Community News Service, LLC, (“Community News”) has created the following privacy policy so that users may understand how their personal information may be collected, used, shared and disclosed.

Community News users may create user accounts on our website, communitynews.org. Any personal information that is collected is used solely for purposes specified by Community News. Personal information that is collected in the creation of a user account includes one’s email address. Account holders may subscribe and unsubscribe to Community News email newsletters by accessing their accounts. Community News may also contact users via the provided emails. Community News provides security safeguards that are intended to protect  personal information against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. Community News will make readily available to customers information about policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

Community News may place “cookies” in the browsers of users’ computers and devices, and may also allow various third-parties cookies that may be used to report usage statistics of the service and deliver targeted advertisements and content on and through the service. Information collected includes which pages of the website that users visit. Community News collects this information for the purpose of understanding how its website is used and to improve the delivery of its content.

Advertisers and third parties also may collect information about users’ activity on Community News websites, on devices associated with those users, and on third-party sites and applications using tracking technologies. Tracking data collected by these advertisers and third parties is used to decide which ads users see both on our site. Tracking data does not identify users by name and is not associated with registered users’ accounts. Users may opt out of targeted advertising by clicking here. Community News is committed to protecting users’ personal information and does not share users’ personal information with any outside company without prior authorization.