The Carrion Pigeon

The Carrion Pigeon is an independent technology and B2B news publication. (“The Carrion Pigeon,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you visit the Site, participate in the community, submit a comment, or contact us, and how we use and protect that information.

Our goal is to operate a useful publication and community while collecting as little personal information as reasonably practical.

1. Screen Names and Pseudonymity

The Carrion Pigeon encourages readers to participate under screen names rather than their legal names.

You are not required to use your legal name publicly merely to participate in the community, although certain technical or administrative information may be needed to operate the Site and its features.

We recognize that people may have good reasons to keep their participation separate from their professional or personal identities. We will take reasonable steps to respect that separation and avoid unnecessarily disclosing the connection between a screen name and private identifying information.

However, pseudonymity is not the same as guaranteed anonymity. Information may be held by service providers, appear in technical logs, or be disclosed in circumstances described in this Policy or permitted or required by law. We cannot guarantee that a participant's identity will never be discovered or inferred by others.

2. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you use the Site and which features are enabled.

Information you provide. If you contact us or participate in the community, we may collect your email address, screen name, messages, comments, and other information you choose to provide.

Community and account information. To operate the commenting and vouching system, we may maintain information associated with your account or screen name, including vouches, unvouches, participation status, comment visibility, moderation decisions, and related activity.

Technical and usage information. When you visit the Site, our hosting provider and analytics services may collect information such as IP address, browser and device details, referring pages, pages viewed, timestamps, and other technical or usage data.

Cookies and similar technologies. The Site or its service providers may use cookies, scripts, and similar technologies to support functionality, security, analytics, and other features that we enable.

We do not intentionally require participants to publish their legal names as part of ordinary community participation.

3. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

• Operate, maintain, and secure the Site.
• Manage accounts, comments, vouches, unvouches, and community participation.
• Determine which comments are visible and whether users meet participation requirements.
• Moderate discussions, investigate abuse, enforce our Rules, and prevent spam or other harmful activity.
• Respond to messages and questions.
• Understand readership and improve our content and site experience.
• Measure advertising, sponsorship, or affiliate activity where applicable.
• Comply with legal obligations and protect our rights and the security of the Site.

We use information for these purposes only as reasonably appropriate to operating the publication, subject to applicable law and this Policy.

4. Email Addresses and Our Commitment to Readers

We collect email addresses only when reasonably necessary for the interaction or feature involved, such as contacting us or participating in features that require an account or a way to manage participation.

We do not sell or rent readers' email addresses to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

We do not intend to use email addresses collected for community participation as a general-purpose marketing list. If we introduce a newsletter or another feature that involves additional uses of email addresses, we will explain the relevant practices and provide any choices or permissions required by law.

We may use service providers to process or store email addresses on our behalf when necessary to operate the Site. Those providers may process information under their own applicable terms and our arrangements with them.

5. Google Analytics, Cookies, and Usage Data

We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors discover and use The Carrion Pigeon, including which articles receive attention and how readers navigate the Site.

Google Analytics and related technologies may collect technical and usage information, including information about browsers, devices, pages visited, and interactions with the Site.

For more information, see Google's Privacy Policy and Google's explanation of how it uses information from sites and apps that use its services.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Depending on the technologies enabled on the Site, additional privacy or consent controls may be available or required.

We may introduce other analytics, advertising, or monetization services in the future. If those services materially change our information practices, we will update this Policy and provide any additional notices or choices required by law.

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell or rent email addresses for third-party marketing. We may otherwise disclose information in the following circumstances:

Service providers. We may share information with hosting, analytics, security, email, account-management, commenting, or other service providers when necessary to operate the Site.

Public comments. Information you choose to include in a public comment may be visible to other readers. We encourage screen names and recommend that you avoid including information that could identify you or someone else unnecessarily.

Advertising and commercial services. If we introduce advertising networks, affiliate programs, or other monetization services, those providers may collect or receive information as described in their own policies. Where applicable law treats a particular disclosure as a sale, sharing, or targeted-advertising activity, we will address any required notices and choices.

Legal and security purposes. We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is permitted or required by law, necessary to respond to valid legal process, or appropriate to protect the rights, safety, or security of The Carrion Pigeon, its users, or others.

Business transfers. If The Carrion Pigeon or its associated assets are transferred, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law and appropriate safeguards.

We do not promise that information will never be disclosed. We aim to limit disclosure to circumstances reasonably connected to operating the Site, protecting its users and systems, or meeting applicable legal obligations.

7. Protecting Pseudonymity and Responding to Requests

We take reasonable steps to avoid unnecessarily connecting public screen names with private identifying information.

We will not voluntarily disclose a user's email address or other nonpublic identifying information merely because another user asks for it. We may, however, review and respond to legitimate requests in accordance with applicable law and the circumstances involved.

Nothing in this Policy prevents us from making a disclosure that we reasonably believe is legally required or permitted, or necessary to address a genuine security or safety issue.

No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute anonymity or protection against every possible identification attempt, security incident, or third-party action.

8. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the Site, maintain community functionality, enforce our Rules, address disputes, meet legal obligations, and protect the Site and its users.

Account information, comments, and vouching or moderation records may be retained for as long as needed to administer community standing and maintain the integrity of discussions.

If you would like us to review or remove information you have provided, we will consider reasonable requests subject to applicable law, legitimate operational needs, and technical limitations.

Removing a comment or account information from the Site may not remove copies retained by service providers, other users, search engines, or third parties.

9. Children's Privacy

The Carrion Pigeon 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 in a manner that violates applicable law.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, we will review the matter and take appropriate steps where required.

10. Third-Party Websites

The Site may link to external websites or include third-party features. Those services may collect information under their own privacy policies.

We do not control their practices and encourage you to review their policies before providing information or interacting with their services.

11. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on your circumstances and applicable law, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information, or to exercise other privacy choices.

You may also manage cookies through your browser and request review of information you have submitted to The Carrion Pigeon.

We may need to verify a request before acting on it and will respond as required by applicable law.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy as the Site, community features, technology, or business practices evolve.

We will post changes here and update the effective date. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent.