ChuckTheGeek.com Privacy Policy
Updated: January 19, 2006
ChuckTheGeek.com is very sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet. We believe it is important you know how we treat the information you may provide to us.
This site keeps all of your personal information private. Your personal information is not shared with anyone else.
This privacy statement applies only to information collected by web addresses in the ChuckTheGeek.com domain.
How We Gather Information
If you purchase a product or service from us, we request certain personally identifiable information from you on our order form. You must provide contact information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date). We use this information for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you. We also use the mailing address to send you conference brochures and other items of interest.
ChuckTheGeek.com may occasionally provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our site. If you participate, we may request certain personally identifiable information from you. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and address), and demographic information (such as zip code). We may share aggregated demographic information about our user base with our partners and advertisers. This information does not identify individual users.
Log Files
As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.
We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a users computer for record-keeping purposes. We do use cookies on this site. ChuckTheGeek.com may use both session ID cookies and/or persistent cookies. We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site. A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browsers help file.
If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as contests or surveys, will be limited.
Newsletters And Promotional Email
This site allows visitors to sign up for a free newsletter by providing an email address. The email address you provide is used only to send you the free newsletter, and you can unsubscribe at any time. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletters and promotional communications from ChuckTheGeek.com, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by emailing us at unsubscribe@chuckthegeek.com.
Public Forums
This site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or newsgroups available to its visitors. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information, so you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Links To Other Sites
The ChuckTheGeek.com web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by ChuckTheGeek.com. Please be aware that ChuckTheGeek.com and its owner(s) are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.
Changes To This Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at webmaster@chuckthegeek.com.