Introduction
Queer Carolinas respects the privacy of its visitors. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website at https://www.queercarolinas.com and our practices for using and disclosing that information.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information. If you do not agree with our policies or practices, please do not use our website. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time, so please check back periodically for updates.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through our website may include:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on our website
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us
- Details of transactions you carry out through our website
- Your search queries on our website
You also may provide information to be published or displayed on public areas of the website, or transmitted to other users of the website or third parties. This type of information is posted and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the website with whom you may choose to interact. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your public contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons. If you leave a comment anywhere on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect information about your device, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Details of your visits to our website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the website.
- Information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser.
The information we collect automatically does not include personal information, except for device identifying information such as your IP address or Device ID, which may be considered personal information in your jurisdiction. The information we collect automatically helps us to improve our website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
- Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our website according to your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Recognize you when you return to our website.
- Show advertisements on our website.
The technologies we may use, and which third-party advertisers may use, for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. If you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our website.
- Web Beacons. Pages of our website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons that permit us to count users who have visited a page or opened an email and for other related website statistics.(for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some content, including advertisements, on the website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, and content providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. Consider disabling cookies through your browser settings if you wish to avoid tracking by these third parties.
This website uses the services of Ezoic to provide interest-based advertising. Read more about Ezoic’s services here.
How We Use Your Information
We may use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To present our website and its contents to you
- To show you ads that are relevant to you
- To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection
- To notify you about changes to our website
- To allow you to participate in interactive features on our website
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information
- For any other purpose with your consent
We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties’ goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please click the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email newsletter we send you.
We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences. Even though we do not disclose your personal information for these purposes without your consent, if you click on or otherwise interact with an advertisement, the advertiser may assume that you meet its target criteria.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information and non-personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Policy:
- To our affiliates
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- To Google when our website uses Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage and we report information about aggregate usage (eg. how many visitors come to a certain section of the site) to current and potential advertisers. By using our Website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in Google’s Privacy Policy and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics and Advertising features if you disable cookies, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service provided by Google.
- To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of our assets in which personal information about our website users is among the assets transferred.
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
- For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
- With your consent.
We may also disclose your personal information:
- To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
- To enforce or apply our terms of service.
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of ourselves, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other organizations for the purposes of fraud protection.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy please contact us by email at [email protected].
