OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: May 1, 2025
African Voices Magazine is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit https://africanvoices.com.
Who We Are
Our website address is https://africanvoices.com. We are an arts and literary organization highlighting African diasporic voices through our print magazine, events, and online content.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. See Gravatar’s privacy policy for details. After your comment is approved, your profile image is visible to the public next to your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid including location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors may be able to download and extract this data.
Cookies
- If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
- If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
- When you log in, we set cookies to save your login and display preferences. Login cookies last two days; display cookies last one year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps your login for two weeks.
- Editing or publishing content will store a cookie with the post ID; it expires in one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Some pages may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves the same as if you visited the source site directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with their content, especially if you are logged into those platforms.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize follow-up comments without manual approval.
If you register on our site, we store the personal information provided in your user profile. You can view, edit, or delete your information (except your username). Website administrators can also access and manage this data.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data or ask us to delete it. This excludes data we are legally or administratively required to keep.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be reviewed using an automated spam detection service.
Contact Us:
For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us at:
Email: which email address to put here
Mailing Address: confirm addrerss