Privacy Policy

Introduction

Q92 Radio ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you visit our website.

Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information to help us understand how our site is used and to prevent fraud. This includes:

• Browser Information: Your browser type and version (user agent) to ensure compatibility and detect automated traffic.
• Anonymized IP Address: We collect a hashed (anonymized) version of your IP address. This means we cannot identify your actual IP address, but can detect patterns that may indicate fraudulent activity.
• Session Information: A temporary session identifier to track your visit and prevent duplicate counting of page views.
• Page URLs: The pages you visit on our site to understand content popularity.

Advertisement Tracking

We display advertisements from local businesses on our website. To provide accurate reporting to our advertisers and prevent click fraud, we track:

• Advertisement impressions (when an ad is displayed)
• Advertisement clicks (when an ad is clicked)
• The page where the ad was viewed or clicked

This data is collected server-side through secure functions and is used solely for advertising analytics and fraud prevention.

Information You Provide

If you contact us through our contact form, we collect:

• Your name
• Your email address
• The subject and content of your message

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• Analytics: To understand how visitors use our website and improve our content and services.
• Fraud Prevention: To detect and prevent click fraud and other malicious activities that could harm our advertisers.
• Advertising Reports: To provide our advertising partners with aggregated, anonymous statistics about ad performance.
• Communication: To respond to inquiries submitted through our contact form.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information:

• IP addresses are hashed before storage, making them anonymous
• Rate limiting prevents abuse of our tracking systems
• Access to analytics data is restricted to authorized staff only
• All data transmission uses secure HTTPS connections

Data Retention

We retain automatically collected data for analytics purposes for a reasonable period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy. Contact form submissions are retained until they are resolved and no longer needed.

Third-Party Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including our advertisers' websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• The right to access information we hold about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate information
• The right to request deletion of your information
• The right to opt-out of certain data collection

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information below.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: