Our Commitment To Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

The Information We Collect

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on WisconsinNative.com.

We use information such as your IP address and browser type/version to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website. We use “cookies” to save your profile so you will not have to log in each time you visit our site and would like to use its more advanced features that require registration. A cookie is a small piece of computer code that is deposited on your hard drive by our site. Browsers typically recognize when a cookie has been sent to your computer and give you the option to refuse or allow it. A cookie does not actually identify you, just the computer that you are using to access our site. A cookie cannot read data off your hard drive. Our advertisers, content partners and sites that are reached from links on our site may also assign their own cookies to your browser, a process that we cannot control.

WisconsinNative.com does not require registration to read or view contents of the site.

On some pages, you can submit news, photos or other information about yourself or other people. Oftentimes, this will involve sending an e-mail in which you provide us with an e-mail address, your name, address, phone number or other information about yourself.

Our comment system requires you to register to participate in a forum or to make it easier to post story comments. Registration involves providing us with a valid e-mail address and a first and last name, You should be aware that anything you post to public feedback areas can be copied and used by any visitor to the site. On occasion, we may use your e-mail address to contact you with information about WisconsinNative.com or its partners. If you choose to receive no communication from us, please send a note to submit@wisconsinnative.com.

In some cases, we may contract with third parties to provide services on our behalf, including e-mail distribution, list processing or promotions management. We provide these third parties only with the information necessary for them to perform their specific services. These service providers are restricted from using this information in any way other than to provide services to us, and they may not share this information with any one else nor may they resell this data.

Periodically, we collect the terms users enter in searching for material on the site, but we do not associate those terms with individual users. To get a better sense of what users, in general, are looking for from WisconsinNative.com, we generate a list of search terms that provides no indication of which user may have entered which terms.

This site contains links to other sites. WisconsinNative.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. In various parts of WisconsinNative.com, we have retained the use of vendors to provide specialized services. We will not share any of your identifiable information with those vendors.

The Way We Use Information

We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.

We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.

Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

We may disclose personal information if we are required by law to disclose personal information, or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with a law or some legal process, to protect or defend our rights and property, to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our web sites or to protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public.

Our Commitment To Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Our Commitment To Children's Privacy

If you are under the age of 13, do not send us any information about yourself such as your name, address or e-mail address. You may only send us personally identifiable information if your parents have verified to us their consent to the collection of the information.

Because some of our online services and content may be attractive to children, we endeavor to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Our site:
-- Includes our contact information.
-- Explains the types of personal information we collect, and how we use it.
-- Explains our practices in terms of sharing personal information with third parties.
-- Allows parents to consent to the collection and use of their children’s personal information, without consenting to disclosure to third parties.
-- Does not condition a child’s participation in an activity on the child’s providing more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the activity.
-- Allows parents to review their child’s information, have it deleted, or refuse to permit any further collection, by contacting us.

How To Contact Us

Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please refer to the Contact Us section of our web site.