Privacy Policy

Madison Ave Magazine is operated by Derek Madison LLC. This Privacy Policy explains how Madison Ave Magazine, Derek Madison LLC, and our related publication, editorial, membership, advertising, and digital operations collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information when you visit or use madisonavemag.com, subscribe to our newsletters, create an account, become a member, submit information to us, comment on our content, interact with our social media, attend or participate in our events or coverage, or otherwise engage with us.

This Privacy Policy applies to Madison Ave Magazine and the website located at https://madisonavemag.com, including our articles, newsletters, membership features, forms, comments, digital products, editorial pages, and related online services. It does not apply to websites, applications, services, platforms, or businesses that we do not own or control.

By using Madison Ave Magazine, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you should not use the site or submit information to us.

1. Who We Are

Madison Ave Magazine is an independent digital publication covering culture, fashion, entertainment, technology, politics, lifestyle, and related editorial topics. Our site may include original reporting, commentary, photography, interviews, event coverage, reviews, newsletters, membership features, advertising, affiliate links, sponsored content, social media embeds, and third-party tools.

For privacy questions or requests, please use our Contact page:https://madisonavemag.com/contact/

Please do not send sensitive personal information through general website forms unless we specifically request it.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information in several ways, depending on how you interact with us.

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

We may collect information you choose to provide, including:

• Name
• Username or display name
• Contact information
• Account registration details
• Newsletter subscription details
• Membership or subscription status
• Billing and transaction related information
• Comments, replies, and other user submitted content
• Contact form messages
• Survey responses
• Contest, giveaway, or promotion entries
• Reader feedback
• Editorial tips
• Press, media, or business inquiries
• Contributor, writer, photographer, model, stylist, designer, publicist, or brand submission information
• Event RSVP or credentialing information
• Information you provide when reporting an issue with the site
• Any other information you voluntarily submit

If you submit content for publication, review, editorial consideration, collaboration, or coverage, you may provide additional information such as biographies, social handles, images, professional credentials, portfolio links, brand materials, press releases, captions, credits, likeness permissions, and other supporting materials.

2.2 Account, Membership, and Subscription Information

If we offer accounts, paid memberships, subscriptions, saved articles, reading history, comments, paywalled content, or similar features, we may collect and process information such as:

• Login credentials or authentication data
• Account preferences
• Saved articles
• Reading history within your account
• Membership plan
• Payment status
• Renewal status
• Subscription start and end dates
• Customer support history
• Access logs related to member-only content

We may use third-party providers to process payments, manage subscriptions, authenticate users, deliver newsletters, or manage customer relationships. Payment processors may collect payment card or bank details directly. We generally do not store full payment card numbers on our own systems.

2.3 Comments and Community Features

If you comment on articles or participate in interactive features, we may collect:

• The content of your comment or submission
• Your display name
• Account information associated with the comment
• IP address
• Browser and device information
• Date and time of submission
• Moderation history
• Spam detection signals

Comments and public submissions may be visible to other users. You should not post information that you want to keep private.

2.4 Newsletter and Marketing Information

If you subscribe to a newsletter, we may collect:

• Contact information
• Newsletter preferences
• Subscription source
• Signup date
• Email delivery status
• Opens, clicks, and other engagement signals
• Unsubscribe or suppression status

You may unsubscribe from newsletters using the unsubscribe link in the message or by contacting us through the Contact page.

2.5 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the site, we and our service providers may automatically collect information such as:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Referring URL
• Pages viewed
• Links clicked
• Search terms used on the site
• Time spent on pages
• Date and time of visits
• Approximate location derived from IP address
• Cookie identifiers
• Advertising identifiers, where applicable
• Session information
• Site performance information
• Error logs
• Security logs
• Interaction data

This information helps us operate the site, measure readership, improve performance, detect abuse, understand audience behavior, and support advertising or analytics.

2.6 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and third parties may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, software development kits, and similar technologies to:

• Keep the site working
• Remember preferences
• Support account login
• Measure traffic and audience engagement
• Understand article performance
• Detect security issues
• Prevent spam and fraud
• Support advertising and affiliate measurement
• Personalize content or recommendations
• Measure newsletter or campaign performance

Some cookies are necessary for the site to function. Others may be used for analytics, advertising, personalization, or social media features.

You can control cookies through your browser settings, device settings, consent tools where available, and privacy controls offered by third-party providers. Blocking cookies may affect site functionality.

2.7 Analytics, Advertising, and Measurement

We may use analytics, advertising, social media, and measurement providers to understand our audience, improve our content, measure campaigns, and support the business operations of the publication.

These providers may collect or receive information from your browser or device, including pages viewed, device identifiers, IP address, approximate location, referral source, and interactions with ads or content.

We do not sell personal information for money. However, some advertising, analytics, affiliate, social media, or tracking activities may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or use for targeted advertising under certain privacy laws. Where required, we provide ways to opt out of those activities.

2.8 Embedded Content and Third-Party Media

Articles may include embedded content from third-party platforms, such as videos, social media posts, audio players, maps, forms, images, or other interactive content. Embedded content may behave as if you visited the third-party platform directly. These third parties may collect information about you, use cookies, track your interactions, or associate your activity with an account you have with them.

We do not control the privacy practices of third-party platforms.

2.9 Social Media and Platform Interactions

If you interact with us on social media or through third-party platforms, we may receive information such as your username, profile information, messages, comments, likes, shares, tags, and other platform activity, depending on your settings and the platform’s policies.

Your use of those platforms is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.

2.10 Editorial, Reporting, and Publicly Available Information

As a media publication, we may collect, review, preserve, publish, or reference information for editorial purposes. This may include:

• Public records
• Public social media posts
• Press releases
• Public statements
• Interviews
• Event materials
• Publicly available biographies
• Professional or creative portfolios
• Images or video captured at public, press, red carpet, runway, entertainment, cultural, or similar events
• Information submitted by publicists, brands, agencies, contributors, photographers, or sources

Information used for journalism, commentary, criticism, review, news reporting, archival, or public interest purposes may be handled differently from ordinary consumer account information. We may retain editorial records where needed to preserve the integrity of published work, support fact checking, maintain archives, respond to legal issues, or protect our editorial rights.

2.11 Sensitive Information

We do not intentionally request sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for a specific purpose. Sensitive information may include government identification numbers, precise geolocation, health information, financial account information, biometric information, race or ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, union membership, or similar categories depending on applicable law.

Please do not submit sensitive information through the site unless we specifically request it and explain why it is needed.

3. How We Use Information

We may use information for the following purposes:

• Operate, maintain, and improve the site
• Publish and manage editorial content
• Provide accounts, memberships, subscriptions, and reader features
• Process transactions and manage paid access
• Deliver newsletters and other communications
• Respond to inquiries and support requests
• Moderate comments and community features
• Review submissions, pitches, tips, press materials, and collaboration requests
• Conduct surveys, contests, giveaways, promotions, or reader research
• Measure site traffic, article performance, and audience engagement
• Personalize user experience where appropriate
• Recommend content
• Manage advertising, sponsorships, affiliate links, and campaign reporting
• Improve site speed, design, usability, and security
• Detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, spam, abuse, scraping, unauthorized access, and security incidents
• Enforce our terms, policies, and rights
• Comply with legal obligations
• Protect our users, publication, contributors, sources, partners, rights, and property
• Support business planning, analytics, accounting, and internal operations
• Evaluate or complete a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale, transfer, or similar business transaction

4. Legal Bases for Processing

If you are located in a jurisdiction that requires a legal basis for processing personal information, our legal bases may include:

• Consent, such as when you subscribe to a newsletter or accept optional cookies
• Contract, such as when we provide memberships, subscriptions, accounts, or requested services
• Legitimate interests, such as operating the site, improving content, securing our systems, analyzing readership, preventing abuse, and supporting editorial and business operations
• Legal obligation, such as complying with tax, accounting, consumer protection, privacy, or legal process requirements
• Public interest, journalistic, expressive, or editorial purposes, where applicable
• Protection of rights and safety, such as preventing harm, fraud, abuse, or security incidents

You may withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before withdrawal.

5. How We Share Information

We may disclose information to the following categories of recipients:

5.1 Service Providers

We may share information with vendors that help us operate the publication, including providers of:

• Website hosting
• Content management systems
• Security and fraud prevention
• Analytics
• Email and newsletter delivery
• Subscription and membership management
• Payment processing
• Customer support
• Comment moderation
• Spam filtering
• Advertising and affiliate measurement
• Cloud storage
• Backups
• Database management
• Development and maintenance
• Legal, accounting, and professional services

5.2 Payment and Subscription Providers

If you purchase a membership, subscription, event access, merchandise, or other paid offering, payment and subscription providers may collect and process information needed to complete the transaction, prevent fraud, manage renewals, issue receipts, and provide customer support.

5.3 Advertising, Analytics, Affiliate, and Measurement Partners

We may share or make available certain information to advertising, analytics, affiliate, sponsorship, and measurement partners. This may include device information, browser information, page views, referral source, cookie identifiers, and interaction data.

Where required by law, we provide opt-out rights for targeted advertising, sale, or sharing.

5.4 Editorial, Event, and Business Partners

When appropriate, we may share information with editorial contributors, photographers, agencies, publicists, event organizers, venues, sponsors, production partners, or business partners to coordinate coverage, credentials, interviews, submissions, events, promotions, partnerships, or publication activities.

5.5 Legal, Safety, and Rights Protection

We may disclose information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with law, regulation, subpoena, court order, government request, or legal process
• Enforce our terms, policies, agreements, or rights
• Protect the rights, safety, property, or security of Madison Ave Magazine, Derek Madison LLC, our users, contributors, sources, partners, or the public
• Detect, investigate, prevent, or respond to fraud, spam, abuse, security incidents, or illegal activity
• Preserve editorial, legal, archival, or evidentiary records

5.6 Business Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, bankruptcy, sale of assets, transfer of business, or similar transaction, information may be disclosed, transferred, or reviewed as part of that transaction.

5.7 With Your Consent

We may share information with your consent or at your direction.

6. Public Content and Published Material

Some information may become public if you choose to submit it publicly or if it is part of editorial coverage.

This may include:

• Comments
• Display names
• Public profile information
• Letters, submissions, or reader responses selected for publication
• Contributor bios
• Photo credits
• Event photography
• Interview material
• Public social media posts
• Public statements
• Published articles, corrections, updates, and archives

Once information is published, it may be indexed by search engines, copied by third parties, archived, quoted, shared, or otherwise preserved outside our control.

Requests to update or remove published editorial material will be reviewed under our editorial standards, legal obligations, archival interests, and applicable rights.

7. Advertising, Sponsorships, Affiliate Links, and Commerce

Madison Ave Magazine may display ads, sponsored content, affiliate links, paid partnerships, product links, commerce links, or promotional placements.

If you click an affiliate link or ad, third parties may collect information about your interaction and may use cookies or similar technologies to attribute purchases or measure performance. If you purchase from a third party, your transaction is governed by that third party’s privacy policy and terms.

Sponsored or affiliate relationships do not give third parties access to all personal information we hold about you unless otherwise disclosed or permitted by law.

8. Cookies, Privacy Controls, and Opt-Out Choices

You may have choices regarding cookies, advertising, newsletters, and certain data uses.

Depending on your location and the tools available on the site, you may be able to:

• Disable cookies through your browser
• Use browser privacy settings
• Use device advertising controls
• Use consent management tools where available
• Unsubscribe from newsletters through the unsubscribe link
• Request privacy rights through the Contact page
• Opt out of targeted advertising, sale, or sharing where required by law
• Use legally recognized browser-based opt-out signals where required by applicable law

If we receive a legally recognized opt-out preference signal, such as Global Privacy Control, we will honor it to the extent required by applicable law and technically feasible.

Some choices may be browser-specific or device-specific. If you use a different browser or device, you may need to apply your choices again.

9. Retention of Information

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Retention periods may depend on:

• The type of information
• The reason it was collected
• Whether you have an account or membership
• Legal, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements
• Fraud prevention and security needs
• Dispute resolution
• Editorial, archival, public interest, or journalistic purposes
• Backup and disaster recovery requirements
• Consent, unsubscribe, suppression, or opt-out records

We may retain deidentified, aggregated, or anonymized information for analytics, research, reporting, security, and business purposes.

10. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

No website, database, transmission, or storage system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for using appropriate security practices when accessing the site.

If you believe your account or information has been compromised, please contact us through the Contact page.

11. International Visitors

Madison Ave Magazine is operated from the United States. If you access the site from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where we or our service providers operate.

Privacy laws in those countries may differ from the laws in your location. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for cross-border transfers.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include the right to:

• Confirm whether we process your personal information
• Access personal information we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate personal information
• Delete personal information
• Obtain a copy of personal information
• Restrict or object to certain processing
• Opt out of targeted advertising
• Opt out of sale or sharing of personal information
• Limit the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information, where applicable
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Appeal a decision regarding a privacy rights request
• Lodge a complaint with a privacy authority, where applicable

To exercise privacy rights, please contact us through the Contact page.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to a request. Also we may ask for information reasonably necessary to verify your request, such as account information, prior interaction details, or other verification information.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights, but some features may not be available if we cannot process information needed to provide them.

13. California Privacy Notice

This section applies to California residents to the extent the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, applies to us.

13.1 Categories of Personal Information We May Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

• Identifiers, such as name, online identifier, IP address, account name, or similar identifiers
• Customer records information, such as contact details or transaction information
• Commercial information, such as subscription or membership history
• Internet or electronic network activity, such as browsing activity, page views, and interactions
• Geolocation data, such as approximate location derived from IP address
• Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information, such as submitted media or event images
• Professional or employment related information, such as contributor credentials or business inquiry details
• Inferences, such as content preferences or audience segments
• Sensitive personal information, only where provided or required for a specific purpose

13.2 Sources of Personal Information

We may collect personal information from:

• You
• Your browser or device
• Service providers
• Advertising, analytics, affiliate, and measurement partners
• Social media platforms
• Public records
• Publicly available sources
• Editorial sources, contributors, publicists, agencies, brands, or event organizers

13.3 Business or Commercial Purposes

We may use personal information for the purposes described in Section 3, including operating the site, providing subscriptions, sending newsletters, securing the site, analyzing readership, managing advertising, conducting editorial work, and complying with law.

13.4 Categories of Recipients

We may disclose personal information to the categories of recipients described in Section 5.

13.5 Sale, Sharing, and Targeted Advertising

We do not sell personal information for money. However, certain analytics, advertising, affiliate, and tracking activities may be considered a sale or sharing under California law. California residents may have the right to opt out of sale or sharing.

To exercise this right, use available privacy controls on the site or contact us through the Contact page.

13.6 Sensitive Personal Information

We do not use sensitive personal information for purposes that would require a right to limit under California law unless we provide the required notice and choice.

13.7 California Rights

California residents may have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share
• Access personal information
• Correct inaccurate personal information
• Delete personal information
• Opt out of sale or sharing
• Limit use of sensitive personal information where applicable
• Not be discriminated against for exercising rights

To submit a request, please use the Contact page.

14. Privacy Rights for Other U.S. State Residents

Residents of certain U.S. states may have rights under applicable state privacy laws, including rights to access, correct, delete, obtain a copy of personal information, opt out of targeted advertising, opt out of sale, opt out of certain profiling, and appeal a denied request.

These rights depend on your state of residence and whether the law applies to us. To exercise available rights, please use the Contact page.

15. European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Swiss Visitors

If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you may have rights under applicable data protection laws, including the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, object, transfer, and withdraw consent.

You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Where required, we process personal data based on the legal bases described in Section 4. Where we transfer personal data outside your region, we use appropriate safeguards where required by law.

Some processing may be performed for journalistic, academic, artistic, literary, expressive, or public interest purposes, and may be subject to exemptions or limitations under applicable law.

16. Children and Minors

The site 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 you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us through the Contact page and we will take appropriate steps.

If you are a minor and have posted content publicly on the site, you may request removal where required by applicable law. Removal from our site does not guarantee removal from search engines, archives, screenshots, cached pages, or third-party sites.

17. Third-Party Links and Services

The site may link to third-party websites, apps, products, services, advertisers, merchants, social platforms, event platforms, payment providers, and embedded media services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third parties. You should review their privacy policies before providing information to them.

18. User Generated Content and Submissions

If you submit comments, tips, pitches, photographs, videos, captions, credits, article drafts, press materials, product information, event information, or other materials, we may review, store, edit, publish, reject, archive, or delete those materials in accordance with our editorial and business practices.

Do not submit materials that you do not have the right to provide. If you provide information about another person, you are responsible for ensuring that you have appropriate permission or another lawful basis to do so.

Publication decisions are governed by editorial judgment and applicable law.

19. Do Not Track

Some browsers provide “Do Not Track” signals. There is no uniform industry standard for responding to those signals. We may not respond to “Do Not Track” signals unless required by law.

Where required by applicable law, we will honor legally recognized opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, to the extent required and technically feasible.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.

If we make material changes, we may provide additional notice where required by law, such as through the site, account notice, newsletter notice, or other appropriate method.

Your continued use of the site after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means you acknowledge the updated policy.

21. Contact and Privacy Requests

For privacy questions, requests, opt-outs, corrections, deletion requests, access requests, or concerns about how we handle information, please use our Contact page:https://madisonavemag.com/contact/

Please include enough information for us to understand and respond to your request. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

22. Summary of Key Practices

This summary is provided for convenience only. The full Privacy Policy controls.

• We collect information you provide, information collected automatically, and information from third-party or public sources.
• We use information to operate the site, publish content, manage memberships, send newsletters, measure performance, support advertising, improve security, respond to requests, and comply with law.
• We may share information with service providers, payment processors, analytics providers, advertising partners, editorial partners, legal advisors, and others described in this policy.
• We do not sell personal information for money.
• Some advertising, analytics, affiliate, and tracking activities may be treated as sale, sharing, or targeted advertising under certain laws.
• You may have privacy rights depending on where you live.
• Privacy requests should be submitted through the Contact page.