Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting Citizens Of Culture (“we” “our” or “us”). We want you to know how information about you is collected, used, and shared with others. We also want you to know about the choices you have when you visit us at http://www.citizensofculture.com (the “Site”). If you have questions or comments about this policy, please contact us at editors@citizensofculture.com.

Information We Collect

When you visit our Site, send us or a Site writer an email, submit or comment on an article, or otherwise communicate with us or a Site writer, we may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us or a Site writer.  We may also collect personal information from third parties, including without limitation, our business partners.  Personal information is information through which you can be identified such as your name, email address, photograph, and telephone number.

If you engage with our Site content through third-party social networking sites, we may have access to certain information associated with your social media account such as your name, email address, photograph, birthday, location, and people you follow or like.   For information on controlling access to your personal information through social networking sites, you should review their privacy policies and terms of use.

We may use (or authorize third parties to use) web beacons, cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies (“Tracking Technologies”) at our Site to collect information about you, your online behavior, your computer, or your mobile device.  Such information may include, without limitation, the type of browser and operating system you are using, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your geographic location, the pages you visit, how long you visit each page, the unique number assigned to your server or Internet connection, etc.  At this time, we do not recognize automated browser signals regarding tracking mechanisms, which may include “do not track” instructions.  However, you can change some of your privacy preferences through your browser.  For example, you can delete browser cookies from your computer or set your browser to reject browser cookies.  However, doing so may limit some functionalities of our Site.  Also, blocking or deleting browser cookies may not block or delete other types of cookies including flash cookies.    For additional information about browser privacy preferences, please consult the “Help” section of your browser.

Use of Information We Collect

We may use the information we collect for our own marketing and non-marketing purposes.  For example, your personal information may be used to alert you to upcoming articles, features, or events.  We may also share your personal information and information collected through Tracking Technologies with third parties in the United States and other jurisdictions for marketing and non-marketing purposes.  For example, personal information and information collected through Tracking Technologies may be shared with our affiliates and business partners for joint marketing purposes or for their own marketing purposes.  We may also license or sell information collected through Tracking Technologies to third parties for marketing and non-marketing purposes.  In addition, we may merge personal information with information collected through Tracking Technologies and with information we may obtain from other sources and, as a result, such information may become personal information.

If you do not want us to use or share your personal information for marketing purposes, you may opt-out in accordance with the “How to Opt-Out” section below.  Please note that even if you opt-out, we may still use or share your personal information for non-marketing purposes such as fulfilling your requests, responding to your inquiries, etc.

We may share or transfer your personal information and information collected through Tracking Technologies and other sources if we enter into a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of some or all of our assets.  Any party that acquires our assets as part of such a transaction may continue to use your information in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy

Information Collected by Third Parties 

Cookies

We use Cookies on our website that collect information to allow us and third parties to understand your use of Citizens Of Culture. Please see our cookie policy for more information on our use of cookies on Citizens Of Culture.

Social Media Features and Widgets

We use social media features, including the Facebook Like button and widgets, such as the Share button or similar interactive mini-programs that run on Citizens Of Culture If you provide your social media information to us, we may use it to interact with you on these social networks. These features may collect your IP address and other personal data including which page you are visiting on our site and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on Citizens Of Culture. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it. For more information on the technologies used by these social networks, please refer to their specific privacy notices listed below:

Information We Share with Third Parties

We never sell your information to third parties. We will only share data with third parties under the following circumstances:

  • with your consent, with service providers used by creators to deliver benefits, such as to ship packages to you. You should read these service providers’ privacy policies to see how they use and share your data.
  • with our service providers, who are companies that are contractually engaged with us to provide us with services, such as order fulfillment, email management, analyzing data trends, credit card processing and fraud detection and prevention. These companies may have access to your data to perform their services, and are obligated by contract to safeguard any of your data they receive from us to the same extent that Citizens Of Culture protects it.
  • to protect the security or integrity of Citizens Of Culture, and to protect the rights, property, or safety of Citizens Of Culture, its employees, users, or others, if we believe that disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, or other valid legal process (e.g., subpoenas or warrants served on Citizens Of Culture). If we are going to release your data, we will do our best to provide you with notice in advance by email, unless we are prohibited by law from doing so.
  • in connection with the sale, merger, bankruptcy, sale of assets or reorganization of our company. We will notify you if a different company receives your data. The promises in this privacy policy apply to any data transferred to a new entity.

How to Opt-Out   

If you do not want personal information that we collect about you to be used for our own marketing purposes or to be shared with third parties for their marketing purposes, you can opt-out of such use and sharing by emailing your request to us at citizensofculturela@gmail.com.

Your California Privacy Rights

California law requires certain businesses to respond to requests from California residents asking about the disclosure of personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. Alternately, such businesses may adopt a policy of not disclosing personal information to third parties for marketing purposes if a California resident has opted-out of such information-sharing. We have an opt-out policy in place. If you wish to opt-out of our sharing your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes, please follow the “How to Opt Out” instructions above.

Links to other Websites

Our Site contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the information collection or privacy practices of other websites.  For example, if you click on an advertisement that links to another website, this privacy policy will not apply to information collected at that other website.  We recommend that you review the privacy policies of other websites before you visit those websites or provide any personal information.

Posting Comments on our Site 

You can post your own comments and other information at our Site (“Comments”) through our comments platform, which is run by Disqus.   Comments posted at our Site are subject to our privacy policy and the privacy policy of Disqus at http://docs.disqus.com/help/30/.   Because our Site receives significant traffic and is accessible to anyone on the Internet, you should not post Comments that are private or that you do not want to be used and viewed by others.   You are solely responsible for any legal or other repercussions that occur as a result of Comments you post at our Site.  We assume no responsibility or liability which may arise from your Comments. 

Access to Personal Information 

You may access, update, and correct inaccuracies in your personal information which is in our custody and control by emailing us at citizensofculturela@gmail.com. We may request certain personal information from you for the purposes of verifying your identity.

Security

We have implemented administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to help prevent unauthorized access, use, or disclosure of personal information in our custody or control.  However, we cannot guarantee that these safeguards will prevent the unauthorized access, use or disclosure of your personal information.

Persons Under 18

Our Site is not intended for persons under 18 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from persons under 18.  If you are the parent or guardian of a person under 18 and believe that he or she has provided personal information to us, please contact us at citizensofculturela@gmail.com.

Compliance with EU Privacy Laws and Privacy Shield

Citizens Of Culture is an international company that complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We act as Data Controllers, as defined under the GDPR, and process personal data based on our legitimate interests, and for contractual necessity in providing you the Service as described in “How We Use Your Information.” We  also process and share personal information based on notification and users’ consent, which our users may revoke at any time. We apply the same principles of privacy protection to all of our users, not just to data subjects in the EU and UK.

Citizens Of Culture complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States.

Revisions to this Privacy Policy

We may revise this privacy policy from time-to-time in our sole discretion.  Please visit this Site and review our privacy policy periodically for changes.  By continuing to access or use our Site after changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the terms of the revised privacy policy.

Effective:  January 1, 2020