Newshosting Terms of Service

January 23, 2023

These Terms of Service ("Terms") apply to your access to, and use of the websites, applications and other online products and services (collectively, our "Services") provided by Newshosting. By clicking to indicate your acceptance to these Terms or otherwise using our Services, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, including the mandatory arbitration provision and class action waiver in these Terms, you may not use our Services.

By agreeing to these Terms, you are also agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Copyright Policy. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for information about how we collect, use and disclose information. You are strictly prohibited from reselling, sharing or leasing our Services.

In accordance with the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and associated rules, we do not knowingly collect or maintain any personal information from children.

By using our Services, You affirm that You are at least 18 years of age. Nobody under the age of 18 may use our Services. You understand that the Internet may contain information which may be offensive, may be illegal in various jurisdictions, or may be inappropriate for certain ages and that Newshosting is not responsible for detection and removal of such information.

Copyright Policy. Newshosting respects the intellectual property of others and you must do the same. We will not tolerate copyright infringement and users of the Service will be terminated pursuant to our repeat infringer policy for copyright violations. Please review our copyright policy for further information.

Services provided. Newshosting operates an online, computerized interactive information, communication and transaction system (the "system") which provides access to usenet and the internet. Newshosting will provide You the Services (the "Services"). The term "You" when the context permits, includes Your officers, employees, agents, and contractors. You will not permit access to the system by users under the age of 18.

Child protection policy. We do not tolerate child endangerment on Newshosting's servers. When made aware of child endangerment, we will act expeditiously to remove any such images, and we will report such images to the national center for missing and exploited children. We also reserve the right to take any other actions, including cooperation with relevant law enforcement agencies, to assist them in identifying and prosecuting individuals who are involved in the transmission or dissemination of images containing child endangerment.

To report any child endangerment that is posted to usenet, please send the message-ids of the posts to cp@Newshosting.com. Please be sure to include the message-id in your submission. The message-id is necessary for us to identify the material to NCMEC. You can find the message-id in the header of the post. There is a header for every usenet post. It includes information such as the poster's email address, date, subject line, etc.

Spam. Newshosting enforces a zero-tolerance spam policy regarding our users posts to usenet through our network. It is the sole discretion of Newshosting to determine if a user's posts are considered spam. If Newshosting has determined that a user has posted 1 or more articles of spam, that user will be charged a $500 per hour clean-up fee and the user's account will be canceled immediately with no refunds and all reasonable efforts will be made by Newshosting to prevent the user from using our network anytime thereafter.

Content. You shall not use the system to post or transmit any illegal material, including without limitation any transmissions that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law or regulation.

Protected Materials. You shall not upload, post, publish, transmit, reproduce, or distribute in any way, information, software or other material obtained through the system which is protected by copyright or other proprietary right or derivative works with respect thereto, without obtaining permission of the copyright owner or rightsholder and shall not upload, post, publish, reproduce, transmit or distribute in any way any component of the system itself or derivative works with respect thereto.

RIGHT TO MONITOR AND CONTROL CONTENT. Newshosting has no obligation to monitor or remove information on the system and You acknowledge that postings and communications by other users are not reviewed, monitored, screened, approved, or endorsed by Newshosting. You understand that the system is public and not private. You agree that Newshosting has the right to monitor the system electronically from time to time and to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, or other governmental request, to operate the system properly, or to protect itself or its users.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF THE SERVICES AND THE SYSTEM AND THE MATERIAL THEREIN AND STORAGE OF INFORMATION WHICH APPEARS IN THE SYSTEM IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICES AND THE SYSTEM ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR NONINFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT. NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION GIVEN BY NEWSHOSTING, ITS CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, AFFILIATES OR VENDORS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY.

INDEMNITY. YOU AGREE TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD NEWSHOSTING, ITS AFFILIATES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, VENDORS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES HARMLESS FROM ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, COSTS AND EXPENSES, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES, RELATED TO OR ARISING FROM: (A) ANY VIOLATION OF THIS AGREEMENT BY YOU, (B) THE USE OF THE SYSTEM OR THE INTERNET OR USENET OR THE PLACEMENT OR TRANSMISSION OF ANY MESSAGE, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIALS ON THE SYSTEM OR THE INTERNET OR USENET BY YOU, (C) ACTS OR OMISSIONS BY YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, PRESENCE, USE OR REMOVAL OF SYSTEMS, CHANNELS, OR TERMINAL EQUIPMENT OR SOFTWARE NOT PROVIDED BY NEWSHOSTING WHICH ARE CONNECTED OR ARE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM; AND (D) CLAIMS FOR INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS ARISING FROM THE USE OF EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS NOT PROVIDED BY NEWSHOSTING IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES AND THE SYSTEM.

Right to Restrict Access. Newshosting may deny Your access to all or part of the system without notice if You engage in any conduct or activities that Newshosting in its sole discretion believes violates these Terms. If Newshosting denies You access to the system, You shall have no right (1) to access through Newshosting any materials stored on the system, the internet or usenet, (2) to obtain any credit(s) otherwise due to You, and such credit(s) may be forfeited, (3) to access third party services, merchandise or information on the system, the internet or usenet through Newshosting, and Newshosting shall have no obligation to notify any third-party providers of services, merchandise or information nor any responsibility for any consequences resulting from lack of notification or restriction of your access, security, access to the system, the internet or usenet, and to certain online transactions involves the use of identification numbers, passwords, charge or debit accounts or other individualized nonpublic information ("private documentation"). You shall use best efforts to prevent unauthorized use of the system or of any private documentation and shall promptly report to Newshosting any suspected unauthorized use or other breach of security. You shall be responsible for any unauthorized use of its identification numbers or passwords until Newshosting receives written notice of a breach of security and a request to block further access for such numbers and passwords. Newshosting shall not be liable for any unauthorized use of charge, debit, or other credit accounts.

Acceptable use policy. You may not use our services or our system to post or transmit any illegal material, including without limitation any transmissions that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law or regulation. In particular, the following is a representative, non-exhaustive list of acts that are prohibited:

1. THE POSTING OF CHAIN LETTERS OR PYRAMID SCHEMES;
2. ACTS WHICH INVOLVE DECEPTIVE ONLINE MARKETING PRACTICES OR FRAUD;
3. ACTS WHICH MAY MATERIALLY AFFECT THE QUALITY OF OTHER USERS' EXPERIENCE;
4. UNAUTHORIZED USE (OR ATTEMPTED UNAUTHORIZED USE) OR SABOTAGE OF ANY COMPUTERS, MACHINES OR NETWORKS;
5. INTRODUCING MALICIOUS PROGRAMS INTO NEWSHOSTING'S NETWORK OR SERVERS (E.G. VIRUSES, WORMS, TROJAN HORSES, ETC.);
6. ENGAGING IN ANY MONITORING OR INTERCEPTION OF DATA NOT INTENDED FOR YOU WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION;
7. ATTEMPTING TO CIRCUMVENT AUTHENTICATION OR SECURITY OF ANY HOST, NETWORK, OR ACCOUNT ("CRACKING") WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION;
8. USING ANY PROGRAM/SCRIPT/COMMAND, OR SENDING MESSAGES OF ANY KIND, DESIGNED TO INTERFERE WITH A THIRD-PARTY CUSTOMER TERMINAL SESSION, VIA ANY MEANS, LOCALLY OR VIA THE INTERNET;
9. "PHISHING," THAT IS, SIMULATING COMMUNICATIONS FROM A WEBSITE OR SERVICE OF ANOTHER ENTITY IN ORDER TO COLLECT IDENTITY INFORMATION, AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIALS, OR OTHER INFORMATION FROM THE LEGITIMATE USERS OF THAT ENTITY'S SERVICE;
10. "PHARMING," THAT IS, USING MALWARE, DNS CACHE POISONING OR OTHER MEANS TO REDIRECT A USER TO A WEBSITE OR OTHER SERVICE THAT SIMULATES A SERVICE OFFERED BY A LEGITIMATE ENTITY IN ORDER TO COLLECT IDENTITY INFORMATION, AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIALS, OR OTHER INFORMATION FROM THE LEGITIMATE USERS OF THAT ENTITY'S SERVICE;
11. TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING, UPLOADING, USING OR REUSING MATERIAL WHICH IS ABUSIVE, INDECENT, DEFAMATORY, OBSCENE OR MENACING, OR A BREACH OF CONFIDENCE, PRIVACY OR SIMILAR THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS;
12. FURNISHING FALSE OR INCORRECT PERSONAL INFORMATION WHEN CREATING AN ACCOUNT;
13. ADVERTISING, TRANSMITTING OR OTHERWISE MAKING AVAILABLE ANY SOFTWARE, PROGRAM, PRODUCT OR SERVICE THAT IS DESIGNED TO VIOLATE THIS POLICY;
14. FALSIFYING HEADER INFORMATION OR USER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.

Term and termination. This agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive requested periods, until canceled by You. Newshosting shall have the right to terminate this agreement immediately in the event of a breach of any of its terms by You or without cause at any time.

Payment and Billing. You represent and warrant that you are authorized to use the payment method You use via the Services to make any purchase. You authorize us (or the provider of any subscription to which You subscribe) to charge Your payment method for the total amount of Your purchase (including any applicable taxes). Your order may be suspended or cancelled for any reason, including if the payment method cannot be verified, is invalid or is otherwise not acceptable.

Pricing and Taxes. All prices are shown in U.S. dollars and do not include applicable taxes, unless we or the subscription provider states otherwise. You are responsible for any sales, use, value-added or other governmental taxes, fees or duties due with respect to your order. We may collect applicable taxes if we determine there is a duty to collect them. Newshosting reserves the right to raise prices at any time.

Pricing Modifications. Newshosting reserves the right to modify fees and implement new plans and pricing at any point in time. Any changes or modifications to subscription plans will become effective during a subscription renewal and not during the current subscription period (i.e., if You subscribed for 1 month, the changes to the plan or pricing will be effective the following month).

Refunds. Newshosting service is pre-paid, refunds cannot be offered.

Limitation of Liability.

Newshosting will not be liable to You under any theory of liability-whether based in contract, tort, negligence, warranty or otherwise for any indirect, consequential, incidental, special damages or lost profits arising out of or in any way related to these Terms or our Services, even if Newshosting or the other Newshosting Parties have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

The total liability of Newshosting Parties, for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Services, regardless of the form of the action, is limited to the greater of $100 or the amounts paid by you to Newshosting in the six (6) months prior to the claim.

The limitations set forth in this section will not limit or exclude liability for the gross negligence, fraud, or intentional misconduct of Newshosting Parties or for any other matters in which liability cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Release. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you release Newshosting Parties from responsibility, liability, claims, demands, and/or damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown (including, but not limited to, claims of gross negligence), arising out of or related to disputes between users and the acts or omissions of third parties. You expressly waive any rights You may have under California Civil Code § 1542 as well as any other statute or common law principles that would otherwise limit the coverage of this release to include only those claims which you may know or suspect to exist in Your favor at the time of agreeing to this release.

Transfer and Processing Data. By accessing or using our Services, You consent to the processing, transfer, and storage of information about You in and to the United States and other countries, where you may not have the same rights and protections as you do under local law.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION; BINDING ARBRITRATION.

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING SECTION CAREFULLY BECAUSE IT REQUIRES YOU TO ARBITRATE CERTAIN DISPUTES AND CLAIMS WITH NEWSHOSTING AND LIMITS THE MANNER IN WHICH YOU CAN SEEK RELIEF FROM US.

1. EXCEPT FOR SMALL CLAIMS DISPUTES IN WHICH YOU OR NEWSHOSTING SEEK TO BRING AN INDIVIDUAL ACTION IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF YOUR BILLING ADDRESS OR DISPUTES IN WHICH YOU OR NEWSHOSTING SEEKS INJUNCTIVE OR OTHER EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR THE ALLEGED UNLAWFUL USE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, YOU AND NEWSHOSTING WAIVE YOUR RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL AND TO HAVE ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR OUR SERVICES RESOLVED IN COURT. INSTEAD, ALL DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR OUR SERVICES WILL BE RESOLVED THROUGH CONFIDENTIAL BINDING ARBITRATION HELD IN ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STREAMLINED ARBITRATION RULES AND PROCEDURES ("RULES") OF THE JUDICIAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES ("JAMS"), WHICH ARE AVAILABLE ON THE JAMS WEBSITE AND HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. YOU EITHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF JAMS OR WAIVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO READ THE RULES OF JAMS AND ANY CLAIM THAT THE RULES OF JAMS ARE UNFAIR OR SHOULD NOT APPLY FOR ANY REASON.


2. YOU AND NEWSHOSTING AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR OUR SERVICES IS PERSONAL TO YOU AND NEWSHOSTING AND THAT ANY DISPUTE WILL BE RESOLVED SOLELY THROUGH INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND WILL NOT BE BROUGHT AS A CLASS ARBITRATION, CLASS ACTION OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.


3. YOU AND NEWSHOSTING AGREE THAT THESE TERMS AFFECT INTERSTATE COMMERCE AND THAT THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS SECTION WILL BE SUBSTANTIVELY AND PROCEDURALLY GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT, 9 U.S.C. § 1, ET SEQ. (THE “FAA”), TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. AS LIMITED BY THE FAA, THESE TERMS AND THE JAMS RULES, THE ARBITRATOR WILL HAVE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ALL PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE DECISIONS REGARDING ANY DISPUTE AND TO GRANT ANY REMEDY THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE IN COURT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE ARBITRATOR DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT A CLASS ARBITRATION OR A REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, WHICH IS PROHIBITED BY THESE TERMS. THE ARBITRATOR MAY ONLY CONDUCT AN INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL’S CLAIMS, PRESIDE OVER ANY TYPE OF CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING OR PRESIDE OVER ANY PROCEEDING INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL. YOU AND NEWSHOSTING AGREE THAT FOR ANY ARBITRATION YOU INITIATE, THE PARTY FILING THE CLAIM WILL PAY THE FILING FEE AND THE PARTIES WILL SPLIT THE REMAINING JAMS FEES AND COSTS. YOU AND NEWSHOSTING AGREE THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES SITTING IN ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OVER ANY APPEALS AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF AN ARBITRATION AWARD.


4. ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR OUR SERVICES MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER SUCH CLAIM AROSE; OTHERWISE, THE CLAIM IS PERMANENTLY BARRED, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU AND NEWSHOSTING WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASSERT THE CLAIM.


5. You have the right to opt out of binding arbitration within thirty (30) days of the date you first accepted these Terms by emailing us at billing@newshosting.com. In order to be effective, the opt out notice must include your full name and clearly indicate your intent to opt out of binding arbitration. By opting out of binding arbitration, you are agreeing to resolve Disputes in accordance with Governing Law and Venue (section directly below).

GOVERNING LAW: JURISDICTION AND VENUE. THESE TERMS AND YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SERVICES WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF FLORIDA, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW RULES OR PRINCIPLES (WHETHER OF FLORIDA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY DISPUTE BETWEEN THE PARTIES THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION OR CANNOT BE HEARD IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT WILL BE RESOLVED IN THE FEDERAL COURTS OF FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES, RESPECTIVELY, SITTING IN ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA.

Termination. Newshosting reserves the right, without notice and in our sole discretion, to terminate Your right to access or use our Services or to discontinue all or a part of the Services. We are not responsible for any loss or harm related to your inability to access or use our Services.

Entire agreement; Guidelines. All prior or contemporaneous agreements, contracts, promises, representations, if any, between the parties or their representatives related to the subject matter of this agreement are merged into this agreement and the application form(s). These terms and conditions, along with any operating rules or guidelines published over the system by Newshosting, constitute the entire agreement between Newshosting and You with respect to the services. No amendment to this agreement shall be effective unless acknowledged in writing by Newshosting. You agree to comply with Newshosting's operating rules and guidelines, which may be amended from time to time at Newshosting's sole discretion.

Miscellaneous

If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Newshosting relating to your access to and use of our Services. The failure of Newshosting to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, these Terms are intended solely for the benefit of the parties and are not intended to confer third party beneficiary rights upon any other person or entity.

NEWSHOSTING PRIVACY POLICY

Effective: April 8, 2021

This Privacy Policy describes how Newshosting collects, uses and discloses information, and what choices you have with respect to the information. This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect when you use our websites and online services (collectively, "Services") or when you otherwise interact with us, including when you contact us for customer support.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you an email).

For information about choices we provide in connection with our information practices, please see the "Your Choices" section below.

Collection of Information

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you register for an account, update your profile, request customer support or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we collect includes your first and last name, email address, phone number, username, zip code and country, payment method information, and any other information you choose to provide.

Information We Collect Automatically When You Use Online Services

• Location Information: We collect approximate location of your computer or device you use to connect to our websites or Services based on the computer or device's IP address.
• Usage Information: We collect customer usage of the Services and metering in relation to the type of plan a Customer purchased. We do not monitor which newsgroups you post to or download from or what you put in news articles that you post.
• Log Information: We collect server logs in connection with your use of our websites or Services, which include IP address and the date and time of the connection.
• Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We use various technologies to collect information in connection with your use of our Services, including the following:
• Cookies, which are small files that are sent to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website and are used to recognize your browser and track your usage each time you visit.
• Pixel tags, which are small blocks of code often used in connection with cookies. Pixel tags (or web beacons) are placed on our websites and emails and allow us to track website usage and determine when emails have been opened and acted upon.

Use of Information

We combine the information we collect about you and use this information for various purposes, including to:

• Provide and improve our products and services;
• Process your transactions
• Send you technical notices and support and administrative messages
• Communicate with you about products, services, promotions, events, and other news and information we think will be of interest to you.
• Facilitate contests and promotions and process and deliver prizes;
• Monitor and analyze trends and usage in connection with our Services;
• Detect and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Newshosting and others; and
• Respond to valid requests from public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements; and
• Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

Sharing of Information

We may share information about you as follows:

• With service providers in connection with the services they perform for us or for you (i.e., payment processing services or customer support reps);
• In response to a request to for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation or legal process;
• If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property and safety of Newshosting or others;
• In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company; and
• With your consent or at your direction.

International

The information we collect about you may be transferred to, and accessed from within, the United States, which may not offer the same level of data protection as your home jurisdiction. We will take steps to maintain an adequate level of protection for this information in the jurisdictions in which we process it. If you are a resident of the European Economic Area ("EEA"), this information is transferred to the United States pursuant to our Privacy Shield certification. Please see the "Note to EEA Residents" section below for more details.

Your Choices

Account Information

You may update the online account information you provide to us by logging into your online account.

Promotional Communications

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the instructions in those emails. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

You may also opt-out of receiving promotional emails and other promotional communications from us at any time by emailing us at privacy@newshosting.com with a written request.

Account Deletion

You may delete your account at any time by logging into your online account and exercising your rights to delete your content or your entire profile.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@newshosting.com.

Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our websites.

Your Access & Control Rights

You can request access, correction, updates or deletion of your personal information at any time. You can object to processing of your personal information or ask us to restrict processing of your personal information.

If we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

To exercise any of your access & control rights, please email us at privacy@newshosting.com

Data Retention

We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which we originally collected it. We may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as required by law.

Note To EEA Residents:

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have certain rights and protections under the law regarding our processing of your personal data. Please see the sections below for more details.

Legal Basis for Processing

We will only process personal data about in accordance with the following legal bases:

• As necessary to perform our responsibilities under our contract with you. For example, by processing your order and fulfilling the products or services you purchase.
• When we have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data. For example, to communicate with you about changes to our Services or legal documents, to prevent fraud, or to provide, protect and improve our products and services.
• If we request your consent to a specific processing activity (such as to send marketing emails), and you provide your consent in the manner indicated.
• In some cases, processing will be necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, such as response to legal process requests.

Data Protection Authority

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area and believe we maintain your Personal Data within the scope General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you may direct questions or complaints directly to us at privacy@newshosting.com. Additionally, the list of Data Protection Authorities can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.

Data Subject Requests

You have the right to access personal data we hold about you and to ask that this data be corrected. In certain cases, you may also have the right to request that we erase data we are processing or to restrict or object to certain of our processing activities. You may also have the right to request that we provide you with the personal data you have provided us in a portable form for transmission to another controller's service. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, you may contact us as indicated above.

EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework

Newshosting Holdings, Inc. ("Newshosting") adheres to the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework Principles issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce (the "Principles") in connection with our processing of personal data received from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland ("Covered Data"). For more information about the Principles and to view our certification, please visit the Department of Commerce's Privacy Shield website. You may contact us about any question or complaint regarding adherence to the Principles as indicated above. If we do not resolve your complaint, you may submit your complaint free of charge to JAMS at https://www.jamsadr.com/file-an-eu-us-privacy-shield-claim, our designated Privacy Shield independent dispute resolution provider. Under certain conditions specified by the Principles, you may also be able to invoke binding arbitration to resolve your complaint. We are subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission. If we share Covered Data with a third-party service provider that processes the data solely on our behalf, then we will be liable for that party's processing of Covered Data in violation of the Principles, unless we can prove that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

Security

While no service is completely secure, Newshosting takes reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. The servers on which personal information is stored are kept in a controlled environment with restricted access. While we take reasonable efforts to guard personable information we knowingly collect directly from you, no security system is impenetrable.

To protect the confidentiality of personal information, you must keep your password confidential and not disclose it to any other person. Please advise us immediately if you believe your password has been misused. In addition, always logout and close your browser when you finish your session. Please note that we will never ask you to disclose your password in an unsolicited phone call or email.

Children's Privacy

Our Services are not intended for anyone under the age of 18. As addressed in the federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and associated rules, we do not knowingly collect or maintain any personal information from anyone under the age of 13.

We encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children's online activities and interests. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided personally identifiable information on our Site, please contact us immediately so that we can delete the child's information.

Contacting Newshosting

You may contact us at privacy@newshosting.com