PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: September 7, 2026
Black Girl Dating World (“BGDW,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit BlackGirlDatingWorld.com, how we use it, and the choices available to you.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Information You Provide
We may collect information you voluntarily provide when you:
• Subscribe to our mailing list
• Submit a form or inquiry
• Leave a comment
• Register for an event or experience
• Purchase a product or service
• Communicate with us directly
This information may include your name, email address, contact information, and any other details you choose to provide.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
• Internet Protocol address
• Browser and device information
• Pages viewed and time spent on the website
• Referring websites or sources
• General location information
• Interactions with links, forms, advertisements, and other site features
This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, analytics tools, and similar technologies.
HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We may use collected information to:
• Operate, maintain, and improve BlackGirlDatingWorld.com
• Deliver newsletters and other requested communications
• Respond to questions and inquiries
• Understand readership and website performance
• Personalize content and recommendations
• Promote BGDW stories, products, services, events, and partnerships
• Display and measure advertising
• Protect the website against fraud, spam, misuse, and security threats
• Meet legal and regulatory obligations
COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
BlackGirlDatingWorld.com may use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences, understand how visitors use the website, measure performance, and support advertising.
You may be able to manage or disable cookies through your browser settings or through the cookie-consent options presented on the website. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some site features function.
ANALYTICS
We may use analytics services, including tools provided by Squarespace and Google, to understand website traffic, visitor behavior, and content performance. These services may collect information through cookies or similar technologies.
ADVERTISING
We may work with third-party advertising partners, including Google AdSense, to display and measure advertisements.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a visitor’s previous visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalized or non-personalized ads, depending on applicable law and the visitor’s consent choices.
You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services at:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
You can manage Google advertising preferences at:
https://adssettings.google.com
Some advertising partners may provide additional opt-out mechanisms through their own privacy policies or industry opt-out programs.
SHARING OF INFORMATION
We do not sell your personal information for money.
We may share information with service providers that help us operate the website, manage email subscriptions, analyze traffic, process transactions, prevent fraud, or deliver advertising. We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect our rights or safety, or in connection with a business reorganization or transfer.
Third-party services process information according to their own privacy policies.
EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
If you subscribe to BGDW emails, you may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the message. Unsubscribing from promotional emails will not prevent us from sending necessary transactional or administrative communications.
DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, maintain business and legal records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and meet applicable legal obligations.
DATA SECURITY
We take reasonable measures to protect the information we collect. However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS
Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to request access, correction, deletion, or a copy of certain information. You may also have the right to object to or restrict certain processing and to opt out of certain uses of personal information for targeted advertising.
To submit a privacy request, contact us using the email address below. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
BlackGirlDatingWorld.com is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that such information has been collected, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
EXTERNAL LINKS
The website may link to third-party websites, products, services, or social-media platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of those third parties.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to the website, our business practices, or applicable requirements. The revised effective date will appear at the top of this page.
CONTACT
For questions or privacy requests, contact:
Black Girl Dating World
Email: toi@blackgirldatingworld.com