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Privacy Policy

Louisville Public Media is committed to the privacy of all information you provide us. We’ve produced this policy to disclose the information gathering and dissemination practices for this website, as well as all the websites owned or operated by Louisville Public Media.

We will do our very best to ensure the privacy of any identifiable information (such as full name, address, email address, telephone number and/or other identifiable information) you may provide us.

Servers we use will create log files that contain all or some of the following information:

  • The date, time and length of your visit.
  • The path taken through our website and the browser being used.
  • The list of files downloaded and the amount of time spent viewing any video or audio files.
  • The IP address of the computer accessing our sites.
  • Any errors you encounter while visiting the site.

In order to participate in some activities, you might be asked to provide some personally identifiable information. This may be in connection with a contest registration, a subscription to email newsletters, requests for membership information, fulfillment of membership and thank you gifts, gathering editorial comments and feedback, content submissions such as comments and suggestions or votes, or online surveys.

Louisville Public Media will not willfully disclose your personal information received online to any third party. Louisville Public Media may use your personal contact information for marketing and promotional purposes. If you do not want personal information which you voluntarily supply used by us for these purposes, you may “opt out” by explicitly informing us in writing, or click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email you received. Please note, however, under certain circumstances, opting out may prevent your participation in activities for which personal information is needed, such as contests.

When you engage in financial transactions on our websites, you may be asked for a credit card number. The servers we use are secure and your credit card number will be encrypted as it passes through the internet. Such information is saved in an encrypted format or in internal systems that are protected by an internal firewall system.

We may work with data providers to serve advertising to you through display media or other methods. These providers may use personal information that we have collected or that you have provided to locate you online, such as when you visit or log in to websites or mobile applications. This information may be linked to online identifiers or IP addresses assigned to you, and to demographic or interest-based data, in order to target you with relevant advertising, including about our products or services. To learn more about or opt out of this and other interest-based advertising, please visit the industry opt-out pages operated by the Digital Advertising Alliance at http://www.aboutads.info and by the Network Advertising Initiative at http://networkadvertising.org.

You should also know:

This site contains links to other sites. Louisville Public Media is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other websites.

By using this site, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Louisville Public Media Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this policy at any time. Please check this page regularly for any changes. Your continued use of this or any other Louisville Public Media website following the posting of any changes to these terms shall mean that you have accepted those changes.

Contact Us:

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us: info@lpm.org or write us at 619 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40202.

List Exchange Policy

Long-term support from our individual members is critical to fulfilling Louisville Public Media’s mission of service to the community. Maintaining and preserving a strong, trusting relationship with our members is key to this vital source of support.

Finding more individuals to join in supporting our services is also vital to the long-term success of our organization. Individuals who have contributed to organizations similar to ours are among the most likely to also be loyal supporters of Louisville Public Media. Access to lists of donors to these community organizations is also a vital element of our efforts to raise the money needed to provide our services.

Balancing the needs and desires of our contributors along with meeting the need for efficient and effective fundraising practices are the principles that serve as the underpinning of our list exchange policy. The purpose of this policy is to ensure we conduct our fundraising in compliance with nationally established guidelines while ensuring our members’ trust and faith in us is well-placed and deserved.

Louisville Public Media keeps a record of our donors for use in our own fundraising activities and historical research but does not sell, rent, lease, or make publicly available this list to any entity for any reason. However, to comply with FCC regulations, if you contribute to LPM to fund a specific program, your name must be listed in the FCC public file and posted to the FCC website.

Louisville Public Media will, on occasion, rent membership lists from other well-established charitable, cultural non-profit or other organizations. We will not rent members’ names from any candidate for public office, committees or organizations supporting a candidate, political parties, or organizations that solicit funds for use in political campaigns for any purpose. We believe that the opportunities for increased financial support and the cost reductions resulting from list exchanges conducted within the guidelines of this policy will help us deliver more and higher quality mission-related services to the public.

In acquiring lists, the following principles will always apply:

  • We will maintain complete and accurate records of the origins of membership and potential donor lists for at least such time as required by law.
  • We may enter into agreements with outside companies in fulfillment of member premiums or an “affinity” program, such as the Membercard. We will only enter into an “affinity” program which would offer our members a quality product at or below market price.

We will not rent lists from any organization if we believe doing so may endanger the trust between Louisville Public Media and our members.

We will comply with the laws and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the United States Postal Service, and the certification requirements of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

LPM Terms of Use

Introduction/Consent to Terms
The following rules govern your use of Louisville Public Media (LPM) digital properties (including, but not limited to, LPM.org) and any features of these sites, including, but not limited to, apps, content feeds, podcasts, streams, and social networking features (collectively, the “LPM websites and apps” or the “Service”). By using the Service, you specifically agree to abide by these Terms of Use and the LPM Privacy Policy. LPM reserves the right to modify, add or delete portions of these Terms at any time by posting updated Terms of Use and/or an updated Privacy Policy. Any such modifications, additions or deletions will be effective immediately upon posting, and your continued use of the Service will mean that you agree to those changes.

Copyrights
The contents of LPM websites and apps are protected by U.S. and international copyright law. The contents of LPM websites and apps, including podcasts, streams, content feeds, and other features, are owned by or licensed to LPM. In the case of User Materials, as defined below, the contents are licensed to LPM by the user. You may not reproduce, distribute, republish, upload, transmit, display, prepare derivative works, publicly perform, sell, transfer, assign, license or use for commercial purposes any copyrighted material on LPM websites and apps without the prior written consent of LPM, except as elsewhere provided herein. All rights not expressly granted in these Terms of Use are reserved to LPM. You may copy, download one copy on a single computer, and print a limited amount of content, for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided that (a) you include without modification all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the content, (b) you do not modify the content, (c) you do not use the content in a manner that suggests LPM promotes or endorses your, or any third parties, causes, ideas, websites, products or services, and (d) you do not use the content in any way that is unlawful or harmful to any other person or entity. In addition, you may use widgets and tools on LPM websites and apps that allow selected User Materials to appear on your personal, noncommercial website, blog or other application, subject to the conditions herein.

No quotes from any material on LPM websites and apps may be used in any media without attribution to LPM.

You may use the content feeds, podcasts, streams and other features of LPM websites and apps only as expressly permitted in the relevant paragraphs below in these Terms of Use.

Any other use of LPM content requires prior written permission from LPM. For permission requests, please contact LPM Vice President of Content via email at our Contact Page or by phone at 502-814-6500, or by mail: LPM Vice President of Content, 619 S 4th St, Louisville, KY 40202.

Trademarks
LPM, LPM.org, LPM program names, logos, and other Content Provider names and logos, are service marks of LPM or the producers of the programs or content. All rights are reserved by the respective owners. You may not use any LPM-provided service marks, logos or graphics, without LPM’s prior written consent, except that you have the right, and obligation, to use any LPM or other Content Provider’s service mark or logo included in, or required to be used in connection with Content Feeds, LPM’s Media Player, or other functionalities of LPM websites and apps, subject to the requirements set forth in these Terms of Use for the use of the Content Feeds or other functionalities of LPM websites and apps.

User Materials
Through certain features of LPM websites and apps, users may post, upload, transmit and/or otherwise submit (“Submit”) comments, messages, other text, photos, images, story ideas, essays, and other content and materials, and make recommendations, on or through LPM websites and apps (“User Materials”). You acknowledge that User Materials may be routed through our servers, the servers of one or more third parties on our behalf, and the internet, and may be viewed by LPM staff and on the internet by the general public. You acknowledge that LPM websites and apps and their features are for public and not private communications.

We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit User Materials at any time and for any reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so. If we elect to screen User Materials, there may be a delay in the posting of such content to allow for a review process. If we have questions about your User Materials, we have the right, but not the duty, to contact you for further information, including, for example, to verify that you own the copyright or otherwise have the rights to post the User Materials.

You retain the copyright and other ownership rights in any User Materials that you submit on or through LPM websites and apps.

By submitting User Materials on or through LPM websites and apps, you hereby grant to LPM and other Content Providers and their respective licensees, a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide, transferable license to use, copy, sublicense, modify, transmit, publicly perform, display, create derivative works of, host, index, cache, tag, encode and/or adapt your User Materials in any and all media formats or channels, whether now known or hereafter created, including but not limited to, LPM websites and apps, third party licensee websites, over the air, and on mobile platforms, without payment and without further consent or notice to you. You further grant to LPM and its licensees, the right to contact you in connection with your User Materials and to use your name, city and state and other information that you have provided in connection with the User Materials.

In addition, you grant each user of LPM websites and apps and other content provider websites, a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to access your User Materials on or through LPM websites and apps and other Content Provider websites and to use your User Materials pursuant to these Terms of Use and as permitted by the functionality of LPM websites and apps.

For any User Materials you submit on or through LPM websites and apps, you agree to abide by the Rules of Use for the Service set forth below and these Terms of Use. You further agree to the representations and warranties, and indemnification obligations set forth in the “Representations; Indemnity” section below.

Framing
LPM does not allow framing of LPM websites and apps.

Links to LPM websites and apps
LPM encourages and permits links to content on LPM websites and apps. However, LPM is an organization committed to the highest journalistic standards and to independent, noncommercial journalism, both in fact and appearance. Therefore, the linking should not (a) suggest that LPM promotes or endorses any third party’s causes, ideas, websites, products or services, or (b) use LPM content for inappropriate commercial purposes or in any way that is unlawful or harmful to any other person or entity or to LPM. We reserve the right to withdraw permission for any link.

Links to Third Party Sites
LPM has provided links to internet sites maintained by third parties, over which LPM has no control. LPM does not endorse the content, operators, products or services of such sites, and LPM is not responsible or liable for the content, operators, availability, accuracy, quality, advertising, products, services or other materials on or available from such sites. LPM is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, products or services available on or through such sites.

Use of Third Party Services
In some cases, LPM provides features on LPM websites and apps through tools provided by a third party over which LPM has no control, influence or oversight. You should only use these third-party tools if you agree to be bound by their respective terms of use.

Content Feeds
LPM provides Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feeds on several LPM websites and provides or may provide other content feeds on or through the Service, consisting of a selection of headlines, summaries or text blurbs, and links to full stories, which are delivered to users using RSS technology, other XML (Extensible Markup Language) technology, or other syndication technology (the “Content Feed” or “Content Feeds”). The Content Feeds are available for personal, noncommercial use or for noncommercial use on a website, blog, or similar application of a nonprofit corporation which is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which is not a news organization (“501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation”). You may display, excerpt from, and link to the Content Feeds on your personal website, blog, or similar application for personal, noncommercial purposes or on your 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation website, blog, or similar application for noncommercial purposes provided that (a) the links redirect the user to LPM websites and apps when the user clicks on them, (b) you do not insert any intermediate page, splash page or other content between the links and the applicable LPM Website page, (c) the use or display does not suggest that LPM promotes or endorses any third party causes, ideas, websites, products or services (d) the fundamental meaning of the content contained in the Content Feeds, including the headlines and summaries, is not changed or distorted, and (e) you do not modify the stories or other content that are linked to or by the Content Feeds. If you display an entire Content Feed on your personal or 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation website, blog or similar application, (a) you may not redistribute the Content Feed, and (b) you must provide attribution to LPM or the relevant Content Provider adjacent to the Content Feed. Any other use of LPM’s trademarks or service marks, the names or service marks of any Content Feed provider, or of the Content Feeds requires the prior written permission of LPM. For permission requests, please go to the “Contact” page of LPM.org and click on “Request for Use of LPM Content.” For use of the stories or other content that are linked to by the Content Feeds, please see the Copyrights section of these Terms of Use. LPM reserves the right to discontinue providing Content Feeds and to require that you cease accessing or using the Content Feeds, or any content contained in the Content Feeds at any time for any reason.

Podcasts
LPM provides podcasts (the “Podcasts”) consisting of selected audio content from LPM and other content providers, available via LPM websites and apps, that are provided over the internet using an XML feed and an associated audio file so that the audio file may be downloaded and played from a user’s computer or transferred to a portable listening device. Podcasts are available for personal, noncommercial use only. You may download, copy and/or transfer to a portable listening device the Podcasts for your personal, noncommercial use only, provided that you do not modify the content. You also may link to Podcasts from your web site, blog or similar application, as long as (a) the links redirect the user to LPM websites and apps when the user clicks on them, (b) you do not insert any intermediate page, splash page or other content between the links and the applicable LPM web page, (c) the linking does not suggest that LPM promotes or endorses any third party’s causes, ideas, websites, products or services, (d) you do not use LPM content for inappropriate commercial purposes, and (e) you provide attribution to LPM adjacent to the link. LPM reserves the right to discontinue providing Podcasts and to require that you cease accessing or using the Podcasts, or any content contained in the Podcasts, at any time for any reason.

LPM Media Players
LPM offers audio and video players for accessing audio and video content on LPM websites and apps (the “LPM Media Players”). When available, the LPM Media Players may be embedded or displayed on your personal website, blog, or similar application for personal, noncommercial purposes, or on your 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation website, blog, or similar application (if you are not a news organization) for noncommercial purposes, provided that (a) your use is for non-promotional, internet-based purposes only, including desktop gadgets, blog posts and widgets, but excluding e-newsletters; (b) all links redirect the user to LPM websites and apps when the user clicks on them, and all content is streamed from the originating LPM servers; (c) you will not add to, delete or modify any audio, video, headlines, text, links, or other content contained in the LPM Media Players; (d) you will not delete or modify the LPM logos contained in the LPM Media Players; (e) your use or display of the LPM Media Players must not suggest that LPM or any Content Provider promotes or endorses you or any third party or the causes, ideas, websites, products or services of you or any third party; (f) you will not use the LPM Media Players in any way that changes or distorts the fundamental meaning of the content; and (g) you may not insert any intermediate page, splash page or other content between the links contained within the LPM Media Players and LPM websites and apps. Any other use of LPM’s trademarks or service marks, the LPM Media Player, or of any content contained within the LPM Media Players requires the prior written permission of LPM. For permission requests, please contact LPM Vice President of Content via email at our Contact Page or by phone at 502-814-6500, or by mail: LPM Vice President of Content, 619 S 4th St, Louisville, KY 40202.

LPM reserves the right to require that you cease accessing or using the LPM Media Players, or any content contained in the LPM Media Players, at any time for any reason.

Disclosure of Online Communications
You are cautioned that any online communications, on LPM websites and apps or any websites, may not be fully confidential or otherwise remain private. Despite privacy settings and other controls, anything that is sent on the internet is public. In addition, you should be aware that federal postal regulations do not protect electronic mail. LPM will make its best efforts to safeguard your privacy and will only knowingly disclose any such information if required to do so as a result of a legal proceeding.

Rogue Programming and Viruses
LPM is not responsible for any computer virus, trojan horse, timebomb, worm, or any other rogue programming (“Rogue Programming”) that may be contained in any of the information or software contained on LPM websites and apps. LPM has no obligation to detect the presence of any Rogue Programming. Any downloading of software or other materials or any other use of the information on LPM websites and apps is at your risk, and you are advised to take adequate precautions to minimize any loss to your system caused by Rogue Programming, including use of anti-virus programs and proper backup of files. You agree not to post, transmit, or make available in any way through LPM websites and apps any software or other materials that contain Rogue Programming.

Rules for Use of the Service
By using the Service, including by registering for the Service, submitting User Materials, using Content Feeds or Podcasts, or by using any other features of LPM websites and apps, you agree to the following rules:

You must be at least 18 years of age to register for or participate in the social networking features of LPM websites and apps; submit any User Materials or personally-identifying information on or through LPM websites and apps; participate in any contests; and/or place an order through the LPM Online Store. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you may browse LPM websites and apps or register for email newsletters or other features of the Service with the consent of your parent(s) or guardian(s), so long as you do not submit any User Materials. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not send any information about yourself, including your name, address or email address. If we discover that we have collected any personally-identifying information from a child under the age of 13, we reserve the right to remove that information from our databases; however we are not under any obligation to do so.

You may not submit any User Materials anonymously or under a false name or a false email address. You may not impersonate another user or provide any false information about yourself.

You may not participate in any contests if you are an employee of LPM or any immediate family members residing with an employee. Also members of the LPM Board of Directors and LPM Community Advisory Board and any immediate family members residing with them are not eligible to participate.

You may not submit any User Materials or links to material that is libelous, defamatory, false, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, in violation of the law, harmful to children, in violation of third-party privacy rights, or that constitutes hate speech or a personal attack.

You may only submit User Materials for which you have the copyright or other necessary rights and permission to distribute electronically. You may not violate, plagiarize, or infringe on the rights of third parties, including copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, privacy, personal, publicity, moral or proprietary rights. You represent that you own or have all necessary rights and permissions to use, distribute and authorize LPM and users of LPM websites and apps (to the extent permitted by these Terms of Use) to use and distribute any User Materials.

The Service can only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes. You cannot submit any material containing any solicitation of funds, advertising, promotion, solicitation for goods and services, or recruiting. You may not use LPM websites and apps or other Content Provider websites for political campaigning, recruiting votes, or soliciting support for legislative or other initiatives.

You may not submit any software or other material which contains a virus, worm, Trojan horse or other harmful computer code, files, scripts, agents, programs or device. You may not use the Service to distribute chain letters, mass mailings, “spam,” or duplicative or unsolicited messages in violation of applicable laws, or to gather usernames and/or email addresses for the purpose of sending unsolicited email or other communications to other users of the Service.

You may not interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of LPM websites and apps or other Content Provider websites, or any portion or contents thereof, or use these websites in any way which degrades their reliability, speed or operation, or their underlying hardware or software. In addition, you may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to these websites or related systems or networks.

By submitting any User Materials on or through the Service, you hereby grant LPM and other Content Providers, their licensees, and users of these websites (to the extent permitted by the Terms of Use) the licenses to use those User Materials as set forth above in the “User Materials” section.

You are solely responsible for any User Materials you submit. LPM does not and cannot review all User Materials submitted and is not responsible for any User Materials submitted on or through the Service. However, LPM has the right, but not the obligation, to review, screen, delete, edit and/or move any User Materials that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of these Terms of Use and/or the Privacy Policy, at LPM’s sole discretion.

LPM is not responsible for any User Materials submitted by you or a third party on or through the Service. LPM cannot verify the accuracy of statements that users make or place on or through the Service, and does not guarantee that any User Materials have been submitted with the permission or copyright or proprietary owner or are otherwise in compliance with these Terms of Use and/or the Privacy Policy.

By using the LPM Service, you agree to abide by these rules. You acknowledge that LPM has the right, but not the obligation, to review, screen, delete, edit or move content or material that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of these Terms of Use and/or the Privacy Policy, or for any other reason, at LPM’s sole discretion. You further acknowledge that LPM has the right to limit or terminate your, or any other person’s, access to or registration in the Service for any reason, in its sole discretion, including violation of these Terms of Use.

Representations; Indemnity
You represent and warrant that (a) if you submit any User Materials or personally-identifying information on or through the Service, you are at least 18 years of age, (b) you have obtained all clearances, releases, licenses and rights to any User Materials you submit on or through the Service that may be necessary for their use as contemplated by LPM websites and apps and these Terms of Use, (c) there are no encumbrances or restrictions on the User Materials or their use as contemplated by LPM websites and apps and these Terms of Use, (d) the User Materials, and their use by LPM, its licensees (pursuant to their Terms of Use), and users of LPM websites and apps does not and will not defame any person or entity, or violate or infringe upon the copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, privacy, reputation, creative or other rights of any person or entity or violate any Rules for Use of the Service or these Terms of Use, and (e) your use of the Service complies with these Terms of Use. You agree that you will indemnify and hold harmless LPM, and its Content Providers to this Service and their respective directors, officers, employees, members, and licensees from any and all claims, liabilities, costs or expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising from (1) your breach of any of the above representations and warranties, (2) your use of the Service, (3) the User Materials you have Submitted on or through the Service, or (4) LPM’s publication, distribution or use of such User Materials, or the authorized publication, distribution or use of your User Materials by LPM licensees and users.

Disclaimer
The Service and any content, materials, User Materials, features or products available or sold on or through the Service are available on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. LPM does not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted or error-free, nor does LPM make any warranties as to the results that may be obtained from use of the Service or endorse, recommend, or make any warranties as to the accuracy, reliability or content of, any content, information, materials, User Materials, features, service, products, opinions, or statements available on or through the Service or through links on the Service. Use of this Service is entirely at your own risk.

Content on LPM websites and apps is not intended to substitute for professional advice of any kind. In particular, nothing contained on LPM websites and apps is or should be considered, or used as a substitute for, medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding personal health or medical conditions. Never disregard or avoid professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on LPM websites and apps.

Limitation of Liability
In no event will LPM, its directors, officers, employees, members, or third party program producers and podcast providers be liable (a) for any indirect, consequential, special, incidental or punitive damages, arising out of the use or inability to use the Service, including without limitation use of or reliance on information available on LPM websites and apps, interruptions, errors, defects, mistakes, omissions, deletions of files, delays in operation or transmission, nondelivery of information, disclosure of communications, or any other failure of performance, (b) relating to any content or products available or sold on or through the Service, or (c) in connection with any third party content or materials (including User Materials) or the defamatory, infringing, offensive or illegal conduct of any third party. In no event will LPM, its directors, officers, employees, members, or third party program producers and podcast providers be liable for any amount in excess of $100.

Right to Change LPM websites and apps
LPM has the right to change LPM websites and apps, terminate or cease providing LPM websites and apps, or delete content, materials or features in any way, at any time or for any reason or no reason.

International Users
The Service is controlled and operated within the United States. LPM makes no representation that content, materials or products available on or through the Service are appropriate or available for use outside of the United States. If you access the Service from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with applicable laws, including local laws regarding online conduct and content and United States export laws and regulations.

**If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use LPM websites and apps.**

If you have questions regarding these policies, please contact us: info@lpm.org or write us at 619 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40202.