Privacy Policy
Last updated July 19, 2009
Histopolis.com (this site) is committed to protecting your personal information from misuse while using this site. This policy statement explains what information we collect and how that information is used.
By accessing this site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.
This site is not directed at children under the age of 18. If you are under 18, please do not provide any personal information on this site.
Personal Information
You do not have to provide personal information to view information on this site. If you wish to contribute to the site, however, we require that you register by entering a username and password and providing a valid email address. This registration if free.
We do not provide your email address to third parties or engage in spam. Should you forget your username or password, we will send information to your email address allowing you to login again. We may also send you periodic mailings with information that we think may be of interest to you such as updates to the Site. If you no longer wish to receive such mailings, you may unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time.
This site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the site; and the pages you access while at the site. This information is used to help improve the site, analyze trends, and administer the site. Collecting usage information is a standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many web sites.
Contributed Information
Registered users may contribute information to the site to benefit other genealogists and historians. By contributing to our site you provide Histopolis.com the perpetual right to use and display the information on our site. We do not sell contributed information or provide the information for sale by third parties.
Advertising Privacy
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
- Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
- Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites 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.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please send them to the webmaster. Your comments and feedback are welcome.
