CRYSTAL VISION MEDIA NETWORK

RE: GreenvilleUpstateLife.media and related online assets

PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: August 28, 2026
Last Updated: August 28, 2026

Crystal Vision Media Network (“Crystal Vision,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information.

This Privacy Policy applies to websites, community forums, business and customer portals, newsletters, forms, applications, digital services, and other online properties operated under the Crystal Vision Media Network name that display or link to this Privacy Policy. These properties are collectively referred to in this Privacy Policy as the “Services.”

Our media properties include local-area media websites such as GreenvilleUpstateLife.media and other current or future Crystal Vision Media Network properties that link to this Privacy Policy.

By using the Services, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Your use of certain features may also be governed by additional terms, including Website Terms of Use, Community Guidelines, Forum Terms, client agreements, media releases, content licenses, submission agreements, promotional rules, or other notices presented when information is collected.

1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with our Services.

Information You Provide Directly

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, including:

Your name
Email address
Telephone number
Mailing or business address
Company name, job title, and business information
Account username and password
Profile information
Newsletter or communication preferences
Forum registrations, questions, answers, comments, and posts
Photographs, videos, audio recordings, testimonials, reviews, quotations, and other submitted materials
Editorial pitches, interview responses, corrections, community tips, and story submissions
Event, promotion, giveaway, survey, or program registrations
Business profile, advertising, sponsorship, or partnership information
Client Portal communications and uploaded materials
Transaction and payment-related information
Messages sent to our editorial, customer service, sales, or business teams
Any other information you choose to provide

Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless it is reasonably necessary for the specific service you are requesting.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or use our Services, we and the technology providers that support our Services may automatically collect information such as:

Internet Protocol address
Browser type and version
Device type and operating system
Device identifiers
Approximate location based on an IP address
Pages viewed and links selected
Referring and exit pages
Dates, times, and duration of visits
Search terms and website interactions
Cookie and similar technology identifiers
Login, security, error, and diagnostic information
Information about interactions with emails, advertisements, videos, maps, or embedded content

This information may be used to operate the Services, maintain security, understand readership, measure performance, improve content, diagnose technical problems, and support advertising or promotional activities.

Information Received from Other Sources

We may receive information from:

Service providers and technology platforms
Social media and third-party login services
Business directories and public records
Advertising, analytics, and audience-measurement providers
Event organizers, promotional partners, and community organizations
Clients, contributors, advertisers, and business partners
Publicly available websites and other lawful sources
Individuals who refer or nominate a person, business, organization, event, or community resource for possible coverage

When information is submitted about another person, the person providing it should have the authority or appropriate permission to do so.

2. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

Operate, maintain, and improve our Services
Provide information, products, or services you request
Create and administer accounts
Operate community forums and Business Portals
Respond to questions, submissions, inquiries, and support requests
Review editorial pitches, community tips, corrections, and story ideas
Communicate with interview subjects, contributors, businesses, clients, and community members
Publish approved or intentionally submitted editorial or promotional materials
Send newsletters and other communications to people who have requested them
Administer events, surveys, promotions, giveaways, or community programs
Process purchases and maintain transaction records
Manage advertising, sponsorship, business-profile, and partnership relationships
Personalize content and website experiences
Measure readership, engagement, and campaign effectiveness
Conduct research and develop new content, services, or media properties
Detect spam, fraud, abuse, security threats, and prohibited activity
Enforce our agreements, policies, and community standards
Protect the rights, safety, property, and integrity of Crystal Vision, our users, and others
Maintain business, tax, accounting, legal, and compliance records
Comply with applicable legal obligations
Carry out other purposes disclosed when information is collected

We may combine information collected through different Crystal Vision Media Network properties when reasonably necessary for these purposes.

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our Services may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, software development kits, and similar technologies.

These technologies may support:

Essential website functions
Account registration and authentication
Forum and Portal sessions
Security and spam prevention
User preferences
Website performance
Analytics and audience measurement
Embedded videos, maps, forms, and social media features
Advertising, sponsorship, and promotional measurement
Affiliate-link tracking
Content personalization

Some cookies are necessary for the Services to function. Others may be provided by third parties.

You may be able to manage cookies through your browser settings or through a cookie-preference tool provided on a particular website. Blocking certain cookies may affect the operation of some features.

Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before using nonessential cookies or similar technologies.

Browser “Do Not Track” signals are not interpreted consistently across the internet. Where legally required and technically supported, we will recognize applicable browser-based opt-out signals, such as the Global Privacy Control.

4. Analytics, Advertising, Affiliate Links, and Sponsored Content

Our Services may use third-party analytics and audience-measurement services to understand how visitors use our websites and content.

We may also display:

Advertisements
Sponsored content
Paid business profiles
Affiliate links
Promotional placements
Partner content
Embedded third-party content

Selecting an advertisement, affiliate link, sponsored feature, map, video, or other third-party element may allow the third party to collect information under its own privacy policy.

Crystal Vision Media Network does not sell personal information for money. However, certain uses of advertising cookies, pixels, or similar technologies may be legally classified as “selling,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some state privacy laws, even when no money is exchanged for an individual’s information.

Where such laws apply, we will provide any legally required notice and opt-out method.

Sponsored, promotional, affiliate, and paid content will be identified or disclosed when required by law or our editorial standards.

5. How We Disclose Information

We may disclose personal information in the following circumstances.

Service Providers

We may provide information to companies that perform services for us, including:

Website hosting and infrastructure
WordPress, Odoo, and related technology services
Database and cloud storage
Email delivery
Future SMS delivery
Website analytics and audience measurement
Advertising and promotional services
Payment processing
Customer relationship management
Form, survey, and event-registration services
Security, anti-spam, fraud prevention, and technical support
Document management and business administration
Accounting, insurance, legal, and professional services

These providers may use information only as permitted by their agreements with us and their own legal obligations.

Publicly Submitted Information

Information submitted for public display may be visible to other people.

This may include:

Forum usernames and profiles
Questions, answers, comments, and posts
Reviews and recommendations
Photographs, videos, and recordings
Business information
Event information
Testimonials and quotations
Contributor biographies
Other materials submitted or authorized for publication

Public information may be viewed, copied, quoted, indexed, cached, or shared by search engines, artificial-intelligence search services, social media platforms, archival services, and members of the public.

Removing information from our active Services may not remove copies previously indexed, cached, quoted, downloaded, archived, or shared by others.

Do not post confidential, sensitive, or personally identifying information in a public forum or public submission.

Legal and Protective Purposes

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

Comply with a law, subpoena, court order, or legal process
Respond to a lawful government request
Investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or policy violations
Enforce an agreement or protect legal rights
Protect the safety, rights, or property of Crystal Vision, our users, or others

Business Transactions

Information may be disclosed or transferred as part of a merger, financing, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, change of control, bankruptcy, or similar business transaction.

With Your Direction or Consent

We may disclose information when you request, authorize, or consent to the disclosure.

6. Editorial, Media, and Content Submissions

Crystal Vision Media Network publishes editorial, community, business, promotional, and contributed content.

When you participate in an interview or submit a photograph, video, audio recording, quotation, testimonial, article, business description, or other material, our right to review, edit, reproduce, publish, distribute, promote, or otherwise use that material may be governed by a separate:

Media release
Content license
Promotional-use agreement
Contributor agreement
Submission agreement
Client agreement
Advertising or sponsorship agreement
Consent collected at the time of submission

This Privacy Policy explains how related personal information may be handled. It does not replace the permissions, licenses, releases, or contractual rights established in those separate agreements.

Submitting material does not guarantee publication. Editorial decisions remain within Crystal Vision Media Network’s discretion.

7. Community Forums and Public Participation

Crystal Vision Media Network may operate community forums, including Ask the Upstate, and may add similar forums for other local-area media properties.

Forum content may be publicly accessible even when registration is required to post.

Forum participants should understand that:

Posts may be visible to the general public
Public content may be indexed by search engines and AI-assisted search services
Other users may quote, link to, screenshot, or share public posts
Users should not publish sensitive personal information
Moderators may review, edit, move, restrict, or remove content under applicable Community Guidelines and Forum Terms
Accounts may be restricted or closed for abuse, unlawful activity, or policy violations

Requests to remove forum content will be considered in accordance with our policies and applicable law, but complete removal from third-party search results, archives, screenshots, or shared copies cannot be guaranteed.

8. Email Communications

We may send newsletters, editorial updates, community announcements, service communications, account notices, or promotional emails.

Marketing emails will be sent based on an appropriate subscription, consent, business relationship, or other lawful basis.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by:

Selecting the unsubscribe link included in the email
Updating available account preferences
Contacting us using the information below

Unsubscribing from marketing messages will not prevent us from sending necessary transactional, security, account, Portal, or service-related communications.

9. Future SMS and Text Messaging

Crystal Vision Media Network does not currently operate a general recurring promotional SMS program. If we introduce one, enrollment will require a separate and affirmative opt-in.

The signup notice will explain the nature and frequency of the messages and any other legally required information.

When applicable:

Message and data rates may apply
Message frequency may vary
Consent to receive marketing texts will not be a condition of purchase
Recipients may reply STOP to opt out
Recipients may reply HELP for assistance

We will not interpret ordinary one-to-one business communications as permission to enroll someone in recurring promotional text messages.

Any future SMS program may also be governed by separate SMS Terms presented at enrollment.

10. Payment Information

Payments made through our Services or Business Portals may be processed by third-party payment processors.

Crystal Vision Media Network does not directly store complete payment-card numbers or card-security codes on its own systems. Payment processors may collect and process payment credentials under their own privacy policies and terms.

We may receive and retain limited transaction information, such as:

Customer name and contact information
Billing address
Transaction date
Amount paid
Product or service purchased
Payment status
Invoice and transaction identifiers
Limited payment-method details, such as card type and the last four digits

We may retain this information for customer service, accounting, tax, fraud-prevention, contractual, and legal purposes.

11. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.

However, no website, electronic transmission, database, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot promise or warrant absolute security.

Users are responsible for protecting their passwords and account credentials. Please notify us if you believe an account or communication with us has been compromised.

12. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

Provide the Services
Maintain accounts and business relationships
Fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy
Preserve editorial and publication records
Maintain transaction, tax, and accounting records
Resolve disputes
Enforce agreements
Prevent fraud and abuse
Meet legal and regulatory obligations

Retention periods vary depending on the type of information, why it was collected, the nature of our relationship, and applicable legal requirements.

Publicly published editorial content and associated records may be retained as part of our historical, journalistic, editorial, or archival record.

We may retain limited information after an account is closed when reasonably necessary for legal, security, recordkeeping, or enforcement purposes.

13. Your Choices and Privacy Requests

Depending on your relationship with us and applicable law, you may request that we:

Provide information about personal information we maintain about you
Correct inaccurate personal information
Delete certain personal information
Close an account
Stop marketing emails
Stop future promotional text messages
Review a public submission or forum post
Explain how your information has been used or disclosed

Some requests may be limited by legal, security, editorial, archival, contractual, or recordkeeping requirements.

For example, we may need to retain:

Transaction and tax records
Records of consent or opt-out requests
Security and abuse-prevention information
Contractual records
Published editorial material
Information needed to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Authorized agents may submit requests where permitted by law, subject to appropriate verification.

We will not unlawfully discriminate against a person for exercising an applicable privacy right.

14. State-Specific Privacy Rights

Residents of certain states may have additional privacy rights under applicable law. These may include rights to:

Know or access personal information
Correct inaccurate information
Delete certain information
Obtain a portable copy of information
Opt out of certain targeted advertising
Opt out of certain legally defined sales or sharing
Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information
Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request

These rights apply only when the applicable law covers Crystal Vision Media Network, the individual, and the relevant information.

We may update this Privacy Policy or provide supplemental state-specific notices as the media network, its technology, and applicable legal requirements develop.

15. Children’s Privacy

Our Services are intended for a general audience and are not directed to children under 13.

Although our editorial content may discuss families, schools, youth activities, relocation, or resources for parents, that content is intended for adults and does not make the Services child-directed.

We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without legally required parental consent. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information through our Services, please contact us so we can review and address the situation.

Parents and guardians should not publicly submit a child’s sensitive information, photographs, recordings, or identifying details unless they have the legal authority and appropriate consent to do so.

16. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our Services may link to businesses, organizations, advertisers, event organizers, government resources, social media platforms, maps, videos, payment processors, and other third-party websites or services.

Crystal Vision Media Network does not control the privacy, security, accuracy, availability, or practices of those third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected directly by a third party.

A link, listing, profile, interview, advertisement, or editorial reference does not by itself mean that Crystal Vision controls or assumes responsibility for the third party’s privacy practices.

Please review the privacy policies and terms of third-party services before providing information to them.

17. Social Media and Embedded Content

Our Services may contain embedded content or interactive features from third parties, including videos, maps, social media posts, forms, podcasts, and sharing tools.

When you interact with embedded content, the third-party provider may collect information about your device, account, or interaction, even when you do not leave our website.

Your use of those features is governed by the third party’s privacy policy and terms.

18. International Visitors

Crystal Vision Media Network is based in the United States, and our Services are primarily intended for users in the United States.

If you access the Services from another country, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.

Privacy laws in those locations may differ from the laws in your country. Where legally required, we will implement appropriate safeguards for covered transfers.

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as our Services, technology, business practices, or legal obligations change.

When we make changes, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of the policy. We may provide additional notice when changes are material or when required by law.

The version posted on the applicable Service will be the current version.

20. Contact Us

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact:

Crystal Vision Media Network
236 Nabinger Hill Road
Nineveh, New York 13813
United States

Email: Bobbie@CrystalVision.biz
Telephone: 1-877-806-4040

Please include enough information for us to understand and respond to your request. Do not send highly sensitive information by ordinary email.

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