The Bluedot Corporation, in the management of bluedotliving.com, adheres to the following privacy policy for the benefit and protection of its online users. This policy defines how The Bluedot Corporation manages information received from users of bluedotliving.com.
How We Use Information We Receive From You
BlueDotLiving.com does not collect any personally identifiable information without consent from its users, who control what information they share on BlueDotLiving.com. Personally identifiable information obtained from users who request online services (including but not limited to Sign-up Services and Editorial Submissions, discussed below) is used exclusively by BlueDotLiving.com to fulfill these requests and is not disclosed by BlueDotLiving.com or sold to third parties. When credit card transactions are necessary to process certain requests, they are encrypted to ensure safe transmission to The Bluedot Corporation.
Sign-up Services
From time to time, BlueDotLiving.com may offer services for which users may choose to sign up, including newspaper subscriptions, archive subscriptions, back issue requests, print classified and online advertising. The information collected for these services can include an e-mail address, name, credit card number, and a billing/shipping address (for print subscriptions and back issue requests).
Editorial Submissions
Editorial material (including but not limited to letters to the editor, Dear Dot questions, and online comments) may be submitted electronically via online forms. In addition to this editorial content, information gathered from submission forms can include an e-mail address, name, and phone number.
Surveys
Occasionally BlueDotLiving.com conducts surveys. Users may submit their responses anonymously, although they may also choose to identify themselves. All information collected from online surveys is used solely by The Bluedot Corporation for the purpose of improving our products and services.
Your Browser Information
BlueDotLiving.com does register browser information on our server logs, including users’ Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, BlueDotLiving.com cookie information, and pages requested. This computer tracking function outlines broad demographic information and usage patterns on BlueDotLiving.com and helps us administer our site. It does not relay personally identifiable information.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to a hard drive to store and track information. Browser settings can be changed to automatically accept or refuse cookies. Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers. They also cannot be used to track users’ movements on the Internet. Although cookies identify a user’s computer, they do not personally identify the user or passwords. Credit card information is not stored in cookies. BlueDotLiving.com uses cookies to track preferences and to improve and update our web site.
Links
BlueDotLiving.com contains links to other web sites and is not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites. Be aware when you leave BlueDotLiving.com and read the privacy statements of other web sites that may collect personally identifiable information.
Third Party Suppliers of Contextual Advertising
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. 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.
Some third party suppliers of advertising, including but not limited to Google, monitor website traffic and place advertising according to the content found on BlueDotLiving.com or the apparent interest of visitors to BlueDotLiving.com as they move from page to page on the site.
We partner with Microsoft Clarity to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
Our commitment to protecting your privacy in addition to adding or changing web site functions, features, or products may result in periodic changes to our privacy policy. Please review this policy when you visit BlueDotLiving.com to be sure you are aware of our current policy.