Privacy Policy
Overview: The privacy policy for the
ShopAustin.com Web site is
explained here for our visitors and advertisers and provides
details on the information we collect and how that information
may be used. This policy will be updated from time-to-time, as
our policy may change.
Details: Information entered in forms is used for
the normal operation of this Web site, and for communicating
between us, ivantageSM,
and visitors or advertisers. Information collected is not sold
to third-party companies or organizations. We do aggregate the
data to provide statistics for business purposes and for the
benefit of our advertisers. All information collected by our
servers, or voluntarily provided by visitors or advertisers is
the minimum required for ivantage to publish Web pages in
accordance with the goals and operation of this Web site.
Visitors that place classified ads on this Web site acknowledge
that some of the information they provide will be used to
publish their content on this and other similar ivantage local
shopping portals, and is necessary to post their classified ads to the public.
In some rare cases, classified ads with inappropriate content or
spamming, may be removed from this and other similar sites. Any
information collected, such as an e-mail address, is used in
accordance with the privacy policy as stated here.
Advertisers that place advertisements or listings on this Web site
acknowledge that some of the information they provide will be
used to publish their content on this and other similar ivantage
local shopping portals, and is necessary to post their
advertisement or listing to the public. Any other information
collected, such as an e-mail address, is used in accordance with
the privacy policy as stated here.
We sometimes ask for an e-mail address and other information from
visitors or advertisers that
contact us, or place
classified ads or directory listings in the yellow pages.
As stated, e-mail addresses may be posted to the public when
placing classified ads, and we may also use e-mail addresses or other
information provided on this site for the purpose of communicating directly with
visitors or advertisers.
As is universally common for Web sites, our Web servers automatically record each
visitors' IP address. This is used for both Web site statistics and for security
purposes. We also sometimes use cookies to store a visitors' preferences and to
customize Web pages. In addition, due to the nature of serving third-party ads,
third parties may also place and read cookies on a visitor's browser, or third
parties may use Web beacons to collect information. All popular Web browsers
support privacy settings and you, the visitor, have the option to disable or
frequently delete cookies if so desired.
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses
not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices
change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site
to notify visitors and advertisers of these changes and provide the ability to
opt out of these new uses.
If you feel that this site is not following its stated information
policy, you may
contact us.
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