Privacy Policy

Sociedad Media | www.sociedadmedia.com
Effective Date: March 7, 2026 | Last Updated: March 7, 2026

1. Introduction

Sociedad Media LLC ('Sociedad Media,' 'we,' 'us,' or 'our') is committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of our readers and users. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at www.sociedadmedia.com (the 'Site'), subscribe to our newsletter, or otherwise interact with our digital services.
This policy applies to all information collected through our website and any related services, communications, or digital products operated by Sociedad Media LLC, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida.
If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of the Site immediately.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in two primary ways: information you provide directly to us, and information collected automatically when you visit our Site.

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

We may collect the following categories of personal information that you voluntarily provide:
• Contact Information: Your name and email address when you subscribe to our newsletter, submit a tip, contact our editorial team, or fill out any form on the Site.
• Communications: The content of any messages, feedback, story tips, or correspondence you send to Sociedad Media through our contact forms or email addresses.
• Account Information: If Sociedad Media introduces user accounts or subscription services in the future, we may collect usernames, passwords, and billing information at that time.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our Site, certain information is collected automatically through cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies, including:
• Usage Data: Pages visited, articles read, time spent on each page, links clicked, and navigation paths through the Site.
• Device Information: Your device type, operating system, browser type and version, screen resolution, and language settings.
• Location Data: Your general geographic location based on your IP address, typically at the city or region level. We do not collect precise GPS location data.
• Referral Data: The website or search engine that directed you to our Site.
• IP Address: Your Internet Protocol address, used for analytics, security monitoring, and geographic content customization.

2.3 Information From Third-Party Sources

We may receive information about you from third-party analytics providers, advertising partners, and social media platforms when you interact with Sociedad Media content on those platforms. This may include aggregated audience data, engagement metrics, and demographic information provided at a non-personally-identifiable level.

3. How We Use Your Information

Sociedad Media uses the information we collect for the following purposes:

Category Details
Newsletter Delivery: To send you our email newsletter and editorial updates that you have subscribed to receive.
Site Analytics: To understand how readers use our Site, which content performs best, and how to improve the user experience.
Editorial Operations: To process story tips, reader feedback, and press inquiries submitted through our contact channels.
Security: To detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, abuse, security incidents, and technical issues affecting the Site.
Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and enforceable government requests.
Communications: To respond to your inquiries, comments, and requests submitted through our contact forms.
Advertising: To serve contextually relevant advertising and measure advertising performance, where applicable.
Improvements: To analyze usage patterns and improve the design, content, and functionality of our Site.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We do not use your personal information to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on you.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

4.1 What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites function efficiently and to provide reporting information to website owners. Sociedad Media uses cookies and similar technologies including web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage to operate and improve our Site.

4.2 Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: Required for the Site to function properly. These cannot be disabled without affecting core Site functionality.
• Analytics Cookies: Used to collect information about how visitors use our Site. We use Google Analytics to understand traffic patterns, popular content, and reader behavior. This data is aggregated and anonymized.
• Advertising Cookies: Used to serve relevant advertisements and measure ad performance. These may be set by our advertising partners including Google AdSense or similar platforms.
• Preference Cookies: Used to remember your settings and preferences, such as language or display preferences.

4.3 Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or alert you when cookies are being set. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our Site.
You may also opt out of Google Analytics data collection by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
For information about opting out of interest-based advertising, visit optout.aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.eu.

Sociedad Media does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

5.1 Service Providers

We work with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and delivering our services, including email delivery platforms, web hosting providers, analytics services, and content delivery networks. These providers are contractually obligated to use your information only as directed by Sociedad Media and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

5.2 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, court order, or governmental authority, or if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Sociedad Media, our readers, or the public.

5.3 Business Transfers

In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or a portion of Sociedad Media's assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via a prominent notice on our Site before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

5.4 Aggregated and Anonymized Data

We may share aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified information — which cannot reasonably be used to identify you — with partners, advertisers, and the public for research, analytics, and promotional purposes.

6. Data Retention

Sociedad Media retains personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
• Newsletter subscriber data is retained for as long as you remain subscribed, plus a reasonable period thereafter to comply with legal obligations.
• Analytics data collected through Google Analytics is retained for 26 months by default, in accordance with Google's data retention policies.
• Editorial correspondence and story tips are retained for a period of up to five years for editorial record-keeping purposes.
• Server logs containing IP addresses are typically retained for 90 days for security monitoring purposes.

You may request deletion of your personal information at any time by contacting us at info@sociedadmedia.com. We will fulfill deletion requests within 30 days, subject to any legal obligations that require us to retain certain records.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information. Sociedad Media respects these rights and will respond to all valid requests within 30 days.

7.1 Rights Available to All Users

• Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• Opt-Out of Marketing: You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email we send, or by contacting us at info@sociedadmedia.com.

7.2 Florida Residents

Florida residents have additional rights under Florida's privacy laws, including the right to know what personal information is collected and how it is used. To exercise your Florida privacy rights, contact us at info@sociedadmedia.com.

7.3 California Residents

If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know, the right to delete, the right to opt-out of sale, and the right to non-discrimination. To submit a CCPA request, contact us at info@sociedadmedia.com. Sociedad Media does not sell personal information as defined by the CCPA.

7.4 European Union and United Kingdom Residents

If you are located in the European Union or United Kingdom, you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR, including the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and the right to object to processing. Our lawful basis for processing your data is legitimate interest in operating a news publication and, where applicable, your explicit consent. To exercise your GDPR rights, contact info@sociedadmedia.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

8. Children's Privacy

Sociedad Media is intended for a general adult audience. Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take immediate steps to delete that information from our records.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided personal information to Sociedad Media without your consent, please contact us immediately at info@sociedadmedia.com.

9. Data Security

Sociedad Media implements reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:
• HTTPS encryption for all data transmitted between your browser and our Site
• Secure storage of email subscriber lists with access limited to authorized personnel
• Regular security reviews of our website and third-party service providers
• Use of reputable, security-certified hosting and email service providers

Despite our efforts, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100 percent secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your information. In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you as required by applicable law.

10. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our Site contains links to third-party websites, social media platforms, and external resources. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by Sociedad Media through our own Site and services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party websites, and we encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.
Sociedad Media may embed content from third-party platforms including YouTube, Twitter/X, Instagram, and Facebook. These platforms may collect information about you independently of Sociedad Media when you interact with embedded content. Please refer to those platforms' privacy policies for information about their data practices.

11. Advertising

Sociedad Media may display advertising on its Site, including advertisements served by Google AdSense or similar third-party advertising networks. These advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve advertisements based on your browsing history and interests across multiple websites.
Sociedad Media does not permit advertisers to access personally identifiable information about our readers. All advertising on Sociedad Media's platform is clearly identified as advertising and does not influence our editorial content or news coverage.
To opt out of interest-based advertising from Google, visit google.com/settings/ads. To opt out of interest-based advertising more broadly, visit youradchoices.com.

12. Artificial Intelligence and Automated Processing

Sociedad Media uses artificial intelligence tools, including large language models, to assist in the research, drafting, and optimization of certain editorial content. We do not use automated processing to make decisions about individual users that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
AI-assisted content on Sociedad Media is reviewed, edited, fact-checked, and approved by a human member of our editorial team before publication. We do not use your personal information to train AI models.
Our use of AI analytics tools — including AI-powered features within Google Analytics — is limited to aggregate, anonymized audience insights. These tools do not process your personally identifiable information.

Sociedad Media offers an opt-in email newsletter delivering news updates, article highlights, and editorial content to subscribers. By subscribing, you provide your email address and consent to receive our newsletter communications.
You may unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by:
• Clicking the 'Unsubscribe' link included in the footer of every newsletter email
• Sending an email to info@sociedadmedia.com with 'Unsubscribe' in the subject line

We will process unsubscribe requests within five business days. Following unsubscription, we may retain your email address on a suppression list to ensure we do not inadvertently re-add you to our mailing list.
We do not share your email address with third parties for their marketing purposes. Our newsletter platform provider may have access to subscriber lists solely for the purpose of delivering our emails on our behalf.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Sociedad Media reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. When we make material changes, we will update the 'Last Updated' date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, provide notice through a prominent announcement on our homepage or via email to newsletter subscribers.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact Sociedad Media's Privacy Team at:

Sociedad Media LLC
Website: www.sociedadmedia.com
For General inquiries & Editorial: info@sociedadmedia.com
Jurisdiction: Miami, Florida, United States

We will respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days of receipt.