Your privacy is very important to us. At Flavorpalooza, we have a few fundamental principles that we follow:
- We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it.
- We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
- We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of our site.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Flavorpalooza 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. Flavorpalooza’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Flavorpalooza’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Flavorpalooza may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Flavorpalooza also collects potentially personally identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on our blogs. Flavorpalooza 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 blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Flavorpalooza’s websites choose to interact with Flavorpalooza in ways that require Flavorpalooza to gather personally identifying information. The amount and type of information that Flavorpalooza gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who comment on our blog to provide a username and email address. Those who wish to receive Flavorpalooza updates via email, we collect their emails. In each case, Flavorpalooza collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Flavorpalooza. Flavorpalooza 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
Flavorpalooza may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Flavorpalooza may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Flavorpalooza does not disclose personally identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally Identifying Information
If you signed up to receive a newsletter from Flavorpalooza and have supplied your email address, Flavorpalooza will send updates from time to time. However, at the bottom of each newsletter will be an easy way for you to opt out if you no longer wish to receive the newsletter.
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. Flavorpalooza uses cookies to help Flavorpalooza identify and track visitors, their usage of Flavorpalooza’s website, and their website access preferences. Flavorpalooza visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Flavorpalooza’s website, with the drawback that certain features of Flavorpalooza may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Comments
Comments and other content submitted to Akismet anti-spam service are not saved on our servers unless they were marked as false positives, in which case we store them long enough to use them to improve the service to avoid future false positives.
Affiliate Program Participation
Flavorpalooza may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Flavorpalooza is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Flavorpalooza may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Flavorpalooza’s sole discretion. Flavorpalooza 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.