Privacy

What personal information do I collect from the people that visit our website?

You may be asked to enter your email address or name to submit feedback or comments.

When do I collect information?

I collect information from you when you comment on any of my posts. Giving your email is optional and is only needed if you expect to receive a response.

Do I use ‘cookies’?

Yes. Cookies are used to help me understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables me to provide you with improved services. I also use cookies to help compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that I can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

I use cookies to:

  • Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. I may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on my behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If you disable cookies, some features may be disabled but it mustn’t affect your user experience in any material way.

Occasionally, at my discretion, I may include or offer third-party products or services on my website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. I therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, I seek to protect the integrity of my site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Third-party cookies

Third party vendors, including Google and Disqus, use cookies to serve ads and other content based on a user’s prior visits to this website.

I use cookies from the following third parties:

  • Google AnalyticsWe use Google Analytics to collect statistical information regarding how the website is used. This information is not personally identifiable.
  • Disqus I use Disqus to let the users comment on our site’s materials and thus improve their user experience. Disqus may collect user data. You can review Disqus’ privacy policy here. That page also contains information on how to opt out of data collection.

I have implemented reCAPTCHA on my site and your use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

How to disable cookies

Most modern browsers allow you to control your cookie settings for all websites that you browse. You can disable cookie deployment completely by editing your browser settings, however in doing this you may be limiting the functionality that is displayed on our website. To learn how to disable cookies on your preferred browser we recommend reading this advice posted by Google.

If you are concerned about cookies tracking your movements on the Internet then you may be concerned about spyware. Spyware is the name given to a particular band of cookies that track personal information about you. There are many antispyware programs that you can use to prevent this from happening. To learn more about antispyware software, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyware. You call also disable Google Analytics on all websites by downloading the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Changes

Users will be notified of any privacy policy changes on this page.

Contact information

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please use my site’s contact page

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