Reader & Interviewee Privacy

Privacy Policy

Authority Magazine (authoritymag.co) is an independent digital interview publication based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. This policy explains what information we collect when you read our interviews, leave a comment, or submit a pitch, and how we use and protect it.

Last updated: November 13, 2026

1. Information We Collect

  • Reading data: standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested, referring page, and timestamps) created when you visit our website.
  • Comments and responses: the name, optional email address, and text you choose to submit when you respond to an interview.
  • Interview pitches and submissions: the contact details, biography, photographs, and answers you or your representative provide when applying to be interviewed.
  • Correspondence: messages you send to our editorial or corrections desks.

2. How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to operate and secure the website, publish and attribute interviews accurately, review pitches, respond to inquiries and corrections, measure aggregate readership, and prevent spam and abuse. We do not sell your personal information.

3. Cookies & Analytics

Authority Magazine uses a minimal set of cookies and similar technologies for essential site functionality and aggregate, privacy-respecting performance and readership analytics. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the site remains readable without them.

4. Published Interviews

Interviews are published at the request and with the participation of the named interviewee or their authorized representative. Published interviews are public by nature and are indexed by search engines. To request an update or removal of a published interview, please follow our corrections process.

5. Sharing & Service Providers

We share information only with service providers that help us host, secure, and deliver the website and our newsroom operations (such as cloud hosting, database, email delivery, and document storage providers), and where required by law. These providers may process information only on our behalf.

6. Your Choices & Rights

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information you have submitted to us (for example, a comment or pitch), subject to legal and editorial record-keeping obligations. Email editor@authoritymag.co with your request and the relevant page URL.

7. Children

Authority Magazine is intended for a general adult audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

8. Changes & Contact

We may update this policy from time to time and will revise the date above when we do. Questions? Visit our Newsroom Contact page or email editor@authoritymag.co.