DIYSmartThings.com (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the https://diysmartthings.com website (the “Service”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service.
We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible at https://diysmartthings.com
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at https://diysmartthings.com/contact/
At DIYSmartThings.com we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information is collected and recorded by DIYSmartThings.com and how we use it.
Log
Files
Like many other Web sites, DIYSmartThings.com makes use of log files. These
files merely logs visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for
hosting companies and a part of hosting services’s analytics. The information
inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type,
Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and
possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends,
administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather
demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not
linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Cookies
and Web Beacons
DIYSmartThings.com uses cookies to store information about visitors’
preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site
visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page
content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor
sends via their browser. If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through
your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie
management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective
websites. What Are Cookies? And
see below for advertiser-specific cookies.
Google advertising cookies
Google uses cookies to help serve the ads it displays on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying Google ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a Google partner’s website, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, – if not Google is concerned – you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)
Other advertising cookies
Cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on our site; this means for this site:
- media.net is advertising and using cookies on this site.
- There might be an advertisement from Commission Junction on the site.
- You may visit media.net website to opt out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising. Alternatively, you opt out of some third-party vendors’ uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
DoubleClick
DART Cookie
→ Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on DIYSmartThings.com.
→ Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s
visitors based upon their visit to DIYSmartThings.com and other sites on the
Internet.
→ Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and
content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Our
Advertising Partners
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site.
Our advertising partners include:
- Google (see privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites)
- Commission Junction (see privacy policy here: https://www.conversantmedia.com/legal/privacy)
- media.net (see privacy policy here: https://www.media.net/privacy-policy)
While
each of these advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their site,
an updated and hyperlinked resource is maintained here: Privacy Policies.
You may consult this listing to find the privacy policy for each of the
advertising partners of our site .
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on DIYSmartThings.com and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.
DIYSmartThings.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third-Party
Privacy Policies
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad
servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for
instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. DIYSmartThings.com
privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such
other advertisers or web sites. You may find a comprehensive listing of these
privacy policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links.
Children’s
Information
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We
encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to
observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. DIYSmartThings.com
does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from
children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that DIYSmartThings.com
has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under
the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact in the first
paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information
from our records.
Online
Privacy Policy Only
This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for
visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected
there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via
channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its
terms.
Update
This Privacy Policy was last updated on Monday, February 17, 2020.
Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those
changes will be posted here.