Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to thehtn.com, and The Westchester/PDR Hometown News and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to The Westchester/PDR Hometown News include thehtn.com and thehometownnewsonline.com. The Westchester/PDR Hometown News website is a news and information site. By using the Westchester/PDR Hometown News website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered, The Westchester/PDR Hometown News may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

  • First and Last Name
  • Mailing Address
  • Email Address
  • Phone Number
  • Zip Code

If you purchase The Westchester/PDR Hometown News’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The Westchester/PDR Hometown News’s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

Use of your Personal Information

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The Westchester/PDR Hometown News and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. The Westchester/PDR Hometown News may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Westchester/PDR Hometown News, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on The Westchester/PDR Hometown News or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Westchester/PDR Hometown News; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Westchester/PDR Hometown News, or the public.

Tracking User Behavior

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within The Westchester/PDR Hometown News, in order to determine what The Westchester/PDR Hometown News services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Westchester/PDR Hometown News to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by The Westchester/PDR Hometown News. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of The Westchester/PDR Hometown News website.

Use of Cookies

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize The Westchester/PDR Hometown News pages, or register with The Westchester/PDR Hometown News site or services, a cookie helps The Westchester/PDR Hometown News to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same The Westchester/PDR Hometown News website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use The Westchester/PDR Hometown News features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of The Westchester/PDR Hometown News services or websites you visit.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:



Delete your personal information from our records; and


Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:



Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us;


Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;


Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;


Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law;


Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;


Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent;


Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;


Comply with an existing legal obligation; or


Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Children’s Privacy

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18 or knowingly allow such persons to register for an account. If you believe we have collected information from anyone under 18 without parental consent, please contact us via any of the channels listed below.

Disconnecting your The Westchester/PDR Hometown News Account from Third Party Websites

You will be able to connect your The Westchester/PDR Hometown News account to third party accounts. BY CONNECTING YOUR THE WESTCHESTER/PDR HOMETOWN NEWS ACCOUNT TO YOUR THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE CONTINUOUS RELEASE OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOU TO OTHERS (IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR PRIVACY SETTINGS ON THOSE THIRD PARTY SITES). IF YOU DO NOT WANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU, INCLUDING PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, TO BE SHARED IN THIS MANNER, DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE. You may disconnect your account from a third party account at any time. Users may learn how to disconnect their accounts from third-party websites, including social media, by visiting their “My Account” page.

E-mail Communications

From time to time, The Westchester/PDR Hometown News may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from The Westchester/PDR Hometown News or click on a link therein.

If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from The Westchester/PDR Hometown News, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button at anytime.

Changes to this Statement

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that The Westchester/PDR Hometown News has not adhered to this Statement, please contact The Westchester/PDR Hometown News at:

The Westchester/PDR Hometown News

8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 110-745

Los Angeles, California 90045

Email Address:

westchesterhometown@yahoo.com

Effective as of April 19, 2022