The simple act of visiting a website leaves a trail of information, a “digital footprint,” about visitors like you. Sometimes this footprint is vague and preserves your anonymity, and other times it is tied specifically to you and your real-life identity. If all you do is click around and read pages, the data captured about you is quite vague. If you leave a comment or sign up for a newsletter, the data captured about you is sometimes very specific. Almost all websites collect data in this fashion about visitors, and this site is no different. It is our belief that you deserve to know how we handle your information. Consequently, the Privacy Policy below is a disclosure concerning our intent with your data. It is not a legally binding contract. It is a statement of intent made in good faith. If you are unsure what something means, please ask. Contact information is available at the bottom of the Privacy Policy.

How we use your data

Your data is used for the express purpose of enabling you to read, respond to, and discover published content topical to this site. It is also used to enable us to understand how you and others are doing these things.

How long we keep your data

Data may be kept indefinitely.

We don’t sell your data

Data is never bartered or sold for commercial gain.

We don’t give away your personal data

Personally identifying data is never given to advertisers. General data about how many total visitors we have in a month may be given to advertisers.

We will give your data to the police at our discretion

Data may be given to law enforcement at the discretion of the site owner.

We use analytics

Data may be collected by analytic services.

Questions?

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at web@riverwestcurrents.org P.O. Box 716, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0716 • (414) 265-7278