Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.
We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.
"User" means an individual user of our services or products.
The Personal Information practices set forth apply to all Users of the Site.
1. Registration. Prior to using one or more of the features of the Site, we may or may not require certain Personal Information and Non-Personal Information to create an individual account ("Account") or to enable features or functionality of the Site. Failure to provide all required information required by us may prevent access to any or all of the Site, and failure to maintain accurate information may result in suspension or termination of access to any or all of our services.
2. Automatically Collected Data. While you are able to visit the Site and remain anonymous, we or our third party service providers may still collect Non-Personal Information about your use of the Site (e.g. your Internet browser, operating system, IP address, connection speed, the domain name of your Internet service provider, and other similar data). Such data may be gathered by the following methods:
(a) Cookies. Cookies, including local shared objects, are small pieces of data that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive which work by assigning to your computer a unique number that has no meaning outside of the Site. Cookies do not generally contain any Personal Information. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually configure your browser to prevent this. Not accepting cookies may make certain features of the Site unavailable to you.
(b) IP Address. You may visit many areas of the Site anonymously without the need to become a registered User. Even in such cases, we may collect IP addresses automatically. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you begin Serviceswith an Internet services provider. Each time you access the Site and each time you request one of our pages, the server logs your IPaddress.
(c) Web Beacons. Web beacons are small pieces of data that are embedded in web pages and e-mails. We may use these technical methods in HTML e-mails thatwe send to Users to determine whether they have opened those e-mails and/or clicked on links in those e-mails. The information from use of these technical methods may be collected in a form that is Personal Information.
(d) Tracking Content Usage. If you use the Site and you post audio visual materials including, without limitation, text, logos, artwork, graphics, pictures, advertisements, sound and other related intellectual property contained in such materials (collectively, "Content") to our website or to a third party website, we track and capture Non-Personal Information associated with User accounts and the use of Content.
(e) JavaScript. We may also use JavaScript within certain advertisements. JavaScript is a computer language that enhances the functionality of websites, particularly with respect to pictures. We do not collect any Personal Information via Javascript but use it to analyze and improve thesite's functions.
(f) Mobile Device Identifiers. Certain mobile service providers uniquely identify mobile devices and we or our third-party service providers may receive such device information if you access our Site through mobile devices. Additionally, some mobile phone service providers operate systems that pinpoint the physical location of devices that use their service. Depending on the provider, we or our third-party service providers may receive this information.
For your convenience, this section covers Personal Information and Non-Personal Information collected for specific purposes by using the following third-party services, and includes links to their respective privacy policies. The list below is a partial representation of products and services we use.
Ad Serving
We have partnered with several ad networks for contextual, display, pre-roll, and other types of advertising, some of which may be based on User interests. Our partners and technologies are listed below.
Google AdSense
Google Adsense is an advertising service provided by Google Inc. This service uses the “Doubleclick” Cookie, which tracks Application use and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.
http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/
Analytics
For operation and maintenance purposes, we may use our own and third party services to record interaction.
Google
Analytics
Google
Analytics (GA) is a service offered by Google Inc. that generates
detailed statistics about a website's traffic and traffic
sources.
http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
Piwik
Analytics
Piwik
Analytics is a self-hosted, open source web analytics
platform.
http://piwik.org/privacy/
Traffic Distribution
These services allow us to distribute Content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance.
Amazon
Cloudfront
Amazon
CloudFront is a content delivery network offered by Amazon Web
Services, Inc. which is operated by Amazon,
Inc.
http://www.amazon.com/privacy
Content Commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of the Site. Depending on the settings chosen by us, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Information provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.