Your privacy is critically important to us. At Black Men Matter Empowerment Hub, we are committed to protecting your personal data and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://blkmenmatter.com. Black Men Matter Empowerment Hub is dedicated to empowering Black men through content, community, and curated products.

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

We collect personal data to operate our website, process your orders, provide customer support, and improve your experience.

Information You Provide Directly

• Account Information: When you create an account, we collect your username, email address, and password.
• Order Information (WooCommerce): When you make a purchase, we collect your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, and details of the products you purchase. This information is necessary to process your order, fulfill your purchase, and provide customer support.
• Contact Form Submissions (WPForms): If you use our contact forms, we collect the information you provide (e.g., name, email address, message) to respond to your inquiries and provide customer service.
• Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
  • An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
• Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Information Collected Automatically

• Cookies: Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience, keep track of your shopping cart, and for analytics.
  • If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  • When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
• Embedded content from other websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
  • These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

3. How We Share Your Data

We share your data only when necessary to operate our business, fulfill your orders, or comply with legal obligations.

• Payment Processing (WooCommerce Payments / Stripe): When you make a purchase, your payment information is securely processed by WooCommerce Payments, powered by Stripe. We do not store your full credit card details on our servers. Your payment data is encrypted and transmitted directly to Stripe for processing. Stripe’s Privacy Policy can be found on their website.
• Order Fulfillment (Printful): To fulfill your print-on-demand orders, we share necessary customer information (your name, shipping address, email, and details of the products ordered) with our print-on-demand partner, Printful, Inc. Printful requires this information to produce and ship your items. Printful’s Privacy Policy can be found on their website.
• Automated Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
• Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

4. How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

• Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
• User Accounts: For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
• Order Data: We retain order information for a period necessary to process refunds, manage customer service, and comply with tax and accounting laws.

5. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

You have certain rights regarding your personal data:

• Access and Portability: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
• Erasure: You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided on our Contact Us page.

6. Where Your Data is Sent

Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, specifically to our payment processor (Stripe) and fulfillment partner (Printful), who operate globally. We ensure that such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our Contact Us page.