PRIVACY POLICY

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to Drake Magazine, including your name, email address, telephone number, mailing or billing information, information submitted through contact forms, newsletter subscriptions, advertising inquiries, story pitches, event submissions, employment or talent applications, contests or promotions, purchases, and other communications you send to us.

When you visit our website, certain technical information may also be collected automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, links clicked, referring website, approximate location derived from an IP address, and information about how you interact with our website.

The exact information collected depends on how you interact with Drake Magazine.

We may use information collected through the website to operate, maintain, and improve Drake Magazine’s website and services; respond to questions and requests; process purchases or subscriptions; provide customer service; distribute newsletters and other communications you request; process advertising, partnership, editorial, event, employment, or other submissions; administer contests, promotions, surveys, or events; understand website traffic and audience engagement; prevent fraud or misuse; protect our rights and website; and comply with applicable legal requirements.

We may also use information for other purposes disclosed to you when the information is collected.

Visitors may have the opportunity to subscribe to The Drake Dispatch and other Drake Magazine communications.

If you subscribe, we may use your email address and other information you provide to deliver newsletters, editorial updates, announcements, promotions, events, and other Drake Magazine communications.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those communications.

Even after unsubscribing from marketing communications, we may still send non-marketing communications when necessary, such as information relating to a transaction, purchase, customer-service request, or legal matter.

Drake Magazine may offer magazines, subscriptions, tickets, merchandise, advertising, event participation, or other products and services for purchase through the website.

Payments may be processed through third-party payment providers. When a third-party payment processor handles a transaction, payment information is subject to that provider’s terms and privacy practices.

Drake Magazine does not intend to store complete payment-card information unless necessary and permitted by applicable law and the systems used to process a transaction.

You may have opportunities to submit story ideas, pitches, photographs, videos, event information, business information, applications, comments, or other materials to Drake Magazine.

Information submitted through these features may be reviewed by members of the Drake Magazine team and used to evaluate or respond to your submission.

Submitting content does not guarantee publication, employment, partnership, advertising placement, event participation, or a response.

Any rights associated with materials submitted for editorial consideration or publication may also be governed by separate submission terms, releases, licensing agreements, or other agreements where applicable.

Drake Magazine’s website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate website features, remember preferences, understand website usage, measure performance, improve the visitor experience, and support analytics or advertising where applicable.

Cookies are small data files stored on or associated with your device.

Depending on the technology used on the website, cookies may include necessary cookies, functional cookies, analytics or performance cookies, and advertising cookies.

You may be able to control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how portions of the website function.

Drake Magazine may use analytics technologies or third-party analytics providers to understand how visitors interact with the website.

Analytics information may include page views, traffic sources, device and browser information, approximate geographic information, interactions with website features, and other usage information.

We use this information to understand our audience, improve website functionality, evaluate content performance, and improve Drake Magazine’s digital experience.

Drake Magazine may display advertisements or work with advertising, marketing, analytics, social-media, and technology providers.

Those providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, or similar technologies according to their own privacy policies.

Where required by applicable law, visitors will be provided appropriate choices regarding certain advertising or tracking technologies.

Drake Magazine may disclose information to service providers and contractors that perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, email delivery, analytics, payment processing, order fulfillment, marketing, advertising, event services, security, and other business operations.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, court orders, or governmental requests; investigate fraud or security concerns; enforce our policies or agreements; protect Drake Media LLC, Drake Magazine, our users, or others; or protect legal rights, property, or safety.

Information may also be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or other business transaction involving Drake Media LLC or Drake Magazine.

We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration.

The Drake Magazine website may contain links to websites, social-media platforms, advertisers, partners, ticketing services, payment providers, or other services operated by third parties.

Drake Magazine does not control the privacy practices of those third parties. When you leave our website or interact directly with a third-party service, that provider’s privacy policy and terms may apply.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy practices of third-party services before providing personal information.

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, operate our business, maintain appropriate records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, prevent fraud, and comply with legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

The FTC recommends that businesses avoid retaining personal information they do not legitimately need and keep necessary information only as long as appropriate.

Drake Magazine takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information under our control from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, electronic transmission, storage system, or method of transmitting information over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should therefore use care when transmitting personal information online.

Depending on how you interact with Drake Magazine and where you live, you may have choices or legal rights regarding your personal information.

These may include the ability to request access to certain personal information, request correction of inaccurate information, request deletion where applicable, opt out of certain marketing communications, manage browser cookies, or exercise other rights provided by applicable privacy laws.

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain privacy requests.

Applicable rights vary by jurisdiction, and certain exceptions may apply.

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state laws.

Depending upon the law and whether it applies to Drake Media LLC, those rights may include access, correction, deletion, portability, and the ability to opt out of certain uses of personal information.

Drake Magazine will respond to valid privacy requests as required by applicable law.

If you access Drake Magazine from outside the United States, information you provide may be processed in the United States or other jurisdictions in which our service providers operate.

Where applicable privacy law grants you additional rights regarding your personal information, Drake Magazine will address valid requests as required by law.

Drake Magazine’s website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13 without appropriate authorization. If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected in circumstances requiring parental consent, we will take appropriate steps regarding that information.

This is an important distinction because COPPA applies to child-directed commercial websites and general-audience services that have actual knowledge they are collecting personal information from children under 13.

Drake Magazine may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our website, business operations, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices.

When the policy is updated, the revised version will be posted on this page and the Effective Date will be updated.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.