Privacy Policy
The privacy of our visitors to Closing The Science Gap .com is very important to us. At ClosingTheScienceGap.com, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important.
This privacy policy document is created to outline the kind of personal information we receive and collect when you use ClosingTheScienceGap.com, and how we protect the privacy of your information.
We never sell your personal information to third parties.
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, e.g. AOL), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the date/time you visited our site, referring and exit pages, number of clicks, and which pages you visited throughout our site. However, the purpose of collecting this information is to analyze trends and optimize our website, and this information is not linked to any information that would be personally identifiable.
Cookies and Web Beacons
We 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 on ClosingTheScienceGap.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which may also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program, Amazon, Linkshare, and Commission Junction) 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 to gauge and optimize the effectiveness of their advertisements. In addition, this information can be used to personalize advertisements, such as for geo-targeting purposes (showing Arizona businesses advertisements to Arizona residents, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing antibodies ads to someone who frequents or searches antibodies websites).
We, at ClosingTheScienceGap.com, have no control or access over the cookies used by third-party advertisers. We recommend that you consult the privacy policy of third-party ad servers for more details on their privacy practices.
You can chose 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 your ability 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.
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at email [at] closingthesciencegap.com.
