USER INFORMATION

During your visit to this site, PebblePlace.com does not collect and store any user-identifiable information about you that you do not specifically volunteer. This information may be volunteered when you create a account in the PebblePlacePhotography.com user forums. PebblePlace.com and / or PebblePlacePhotography.com only uses that stored information to allow you to log in and post messages.

Email messages submitted to PebblePlace.com are read, replied to and deleted. Email addresses are not collected, stored, redistributed or used for any other purpose other than the reason for which they were submitted. PebblePlace.com does not have a mailing list, subscription or newsletter.

While browsing the site, PebblePlace.com may automatically collect certain non-user-identifiable information about you, such as the type of browser you use. This is standard practice for web sites and the information collected is not used for any purpose other than to evaluate whether this site is properly designed for those who are visiting it. The statistical data is used to track number of clicks per page, number of unique users per month, screen resolution, browser type, etc. For example, only 33% of our traffic is from the United States and 20% of the visitors spend 1 hour or more viewing pages.

THE USE OF COOKIES

PebblePlace.com may use cookies to make it easier for repeat visitors to access this site. Cookies are used in the forums to keep track of which messages have been posted since your last visit, easing the navigation of the forums. Cookies can also store your forum user name and password so that you do not have to log in each time you want to post a message (this applies to PebblePlacePhotography.com).

Cookies may also be used by advertisers and third party ad brokers running advertisements on PebblePlace.com. Cookies are used so that PebblePlace.com receives credit if the reader clicks an advertisement and makes a subsequent purchase. This is common practice on the internet and any site that advertises will use a similar mechanism.

PebblePlace.com uses 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. 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. In 2007 Google purchased DoubleClick.com and now Google using the DART cookie. To comply with Google’s policies, we are requested to post the following:

1. •Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on PebblePlace.com and thousands of other websites.
   

2. •Google's use of the DART cookie enables Google to serve ads to visitors based on their visit to Pebbleplace.com and other sites on the Internet.
   

3. •Users (visitors) may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
   

PebblePlace.com and PebblePlacePhotography.com may add or terminate affiliate relationships at anytime. PebblePlace.com and PebblePlacePhotography.com make no representations or warranties with respect to this website, its content or the manuscript, are provided for use “as is” and is without warranty of any kind. PebblePlace.com and PebblePlacePhotography.com are not liable for any losses or injury arising from inaccurate information.

PebblePlace.com and PebblePlacePhotography.com are not liable for any price changes or price errors at B&H Photo or other companies advertising on PebblePlace.com or PebblePlacePhotography.com. PebblePlace.com makes a best effort to ensure the ads presented on PebblePlace.com are relevant and from reputable companies. With Google’s AdSense program we have very little control over this.

TRACKING TRAFFIC VOLUME WITH GOOGLE ANALYTICS AND STATCOUNTER

PebblePlace.com Google Analytics and StatCounter to track the traffic statistics - such as what pages were viewed, what site referred the reader to PebblePlace.com and so forth. Technically Google gathers and compiles the traffic data, NOT PebblePlace.com. The traffic data helps to evaluate which topics readers prefer. Google Analytics is a FREE service from Google. Google Analytics can be used to track all your website traffic - up to 5 million hits per month.