Privacy
At SamuraiSwords.org we take the issue of your privacy very seriously.
We also recognize the privacy of your personal information is important to you, and for this reason, we have this here page to lay bare details of what kinds of information we collect when you visit SamuraiSwords.org, and how we safeguard it. We also endeavour to explain to you how that information is used. We never sell your personal information to third parties.
Server Log Files
Websites are hosted on servers, and, like most websites, ours stores various details about your visit to our website. Such information can include your IP address, your ISP, your browser type, your geographical location, the time you visited and which pages you visited.
Beacons and Cookies
Our website functions by using cookies. That means cookies are transmitted from our website, to your computer, and back again. Such cookie usage allows your preferences to be saved when you visit our website, including but not limited to such functions as staying logged in, or recognizing if you are a returning visitor or not.
We also use third party advertising on our website. Some of these advertisers may use cookies and beacon technology as a means of also transmitting to you, and gathering from you, select data. Such information may include your IP address, geographical location, web browser type and whether or not you have Flash installed. One such advertiser is Google AdSense.
Also, these cookies will ‘remember’ other sites you have visited which contained Google AdSense, so when you visit other websites utilizing the Google AdSense program, you may find advertisements appearing which pertain to seemingly unrelated topics, simply because you previously visited a website which maybe related to that topic. For instance, it’s possible you may see advertisements on SamuraiSwords.org relating to Cooking, should you have visited a cooking site previously which also ran Google AdSense and your cookies remembered.
Google AdSense uses DoubleClick DART cookies, and they use non-personally identifiable information. This means your name, address, telephone number, bank details, and such sensitive information is not in any way gathered or stored in any way whatsoever. As stated, the purpose of Google/DART cookies is to better target advertisements to you based upon topics you’ve previously visited and/or geographical location (such as local business advertisements).
You may universally opt out of this at any time: http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx
Should you wish to be more selective about opting out, you can temporarily and selectively block cookies using the settings in your web browser, or by using third party internet security/management software.
It’s worth mentioning blocking cookies altogether can impair the function of websites to varying degrees; some websites require cookies to allow log ins, and various other features may not function correctly on the websites whose cookies you have blocked.
Also, clearing and deleting cookies does not block them or permanently opt you out of receiving them. Upon hitting a cookie-transmitting website, a new cookie will be stored afresh once again.