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Privacy Policy

PrivacyPolicy

UpdatedMay [18], 2018

General

KVIA-TV / NPG of Texas (“KVIA” or “us” or “we”)understand your privacy is important and is committed to protecting the privacyand security of your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle personaldata collected when you use our website ( www.kvia.com) (this “Website” or our “Website”).

By submitting your personaldata to us through this website you consent to our collection, use, processing,sharing, storage, security, retention and access as described in this PrivacyPolicy.

Please refer to our Terms ofUse/Service (“Terms”) for additionalinformation.

NoChildren Under 13

This Websiteis not directed at or intended for use by children under 13 years old. We donot knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 through thisWebsite. You may be required to create an account to use certain features ofour Website, which will require you to provide your date of birth. Pleasereview our Terms foradditional information.

UsersOutside the U.S.

This Website is not directedat or intended for users outside the U.S. Please be advised that if you arelocated in the European Union or another region with laws related to datacollection and use that may differ from U.S. law, your personal data submittedthrough this Website and transferred to the U.S. may not have the same legaldata protection as in your jurisdiction. Please review our Terms for additional information.

DataWe Collect and How We Use It

We collect personal data that you provide through voluntarysubmissions via this Website, for example, by creating an account; signing upfor our emails, alerts, newsletters, promotions, and discounts; applying for ajob; registering for and participating in contests or playing online games; sharingstory ideas and or submitting news tips; submitting a comment, suggestion, orquestion to us; and requesting information from us. Such data may include yourname, email address, phone number, zip code, age/date of birth, gender, deviceIP address, geolocation data, and other data you voluntarily provide. We use this information to respond to yourinquiries and requests; to register you for and communicate with you about ourcontests/sweepstakes; to deliver email, newsletters, alerts, promotions,discounts and other information you request; to follow up on story ideas ortips you submit to us;to contact you in response to a job inquiry or a comment,suggestion or question you submitted; to enable functionality of this Website; totarget and promote sponsor products and services to you; to enable datamatching as described below; to analyze Website usage and improve our Website;and to personalize content. Our third-party service providers may collect,store and process this data for us. We also use cookies, beacons and othertracking tools as described below.

With your prior express written consent, we may also sendadvertising text messages using an autodialer to your mobile number. Subscribingto text messages is not a condition of purchasing any property, goods orservices.

Please see our Termsfor additional information.

Cookies,Beacons and Tracking

This Website uses cookies,beacons and other tracking tools. A cookie is a piece of data stored on theuser’s computer tied to data about the user. A beacon is small image placed ona website or in an email that is used to monitor the behavior of users visitingour Website. You are not required to accept these tools to use this Website. Ifyou choose not to accept cookies, beacons and/or other tracking tools, somefunctionality of this Website may not work properly.

This Website contains links toother websites, and these third-party websites may set cookies or othertracking tools on your device. We are not responsible for the cookie ortracking practices of other websites.

We may use cookies and beaconsfor these purposes:

We may use cookies and beacons to track visitors around our Website. We may use this information to analyze browsing, use and navigation patterns on our Website so that we may enhance and improve its functionality and service. We may use cookies and beacons to analyze device and location information to target specific products or services to you. We may use cookies and beacons, and personal data collected through them, for marketing and advertising purposes. These uses include but are not limited to retargeting advertising, or serving you ads, once you have left our Website and analyzing effectiveness of our promotions. Cookies are also used to facilitate data matching as described below.

DataMatching

This Website uses datamatching technology. Email addresses voluntarily submitted through our Websiteare matched with cookie data and interactions on our Website data so we maytarget or retarget content, advertising and promotions to our users.

CaliforniaDo-Not-Track Disclosure

This Website does not respondto “Do Not Track Signals.”

GoogleAnalytics

Our Website uses GoogleAnalytics, a service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies toanalyze how users use our Website. We review aggregated data provided to usthrough Google Analytics to analyze website usage and improve our Website.Google Analytics has its own privacy policy, located here. By using our Website,you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and forthe purposes described here and in the Google Analytics privacy policy.

HowWe Share Data

We will not share yourpersonal data except in the following limited circumstances:

We may collect, report, and share personal data with third parties that perform services on our behalf, for example, technical, marketing and content service providers. We may also share your personal data with third-party providers of cloud, web and/or server hosting services. We do not authorize these third parties to use your personal data except as necessary to provide services to us or for purposes authorized by us. Our website uses third-party service providers for the following purposes: (1) to conduct financial transactions on our Website, (2) to create and manage our email lists to fulfill newsletters, alerts, clubs and other purposes, (3) to conduct our online job application intake process, (4) to handle your comments and questions submitted on our Website, (5) to deliver advertisements and promotions, including behavioral pop-ups, (6) to analyze navigation and site usage patterns, (7) for data matching and behavioral marketing, (8) for contests and promotions and (9) to store and process data. These third-party service providers may collect financial and other personal data from you as authorized by us. We do not collect or store your financial data. Our service providers may provide data collected by them through this Website to us, such as reports of email addresses and personal data they collect, store and/or process for us, which we may use for marketing purposes. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these service providers or of other websites. By using our Website, you consent to the processing and handling of your personal data by our service providers in the manner and for the purposes described here and in their respective privacy policies. We do not authorize our third-party service providers to use your personal data except as necessary to provide services to us or for purposes authorized by us. Additionally, we may disclose your personal data (1) to comply with a law, regulation, or other governmental request, for example, to comply with subpoenas, court orders, legal process, or requests by law enforcement or governmental entities; (2) to investigate or defend against third-party claims against us; (3) to detect, prevent, or investigate fraud or other illegal activity or to enforce our Terms; (4) to repair or resolve technical issues in the operation of this Website; (5) to respond to a request by you to disclose the information, including your requests to allow access to your account and personal data by third-parties designated by you; (6) with your knowledge and consent; and (7) to address emergencies or acts of god. We may share your personal data as an asset of the business in the event of a sale, merger, or other business combination or transfer involving us, our parent or subsidiary entities.

Linksto Third Party Sites

This Website contains links toother websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacypractices or content of other websites. This Privacy Policy applies solely topersonal data collected by this Website (www.kvia.com) . We encourage you to be aware when youleave our Website and to read the privacy policies of other websites and onlineservices.

Securityof Personal Data

We take the security of yourpersonal data seriously. We implement commercially reasonable technical,physical, and administrative security measures to protect against the loss,misuse, unauthorized access, alteration, and destruction of personal datacollected through this Website. However,we cannot and do not guarantee that your personal data will never be accessedby an unauthorized party or otherwise breached.

Retentionof Personal Data

We will retain your personal datafor as long as we deem reasonably necessary or desirable, unless a differentretention period is required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. Wereserve the right to delete or destroy any data collected, including personal data,at any time.

Accessto Your Personal Data and How to Contact Us

If you have questions aboutthis Privacy Policy, or if you wish to correct, update, amend, or delete/removepersonal data that you have provided to us, you may contact us by email at: privacy@npgco.com.

To obtain access to yourpersonal data collected by third parties, you should follow the instructionsoutlined in the third party’s privacy policy.

Youmay choose to stop receiving our communications, alerts, or marketing emails byfollowing the unsubscribe instructions included in these emails or you maycontact us at: privacy@npgco.com.

Updatesto this Privacy Policy

We may update or change ourprivacy practices and this policy from time to time. If we update the policy,we will publish an announcement on our Website. The date at the top of this policyreflects the date of the most recent update.

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