GrownUpGeek.com Privacy/Content Policies and Terms of Service

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

The Membership Information We Collect From You:

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the GrownUpGeek.com website. The types of personal information collected when you sign up are:

(user) Name
Email address
Home Page (optional)
Random information that you provide (optional)

The Way We Use Membership Information:

We use the information you provide about yourself when registering to verify that you have requested access to our site. We do not share this information with outside parties - EVER.

Anti-Spam Data Collection For Anonymous And Non-Validated Users:

Our website uses the "Mollom" Anti-Spam system.  By posting a message, you accept that your message and other personal details about you will be analyzed and stored for anti-spam and quality monitoring purposes, in accordance with Mollom's privacy policy.  Note that only posts made by anonymous and non-validated member accounts are subject to data collection and validation by the Mollom anti-spam system.

eMail Address In Forum and Comment Posts:

To protect your privacy, posting of email address in comments or forum posts is not permitted. All posts containing email address are either deleted or edited to remove the email address before being published. We do this to protect our members from internet-scammers and spammers that may harvest your email address from our website.

Cookies, 'Web Beacons' and Visitor Data Tracking

We may place a 'cookie' on your computer or create a unique "session id" for purposes of remembering your preferences, pages viewed, etc. GrownUpGeek.com does not use cookies or session ID's for 'tracking' purposes or for gathering any personally identifiable information about you. If you choose, you may disable cookies in your web-browser to prevent use of such cookies.

GrownUpGeek.com uses a combination of web-server logs and third-party analytical data gathering tools for the purposes of aggregate visitor traffic information which may set a cookie on your computer. The data collected by these third-party services may include information such as your IP address, type of web-browser, and computer operating system.

Currently GrownUpGeek.com uses the following third-party visitor tracking tools:

• Google Analytics
  http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacy.html

GrownUpGeek.com does not use "web beacons" of any kind with the exception of third-party links or advertisers (see next section).

Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites

We allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve advertisements within our Site. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on GrownUpGeek.com. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content you see.

GrownUpGeek does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks. The advertiser(s) may also use information regarding your use of GrownUpGeek.com, such as the number of times you viewed an ad (but not any personally identifiable information), to determine which ads to deliver to you.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks (see links below) for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. GrownUpGeek.com's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

Currently, GrownUpGeek.com has relationships with the following third-party ad servers or ad networks:

• Microsoft AdCenter-Publisher
  http://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/default.mspx
• Kontera
  http://www.kontera.com/kontera-privacy-policy
• Google, Inc*.
  http:/www.google.com/privacypolicy.html
• Commission Junction
  http://www.cj.com/privacy.html
• Plimus
  https://secure.plimus.com/privacy.shtml
• ClickBank
  https://www.clickbank.com/privacy.html
• Yahoo Publisher Network
  https://publisher.yahoo.com/legal/priv_policy.php
• BidVertiser
  http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_company.dbm
• AdBrite
  http://www.adbrite.com/mb/privacy.php
  

 ^*DoubleClick DART cookie:

• Google, one of our third party vendors, uses the DART cookie
• Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to visitors of GrownUpGeek.com based on their visit to GrownUpGeek.com and other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information

Registered members can access all personally identifiable information that we collect and maintain or modify it by clicking the "My Account" link in the upper-left (gray) area of most pages on our website.

Our Commitment To Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Cancellation of services

You may, at any time request to cancel your account and specify that all your data be removed from our servers. Please note that all posts, comments, replies, or any other content submitted by you become the property of grownupgeek.com and will not be removed.

To request cancellation or removal from our system, you may email your request to: HELP@GrownUpGeek.com or send your request via postal mail. See the bottom of this page for our postal mail address.