Privacy Policy

Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. We want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

Information We Gather and Track

We gather two types of information about users:

• Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions for various purposes including following -
  • Electronic Newsletter Facility - We offer an optional free electronic newsletter to users. Users voluntarily submit their email address and other information to subscribe. Such information is used to send customized electronic newsletter to the subscribers and is not shared with any third parties. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to the subscription management page.
  • Author Account Facility - We offer an optional author account facility to users. User information provided in this facility is kept private and used to customize the user's experience. We may send account related emails at the email address provided.
  • Author Profile Facility - We offer an optional author profile facility to users. User information provided in this facility can be viewed publicly (except email address). Visitors will be able to send an email to this email address using an online form.
  • Article Submission Facility - We offer an optional article submission facility to users. User information provided in this facility can by viewed publicly.
  • E-mail to a friend Facility - Our site users can optionally choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a friend". The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used to contact and let the recipient know who sent the email. Like most email programs, the user's IP address is also sent to the recipient for security purposes. Your information is not used for any other purpose.
  • Contact Author Facility - Our site users can optionally choose to electronically contact an article author by clicking "Contact Author". The user must provide their email address. This information is used to contact and let the recipient know who sent the email. Like most email programs, the user's IP address is also sent to the recipient for security purposes. Your information is not used for any other purpose.
  • Preferences - Users may voluntarily select preferences like website skin color. Any information such gathered is used to customize user experience.
• Information we gather through aggregated tracking information throughout our site. We may break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type. We track number of unique visitors for each article to display popular articles on top and also display that number publicly. We may sometimes track aggregated search terms that users enter. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.

Children

We never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.

Cookies

We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. We use cookies for account login purpose and to track aggregate user traffic patterns (as described above).

Use of Information

We use any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users. We do not divulge any information about an individual user other than the purposes mentioned above and/or to comply or co-operate with law enforcement agencies.

We may create aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. We do not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

We have third party web service providers to display ads on our website that may be placing and reading cookies on your browser, or using web beacons to collect information, in the course of their ads being served on this website. They may have a different privacy policy than ours and you are advised to read their privacy policies.

Opt-Out Policy

We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:

• Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters.
  
  
• Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users.

Your Consent

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by us. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.