Last Updated December 2, 2024

This privacy notice for Wild Eye Magazine (“we“, “us“, or “our“), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share (“process“) your personal information when you use our services (“Services“), including when you

  • visit our website at wildeyemagazine.com, or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice,
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events.

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have questions or concerns, please contact us at support@wildeyemagazine.com.

Summary of Key Points

This summary provides key points from this Privacy Notice.

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn about personal information you disclose to us.

Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some of the information may be considered “special” or “sensitive” in certain jurisdictions, like your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We do not process any sensitive information of this nature.

Do we collect any information from Third parties? We do not collect information from 3rd parties.

How do we process your information? We process the information you provide, to improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security or fraud prevention, and to comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent (given by using the website). We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so. Learn more about how we process your information.

In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations  and with specific third parties. Learn when and with whom we share your personal information. 

How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Learn more about how we keep your information safe. 

What are your rights? Depending on where you’re located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Refer to Section 1: What information do we collect?

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way is to visit wildeyemagazine.com/data-request, or by contacting us at support@wildeyemagazine.com. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. 

1. What information do we collect?

Personal information you disclose to us.

In sum: we collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide  when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us. 

Personal information provided by you. The information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features used. The personal information we collect may include the following:

  • Names
  • Email addresses
  • Usernames
  • Passwords

Do we collect sensitive information?

No, we do not process anything considered “sensitive” information. 

Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument number, and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is handled and stored by Stripe. You may find their privacy notice(s) here: https://stripe.com/privacy

All personal information that you provide to use must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected 

In sum: some information – like your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics, is collected automatically when you visit our Services. 

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name and contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily used and needed to maintain the security and operations of our Services, and for internal analytics and reporting purposes. 

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. 

The information we collect includes: 

  • Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as data/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take with features we offer), device event information (such as system activity, error reports, sometimes called “crash dumps”, and hardware settings).
  • Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, and other devices you use to access our Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information. 
  • Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your devices’ location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. 

2. How do we process your information?

In sum: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security or fraud prevention, and to comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. 

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with the Services, including: 

To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order. 

To save or protect an individual’s vital interest. We may process your information when necessary to save or protect vital interest, such as to prevent harm. 

3. What legal base do we rely on to process your information? 

In sum: we only process your personal information when we believe it’s necessary and have a valid reason (i.e. legal basis) and do so under applicable law, like with your consent, and to comply with the laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests. 

If you are located in the UE or UK, this section applies to you.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal basis we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information. 

  • Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e. consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time by simply discontinuing usage of our Services and by reaching out further if you feel necessary. Learn more about withdrawing your consent (HERE).
  • Legal obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved. 
  • Vital interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests and or the vital interests of a third party, such as situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person. 

If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you. 

We may process your information if you have given us specific information (i.e. express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e. implied consent). You can withdraw your consent (HERE) at any time.

IN some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including for example:

  • If collection is clearly in the interests of the individual and consent cannot be obtained in a timely manner 
  • For investigations and fraud detection and prevention
  • For business transactions provided certain conditions are met 
  • If it is contained in a witness statement and the collection is necessary to assess, process, or settle an insurance claim 
  • For identifying injured, ill or deceased persons and communicating with next of kin 
  • If we have reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been, is, or may be a victim of financial abuse 
  • If it is reasonable to expect collection and use with consent would compromise the availability or the accuracy of the information and the collection is reasonable for purposes related to investigation the breach of an agreement or a contravention of the laws of Canada or a province 
  • If disclosure is required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records 
  • If it was produced by an individual in the course of their employment, business, or profession and the collection is consistent with the purposes of which the information was produced 
  • If the collection is solely for journalistic, artistic, or literary purposes 
  • If the information is publicly available and is specified by the regulations 

4. When and with whom do we share your personal information? 

In sum: we may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.

We may need to share your personal information in the following situations: 

  • Business transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business with another company. 
  • Business partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

5. Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?

In sum: we may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information. 

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to gather information when you interact with our Services. Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our Services for your account, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions. 

We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies on our Services for analytics and advertising, including to help manage and display advertisements, to tailor advertisements to your interests, or to send abandoned shopping cart reminders (depending on your communication preferences). The third parties and service providers use their technology to provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests which may appear either on your Services or on other websites. 

To the extent these online tracking technologies are deemed to be a “sale”/”sharing” (which includes targeted advertising, as defined under the applicable laws) under applicable US state laws, you can opt out of these online tracking technologies by submitting a request as described below under section “DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?”

Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice. 

Google analytics

We may share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyze the use of the Services. The Google Analytics Advertising Features that we may use include: Remarketing with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impressions Reporting, and Google Analytics Demographics and Interests Reporting. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. You can opt out of Google Analytics Advertising Features through Ad Settings and Ad Settings for mobile apps. Other opt out means include http://optout.networkadvertising.org and http://www.networkadvertising.com/mobile-choice. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit Google Privacy & Terms page https://policies.google.com/privacy. 

6. How long do we keep your information? 

In sum: we keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice unless another or a longer retention period is required or permitted by law such as tax accounting or other legal requirementsNo purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information we will either delete or anonymize such information or if it is not possible for example because your personal information has been stored in backup archives then we will securely restore your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. 

7. How do we keep your information safe?

In sum we aim to protect your personal information through a system of organized and technical security measures We have implemented appropriate reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process However despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure So we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers cyber criminals or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect access steal or modify your information Although we will do our best to protect your personal information transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

8. Do we collect information from minors?

In short, we do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age, nor do we knowingly sell such personal information.

By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of a minor and consent to such minor dependents usage of the Services.If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account, take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.

If you become aware of any data that we may have collected from children under the age of 18, please contact us at support@wildeyemagazine.com.

9. What are your privacy rights?

In some, depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information.

You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time depending on your country, province, or state of residence.

In some regions like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada, you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws.These may include the right to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, to request rectification or erasure, to restrict the processing of your personal information, if applicable, to data portability, and not to be subject to automated decision-making.

In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to a processing of your personal information.You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section “how can you contact us about this notice” below.

We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your information, you can also have a right to complain to your member states data protection authority (https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/items/612080/en) or UK data protection authority (https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/data-protection-complaints/).

If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html). 

Withdrawing your consent: if we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be expressed and or implied consent depending on the applicable laws, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided in the section how you can contact us about this notice below.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor when applicable by law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the emails that we sent or by contacting us using the details provided in the section how can you contact us about this notice belowYou will then be removed from the marketing listsHowever, we may still communicate with you for example to send you service related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account to respond to service requests and for other non-marketing purposes

Account information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account you can contact us by using the contact information providedUpon your request to terminate your account we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databasesHowever, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud troubleshoot problems assist with any investigations enforce our legal terms and or comply with applicable legal requirements

Cookies and similar technologiesMost web browsers are set to accept cookies by default If you prefer you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookiesIf you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies this could affect certain features or services of our websiteIf you have questions or comments about your privacy rights you may email us at support@wildlinemagazine.com

10. Controls for DO-NOT-TRACK (“DNT”) features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a do not track parentheses quote DNT feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collectedAt this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. 

As such we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice to not be tracked onlineIf a standard or online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future we will inform you about that practice in the revised version of this privacy noticeCalifornia law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT signals because there is currently not an industry or legal standard for recognizing or honoring DNT signals we do not respond to them at all at this time. 

11. Do United States residents have specific privacy rights? 

In short if you are a resident of California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Indiana Iowa Kentucky Minnesota Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey Oregon Tennessee Texas Utah or Virginia you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have processed it correct inaccuracies get a copy of or delete your personal informationYou may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law More information is provided below

We may collect other personal information outside of the categories as deemed sensitive through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of receiving help through our customer support channels, participation in customer surveys or contests, and facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.We will use and retain the collected information as needed to provide the services for :category H” as long as the user has an account with us. Category H includes audio, electronic, sensory, or similar information and may include images and audio, video, or call recordings created in connection with our business activities.

Sources of personal information Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in what information do we collect section.How do we use and share personal information Learn more about how we use your personal information in this section.

How do we process your information?

Will your information be shared with anyone else. We may disclose your personal information with other service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider.Learn more about how we disclose your personal information in the section when and with whom we share your personal information.

We may use your personal information for our own business purposes such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration.This is not considered to be selling of your personal information We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding 12 months.

We will not sell or share personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.Your rights You have rights under certain US state data protection laws.

However, these rights are not absolute and in certain cases we may decline your rights as permitted by law.These rights include right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data, right to access your personal data, right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data, right to request the deletion of your personal data, right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us, right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights, right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising or sharing as defined under California’s privacy law, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (“profiling”).

Depending on the state where you live, you may also have the following rights. Right to access the categories of personal data being processed as permitted by applicable law including Minnesota’s privacy law, right to obtain a list of the categories of third parties to which we have disclosed personal data as permitted by applicable law including California’s and Delaware’s privacy laws, right to obtain a list of specific third parties to which we have disclosed personal data as permitted by applicable law including Minnesota’s and Oregon’s privacy laws.

Right to review, understand, question, and correct how personal data has been profiled as permitted by applicable law including Minnesota’s privacy law, right to use and disclosure of sensitive personal data as permitted by applicable law including California’s privacy law, right to opt out of the collection of sensitive data and personal data collected through the operation of a voice or facial recognition feature as permitted by applicable law including Florida’s privacy laws.

How to exercise your rights

To exercise these rights you can contact us by visiting Wildeyemagazine.com/data-requestby emailing us at support@wildeyemagazine.comor by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws Request verification Upon receiving your request we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your requests to verify our identity or authority to make the request. However if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for the security of or fraud prevention purposes.

If you submit the request through an authorized agent we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request and the agent will need to provide a written and signed permission from you to submit such requests on your behalf. Appeals Under certain US state data protection laws if we decline to take action regarding your request you may appeal our decision by emailing us at support@wildeyemagazine.com. We will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisionsIf your appeal is denied you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general

California “Shine the Light” Law 

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 also known as the Shine the Light Law permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year and free of charge information about categories of personal information if any we disclose to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties which we have shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year

If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request please submit your request in writing to us by using the contact details provided in the section How can you contact us about this noticeNumber 12 Do other regions have a specific privacy rightsIn some you may have additional rights based on your country you reside inAustralia and New Zealand We collect and process your information under the obligations and conditions set by Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 andNew Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 Privacy Act This privacy notice satisfies the notice requirements defined in both privacy acts in particular what personal information we collect from you

from which sources for which purposes and other recipients of your personal informationIf you do not wish to provide the personal information necessary to fulfill their applicable purpose it may affect our ability to provide our Services in particular offer you the products or services that you want respond to or help with other requests manage your account with us confirm your identity and protect your accounts.

At any time you have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in this sectionHow can you review, update or delete the data we collect from you?

If you believe we are unlawfully processing your information, you have the right to submit a complaint about the breach of the Australian Privacy Principles to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints/lodge-a-privacy-complaint-with-us) and a breach of New Zealand’s Privacy Principles to the Office of New Zealand Privacy Commissioner (https://www.privacy.org.nz/your-rights/making-a-complaint-to-the-privacy-commissioner/). 

The Republic of South Africa 

At any time you have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in this section. How can you review, update or delete the data we collect from you? If you are satisfied with the manner in which we address any complaint with regard to our processing of personal information, you can contact the Office of the Regulator. The details of which are the information Regulator of South Africa (https://inforegulator.org.za/)

General enquiries: enquiries@inforegulator.org.za
Complaints (complete POPIA/PAIA form)
PAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za & POPIAComplaints@infogregulator.org.za

12. Do we make updates to this notice?

In sum: yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws. We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated revised date at the top of this privacy notice. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes orby directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently and to be informed

of how we are protecting your information.Number 14. How can you contact us about this notice?If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at support at wildaimagazine.com or contact us by post at

Wild Eye Magazine
c/o: Data Protection Officer
566 Lighthouse Ave. 
Pacific Grove, CA 93950 

13. How can you review, update or delete the data we will collect from you?

Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence in the US, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you. Details about how we have processed it, correct in inaccuracies or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. To request to review, update or delete your personal information, please send us an email at support@wildeyemagazine.com to begin the process.