At AnOregonCottage.com, I recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. To better protect your privacy I’m providing this notice explaining my online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. This notice will always be easy to find through a link on the homepage.
This privacy policy outlines what types of personal information I receive and collect when you visit AnOregonCottage.com and how I safeguard your information. I will never sell or trade your personal information to third parties.
Collection of Personal Information
When visiting AnOregonCottage.com, the IP address used to access the site will be logged along with the dates and times of access. This information is purely used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users movement and gather broad demographic information for internal use. Most importantly, any recorded IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Third Party Cookies and Web Beacons
I also use third party advertisements to support my site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on my site, which will send these advertisers information including your IP address, your ISP and the browser you used to visit my site. This technology is used to track users activities on this website in order to measure advertisement effectiveness and other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies. AnOregonCottage.com has no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third party advertisers.
Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party advertisement vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. The use of DART cookies by Google enables them to serve adverts to visitors that are based on their visits to this website as well as other sites on the internet.
To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy here. Tracking of users through the DART cookie mechanisms are subject to Google’s own privacy policies.
You can chose to disable or selectively turn off the cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with this site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
Links to Third Party Websites
I often include links on this site for your use and reference. I am not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these sites may differ from my own.
Giveways
Any information collected during giveaways, such as names and email addresses, will not be used for any purpose other than to contact the winner(s).
Changes to this Privacy Statement
The contents of this statement may be altered at any time, at our discretion.
Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this privacy policy.
This policy last updated August 15, 2012
I believe a cottage can be anywhere or anything (condo, ranch, farmhouse) as long as you have a "cottage mentality" which puts people above things, celebrates imperfections, embraces simplicity, and finds joy in everyday life. Thanks for joining me!
