PRIVACY POLICY
Joy of Shooting LLC (“Joy of Shooting,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to ensuring your privacy is protected. This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes how we collect and use personal information when you visit, access or use a website owned or operated by us, including, but not limited to, joyofshooting.org and KirstenJoyWeiss.com (collectively, the “Websites”).
This Policy covers information we may collect from you or that you provide to us in connection with the Websites and describes our policies and practices regarding the collection, disclosure, use, storage and protection of the information we collect.
Read this Policy carefully in its entirety. By visiting, accessing or using the Websites, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Policy and agree to it. If you do not agree with this Policy, or any aspect of it, please do not visit, access or use the Websites. Our Websites are not intended for use by individuals located in the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA). We do not collect or track personally identifiable information (defined below) from individuals in the EU or EEA.
This Policy also applies to your communications with us through the Websites, such as through an email or contact form. This Policy does not apply to websites operated by third parties, even if those websites are accessible from links on our Websites.
This Policy may be updated, revised, or changed at any time at Joy of Shooting’s discretion without notice to you. The current Policy in effect will be accessible on the Websites. You agree to periodically review the Websites for updates, revisions or changes to the Policy. By continuing to visit, use or access the Websites, you agree to any updates, revisions or changes to the Policy.
Ownership of Information
Joy of Shooting is the sole owner of the information collected on our Websites.
Mailing List
Joy of Shooting offers a free subscription to our Websites. When you sign up to the Websites, you will be notified of new posts to the website as well as notifications of replies to comments you make on the website. In order to sign up to receive regular emails from any website, users must submit certain personal information, including a valid email address.
If you do not wish to receive emails from Joy of Shooting, you may unsubscribe at any time.
Third Party Cookies
Some of our advertisers and commenting systems may use cookies on our site, such as Google Adwords, DISQUS, etc. However, Joy of Shooting has no access to or control over these cookies, as they are a common feature of advertising on any website. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by the Websites only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Third Party Advertising
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit Websites. These companies may use information (which DOES NOT include your name or email address) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Log Files
Like most standard website servers, we use log files. This includes Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We may use a tracking utility that uses log files to analyze user movement.
You may be able log in to our site using sign-in services such as Facebook Connect or an Open ID provider. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign up form. Services like Facebook Connect give you the option to post information about your activities on Websites to your profile page to share with others within your network.
Our Websites offer publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.
Children
We do not knowingly collect or solicit information from children under the age of 13. If you are the parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 and believe he or she has disclosed personal information to us, please contact us. A parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 may review and request deletion of a child’s personal information, as well as prohibit the use of such information. If we become aware that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take reasonable steps to remove that information.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, Joy of Shooting may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on the Websites.
The security of your personal information is important to us. Joy of Shooting follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can contact us.
Business Transitions
In the event Joy of Shooting goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of a portion of its assets, users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred, but the same Policy will most likely be in effect.
Links
The Websites contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Joy of Shooting is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. Joy of Shooting encourages its users to be aware when they leave its site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by our Websites.
Notification of Changes
Whenever our Websites change this Policy, the changes will be posted to this privacy statement, and other places deemed appropriate.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Policy, please contact us.