Privacy Policy

1. Information We May Collect

The information Afronomias collects depends on how you interact with us.

Information You Provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:

• Name
• Email address
• Telephone number, when requested
• Organization or company name
• Job title or professional information
• Workshop or event registration information
• Information submitted through contact or inquiry forms
• Community membership information when membership functionality becomes available
• Communications you send to Afronomias
• Other information you voluntarily provide

We ask that you not submit sensitive personal information unless it is specifically necessary and requested for an authorized purpose.

Event and Workshop Registration Information

When you register for an Afronomias workshop, webinar, event, or educational experience, we may collect information necessary to:

• Process your registration
• Confirm your participation
• Communicate event details
• Provide access instructions
• Respond to questions
• Maintain appropriate registration records
• Provide information directly related to the event or offering

2. LinkedIn Registration and Lead Forms

Afronomias may use LinkedIn registration features, Lead Gen Forms, event forms, or similar LinkedIn services.

When you voluntarily submit information through a LinkedIn form associated with Afronomias, LinkedIn may provide the submitted information to Afronomias.

Afronomias may use information submitted through LinkedIn to:

• Register you for the event, workshop, or experience you requested
• Communicate information about that registration
• Respond to your request or expressed interest
• Provide relevant event updates or access information
• Maintain registration and attendance records
• Contact you about Afronomias offerings when you have provided appropriate consent or where otherwise permitted by applicable law

Afronomias does not sell information obtained through LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms.

Your use of LinkedIn is also subject to LinkedIn’s own terms and privacy practices.

3. Payments

Afronomias may use Square or other approved payment processors to process payments for workshops, memberships, products, services, or other paid offerings.

When payment is processed through Square, payment information is provided to and processed by Square according to Square’s applicable terms and privacy practices.

Afronomias does not intend to directly store full payment card numbers, card security codes, or other complete payment credentials when those credentials are processed by Square.

Afronomias may receive or retain transaction-related information necessary for legitimate business purposes, such as:

• Customer name
• Contact information
• Transaction identifier
• Purchase description
• Payment amount
• Payment status
• Date of transaction
• Registration or entitlement status

4. How We Use Information

Afronomias may use information we collect to:

• Operate and maintain our website
• Process workshop and event registrations
• Process or verify purchases
• Provide requested products, resources, or services
• Communicate registration and event information
• Respond to inquiries
• Provide customer or participant support
• Administer future memberships or Community access
• Maintain transaction and business records
• Protect the security and integrity of Afronomias systems
• Detect or prevent fraud, misuse, or unauthorized activity
• Improve our offerings and user experience
• Comply with legal obligations
• Enforce applicable agreements and policies

Where required, Afronomias will seek appropriate consent before using personal information for additional purposes.

5. Marketing Communications

Afronomias may occasionally provide information about workshops, events, resources, products, Community activities, or other offerings.

Where consent is required, Afronomias will request appropriate permission before sending marketing communications.

You may request to stop receiving promotional communications by using an unsubscribe mechanism provided in the communication or by contacting Afronomias.

Operational communications, such as payment confirmations, registration information, security notices, or important service messages, may still be sent when necessary to provide a requested service.

6. How We Share Information

Afronomias does not sell your personal information.

We may disclose information to service providers that perform services on our behalf or provide infrastructure necessary to deliver Afronomias offerings.

These may include providers supporting:

• Payment processing
• Website hosting and infrastructure
• Event registration
• Email delivery
• Communications
• Security
• Analytics, when implemented
• Live virtual experiences, when implemented
• Other technology necessary to provide requested services

These providers may process information according to their own applicable terms, privacy policies, contractual obligations, and legal requirements.

Afronomias may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request
• Protect Afronomias, our users, or others
• Investigate fraud, security incidents, or misuse
• Enforce agreements
• Protect legal rights

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Afronomias website may use cookies or similar technologies when necessary for website functionality, security, preferences, sessions, or other features.

Afronomias does not intend to use this Privacy Policy as authorization for undisclosed tracking.

If Afronomias introduces analytics, advertising technologies, or other tracking technologies that materially change our data practices, this Privacy Policy and any required consent mechanisms should be updated accordingly.

Your browser may allow you to control or delete cookies through its settings.

8. Guardian and Local-First Data

Certain Afronomias applications may use privacy-preserving or local-first architectures.

Guardian is designed so that private Guardian application records may remain on the user’s own device rather than automatically being transmitted to Afronomias.

Afronomias does not treat the existence of a Community membership or other connected service as permission to collect private Guardian records.

Future shared Guardian Community features may require separate shared infrastructure for information intentionally submitted to Community areas, such as community posts, messages, reactions, event participation, or member profile information.

Private Guardian records and shared Community information are intended to remain separate unless a user explicitly chooses to share information through a feature designed for that purpose.

9. Community

Afronomias is developing a Human-Centered Security Community experience.

When Community functionality becomes available, participation may require information necessary to establish membership status, provide Community access, maintain a Community identity, support shared interactions, and administer membership.

Shared Community content may include information a member intentionally chooses to post or share with other Community participants.

The introduction of Community functionality does not automatically authorize Afronomias to access private Guardian records stored locally on a user’s device.

Additional notices or Community-specific terms may be provided when the Community launches.

10. Third-Party Services and Links

The Afronomias website and services may contain links to or integrations with third-party services.

These may include services such as LinkedIn and Square, as well as other technology providers introduced as Afronomias offerings develop.

Afronomias does not control the independent privacy practices of third parties.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms of third-party services before providing information to them.

11. Data Retention

Afronomias retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing requested services, maintaining appropriate business and transaction records, resolving disputes, protecting security, and satisfying legal or contractual obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

When information is no longer reasonably necessary, Afronomias may delete, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable requirements and operational needs.

12. Information Security

Afronomias uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information under our control.

However, no method of electronic transmission, storage, or processing can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Users should use appropriate care when transmitting information online and should not send passwords, payment card credentials, or other highly sensitive information through ordinary contact forms or email unless specifically instructed through an appropriate secure process.

13. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights or choices regarding your personal information.

You may contact Afronomias to request assistance regarding personal information that Afronomias maintains about you, including requests to correct or delete information where applicable.

Afronomias may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

We may retain information when required or permitted by law, including information necessary for legitimate transaction, security, accounting, dispute-resolution, or compliance purposes.

14. Children’s Privacy

The general Afronomias website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate authorization.

Although Afronomias may create educational resources intended for children or families, the existence of child-oriented educational material does not mean children are expected to independently provide personal information through the general Afronomias website.

If Afronomias introduces services specifically designed to collect information from children, appropriate notices, consent processes, and safeguards should be implemented before such collection occurs.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to Afronomias inappropriately, please contact us.

15. International Visitors

Afronomias is based in the United States.

If you access Afronomias services from another country, information you voluntarily provide may be processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate, subject to applicable legal requirements.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Afronomias may update this Privacy Policy as our services, technologies, and legal obligations evolve.

When material changes are made, we will update the Effective Date displayed at the top of this page and may provide additional notice where appropriate.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

17. Contact Afronomias

Questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or Afronomias privacy practices may be directed to: