Black Mavens - Privacy Policy
At blackmavens.com, we value your privacy and want you to feel confident in using our community. This privacy policy describes the types of personal information we may collect, how we use it, and the steps we take to safeguard it. By using our community, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy.Information We CollectWhen you sign up to become a member of Blackmavens.com, we collect certain personal information from you, including:Name
Email address
Payment information, including credit card or other payment information (if you choose to become a paid member)
Information about your professional or personal interests and activities
We use this information to communicate with you, to provide you with our services, and to improve and personalize our services.Payment ProcessingWe use Stripe as our third-party payment processor to process payments for our paid memberships. When you provide your payment information, such as your credit card number, expiration date, and security code, to Stripe, we do not receive or store this information. Stripe collects and processes your payment information on our behalf, and their use of your information is governed by their privacy policy, which you can review at https://stripe.com/privacy.How We Use Your InformationWe use the personal information you provide to us in the following ways:To provide you with our services, including membership and other features available on our community
To personalize your experience on our community
To communicate with you about your membership and our services
To send you promotional emails and newsletters (if you opt-in to receive them)
To improve our community and services
We may also use your information to create anonymous data records or aggregate data that we use for statistical analysis, research, and other purposes.Information SharingWe will never sell or share your personal information with third parties, except as required by law or to fulfill your membership request (such as sharing your information with Stripe to process your payment).We may share your personal information with our service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, email delivery, customer service, and other similar services. These service providers are required to use your personal information only to provide services to us and are contractually obligated to keep your personal information confidential.We may also disclose your personal information if we believe that such disclosure is necessary to comply with legal obligations, enforce our agreements or policies, or protect the rights, property, or safety of Blackmavens.com, our users, or others.Data SecurityWe take reasonable and appropriate measures to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction, including:Using SSL/TLS encryption to protect sensitive data during transmission
Implementing physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect against unauthorized access to our systems and data
Limiting access to personal information to authorized personnel only
Regularly monitoring our systems for vulnerabilities and taking steps to remediate any identified issues
However, please note that no transmission of data over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.Data RetentionWe retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with our services and as required by applicable laws and regulations. We may also retain your personal information for other purposes, such as to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies.Your Rights
You have the right to request access to and correction of your personal information that we hold. You also have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, to ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or to delete your personal information.Protection of Personal InformationWe take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.Changes to this Privacy PolicyWe may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on the Site. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.Contact UsIf you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at support@blackmavens.com
