SmartArtCreations.blogspot.com (“SmartArt Creations”)
operates SmartArtCreations.blogspot.com and may operate other websites. It is SmartArt
Creations’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may
collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, SmartArt Creations
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. SmartArt
Creations’ purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to
better understand how SmartArt Creations’ visitors use its website. From time
to time, SmartArt Creations may release non-personally-identifying information
in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its
website.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to SmartArt Creations’ websites
choose to interact with SmartArt Creations in ways that require SmartArt
Creations to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of
information that SmartArt Creations gathers depends on the nature of the
interaction.
Aggregated Statistics
SmartArt Creations may collect statistics about
the behaviour of visitors to its websites. SmartArt Creations may display this
information publicly or provide it to others. However, SmartArt Creations does
not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
SmartArt Creations 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 SmartArt Creations’ behalf or to
provide services available at SmartArt Creations’ websites, 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 SmartArt
Creations’ websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. SmartArt
Creations 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, SmartArt
Creations discloses potentially personally-identifying and
personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order
or other governmental request, or when SmartArt Creations believes in good
faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights
of SmartArt Creations, third parties or the public at large. If you are a
registered user of an SmartArt Creations website and have supplied your email
address, SmartArt Creations may occasionally send you an email to tell you
about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with
what’s going on with SmartArt Creations and our products. If you send us a
request (for example via 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. SmartArt Creations 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. SmartArt Creations uses cookies
to help SmartArt Creations identify and track visitors, their usage of SmartArt
Creations website, and their website access preferences. SmartArt Creations
visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set
their browsers to refuse cookies before using SmartArt Creations’ websites,
with the drawback that certain features of SmartArt Creations’ websites may not
function properly without the aid of cookies.
We use various third-party tools and services for
advertising and analytics. These include Google Adsense, Google Analytics,
Facebook Commenting and Social Share Widgets. We use Cloudflare as CDN which
also uses its cookies and processes content of our website to improve
performance, security and provide analytics to serve our visitors better.
Please read following terms to learn how various
third parties collect and use the information:
- How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services
- Cloudflare’s EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework Statement
- Cloudflare Cookie Policy
- Taboola Cookie Policy
Business Transfers
If SmartArt Creations, or substantially all of
its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that SmartArt Creations
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 acquirer of SmartArt Creations may
continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our 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
online 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 SmartArt Creations and does not
cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
How can users manage or opt out of cookies?
Some people find the idea of a website storing
information on their device a little intrusive, in particular when the
information is stored and used by a third party. For example, you may object to
being served advertising which is targeted to your interests based on your
browsing history. If you would prefer to opt out of cookies, it is possible to
control cookies by following the steps below, however you should be aware that
you might lose some features and functionality of the website if you do so.
Cookies, including those which have already been
set, can be deleted from your hard drive. You can also change the
preferences/settings in your web browser to control cookies. Some internet
browsers have a ‘Do Not Track or ‘DNT’ setting; this sends a signal to websites
asking them not to track your browsing. The following links may be helpful:
In some cases, you can choose to accept cookies
from the primary site, but block them from third parties. In others, you can
block cookies from specific advertisers, or clear out all cookies. Deleting or
blocking cookies may reduce functionality of the site. To learn more about how
to reject cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or go to the help
menu within your internet browser. If you experience any problems having
deleted cookies, you should contact the supplier of your web browser.
For more information about third party cookies
generated by advertisers please visit www.youronlinechoices.com.
Please be aware that these are third party
websites and SmartArt Creations does not accept any liability for the
instructions given on these sites.
You can find out how to decline targeting and
behavioural advertising cookies by visiting: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
http://www.aboutads.info
http://www.youronlinechoices.eu
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, SmartArt Creations may change its
Privacy Policy from time to time, and in SmartArt Creations’ sole discretion. SmartArt
Creations encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to
its Privacy Policy. If you have a SmartArt Creations.com account, you might also
receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this
site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of
such change.
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