ASALH Manasota

This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History (ASALH) website collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of asalh-manasotafl.org website (“Site”).  

What Information We Collect & How It Is Used

We collect information to allow us to respond to inquiries about our content. Accessing our Site means that you may submit your email address. In doing so, you agree that we may contact you regarding your inquiry and for future contact.

We do not gather sensitive personal data (e.g. health, genetic, biometric data; racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, sexual orientation, and criminal convictions). We expressly request that you do not provide any such sensitive data to us.

How We Protect Your Information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

Use of Cookies

Our Site may use “cookies” to learn more about how to enhance the User’s experience. The Site User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. The Site User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of our Site may not function properly.

By using and browsing the Site, you consent to cookies being used in accordance with this policy.

If you do not consent, you must turn off cookies in your browser or refrain from using the Site. Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies. To do this, look at the ‘help’ menu on your browser.

Third Parties

• We will not give, sell or rent your information to third parties.
• We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
• We may pass your information to third party service providers if we have engaged for the purpose of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf. We disclose only the personal information that is necessary to deliver the service.
• We do not control the content or links that appear on third party service provider sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by sites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. 
• Browsing and interaction on any other website, including sites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Controlling Your Information

The accuracy of your information is important to us. If you change your email address, or any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us so we can correct our records.

You have the right to request erasure of your personal information. Unless there is a compelling reason for the data not to be erased (for example, if we need to use that data to fulfill our contractual or legal obligations), your personal data will be deleted on request. 

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This site has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications. 

Your Acceptance Of These Terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting Us

Any questions regarding this policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to the contact form on this website.

This document was last updated December 2025.