Privacy Policy

Houston Community Magazine
Effective Date: August 11, 2026
Last Updated: August 11, 2025

Houston Community Magazine (“HCM,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how information is collected, used, and protected when you visit our website, communicate with us, submit information, purchase a service, participate in a feature, or otherwise interact with Houston Community Magazine.

This Privacy Policy describes our information practices and the choices you may have regarding your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with Houston Community Magazine, we may collect the following categories of information.

Information You Provide Directly

This may include:

  • Name

  • Business or organization name

  • Job title or role

  • Email address

  • Telephone number

  • Business address

  • Website address

  • Social media information

  • Restaurant or business information

  • Information submitted through questionnaires, contact forms, surveys, applications, or feature profiles

  • Photographs, logos, biographies, menus, and other materials voluntarily submitted for editorial or promotional purposes

  • Communications you send to Houston Community Magazine

  • Information associated with purchases or transactions

Payment Information

When you purchase a product or service from Houston Community Magazine, payment information may be collected and processed by our third-party payment processor.

Houston Community Magazine does not intend to directly store complete credit or debit card numbers submitted through our payment processor.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies.

This may include:

  • IP address

  • Browser type

  • Device type

  • Operating system

  • Pages viewed

  • Referring website or source

  • Date and time of visits

  • Website interactions

  • Approximate location derived from IP address

  • Cookie and similar technology identifiers

This information may be used for website functionality, security, analytics, performance measurement, and improving the visitor experience.

2. How We Use Information

Houston Community Magazine may use information we collect to:

  • Provide and operate our website

  • Respond to inquiries and requests

  • Communicate with businesses, organizations, readers, advertisers, partners, and participants

  • Process purchases and registrations

  • Create requested editorial features and business profiles

  • Develop and publish restaurant, business, nonprofit, community, and other editorial content

  • Maintain our business and restaurant directories

  • Provide customer service

  • Send transaction-related communications

  • Send requested newsletters, updates, or other communications

  • Promote published Houston Community Magazine content

  • Manage advertising, sponsorship, featured-partner, and community programs

  • Improve our website, services, and content

  • Measure website performance and audience engagement

  • Protect our website, users, and business from fraud, misuse, or security threats

  • Maintain appropriate business and transaction records

  • Comply with applicable legal obligations

  • Enforce our agreements and policies

We may also use information for other purposes disclosed at the time it is collected or with your permission.

3. Editorial and Business Feature Submissions

Businesses, restaurants, nonprofit organizations, community organizations, interview subjects, and other participants may voluntarily submit information and materials to Houston Community Magazine for possible publication.

Information specifically submitted for publication may be made publicly available as part of an HCM article, business profile, restaurant feature, directory listing, social media post, email communication, or related editorial or promotional content.

This may include information such as:

  • Business name

  • Business contact information

  • Business website

  • Social media profiles

  • Business history

  • Owner or chef information

  • Quotes

  • Photographs

  • Logos

  • Menu information

  • Products or services

  • Community involvement

  • Other information authorized for publication

Personal information submitted for administrative purposes, such as an authorized representative's private email address or telephone number, will not automatically be treated as information intended for public publication.

4. How We May Share Information

We may share information with third parties when reasonably necessary to operate Houston Community Magazine and provide our services.

These parties may include:

  • Website hosting and technology providers

  • Customer relationship management providers

  • Email and communication service providers

  • Payment processors

  • Analytics providers

  • Form and survey providers

  • Cloud storage providers

  • Contractors or service providers assisting with HCM operations

  • Professional advisers when reasonably necessary

  • Government authorities or other parties when required by law

Service providers may receive information necessary to perform services on our behalf.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, security, or safety of Houston Community Magazine, our users, or others.

If HCM is involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction subject to applicable law.

5. Sale of Personal Information

Houston Community Magazine does not sell personal information for money as part of its ordinary business operations.

If our data practices change in a way that constitutes a “sale” of personal data or targeted advertising under applicable privacy law, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any required notices and opt-out mechanisms.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Houston Community Magazine and service providers supporting our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Keep the website functioning properly

  • Remember visitor preferences

  • Understand website traffic

  • Analyze website performance

  • Measure engagement

  • Improve content and user experience

  • Support marketing and promotional activities where applicable

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through cookie preference tools provided on our website. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

7. Email and Marketing Communications

If you subscribe to Houston Community Magazine communications or otherwise consent to receive marketing emails, we may use your contact information to send relevant updates, articles, offers, community information, or promotional communications.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link provided in those messages.

You may still receive transactional or administrative communications related to purchases, submitted forms, active services, editorial participation, or other existing relationships with Houston Community Magazine.

8. Text Messages

If Houston Community Magazine offers SMS or text-message communications, we will use telephone numbers for the purposes disclosed when consent is obtained.

Consent to receive marketing text messages is not a condition of purchasing goods or services.

Message and data rates may apply.

Recipients may follow the instructions provided in the message to opt out of future marketing text communications.

9. Data Security

Houston Community Magazine takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no internet transmission, website, electronic storage system, or security measure can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

We encourage users to avoid submitting sensitive information unless it is reasonably necessary for the applicable transaction or service.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing services, maintaining business and transaction records, managing editorial content and relationships, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, and complying with legal obligations.

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

Published editorial material may be retained as part of Houston Community Magazine's historical editorial archive.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information.

These rights may include the ability to request:

  • Confirmation of whether we process your personal data

  • Access to certain personal data

  • Correction of inaccurate personal data

  • Deletion of certain personal data

  • A portable copy of certain personal data

  • Opt-out from certain sales of personal data

  • Opt-out from certain targeted advertising

  • Opt-out from certain qualifying profiling activities

Some information may be exempt from these requests under applicable law.

Texas Residents

Texas residents may have rights under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, subject to the Act's applicability, definitions, exceptions, and limitations.

To submit a privacy request, contact us at:

Email: [email protected]

Please use the subject line:

Privacy Request

We may need to verify your identity before processing a request.

If we decline a privacy request and applicable law provides an appeal right, you may appeal our decision by contacting us at the same email address and using the subject line:

Privacy Request Appeal

We will process eligible requests and appeals within the time periods required by applicable law.

Houston Community Magazine will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising applicable privacy rights.

12. Children's Privacy

Houston Community Magazine is intended for a general audience and is not directed toward children under 13.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information directly from children under 13 through our website.

If we learn that we have collected personal information directly from a child under 13 in circumstances requiring parental consent, we will take appropriate steps consistent with applicable law.

Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided personal information to us may contact us at the address provided below.

13. Third-Party Websites and Services

Houston Community Magazine may contain links to restaurant websites, businesses, nonprofit organizations, reservation services, social media platforms, advertisers, sponsors, community resources, and other third-party websites.

We do not control the privacy practices of those third parties.

When you leave the Houston Community Magazine website, the privacy policies and terms of the third-party website or service will govern your interaction with that service.

We encourage visitors to review those policies before providing personal information.

14. Social Media

Houston Community Magazine may maintain profiles on third-party social media platforms.

Information you provide through or make publicly available on those platforms is also subject to the privacy practices and terms of the applicable social media company.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, services, or legal requirements.

When changes are made, the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will be revised.

Material changes may be communicated through additional notice when appropriate or required by law.

16. Contact Houston Community Magazine

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, or would like to submit an applicable privacy request, please contact:

Houston Community Magazine

Email: [email protected]

Website: HoustonCommunityMagazine.com

Mailing Address:
14173 Northwest Freeway , #247

Houston, TX 77040

Phone:
281-549-7682