Privacy Policy

Metropete.com (“Metropete”) operates several web presences including flickr.com/photos/Metropetemag and twitter.com/Metropete. It is Metropete’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our web presences.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Metropete 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. Metropete’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Metropete’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Metropete may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Metropete also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users utilizing Metropete.com Citizen Hosting Services accounts. Metropete only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Metropete’s websites choose to interact with Metropete in ways that require Metropete to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Metropete gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a Citizen Hosting Services at Metropete.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Metropete – by purchasing access to the Citizen Hosting Services, for example – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Metropete collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Metropete. Metropete does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Metropete may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Metropete may monitor the most popular articles on the metropete.com site. Metropete may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Metropete does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Metropete discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its associates, employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Metropete’s behalf or to provide services available at Metropete’s 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 Metropete’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Metropete will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its associates, employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Metropete discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Metropete believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Metropete, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of the Metropete website and have supplied your email address, Metropete 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 Metropete and our products. We primarily use our website to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support 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. Metropete 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. Metropete uses cookies to help Metropete identify and track visitors, their usage of Metropete website, and their website access preferences. Metropete visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Metropete’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Metropete’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Metropete, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Metropete goes out of business, ends publication 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 acquiror of Metropete may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

At this time, the metropete.com web presences do not accept advertising.  Metropete.com reserves the right to change this status in the future.  In the event that Metropete.com does begin using / publishing advertisements on its web presences the following will apply: 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 Metropete and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Comments

Comments and other content submitted to Metropete.com web pressences are saved on our servers as part of our general web site content.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Metropete may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Metropete’s sole discretion. Metropete encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a Metropete.com Citizen Hosting Services account, you should also check your your registered email account for alerts to these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

The MetroPete Privacy Policy is based on that used by wordpress.com and is provided via the Creative Commons license.