SHELDON PRIVACY POLICY
Our Privacy Policy, in a Nutshell:
We want as little
of your information as possible. This is a comic strip... not
a shady auto dealership. We want to make you
laugh, not mess with your privacy.
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Our Privacy Policy, Longer
Version:
We
do not sell or share any personal information with other companies or any third
parties. Below, we would like to detail what information we use, and
how we use it.
If you have any comments, questions, or feedback on this
policy, please let us know via e-mail.
Server
Logs
Our Web server does log your IP address and type of web browser in standard
server logs. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server,
and to administer our Web site.
Cookies
We use a "session-based" cookie
for every user to our website. It helps us store temporary information about
you: Preferences you set during your visit. It gets deleted from your machine
when you close your browser, and the information associated with it gets deleted
within 4 hours of you leaving our site. We use a "permanent" cookie
if you are a registered, logged-in user of the site, and opted to have us "Remember
Login Info". This is how we know who you are in the forums, and whether
you want email from us (see below). We do not log the cookies in our
web server logs. We use PayPal for purchases from the Sheldon Store.
For information on Paypal's policy and guidelines, see their privacy policies
at: http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_privacy-outside
Contact & Personal
Information
When you register or buy something from our store, we receive
some personal information. This can include name, email address, and shipping
address in all sorts of various cases. As we said, we won't sell this. If you
bought something, we simply use it to ship that product to you. If you registered
and gave us your email address, we may email you things (the daily strip, the
monthly newsletter, etc.), but only if you checked the indicated box when you
registered. To uncheck it, so we won't email you stuff, you can do that at:
http://www.sheldoncomics.com/users/info.html
Ad Servers
To help support
the site, we have relationships with other companies that we allow to place
ads on our Web pages. As a result of your visit to our site, ad server companies
may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream
information.
Public Forums
This site makes forums available to
its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these
areas becomes public information and you should exercise very high caution
when deciding to disclose your personal information. In general, we recommend
you don't.
If you have any comments on the above policies and
descriptions, contact us!.