Who we are
Chicago is home to a growing organization known as the Sons of Dionysus. It is not explicitly a political or religious organization, but many issues and opportunities will be leveraged in those two broad fields in the pursuit of equity in representation of marginalized populations. This organization is a network building effort to achieve positive synergy across many intersections of people and organizations impacted by the expanding footprint of social justice issues. We are few but mighty.
Comments
Comments on this site are generally disabled, This is not because we are not interested in engagement. We prefer that opinions and positions be expressed in real world forums, at the ballot box, with your wallet, and at demonstrations. We are not interested in empty chatter from the meaningless safety of anonymous profiles. This not a social media site that claims to offer an open forum as long as what you say conforms to our political framework. The writers are real, and the statements and opinions belong to the authors. If you disagree with ideas and opinions expressed on this site, we hope you find the inspiration to build your own site.
Media
The media on this site are believed to be public domain or used in a non-commercial context that does not require royalties. If there is a dispute regarding the fair use of images or art, the offending images will be replaced in good faith to the actual rights-holder.
Cookies
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Cookie data is not personalized, so it is pointless to give, sell, or barter with external organizations.
Traffic and Usage Statistics
Traffic data is used for measuring popularity of content topics, interest in issues, and search engine performance. This traffic and usage data is reviewed to propose relevant content plans and prioritize topical publishing schedules. The data is not used to profile or categorize individual reader preferences or interests. There is no algorithm making decisions about what content to present to individual visitors.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles and posts on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, advertisements, 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 their own 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. None of this is accessible to Sons of Dionysus.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email to prevent login spamming and brute force password attempts.
How long we retain your data
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they choose to 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. This is retained for the duration of the profile, and is removed when the profile is deleted.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, 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.
Where your data is sent
All activity and participation data is retained on the same server hosting the website. It is backed up daily, and held for five days in rotation. None of the user data is sent off of the server in any meaningful or organized way.