Our Privacy Promise
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You are not the product. You are the client.
Most media companies treat their audience as inventory, something to be packaged and sold to advertisers. We don't. The people who read Affinity Inc Magazine are the reason this publication exists. Your trust is not for sale.
Your data stays with us.
This is not a legal disclaimer written to protect us. It is a plain statement of how we operate. If you ever have a question about your data, write to us directly, a person will read it and respond.
Four commitments, plainly stated
We will never sell access to your data.
Your name, email address, and any other information you share with us will never be sold to any individual, company, data broker, or list aggregator, not now, not ever.
We will never sell or rent your information to third parties.
We do not license subscriber lists. We do not rent mailing lists. No third party receives your contact information from us for any purpose.
We do not partner with third parties for marketing or solicitation.
We have no co-marketing arrangements, affiliate data-sharing agreements, or lead-generation partnerships. Advertising reaches our audience only through our own channels, never by handing your data to a sponsor or advertiser.
There is very little to sell, because we collect very little.
This site runs no third party trackers. No Google Analytics, no Meta or Facebook pixel, no advertising networks, no session recording. Help Wanted never receives your application. Every listing links straight to the organization that posted it, so we hold no resume, no name and no answers. The Affinity Exchange records nothing about a proposed trade. Nothing on this site requires an account to read. The only measurement we run is our host's own first party traffic count.
What we do collect, and why
We collect only what we need to deliver the magazine and respond to your submissions.
Subscription (name and email)
When you subscribe, we collect your name and email address so we can deliver each issue to your inbox. Your company and title are optional, they help us understand our readership and improve coverage. We use this information for nothing else.
Moderated submissions (Community Bulletin, Affinity Exchange, Contact)
When you submit an event, listing, or message, we collect the details you provide so our editorial team can review and respond. This information goes to our team only, it is never shared with third parties, aggregated for sale, or used for any purpose other than processing your submission.
Site analytics
We use our hosting provider's own first party traffic count and nothing else. It sets three cookies, _tccl_visitor, _tccl_visit and _scc_session, to tell one visit from another. We run no Google Analytics, no Meta or Facebook pixel, no advertising networks and no session recording. The data is aggregated and is not used to identify you.
Your control
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any issue email. You can also ask us to delete your information entirely, just email us and we'll take care of it, no questions asked.
To unsubscribe or request deletion:
Your data stays with us.
This is not a legal disclaimer written to protect us. It is a plain statement of how we operate. If you ever have a question about your data, write to us directly, a person will read it and respond.