Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Beverly Hills Standard ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects personal information when you access or use our website, mobile applications, newsletters, messaging features, comment tools, subscriptions, events, and related services (collectively, the "Services"). It is intended to provide a clear explanation of our data practices and to supplement any rights you may have under applicable law, including California privacy laws and, where applicable, the GDPR and UK GDPR.

Last updated: July 21, 2026

1. Information We Collect

We collect information directly from you, automatically through your use of the Services, and from limited third-party sources. The categories of information we may collect include:

Account and identity information: name, username, display name, profile photograph, password credentials, and other profile details you choose to provide
Contact information: email address, mailing address, phone number, and communication preferences
Transaction and subscription information: subscription status, billing records, purchase history, and payment-related metadata provided by our payment processors
Technical and device information: IP address, device identifiers, browser type, operating system, app version, crash data, and diagnostic information
Usage and engagement information: pages viewed, search activity, clicks, time spent, reading history, saved items, follows, notifications opened, and interactions with stories or features
Location information: approximate location inferred from IP address and, if you grant permission, more precise device location
User content and communications: comments, reactions, messages to support, messages to other users where available, uploaded images or media, event submissions, and other content you choose to submit
Marketing and preference information: newsletter subscriptions, campaign responses, notification settings, and advertising consent choices
Cookie and similar technology data: session data, preferences, analytics data, and marketing attribution data, subject to your settings

2. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

Where GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process personal data on one or more of the following legal bases:

Consent: for marketing communications, certain notifications, optional location tools, analytics cookies, and advertising technologies where required
Performance of a contract: to create and maintain your account, fulfill subscriptions, process purchases, and provide requested services
Legitimate interests: to secure the Services, prevent fraud, moderate community features, improve performance, support journalism, and understand audience usage
Legal obligation: to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, regulatory obligations, and enforcement requirements

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

Provide, operate, and personalize the Services
Create and manage registered user accounts and subscriber relationships
Deliver stories, alerts, newsletters, recommendations, and community features
Process purchases, subscriptions, renewals, cancellations, and support requests
Moderate comments, submissions, messages, and other user-generated content
Send administrative, legal, security, and service-related notices
Detect, investigate, prevent, and address abuse, fraud, harassment, spam, and other harmful activity
Measure product performance, understand audience behavior, and improve editorial and app experiences
Comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, and protect our rights and the safety of our users
Deliver advertising, sponsorship measurement, and marketing communications, subject to your settings and applicable law

4. Cookie Consent and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, pixels, SDKs, local storage, and similar technologies to operate the Services, remember your preferences, measure performance, and, where permitted, support advertising and marketing. Our consent tools allow you to control non-essential technologies where required by law.

Essential technologies: required for core functionality, authentication, security, load balancing, and transaction completion
Analytics technologies: help us understand traffic, engagement, and app or site performance
Advertising and marketing technologies: may support campaign attribution, ad measurement, audience creation, and personalization where permitted

You can manage your cookie preferences through our consent tools or by visiting our Cookie Policy. Browser and device controls may also allow you to block or delete certain technologies, though some features may not function properly if you do so.

5. Disclosure of Your Data

We may disclose information to the following categories of recipients:

Service providers and vendors: hosting, analytics, customer support, authentication, subscription management, payment processing, email, SMS, moderation, and infrastructure partners acting on our behalf
Advertising, analytics, and measurement partners: where permitted by your choices and applicable law
Community and public audiences: if you post comments, profile information, reactions, or other content in public or shared areas of the Services
Legal, regulatory, and governmental authorities: when required by law, legal process, or to protect rights, safety, and security
Corporate transaction counterparties: in connection with a merger, financing, reorganization, acquisition, bankruptcy, or sale of assets

We do not sell personal information for money. However, certain advertising or analytics disclosures may constitute "sharing" or a "sale" under some privacy laws. See our California Privacy Rights page for additional detail.

6. International Data Transfers

If you access the Services from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States and other jurisdictions where we or our service providers operate. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards, which may include:

Standard Contractual Clauses or other approved transfer mechanisms
Adequacy decisions, where available
Contractual, technical, and organizational safeguards appropriate to the transfer

7. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Services, fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, comply with law, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Retention periods vary by category of information and use case. In general:

Account information: generally remains active until account deletion or closure, subject to backup, fraud-prevention, and legal-retention needs
Comments, messages, and submissions: may remain visible or retained for moderation, audit, legal, and safety purposes even after account changes, unless removal is required by law or approved under our policies
Subscription and billing records: are retained as needed for accounting, tax, dispute-resolution, and compliance purposes
Analytics and marketing records: are retained according to business need, consent status, and platform-specific retention settings
Security and abuse-prevention logs: may be retained for investigation, fraud prevention, and system integrity

8. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

Access: request a copy of certain personal information we maintain about you
Correction: request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
Deletion: request deletion of certain information, subject to exceptions for legal, security, editorial, fraud-prevention, and operational needs
Portability: receive certain information in a portable format where required
Restriction or objection: ask us to limit or stop certain processing in circumstances provided by law
Withdraw consent: withdraw consent for processing based on consent without affecting prior lawful processing
Lodge a complaint: contact a relevant supervisory or regulatory authority, where available

Registered users may also update certain information directly through account settings or other in-app controls. To make a privacy request, please contact privacy@bhstandard.com or use our contact form. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.

You can also review available in-app controls on our User Privacy Choices page.

9. Registered Users, Public Content, and Account Deletion

If you create an account, submit comments, save content, follow topics or authors, communicate with support, or otherwise use registered features, we process information needed to operate those features. Public-facing actions such as comments, profile names, profile photos, and certain reactions may be visible to other users.

You may request deletion of your account through available account controls or by contacting us. Deleting an account may remove or deactivate your access, profile, saved items, and preferences, but we may retain certain information where necessary for compliance, security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, backup integrity, and enforcement of our policies. We may also retain de-identified or aggregated information.

10. Children's Privacy and Age Suitability

Our Services are intended for a general audience and are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without authorization required by law. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in a manner not permitted by law, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

In some jurisdictions, local app-store or regulatory standards may assign a higher rating to social, messaging, or community-enabled products. Our age-related disclosures are also described in our Age Suitability page.

11. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational safeguards to protect your data, including:

Encryption in transit where appropriate and access controls for internal systems
Authentication, logging, and administrative safeguards
Monitoring, testing, and security review processes
Policies and training designed to reduce unauthorized access and misuse

No website, application, or transmission method is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we take reasonable steps designed to protect information under our control.

12. California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

California residents have additional rights under the CCPA, CPRA, and related California laws. For more detail, including information about categories, disclosures, retention, and opt-out rights, please review our California Privacy Rights page.

California residents under 18 who are registered users may also request removal of content they have publicly posted through the Services, subject to legal and operational limitations. Removal requests may be submitted to privacy@bhstandard.com.

13. Contact Information

For privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights, contact us at:

Email: privacy@bhstandard.com
Mail: Beverly Hills Standard - Privacy Officer
8383 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 800
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

14. Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, our data practices, or the Services. Material changes may be communicated through one or more of the following:

Email notification to registered users
Prominent notice on our website
In-app messaging or service notices
An updated "Last updated" date on this page

Your continued use of the Services after an update becomes effective means you acknowledge the revised Policy, to the extent permitted by law.

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