TechTales: Privacy Statement

Techtales Privacy Statement
Effective: October 27, 2004*

We recognize and respect your need for privacy and security as you visit our site. When you visit our site to the view the content of our site, you do so without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information. While we do not collect identifying information about visitors to our site, we do use standard software to collect information for the strict purpose of tracking activity on our site. This allows us to better understand how many people use our site and which pages and features are most popular. The only information we normally collect and store is:

The name of your Internet service provider or the IP address they assigned to you.
The web site that referred you to us (if any).
The date and time the pages were accessed.
The type of browser you used to view our site.
The page or pages you requested.

There are instances where you may elect to provide us with personal information. If you fill out our “guestbook”, submit a “tale from the tech”, or send us email, you are transmitting the information that appears to you in the form or the message. This will typically include information like your name and email address, the kind of request you are making, and any other information necessary to fulfill your request. You never transmit personally identifying information that you do not enter yourself. And this is always your option; this information cannot be collected unless you specifically elect to send it to us. In the case of a “tales from the techs” submission, you may elect for us to include your name and email address in the posting. This is optional and will not be presented if you elect to be “anonymous” or simply leave that information blank. Information collection from the “guestbook” and email is used internally only for the purpose of fulfilling the request or for contacting you directly and is not given or sold to any other organization.

The advertisement on our site is provided by Burst Media. Please see their privacy statement for information on the data they collect.

We hope you find our website useful and informative and are always willing to answer questions and receive suggestions. If you have either, please e-mail us at either webmaster@techtales.com or info@techtales.com. Thank you.

* We reserve the right to change our privacy policy. A revised policy statement will only apply to data collected subsequent to its effective date. Any revisions will be posted at least 30 days prior to its effective date.