The below provides details of the policy of scoutitup.com regarding the nature, purpose, use, and sharing of any information collected via this Website:
The information you provide on Scout It Up Web site will be used only for its intended purpose. We will protect your information consistent with the principles of the European Privacy Act. Submitting information is strictly voluntary.
By doing so, you are giving Scout It Up your permission to use the information for the intended purpose. If you do not want to give Scout It Up permission to use your information, simply do not provide it. However, not providing specific information may result in the website’s inability to provide you with the information or services you desire.
There are several types of information collected. These include:
- Automatically Collected Information
- Information Collected for Tracking and Customisation (Cookies)
- Personal Information
Scout It Up never collects information for commercial marketing. We will only share your personal information if ordered to do so by Government authority, or similar law enforcement agency as required by law.
Automatically Collected Information
We collect and temporarily store certain technical information about your visit for use in site management and security purposes. This information includes:
- The Internet domain from which you access our Website (for example, ’xcompany.com’ if you use a private Internet access account, or ’yourschool.edu’ if you connect from an educational domain)
- The IP address (a unique number for each computer connected to the Internet) from which you access our Web site
- The device (e.g., PC, Tablet, Mobile phone) used to access our site
- The type of browser (e.g., Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari) used to access our site
- The operating system (Windows, Unix) used to access our site
- The date and time you access our site
- The URLs of the pages you visit
- Your username, if it was used to log in to any part of the Web site
- If you visited Scout It Up Web site from another Web site, the URL of that forwarding site
This information is only used to help us make our site more useful for you. With this data, we learn about the number of visitors to our website and the types of technology our visitors use.
Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.
Raw data logs are temporarily retained as required for security and site management purposes only.
Information Collected for Tracking and Customisation (Cookies)
Many websites use cookies. A cookie is a small file that a Web site transfers to your computer to allow it to remember specific information about your session while you are connected.
Your computer will only share the information in the cookie with the Web site that provided it, and no other Web site can request it. There are two types of cookies, session and persistent.
- Session cookies last only as long as your Web browser is open. Once you close your browser, the cookie disappears.
- Persistent cookies store information on your computer for longer periods of time.
The Scout It Up Website may use session cookies for technical purposes such as to enable better navigation through the site or to allow you to customize your preferences for interacting with the site. This website may also make use of persistent cookies to remember you between visits so, for example, you can save your customized preference settings for future visits.
We also use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners Google Inc. for their Google Analytics and Google AdSense products.
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 your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings or you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
Personal Information
Scout It Up sometimes gathers personal information from its users, through such methods as the user completing a form or sending us an e-mail.
If you choose to provide us with personal information, we will use that information only to respond to your message and to help us give you the information or services you have requested.
Remember that e-mail isn’t necessarily secure. You should never send sensitive or personal information such as your Credit Card number in an e-mail. Use postal mail or secure Web sites instead.
Like many websites, Scout It Up offers users the ability to sign up for an email newsletter. Your email is held within a trusted email service provider (MailChimp). You can unsubscribe from email communications at any time using the email service provider’s “unsubscribe” button. You can also email admin (at) scoutitup (dot) com if you’d prefer to be manually removed from the email list.
We will occasionally email you about service offers, new content and special events happening with the Scout It Up community. Your email is never rented or sold to any third party. It is shared with our email service provider, MailChimp.
If you have questions about how we manage your email address and other personally identifiable information, feel free to contact
admin (at) scoutitup (dot) com
Or send a letter to:
Redland Media LLC
9641 East Chase Pkwy, Suite #127, Montgomery, AL 36117
USA
Compliance With Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our Site from those we know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
Linking Policy and Disclaimer of Endorsement
The Scout It Up website may provide links to many Web sites created and maintained by other public and private organizations. We may provide links to these sites as a service to our users. The presence of a link does not necessarily mean our endorsement of the site.
When users follow a link to an external website, they are leaving scoutitup.com and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the external website(s), which you should take the time to read. Scout It Up is not responsible for the information collection practices of any other external sites.
