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Privacy Policy for www.bbetz.com

If you require any more information or have any questions about my privacy policy, please feel free to contact me by email at privacy <at> bbetz.com.

At www.bbetz.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to me. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by www.bbetz.com and how it is used.

Cookies and Web Beacons

www.bbetz.com does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, to perform logins and enable commenting features, and to customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

Facebook Comments

A portion of the commenting features on www.bbetz.com is enabled by Facebook, which utilizes a cookie to track logins and may collect other data as described in the Facebook Privacy Policy.

Ads and the DoubleClick DART Cookie

To help support the cost of running www.bbetz.com, I have placed ads on certain portions of the site.  Some of my advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on my site. My advertising partners include:

• Google Adsense
  • Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www.bbetz.com.
  • Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to www.bbetz.com and other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
• Amazon
  • Amazon, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to implement affiliate links and advertising on www.bbetz.com.

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on www.bbetz.com send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

www.bbetz.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. www.bbetz.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, www.bbetz.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.  This data is collected in part by my web server.  Much of it, however, is collected through Google Analytics – see the next section below for more detailed information.

Use of Google Analytics

Like millions of other website owners, I use Google Analytics on www.bbetz.com

Google Analytics is a piece of software that collects anonymous data about my visitors (you). It’s something like an advanced server log.

What does Google Analytics record?

• What website you came from to get here.
• How long you stay for.
• What kind of computer you’re using.
• And quite a bit more.

What do I do with your data?

The tracking information allows me to better understand the kind of people who come to my site and what content they’re reading. This allows me to make better decisions about design and writing.

Occasionally, I will compile aggregate statistics about the number of visitors this site receives and browsers being used. No personally identifying data is included in this type of reporting.

All of my activity falls within the bounds of the Google Analytics Terms of Service.

Want to opt out of tracking?

You can opt out of Google’s advertising tracking cookie or use a browser plugin to opt out of all Google Analytics tracking software.