Your privacy is critically important to me. Regarding this website, I have a few fundamental principles:

• I don’t ask you for personal information unless I truly need it. (I can’t stand services that ask you for things like your gender or income level for no apparent reason.)
• I don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop my products, or protect my rights.
• I don’t store personal information on my servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of my services.

Below is my privacy policy which incorporates these goals:

Aliso the Geek operates their website, alisothegeek.com. It is Aliso the Geek’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.

Website Visitors

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

Aliso the Geek also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on our blog. Aliso the Geek only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Aliso the Geek’s websites choose to interact with Aliso the Geek in ways that require Aliso the Geek to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Aliso the Geek gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who create an account with us to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Aliso the Geek – by purchasing a premium theme, for example – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Aliso the Geek collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Aliso the Geek. Aliso the Geek 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

Aliso the Geek may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Aliso the Geek may monitor the most popular themes and plugins of those that have been purchased. Aliso the Geek may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Aliso the Geek does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

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

Ads

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 Aliso the Geek and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Aliso the Geek may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Aliso the Geek’s sole discretion. Aliso the Geek encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have an account with Aliso the Geek, you should also check your dashboard 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.