Your personal information
should always remain
private, and we understand
that. As an internet user,
you should understand what
types of personal
information we and other
websites receive and collect
when you surf the internet,
as well as how to keep your
information safe. We will
never sell your information
to a third party.
Log Files
As with most other websites,
we collect and use the data
contained in log files. The
information in the log files
include your IP (internet
protocol) address, your ISP
(internet service provider,
such as AOL or Shaw Cable),
the browser you used to
visit our site (such as
Internet Explorer or
Firefox), the time you
visited our site and which
pages you visited throughout
our site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store
information, such as your
personal preferences when
you visit our site. This
could include only showing
you a popup once in your
visit, or the ability to
login to some of our
features, such as forums.
We also use third party
advertisements so support
our site. Some of these
advertisers may use
technology such as cookies
and web beacons when they
advertise on our site, which
will also send these
advertisers (such as Google
through the Google AdSense
program) information
including your IP address,
your ISP , the browser you
used to visit our site, and
in some cases, whether you
have Flash installed. This
is generally used for
geotargeting purposes
(showing Virginia real
estate ads to someone in
Virginia, for example) or
showing certain ads based on
specific sites visited (such
as showing cooking ads to
someone who frequents
cooking sites).
DoubleClick DART cookies
We also may use DART cookies
for ad serving through
Google’s DoubleClick, which
places a cookie on your
computer when you are
browsing the web and visit a
site using DoubleClick
advertising (including some
Google AdSense
advertisements). This
cookie is used to serve ads
specific to you and your
interests (”interest based
targeting”). The ads served
will be targeted based on
your previous browsing
history (For example, if you
have been viewing sites
about visiting St. Croix,
you may see St. Croix hotel
advertisements when viewing
a non-related site, such as
on a site about cooking).
DART uses “non-personally
identifiable information”.
It does NOT track personal
information about you, such
as your name, email address,
physical address, telephone
number, social security
numbers, bank account
numbers or credit card
numbers. You can opt-out of
this ad serving on all sites
using this advertising by
visiting http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx
You can chosoe to disable or
selectively turn off our
cookies or third-party
cookies in your browser
settings, or by managing
preferences in programs such
as Norton Internet
Security. However, this can
affect how you are able to
interact with our site as
well as other websites.
This could include the
inability to login to
services or programs, such
as logging into forums or
accounts.
Deleting cookies does not
mean you are permanently
opted out of any advertising
program. Unless you have
settings that disallow
cookies, the next time you
visit a site running the
advertisements, a new cookie
will be added.
