This website is owned by Black Beauty Ventures, a subsidiary of KL Caire Companies, LLC. Our postal address is:

SisterSpeak Online Magazine
c/o Black Beauty Ventures

A K.L. Caire Companies Holding
P.O. Box 456
Bowie, MD 20718

We can be reached via e-mail at info@sisterspeakonline.com or you can reach us by telephone at 301-860-0111.

1. Acknowledgement and acceptance of terms: SisterSpeak Online Magazine (via Black Beauty Ventures) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets forth our current privacy practices with regard to the information we collect when you or your computer interact with our website. By accessing SisterSpeakOnline.com you acknowledge and fully understand SisterSpeakOnline.com’s Statement and freely consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Website Privacy Statement.
   
   
2. Information Collected. SisterSpeak’s web server automatically logs non-personal information about our visitors that allows us to fine-tune our web pages and to administer and troubleshoot technical problems. This information does not identify you as an individual person, and may include any of the following:
   
   • the type of web browser software you use (for example, Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer)
   • the name of the domain from which you access the Internet
   • the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our web site
   • the date and time you access our web site
   • which pages you have visited on our web site
   
   
3. Use of Cookies: A cookie is a text file saved in your browser’s directory or folder and stored in RAM while your browser is running. Cookies save your preferences while you're at our site. The use of cookies is an industry standard that you'll find at most major Web sites. We use cookies to determine which areas of our site are popular and which are not, and we collect the data from cookies to determine the total number of visitors and pages viewed so that we can improve our site. We use cookies to specify unique preferences and to track user trends and patterns. This helps us better understand and improve areas of our site that our users find valuable.
   
   SisterSpeakOnline.com reserves the right to share aggregated site statistics with partner companies, but does not allow other companies to place cookies on our website unless there is a temporary, overriding customer value.
   
   Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, note that some parts of the site will not function properly or may be considerably slower if you refuse cookies.
   
   
4. Personal information: In some places on this web site you have the opportunity to send us personal information about yourself. For example, you may fill out a registration form, a survey, or an e-mail form. Personal information is information we collect through this web site that we can use to specifically identify you, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and date of birth. SisterSpeakOnline.com will not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent except to the extent necessary including:
   
   • To fulfill your service requests for services
   • To protect ourselves from liability,
   • To respond to legal process or comply with law, or
   • In connection with a merger, acquisition, or liquidation of the company.
   
   
5. Policies for persons under 13 years of age: SisterSpeakOnline.com has no intention of collecting any personally identifiable information from individuals under the age of eighteen years of age. Where appropriate, SisterSpeakOnline.com will specifically instruct children not to submit such information on our websites or advertisements. If a child has provided us with personally identifiable information, a parent or guardian of that child may contact us at the email address or address listed in this Privacy Statement if they would like this information deleted from our records. We will use reasonable efforts to delete the child's information from our databases.
   
   
6. Message Boards: SisterSpeakOnline.com’s message board(s) are provided for the enjoyment of our members. We encourage an open and honest exchange of ideas and expect all users of the message board to respect the rights of others. Messages posted on our message board(s) are the views of the author of the message only and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SisterSpeakOnline.com. SisterSpeak staff monitor messages posted on the message boards and will remove messages that are considered offensive. Because this is a manual process, offensive messages may not be removed immediately but will be removed in a reasonable time frame.
   
   Information on message boards can be read by the general public. As such visitors should exercise care when posting personal information, and should use common sense when posting messages. Users of the message board agree not to post anything false and defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of law and further agree to be solely responsible for and hold SisterSpeakOnline.com harmless in the event of any claim based on their message. Messages that are posted for advertising purposes to promote the buying, selling or trading of any commercial product, service or item are not allowed.
   
   
7. External links & Third Party Policies: SisterSpeakOnline.com will, like most web sites, feature links to other (external) third party sites for the purpose of highlighting certain products, services, news, or other material of interest to our readers. We are, however, not responsible for the content or the security of third party sites. We strongly suggest that you review the privacy policies of third party sites before continuing to visit or shop with them.
   
   
8. Security. SisterSpeakOnline.com has put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect.
   
   
9. Changes to this Statement: SisterSpeakOnline.com has the discretion to occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "updated" date at the top of this Privacy page. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
   
   
10. Contact information: If you have questions regarding our Privacy Statement, please contact us. We can be reached via email at info@sisterspeakonline.com or by phone at 301-860-0111. SisterSpeakOnline.com will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond and resolve any problem or question.
    
    By participating in or joining SisterSpeakOnline.com, you acknowledge that this privacy policy is part of our user agreement and you agree to be bound by all of its terms and conditions.