Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://GoodNewsMinnesota.com  We are people like you who are looking for the good in life.     GoodNewsMinnesota.com is owned by McKirdy Media and can be reached via email at stories@goodnewsminnesota.com

Registration

You will not be asked to register in order to access the majority of the information on GoodNewsMinnesota.com.   However, if you choose to provide feedback, comment, participate in surveys and contests or when you submit a photo, news article, community announcement or other information submission, you will be required to register. This registration WILL include information that personally identifies you. If you choose to provide this information, you accept responsibility for the activities that occur within your account. You will be responsible to protect the secrecy of your password and restrict access to your computer so that others will not log on to GoodNewsMinnesota.com using your account in whole or in part.

Comments

For the most part, we don’t accept comments.   However, if a visitor leaves a comment on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies – We Use Them

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

If you click on one of the ads on this website, cookies are used.   Other companies’ use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours.

Information Collected

McKirdy Media may collect the following types of information. Please note that the decision to provide information to us is completely voluntary on your part:

Information which personally identifies you and which may include, but is not limited to, your name, email address, physical address, zip code, phone and fax numbers;

Information about the domain and the host from which you access our services, including the computer’s Internet address and the browser and other software in use; and

We would like to know things about you and your lifestyle so we can give you better service, the most relevant content possible and appropriate money saving offers, if any, from our advertisers. So we may collect demographic information which may include, but is not limited to, your age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

When you provide GoodNewsMinnesota.com with information via an online forms, you have voluntarily decided to provide this information. As such, you are implicitly consenting to the collection, transfer and storage of the information, including the possible transfer and storage of that information outside the country where you reside or access this Web Site. You should consult with your local country’s privacy laws for more information.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

If you are a featured business or story on the GoodNewsMinnesota.com, we may share:

  • Venue information: name, address, city, country, state, postal code, phone, website, geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude)
  • Contact information:  name, phone, website, email
  • Event information: website, cost, description, date, time, image

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For information listed in articles, the links, and metadata are retained indefinitely.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

If you would like your information removed, please contact stories@goodnewsminnesota.com

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Event, Venue, and Organizer Information

If you create, submit, import, save, or publish Event, Venue, or Organizer information, such information is retained in the local database:

  • Venue information: name, address, city, country, state, postal code, phone, website, geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude)
  • Organizer information: name, phone, website, email
  • Event information: website, cost, description, date, time, image

Importing Events, Venues, and Organizers:

  • All data present within a CSV or ICS file and external URLs (for events, venues, organizers, and tickets)
  • Import origin data (URL from where events are being imported—such as Eventbrite, MeetUp, other compatible URL sources, and more, which can include similar or same data as listed above)
  • Eventbrite Ticket information: name, description, cost, type, quantity

Please note that to create new events through the Community Events submission form, a user must hold a website account on this domain. This information is retained in the local database. It is also possible to create events anonymously, if the site owner has this option enabled.

When purchasing Eventbrite Tickets, attendee, purchaser, and order information are stored and managed by Eventbrite.

API Keys

We make use of certain APIs, in order to provide specific features.

These APIs may include the following third party services: Google Maps (API key), Meetup (OAuth token), PayPal (email, Client ID, Client Secret), Eventbrite (API key, auth URL, Client Secret), and Zoom (email, Client ID, Client Secret).

Notice To California Residents – Your California Privacy Rights:

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (known as the “Shine the Light” law), an individual who is a California resident who has provided personal information to us in connection with a business relationship that is primarily for personal, family, or household purposes has certain rights. If we, disclosed such personal information to a third-party within the immediately preceding year and we know or should have known that the third-party used the information for its own direct marketing purposes, then we are obligated to disclose in writing to you what personal information was shared and with whom it was shared.

A business can comply with this California law by having either:

a. A published privacy policy of not sharing a customer’s personal information for third-parties’ direct marketing use unless the customer has first affirmatively opted in to such sharing OR

b. A published privacy policy of not sharing a customer’s personal information for third-parties’ direct marketing use if the customer has opted out to prevent his/her personal information from being shared for direct marketing use AND notifying the customer of his/her right to opt out and providing a cost-free means for the customer to exercise that right.

Based on the above, we have a policy of not sharing a customer’s personal information for third-parties’ direct marketing use if the customer has opted out to prevent his/her personal information from being shared for direct marketing use AND notifying the customer of his/her right to opt out and providing a cost-free means for the customer to exercise that right.

See our Cookie Policy Page to manage your consent

Prohibited Uses

This Site is not intended for use by persons located within the European Economic Area (EEA). We do not request or accept personal information concerning or supplied by persons who are located within the EEA at the time they access this Site. If you have accessed this Site from within the EEA, you should immediately discontinue your use. If you have supplied personal information to us in violation of this provision, whether through the registration of new user accounts or otherwise, please contact us at bruce.mckirdy@320Fun.com