Privacy Policy

THE DAILY LOGOS PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: November 12, 2026

The Daily Logos: A Journal of Catholic Letters (“The Daily Logos,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a Catholic publication operated by Ex Umbris Institute, a Virginia nonprofit organization.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information submitted through our website, newsletter subscriptions, daily email publications, contributor submissions, correspondence, donation pages, and related online services.

By using our website, subscribing to our publications, submitting content, making a donation, or otherwise interacting with our services, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

  • Name;
  • Email address;
  • Phone number;
  • Mailing address;
  • Professional, academic, ecclesiastical, or institutional affiliation;
  • Newsletter and publication subscriptions;
  • Communication and content preferences;
  • Article submissions, author biographies, and contributor information;
  • Event registration information, where applicable;
  • Donation-related information, where applicable;
  • Messages, questions, comments, letters to the editor, or other information submitted through our website or correspondence.

We may also collect limited technical information through our website and service providers, including IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referring websites, approximate location derived from IP address, email engagement information, and similar usage data.

If you make a donation or other payment, payment information may be collected and processed by a third-party payment processor. We do not intentionally store full credit-card numbers on our website.

2. How We Use Information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

  • To distribute The Daily Logos, including articles, essays, commentary, newsletters, daily liturgical emails, Scripture readings, synaxarion materials, and other educational or devotional resources;
  • To communicate with subscribers about new publications, editorial initiatives, special features, and related activities;
  • To respond to inquiries, correspondence, letters to the editor, and requests;
  • To review, edit, manage, and publish articles, essays, and other submitted contributions;
  • To communicate with authors, editors, contributors, and institutional collaborators;
  • To administer event registrations, lectures, discussions, and other programs, where applicable;
  • To process donations, provide receipts, and maintain donor records, where applicable;
  • To provide subscription confirmations, administrative notices, and other transactional communications;
  • To improve our website, editorial content, publications, outreach, and communications;
  • To understand readership, website usage, and subscriber engagement;
  • To maintain the security and integrity of our website and systems;
  • To comply with applicable legal, tax, accounting, reporting, and recordkeeping obligations;
  • To carry out the charitable, educational, religious, literary, and institutional purposes of The Daily Logos and Ex Umbris Institute.

3. Email Communications and Subscriptions

The Daily Logos publishes and distributes material intended to encourage thoughtful engagement with Catholic theology, philosophy, literature, art, history, and the Church’s liturgical inheritance.

Subscribers may receive regular communications, including daily or periodic emails containing Scripture readings, commemorations of saints, liturgical reflections, articles, essays, publication announcements, and other material related to the mission of the journal.

If you voluntarily subscribe to our email publications, you consent to receive the communications associated with that subscription.

We may also send occasional announcements concerning new publications, editorial developments, special initiatives, events, fundraising, and related activities.

Where appropriate, we will request your consent before adding you to a general mailing list. Providing an email address for an inquiry, article submission, donation, or event registration does not necessarily constitute consent to receive unrelated promotional communications.

You may unsubscribe from newsletters, daily emails, fundraising appeals, or other nonessential communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us directly.

We may continue to send necessary non-marketing communications, including donation receipts, administrative notices, submission-related correspondence, and responses to specific inquiries.

4. Sharing Information with Service Providers

We may share personal information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us with website hosting, email distribution, subscription management, content management, payment processing, donation processing, analytics, design, technical support, accounting, legal compliance, and other operational services.

These service providers may process personal information only as necessary to perform their services, subject to applicable agreements, legal requirements, and their respective privacy policies.

We do not sell or rent our subscriber lists or personal information to third parties for their independent advertising, marketing, or fundraising purposes.

5. Sharing Information with Contributors and Partner Institutions

The Daily Logos may collaborate with Catholic institutions, publishers, universities, parishes, ecclesiastical organizations, cultural institutions, nonprofit organizations, authors, editors, scholars, and other mission-aligned partners.

We do not sell, rent, license, or exchange personal information with partner institutions for their independent marketing or fundraising purposes.

We may share limited personal information with contributors or partner institutions when reasonably necessary to administer publications, editorial collaborations, events, programs, sponsorships, or other activities in which you have chosen to participate or expressed interest.

Such information may include your name, email address, institutional affiliation, contributor status, event registration information, or other information reasonably relevant to the particular activity.

Partner institutions and collaborators may use this information only for purposes reasonably related to the particular publication, event, collaboration, or service for which it was shared, unless you separately consent to additional communications.

You may request that we limit the sharing of your personal information with partner institutions by contacting us at cassella@dailylogos.net, subject to any sharing necessary to provide a service you have requested or to comply with legal obligations.

We do not knowingly disclose the personal information of children under 16 to partner institutions. We do not share payment-card information, bank-account information, passwords, government identification numbers, or other sensitive financial credentials with editorial or institutional partners, except where necessary through appropriate service providers to complete an authorized transaction.

We may also disclose information when required by law or reasonably necessary to protect our rights, the security of our services, or the rights and safety of others.

6. Editorial Submissions and Published Contributions

Individuals who submit articles, essays, reviews, letters, or other materials for consideration by The Daily Logos may provide personal and professional information as part of the editorial process.

This information may be used to evaluate submissions, communicate editorial decisions, coordinate revisions, establish authorship, maintain publication records, and prepare accepted materials for publication.

If a submission is accepted for publication, certain information, such as the contributor’s name, institutional affiliation, biographical statement, and other details approved for publication, may become publicly accessible through our website, email publications, archives, or related distribution channels.

Published material may be indexed by search engines, shared by readers, or preserved in third-party archives. We cannot guarantee the removal of information from independent websites, search engines, or archives after publication.

We do not ordinarily publish private correspondence or unpublished submissions without appropriate editorial authorization or permission.

Contributors may contact us with questions concerning the information associated with their submissions or published work.

7. Donations and Donor Information

If The Daily Logos accepts donations, we may use donor information to process contributions, issue receipts, maintain appropriate financial and institutional records, comply with applicable legal and tax obligations, communicate about the impact of donations, and provide opportunities to support the mission of the publication.

Donor information will not be sold or rented to third parties for their independent fundraising purposes.

We may publicly acknowledge donors only with their consent or in accordance with their expressed preferences.

Donors may request anonymity or inquire about the handling of their personal information by contacting cassella@dailylogos.net.

Payment information may be processed through secure third-party payment providers in accordance with their respective policies and security procedures.

8. Cookies, Analytics, and Website Technologies

Our website and email services may use cookies, analytics tools, embedded forms, tracking pixels, or similar technologies to support website functionality, understand readership, evaluate communications, and improve the accessibility and usefulness of our content.

These technologies may collect information about pages visited, general geographic location, browser and device characteristics, referral sources, and interactions with our publications or emails.

You may be able to restrict or disable certain cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not function properly when cookies are disabled.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate notice or consent mechanisms for nonessential cookies or similar technologies.

9. Religious and Other Sensitive Information

The Daily Logos is a Catholic publication concerned with theology, philosophy, the arts, and the liturgical and intellectual inheritance of the Church.

An individual’s subscription to or interaction with our website may indicate an interest in Catholic teaching, Christian spirituality, or related religious and cultural subjects. Such interaction does not necessarily establish or disclose that individual’s religious affiliation or beliefs.

We do not require readers or ordinary subscribers to disclose their religious affiliation, ecclesiastical status, sacramental history, health information, financial account credentials, government identification numbers, or other sensitive personal information.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through ordinary website forms, editorial correspondence, or subscription services unless it is specifically requested and reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

We seek to handle any sensitive information voluntarily disclosed to us with appropriate care and discretion.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our website, publications, and general subscription services are not directed specifically to children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without appropriate parental or guardian consent.

If we learn that personal information has been collected from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information in accordance with applicable law.

Parents or guardians who believe that a child has submitted personal information may contact us at cassella@dailylogos.net.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including subscription management, editorial correspondence, publication administration, donor relations, accounting, legal compliance, institutional records, dispute resolution, and security.

Information associated with published articles, contributor records, and editorial archives may be retained for longer periods where necessary to preserve the integrity, accuracy, and historical record of the journal.

When personal information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, anonymize, or archive it in accordance with our ordinary recordkeeping practices and applicable legal obligations.

Unsubscribing from email communications does not necessarily require the deletion of information retained for legitimate administrative, legal, editorial, or institutional purposes.

12. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Access to personal information is intended to be limited to individuals and service providers who reasonably require it to carry out authorized organizational activities.

Nevertheless, no website, email platform, payment processor, or online information system can guarantee absolute security.

Transmission of personal information over the internet involves inherent security risks.

13. Your Privacy Choices

You may contact us to request that we access, update, correct, restrict, or delete personal information associated with you, subject to applicable law and legitimate recordkeeping requirements.

You may also request:

  • Removal from our newsletters or daily email publications;
  • Changes to your subscription or communication preferences;
  • Restrictions on certain communications or disclosures to institutional partners;
  • Corrections to inaccurate personal or contributor information;
  • Information concerning how your personal information is used.

Requests may be directed to:

The Daily Logos: A Journal of Catholic Letters
Operated by Ex Umbris Institute
Email: cassella@dailylogos.net

We will consider and respond to requests in accordance with applicable law.

Certain information may be retained when necessary for legal, tax, accounting, security, editorial, publication, donor-record, or other legitimate institutional purposes.

14. Third-Party Websites and Platforms

Our website and publications may contain links to third-party websites, scholarly resources, digital libraries, ecclesiastical institutions, publishers, online archives, videos, payment processors, email services, or social media platforms.

We may also incorporate or refer readers to materials maintained by independent organizations, including Scripture resources, liturgical calendars, synaxaria, academic publications, or other external sources.

These third-party services operate independently and may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of independent third-party websites or services.

Readers should review the applicable privacy policies before submitting personal information through external services.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our publications, website functionality, organizational activities, service providers, or applicable legal requirements.

Any updated version will be posted on our website with a revised effective date.

Material changes may also be communicated to subscribers through our website or email publications when appropriate or required by law.

The revised Privacy Policy will govern the handling of personal information from its effective date, subject to applicable legal requirements.

16. Contact Information

Questions, concerns, or requests concerning this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information may be directed to:

The Daily Logos: A Journal of Catholic Letters
Operated by Ex Umbris Institute
Virginia, United States
Email: cassella@dailylogos.net