Privacy Policy

AZPoetry.com respects your privacy. This policy explains what information we may collect through this website, how we use it, and the choices available to visitors.

Information We Collect

We may collect information you voluntarily provide through contact, event, poet, organization, venue, correction, newsletter, or other submission forms. This may include your name, email address, organization, event details, biography, links, images, and message content.

Our hosting, analytics, security, and advertising providers may also automatically receive technical information such as your IP address, browser, device, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location, and visit date and time.

How We Use Information

We may use collected information to operate and improve AZPoetry.com, respond to communications, review and publish submissions, maintain the poetry and events archive, measure site performance, prevent spam or abuse, display advertising, and comply with legal obligations.

AZPoetry.com does not sell personal information in exchange for money.

Public Submissions

Information submitted for an event listing, poet profile, venue, organization, biography, or directory entry may be intended for public display. Do not submit private or sensitive information that you do not want published.

By submitting content, you confirm that you have the right to provide it and authorize AZPoetry.com to review, format, edit for clarity, publish, update, archive, or remove it. Submission does not guarantee publication. Public content may also be indexed, cached, copied, or archived by search engines and third parties.

Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising

AZPoetry.com and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to understand website use, remember preferences, maintain security, and support advertising.

We may use Google Analytics to measure traffic and engagement, Google AdSense or other advertising services to deliver and measure ads, and the Meta Pixel to measure visits and outreach effectiveness. These providers may process device identifiers, browser information, page views, interactions, and approximate location under their own privacy policies.

You can limit or block cookies through your browser settings and use privacy or advertising controls offered by Google, Meta, and other providers. Blocking cookies may affect some website features.

Third-Party Services and Links

We may use third parties for hosting, security, analytics, advertising, embedded media, maps, email delivery, and form processing. AZPoetry.com also links to poets, venues, organizers, publishers, ticketing platforms, social networks, and other external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, availability, or content of external services.

Data Retention and Security

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the website, maintain accurate archives, respond to requests, prevent abuse, resolve disputes, and satisfy legal or administrative obligations.

We use reasonable safeguards designed to protect information, but no website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Your Choices and Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, or information about how personal data is used. You may also request an update or removal of personal contact information displayed in a directory entry.

We may need to verify your identity or authority before completing a request. Some information may be retained where required or permitted by law or where necessary for legitimate archival, journalistic, security, or administrative purposes.

Children's Privacy

AZPoetry.com is a general-audience website and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate authorization.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy when website features, service providers, or legal requirements change. Any revision will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Contact

For privacy questions, corrections, or requests, please use the AZPoetry.com contact page.