News Cafe is committed to protecting the privacy of its customers, and we pledge to protect the security and privacy of your personal information. By viewing this website (https://newscafesouthbeach.com/), News Cafe mobile applications, News Cafe loyalty programs, or News Cafe social media (collectively, the “Digital Marketing Program”), you acknowledge our information collection, use, storage and disclosure practices (collectively, “Privacy Practices”) and consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, “News Cafe”, “we”, “our”, or “us” refers to News Cafe, a Florida corporation, and includes all of our Affiliates (as defined below).

This Privacy Policy must be read in conjunction with News Cafe Terms of Use.

TYPES OF INFORMATION

You have no obligation to provide personal information to News Cafe. Use of the Digital Marketing Program, buying/consuming at our stores, and participation in various News Cafe initiatives (including, without limitation, any customer reward program, promotions, surveys, polls, and sweepstakes), however, may require disclosure of personal information. The types of information you may provide to News Cafe include: (i) personally identifiable information (“PII”) and (ii) other nonidentifiable information (“Non-PII” and together with “PII”, “Customer Information”). PII is information that could reasonably be used to identify you, including, without limitation, your name, address, e-mail address(es), telephone number(s), birth date, financial information (including credit and debit card information), household information, demographic information, and photograph. Non-PII is information that does not identify you and may include statistical information concerning use of the Digital Marketing Program.

PRIVACY POLICY LANGUAGE

Visitor Identification & Data Enrichment

We utilize first-party data enrichment and visitor identification technologies (“Visitor Intelligence”) on our websites.

When you visit our website, certain technical and behavioral data may be collected automatically, including but not limited to:

IP address

Device identifiers

Browser type

Pages viewed

Time on site

Referral source

Engagement behavior

Through legally compliant third-party data matching services, portions of this information may be matched against commercially available databases to identify business or consumer contact information associated with website visitors.

This may include:

Name

Email address

Mailing address

Company name

Phone number

Business role or industry classification

This process does not access private accounts, personal devices, or protected content. Data is derived from legally obtained third-party data sources and publicly available information.

We use this information to:

Improve user experience

Analyze website performance

Conduct marketing and advertising

Deliver relevant offers and communications

Optimize customer journeys

Conduct internal analytics and business development

Cross-Brand Use (VE Hospitality Specific)

Information collected through Visitor Intelligence may be used across affiliated brands operating under VE Hospitality, including but not limited to restaurants, cafés, retail brands, and hospitality properties within our ownership or management portfolio.

Data may be shared internally among affiliated brands for purposes including:

Marketing campaigns

Customer segmentation

Loyalty and promotional outreach

Business analytics

Cross-brand promotions

All data sharing remains within the VE Hospitality brand ecosystem and is not sold to unaffiliated third parties.

Legal Basis & Consumer Rights

We process data in accordance with applicable privacy laws, including but not limited to:

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Applicable U.S. state privacy laws

You may request to:

Access your personal information

Request deletion

Opt out of marketing communications

Request correction of inaccurate information

To exercise these rights, contact: [insert privacy email]

USE OF INFORMATION

News Cafe may use Customer Information, or any part thereof, to: (i) complete and manage purchases, orders, returns, and exchanges; (ii) send promotional and marketing communications to you regarding News Cafe and its products and services; (iii) share data with our Affiliates and, where applicable, service providers and business partners that support our operations, marketing, analytics, loyalty, and promotional activities; (iv) send coupons, mobile coupons, newsletters, e-mails, and mobile messages; (v) conduct research and analysis; (vi) administer contests and sweepstakes; (vii) create personalized content, offers, services, and advertising; (viii) prevent fraudulent transactions and theft; and (ix) comply with applicable law, governmental request, court order, or otherwise protect the rights, property, or safety of News Cafe or others. News Cafe may use Non-PII to analyze trends and track navigation within the Digital Marketing Program.

COOKIES

We may use cookies (a small, unique identifier text file), web beacons (a small graphic), and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with the Digital Marketing Program through your computer or your internet-enabled device. The purpose of this technology is to identify you when you visit the Digital Marketing Program so that we can enhance and customize your online experience. You may set your browser so that it does not accept cookies. You may also manually delete cookies from your computer. For more information on how to disable cookies, you should consult with the provider of your browser services. If you disable cookies, however, portions of the Digital Marketing Program may not function properly.

We may collect certain technical information from your computer or internet-enabled device when you visit our websites and other areas within our Digital Marketing Program, including, without limitation, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computer’s operating system, browser type, and any referring website address. We use this information to enhance your experience during your visit to our websites and other areas within our Digital Marketing Program and for system administration, security, troubleshooting, analytics, and marketing purposes.

We may use third-party software and service providers to provide advertisements on the Digital Marketing Program, implement e-mail marketing campaigns, manage other interactive marketing initiatives, support analytics, and facilitate legally compliant visitor identification and data enrichment services as described above.

SOCIAL MEDIA

The Digital Marketing Program may include social media features and widgets, including Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, and other social networks. Social media features and widgets are subject to their own privacy policies. We encourage you to read each social media company’s privacy policy before using the features or widgets.

MOBILE APPLICATIONS

Mobile applications may collect certain information from you automatically, including, without limitation, the type of mobile device, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, and the location of your mobile device (provided that you give permission for the application of location services). You can stop the collection of information via your mobile device by uninstalling the mobile applications. To discontinue location information only, you can adjust your permission settings in your mobile device.

PRIVACY OF CHILDREN

In an effort to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, we ask that children under the age of thirteen (13) not provide any PII on the Digital Marketing Program. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of thirteen (13) and you believe that your child has provided PII to News Cafe, please Contact Us at contact@verestaurants.com.

IN-STORE CAMERAS

We may use in-store cameras for security and operational purposes.

LINKS

The Digital Marketing Program may contain links to other websites that we do not control. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any linked website. Any Customer Information you provide when accessing a third-party website is subject to that third-party’s privacy policy. We do not control the use of Customer Information that you provide to third parties, and we assume no responsibility for your sharing information with them.

OPT-OUT

If you do not wish to receive any promotional mail, promotional telephone calls or promotional e-mail, please Contact Us at contact@verestaurants.com. You may also exercise any applicable privacy rights, including requests for access, deletion, correction, or opting out of marketing communications, by contacting us at the email address listed above.

DATA SECURITY

We maintain strict security protocols, including physical, electronic and procedural safeguards, to protect Customer Information. These protocols include compliance with federal law and regulations and the use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, or disclosure of your personal information. Although we strive to maintain data security, we do not guarantee or warrant its security.

GOOGLE FONTS

Our website uses open-source Google Fonts, but it is important to note that the use of Google Fonts is not authenticated. This means no cookies from our website visitors are sent to the Google Fonts API. Additionally, requests to the Google Fonts API are made to resource-specific domains, such as fonts.googleapis.com or fonts.gstatic.com, which ensures that our requests for fonts are separate from and do not contain any credentials that you send to google.com when using other authenticated Google services.

UPDATES TO PRIVACY POLICY

From time to time, we may modify this Privacy Policy to reflect industry initiatives or changes in the law, technology, News Cafe Privacy Practices, or the features of the Digital Marketing Program. All modifications and updates shall be effective upon posting. Your continued use of the Digital Marketing Program after we post an updated Privacy Policy signifies your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy. You should review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of any changes.

CONTACT US

If you would like to communicate with News Cafe about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to Contact Us at contact@verestaurants.com or at the privacy email listed above for privacy rights requests.

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