This is the Privacy Policy for sturdytoolbox.com
Your privacy is very important to us. This privacy policy outlines the type and manner of personal information received and collected by sturdytoolbox.com and how it could be used.
If you require further information or have any questions, please contact us here.
LOG FILES
As with many websites, sturdytoolbox.com collects and uses the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as Comcast), the browser used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Mozilla), the time you visited our site and the pages you visited and navigated to throughout our site. No information is linked to personally identifiable information.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
Sturdytoolbox.com does use cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user accesses or visits, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser. This could also include the ability to login to some of our features, such as commenting.
We also use third party advertisements to support this site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send the advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the web browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether or not you have Flash installed. This is typically used for geotargeting purposes (showing ads for local businesses) or showing certain ads based on specific sites you have visited in the past.
CHILDREN UNDER 13 AND MINORS
Sturdytoolbox.com is not designed for use by children under age 13. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from individuals under the age of 13, and therefore we do not knowingly distribute such information to third parties.
If you learn that your child or a minor under the age of eighteen has provided us with his/her personal information, please contact us and we will disable their information for all features within our control.
DOUBLECLICK DART COOKIES
Sturdytoolbox.com also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and go to a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements). The DART cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”). The ads served are targeted based on your browsing history. DART uses “non-personally identifiable information”. It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting: http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include:
o Google Adsense
o Commission Junction
o Clickbank
o Amazon Associates
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on sturdytoolbox.com 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.
Sturdytoolbox.com has no access to or control over these cookies 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.
The sturdytoolbox.com privacy policy does not apply to, nor control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
You can choose to disable or turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with this website as well as other websites. This may include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
Deleting your cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow all cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
Sturdytoolbox.com uses the above-described information to create content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better understand our audience’s demographics. This is essential to keeping our service free. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with the law or valid legal process, or to protect the safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
Sturdytoolbox.com operates on secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers and visitors.
YOUR CONSENT
By using sturdytoolbox.com, you consent to the collection and use of this information. We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. If we change our privacy policy, we will post changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we may be required to disclose it.