Ipsism Cerebri takes your online privacy very seriously. Therefore, unless
you explicitly state otherwise, or we explicitly state otherwise,
any data that we collect as a result of your use of the site remains
confidential.
Why do we collect ANY data on our users? Like
many web sites, we collect non-personally identifiable information
about our users primarily for three purposes:
- to analyze our traffic patterns
- to target advertisements
- to personalize our service for individuals or groups of users
In this statement, we let you know all of the ways that we
collect data on our users, and how we use that data. If you have any
questions or concerns, please e-mail us at [email protected].
Log
Files
In almost all cases, when you go to a web site, web
servers log your interaction with the site in something called a log
file. Standard log files like ours contain basic information like
what time what pages were viewed, and the IP address of the visitor.
We use this information to analyze trends, administer the site,
track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for
aggregate use. We make no effort to identify IP addresses with
individual users.
When and if we share log file information with our
advertisers, partners, or anyone else, we only do it in the
aggregate. For example, "Our average user looks at x number of pages
on each visit."
Cookies
We do not currently use "cookies". However, we may do so inthe future. If we implement the use of cookies, it will be to allow you to customize certain aspects of the site and to measure
overall traffic patterns on our site. For example, cookies can tell
us which sections of Ipsism.com are most popular with our users.
Cookies served by Ipsism.com do not gather demographic information
about our users.
(A cookie is a small piece of information
that our web servers send to your browser and that is stored on your
computer. That small piece of information allows our computers to
say, "Aha. We have seen this person before," and it also allows our
computers to remember things about your past interaction with the
site, like, "This person told us that they like to see the weather
in Celsius, not Fahrenheit.")
Cookies &
Advertising
Cookies may also be used to provide our
advertisers with targeted advertising opportunities, and advertising
vendors that serve ads on our site may also use their own cookies.
Online advertising vendors use cookies in order to,
among other things, determine automatically whether you have seen a
particular advertisement to avoid sending you duplicate
advertisements. It also enables advertisers to serve you
advertisements tailored to things you have shown interest in based
on other sites you have visited. Some people are uncomfortable with
these types of advertising cookies. If you are one of those people,
you can easily "opt-out" of this feature.
You may choose not
to accept any cookies from any party by changing the settings on
your browser. Please be aware that this will disable any cookies
delivered to your browser by any party, not just the cookies
delivered by Ipsism.com, advertisers, and or third-party
vendors.
Please note that, as with most other sites,
sometimes ads being viewed on our site are being served by ad
networks other than advertisers. In that case, an independent cookie
may be used by the third-party vendor. We do not have a mechanism to
allow visitors to opt-out of cookies served by vendors with whom we
do not have a contractual relationship.
For more information
about advertisers's use of cookies, and to "opt-out" of its cookies,
visit http://www.privacychoices.org/
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Newsletters
If a user wishes to subscribe to
any of our newsletters, we ask for some basic demographic
information. We use this information to learn more about what kind
of person is using our site, and we share that information-again,
only in the aggregate-with our advertisers, partners and potential
partners. In the future, we may use the demographic information that
we gather to send you Ipsism.com content that may be of special
interest to you; for example, to subscribers in Japan, we may
let you know about special features we have on the subject of
Japan.
You may choose not to give us any information other
than your e-mail, and you will be able to benefit from the
service.
Surveys & Contests
From
time-to-time, our site requests information from users via surveys
or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is
completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or
not to disclose any information. Information requested may include
contact information (such as name and shipping address), demographic
information (such as zip code, age level), and more subjective
questions about how you use our site. With surveys, the information
that you give us will not be associated with you, and that
information will be aggregated and used to allow us to monitor and
improve the use and satisfaction of the site. We may also share this
aggregated information - again, not information that is associated
with you - with our partners, potential partners, advertisers and
other relevant parties. As for contests, contact information will be
used to notify the winners and award prizes.
In some cases,
we may run contests in conjunction with sponsors. When this is the case,
we may wish to share the information that you give with that
sponsor, but if this is the case, you will be clearly
notified.
Security
This website takes every
precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit
sensitive information via the website, your information is protected
both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form
asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card
number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted
and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry -
SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon
on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and
Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked,
or open, when you are just 'surfing'.
While we use SSL
encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also protect
user-information off-line.
Special Offers
For
those Ipsism.com users who have registered for any of our special
services, we periodically send out updates about new features and
sections of our site. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we
present the option to not receive these types of communications. If
there is a change to one of the services that you are subscribed to,
we may send you a service update that it is not possible to opt out
of.
Links
This web site contains links to other
sites. Please be aware that Ipsism Cerebri is not responsible for the
privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be
aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of
each and every web site that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
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