Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for blog.mattdekenah.com

The privacy of visitors to blog.mattdekenah.com is important to us.

At blog.mattdekenah.com, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here are details on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit blog.mattdekenah.com, and how we safeguard your information.  We never sell your personal information to third parties.

Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.  The information in the log files include  your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Google Chrome or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site.  This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or to track the pages you visit using Google Analytics.

Adverts
We also use third party advertisements on blog.mattdekenah.com to support our site.  Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed.  This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing you local advertising) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security.  However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites.  This could negatively impact your experience on our site.

What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files containing a string of characters that can be placed on your computer or mobile device that uniquely identify your browser or device.

What are cookies used for?
Cookies allow a site or services to know if your computer or device has visited that site or service before. Cookies can then be used to help understand how the site or service is being used, help you navigate between pages efficiently, help remember your preferences, and generally improve your browsing experience. Cookies can also help ensure marketing you see online is more relevant to you and your interests.

What about this blog?
This blog does not share personal information with third parties nor do we store any information about your visit to this blog other than to analyse and optimize your content and reading experience through the use of cookies.

You can find out more information cookie settings at third-party information sites, such as www.allaboutcookies.org.

This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on 26 September 2014.