NABJ : Policies

Updated: Friday, February 17, 2006
Published: Thursday, July 29, 2004

The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) has a firm commitment to privacy. We take your privacy concerns seriously and want to make every effort to address them. That is why we have adopted the following policy, which explains our position on information-gathering and disclosure.

Your Personal Information

From time to time, we will ask for information that personally identifies you, as in our user surveys or registration for NABJ services such as e-mail, forums, or promotions. We use this information to operate NABJ's services, provide you with the highest quality services and offer you opportunities we think will be of interest.

We will not disclose any personal information without your advance permission except when we believe the law requires us to do so or the disclosure is necessary to protect the rights or property of NABJ.

In order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers and others, we may disclose user information but only in a form that does not identify individual users. For example, we might disclose that a certain percentage of our users are male or within a certain age range.

Occasionally, we may disclose personal information in other circumstances, but we will only do this if we have explained at the time we collect the information the purpose for which it will be disclosed.

E-Commerce

NABJ hosts a number of online stores that sell a variety of goods and services, including merchandise and memberships. These stores may collect information from you such as your name, credit card number and other contact information. NABJ does not collect, use or disclose this information nor does it own or control the stores or have responsibility for transactions made by those merchants. If you would like to know more about the information collected when you participate in e-commerce on or through this site, please contact the store merchants directly.

A "cookie" is a small data text file that is placed in your browser and allows NABJ to recognize you each time you visit this site. Cookies themselves do not contain any personal information, and NABJ does not use cookies to collect personal information. Instead, they allow us to see which parts of our site you have used so that we can better serve you when you return to our site. Cookies may be used to provide you with information and special opportunities tailored to your interests.

Direct Mailings and "Opting Out"

We may send you information about various products and services. If you don't want to receive this information, you can "opt out" by changing your member preferences with NABJ's Membership Office.

Remember The Risks Whenever You Use The Internet

You should know that when you voluntarily disclose personal information on the NABJ system (for example, in forums), that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other people. While we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to NABJ and you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or other account information. In addition, our partners and other Internet sites or services that may be accessible through NABJ have separate data and privacy practices independent of us, and therefore we disclaim any responsibility or liability for their policies or actions. Please contact those vendors and others directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies.