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"With our business partners. For example, we might share information with a business partner who is running a joint promotion with us. We might also share information to trusted business partners whose products we think you would like. We share certain information with Social Media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and X, for advertising purposes."

VIZ shares user data broadly with business partners for promotional purposes and with social media platforms for advertising, going beyond what is necessary for core service delivery.

"We may also work with online advertising companies to provide you with advertising that is as relevant and useful as possible and in the process, such online advertising companies may use cookies and other technologies to collect data. These ads may be based on information you submit on our Sites or third-party sites. They may also be based on your activities or behaviors on our Sites or on third-party sites."

VIZ and its advertising partners track user behavior across their own sites and third-party sites to build behavioral profiles for targeted advertising.

"We may collect information about the browser or platform you are using or your computer or mobile device IP address. When you sign up for an account, we record the country code where the sign up occurred. We recognize the country code from your IP address so we can provide you with customized and proper Site experience and content."

VIZ collects IP addresses and derives geolocation data from them, recording country codes and using location information for content customization.

"This Policy was updated on July 1, 2023. Where allowed by law, changes to our Policy will be applied to information we already have."

VIZ reserves the right to apply privacy policy changes retroactively to previously collected data without requiring user consent, meaning the terms under which data was originally collected can change.

"Unless we are actively using your personal information, storing information necessary to support purchases, or have a legal basis for retaining such information, in accordance with this Policy and applicable law, we will delete your personal information after 2 years of inactivity with respect to such information."

While VIZ states a 2-year inactivity deletion policy, the broad exceptions for "actively using," "supporting purchases," and "legal basis" could allow indefinite retention in many cases.

"If you use our Sites, we may collect information about the browser or platform you are using or your computer or mobile device IP address. We might track the pages you visit using cookies or similar technologies. We might look at what site you came from, or what site you visit when you leave us. We may also get information about your browsing history from our trusted business partners."

VIZ collects device and browser information, tracks page visits, and obtains browsing history from third-party business partners, extending data collection beyond their own sites.