We at Low Vision Geek recognize that the privacy and safeguarding of your information is important. The following statement discloses the information gathering and usage practices of our website.
Automatically Stored Information
Site Preferences
When you interact with our site, cookies are used to store your personal preferences. For example, the name, email, and URL you used when commenting on an article are stored to prevent you from having to enter them again.
Analysis Tools & Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the information stored in log files, which contain such data as your IP (internet protocol) address, the browser you used to access our site, the date and time you visited, and which pages you viewed throughout our site. We make use of the Google Analytics tool, which uses cookies to store similar internet log information as well as visitor behavior. (Refer to Google’s document on how it collects and processes information from partner sites for more information.) The demographics and interest reporting feature is also enabled within Google Analytics, which makes use of the third party DoubleClick cookie for web traffic.
We use the data collected by these tools and logs in anonymous form to evaluate our visitor’s activity. Server log files and access to analytical tools are not given to any third parties. We never seek to facilitate the merging of non-personally identifiable information with the personal identities of our visitors.
Disabling cookies & other opt-outs
You have the ability to selectively decline and manage cookies by modifying your browser settings. Please consult your particular browser’s documentation for instructions. You may also specifically prevent your visit data from being used by Google Analytics.
Personal Information
When you comment on an article or subscribe to an email list, we ask for your name, email address, and (optionally) your website URL. This information will only be used to contact you about updates on Low Vision Geek, and you have the ability to manage such subscriptions. Your personal information will not be distributed or sold to any third party for any purpose. Such information is attempted to be further protected from external malicious attacks by the implementation of certain security features and practices, such as only permitting administrator or author access through secure (encrypted) connections.
External Links
This site may contain links to third party sites and affiliates. Low Vision Geek and its authors accept no responsibility or liability for the content, privacy practices, or other activities of such websites. Nonetheless, we wish to maintain the integrity of our own content and welcome any feedback on particular external links that our audience may see as inappropriate.
Questions
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the practices of this website regarding your personal information, please feel free to submit them via our contact form.