
“partnership” with Nexstar. Nexstar does not disclose unique identifiers to those
responsible for the linked sites. The
linked sites, however, may collect personal information from you when you link
to their site. This collecting of
information is not subject to the control of Nexstar. To ensure protection of your privacy, always
review the privacy policies of the sites you visit by linking from the Sites.
10. Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially
important. We never collect or maintain
information at the Sites from persons we know to be under age 13, and no part
of our Sites is designed to attract anyone under age 13. Please do not communicate with or contact us
if you are under age 13. By your
participation in our Site activities, you certify that you are at least 13
years of age and meet any other eligibility requirements of the Sites.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
Nexstar may revise this Privacy Policy over time as new
features are added to the Sites or as Internet law and standards evolve. We will post those changes prominently but we
do recommend that you read this Privacy Policy each time you visit the Sites. Changes will not apply retroactively to personal information that was
collected before the changes to the Privacy Policy, except as may be required
by law.
Effective Date: October 10, 2006