Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 29, 2025
Kitsap Business, published by Ward Media, respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, subscribe to our publications, or engage with our digital content and services.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
Personal Information: Name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and payment details when you subscribe, advertise, or submit forms.
Non-Personal Information: Browser type, device information, IP address, and pages visited, collected automatically through analytics tools and cookies.
User-Submitted Content: Information you voluntarily provide through forms such as event submissions, business listings, or “Changing Faces, Changing Places” announcements.
2. How We Use Your Information
Your information helps us:
Process subscriptions and payments
Deliver print and digital content
Respond to inquiries and submissions
Send newsletters, special offers, and promotional messages (you may unsubscribe anytime)
Improve our website, content, and reader experience
We do not sell or rent personal information to third parties.
3. Cookies and Analytics
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to personalize your experience and analyze site traffic. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but some site functions may not work properly without them.
4. Third-Party Services
We may use trusted third-party vendors such as payment processors, email platforms, and analytics providers. These vendors are contractually required to safeguard your information and use it only for the purposes necessary to provide their services to us.
5. Data Security
We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of online transmission or storage is 100% secure.
6. Your Rights Under State Privacy Laws
Depending on where you live — including California (under the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA/CPRA) and Washington State — you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right to Know: Request details about the personal information we collect, use, or disclose.
Right to Access: Obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to Delete: Ask us to delete your personal information, subject to legal or contractual obligations.
Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: While we do not sell data, you may request that your information not be shared for targeted advertising purposes.
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not deny services or charge different prices if you exercise your privacy rights.
To submit a privacy request or exercise these rights, contact us at info@ward.media or write to the address below. We will verify your identity before processing any request.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy or to comply with legal obligations.
8. Links to Other Websites
Our website may include links to other websites. Kitsap Business and Ward Media are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party sites.
9. Policy Updates
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. When changes are made, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or requests related to this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us at:
Ward Media / Kitsap Business
Email: info@ward.media
Mailing Address: Ward Media, P.O. Box 241, Poulsbo, WA 98370
Website: kitsapbusiness.com