At survivingoffthegrid.com, the privacy of our visitors is of utmost importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by survivingoffthegrid.com and how it is used.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. Your information will not be shared or sold.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Log Files
Like many other websites, survivingoffthegrid.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and the number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Survivingoffthegrid.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on survivingoffthegrid.com. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to survivingoffthegrid.com and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL: http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include:
- Google Adsense
- Commission Junction
- Amazon Associates
- Clickbank
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on survivingoffthegrid.com send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see.
Survivingoffthegrid.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. Survivingoffthegrid.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
Survivingoffthegrid.com is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g., to ship an order.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page.
Social Media
We use Google Analytics to track social shares made at our website. Google automatically collect and store certain information in their server logs which includes device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account, in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
We embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” our webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update
We use a Twitter Tweet widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet our webpages using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update
We use Pinterest Save widget at our website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from our webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
Not a financial advisor
Very occasionally, articles will be posted on the subject of budgeting, purchases, precious metals, or other financial related topics. No one affiliated with survivingoffthegrid.com are paid investment counselors or advisors and none are employed by any company that advertises on the site.
Not a public accommodation
As a private information service, survivingoffthegrid.com is not a “public accommodation” and is therefore exempt from all Federal regulations, including the American Disabilities Act (ADA).
Not a doctor nor an attorney
The owner of survivingoffthegrid.com is not a doctor, nor does he give medical advice. Occasional advertisements for any medical device, treatment, drug, or food supplement is solely the responsibility of the advertiser and are in no way endorsed or accredited by survivingoffthegrid.com blog, or its principals. The blog is not responsible for the use or misuse of any product advertised on this blog site.
As well, owners are not lawyers, and do not give legal advice. Occasionally, laws, regulations, and case citations may be mentioned in blog articles or weekly email newsletters. In no way do they constitute legal advice. Laws change frequently. Consult a lawyer if you have legal questions. If you choose to act upon the details cited in the blog without doing your own research, then you do so at your own risk.
Whether in regard to legal, medical issues or general information, survivingoffthegrid.com should be only one of many sources of information that you must test against standard references and compare against your local climate and conditions, as well as your local laws. (See: “Accuracy, Safety, and Legality,” below.)
Right of non-association
survivingoffthegrid.com is an entirely private information service that is the sole property of its owners and made available to others as a form of free personal expression under her de jure Preamble Citizen’s right as later guaranteed in the First Article in Amendment to the Constitution. survivingoffthegrid.com is not a “public accommodation”, and it is preemptively exempt from any forced or coerced accommodation, via legislation (or bureaucratic interpretation thereof) or any dictate, directive, or decree by any agency of government or by any non-government organization, or by any individual under any future “Fairness Doctrine” or similar rule. We reserve the right to refuse service (to wit: to refuse posting, linking, or mention of anyone or anything, at my sole discretion) to any person, agency, corporation, or other entity. These reservations are made for the sake of maintaining sound business practices, competitiveness, and to maintain the owner’s moral and religious principles.
Accuracy, Safety, and Legality
The content of survivingoffthegrid.com blog is not guaranteed for accuracy, reliability, safety, or legality in all jurisdictions. It is presented for educational purposes only. You are responsible for your own actions. This includes your stupidity or carelessness. Refer to manufacturer documentation for safety and dosing information. Consult a locally-licensed attorney to check on the legality of the devices, formulas and practices mentioned on this website.
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