Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 2021
Last Updated: July 2022

This Privacy Policy is provided by News Revenue Hub, Inc. (“we,” “our” or “us”) and discloses the privacy practices applicable to all functionalities and services offered on our website accessed at https://fundjournalism.org (and any successor site thereto) (the “Website”), technology applications, including but not limited to News Revenue Engine (the “RevEngine”), and strategy and training services offered and rendered by us that may utilize Personally Identifiable Information online (collectively the “Services”). The Privacy Policy applies solely to the Personally Identifiable Information collected from members, donors, consumers or users (“users,” “consumers” or “you”) who use our Services. We want you to be informed on how the Personally Identifiable Information is being used online.

Please read our Privacy Policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our Services. This Privacy Policy will notify you of the following:

What Personally Identifiable Information is collected from you through our Website or in the course of rendering our Services, how it is used, and with whom it may be shared.
What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information and request to be forgotten.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing

When making a contribution, submitting an application form, subscribing to our newsletter, or providing information to us through your use of News Revenue Engine or receipt of Services, you may be asked to provide your name, email address, company name, company tax status, mailing address, phone number, bank information, director, officer and agent names and titles, credit card information, or other relevant details, which we collect to help you with your experience. We may also collect information you have shared, such as general feedback, comments, responses to surveys or marketing communications, or questions and requests to receive periodic updates via our online e-newsletter or other means.

You consent to the processing of your Personally Identifiable Information as described in this Privacy Policy, including the transfer, use and storage of your personal data. We will only provide this information to trusted Third-Parties if necessary to render the Services. We will not sell or trade this information to outside parties.

We will only use your information in accordance with the law. We will use your data in relation to your participation with News Revenue Hub and/or receipt of our Services and for various purposes as follows: to communicate with you regarding the reason you contacted us; to monitor usage of our Services and make improvements in order to better serve you; to detect, prevent, and address technical issues; to facilitate your contribution; to follow up with you after correspondence; to send you periodic emails regarding our organization and/or our clients, other topics which may be of interest to you (to which you may unsubscribe at any time), or changes to our privacy policy; to ensure compliance with a legal obligation; or for any other purpose described when you provide information or with your consent.

News Revenue Hub uses Google Analytics to monitor website traffic on our Website, including demographics and interest reporting, but we do not collect any identifiable personal information this way. To review Google Analytics’ current available opt-outs, click here. Please note that it may take up to ten (10) business days for your unsubscribe request to be processed. In the event that you unsubscribe from marketing e-mails, we may continue to send you certain account- related e-mails, such as notices about your account and information regarding your transactions with the Services.

We also use cookies and other automatic information-gathering technologies to gather Personally Identifiable Information every time you use the Services. We may leverage unique identifiers associated with your device(s) to assist us in collecting and analyzing this data. We may additionally use cookies to keep you logged in, save your preferences for the Services, track your logged-in status, and/or look up your sessions data. Your device, operating system, or web browser may allow you to erase information stored in cookies or local browser storage, or you may be able to set your browser to refuse all web storage. If you do so, you may lose some preferences or settings.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via our Contact Us page or e-mailing us at [email protected]:

See what data we have about you, if any.
Change/correct any data we have about you.
Have us delete any data we have about you, in accordance with the “right to be forgotten.”
Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Note that in certain circumstances, we may not be able to comply with your request to modify or delete your data if the storage or disclosure of your data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation and/or the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect your information. Please understand, however, that no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that the information that you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to and from us over the Internet. In particular, e-mail may not be secure, and you should, therefore, take special care in deciding what information you send to us via e-mail.

To help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect, including, but not limited to, the following:

Our Website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit as safe as possible.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user makes a contribution, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your Personally Identifiable Information.
In addition, information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

While we use systems to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only authorized agents of News Revenue Hub who need the information to perform a specific job (i.e. to operate, develop, improve or support our Services) are granted access to Personally Identifiable Information and are required to keep the information confidential.

Third-Party Links

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Services, and not to any other third party website linked to or from it, or any third party website in which News Revenue Hub’s content or functionality is embedded.

Notwithstanding, we may disclose Personally Identifiable Information to provide the Services, or when you authorize or instruct us to do so. We may also disclose Personally Identifiable Information to companies, agents, contractors, service providers, or others engaged to perform functions on our behalf (such as processing of payments, provision of data storage, hosting of our Website, marketing of our products and Services, conducting audits, and performing web analytics). We may license third party software to include in or use with the Services, in which case we may disclose Personally Identifiable Information to the licensor. These third parties’ collection and use of information are subject to their own privacy policies, some of which you can read here:

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA requires commercial website and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. To see more click here.

We comply with CalOPPA and agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.
There is a link on our home page to our Privacy Policy.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word “Privacy” and is easily found on our Website.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy page.
You can change or delete your personal information by emailing us at [email protected].

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

The Services are not for use by children under 13 years of age. Should you become aware of anyone under the age of 13 years using our Website, please let us know.

CAN-SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
Process contributions.
Review and process submitted applications.
Send you additional information about News Revenue Hub and/or our clients, other topics which may be of interest to you, or changes to our privacy policy.

To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM, we agree to the following:

Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way, if applicable.
Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.
Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information. There are five (5) core principles of Fair Information Practice: (i) consumers should be provided notice of whom the information is going to and what it will be used for; (ii) choices should be offered and consent required; (iii) consumers should be able to access and alter data; (iv) data should be accurate and secure; and (v) mechanisms in place for enforcement and redress are necessary. In order to be compliant with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify you via email within seven (7) business days.
We will notify users via in-site notification within seven (7) business days.

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

By using our Website and/or the Services and providing us with Personally Identifiable Information you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the updated notice on the Website and update the notice’s last updated date. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.

News Revenue Hub
6322 Lake Shore Drive
San Diego, CA 92119
[email protected]
(619) 535-7597