Hound Cove (“Hound Cove“) operates https://houndcove.com/ and may operate other websites. It is Hound Cove’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Hound Cove collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Hound Cove’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Hound Cove’s visitors use its website.
Hound Cove also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on https://houndcove.com/ blogs/sites. Hound Cove only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Hound Cove’s websites choose to interact with Hound Cove in ways that require Hound Cove to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Hound Cove gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at https://houndcove.com/ to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Hound Cove are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Hound Cove collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Hound Cove. Hound Cove does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Hound Cove may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Hound Cove may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Hound Cove does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Hound Cove discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Hound Cove’s behalf or to provide services available at Hound Cove’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Hound Cove’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Hound Cove will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Hound Cove discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Hound Cove believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Hound Cove, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Hound Cove website and have supplied your email address, Hound Cove may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Hound Cove and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Hound Cove takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Hound Cove uses cookies to help Hound Cove identify and track visitors, their usage of Hound Cove website, and their website access preferences. Hound Cove visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Hound Cove’s website, with the drawback that certain features of Hound Cove’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website – http://www.aboutcookies.org/ – which offers guidance for all modern browsers.
Business Transfers
If Hound Cove, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Hound Cove goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Hound Cove may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Hound Cove and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
• Remarketing with Google AdSense
• Google Display Network Impression Reporting
• Demographics and Interests Reporting
• DoubleClick Platform Integration
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Hound Cove may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Hound Cove’s sole discretion. Hound Cove encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
