Website Visitors
Like most website operators, PS Blog 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. PS Blog’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how PS Blog’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Google Blogger (publisher of PS Blog) may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its websites.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to PS Blog’s website choose to interact with PS Blog in ways that require PS Blog to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that PS Blog gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. In each case, PS Blog collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with PS Blog. PS Blog 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
PS Blog may collect statistics about the behaviour of visitors to its websites. For instance, PS Blog may monitor the most popular posts on the PS Blog site or use spam screened by the Akismet service to help identify spam. PS Blog may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, PS Blog does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
PS Blog 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 PS Blog's behalf or to provide services available at PS Blog's website, 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 PS Blog’s website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. PS Blog 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, PS Blog discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when PS Blog believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of PS Blog, third parties or the public at large. If you send us a request (for example via a support 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. PS Blog 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. Google Blogger uses cookies to help Google identify and track visitors, their usage of Google websites, and their website access preferences. PS Blog visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using PS Blog's website, with the drawback that certain features of Google Blogger’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Google, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Google 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 persons acquiring Google may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of Google's 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 on-line 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 PS Blog and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Comments
Comments and other content submitted to our Akismet anti-spam service are not saved on Google 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.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, PS Blog may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at PS Blog’s sole discretion. PS Blog encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a Blogger.com account, you should also check your blog’s dashboard for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Change log:
January 9, 2013: Substituted 'PS Blog' for 'Automattic' to reflect specific site this policy applies to
February 1, 2011: Clarified subpoena language
January 3, 2011: Added court order and subpoena clarification
October 29, 2009: Added Comments paragraph to explain Akismet comment storage policy
March 10, 2009: Added Ads paragraph to alert users that ads from third parties may
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Adapted from Automattic Inc.'s Privacy Policy available under a Creative Commons Sharealike license ( http://automattic.com/privacy/ )
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