Privacy Policy

This blog is owned and operated by Duke. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to me. At DUKE-on-Sports Dot Blogspot Dot Com, I want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.

Because I gather certain types of information about my visitors, I feel you should fully understand my policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information I gather and how I use it.

INFORMATION DUKE-on-Sports Dot Blogspot Dot Com GATHERS AND TRACKS

Information DUKE-on-Sports Dot Blogspot Dot Com gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout my sites. This information allows me to better tailor my content to readers’ needs and to help my advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of my audience. Because DUKE-on-Sports Dot Blogspot Dot Com derives its revenue mainly from sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping my service free to users. Under no circumstances does DUKE-on-Sports Dot Blogspot Dot Com divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.

Cookie Tracking

Third parties may place a text file called a “cookie” in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable advertisers and sponsors to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can’t read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Advertisers and sponsors use cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Their advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you’ve set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this blog. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.

Updated on March 18th 2009:

Take note that Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on Duke-On-Sports Dot Blogspot Dot Com. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to you based on your visit to Duke-On-Sports Dot Blogspot Dot Com and other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Updated on August 20th 2011:

Privacy Policy

We take your privacy seriously. This policy describes what personal information we collect and how we use it. (This privacy policy is applicable to websites falling under the primary holder (your site).)

Routine Information Collection

All web servers track basic information about their visitors. This information includes, but is not limited to, IP addresses, browser details, timestamps and referring pages. None of this information can personally identify specific visitors to this site. The information is tracked for routine administration and maintenance purposes, and lets me know what pages and information are useful and helpful to visitors.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Where necessary, this site uses cookies to store information about a visitor's preferences and history in order to better serve the visitor and/or present the visitor with customized content.

Advertising partners and other third parties may also use cookies, scripts and/or web beacons to track visitors to our site in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such tracking is done directly by the third parties through their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies.

Controlling Your Privacy

Note that you can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. Consult your browser documentation for instructions on how to block cookies and other tracking mechanisms.

Special Note About Google Advertising

Any advertisements served by Google, Inc., and affiliated companies may be controlled using cookies. These cookies allow Google to display ads based on your visits to this site and other sites that use Google advertising services. Learn how to opt out of Google's cookie usage. As mentioned above, any tracking done by Google through cookies and other mechanisms is subject to Google's own privacy policies.

About Google advertising: What is the DoubleClick DART cookie? The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on publisher websites displaying AdSense for content ads. When users visit an AdSense publisher’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser. The data gathered from these cookies will be used to help AdSense publishers better serve and manage the ads on their site(s) and across the web. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy. (Hyperlink this to: http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/)