Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 14, 2025

The following provisions apply to information Topix Media Lab LLC and/or its affiliates (“Topix”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects or obtains from you when you visit or use our website, our services, applications we make available on third-party sites or platforms, and our other offerings (each a “Site,” or collectively the “Sites”). This Privacy Policy applies to any Site that links directly to this policy. By accessing and/or using a Site, you agree to be bound by the provisions of this Privacy Policy.

These provisions may be changed from time to time and without notice, at Topix’s sole discretion and as provided by applicable law. You should check this Privacy Policy frequently for any such changes, but in any case your continued access or use of the Sites shall constitute acceptance of any modifications of the Privacy Policy. Topix’s use of information gathered or obtained now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time of such use.

General

The Site is intended to be interesting and useful to visitors of all ages. Topix values the privacy and safety of children (and adults) who may visit the Sites. If you are under age 13, you must obtain your parent or guardian’s consent before providing any personal information to a Site. This Privacy Policy explains what you need to do. If you are a child under age 13 and have questions about these Terms, or anything else on the Sites, please ask your parent or guardian for help.

What We Collect

Information You Give Us: Topix receives and stores any information you enter on the Sites (for example, when you register with a Site or participate in contests, events or promotions) or provide in any other manner, including via e-mail. This may include your personally identifiable information, such as your name, e-mail address, home address, phone number or other personally-identifiable information (“Personal Information”). Topix may also collect general demographic information, such as your age, hobbies, and other preferences. Topix will only collect personal information reasonably necessary to comply with your requests and with Topix’s legitimate business interests. Of course, you can choose not to provide such information, but you might not be able to access certain sections of the Site or use certain services. Topix uses the information that you provide for such purposes as facilitating your use of the Sites, responding to your requests for information, improving the products and services we offer, and communicating with you regarding special events, news, announcements and other topics.

Children Under Age 13: We do not knowingly collection information from children. On some Sites, we may ask you to provide us with your age information. If you indicate you are under age 13, Topix will (i) collect no or limited personal information (e.g., persistent identifier and/or email address only) from you; (ii) inform you that your parent or guardian’s verifiable consent is required; and/or (iii) collect the email address of your parent or guardian. We may use the parent or guardian’s email address to seek verifiable consent or notify the parent or guardian of your online activities and enable them to unsubscribe you from a newsletter or other similar activity. If you are under age 13, we will not condition your participation in an online activity on the disclosure of more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in the activity.

Resumes: Your personal information contained in any resume or application for employment you submit to the Site will be used solely for the purpose of evaluating you for possible job openings with Topix and/or its affiliates, and for responding to your requests for information regarding such openings.

Information You Provide Through Social Media: You can engage with some of our content and offerings on or through third-party communities, forums, and social media sites, platforms, services, plug-ins, and applications (“Social Media Sites”). When you link to or interact with our Sites, content, or offerings through Social Media Sites, you may allow us to receive certain information from your social media account (e.g., name, user ID, email address, profile photo, photos and videos, gender, birthday, location, your friends and their contact details, people you follow and/or who follow you, posts, ‘likes’, and other user-generated content). We may also receive information from your interaction with our content (e.g., content viewed and information about advertisements you may have been shown or have clicked on). By providing this information, or otherwise interacting with our Sites through Social Media Sites, you consent to our use of information from the Social Media Sites in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Automated Information Collection: Topix receives and stores certain types of information whenever you visit the Site. In addition to information you provide, we may collect the name of the domain and host from which you access the Internet; the IP address of the computer you are using; the browser and operating system you are using; the date and time you access the Site; and the Internet address of the website from which you linked to the Site. We use “cookies” to automatically gather some of this information. A cookie is a small text file that Topix’s system sends to your computer to collect information about your activities on the Site. The cookie transmits this information back to the Site each time your browser requests a page from the Site, and the information is stored to help facilitate your use of the Site the next time you visit. If you do not want to receive cookies from the site, you can set your browser to not accept cookies.

How We Use Information

We use the information you provide and we collect to:

Administer the Site and diagnose problems with our server;
Verify your identity;
Provide you with information about the Site and Topix and our products and services;
Communicate with you to notify you when you win one of our contests or sweepstakes or when we make changes to our policies or user agreements;
Fulfill your requests for our products, programs, services and content;
Provide or analyze your use of our products, programs, services and content;
Facilitate sharing and other interactions with Social Media Sites;
Provide, develop, maintain, personalize, protect, and improve your experience and our offerings; and
Measure the number of visitors to the Site and how the Site is used, in order to make the Site as useful as possible to our visitors.

Sharing Information

We do not share information collected or obtained from you with any third parties, except as described herein. If you choose to submit content for publication online or in other forums, we may publish your screen name or username and any other information you have provided to us on our Sites, the Internet or elsewhere. In addition, we may disclose information when you provide us with your consent to do so. Organizations that perform services for us may have access to information to help carry out the services they are performing for us, such as, but not limited to, creation, maintenance, hosting, and delivery of our Sites, products, and services, conduct marketing, handle payments, email and order fulfillment, administer contests, conduct research and analytics, protect our rights and the rights of others, prevent fraud, illegal activities, or violations of our terms of use or other rules, or provide customer service.

Links

The Site may contain links to other sites. These links are for the convenience of visitors to the Site only, and Topix makes no representations whatsoever regarding such other sites. You should review the privacy policies of other sites carefully before providing any information to such sites. Topix is not responsible for the privacy policies or procedures or the content of any other site.

Security

Topix has reasonable security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information under Topix’s control. However, no security measures are perfect, and we cannot assure you that Personal Information that we collect will never be accessed or used in an unauthorized way.

Subpoenas

Topix does not disclose the identities of visitors or users of the Site unless legally required to do so. We will respond to any subpoena received from a government agency (i.e., the Securities and Exchange Commission or law enforcement agencies) without prior notice to you. Unless prohibited by law or by a valid court order, we will notify you of any subpoena received from any other party (i.e., for civil litigation) which requires us to disclose your identity, and will wait ten (10) days, or a lesser amount of time as required by the deadline in the subpoena, before providing the information requested by the subpoena.

Change of Control

We may transfer information in the event of a business transaction, such as if we or one of our business units or our relevant assets are acquired by, sold to, or merged with another company or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or a business reorganization.

Opt-Out

If you want your name removed from Topix’s database or to change or modify any of your information collected by Topix, you may do so by:

Choosing to “opt-out” prior to submitting any information;
Sending an email to info@topixmedia.com
By mail to the following address:

Topix Media Lab LLC
c/o Opt-Out
47 Ronald Reagan Boulevard
Warwick, NY 10990

In addition, if you are registered with the Site, you may access, review, and/or correct your Personal Information, or request that we remove your information from Topix’s database by sending your request to the second or third contact option set forth above. Please include your screen name and/or the email address you used when you registered, so that Topix can verify your request. You may also have certain additional rights:

a. If you are a user in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, you have certain rights under the respective European and UK General Data Protection Regulations (“GDPR”). Please visit the European and US State Privacy Rights section below, which provides this additional privacy information and explains those additional rights.

b. Some US states, such as California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and Virginia, require us to inform their residents about additional privacy information and rights. Please visit the European and US State Privacy Rights section below, which provides this additional privacy information an explains those additional rights.

c. If you wish to exercise your rights under the GDPR, CCPA or other applicable data protection or privacy laws, please contact us at the address provided below, specify your request, and reference the applicable law. We may ask you to verify your identity or ask for more information about your request. We will consider an act upon any above request in accordance with applicable law. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

Conditions of Use

Your access and use of the Site is subject to this Privacy Policy and to the Terms of Use.

Contacting the Site

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or the Site, please contact:

Topix Media Lab LLC c/o Privacy
47 Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Warwick, NY 10990

EUROPEAN AND US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

Section effective as of: January 1, 2023

We are required by the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) to provide to California residents an explanation of how we collect, use and share their Personal Information, and of the rights and choices we offer to California residents with respect to that Personal Information. For purposes of this section, “Personal Information” has the meaning given in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.

Personal information that we collect, use and share. We outlined in the Privacy Policy all of the steps that we take to collect, use and share your information.

Your California privacy rights. The CCPA grants California residents the following rights. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law.

Information. You can request information about how we have collected, used and shared and used your Personal Information during the past 12 months.
- The categories of Personal Information that we have collected.
- The categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information.
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting and/or selling Personal Information.
- The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information.
- Whether we have disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.
- Whether we’ve sold your Personal Information, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.
Access. You can request a copy of the Personal Information that we have collected about you during the past 12 months.
Limit. You can ask us to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information collected about you.
Correct. You can ask us to correct inaccurate Personal Information that we have collected about you.
Deletion. You can ask us to delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you.

You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination in the form of legally prohibited increases in the price or decreases in the quality of our Service.

We do not currently engage in interest-based advertising. We have provided additional information about how you can opt-out of uses of your information in the Privacy Policy.

How to exercise your California rights. You may exercise your California privacy rights described above as follows:

Right to information, access and deletion. You can request to exercise your information, access and deletion rights by emailing info@topixmedia.com. We reserve the right to confirm your California residence to process your requests and will need to confirm your identity to process your requests to exercise your information, access or deletion rights. As part of this process, government identification may be required. Consistent with California law, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. In order to designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, you must provide a valid power of attorney, the requester’s valid government-issued identification, and the authorized agent’s valid government issued identification. We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.
Request a list of third party marketers. California’s “Shine the Light” law (California Civil Code § 1798.83) allows California residents to ask companies with whom they have formed a business relationship primarily for personal, family or household purposes to provide certain information about the companies’ sharing of certain personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding year (if any). You can submit such a request by sending an email to info@topixmedia.com with “Shine the Light” in the subject line. The request must include your current name, street address, city, state, and zip code and attest to the fact that you are a California resident.

We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.

To appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights, you may email us at info@topixmedia.com.

NOTICE TO COLORADO RESIDENTS

Section effective as of: July 1, 2023

We are required by Colorado law to provide to Colorado residents an explanation of how we collect, use and share their Personal Information, and of the rights and choices we offer to Colorado residents with respect to that Personal Information. For purposes of this section, “Personal Information” has the meaning given in Colorado law.

Personal information that we collect, use and share. We outlined in the Privacy Policy all of the steps that we take to collect, use and share your information.

Your Colorado privacy rights. Colorado law provides Colorado residents the following rights. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law.

Information. You can request information about how we have collected, used and shared and used your Personal Information during the past 12 months.

The categories of Personal Information that we have collected.
The categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information.
The business or commercial purpose for collecting and/or selling Personal Information.
The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information.
Whether we have disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.
Whether we’ve sold your Personal Information, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.

Access. You can request a copy of the Personal Information that we have collected about you during the past 12 months.
Correct. You can ask us to correct inaccurate Personal Information that we have collected about you.
Deletion. You can ask us to delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you.
Opt Out. You have the right to “opt out” of “targeted advertising” and the “sale” of your “personal data” (as defined under Colorado law)

You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination in the form of legally prohibited increases in the price or decreases in the quality of our Service.

How to exercise your Colorado rights. You may exercise your Colorado privacy rights described above as follows:

Right to access, correct and delete. You can request to exercise your access, correction, and deletion rights by emailing info@topixmedia.com. We reserve the right to confirm your Colorado residence to process your requests and will need to confirm your identity to process your requests to exercise your access, correction, or deletion rights. As part of this process, government identification may be required. Consistent with Colorado law, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. An authorized agent must have your signed permission to submit a request on your behalf or provide proof that they have power of attorney in accordance with applicable law. Before completing requests from authorized agents, we may contact you directly to confirm you’ve given your permission and/or to verify your identity.
Request to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising or the Sale of Personal Data. You can request to “opt out” of “targeted advertising” or the “sale” of your “personal data” by emailing info@topixmedia.com. Consistent with Colorado law, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. An authorized agent must have your signed permission to submit a request on your behalf or provide proof that they have power of attorney in accordance with applicable law. Before completing requests from authorized agents, we may contact you directly to confirm you’ve given your permission and/or to verify your identity.

We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.

To appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights, you may email us at info@topixmedia.com.

NOTICE TO CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS

Section effective as of: July 1, 2023

We are required by Connecticut law to provide to Connecticut residents an explanation of how we collect, use and share their Personal Information, and of the rights and choices we offer to Connecticut residents with respect to that Personal Information. For purposes of this section, “Personal Information” has the meaning given in Connecticut law.

Personal information that we collect, use and share. We outlined in the Privacy Policy all of the steps that we take to collect, use and share your information.

Your Connecticut privacy rights. Connecticut law provides Connecticut residents the following rights. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law.

Information. You can request information about how we have collected, used and shared and used your Personal Information during the past 12 months.

The categories of Personal Information that we have collected.
The categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information.
The business or commercial purpose for collecting and/or selling Personal Information.
The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information.
Whether we have disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.
Whether we’ve sold your Personal Information, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.

Access. You can request a copy of the Personal Information that we have collected about you during the past 12 months.
Correct. You can ask us to correct inaccurate Personal Information that we have collected about you.
Deletion. You can ask us to delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you.
Opt Out. You have the right to “opt out” of “targeted advertising” and the “sale” of your “personal data” (as defined under Connecticut law)

How to exercise your Connecticut rights. You may exercise your Connecticut privacy rights described above as follows:

Right to access, correct and delete. You can request to exercise your access, correction, and deletion rights by emailing info@topixmedia.com. We reserve the right to confirm your Connecticut residence to process your requests and will need to confirm your identity to process your requests to exercise your access, correction, or deletion rights. As part of this process, government identification may be required. Consistent with Connecticut law, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. An authorized agent must have your signed permission to submit a request on your behalf or provide proof that they have power of attorney in accordance with applicable law. Before completing requests from authorized agents, we may contact you directly to confirm you’ve given your permission and/or to verify your identity.
Request to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising or he Sale of Personal Data. You can request to “opt out” of “targeted advertising” or the “sale” of your “personal data” by emailing info@topixmedia.com. Consistent with Connecticut law, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. An authorized agent must have your signed permission to submit a request on your behalf or provide proof that they have power of attorney in accordance with applicable law. Before completing requests from authorized agents, we may contact you directly to confirm you’ve given your permission and/or to verify your identity.

We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.

To appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights, you may email us at info@topixmedia.com.

NOTICE TO UTAH RESIDENTS

Section effective as of: December 31, 2023

We are required by Utah law to provide to Utah residents an explanation of how we collect, use and share their Personal Information, and of the rights and choices we offer to Utah residents with respect to that Personal Information. For purposes of this section, “Personal Information” has the meaning given in Utah law.

Personal information that we collect, use and share. We outlined in the Privacy Policy all of the steps that we take to collect, use and share your information.

Your Utah privacy rights. Utah law provides Utah residents the following rights. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law.

Information. You can request information about how we have collected, used and shared and used your Personal Information during the past 12 months.

The categories of Personal Information that we have collected.
The categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information.
The business or commercial purpose for collecting and/or selling Personal Information.
The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information.
Whether we have disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.
Whether we’ve sold your Personal Information, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.

Access. You can request a copy of the Personal Information that we have collected about you during the past 12 months.
Deletion. You can ask us to delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you.
Opt Out. You have the right to “opt out” of “targeted advertising” and the “sale” of your “personal data” (as defined under Utah law)

How to exercise your Utah rights. You may exercise your Utah privacy rights described above as follows:

Right to access, correct and delete. You can request to exercise your access, correction, and deletion rights by emailing info@topixmedia.com. We reserve the right to confirm your Utah residence to process your requests and will need to confirm your identity to process your requests to exercise your access, correction, or deletion rights. As part of this process, government identification may be required.
Request to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising or the Sale of Personal Data. You can request to “opt out” of “targeted advertising” or the “sale” of your “personal data” by emailing info@topixmedia.com. We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.

To appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights, you may email us at info@topixmedia.com.

NOTICE TO VIRGINIA RESIDENTS

Section effective as of: January 1, 2023

We are required by Virginia law to provide to Virginia residents an explanation of how we collect, use and share their Personal Information, and of the rights and choices we offer to Virginia residents with respect to that Personal Information. For purposes of this section, “Personal Information” has the meaning given in Virginia law.

Personal information that we collect, use and share. We outlined in the Privacy Policy all of the steps that we take to collect, use and share your information.

Your Virginia privacy rights. Virginia law provides Virginia residents the following rights. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may decline your request as permitted by law.

Information. You can request information about how we have collected, used and shared and used your Personal Information during the past 12 months.

The categories of Personal Information that we have collected.
The categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information.
The business or commercial purpose for collecting and/or selling Personal Information.
The categories of third parties with whom we share Personal Information.
Whether we have disclosed your Personal Information for a business purpose, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.
Whether we’ve sold your Personal Information, and if so, the categories of Personal Information received by each category of third party recipient.

Access. You can request a copy of the Personal Information that we have collected about you during the past 12 months.
Correct. You can ask us to correct inaccurate Personal Information that we have collected about you.
Deletion. You can ask us to delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you.
Opt Out. You have the right to “opt out” of “targeted advertising” and the “sale” of your “personal data” (as defined under Virginia law)

How to exercise your Virginia rights. You may exercise your Virginia privacy rights described above as follows:

Right to access, correct and delete. You can request to exercise your access, correction, and deletion rights by emailing info@topixmedia.com. We reserve the right to confirm your Virginia residence to process your requests and will need to confirm your identity to process your requests to exercise your access, correction, or deletion rights. As part of this process, government identification may be required.
Request to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising or the Sale of Personal Data. You can request to “opt out” of “targeted advertising” or the “sale” of your “personal data” by emailing info@topixmedia.com.

We cannot process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to understand and respond to it.

To appeal our decision regarding a request related to these rights, you may email us at info@topixmedia.com.

NOTICE TO EUROPEAN USERS

The information provided in this “Notice to European Users” section applies only to individuals in the European Union, the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom (collectively, “Europe”).

Personal information. Except as otherwise specified, references to “personal information” in this Privacy Policy are equivalent to “personal data” governed by European data protection legislation.

Controller. The controller of your personal information covered by this Privacy Policy for purposes of European data protection legislation is Topix Media Lab LLC, 47 Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Warwick, NY 10990 United States.

Legal bases for processing. The legal bases of our processing of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy will depend on the type of personal information and the specific context in which we process it. However, the legal bases we typically rely on are set out in the table below. We rely on our legitimate interests as our legal basis only where those interests are not overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or our processing is otherwise required or permitted by law). If you have questions about the legal basis of how we process your personal information, contact us at info@topixmedia.com.

Use for new purposes. We may use your personal information for reasons not described in this Privacy Policy where permitted by law and the reason is compatible with the purpose for which we collected it. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and explain the applicable legal basis.

Sensitive personal information. Unless we specifically request it, we ask that you not provide us with any sensitive personal information (e.g., information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Site, or otherwise to us.

Retention. We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to establish or defend legal claims, or for fraud prevention purposes. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

Your rights. European data protection laws give you certain rights regarding your personal information. You may ask us to take the following actions in relation to your personal information that we hold:

Access. Provide you with information about our processing of your personal information and give you access to your personal information.
Correct. Update or correct inaccuracies in your personal information.
Delete. Delete your personal information.
Transfer. Transfer a machine-readable copy of your personal information to you or a third party of your choice.
Restrict. Restrict the processing of your personal information.
Object. Object to our reliance on our legitimate interests as the basis of our processing of your personal information that impacts your rights.

You may submit these requests by email to info@topixmedia.com or our postal address provided above. We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request. Applicable law may require or permit us to decline your request. If we decline your request, we will tell you why, subject to legal restrictions. If you would like to submit a complaint about our use of your personal information or our response to your requests regarding your personal information, you may contact us or submit a complaint to the data protection regulator in your jurisdiction. You can find your data protection regulator here.

Cross-Border Data Transfer. If we transfer your personal information out of Europe to a country outside of Europe such that we are required to apply additional safeguards to your personal information under European data protection laws, we will do so. Please contact us info@topixmedia.com for further information about any such transfers or the specific safeguards applied.