Read Sparkle News recognizes that the privacy of your personal information is important. Below, we outline the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit https://readsparklenews.com/, as well as how we safeguard 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 includes your IP (Internet Protocol) address, your ISP (Internet Service Provider, such as Comcast or AT&T), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Chrome or Firefox), the time you visited our site, and which pages you visited throughout our site.
Cookies and Web Beacons:
We use cookies to store information such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include showing you a popup only once during your visit or allowing you to log in to certain features, such as forums or comment sections.
We also use third party advertisements on https://readsparklenews.com/ to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technologies such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send 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 (e.g., showing New York real estate ads to users in New York) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (e.g., displaying cooking ads to users who frequently visit cooking sites).
DoubleClick DART Cookies:
We may also use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visiting 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 (e.g., if you have been viewing sites about travel destinations, you may see travel-related advertisements when visiting an unrelated site). DART uses “non-personally identifiable information.” It does NOT track personal details such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security number, bank account number, or credit card number.
Managing Cookies:
You can choose 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 may affect how you interact with our site and other websites. This could include the inability to log in to services or accounts, such as forums or user dashboards.
Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless your settings disallow cookies, a new cookie will be added the next time you visit a site running advertisements.
For any concerns regarding your privacy while using our site, please contact us at readsparklenews@gmail.com.