This Privacy and Terms of Use page discusses the personally identifying information (“PII”) that we collect about you when you use our website www.spokanealive.com (the “Site”) and the software, games and other services we provide on or through the Site (together with the Site, the “Service”).
By visiting the site or providing your PII, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy and terms of use policy. Our site will update and develop over time, and this policy may change to reflect that.
SPOKANE ALIVE privacy’s promise
We are absolutely committed to protecting your privacy. We are also committed to the following: (1) We will not pass on any individual user details unless we have your prior consent; and (2) if we don’t have your consent to pass on individual user details, we will only give advertisers aggregate statistics about the number of users and their traffic patterns.
Personal information
SPOKANE ALIVE does not require you to provide any personal information or PII in order to access the site www.spokanealive.com. However, if you choose to fill out any reader surveys, you will be asked to supply some information about yourself, including your name, address, phone number, and email address. SPOKANE ALIVE keeps track of the number of visitors to the site, the pages they visit, and how long they stay. In addition, SPOKANE ALIVE collects information from visitors who click on advertisements so that we are able to measure interest in the various areas of our site and inform advertisers as to how many visitors have seen or clicked on their promoted or advertorial content.
We collect these kinds of aggregate user information for two main reasons: (1) to help us continually improve the content we offer; and (2) to sell sponsorships on the site to appropriate advertisers. SPOKANE ALIVE discloses this information to advertisers.
Visitors are not obligated to supply their personal information. However, if they decide not to share their personal information with SPOKANE ALIVE, they will not be informed of any progress or updates from the website or the company. For those who want to delete their data, please reach out to us on the Contact page.
Cookies and Tracking
(a) Cookies. Like many Web sites, we use “cookies”. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser. We use persistent, identifying cookies to remember your information and to link your activities to you. While you can take steps to warn of, block or disable cookies, if you do, the Service may not function and appear as we have designed it. Nonetheless, if you want to take these steps, you can do so by following the instructions associated with your browser. Our cookies do not collect PII that you provide to us during the registration process, but they do collect other information such as:
The domain name and host from which you access the Internet and the Internet address of the site from which you direct-linked to ours;
The date and time you access the Site and pages you visit;
Your computer’s IP address and information about its operating system, platform, and the Web browser type and version you use;
Demographic and other non-personally identifiable profile information about you; and
Information to combat fraud or misuse.
(b) Google Analytics. This mainly uses first-party cookies to report on user interactions on your website. These cookies are used to store non-personally identifiable information. Browsers do not share first-party cookies across domains.
SPOKANE ALIVE email policy
When you provide us your email address via our newsletter subscription forms, you are allowing us to email you regarding your newsletter subscription or to allow us to send you information regarding our site via email that we believe will be of interest to you. Such requests will be opt-in only so that you do not inadvertently agree to receive mailings you do not want.
If you participate in an online survey, you may receive a one-time mailing to confirm your interaction with our site. Such mailings are one-time only. When you give us your email address under these circumstances, you will also see a box that, when checked by you, will enable SPOKANE ALIVE to contact you via email relating to the survey. If you have any questions regarding the surveys on our site, please email us at hi@spokanealive.com.
If we ever request that you volunteer additional information, such as financial data or age (in an online survey, for example), your response will always be voluntary.
Competitions or Giveaways
The only exception to this rule is when holding a competition or giveaway; we may sometimes share your email address with the company or sponsor who have provided the prizes.
Third-party disclosure of personal information
Links to other sites: Our site contains links to other sites that are not under our control, even though some of them may feature SPOKANE ALIVE logo. SPOKANE ALIVE cannot be held responsible for the privacy policies of other companies. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of any site you visit on the Internet.
On occasion, SPOKANE ALIVE sponsors special giveaways and contests that are hosted by partner websites, which may require that your browser accept cookies.
Required disclosures: SPOKANE ALIVE cooperates with all law-enforcement inquiries and reserves the right to disclose personally identifying or aggregate information in connection with a subpoena or other court-sanctioned demand for such information.
Security
SPOKANE ALIVE has invested, and will continue to invest, in the best-quality security available to guard access to information, data quality, and the physical security of servers where information is stored. Our site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Despite these efforts, we can’t guarantee that a hacker will not obtain access to communications between you and the site.
The Fair-Fair Photo Policy
The Internet is our ocean, and social media networks are our playground. It’s where we spot and select the most shareable quotes, photos, excerpts, videos, memes, blog posts, etc. It’s the DNA of curating and creating stories at SPOKANE ALIVE. If you see something you own on SPOKANE ALIVE but would rather have us remove it, reach out to us on the Contact page with the link to the story. If something has been credited wrongly or used unfavorably, write to us too and lead us to the right path.
SPOKANE ALIVE’s right to change privacy policy and no impediment on transfer of assets.
SPOKANE ALIVE may change this policy at any time. You should periodically revisit our privacy policy to be sure that you are familiar with our current policy. Your use of the site following any modifications to the privacy policy will be conclusively deemed acceptance of the terms of this privacy policy and any changes to the policy. Nothing in this privacy policy is meant to impede SPOKANE ALIVE’s right or ability to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of any of its assets.
Personal Data Removal
All information received is for the use of SPOKANE ALIVE. If you would like to seek access to personal information we hold about you, or if you have any questions or complaints about how we collect, use, disclose, manage, or store your personal information, you can contact us at the Contact page.