Last updated: March 24, 2020
This privacy policy page lists our policies concerning how the website (Puzzletainment.com owned by Tim Dyer) collects, uses and discloses Personal Information when you use this website (the “Service”).
We don’t share your information with any other party except as described in this Privacy Policy.
We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the website and our offerings to you (our Service).
By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Puzzletainment.com (or its owners or operators) may change this Privacy Policy at any time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is indicated by the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Please review this Privacy Policy frequently to stay updated on changes that may affect you. Your continued use of this website signifies your continuing consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
What personal information we collect and how we use it
On this website we might ask you to provide us with personal information in order for you to receive certain offerings, and for us to be used to identify or contact you.
This Personal Information may include (but not limited to):
- First Name
- Email address
You have a right to not provide the personal information we may ask for it just means you may not be able to access the website or our offerings, or services.
Log Data
When you visit our website we collect some information that your internet browser sends whenever you visit our Service (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your internet browser type & version, computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on the visited webpages and other statistics.
Google AdSense
The site has Google Adsense ads on our site. And Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to deliver ads on accepted sites.
Cookies
Cookies are computer files with little amounts of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your internet browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive.
This site use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your internet browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this website.
We have Google Analytics installed on this website (which uses cookies) and it helps us collect information about where our readers live (which country), which device they are on, what operating system they use to access out site, plus additional information.
We use Google analytics to record information about the pages a user has seen, for example the URL of the page, time of day, device used, etc. The information that we collect anonymized and sent to Google Analytics for analysis.
Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on visitor interactions on this website. Users may disable cookies or delete any individual cookie. Learn more
In addition, Google Analytics supports an optional browser add-on that – once installed and enabled – disables measurement by Google Analytics for any site a user visits. Note that this add-on only disables Google Analytics measurement.
Google Analytics also collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to provide and protect the security of the service, and to give website owners a sense of which country, state, or city in the world their users come from (also known as “IP geolocation”).
We use the email provider – MailChimp – for our website in order to collect emails from our readers so that we can provide email newsletter and correspondence with our readers. To view MailChimp’s legal policies, click here. Providing your email to us is not mandatory to view the site at this time, but it may be required to access some additional offerings such as extra downloadable files or resources.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Service Providers
We may use or employ third party companies and/or individuals to facilitate this website and/or its offering, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform website-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our website and services are used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
So basically if a company or individual is employed to perform duties pertaining to this website they can not disclose or use your personal information in any way other than what is required of them to do their employed duty. And won’t disclose it for any other reasons.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee its absolute security, but we aim to maintain current security standards.
Links To Other Sites and Affiliate Relationships
The website contains links to other websites not operated by us. When you click on a third party link, you’ll be directed to that third party’s website. We advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every website you visit.
We don’t have control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Puzzletainment.com (and its owner Tim Dyer) 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 linking to Amazon.com
Plus, this website is also maintains affiliate relationships with other companies that may change over time. Articles containing affiliate links will have a notification of this near the top of the article before any affiliate links appear.
Embedded Content from other sites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Children’s Privacy
Our website and service is not directed to, nor does this policy address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). The website is directed towards the parents, or guardians of children: not the children themselves.
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we discover that a child (under 18) has provided us with Personal Information, we will delete such information immediately.
Compliance With Laws
We will disclose your Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
