SFScope.com Privacy Policy

SFScope.com recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information collected about you, our readers. We have adopted this policy in order to be as transparent as possible regarding our use of information collected on our site.

SFScope.com does not collect personally identifying information about individuals, except when specifically and knowingly provided by such individuals.

Web servers, serving SFScope.com, automatically collect information about which pages each user visits and the domain name of visitors. This is used for internal review, to tailor information to individual visitors and for traffic audits. We also provide this information (as well as information from third-party market researchers) about our users on an aggregated, anonymous basis to our advertisers. We never provide personally identifiable information to any outside agency except as outlined below or required by law.

SFScope.com may place a "cookie" on the browser of a SFScope.com user's computer. The cookie itself does not contain any personally identifying information. A cookie can be used to tell when your computer has contacted a Web site; we use the information for editorial purposes and for other purposes such as delivery of ads, so we can customize delivery of information without compromising privacy. For example, cookies are used to ensure that you don't see the same ad too many times in a single session.

A user's personally identifiable information (e.g., name, e-mail address), if collected, will only be used by SFScope.com for the purposes stated at the time of collection. For example, we may use information provided by you to us as part of an editorial online survey. If we run competitions or contests on the site, you may be required to provide contact information in order to participate. The exact rules may vary in each case but the specific rules for any contest will state how that information may be used.

Except as stated in this privacy policy or at the time of collection, user's personally identifiable information, will not be transferred to a party outside SFScope.com, its divisions, its vendors providing Internet hosting services or third party list managers unless stated at the time of collection. If you subscibe to a mailing list on SFScope.com and decide that you no longer wish to receive any e-mail, you may "opt out" at any time by clicking a link at the bottom of the email, e-mailing us, or contacting us by regular mail.

We do not control the privacy policies of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which we provide hyperlinks. SFScope.com users should also be aware that, when you voluntarily disclose personal information in chat areas or bulletin boards, that information may be collected by others and may result in unsolicited messages from others.

Kids: Be sure to ask your parents for permission before you send any information about yourself, such as your name, address, or e-mail address, over the Internet.

Parents: SFScope.com does not intentionally collect information from children. We encourage you to get involved with your children's online usage and to be aware of the activities in which they are participating. Any personally identifiable information collected by SFScope.com that we are made aware is from children posting without their parent's consent will be deleted. Finally, you should be aware that if your children voluntarily disclose information such as their names or e-mail addresses on forums or chat areas, such disclosures may result in unsolicited messages from other parties.

Technology on the Internet is developing at a rapid pace, and we need to maintain our flexibility in the online arena. If we need to change our policy in the future, we will post these changes here as soon as they go into effect.