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The privacy of our visitors to www.BirdingAdvice.com is
important to us.
We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate
our firm and continuing commitment to the privacy of personal
information provided by those visiting and interacting with
this web site. We hold the privacy of your personal information
in the highest regard. The following discloses our information
gathering and dissemination practices for this
website.
We recognize the importance of protecting your
privacy
and our policy is designed to assist you in understanding how
we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you
provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions
when using our site. This policy will be continuously assessed
against new technologies, business practices and our customers'
needs. We never sell your personal information to third
parties.
What Information Do We
Collect?
When you visit this web site you may provide us with two types
of information: personal information you knowingly choose to
disclose that is collected on an individual basis and Web site
use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and
others browse our Web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide
Registration Information
When you register for any of our products, services or
newsletters you will provide us information about
yourself.
Credit Card Information
If you choose to avail of our services, you may need to give
personal information and authorization to obtain information
from various credit services. For example, you may need to
provide the following information:
Name; Mailing address; Email address; Credit card number; Name
on credit card; Credit card billing address; Business and home
phone number
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may
retain the content of your email messages together with your
email address and our responses. We provide the same
protections for these electronic communications that we employ
in the maintenance of information received by mail and
telephone.
2. Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a
standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below)
and web server log files to collect information about how our
Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web
server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages
viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited
just before and just after our Web site.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to
Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of
administering our business activities, providing the products
and services you requested, to process your payment, to monitor
the use of the service, our marketing and promotional efforts
and improve our content and service offerings, and customize
our site's content, layout, services and for other lawful
purposes. These uses improve our site and better tailor it to
meet your needs.
Furthermore, such information may be shared with others on an
aggregate basis. Personally identifiable information or
business information will not be shared with parties except as
required by law.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to
notify you about important changes to our Website, new
services, and special offers we think you will find valuable.
You may notify us at any time if you do not wish to receive
these offers by emailing us at the link provided on the
newsletter.
Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data
contained in log files. The information in the log files
include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP
(internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the
browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer
or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you
visited throughout our site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an
anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that
site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this
file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for
cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser
if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your
privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the
cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you
by other sites. Browsers are usually set to accept cookies.
We also use third party advertisements on our website to
support our site. Some of these advertisers may use
technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise
on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as
Google through the Google AdSense program) information
including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to
visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash
installed. This is generally used for geotargeting
purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New
York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific
sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who
frequents cooking sites).
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies
or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing
preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security.
However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our
site as well as other websites. This could include the
inability to login to services or programs, such as logging
into forums or accounts. A cookie cannot retrieve any other
data from your hard drive or pass on computer
viruses.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
As you visit and browse our Web site, the site uses cookies to
differentiate you from other users. In some cases, we also use
cookies to prevent you from having to log in more than is
necessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web
server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number
of people visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are
most popular. This helps us gather feedback to constantly
improve our Web site and better serve our clients. Cookies do
not allow us to gather any personal information about you and
we do not intentionally store any personal information that
your browser provided to us in your cookies.
IP Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are
connected to the Internet. Your IP address is a number that is
used by computers on the network to identify your computer. IP
addresses are automatically collected by our web server as part
of demographic and profile data known as traffic data so that
data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to
you.
Sharing and Selling Information
We do not share, sell, lend or lease any of the
information that uniquely identify a subscriber (such as email
addresses or personal details) with anyone except to the extent
it is necessary to process transactions or provide services
that you have requested.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of
Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in
other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law
requires it or for the protection of our legal rights. We may
also disclose account information when we have reason to
believe that disclosing this information is necessary to
identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may
be violating our Terms of Service or to protect the safety of
our users and the Public.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites
linked to or from our Web site or the information or content
contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided
solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful
to the users of our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Website
to another web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect.
Your browsing and interaction on any other web site, including
web sites, which have a link on our Website, is subject to that
Web site's own rules and policies. Please read over those rules
and policies before proceeding.
Your Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of
your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time
with or without notice.
A Special Note About Children
Children are not eligible to use our services unsupervised and
we ask that children (under the age of 14) do not submit any
personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can use
this service only in conjunction with permission and guidance
from your parents or guardians.
Acquisition or Changes in Ownership
In the event that the web site (or a substantial portion of its
assets) is acquired, your information would be considered part
of those assets, and may be part of those assets that are
transferred.
Policy Modifications
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If/when
changes are made to this privacy policy, we will email users
who have given us permission to do so. We will post any changes
here, so be sure to check back periodically. However, please be
assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we
will not use the personal information you have submitted to us
under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially
inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your prior
consent.
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