Information Collection and Use
ACountry.com (“ACountry”) is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. ACountry collects information from our users at various different points on our website.
Cookies, Logging, and Third Party Advertising
We collect anonymous usage data (technically known as “referrer logs”) on our web site, such as IP address, referrer site, or browser type. We do not link IP data to personal identification information except, when appropriate, for logged-on members to prevent account sharing fraud. We may use technical tracking means such as cookies or web beacons (single-pixel transparent gifs). These techniques are anonymous and used for statistical purposes only. We will be sending the cookie data to a third party for reporting and analytics purposes only. We won’t monitor your anonymous personal usage of our site and emails. You can set up your browser to refuse cookies if you want to, though that might limit some site features. We work with an outside advertising company to display advertisements on our website. Advertisements served from third parties may or may not contain cookies and other tracking mechanisms. The non-personally-identifiable information collected about your visits to this and other web sites may be used in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. You have the option not to participate in said sharing of information by visiting our Links
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that ACountry is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Surveys & Giveaways
From time to time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Your name and e-mail address
We won’t sell our lists to advertisers, other web sites or list brokers. We may engage in co-registration deals with other publishers, provided these partnerships are based on opt-in (i.e. you won’t get anything from our partners unless you actively choose to get it). You will sometimes see advertisers in our emails and newsletters.
We use opt-in email registration only. The primary way to unsubscribe is by clicking on automatic links generated at the bottom of each email. This is also the way to change your email address: unsubscribe with the link at the bottom, and re-subscribe with the subscribe link found at the top of the newsletter. If you use our “send story to a friend” feature, we won’t use your friend’s email for any other purpose. If you post a comment on our site, we won’t use your email except to send you update notices about the specific entry you commented, or to initiate a private one-to-one email conversation with you about your post.
Notification Of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
Legal Disclaimer
Personally Identifiable Information provided to ACountry is subject to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants or orders. We make every effort possible to preserve user privacy and anonymity; however, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein such action is necessary to comply with judicial proceedings, court orders or legal processes served on our Website.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by ACountry. Please use our contact form for questions and comments about our privacy policy.
Updated December 18, 2013