Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 7, 2025
Introduction
MediaPedia is a project of American Independent Media, a Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation ("the Company" or "We") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (“policy”).
This policy explains how we collect, store, process, share, and use information collected when you use[www.MediaPedia.org]( our "Website") or any of our products and services (collectively, the “Services”). By accessing or using our Services, you signify that you agree to be bound by our Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy you must discontinue using the Services.
This policy applies to all data we collect or receive:
On this Website or through the Services.
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.
From you through offline methods such as mail or phone.
From any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or through the Website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website or Services. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time. Please see Changes to Our Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this Website after notice of the changes has been posted will be deemed acceptance of the changes, regardless of whether you actually reviewed the changes.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website and Services, including information:
By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, email address, telephone number, financial information or information that is directly combined with such identifying information ("personal information");
That is about you but individually does not identify you, such as details about how you use our Services, such as content accessed, time viewed, links clicked, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, date/time stamp, and clickstream data; and/or
About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.
We collect this information:
Directly from you when you provide it to us.
On a limited basis, automatically as you navigate through the site. Information collected automatically includes usage details, IP addresses, and location information that is used to provide the Services to you.
From third parties, for example, our business partners.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through our Website may include:
Information that you provide at the time of registering to use our Website, subscribing to and using our Services, posting comments, making a donation, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our Website.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
Details of transactions you carry out through our Website and of the fulfillment of your orders, including donations. You may be required to provide financial information before placing an order or donating through our Website. We do not share donation information with third parties for their own purposes.
Your search queries on the Website.
You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions include comments that you may voluntarily provide. Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Services with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed or used by unauthorized persons.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
Usage Details. Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on and through the Website.
Device Information. We may collect information about your mobile device/computer and internet connection, including the device's unique device identifier, IP address, operating system, browser type, mobile network information, and the device's telephone number.
No Behavioral Tracking. At this time, we do not collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking), and do not recognize automated browser signals regarding tracking, including "do-not-track" signals.
The information we collect helps us to improve our Website and the Services and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests
Speed up your searches.
Recognize you when you return to our Website.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
Web Beacons. Pages of our Website and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
Third-Party Information Collection
When you use the Websiteor its content, certain third parties may use automatic information collection technologies to collect information about you or your device. These third parties may include:
Advertisers, ad networks, and ad servers.
Analytics companies.
Your mobile device manufacturer.
Your mobile service provider.
Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
To present our Website and the Services and their contents to you.
To process your donation.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To provide you with notices about your subscription or account.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.
If we have a good faith belief that we need to disclose it in order to comply with official investigations or legal proceedings (whether initiated by governmental/law enforcement officials or private parties).
MediaPedia may also disclose your information to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection; to notify you about changes to our website or any products or services We offer or provide through it; for research and development, for general business purposes, including but not limited to program operations, fraud detection, marketing, promotions, to run and administer our website, to measure or understand the effectiveness of our website and to analyze and improve our services, to audit and/or administer our accounts; to protect the safety and security of our attendees, guests, property, or our services; as part of a change in business structure or in the event of a sale, merger, acquisition, reorganization or similar event, or in contemplation of such an event (e.g., due diligence); or if We believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of MediaPedia, its users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction, or other unlawful or unauthorized activities.
We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties' goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please adjust your user preferences in your account profile. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all the Company’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by the Company about our Website users is among the assets transferred.
To non-profit or tax-exempt third parties to market their products or services to you. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.
We may also disclose your personal information:
To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our Terms of Service, Security Statement, and other agreements.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe's website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. We do not currently share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent for-profit third parties for their commercial purposes.
Promotional Offers from the Company. We may occasionally send you information via email on our Services, products, special deals, and promotions. For some messages, We may use personal information We collect about you to help us determine the most relevant information to share with you.
We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI") on the NAI's website.
Residents of certain states may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your State Privacy Rights for more information.
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Website and visiting your account profile page.
You may also contact us to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. There are certain types of information that cannot be deleted. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect, or if we cannot verify your identity.
Residents of certain states may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your State Privacy Rights for more information.
Unsubscribing
You have the right to unsubscribe from our email or other communications at any time. All such requests should be directed to hello@mediapedia.org or via the link contained in the email.
Your State Privacy Rights
State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information, including confirming whether we process their personal information, access and deletion rights, data portability, and opt-out of certain processing. We will comply with these laws where applicable.
Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Any payment transactions will be handled through third party payment processors and encrypted.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, We cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
Third Party Website Links
The Website and Services may include links to a number of websites which are not provided, sponsored, controlled, or affiliated with MediaPedia. These linked sites are not under the control of MediaPedia, and MediaPedia is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link containing a linked site. MediaPedia provides the linked sites to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or approval of the linked site by MediaPedia.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated on the Website home page. If We make material changes to how We treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the primary email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on the Website home page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
The Privacy Policy will be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois.
MediaPedia can be contacted at
hello@mediapedia.org