Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Nacreous Media, Inc. collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Nacreous Media, Inc.’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Nacreous Media, Inc.’s visitors use its websites. From time to time, Nacreous Media, Inc. may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its websites.
Nacreous Media, Inc. also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Nacreous Media, Inc. does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Nacreous Media, Inc.’s websites choose to interact with Nacreous Media, Inc. in ways that require Nacreous Media, Inc. to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Nacreous Media, Inc. gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who register for an account at treeswoodsforests.com to provide a username and email address. In this case, Nacreous Media, Inc. collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Nacreous Media, Inc. Nacreous Media, Inc. does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Nacreous Media, Inc. may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Nacreous Media, Inc. may monitor the most popular posts on the treeswoodsforests.com site. Nacreous Media, Inc. may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Nacreous Media, Inc. does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Nacreous Media, Inc. discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Nacreous Media, Inc.’s behalf or to provide services available at Nacreous Media, Inc.’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Nacreous Media, Inc.’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Nacreous Media, Inc. will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Nacreous Media, Inc. discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Nacreous Media, Inc. believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Nacreous Media, Inc., third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Nacreous Media, Inc. websites and have supplied your email address, Nacreous Media, Inc. may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Nacreous Media, Inc. and our websites. We expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Nacreous Media, Inc. takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Nacreous Media, Inc. uses cookies to help Nacreous Media, Inc. identify and track visitors, their usage of Nacreous Media, Inc. website, and their website access preferences. Nacreous Media, Inc. visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Nacreous Media, Inc.’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Nacreous Media, Inc.’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
(i) Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this website or any other site owned or operated by Nacreous Media Incorporated or operated on behalf of Nacreous Media Incorporated (collectively the “Website”).
(ii) Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to the Website and other sites on the Internet.
(iii) Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include:
- Google Certified Ad Networks
- Amazon.com
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on the Website send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs.
Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.
Nacreous Media, Inc. has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. Nacreous Media, Inc.’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Nacreous Media, Inc. and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Comments
Comments and other content submitted to our Akismet anti-spam service are not saved on our servers unless they were marked as false positives, in which case we store them long enough to use them to improve the service to avoid future false positives. By submitting a comment on any Nacreous Media, Inc. owned website you grant Nacreous Media, Inc. a perpetual license to reproduce your words and name/web site in attribution.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Nacreous Media, Inc. may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Nacreous Media, Inc.’s sole discretion. Nacreous Media, Inc. encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of a Nacreous Media, Inc. owned website after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Effective Date: December 30, 2009
