Effective Date: February 26, 2026
Last Updated: February 26, 2026
This Virginia Privacy Rights Addendum supplements the IHM Holdings Privacy Policy and applies to residents of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It describes how International Healthcare Media, LLC ("IHM," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes personal data of Virginia residents, and the rights you have under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act ("VCDPA," Va. Code Ann. §§ 59.1-575 through 59.1-585).
This notice applies to you if you are a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia acting in an individual or household context. It does not apply to:
We collect the following categories of personal data from Virginia residents:
We process personal data for the following purposes:
IHM shares personal data with third parties for the purposes described in our Privacy Policy. Specifically:
We share personal data with service providers who process data on our behalf, such as website hosting, email delivery, analytics, and payment processing. These service providers are contractually obligated to process your data only as instructed by us.
IHM shares personal data with advertisers, sponsors, and marketing partners — including identifiers, professional information, internet activity data, and inferences — for purposes of targeted advertising and direct marketing. Under the VCDPA, this constitutes "selling" personal data and/or processing personal data for "targeted advertising."
Categories of third parties receiving personal data:
Under the VCDPA, the "sale of personal data" means the exchange of personal data for monetary consideration. IHM does exchange personal data with third parties for monetary consideration in connection with our marketing and advertising business. You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data.
Under the VCDPA, "sensitive data" includes personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, mental or physical health diagnosis, sexual orientation, citizenship or immigration status, genetic or biometric data, children's data, and precise geolocation data.
IHM does not intentionally collect most categories of sensitive data. However, as a healthcare media company, content engagement on our websites may indirectly reveal health-related interests. We do not process sensitive data without obtaining your consent, as required by the VCDPA.
We do not collect precise geolocation data (GPS-level). We collect only approximate location derived from IP address.
As a Virginia resident, you have the following rights under the VCDPA:
You have the right to confirm whether we are processing your personal data and to access such data.
You have the right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data, taking into account the nature of the data and the purposes of the processing.
You have the right to request the deletion of personal data you have provided to us or that we have obtained about you.
You have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another controller without hindrance.
You have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of targeted advertising.
You have the right to opt out of the sale of your personal data to third parties.
You have the right to opt out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your VCDPA rights. We will not deny you goods or services, charge different prices, or provide a different quality of service because you exercised your rights.
You may submit a request to exercise your rights using any of the following methods:
To opt out of the sale of personal data or targeted advertising:
To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to your request. We may ask you to:
If we cannot reasonably verify your identity, we may not be able to fulfill your request, and we will explain why.
You may designate an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf. We may require the authorized agent to provide:
We may also contact you directly to confirm that you authorized the agent to act on your behalf.
If we decline to take action on your request, you have the right to appeal our decision. To appeal:
We will respond to your appeal within 60 days. If we deny your appeal, we will provide you with instructions on how to contact the Virginia Attorney General to submit a complaint:
Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
202 North Ninth Street
Richmond, VA 23219
File a Complaint Online
If you have questions about this Virginia Privacy Rights Addendum or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:
International Healthcare Media, LLC (IHM Holdings)
Attn: Privacy Team
Six Leigh Street, Clinton, NJ 08809
Email: dataprivacy@ihmholdings.com
Phone: (908) 505-8899
Online: Submit a Privacy Request
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