OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: May 1, 2025

African Voices Magazine is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you visit https://africanvoices.com.

Who We Are

Our website address is https://africanvoices.com. We are an arts and literary organization highlighting African diasporic voices through our print magazine, events, and online content.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. See Gravatar’s privacy policy for details. After your comment is approved, your profile image is visible to the public next to your comment.

Cookies

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Some pages may include embedded content (e.g. podcast embeds, videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves the same as if you visited the source site directly. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with their content, especially if you are logged into those platforms.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not store membership information in our website.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize follow-up comments without manual approval.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

We do not keep your data except to reply to any email enquiries sent to us through the website.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be reviewed using an automated spam detection service.

Contact Us:
For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us at:
Email: info at africanvoices.com