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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 10, 2025

Iron Corp US Inc. ("Iron Corp", "we", "us", "our"), is dedicated to serving the military community. We are committed to protecting the privacy of the Site users. This privacy policy explains how we protect your personal information on the site and mobile apps (collectively, the “Sites”, and individually, a “Site”).
We will explain what types of personal information we collect, what may happen to that information, and your rights regarding your personal information.

Scope of This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to information we collect or use on the following Sites operated by Iron Corp:

  • Military.com Site;
  • Military News by Military.com mobile app (iOS and Android); and
  • Military Pay by Military.com mobile app (iOS and Android).

Types of Information We Collect

Information We Collect Directly From You:

We collect information from you when you choose to give it to us either on the Sites or through the mobile apps. This information may include, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Registration information, such as your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, username, and password;
  • Demographic information, such as your gender, date of birth, and zip code or postal code;
  • Career information, such as your occupation, career history, resume, and cover letters;
  • Military service information, such as your affiliated branch of service, military status, security clearance, paygrade, rank, military job code, and separation date; and
  • Self-selected unit or group homepages, which are linked to your profile after you choose to join
    them.

All of the above categories of personal information have been collected by Iron Corp or its predecessor in the past twelve months.

The information we collect from you may be shared within our affiliated companies on a worldwide basis. “Affiliated companies” means Iron Corp, companies that are controlled by Iron Corp, companies under common ownership with Iron Corp and Iron Corp’s parent companies.

The Sites contain links to other sites over which we have no control. Iron Corp is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other third party sites which you choose to visit from the links hosted on the Sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of such other sites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your personal information. 

Information Automatically Collected About You When You Use The Sites:

We automatically collect certain information from you when you use the Sites. This information is passively collected, and Iron Corp uses it for internal purposes, including, but not limited to, testing, improving your user experience, and personalization of advertising. This information may include, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Behavioral information, including how you use the Sites, the areas of the Sites that you visit, which services you access, and how long you access those services;
  • Hardware and software information, including your Internet protocol (IP) address; geolocation; browser type, operating system, and domain names; and
  • Referring website addresses.

All of the above categories of information have been collected by Iron Corp or its predecessor in the past twelve months.

Collection of Information from Children

The Sites are not intended for, nor do we knowingly collect information from, children under the age of 16.

How We Use Information

Iron Corp uses the information that we collect for the following purposes: to provide the services, for marketing and advertising, to respond to you, operate and improve the Sites, and foster a positive user experience.

By registering with the Sites, by managing your profile, or by opting in when presented with the choice to do so, you have consented for us to use your information in the following ways, each of the below activities has been performed by Iron Corp or its predecessor in the past twelve months:

To Provide You With Our Services, Which Includes:

  • Creating a user account for you;
  • Displaying personalized products, content and advertising relating to your career, experiences and interests;
  • Providing networking features;
  • Hosting articles and comments; and
  • Assisting you with contacting us and for us to respond to you.

For Marketing And Advertising, Which Includes:

  • Providing personalized, targeted, or location-based content, services, and advertising from third parties on the Sites and on other websites with which we have a business relationship;
  • Sending you e-mails or other communications to provide you with updates on the Sites, to distribute free informational newsletters relating to topics that may be of special interest to you, to use surveys and questionnaires to collect your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services, and to administer promotions or contests and publish the results thereof, including success stories and contest winners; and
  • Collecting feedback from you that will be used for marketing purposes or to contact you for further information.

To Improve Our Services, Which Includes:

  • Conducting analytics and generating internal reports about the use of the Sites;
  • Tracking which areas of the Sites that you use;
  • Preventing and investigating malicious or fraudulent activity; and
  • Enhancing your overall experience on the Sites.

Co-branded pages: information gathered on a co-branded page may be retained by both Iron Corp and the other company participating in the co-branding campaign. In that instance, the use of such information by the other company will be subject to the privacy policy of that company. Iron Corp is not responsible for that company’s use of your personal information.

How We Share Information

Information We Share With Third Party Service Providers:

From time to time, Iron Corp may decide to use third parties to perform specific services, such as sending newsletters to Iron Corp users. If Iron Corp engages a service provider, then some personal information may be shared with the service provider, but only to the extent necessary for the service provider to provide services on Iron Corp’s behalf.

Service providers are only allowed to use personal information for the purpose of providing the specific services requested by Iron Corp. Iron Corp uses third party service providers for the following types of tasks:

  • Marketing assistance;
  • Analytics;
  • Data visualization;
  • Customer service;
  • Improvement of services;
  • Content commenting; and
  • Error-monitoring.

Information We Share With Lead Generation Partners:

Iron Corp may host a lead generation partner’s webform on the Sites. When you voluntarily fill out a lead generation partner’s webform and submit it, your personal information, including, but not limited to, name, address, and IP address, may be shared with Iron Corp and the lead generation partner.

Information Shared at Your Direction:

Sharing Personal Information for Social Networking: Iron Corp provides member networking among other like-minded professionals with similar backgrounds and interests. If you have a profile on the Sites, other users or members of the Sites may view your profile. Your personal information, including demographic information, may be made public based on the settings you choose for your personal profile; however, your contact information is not displayed to other users or members unless you choose to share it with them. Iron Corp is not responsible for the retention, use or privacy of profile information stored by other members.

Sharing Personal Information for Professional Networking: Some of the products and services, such as professional networking services, allow third parties who are not users or members of the Sites to see your personal information and to contact you. Your personal information is only shared with these third parties with your consent

Sharing Personal Information with Third Party Business Partners: We also may disclose information to third party business partners if you consent to such disclosures. For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive information about the opportunities, products or services of third party business partners at the time you register for a user accounts, we may supply your contact information to the third party business partners, such as marketers and advertisers, for the purpose of sending you e-mails or other communications. We use data that we have collected from you, such as your interests and preferences, to determine whether you might be interested in the opportunities, products or services offered by a particular third party business partner. You may opt out of such sharing by submitting a request to us at https://militarycom.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/new.

Sharing Aggregate Data: Regardless of your decision regarding the sharing of your personal information, Iron Corp may share broad aggregate demographic data and related usage information with Iron Corp’s business partners.

Sale of Information

Iron Corp will not knowingly sell, share, rent, or otherwise transfer your information other than in accordance with the terms set forth in this privacy policy.

Please note that the use of cookies and online advertising tools may be considered a sale of data under certain laws. See more in the section titled “Cookies and Online Advertising”.

Sharing Information As Required By Law

While Iron Corp strives to protect its users’ personal information, Iron Corp discloses personal information to third parties if legally required to do so, if a governmental entity requests Iron Corp to do so, or if Iron Corp believes in good faith that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal processes; (b) protect the rights or property of Iron Corp or affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public. Because Iron Corp is a U.S. company and information collected on the Sites is stored in whole or in part in the United States, your information may become subject to U.S. law.

Sharing of Information in the Event of a Business Change

Iron Corp may disclose and transfer personal information to a third party who acquires any or all of Iron Corp’s business units, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of Iron Corp’s assets or shares. In addition, in the event that Iron Corp becomes the subject of an insolvency proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, Iron Corp or its liquidator, administrator, receiver, or administrative receiver may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the court. You will be notified of the sale of all or a substantial portion of Iron Corp’s business to a third party by e-mail or through a prominent notice posted on the Sites.

Your Privacy Rights

Right to Know: You have the right to know whether Iron Corp has collected personal information from you. You may submit up to two requests within a twelve-month period directing Iron Corp to disclose any of the following to you:

  • The categories or specific pieces of personal information that Iron Corp has collected from you;
  • The categories of sources from which Iron Corp has collected your information;
  • The reasons why Iron Corp collects or sells personal information; and
  • The categories of third parties with which Iron Corp shares personal information.

Right to Delete: You have the right to request that Iron Corp delete any of your personal information that Iron Corp has collected from you with certain exceptions. Iron Corp may refuse your deletion request if permitted by law. If we deny your deletion request, we will tell you why the request was denied. Additionally, if Iron Corp can verify your request and determine that no exception to deletion applies, we will direct any of our service providers that have received your personal data to delete your personal information from their records as well.

Right to Correct: You have the right to request amendments to your personal data if it is inaccurate or outdated in any way.

Right to Opt Out of Sharing of Your Data: You have the right to opt out of Iron Corp’s sharing of your personal information with third parties.

Right to Opt Out of Sale of Your Data: You have the right to opt out of Iron Corp’s sale, as defined by the California Privacy Rights Act, of your personal information to third parties for marketing, advertising or lead generation purposes.

Right to Non-Discrimination: Iron Corp will not discriminate against you for choosing to exercise your privacy rights.

Submitting a Request to Exercise Your Rights: You or your authorized agent may submit a request to exercise any of your aforementioned rights by contacting us at 

https://militarycom.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/new.

Iron Corp will verify your request using information associated with your Military.com account.

Updating Your Account and Profile

You may also have access to review, correct, update, change, or delete your account profile information on your own at any time. Simply log into your user account, navigate to your profile and make your desired changes. You may access your user account and profile at https://www.military.com/profile/member-profile.html.

If you previously opted to receive newsletters, commercial e-mails or other communications from Iron Corp or third parties, but subsequently change your mind, you may opt out by editing your account profile. If you previously chose not to receive such communications, you may later opt in by editing your account profile.

Cookies and Online Advertising

Cookies: Iron Corp uses both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. A session ID cookie is not permanently stored on your computer. Session ID cookies expire after two hours of inactivity or when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies, including persistent cookies, at any time by modifying your browser settings.

We use the following specific types of cookies:

  • Security: We use these cookies to secure your account.
  • Preference: We use these cookies to store your preferences on how you use the Sites.
  • Analytics: We use these cookies to track traffic patterns so we can identify popular content and potential problems.
  • Features: We use these cookies to track which topics and that you search for on the Sites.
  • Advertising: We use these cookies to collect information about you in order to show you advertising on the Sites and other third party websites.

We also use cookies to identify users who have been banned from using the forums for behavior that contradicts our User Agreement, to track click streams, for load balancing, and to enable you to navigate through the Sites using redirection pages.

Third Party Advertising Opt-Out: Iron Corp also allows other companies to display advertisements to you while you are visiting the Sites. Because your web browser must request such advertisements from the other companies’ servers, these companies can view, edit or set their own cookies, just as if you had requested a web page from their site. The cookies placed by such third parties could remain on your computer after you leave the Sites for up to twenty years unless you choose to delete them.

To opt out of interest-based advertising by participating companies in the following consumer choice mechanisms, please visit:

Pixels: Iron Corp uses pixels, including, for example, to count users who have visited specific pages of the Sites, or to allow Iron Corp to place a cookie on a user’s computer. Iron Corp uses data collected from pixels to compile aggregate statistics about usage of the Sites.

JavaScript: Iron Corp also uses JavaScript within certain advertisements. JavaScript is a programming language that enhances the functionality of websites, particularly in respect to pictures. You may deactivate JavaScript via your browser settings or activate it the same way. If you disable JavaScript, you may not be able to use some of the functions of the Sites.

Advertising: We may personalize the advertising that you are shown on the Sites or other sites with which we have a business relationship.

Social Media Features

The Sites include social media features, such as the AddToAny button. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the specific feature.

Posting your information to public areas of Iron Corp: Please remember that if you post any of your personal information to the public areas of the Sites, such as online forums or chat rooms, such information may be collected and used by others over whom Iron Corp has no control. We cannot control the use made by these third parties of the information that you post or otherwise make available to the public areas of the Sites.

Security

Iron Corp has security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of the information under our control. You are the only user authorized to update your profile, unless you provide your password information to another party. Ultimately, you are responsible for keeping your username and password secret and secure.

Iron Corp helps protect personal information by using both online and offline security methods, including firewalls, passwords, restricted electronic access to your personal information, and restricted physical access to where your personal information is stored. Our staff members are trained to comply with our security procedures, and our security procedures are regularly reviewed and revised, if necessary, by the Legal Department at Iron Corp.

Data Retention

If a user has not clicked an e-mail link or logged into the Sites for twelve consecutive months, the user account will be marked as inactive and unsubscribed from all newsletters. If a user account has been deemed inactive for more than two years, the account and all associated data will be deleted. If an inactive user logs into the Site or interacts with an e-mail, the account will be marked as active and the clock resets for determining if the user becomes inactive.

Acceptance of Terms/Changes to Privacy Policy

Your use of the Sites indicates your acceptance of the terms of this privacy policy.

Iron Corp may update this privacy policy to reflect changes in its information practices. If we make material changes, we will notify you by e-mail (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) where required, or by means of a notice on the Sites prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

Contact Information
If, at any time, you have questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, please contact us online by submitting a ticket at 

https://militarycom.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/new 

or offline at:

Iron Corp US Inc.
Attn: Legal Department
7901 4th St N, Suite 8397
St. Petersburg, FL 33702

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