Privacy Policy

What sort of personal information does Axios collect?
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Axios collects the following categories of information:  

• Contact Information
• Identifiers that relate to you and your device
• Commercial information and information about the transactions you conduct through our services
• Payment information (if applicable)
• Internet network information, including cookie data 
• Non-precise geolocation data (at the city level)
• Professional information (like your job title)
• Inferences about you based on the above information

We may also collect other categories of information not covered by the above if you voluntarily provide it in an email to our newsroom or in a survey response.  This could include characteristics of protected classes or categories of information that are considered “sensitive” under state privacy laws if, for example, you choose to share details about your race, sexuality or religious views.  Otherwise, we don’t collect personal information about our users that is typically categorized as "sensitive." 

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How do we get your personal information?
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• When you register for newsletters or the app, we collect your email address and the topics you're interested in.
• When you request information about Axios services, submit a tip, or otherwise contact us, we collect the information you provide, such as your contact information, company name, and the content of the communication.
• When you register for a service or complete a payment, we collect your account information, such as your email address and password, and any information needed to complete the transaction, including your name and payment card number.
• When you complete a survey, enter a sweepstakes or contest, or sign up for an event, we collect your contact information and any other information you provide, like demographic or professional information. 
• When you visit our website, open a newsletter, or use our mobile app, we use cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies to understand how you interact with our services. This includes information like what type of device you're using, which links you clicked, and what ads you view.
• When you use our mobile app, we may collect your location information if you have set your device settings to share your location with our mobile app. We do not collect precise geolocation data like street address or latitude and longitude. 
• We may get information from third-party sources like data providers.  For example, if you register with Axios, we may ask a data provider to tell us more about you. If you registered on another news site and allowed that site to share your information with data providers and others, the data provider might share those details with us. Data providers may also give us information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, and professional information of those who may be interested in hearing about Axios’ services.   
• We may get publicly available information from records published on government websites, such as a legislative directory. 
• We may get information from advertisers who want to know how well our services reach their target audiences. For example, an advertiser might provide us with a list of people they hope to reach.  We would tell them what percentage of that list matches Axios subscribers without identifying you or any other subscribers.  We may then tag matching subscribers as part of a “cohort” group based on interest, industry, or another category to better understand the cohort’s engagement with our services. During this process, we do not share subscriber emails or other personal information with advertisers.   
• When you “Refer a Friend,” we collect information about the people you refer to Axios. Our “Refer a Friend” program allows you to easily forward information about Axios to friends or family. If you refer someone to our Site through the program, we will ask for that person’s email address, then send that person a referral message on your behalf. We may store this information for the purpose of sending this message and to manage and improve our “Refer a Friend” program.
• We may also collect information about you in ways that we explain at the point of collection. You can choose not to provide us with certain types of information, but doing so may affect your ability to use our services.
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How do we use your personal information? 
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Here are some of the key things Axios does with your information:

• We use it to provide Axios services, like sending you newsletters, processing requested transactions, and responding to your inquiries.
• We monitor the security of our services, sometimes with the help of service providers, to help keep the services and our users safe. 
• We try to understand how users engage with our services.  For example, we may remove your name and email address from your information and combine it with other users' information to create statistical data about who uses our services and how. This data helps us answer questions like: “Which articles are users visiting most?” “How do they get to those articles?” “Do users that come directly to our homepage return the next day?” or “What email subject lines get the most opens?” We may engage service providers to help us gather and analyze this data.
• We customize the content you see based on a combination of the information you provide to us, the information we collect via cookies and other technologies, and information about you we may get from data providers.  
• We display ads for our services and those of our advertising partners. These ads may appear both in the Axios services and on other websites and platforms through a process known as “targeted advertising,” “behavioral advertising,” or “cross-context advertising.”  The delivery and measurement of ads may involve the use of cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies on our services.
• We measure the impact of the ads we display by working with advertising technology companies to track ad placement, views, delivery frequency and efficacy.  This helps us answer questions like: “How many users viewed an ad?” “How many times did a user see an ad?” “Did they click on it?” “What do we know about the kinds of users who engaged with the ad?” or “Did our users' engagement with the ad vary based on where the ad was placed?” 
• We may email you promotional materials or special offers when you sign up for one of our newsletters. These emails may promote Axios services, or we may send them on behalf of an advertising partner.   When we do this, we do not share your name or email with the advertising partner.  You can opt out of these messages at any time through the email’s unsubscribe link. 
• We market Axios services to you via third-party platforms, including social media platforms, and these platforms may collect or receive information about you or your use of our services. For example, we may use Facebook advertising tools to help us identify Facebook users who also read Axios. We could then ask Facebook to advertise a new economics newsletter to Facebook users who read an economics article on Axios in the last week. When we do this, Facebook does not share your Facebook data with us. 
• We use marketing surveys to understand our audience and what matters to them. This helps us decide what new areas to report on and what new products or services to launch. It also helps our advertisers understand who they are reaching when they support us through ad buys or sponsored events.  These surveys are voluntary, and you can choose not to participate. 
• If you log in to Axios with a third-party platform (like Google or Facebook), we may share your information with the platform according to your platform settings.
• If you register for an event, Axios uses your registration information to create its guest list and better plan for the event. We may also share this information with the event’s sponsor(s).
• If you interact with our newsroom over email or by responding to a survey, we may use the information you volunteer to write articles or otherwise inform Axios’ reporting. This information is stored separately from other types of user information, and it is not associated with your account for profiling purposes. Your interactions with our newsroom are entirely voluntary. 

How do we share your personal information?  
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We may share your information with third parties in the ways described above.  This includes sharing with third-party platforms, advertising, and analytics providers (including through the use of cookies and other technologies), service providers (but only to help us run our business, like managing our subscribers' email addresses and sending our newsletters), and event sponsors. 

We may also share your information: 

• With a payment processor to complete a transaction you initiate, like if you subscribe to Axios Pro, become a Local Member, place a job posting on our job board, or otherwise purchase services.
• As part of a corporate transaction, like a merger, or during a bankruptcy.
• When required by law or as needed to protect our services, employees, or users. For example, we may share information in response to a subpoena, regulatory request, or court order. We may also share information when we believe it is needed to defend our rights, enforce our Terms of Use, or protect the safety and privacy of our employees or users.  
• When you specifically allow us to do so by agreeing to the terms we provide you at the time the information is collected. 

What else should you know?
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Axios retains your information for the period necessary to carry out the business purposes described in this policy unless otherwise required by law.   This means we might retain your information even after you unsubscribe from our services.   Rather than delete data, we may de-identify it by removing the information that connects it to you.

Axios protects your information using industry-standard organizational, technological and physical safeguards appropriate to our size and the data we process.  Unfortunately, nothing on the internet is 100% secure.   If you think that your Axios account or any related information may have been compromised, please let us know immediately at privacy@axios.com. 

Axios does not: 

• Direct its services at children under 13 years of age. 
• Knowingly collect the personal information of children under the age of 16. 
• Have actual knowledge that we have sold or shared the personal information of anyone under the age of 16.
• Make decisions about you that would produce a legal or similarly significant effect based on profiling. 
• Collect “sensitive” information like biometric data, financial account information, or government-issued identifiers. If you voluntarily share potentially sensitive information with our newsrooms, such as your race, sexuality, health conditions, or religious and political beliefs, we will only use that information for journalistic purposes or as required by law (unless you give us permission for other uses). 

Your Privacy Rights. 
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Certain states, like California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and others, have passed laws creating additional data privacy rights for their residents.  We call states that have these laws “covered jurisdictions.”   

Axios will honor the data privacy rights of any user who resides in a covered jurisdiction.  We also try to extend these rights to users who do not reside in a covered jurisdiction so long as it doesn’t create a significant burden for our staff. 

Your rights are: 

• Notice. All users have the right to notice of our data collection and use practices, including the categories of personal information collected, how the information is used, and to whom it is disclosed. That’s what this privacy policy is for. Our data processing table gives a more detailed breakdown of the categories of data we collect, how it’s used, and with whom it’s shared.

• Access. You may have the right to request a copy of the personal information we have collected about you in the past 12 months and information about our use, disclosure, or sale of that personal information. This is called an “access” request. We will honor access requests from users residing in a covered jurisdiction (such as CA, CO, CT, VA, and UT). However, due to resource constraints, we cannot fulfill access requests from users in other states at this time.

• Correction. You may have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate information we may have about you. This is called a “correction request.” We will honor correction requests from users residing in a covered jurisdiction (such as CA, CO, CT, and VA). However, due to resource constraints, we cannot fulfill correction requests from users in other states at this time.

• Deletion. All users have the right request that Axios delete the personal information that we maintain about you. This is called a “deletion request.” We will honor deletion requests for all users, regardless of where they reside, unless a legal exception applies. 

• Opt Out. You may have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information and the sharing of your personal information for targeted advertising. If you use a Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) setting on your browser or the “Your Privacy Choices” link in the footer of our website, we will honor your opt-out request regardless of where you reside. Opt-outs submitted by email will be processed only for users who reside in covered jurisdictions due to resource constraints.

Users in covered jurisdictions also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment from Axios if you exercise any of your privacy rights.

However, some of the above rights are not absolute, even if you reside in a covered jurisdiction.  For example:

• We may be prohibited by law from providing you with certain sensitive information (like credit card numbers) even if you have a data access right under state law and we have confirmed your identity.

• We may retain your information after you make a deletion request if an exception applies under applicable privacy laws (like if we need it to comply with a legal obligation or continue delivering a service you purchased).

• We may retain de-identified data, which is data that has been modified to remove the information that connects it back to you. 

California users have additional rights under California’s “Shine the Light” law.  California residents can opt out of our sharing of their information with third parties (and sometimes affiliates) for their direct marketing purposes.  To do so, email us at privacy@axios.com  with the subject line “Shine the Light Opt Out.” We may need to collect additional information to complete your request. 

Submit an access, correction, or deletion request. 
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To submit an access, correction, or deletion request for your personal information, email our privacy inbox at  privacy@axios.com. 

We don’t recommend you use our privacy inbox to submit opt-out requests. You can learn why in the Opt Out section below. 

If you submit an access, correction, ordeletion request AND you reside in a covered jurisdiction, we'll try our best to fulfill a valid request within 45 days, though we may need more time to complete your request. We will let you know if that is the case.

Be aware that we must verify your identity to fulfill an access, correction, or deletion request. We will do this over email. Your request will be denied if you do not respond to our verification email.  

We'll let you know if we deny your request for any reason. We will not penalize you for making a request.

If you are a Colorado or Virginia user and we deny your request, you can appeal the rejection to us by email to privacy@axios.com. If your appeal is denied and you believe this denial is in error, you have the right to file a complaint with your state Attorney General.

Click HERE to view the metrics for consumer privacy rights requests processed by Axios from July 1^st to June 30^th of last year.

Opting out of targeted advertising.
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Axios doesn’t sell your personal information to third pirates (like data brokers or marketing companies). However, like most online publishers, Axios uses advertising to support its business. We work with third parties to deliver advertising both on our digital properties and across other sites, and to collect analytics about how you engage with our services.  We do this using cookies, pixels and similar technologies. In covered jurisdictions, this can be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information, and you may have the right to opt out of that sale or sharing. 

You can opt out of having your personal data used for targeted advertising in the following ways: 

• The “Your Privacy Choices'' link.   Users from any jurisdiction can use the Your Privacy Choices link at the footer of our Site to opt out of the "sale" and "sharing" of your information with our advertising and analytics partners. When you complete the form, we will immediately: (1) flag your email address as “Opted Out," in our database, and (2) place a signal on your browser that limits the collection and use of your browser’s cookie and pixel data. Because the opt-out signal is also cookie-based, it is associated with the browser you used to complete the form. It will be lost if you clear your browser cookies, and you will need to opt out again if you access our services from a different browser or device.

• The GLOBAL PRIVACY CONTROL Setting. . We also accept the Global Privacy Control ("GPC") signal. To use the GPC, you can download a browser with built-in GPC (like Brave) or install a browser plugin (like Privacy Badger, Ghostery or uBlock Origin). If we detect the GPC signal from your computer, we will automatically opt you out of selling and sharing for targeted advertising. Because of the way GPC works, we can’t flag you as Opted Out in our database unless you provide us with your email address via the Your Privacy Choices link. For a fully opted-out experience, you will need to set up the GPC in each browser or each device you use AND complete the form in the Your Privacy Choices link at the footer of our Site.

If you submit an opt-out request to privacy@axios.com, be aware of the following limitations: 

• We are only able to honor email-based Opt Out requests from users residing in covered jurisdictions, like CA, CO, VA, UT and CT, due to resource constraints. ‍
• If you email us an opt-out request AND reside in a covered jurisdiction, we will flag you as “Opted Out" in our database within 15 days. BUT, we won’t be able to place a signal on your browser that limits the collection and use of cookie and pixel data for targeted advertising. Due to technical limitations of our website, only the GPC or “Your Privacy Choices” opt-out methods will ensure those cookies and pixels are turned off .

FYI: You will still see ads on our websites even after opting out of targeted advertising.  We do not offer an ad-free experience at this time. 

Remember, you have choices.
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• You can opt out of any Axios newsletter or marketing email by clicking “Unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email. Be aware that we can still send you transactional emails (like purchase confirmations or help ticket replies) even after you unsubscribe. 
• You can change your mobile device settings to stop sharing location and other device information with our mobile app.
• You can change your browser settings to reject cookies and other ad technologies. However, if you do, the Axios services may not function properly.  
• You can use industry opt-out tools to limit use of your information in interest-based advertising by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance or Network Advertising Initiative websites. 
• You can use the Global Privacy Control (GPC) to automatically opt out of interest-based advertising across all websites that acknowledge the GPC signal.
• You can use the Your Privacy Choices Link at the footer of our Site to flag yourself as opted-out in our database and to place an opt-out signal in your browser. 

The bottom line.
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We use your personal information to deliver, improve, monitor, and market Axios’ Services. We also use your information to provide services to the advertising partners who support our journalism.  Finally, we use your data in ways that we make clear to you at the point of collection.  If you have any questions or want to exercise any of your privacy rights, you can email us at privacy@axios.com.  

Situational awareness. 
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If we update this Privacy Policy, we’ll revise the “Last updated” date and post the new Privacy Policy.  Changes to the policy become effective when posted. Your continued use of the services indicates your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. 

For our readers outside the US:

Axios is a US-based news organization, so we apply US law to our privacy practices. This means that wherever you are in the world, this Privacy Policy will apply to the information you provide to us or we collect when you read Axios.  

‍Contact us: Feel free to contact us with your questions, requests, comments, or concerns at privacy@axios.com, or Axios Media Inc., 3100 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22201.