theSkimm, Inc. 

Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act Notice

Last Updated: January 1, 2023 

The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”) grants residents of the State of Virginia (“consumers”) certain rights regarding their Personal Data. This Notice (the “VCDPA Notice”) supplements the theSkimm Privacy Policy and applies to the Personal Data of consumers that is collected and/or processed by or on behalf of The Meet Group, Inc. (“theSkimm”). All capitalized terms herein have the meanings given in the VCDPA or the Privacy Policy.

In the event of any conflict between this VCDPA Notice and the Privacy Policy, the provision that is more protective of your Personal Data shall control to the extent of such conflict. If you have any questions about this VCDPA Notice or whether any of the following rights apply to you, please contact us at privacy@theskimm.com   with the subject line “Virginia Privacy Request.”

1.         Your Rights Under VCDPA

The VCDPA provides consumers with specific rights regarding their Personal Data.  theSkimm will usually be the controller of your Personal Data. If SKM is acting as a processor of your Personal Data on behalf of another controller, please contact the entity that collected your Personal Data in the first instance regarding your rights under the VCDPA. 

A.   Right to Know About Your Personal Data

You have the right to request that we disclose the following kinds of information to you about our processing of your Personal Data. 

• If we process your Personal Data, and to access your Personal Data.
• The categories of Personal Data we process; we process the categories of Personal Data from or about consumers and their devices that are referenced in the Privacy Policy.
• The purpose for processing your Personal Data; we process the categories of Personal Data listed above for the purposes referenced in of the Privacy Policy.
• The categories of Personal Data that we share with third parties; we share the categories of Personal Data referenced in the Privacy Policy with third parties.
• The categories of third parties with whom we share your Personal Data; we share your Personal Data with the third-party recipients referenced the Privacy Policy.

B.      Right to Data Portability

You have the right to obtain a copy of Personal Data that you previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another controller without hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated means. 

C.   Right to Request Deletion

You may have the right to request deletion of Personal Data provided by you or otherwise obtained by us. We will honor such request but might not be able to fulfill your request if we (or our service providers) are required to retain your Personal Data. Examples of such exceptions are:

• Completing a transaction or performing a contract we have with you; 
• Complying with our audit and substantiation purpose for transaction data;
• Detecting and addressing data security incidents, and repairing or upkeep of our IT systems;
• Protecting against fraud or other illegal activity; 

·                  Complying with applicable law or a legal obligation, such as a preservation order, exercising rights under the law (e.g., the right to free speech), or defending legal claims; or 

• Using your Personal Data internally to improve our Services.

D.   Right to Request Correction

You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Data that we maintain about you. We will honor such request but might not be able to fulfill your request if it is impossible to do so or would involve disproportionate effort, or if we have a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that a request to correct is fraudulent or abusive.

E.  Your Opt-Out Rights

theSkimm does not sell Personal Data to third parties for monetary consideration (as defined in the VCDPA) but may engage in processing Personal Data for purposes of Targeted Advertising and/or Profiling.

You have the right to opt-out of the processing of your Personal Data for purposes of:

·           Targeted Advertising

·           Sale of your Personal Data for monetary consideration (as defined under the VCDPA), provided 

                 That, SKM does not 

·           Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning 

                  the consumer      

2.         Exercising Your VCDPA Rights

To exercise the rights described in Section 1 above, please submit a request to us by using one of the following methods:

• Call us at: (332) 201.3296 
• Email us at: privacy@theskimm.com 

To fulfill your request, we may need you to (i) provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Data or an authorized representative; and (ii) describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Data if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Data related to you. 

We will confirm receipt of your request within then (10) business days of its receipt, and endeavor to respond within forty-five (45) calendar days of its receipt. If we require more time, we will notify you of the extension and provide an explanation of the reason for the extension in writing, and we will provide you with a response no later than ninety (90) calendar days of receipt of the request. You may submit requests free of charge twice annually. If your requests are manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive, we may charge a reasonable fee to cover the administrative costs of complying with a request or declining to act on a request. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will inform you of the reasons for this decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.

If we decline your request, we will respond within forty-five (45) calendar days of its receipt and our response will explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request. You have the right to appeal within a reasonable period of time after you have received notice of this decision You may appeal by contacting us through one or more of the methods set out in Section 4. We will get back to you within 60 days of receipt of an appeal and 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 decision. If we deny the appeal, we will provide you with a method through which you may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint.

3.         Changes to this VCDPA Notice

This VCDPA Notice is effective as of the date of the Last Update stated at the top of this VCDPA Notice. We may change this VCDPA Notice from time to time with or without notice to you. By visiting or accessing the Websites or the Services, or otherwise engaging or interacting with us after we make any such changes to this VCDPA Notice, you are deemed to have accepted such changes. Please be aware that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, and without prejudice to the foregoing, our use of your Personal Data is governed by the VCDPA Notice in current effect. Please refer back to this VCDPA Notice on a regular basis. 

4.         Contact Data

If you have any questions or comments about this VCDPA Notice, the ways in which we collect and use your information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or wish to exercise your rights under Virginia law, please do not hesitate to contact us at: 

·       Email: privacy@theskimm.com 

·       Phone: (332) 201.3296

·       Mail: 53 W. 23^rd Street, 8^th Floor, New York, NY 10010