Your privacy is very important to us and we do not treat this issue lightly. Our policy is simple. We do not capture any personal information on this web site unless you provide it when you Leave a Reply to a post or sign up for a newsletter. We do not share the information that you provide with anyone nor do we give or sell the information to anyone.
IP Addresses
We do include your IP address with any messages or information submitted through HTML forms or search boxes. We do this to detect and prevent abuse and we will block any IP addresses from users who abuse our Web site. IP addresses are not intended to identify you personally, but are commonly used to identify the general geographic location of a user. Server log files typically record the IP address, browser type and other non-personal information from users when Web pages are requested. This is part of the standard HTTP protocol. Log files are commonly used by site owners to track the number of visitors, the number of web pages requested, the general geographic locations of users, and other site usage statistics.
Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small text file sent to your browser from a web site. It is commonly used to store a randomly generated number that is used to associate you with any items you may place in a shopping cart or to identify you as a user. A cookie is not a program and it cannot read data from your hard drive or damage your computer.
Cookies may be used on HowToHQ.com if you leave a comment to one our posts. Cookies may also be used by web site analytics software that we use to measure and analyze user traffic.
Merchants that we are affiliated with, third party advertisers and affiliate management networks may use cookies on their web sites. We are not responsible nor do we have any control over the use of cookies on other web sites. Although their advertisements and links may appear on this site, we do not have access to the information stored in any cookies they might use and we do not pass any personally identifying information to any merchants or third parties.
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Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this web site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based upon their visits to 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 web page.
The use of cookies is required by most e-commerce sites in order for the site to function properly. Cookies can be disabled in your browser. Should you choose to disable cookies in your browser, many e-commerce sites that depend upon cookies to identify you or the items you may place in a shopping cart may not function properly.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time to address new issues and changes to our site. We will post those amendments on this page in order to keep you informed regarding the information we collect and how we use it. All amendments will be effective immediately upon posting. We encourage you to visit this page regularly for updated Privacy Policy information.
Last modified on April 8, 2009