Last modified: Oct. 18, 2023

Introduction

Investigative Newsource (“inewsource” or “We“) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes: 

  • The types of information we may collect or that you may provide when you interact with us, including attending events, visiting our website where this Policy is posted, including www.inewsource.org and any subdomains (the “Website”), and any other application or software (“App”) you may download, install, register with, access, or use (collectively referred to as our “Services”).
  • Our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies only to information we collect through our Services and in email, text, and other electronic communications with us. 

This policy DOES NOT apply to information that:

  • You provide to or is collected by any third party (see Third-Party Information Collection).

These other third parties may have their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to read before providing information on or through them.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, do not engage with our Services, including to download, register with, or use our Website. By engaging with our Services, including downloading, registering with, or using our Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of our Services after we revise this policy means you accept those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates. 

Children Under the Age of 13

Our Services are not intended for children under 13 years of age, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at contact@inewsource.org.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about interactions with Services, including information:

  •  By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, social media accounts (“personal information“);
  •  That is about you, but individually does not identify you, such as age, gender; and/or
  • About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Services, and usage details.

We collect this information:

  •  Directly from you when you provide it to us.
  • Automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.

Information You Provide to Us 

The information we collect on or through our Services may include:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Services or at our events. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Services, posting material, leaving feedback or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with our Services.
  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
  • Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
  • Details of transactions you carry out through our Services such as donations. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order through our Services.

You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted“) on public areas of the Services, or transmitted to other users of the Services, our Services, or third parties (collectively, “User Contributions“). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access of certain features to logged in users, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Services with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies 

As you navigate through and interact with our Services, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

  • Details of your visits to our Services, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Services.
  • Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

The information we collect automatically is only statistical data and does not include personal information, but we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Services and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

  • Estimate our audience size and usage patterns
  • Know where you are a donor or not.
  • Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Services according to your individual interests.
  • Speed up your searches.
  •  Recognize you when you return to our Services.

The technologies we 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 device. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser or device 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 emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages 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).

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our Services and contents to you.
  • To interact with you as a donor or supporter of inewsource.
  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
  •  To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To provide you with notices about your account, including verification notices.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection regarding donations.
  •  To notify you about changes to our Services.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Services.
  • To improve the user experience with which you engage.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

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 that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of inewsource’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by inewsource 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 agreements or contracts, including for billing and collection purposes.
  • If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of inewsource, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

  • Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
  • Donation solicitations from inewsource. If you do not wish to have your email address/contact information used by inewsource to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, including philanthropic initiatives, you can opt-out by sending us an email stating your request to contact@inewsource.org . If we have sent you a promotional or campaign email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to inewsource as a result of a donation or other transaction.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You may send us an email at contact@inewsource.org  to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if we believe the change or deletion would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Refunds

If you encounter errors when donating on the website, please contact us at members@inewsource.org. For example, if you submit a donation for an incorrect amount or make a duplicate transaction please email us immediately so we can reverse the charges.

Cancellation of Recurring Donations

You can cancel your monthly recurring donations free of charge by notifying us at members@inewsource.org.

Links to Other Websites

Our site may contain links to documents, resources or other websites that we think may be of interest to you. We have no control over these other sites or their content. You should be aware when you leave our site for another, and remember that other sites are governed by their own user agreements and privacy policies, which should be available to you to read.

Data Security

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Services, like comment sections. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Services.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to us via electronic means. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Services.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

PO Box 34546

San Diego, CA 92163

619-500-3370

contact@inewsource.org