Privacy Policy

Last updated July 1, 2023

This privacy policy for Fig City News, Inc. (“we,” “us,” or “our”) describes how and why we may collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your information when you use our services (“Services”), such as when you:

Visit our website at figcitynews.com,
Subscribe to any of our email newsletters,
Download or use our mobile apps that refer to this privacy policy,
Make donations to support Fig City News, or
Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events

Disclosing your personal information to us pursuant to this privacy policy is at your own risk. We strive to comply with laws of jurisdictions in which we maintain operations but we make no representations that the practices described in this privacy policy are compliant with laws outside those jurisdictions that apply to the collection, security, use, and disclosure of personal information.

If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at privacy@figcitynews.com.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
KEEPING INFORMATION SAFE
INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN
YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
UPDATES TO THIS POLICY
CONTACTING US ABOUT THIS POLICY

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal Information You Disclose to Us

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

Names
Email addresses

Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.

Payment Data. Our donation service provider, GiveButter.com, manages information related to online donations to Fig City News, Inc. in accordance with its privacy policy (https://givebutter.com/privacy-policy-new), and it works with Stripe or other payment processors, which collect and process payment information on its behalf. The information that we receive from GiveButter is limited to names, email addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers, and dates and amounts of donations and is maintained by us according to our privacy policy.

Information related to all other (not online) donations is not shared with GiveButter and is maintained by us according to our privacy policy.

Information Collected Automatically

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is used to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

We may also collect information through cookies and similar technologies, and this may include log and usage data our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. This log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports, and hardware settings).

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.), and it behaves in the exact same way as if the user has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

To facilitate subscription creation, authentication, and maintenance
To deliver and facilitate delivery of Services to the user
To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users
To request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services
To evaluate and improve our Services and your experience with the Services
To identify usage trends and determine the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
To comply with our legal obligations, to respond to legal requests, and to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights
To manage online donations through a donation services provider that has its own privacy policy governing its collection and use of information regarding donations
To acknowledge all donations privately and to publicly disclose the names of donors who either grant permission for such disclosure or donate at least $500 in any calendar year.

3. SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your data with the following third parties to the extent necessary for them to provide services we have requested, and their use of this data is governed by their privacy statements or policies:

Mailchimp: Email service (privacy statement)
GiveButter: Donation service (privacy policy)

We also may share your personal information in connection with, or during negotiation of, a merger with, a sale of assets to, or financing or acquisition by another organization.

We otherwise do not share your personal information with other parties, and we do not transfer personal information for monetary consideration.

4. KEEPING INFORMATION SAFE

We use reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect the security of any personal information we process. Despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to improperly collect or modify your information. Transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk.

5. INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 13 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 13 or are the parent or guardian of such a child and consent to such dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users younger than 13 years of age has been collected, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 13, please contact us at privacy@figcitynews.com.

6. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

You may update or delete information you have provided through Mailchimp, our email service provider, by accessing the “Update Your Preferences” link in emails that we send you. You may unsubscribe from all emails from us by accessing the “Unsubscribe” link in emails that we send to you. We may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce our legal terms, and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

You may choose to delete or block cookies by setting your browser to either reject all cookies or to allow cookies only from selected sites. If you block cookies, performance of the Services may be impaired and certain features may not function at all.

7. UPDATES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this privacy policy at any time, and the updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date, effective as soon as it is accessible. Please check back here from time to time to review any changes.

8. CONTACTING US ABOUT THIS POLICY

If you have questions or comments about this policy, email us at privacy@figcitynews.com or send mail to:

Fig City News, Inc.
389 Central Street
Newton 02466

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