1. Introduction
This blog is determined to protect the privacy of all visitors to its site (the “Site”). This policy (“Privacy Policy” or the “Policy”) is intended to inform all sf-dod.blogspot.com visitors about the type of information this blog may collect from you in conjunction with your use of this Site. Finally, this Policy details the situations through which we use and disclose your collected information, and your rights regarding the collected information.
By accessing and using this Site, you are acknowledging your agreement with this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, or are not permitted by law to agree with this Policy, please navigate away from and discontinue use of this Site. This Policy may be updated at any time, and it is your responsibility to acknowledge any changes to this Policy each time you visit this Site. Each time you use this Site, you are acknowledging your agreement to this Policy and any existing modifications to this Policy at your time of use.
2. The Information We Collect
A. Personally Identifiable Information
This blog collects Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as name and email address, from you only when it is voluntarily provided through this Site. For example, you may submit your name and email address through our site to leave a comment on a blog post, or to send feedback information through the contact form on our Contact page.
B. Aggregate Information
Aggregate information consists of non-PII/anonymous information, such as the type of web browser or operating system you are using, the domain name of your Internet Service Provider (ISP), or the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses you are using. Each time you connect to a page on this Site, this blog records aggregate information in our web server’s and Web Application Firewall’s log files. This is very common, and this practice is used by almost all sites to track which pages you access and how much time you spend on each page.
This blog also uses cookies to enhance your user experience on this Site. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer when a web site is loaded in a web browser. Cookies help this Site remember you and your visitor preferences, thus ensuring a consistent user experience each time you visit. This blog utilizes third parties for services who may use cookies as well. This information is detailed later in this Policy.
You may disable Cookies through your browser’s settings at any time. Please use the following link for information regarding cookies and how to remove or disable them. https://jetpack.com/support/cookies/
Web beacons may be used on this Site for analytical purposes. This blog will never sell or misuse this information, and will use web beacon data strictly for analytical purposes. This blog’s third party service providers may use web beacons, and this information is detailed later in this Policy.
3. Use and Disclosure of Collected Information
A. Personally Identifiable Information
This blog will only use PII for the purposes of responding to visitor inquiries via contact form submissions and responding to any blog post comments.
Personally Identifiable Information will not be disclosed to any third parties, except as follows:
I. Personally Identifiable Information may be collected by third party service providers through standard third party functions on this blog’s behalf. For example, companies who host our web servers, provide statistical analysis, provide security functions or any other third party service, may encounter your PII through their standard third party functions. These third party service providers are under no circumstances authorized to retain, distribute, store or use your PII for any reason other than conducting their standard third party functions.
II. This blog will disclose specific PII to any legal or government entity if legally required to do so. This blog will also disclose specific PII to a legal or government entity if this blog determines any visitor has unlawfully or maliciously used this Site for any reason.
B. Aggregate Information
This blog will use collected aggregate information strictly for analytical purposes. This blog will never sell visitor aggregate information with any party. This blog’s third party service providers may collect and use this blog’s visitor aggregate information for statistical purposes. Please contact this blog’s third party service providers directly for details regarding their specific uses for collected aggregate information.
4. Third Party Service Provider Collected Information
This blog uses Google AdSense for third party advertising. AdSense may use cookies or web beacons to collect non-PII aggregate information, such as IP addresses, web browser and operating system versions. This information may be used to provide targeted advertising on sites you may visit in the future. Please use the following links for additional information regarding Cookies, targeted advertising and how to opt out of a third party vendor’s use of Cookies for personalized advertising:
http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
https://www.networkadvertising.org/
This blog does not have access to or control over any cookies or web beacons used by third party companies. This Policy strictly covers this blog’s Privacy Policy, and does not cover this blog’s third party service providers’ Privacy Policies.
Please read the following Google specific information regarding their use of cookies and your rights:
- Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings Page.
5. Securing Your Collected Information
This blog takes the protection of visitor information very seriously. This blog treats all visitor collected information as private information, and does not disclose this information to the public. Our web servers are protected by industry standard firewalls and are located in secure and trusted facilities. Despite all efforts taken by this blog to secure and protect visitor collected information, there is no guaranteed method to protect your information from malicious access. This blog will take every step necessary to protect visitor collected information, but we cannot guarantee its infinite security and shall not be held liable for any breach of security by a malicious third party.
6. Modifications to Your Collected Information
If you wish to make modifications to your collected information, such as removing your information from our records, please submit a request through the contact form on our Contact page.
7. Individuals Under 13 Years of Age (COPPA)
This blog is not intended for any persons under 13 years of age. Therefore, this blog will never under any circumstances request Personally Identifiable Information from anyone who is known to this blog to be under 13 years of age without explicit and verifiable parental consent.
