Zócalo Public Square is committed to protecting the private information of our web site visitors. Below, find out what information we collect, how that information may be used, how you can modify that information, and how we protect it.

Our Site

Zócalo Public Square’s privacy policy applies to www.zocalopublicsquare.org. Our site may contain links to outside organizations, to which this policy does not apply. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites.

Information We Collect

Zócalo collects two types of information from visitors to our website.

The first is personally-identifying information you provide us when you sign up for an event, subscribe to our email newsletter, comment on our website, or donate to us. Zócalo is grateful to those visitors who choose to maintain a relationship with us and our website. The information we ask of visitors who choose to interact with us in this way includes name, email address, zip code, telephone number, and credit card number. Zócalo does not knowingly collect information about minors. We ask for credit card information only for donations, which are managed through a third-party site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of that site.

The second is non-personally-indentifying information that our site or our third party partners collect, including: IP address, the date and time of visit, referring site, and the path taken through our site. As is common practice online, Zócalo uses “cookies” and similar technologies—text files that store your web surfing preferences. Zócalo readers can prevent cookies from being used by changing their web browser settings, though this may alter their experience of our website and others.

How We Use Your Information

Except as expressly set forth in this policy, we will not willfully disclose your information to any non-affiliated third party without your permission. Zócalo stores names, email addresses, and phone numbers our visitors provide on our site. We also store all visitors’ IP addresses, time and date of access of our site, referring sites, and the path taken through our site. Zócalo uses your personally identifying information for the following purposes: managing and administering the Zócalo site; sending Zócalo email newsletters and other communications, including marketing and promotional messages; internal Zócalo purposes, including but not limited to event registration, promotions and marketing, and user surveys; and other purposes specified at the time information is gathered. In rare instances, Zócalo makes mailing lists available to carefully screened organizational partners whose services might interest Zócalo visitors.

Zócalo uses your non-personally identifying information for tracking preferences, usage of and experience with our website.

Zócalo uses a third-party partner for its donations; please refer to its privacy policy for further information. Zócalo does not store or share credit card information or any other donor information.

Zócalo reserves the right to contact its users regarding their event registrations, subscriptions, web comments, donations, or other internal organization purposes, such as marketing and promotion.

Zócalo and its third party partners may release personally identifying information if we believe in good faith that the law or legal process requires it, we have received a valid administrative request from a law enforcement agency, or such release is necessary to protect anyone’s rights, property or safety.

If you do not want your personally-identifying information to be collected or used for any of the above, please do not provide it, or contact Zócalo at comments@zocalopublicsquare.org to opt out. Not providing information or opting out may limit, prevent, or alter your experience of the Zócalo website.

A Note about Comments

Comments that our readers choose to make on Zócalo’s website are publicly available. Any information that you disclose when posting a message to these areas, along with the screen name or identification used, becomes public. In addition, the information that you disclose in these areas may be used by us for promotional and marketing purposes. We are not responsible for any identifying information that you choose to disclose in these public areas.

Security

Zócalo has in place what we believe to be appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Accepting Our Privacy Policy

By using our website, you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions of this policy. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions, please do not use the site, or do not provide particular information. We reserve the right, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page for any changes. Your continued use of our site following the posting of any changes to these terms shall signify your acceptance of those changes. If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail us at comments@zocalopublicsquare.org. For further information about Zócalo policies, please see our Terms of Use and our Code of Civility .