1. General.
The following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is designed to inform you, as a user of the Website, about the types of information that Blogs Hoster may gather about or collect from you in connection with your use of the Website. It also is intended to explain the conditions under which Blogs Hoster uses and discloses that information, and your rights in relation to that information.
Changes to this Privacy Policy are discussed at the end of this document. Each time you use the Website, however, the current version of this Privacy Policy will apply. Accordingly, each time you use the Website you should check the date of this Privacy Policy (which appears at the beginning of this document) and review any changes since the last time you used the Website.
By using our Website, you consent to that transfer and use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You also agree to abide by all applicable laws concerning your use of the Website and your agreements with us.
Any persons accessing our Website from any jurisdiction with laws or regulations governing the use of the Internet, including personal data collection, use and disclosure may only use the Website in a manner lawful in their jurisdiction. If your use of our Website would be unlawful in your jurisdiction, please do not use the Website.
BY USING OR ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
2. Children.
We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from anyone under the age of 13, unless or except as permitted by law. Any person who provides personal information through the Website represents to us that he or she is 13 years of age or older.
3. Gathering, Use and Disclosure of Non-personally-identifying Information.
Users of the Website Generally: “Non-Personally-Identifying Information” is information that, without the aid of additional information, cannot be directly associated with a specific person. “Personally-Identifying Information,” by contrast, is information such as a name or email address that, without more, can be directly associated with a specific person.
Like most website operators, Blogs Hoster gathers from users of the Website Non-Personally-Identifying Information of the sort that Web browsers, depending on their settings, may make available.
That information includes the user’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system and browser type, and the locations of the Web pages the user views right before arriving at, while navigating and immediately after leaving the Website. Although such information is not personally identifiable, it may be possible for Blogs Hoster to determine from an IP address a user’s Internet service provider and the geographic location of the visitor’s point of connectivity as well as other statistical usage data.
Blogs Hoster analyzes Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from users of the Website to help Blogs Hoster better understand how the Website is being used. By identifying patterns and trends in usage, Blogs Hoster is able to better design the Website to improve users’ experiences, both in terms of content and ease of use.
From time to time, Blogs Hoster may also release the Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from Website users in the aggregate, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Website.
Web Cookies: A “Web Cookie” is a string of information which assigns you a unique identification that a website stores on a user’s computer, and that the user’s browser provides to the website each time the user submits a query to the site.
Blogs Hoster uses Web Cookies to track the pages that users visit during each Website session, both to help Blogs Hoster improve users’ experiences and to help Blogs Hoster understand how the Website is being used.
As with other Non-Personally-Identifying Information gathered from users of the Website, Blogs Hoster analyzes and discloses in aggregated form information gathered using Web Cookies, so as to help Blogs Hoster, its partners and others better understand how the Website is being used.
The Web Cookies may also be recognized when you visit other websites in order to present ads to you about Blogs Hoster services or our affiliates’ services.
WEBSITE USERS WHO DO NOT WISH TO HAVE WEB COOKIES PLACED ON THEIR COMPUTERS SHOULD SET THEIR BROWSERS TO REFUSE WEB COOKIES BEFORE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE WEBSITE MAY NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WITHOUT THE AID OF WEB COOKIES. WEBSITE USERS WHO REFUSE WEB COOKIES ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY RESULTING LOSS OF FUNCTIONALITY.
Third Party Advertisers: We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites that are contained in Web Cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Analytics: We may use third-party vendors, including Google, who use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to provide analytics services, inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past activity on our websites and applications, including Google Analytics for Display Advertising.
These vendors may use Web Cookies, Web Beacons and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Website, our service and other websites, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information.
This information may be used by us and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our service and other websites and better understand your online activity.
If you do not want any information to be collected and used by Google Analytics, you can install an opt-out in your web browser (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/) and/or opt-out from Google Analytics for Display Advertising or the Google Display Network. You can do so by using Google’s Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com).
4. Online Postings.
Certain Personally-Identifying Information collected from users may be disclosed as a matter of course as a result of those users’ use of the Website.
We may provide areas on our Website where you can post reviews and other information relating to your activities on the Website. Such postings are governed by our Terms of Use. In addition, such postings may appear on other websites or when searches are executed on the subject of your posting.
Also, whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information on publicly-viewable web pages, that information will be publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
5. Collection and Use of Information by Third Parties Generally.
Blogs Hoster neither owns nor controls the third-party websites and applications accessible through the Website. Thus, this Privacy Policy does not apply to information provided to or gathered by the third parties that operate them.
Before visiting a third-party, or using a third-party application, whether by means of a link on the Website, directly through the Website, or otherwise, and before providing any personal information to any such third party, users should inform themselves of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third-party responsible for that website or application, and should take those steps necessary to, in those users’ discretion, protect their privacy.
6. Security.
We take security of your information seriously and use reasonable electronic, personnel, and physical measures to protect it from loss, theft, alteration, or misuse.
However, please be advised that even the best security measures cannot fully eliminate all risks. We cannot guarantee that only authorized persons will view your information. We are not responsible for third party circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures.
7. Privacy Policy Changes.
Blogs Hoster may, in its sole discretion, change this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any and all changes to Blogs Hoster Privacy Policy will be reflected on this page and the date new versions are posted will be stated at the top of this Privacy Policy.