1. What personally identifiable information does The African-American Voice collect from me?
2. What are cookies and how does The African-American Voice use them?
3. Who is collecting information?
4. With whom does The African-American Voice share my information?
5. What are my choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of my information?
6. What is The African-American Voice's policy on allowing me to update, correct, or delete my personally identifiable information?
7. What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of my information?
8. What else should I know about my privacy?
9. Additional information

What personally identifiable information does The African-American Voice collect from me?

The African-American Voice collects information in several ways from different parts of our network of web sites. Some personal information is gathered when you register. During registration, The African-American Voice asks for your name, email address, zip code, household information and personal interests. The more information you volunteer (and the more accurate it is), the better we are able to customize your experience. Once you register you are no longer anonymous to The African-American Voice - use to access the various protected areas of the site. Also, if you contact The African-American Voice we may keep a record of that correspondence. Whenever The African-American Voice collects personal information we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.

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What are cookies and how does The African-American Voice use them?

A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, The African-American Voice may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. Some areas on The African-American Voice where you are prompted to log-in or that are customizable may require that you accept cookies. This avoids you having to enter your login information many times in one day.

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Who is collecting information?

When you are on a The African-American Voice site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with The African-American Voice alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise. If data is being collected and/or maintained by any company other than The African-American Voice -- or its parent company Global Market Insite, Inc., you will be notified prior to the time of the data collection or transfer. If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service. Promotions that run on The African-American Voice may be sponsored by companies other than The African-American Voice or may be co-sponsored by The African-American Voice and another company. Some or all data collected during a promotion may be shared with the sponsor. If data will be shared, you will be notified prior to the time of data collection or transfer. You can decide not to participate in the promotion if you don't want your data to be shared. Please be aware that The African-American Voice advertisers or web sites that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. The information practices of those web sites linked to The African-American Voice are not covered by this privacy statement.

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With whom does The African-American Voice share my information?

As a general rule, The African-American Voice will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. Please see the Terms of Service or User Agreements for each of our products and services for more detailed information about how your personal information may be shared. The following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed. Business Partners & Sponsors: The African-American Voice may disclose your personal information to business partners or sponsors, but this is specifically described to you prior to data collection or prior to transferring the data. If any personal data about you were ever to be shared, we will tell you before we collect or transfer the data. Many promotions offer opportunities to request additional information from sponsors. By requesting more information, you give The African-American Voice permission to transfer your personal information to the sponsor so they can fulfill your request. In many instances, only your email address will be shared. If more information will be shared with the sponsor, you will be notified prior to the transfer.

From time to time, you may be offered the opportunity to receive materials or special offers from third parties. If you opt-in to receive information from these third parties, The African-American Voice will (with your permission) share your name and email address with them. Third Party Data & Data in the Aggregate: Under confidentiality agreements, The African-American Voice may match user information with third party data. Also, The African-American Voice discloses aggregated user statistics (for example, 45% of our users are female) in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. Other: The African-American Voice may also disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating The African-American Voice's Terms of Service or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) The African-American Voice's rights or property, other The African-American Voice users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. The African-American Voice may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.

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What are my choices regarding collection, use, and distribution of my information?

Only The African-American Voice (or agents working on behalf of The African-American Voice and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings and only if you indicated that you do not object to these offers. You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use those The African-American Voice services that require registration in order to participate. The African-American Voice does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your data will be shared with a third party and you will always have the option of not permitting the transfer. If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a particular service.

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What is The African-American Voice's policy on allowing me to update, correct, or delete my personally identifiable information?

You may edit your The African-American Voice Account Information and your public The African-American Voice Profile at any time by using your The African-American Voice ID and password. If you have forgotten your password, please click here. Your The African-American Voice account can be deleted or deactivated. Please contact us for further instructions about deleting or deactivating your The African-American Voice account.

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What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of my information?

Your The African-American Voice Account Information and The African-American Voice Profile are password-protected so that you and only you have access to this personal information. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. The African-American Voice will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Also remember to sign out of your The African-American Voice account and close your browser window when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe. Whenever The African-American Voice handles personal information as described above, regardless of where this occurs, The African-American Voice takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with the relevant Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, The African-American Voice cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

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What else should I know about my privacy?

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.

Additional information

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this privacy policy.