The following describes the Privacy Policy for Our website.
Your Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your
privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and
the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.
You agree to agree to these policies by virtue of using our website in a way
that leads to you providing us with personal information.
State Law & Accompanying Rights
Please understand that you may have additional rights
originating from State laws based on where you live. These State-based rights
may augment, strengthen, or otherwise somehow compliment any privacy rights you
have inherently or under Federal law. Our policy is to comply fully with the
privacy policies of every jurisdiction in which we operate. Accordingly, you
are free to use our Contact information to reach us at any time to assert any
State rights.
Our Commitment To Children’s Privacy
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially
important. For that reason, our website will never collect or maintain
information at our website from those we actually know are under 18, and no
part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 18.
Under our Terms of Service and Conditions of Use, children
under 18 are not allowed to use our website and access our services. It is not
our intention to offer products or services to minors.
Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics to help analyse how users
use the site. The tool uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your
computer, to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour
information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about
your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google.
This information is then used to evaluate visitors’ use of this website and to
compile statistical reports on website activity.
We will never (and will not allow any third party to) use
the statistical analytics tool to track or to collect any Personally
Identifiable Information of visitors to our site. Google will not associate
your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither we nor Google will
link, or seek to link, an IP address with the identity of a computer user.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the
appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this
you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using
this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the
manner and for the purposes set out above.
Other Collection of Personal Information
When visiting our website, the IP address used to access
our website may be logged along with the dates and times of access. This
information is purely used to analyze trends, administer our website, track
users movement, and gather broad demographic information for internal use such
as statistical assessments and website improvement. Most importantly, any
recorded IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Other information may be collected as well, which is rather
typical of most websites. For instance, the source that referred you to our
website is generally known. Likewise, your duration on our website, and your
destination when you leave our website can also be tracked. Other common data
collected includes the type of operating system the computer you are using to
access our website has. Similarly, the type of web browser is often noted.
Again, this is common data collection, and helps ultimately produce a better
end-user experience.
Cookies are another common internet practice. Cookies are a
key means of improving user experience by allows us to customize your use of
our website. Simple information is transferred to your computer to allow the
content and experience to reflect your actions, preferences, and so on. You
should simply make the assumption our website uses cookies, and note that you
are free to make adjustments in your web browser to disable these or otherwise
receive notification of cookies so you can take whatever desired action you so
choose. Please understand that refusing cookies may cripple some of our website
features and render some aspects useless to you.
At times, you will be fully aware of information received,
as you are the direct source providing it. For instance, you may comment on a
blog post, reply to an email (whether broadcast message or autoresponder),
provide an email address, complete a survey, requests SMS, or otherwise.
Likewise, purchases necessarily involve collecting certain information, such as
credit card information, Paypal addresses, your physical address for billing
and/or shipping, phone number, and so on. Refusing to provide some of this
information may lead to us being unable to provide you with the products or
services you’ve requested.
A prime example of limited access to our website is where
content may be protected by a username and password. Whether a username and
password is generated by our website, or created by you, these will almost
always be connected with some other information related to or connected with
you. This is true since much content that is protected on the internet is
subscription based, often paid for. Thus, the username and password must
necessarily be tied to your other account data. Usernames and passwords, by
their very nature, should be kept private.
Handling of Personal Information
Note that any personal information you provide to others
apart from us or our vendors is wholly optional. As an example, you might
disclose something in a blog post comment. That “private” information is now
“public,” and we have no control over that. In like fashion, you sharing
information with any other third party not functioning as a service provider to
us puts that information beyond our control and becomes subject to the policy that
party has in place.
Our primary intention for collecting personal and private
information from you is simply to conduct our business. We can use this
internally to better serve you. Accordingly, we see no reason to share your
personal information to other parties and outside interests unless you have
authorized us to do so.
Of course, there are instances where your information is
stored with third party service providers, such as email service providers, as
they provide services that are industry-leading in quality and security and are
far more beneficial to our end user than attempting such services “in-house.”
However, you are never required to deal with any such third party directly,
they are limited in how they use your information, and they cannot sell or
transfer it to others in any way.
However, of course, your information does comprise part of
an overall whole. This aggregate of information, by contrast, may be used to
understand our overall user base. Further, we may share this information about
our website visitors as a whole, not individually, with third parties for
various purposes, in our sole discretion.
While we are staunch privacy advocates, there are times
when even we may be forced to abandon these ideals. Just as major search
engines face ongoing compulsion to provide data against their will, so too may
the same occur with our website. Illegal activity or other serious acts or
allegations could create legal liability for our website. In those cases, we
reserve the right to share your information, or else may simply be compelled to
do so by law.
On the other hand, there may be times when we would need to
share your private information in order to protect our own interests. For
instance, in cases of suspected or alleged copyright infringement or other
intellectual property violations, it may be necessary to share personal
information.
Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party advertisement vendor, may use
cookies to serve ads on this website. The use of DART cookies by Google enables
them to serve adverts to visitors that are based on their visits to this
website, including past visits, as well as other websites on the internet.
To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad
and content network privacy policy at the following url
http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html Tracking of users through the DART
cookie mechanisms are subject to Google’s own privacy policies.
Other Third Party ad servers or ad networks may also use
cookies to track users activities on this website to measure advertisement
effectiveness and other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy
policies, our website has no access or control over these cookies that may be
used by third party advertisers. However, you can opt out of some, though
likely not all, of these cookies in one easy location at
http://ww.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
Links to Third Party Websites
We have included links on this website for your use and
reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites.
You should be aware that the privacy policies of these websites may differ from
our own.
Comments Policy
As you know, Web 2.0 is all about the conversation. But
without a few simple ground rules, that conversation can turn into a shouting
match that discourages others from entering into the fray.
So here is Our comments policy. By posting on my blog, you
agree to the following:
You may comment without registering. You can log-in via
Disqus, OpenID, Twitter, Facebook—or not at all. It’s up to you. You may post
anonymously. I don’t recommend this, but you may do so if you wish. I may
change this rule if it is abused.
You may post follow-up questions. If you have a question,
chances are you are not alone. Others are likely thinking similarly. Therefore,
I would rather receive your comments on Our website than via email. It is a
better use of my time to address everyone at once rather than answer several
similar emails.
You may disagree with me. I welcome debate. However, I ask
that if you disagree with me—or anyone else, for that matter—do so in a way
that is respectful. In my opinion, there is way too much shouting in the public
square to tolerate it here.
Our website reserves the right to delete your comments.
This is my blog. I don’t have an obligation to publish your comments. The First
Amendment gives you the right to express your opinions on your blog not mine.
Specifically, I will delete your comments if you post
something that is, in my sole opinion, (a)snarky; (b) off-topic; (c) libelous,
defamatory, abusive, harassing, threatening, profane, pornographic, offensive,
false, misleading, or which otherwise violates or encourages others to violate
my sense of decorum and civility or any law, including intellectual property
laws; or (d) “spam,” i.e., an attempt to advertise, solicit, or otherwise
promote goods and services. You may, however, post a link to your site or your
most recent blog post.
You retain ownership of your comments. I do not own them
and I expressly disclaim any and all liability that may result from them. By
commenting on my site, you agree that you retain all ownership rights in what
you post here and that you will relieve me from any and all liability that may
result from those postings.
You grant Our website a license to post your comments. This
license is worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free. You grant
me the right to store, use, transmit, display, publish, reproduce, and
distribute your comments in any format, including but not limited to a blog, in
a book, a video, or presentation.
In short, my goal is to host interesting conversations with
caring, honest, and respectful people. I believe this simple comments policy
will facilitate this.
CHANGE NOTICE: As with any of our administrative and legal
notice pages, the contents of this page can and will change over time.
Accordingly, this page could read differently as of your very next visit. These
changes are necessitated, and carried out by Our website, in order to protect
you and Our website. If this page is important to you, you should check back
frequently as no other notice of changed content will be provided either before
or after the change takes effect.
COPYRIGHT WARNING: The legal notices and administrative
pages on this website, including this one, have been diligently drafted by an
attorney. We at CHI, LLC have paid to license the use of these legal notices
and administrative pages on Our website for your protection and ours. This
material may not be used in any way for any reason and unauthorized use is
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QUESTIONS/COMMENTS/CONCERNS: If you have any questions
about the contents of this page, or simply wish to reach us for any other
reason, you may do so by following this link: support@chillc.freshdesk.com