What choices are available to Visitors regarding collection, use and distribution of the information?
Visitors and Authorized Users may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by GuffeyNews.com by responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us at admin@guffeynews.com

"Personally Identifiable Information"
refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.

What Personally Identifiable Information is collected?
We may collect basic user profile information from all or some of our Visitors.

What organizations are collecting the information?
GuffeyNews.com is the only entity directly collecting of information.

How does the Site use Personally Identifiable Information?
We use Personally Identifiable Information to customize the Site and/or to make appropriate service offerings on the Site. We may email Visitors and Authorized Users about research or advertising opportunities on the Site or information related to the subject matter of the Site. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to contact Visitors and Authorized Users in response to specific inquiries, or to provide requested information.

With whom may the information may be shared?
Personally Identifiable Information about Visitors will not be shared with other Authorized Users. We will not share aggregated information about our Visitors, including the demographics of our Visitors and Authorized Users, with any other affiliated agencies and third party vendors. We also offer the opportunity to "opt out" of receiving information or being contacted by us at any future time.

How is Personally Identifiable Information stored?
Personally Identifiable Information collected by GuffeyNews.com is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties or volunteers of GuffeyNews.com except for use as indicated above.

Are Cookies Used on the Site?
Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of our Visitors and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our Authorized Users. For example, if an Authorized User is logged on and the site is unused for more than 10 minutes, we will automatically log the Authorized User off.

How does GuffeyNews.com use login information?
GuffeyNews.com uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a user's movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.

What partners or service providers have access to Personally Identifiable Information from Visitors and/or Authorized Users on the Site?
GuffeyNews.com has not entered into any partnerships and other affiliations with any vendors whatsoever.
Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with law. We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order or subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Visitors and Authorized Users.

How does the Site keep Personally Identifiable Information secure?
All of our site contributors and volunteers (Authorized Users) are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors and Authorized Users is only accessible to a limited number of qualified volunteers who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis. Sensitive information, such as email address, is protected by encryption protocols, in place to protect information sent over the Internet. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Users for any such occurrences.

How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?
Visitors and Authorized Users may contact us to update Personally Identifiable Information about them or to correct any inaccuracies by emailing us at admin@guffeynews.com

Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?
We provide Visitors and Authorized Users with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site's database by contacting admin@guffeynews.com.  However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor's entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.

What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes?
We will let our Visitors and Authorized Users know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Authorized User has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such Visitor or Authorized User to allow such Visitor or Authorized User to prevent such disclosure.


Links:
This web site contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.