Last Updated: December 9, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes the privacy practices of National Journal LLC (“National Journal,” “we,” or “our”) in connection with our print, digital, and live event products and services, including www.nationaljournal.com; other websites and mobile applications we own and operate that link to this Privacy Policy; newsletters and other content we provide; National Journal Daily; live events we host, and any other site or service that posts or links to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”). It describes the kinds of personal information we may gather in connection with the Services, how we use your personal information, to whom we disclose your personal information, and how you can manage your personal information.

By using our Services, you are accepting the practices described in our Privacy Policy, including our use of cookies and similar online tools. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Services. We reserve the right to modify or amend the terms of our Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective as of the “last updated” date set forth above. Your continued use of our Services following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

If you are a resident of California, please see the Important Information for Users in California Section of this Privacy Policy.

Our Services are under constant development. This Privacy Policy may therefore be modified and updated on an ongoing basis. Please check back to this page regularly.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED
  2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
  3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
  4. ONLINE TRACKING
  5. PRIVACY CHOICES
  6. THIRD PARTIES
  7. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR USERS IN CALIFORNIA
  8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
  9. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
  10. CONTACT US

1. WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED

We may collect several types of information about you in connection with the Services.

Information You Provide to Us. There are a number of circumstances in which you supply us with personal information in connection with the Services, which include:

  • Identifiers, such as your personal or business contact information such as your name, e-mail address, postal address, and phone number.
  • Registration data, such as information you provide when you register for membership, a newsletter, an event, or any of our other Services.
  • Marketing data, such as information related to your preferences for receiving communications, subscribing to our publications, newsletters and other content, completing surveys, participating in market research, and entering a contest, sweepstakes, or game relating to the Services.
  • Communications, such as information you provide when you send us an email, pitch, submit content or post a comment, request information, or otherwise correspond with us.
  • Demographic information, such as your city, state, country of residence, postal code, gender, and age.
  • Survey data, such as responses to our survey questions regarding your role at your company, as well as your company’s business practices.
  • Account profile information, such as your username and password that you may set to establish an online account with us, your photograph, interests, social media account ID, and preferences.
  • Employment and education information, such as employment and education information you provide when you apply for a job with us.
  • Content you choose to upload to the Services, such as text, images, audio, and video, along with the metadata associated with the files you upload.

Information We Collect Automatically. We, our service providers, and our business providers may automatically collect information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your activity occurring on or through our websites using cookies and other similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, and web server logs. A cookie is a text file sent to your device (e.g., computer, laptop, smartphone, or tablet) by the server of the webpage you visit. For more information about our use of these technologies and for a description of your choices with respect to the use of these technologies, please review the Online Tracking Section. These types of automatically collected data may include:

  • Device information: We may collect device identifiers such as your computer or mobile device model, IP address, other unique device identifiers, operating system version, browser type, language, device type, and settings.
  • Usage information: We may collect personal information about the Services you use, the time, date, and duration of your use of the Services, your interaction with content offered through the Services, site engagement, search terms used, referring website, browsing and search history, site interactions, and software crash reports. We also collect personal information stored using cookies, mobile ad identifiers, and similar technologies set on your device. Our servers may automatically keep an activity log of your use of the Services. We may collect such usage information at the individual or aggregate level.
  • Location information: We collect and store your device’s source IP address, which may disclose the general location of your device at the time you access the Services and precise location derived from GPS-enabled services. Certain content may be directed to you based on this data.

Information from Third Parties. We may receive information about you from third parties and combine it with information we receive from or about you. For example:

  • Information from social media websites: When you interact with any National Journal page or account on a social media platform, such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or LinkedIn, or otherwise connect your account on the third-party platform or network to your account through our sites, we may collect the personal information available from that page or platform or that you make available to us on that page or account, including your social media account ID, username, user ID, profile picture, cover photo, and networks to which you belong, friends and connections, and contact information. You can read more about your choices in the Privacy Choices section.
  • Information from publicly or commercially available sources: We may collect certain personal information about you from third parties, including business partners (such as advertising and joint marketing partners), data providers (such as information services and data licensors), and publicly available sources (such as government records, blogs, forums, or social media platforms).

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use your personal information for the following purposes and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection:

Providing the Services. We use your personal information to provide Services to our business customers, including without limitation Gravity Research and Presentation Center. To enable us to provide these Services, we may process the personal information we collect using AI systems developed and operated by our third-party service providers, and we may use it to identify you across sessions, browsers, and/or devices.

Administering Industry Surveys. We use your personal information to validate and analyze survey responses and prepare survey reports with aggregated data.

Providing Customer Support. We may use your personal information to provide you with customer support and to address inquiries, requests, and other communications you send us.

Communicating with You About Our Services. We may use your personal information in order to contact or communicate with you (by email, phone, or other medium) concerning: information about your business’ account or any transactions; editorial newsletters and content; invitations to events; offers or announcements about our products or features; offers or announcements about our third-party partners’ products or services; communications about your comments or information submissions; online surveys; and legal notices, policy updates, and other important information about the Services. All editorial and commercial email messages include instructions for unsubscribing from such future communications. We also provide personalized content and suggestions to you, including by email, based on your interests and preferences.

Employment and Hiring. We may use your personal information, including employment and education history, to evaluate your qualifications, skills, and experience, to communicate with you about the hiring process, to conduct background and reference checks, to maintain records relating to hiring decisions, and to comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

Delivering Advertising. We may use your personal information to facilitate the delivery of advertising, promotions, and offers, on behalf of ourselves, our third-party advertisers, and our event underwriters, and to measure and report on the delivery of such advertisements, including without limitation counting ad impressions to unique visitors, verifying positioning and quality of ad impressions, and auditing compliance with privacy representations regarding our marketing practices.

Facilitating Social Media Engagement. We may use your personal information to enable you to interact with any National Journal page or account on a social media platform. We may also use your personal information to help us determine which content to deliver to you on those social media platforms.

Research, Development, and Improvement of Services. We analyze use of the Services to improve the quality of our Services, improve our operations, and to develop new products and offerings, including by studying user demographics, content selection, purchasing patterns, and use of the Services. We may also use your personal information for debugging, such as to identify and repair errors that impair Service functionality.

Information Security. We may use your personal information to detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and prosecute those responsible for that activity.

Protecting Against Harm and Exercising Our Legal Rights. We may use your personal information when we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate our policies or may be fraudulent or illegal; and/or to protect, enforce, or defend the legal rights, privacy, safety, or property of National Journal, its employees, agents, or users. We may also use your personal information to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy, with the Terms and Conditions that govern use of our respective websites, and any other terms of use to which you may agree in the course of using our Services.

Complying with Law. We may use your personal information as required by law or if we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law or legal process, such as to carry out fraud prevention checks.

Aggregate, Anonymize, or De-identify Data. We may de-identify, aggregate, and/or anonymize your personal information so that it cannot be linked to you or any other individual. De-identified, aggregated, and/or anonymized data are not considered “personal information”. We may use and share that aggregated, de-identified, and/or anonymized information for any purpose, for example to conduct research and analytics, to share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, to analyze and improve the Services, and to promote our business. When we maintain and use de-identified data, we will not attempt to re-identify the data unless expressly permitted or required by law.


3. HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Our information-sharing practices vary based on the type of information and the type of recipient. We may share your personal information with:

Affiliates and Subsidiaries. We may share your personal information with our corporate parent, subsidiaries, and affiliates to operate our Services or for other purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your personal information with vendors that perform functions on our behalf, including, but not limited to, hosting, content syndication, content management tools, social media integration, marketing, analytics, billing, and customer service. Vendors are obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of any personal information that we share with them for these purposes. They are restricted from using, selling, distributing, or altering this data in any way other than to provide the requested services to National Journal. We may share your personal information, such as information about you or your use of the Services, with third parties that provide content or advertising services, including through the use of cookies, beacons, and similar technologies. These third parties process your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies.

Third Party Event Partners or Underwriters. When you register for or attend one of our live events, we may share personal information you provide at registration with our event partners or underwriters. These third parties may use your personal information to provide you with information about their own products and services. If you do not want your personal information used for these purposes, you can opt-out of such use by e-mailing us at privacy@nationaljournal.com, or calling or writing us at the contact information provided in the Contact Us section.

Business Transferees. We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of your personal information in connection with or during negotiation of any merger, financing, acquisition or dissolution, transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture, or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership.

Law Enforcement, Legal Process, Compliance, Fraud Prevention, and Safety. In some cases, we may use or disclose your personal information to a third party if we are required to do so by law or if we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law or legal process; to protect and defend our rights or to prevent misuse of our Services; or to protect the personal safety of our employees, agents, partners, users of the Services, or the public.

Professional Advisors. We may disclose your personal information to professional advisors, such as lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

With Your Consent or At Your Direction. In addition to the sharing described in this Privacy Policy, we may share your personal information with third parties whenever you consent to or direct such sharing.


4. ONLINE TRACKING

When you use our Services, we and our third-party partners may use cookies, web beacons, SDKs, and other similar technologies that collect certain information about you by automated means.

We and third parties use these automated technologies for a variety of purposes, including to display our websites, track your use of the Services, conduct site analytics and diagnostics to website display and content, remember your sign-in credentials and preferences so that you do not have to input them each time you use the Services, customize your experience using the Services, integrate with social media, add features or functionality to our Services, monitor site traffic and performance, and to improve our Services and your experience. We may also disclose information about your use of our site to advertising and analytics partners.

Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. Note, however, that without cookies, you may not be able to use all of the features of our Services. For mobile devices, you can manage how your device and browser share certain device data by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your mobile device. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.


5. PRIVACY CHOICES

There are a number of ways to opt out of having your online activity and device data collected by third parties with tracking technologies on our websites, which we have summarized below. Please note that using these tools to opt out of tracking and targeting does not mean that you will not receive advertising while using our Services, or that you will not receive interest-based advertising on other websites from third parties.

Google Analytics. The Services may use Google Analytics to track your usage, including the stitching of sessions. If you wish to opt-out of Google Analytics’ tracking, use this browser add-on provided by Google.

Using Privacy Plug-ins or Browsers. You can block websites from setting third party cookies and trackers by using and configuring a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or installing browser plugins like Privacy Badger, Ghostery or uBlock Origin.

Do Not Track. Our websites do not currently respond to “Do Not Track” signals or other mechanisms that provide a method to opt out of the collection of information across websites or other online Services. If we respond to these signals in the future, we will describe how we do so in this Policy. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit https://allaboutdnt.com.


6. THIRD PARTIES

The Services may contain links to other websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties, and other websites, mobile applications, and online services operated by third parties may contain links to our Services. These links are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. In addition, our content may be included on web pages or in mobile applications or online services that are not associated with us.

In general, the information collected and generated by third parties is processed and stored by the third parties and will be subject to their respective privacy policies, meaning that they follow different rules regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information. We do not control such third-party websites, mobile applications, or online services, and we are not responsible for their actions or their privacy policies. We also do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or the information they may collect. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications, and online services you use.


7. IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR USERS IN CALIFORNIA

This section applies to the personal information of California residents and supplements the other sections of this Privacy Policy. It describes how we collect, use and share personal information of California residents in operating our business, and their rights with respect to that personal information.

How We Collect, Use, and Share your Personal Information.

For information on the categories of Personal Information that we have collected in the past 12 months, the purposes for which we process that personal information, and how we disclose that personal information, please refer to Sections 1, 2, and 3 of this Policy. We use and disclose sensitive personal information only for purposes expressly permitted under California law.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties for the business purposes outlined in Section 3 of this Policy. Please note that National Journal does not intentionally collect personal information from individuals younger than the age of 16 and does not knowingly sell such Personal Information.

In the preceding twelve (12) months, we may have sold or shared your personal information, or disclosed it for a business purpose, to the following categories of third parties:

Category Examples Categories of Third Parties to Whom We Disclosed Personal Information for Business Purposes Categories of Third Parties to Whom We Sold or Shared Personal Information
Identifiers Name, business e-mail address, postal address, social media ID, account credentials, and phone number IT service providers, such as cloud services, analytics service providers, business operations service providers Marketing and advertising third parties
Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law Gender, age, and other demographic information HR and recruiting service providers, such as applicant tracking system providers, analytics service providers, survey service providers N/A
Commercial information Membership records, content preferences, and survey responses IT service providers, such as cloud services, analytics service providers, business operations service providers, and survey service providers N/A
Internet or other similar network activity Device identifiers, IP address, browser type, time, date and duration of your use of the Services, and location information IT service providers, such as cloud services, analytics service providers, business operations service providers, and survey service providers Marketing and advertising third parties
Audio, electronic, or visual information Photographs, audio, and video that you may upload onto the Services IT service providers, such as cloud services, analytics service providers, business operations service providers N/A
Professional or employment-related information Employer, job title, experience, skill, or expertise HR and recruiting service providers, such as applicant tracking system providers and analytics service providers N/A
Education information Education level and history HR and recruiting service providers, such as applicant tracking system providers and analytics service providers N/A
Inferences drawn from other personal information Preferences inferred from personal information IT service providers, such as cloud services, analytics service providers, business operations service providers N/A
Sensitive personal information Precise geolocation information IT service providers, such as cloud services, analytics service providers, business operations service providers N/A

How Long Your Information Is Stored. We will keep your personal information for as long as we have a relationship with you or until we no longer need it to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected. Once our relationship with you has come to an end or we no longer need the personal information to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, we will retain your personal information for a period of time that enables us to:

  • Maintain business records for analysis and/or audit purposes.
  • Perform internal research to assess and improve our business.
  • Comply with record retention requirements under the law or other relevant legal requirements or internal policies.
  • Defend or bring any existing or potential legal claims.

Your California Privacy Rights. As a California resident, the CCPA grants you the rights listed below and you may thus have certain choices regarding your personal information. However, these rights are subject to certain exceptions and are not absolute, and in some cases we may decline your request as permitted by law.

  • Access. You have the right to request, twice in a 12-month period, that we disclose to you the categories of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information, the categories of third parties to whom we disclose your personal information, and the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
  • Data Portability. You have the right to request that we provide you with a copy of your personal information that we have collected about you in a structured and machine-readable format.
  • Correction. You have the right to request that we correct the personal information we maintain about you if that information is inaccurate.
  • Deletion. You have the right to request that we delete certain personal information we have collected from you.
  • Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing. You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising. To opt out of the sale of your personal information or sharing of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, click the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information link here.
  • Nondiscrimination. You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination. This means that we will not penalize you for exercising your rights by taking actions such as denying you Services; increasing the price/rate of Services; decreasing Service quality; or suggesting that we may penalize you as described above for exercising your rights.

California residents (or authorized agents) may exercise these rights using any of the following options:


Identity verification for CCPA rights to information, access, and deletion. To help protect your privacy and maintain security, we will need to confirm your identity to process your requests to exercise your CCPA rights. Accordingly, we will take reasonable precautions and may require you to provide certain information (such as your name, address, email address, and relationship to National Journal) to verify your identity before granting you access to your personal information or complying with your deletion or correction request.

Authorized Agents. California residents can empower an “authorized agent” to submit CCPA requests on their behalf through the same means outlined above through which a California resident may file a request – through the Privacy Request Manager form, by emailing us at privacy@nationaljournal.com, or by calling our toll free number and entering service code 720#. Unless the California resident has provided the authorized agent power of attorney, we will also require the following before processing a request submitted via an authorized agent:

  • Signed authorization from the California resident permitting the authorized agent to submit CCPA requests on their behalf;
  • Proof of the California resident’s identity sufficient to satisfy our respective verification protocols that otherwise apply to CCPA requests to delete personal information, access personal information, or learn more about how personal information is processed; and
  • Direct confirmation sent from the consumer to us (without the authorized agent as an intermediary) affirming that the agent is authorized to act on their behalf.

8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

The Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13 years of age and we do not target the Services to such children. If we discover that any child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete that child’s information as soon as reasonably practicable. If you believe that we have been provided with the personal information of a child under the age of 13 without parental consent, please notify us immediately at privacy@nationaljournal.com.


9. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

How Your Information Is Secured. We employ a number of organizational, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all internet and information technologies and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. You need to help protect the privacy of your own information. You must take precautions to protect the security of any personal information that you may transmit over any home networks, wireless routers, wireless (WiFi) networks or similar devices by using encryption and other techniques to prevent unauthorized persons from intercepting or receiving any of your personal information. You are responsible for the security of your personal information when using unencrypted, open access, or otherwise unsecured networks.

Emails and Newsletters. You may opt out of receiving future e-mail marketing messages and newsletters from National Journal by following the instructions contained within the emails and newsletters, or by e-mailing, calling or writing us at the addresses in Section 10 of the Privacy Policy below.


10. CONTACT US

If you have questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

ATTN: General Counsel
National Journal Group LLC
600 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 266-7000
Email: privacy@nationaljournal.com