Privacy Policy
Last Updated: December 23, 2020
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how What is Black collects, uses and shares personal information of consumer users of this website, www.whatisblack.co (the “Site”).
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. You may choose to share your Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and/or Google accounts with us. If you choose to share your Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and/or Google accounts with us, we may receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account. The Website also allows you to comment on posts, if you choose to comment on a Website post, your name and/or username may be visible to others.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
● To operate and maintain the Website;
● To personalize your site experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
● To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. If you have opted-in to receive our email newsletter, we may send you periodic emails. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
● To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
● To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
● To respond to your comments or inquiries;
● To provide you with user support;
● To track and measure advertising on the Website;
● To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice, except as described below. It does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly. You may also choose to provide your Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google Account.
CHOICE/OPT-OUT
If we ever send you information by email concerning new products or services that you did not expressly request, you can unsubscribe by clicking on the "Unsubscribe" link in the footer of any What is Black emails. Please note, if you unsubscribe, you will be removed from all What is Black mailing lists.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
ADVERTISING
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in re-marketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at hi@whatisblack.co and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at hi@whatisblack.co for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK
All text, images, and content presented on this blog are the property of What is Black, unless noted otherwise. All photos that are not taken by What is Black are credited and linked to their outside sources and are believed to be in public domain and readily available on the Internet. Any photos not credited to an outside source have been taken or properly acquired by What is Black and all rights are protected. You must obtain written permission from What is Black to use photos from this blog. Failure to do so, even if you link back and credit this site as the source constitutes a copyright violation. Duplicating any of this blog’s text (even if it’s credited to What is Black or one of our contributors) is strictly prohibited. All material is copyright protected. All rights reserved.
DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY
The author(s) of this website assumes no liability for the up-to-dateness, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided on the website. We assume no liability whatsoever for results obtained or loss or damage incurred as a result of application of any information presented herein.
FOR EDUCATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES
This website is dedicated to opinion, education and information. The information on this website and in our newsletter is not advice, and should not be treated as such. Although care has been taken in preparing the information provided to you, We cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions, and we accept no liability for any loss or damage you may incur. Always seek medical, financial, legal counsel, or other advice from other appropriately qualified professionals relating to your specific circumstances as needed for any and all questions and concerns you now have, or may have in the future. You agree that the information on our Website is not medical, legal, financial, or any other kind of professional advice.
COMMENTS
We love to hear from our readers, but any comments that are considered unfriendly or inappropriate will be deleted. Comments are approved at the discretion of the site owner.
GIVEAWAYS
From time to time, www.whatisblack.co hosts giveaways and only works with companies that we feel would be of interest to our readers. We facilitate giveaways but do not always actually mail prizes ourselves, as some of the companies hosting the giveaway deals with this. All giveaways are subject to local and federal sweepstakes laws. Winners are randomly selected.
DISCLOSURE POLICY
Whatisblack.com is a for-profit site. It contains affiliate links throughout the site. By clicking and/or purchasing items via certain links on this site, we may receive a commission. All items promoted via affiliate links are items we genuinely enjoy and use, irrespective of any commission.
Sponsored posts or paid guest posts will be identified as such.
What is Black reserves the right to consult with an advisory board regarding the content of the website. Said advisory board and its members are not employees of What is Black, nor do they have the authority to act or speak on behalf of What is Black. Additionally, the opinions stated on What is Black are not necessarily the opinions of any member of the advisory board, nor does What is Black necessarily share any of the opinions of the advisory board that are expressed outside of or independent of this site.
GUARANTEES
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representation, warranties, undertakings, and guarantees relating to this website and our newsletter. We cannot predict and we do not guarantee that you will attain a particular result, and you accept and understand that results differ for each individual. You agree that there are no guarantees as to the specific outcome or results you can expect from using the information you receive on or through this Website.
CHANGES TO POLICY
These policies are subject to change without advance notice. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the date of the change. This policy was last modified on December 23, 2020.
YOUR CONSENT
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.