Privacy Policy
Last updated Feb 23, 2020.

Welcome to usnews.com, which is published by U.S. News & World Report, L.P. ("U.S. News"). This Privacy Policy applies to www.usnews.com, our paid content, and any other of our websites, digital services or mobile or other applications on which a link to this Privacy Policy appears (collectively, the "U.S. News Services"), all of which U.S. News Services are provided by U.S. News at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion. U.S. News may change, suspend or discontinue any or all of the U.S. News Services at any time. U.S. News does not control and is not responsible for, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to, any third-party site to which the U.S. News Services link or that links to any U.S. News Services.

You agree that your use of the U.S. News Services is subject to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy in its entirety, please do not use any U.S. News Services. This Privacy Policy may be modified at any time and from time to time; the date of the most recent changes or revisions will appear on this page. Continued access to the U.S. News Services by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy.

If you are a resident of California, please see the separate U.S. News California Privacy Notice for additional information applicable to California residents.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area ("EEA") or Switzerland, please see the "Users in the EEA and Switzerland" section of this Privacy Policy.

Information Collected by U.S. News

U.S. News and third parties featured on the U.S. News Services may collect personally identifiable information from you such as your name, telephone number, postal address, email address, gender or date of birth so that we (on our own behalf or on behalf of third parties) or such other third parties can provide you with the products and services you request or have agreed to receive or which may be of interest to you. For example, we may ask you for your name, email address, and certain other information in connection with certain features of the U.S. News Services. U.S. News may also collect your credit card information when you make a purchase, so that we can process your payment for the product or service you are requesting. During the ordering process, such credit card information is transmitted either to U.S. News or to the particular supplier or service provider who provides the service you are purchasing. In both cases, credit card information is then transmitted to third-party credit card processors and card issuers that use your information to process your order.

U.S. News may also collect information that does not identify you by name when you visit the U.S. News Services, such as your internet protocol ("IP") address, geo-location, domain name, browser configuration, device type, unique device identifier, the type of operating system you are using, information about your Internet service provider, the time of your visit, whether you are a returning visitor, and any referring website.

U.S. News may also collect information about you from publicly and commercially available sources, as permitted by law, which we may combine with other information we receive from or about you.

How We Use and Share Information Collected from Users

We, our affiliates or our service providers may use the information you supply to fulfill your requests for products and services, to respond to your inquiries, and to offer other products and services from either us or third parties which may be of interest to you.

Some sections of the U.S. News services permit users to submit reviews, questions, answers to questions submitted, comments or other content for publication on the U.S. News Services (“User Comments”). If you choose to submit User Comments, we may publish your name, screen name or such other information that you provide. Please keep in mind before you submit any User Comments that your User Comments as well as any personal information you provide may be available to the public for a long time and may appear in third-party search engine results. We will not remove User Comments at the writer’s request.

Certain outside companies offer promotions or services on the U.S. News Services. If you are interested in such promotions or services, you will be asked to share personal information to be able to receive more information about the promotion or service. In some cases, U.S. News will collect personal information from you and provide it to such outside company at your direction (who may share it with its business partners). In other cases, such outside company will collect personal information from you directly and may share it with U.S. News, in which case U.S. News may use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy as though you had provided it directly to U.S. News. The personal information requested from you for such promotions and services will generally include your name, telephone number, postal address and email address and other information related to the specific promotion or service offered and will be subject to the outside company’s privacy policy as well as this Privacy Policy. U.S. News is not responsible for the privacy practices of such outside companies. If you do not wish to receive further communications from them, you will need to so notify such outside companies.

From time to time, the U.S. News Services may conduct research surveys on behalf of itself through email invitations, online pop-up surveys or focus groups. When participating in a survey, U.S. News may require you to provide your email address, age, gender, household income, demographic and other data. The information you submit through a survey or focus group may be used by the U.S. News Services for research and measurement purposes, including to measure the effectiveness of content, advertising or programs.

We may use information we collect from and about you to facilitate the delivery of interest-based advertising to you on the U.S. News Services and on third party websites on behalf of U.S. News or third party advertisers. See "Use of Cookies" below.

We sometimes use information that we or our service providers collect through our use of cookies and other tracking technologies to manage and optimize the U.S. News Services, including to improve the design, delivery and content of the U.S. News Services and to enable us to personalize your user experience. We may also use the information we collect in the aggregate to analyze how visitors use the U.S. News Services or for other purposes, and we may share such aggregated data with third parties. See "Use of Cookies" below.

In addition, U.S. News may disclose information we maintain (A) if in good faith we believe that such disclosure is necessary to (1) comply with the law or legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the U.S. News Services; or (4) protect the personal safety, property, or rights of our users or the public, or (B) in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale.

Please note that we may convert, or permit others to convert, your personally identifiable information into deidentified data or aggregate consumer information, in which case it will no longer be considered your personally identifiable information.