COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY:
This
site is owned and operated by The Hidden Gem Cafe,
Inc. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost
importance to us. Because we gather certain types of
information about our users, we feel you should
fully understand our policy and the terms and
conditions surrounding the capture and use of that
information. This privacy statement discloses what
information we gather and how we use it.
INFORMATION
THE HIDDEN GEM CAFE GATHERS AND TRACKS:THE HIDDEN
GEM CAFE WEBSITE gathers two types of information
about users. Information that users provide through
optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary
submissions to receive our electronic newsletters,
to participate in our message boards or forums, to
email a friend, and from participation in polls and
surveys: Information THE HIDDEN GEM CAFE gathers
through aggregated tracking information derived
mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites.
This information allows us to better tailor our
content to readers' needs and to help our
advertisers and sponsors better understand the
demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances
does THE HIDDEN GEM CAFE divulge any information
about an individual user to a third party.
USAGE TRACKING:THE HIDDEN GEM CAFE tracks user
traffic patterns throughout our sites, however, we do not correlate this information with
data about individual users. THE HIDDEN GEM CAFE
does break down overall usage statistics according
to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type
by reading this information from the browser string
(information contained in every user's browser). THE
HIDDEN GEM CAFE sometimes tracks and catalogs the
search terms that users enter in Search
engines, but this tracking is never associated with
individual users. We use tracking information to
determine which areas of our sites users like and
don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do
not track what individual users read, but rather how
well each page performs overall.
COOKIES:
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the
browser files of your computer. The cookie itself
does not contain Personal Information although it
will enable us to relate your use of this site to
information that you have specifically and knowingly
provided. But the only personal information a cookie
can contain is information you supply yourself. A
cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read
cookie files created by other sites. THE HIDDEN GEM CAFE
uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as
described above). You can refuse cookies by turning them
off in your browser. If you've set your browser to
warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive
the warning message with each cookie. You do not
need to have cookies turned on to use this site.
However, you do need cookies to participate actively
in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.
Questions regarding this website's privacy policy and terms of use
may be submitted via this site's
CONTACT FORM.
