GazetteOnline Privacy Policy
Gazette Communications has created this statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: GazetteOnline.com.
We use your IP address, or the location of your computer on the Internet, to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information.
We will set cookies on your computer, if you request that your ID name and password be saved, so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site.
Our site's registration form, contests and online surveys may require users to give us contact information (like, but not limited to, their name and email address) and demographic information (like, but not limited to, their ZIP code, age, or income level). From time to time, we may use customer contact information to send the user information about our company. The user's contact information is also used to contact the user when necessary. We may use demographic and profile data to tailor our users' experience at our site, showing them content that we think they might be interested in and displaying content according to their preferences. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis, to demonstrate facts about our overall audience. This helps facilitate their decisions to advertise here, which is to our benefit and yours. Users may opt out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.
When you are on GazetteOnline and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with GazetteOnline alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise. Please be aware that GazetteOnline advertisers or Web sites that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you. This privacy statement does not cover the information practices of those Web sites. GazetteOnline is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.
Public ForumsGazetteOnline makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Choice/Opt-OutGazetteOnline provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information about the visitor.GazetteOnline also gives users the following options for removing their information from our database to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our services.
· Send e-mail to kathy.alter@gazettecommunications.com
· Send your removal request, including name, address, e-mail address and telephone number to Kathy Alter, Gazette Communications, 500 3rd Ave.SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401.
Correct/UpdateGazetteOnline gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
· Send an email to kathy.alter@gazettecommunications.com
Changes to this Privacy PolicyGazetteOnline may amend this policy from time to time. If we make substantial changes in the way we use your personal information, we will notify you by posting an announcement on our site.
Contacting the Web SiteIf you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:
Kathy AlterGazetteOnline Content Coordinator500 3rd Ave. SECedar Rapids, IA 52401319-398-5859kathy.alter@gazettecommunications.com