Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://boomersbrokeamerica.com

We are Boomers Broke America, an independent political commentary platform dedicated to exposing how Boomer policies destroyed economic opportunities for Millennials and Gen Z. We hold no allegiance to political parties and exist to provide accountability journalism focused on generational economic injustice.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Comments are checked through an automated spam detection service. We retain comment data indefinitely unless you request deletion.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

We use images from various sources including licensed stock photography, AI generated, public domain images, and original content. All images are used in accordance with fair use principles for commentary and news reporting.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

We use Google Analytics cookies to analyze website traffic and improve user experience. These cookies collect anonymized data about your browsing behavior. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

If we enable advertising in the future, third-party advertising networks may use cookies to serve relevant ads based on your browsing activity.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, social media posts, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties. Your data may be shared with service providers who assist us in operating our website, such as email service providers for our newsletter and analytics services like Google Analytics. These parties are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential and use it only for the services they provide to us.

How long we retain your data

f you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe. Analytics data is retained according to Google Analytics’ data retention policies.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

To exercise these rights, contact us at contact@boomersbrokeamerica.com.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Data collected through Google Analytics is processed and stored on Google’s servers. Newsletter subscriber data is processed by our email service provider. Any data you provide through our contact form is transmitted securely and stored on our web hosting servers.