Privacy Policy
By The Portuguese Times
Posted: November 1, 2025
This Privacy Policy (or “Policy”) sets forth the manner in which The Portuguese Times USA, Inc. (“Portuguese Times” “we,” or “us” “our” “ours”) collects, uses, and discloses information derived from your use of our sites, mobile and tablet apps, and other online products and services that link to this Policy; from your subscription to our print newspaper; from receiving our emails; and from attending our events (collectively, our or the “Services”).
All information is processed by the Portuguese Times in the United States, and subject to its applicable laws.
- Information we Collect
We collect your information when you: register an account or register for any service or product we provide. We collect: your contact information (your name, e-mail address, street address, and phone number); your demographic information (birth date, place of birth and gender); professional Information (job title, industry, and education); Payment information (credit card number, our third-party payment processor, expiration date, security code, and other information required to process the applicable financial transaction); any information conveyed by you in connection with any content in our Services; any user-generated information and content; your responses to questions, surveys, and quizzes; selection of interests; searches for recommendations; utilization of interactive data and maps; and clicks on such interactive content.
- Automatically-collected Information
We (and service providers on our behalf) automatically collect certain information about your use of the Services or your device. We collect: Device information such as hardware model, IP address, device identifiers, operating system, browser type and settings (like language and available font settings) and settings of the device you use to access the Services; Usage information such as the Services you use, the time and duration of your use, and other information about your interaction with content, such as the articles you read, where you click on our site (including on interactive content), customer service interactions, cursor movements, and certain screen interactions and images (please note we do not capture personal information that you type into form fields (e.g., name or email address) before you submit such information), and how you interact with our emails; Location information such as general location derived from your computer’s IP address, your mobile device’s GPS signal, or information about nearby WiFi access points and cell towers that may be transmitted when you use certain Services.
We and our service providers use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect such information.
- Information from Third-Parties
We may receive indirectly online or offline information about you from other sources, which we combine with other information we receive from or about you: from other users (gift subscriptions from employer, educational institutions, family, friends or others); from publicly and commercially available sources as permitted by law; from social media services; from data analytics providers and advertising partners.
- How we Use Information
We use your information: to provide you and manage the Services; to contact you; to improve our services; to deliver and measure advertising and targeted advertising; to provide you with personalized advertising; and to protect our rights and others.
- Your Consent.We use your information with your consent.
- How we Disclose Information.
We share your information with: affiliates; business partners; service providers; other parties when required by law or when necessary to protect our users or services; social media services; third parties that provide advertising, content, or other functionality; other parties in connection with a corporate transaction; otherwise with your consent or at your direction; and, third-party content and links.
- Account Management, Privacy Rights, & Other Choices
You may manage your account and opt out of receiving commercial email messages from us.
Privacy Rights. Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights with respect to your information.
- Sale or sharing of personal information.
We may engage in targeted (or cross context behavioral) advertising on the Services or on other sites and when we advertise our Services elsewhere. In connection with such advertising, we may share the following categories of information with advertising networks and providers, advertisers, and social media networks, which may be considered a sale under particular state law and is the processing of personal information for targeted advertising: device information and identifiers, such as IP address, and unique advertising identifiers and cookies; hashed identifiers such as contact information, usage information, such as browsing history or app usage; location information, such as city; and inference data.
We keep your information to fulfill the purposes described above, unless a longer retention is required or permitted by law.
- Data Security
We have in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to help protect the information we collect. However, as effective as these measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our systems, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet.
- Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 16 without parental consent, unless permitted by law. If we become aware that a child under the age of 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete it in accordance with applicable law.
- Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time, and will notify you of any changes by posting on the Services. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will become effective upon time of posting and your continued use of the Services indicates acceptance of those changes.
