Like most website operators, Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated’s websites choose to interact with Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated in ways that require Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who create accounts at StoneGuildPublishing.com to provide a valid E-mail address. Those who engage in transactions with Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated – by making a purchase for example – are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated. Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated may monitor the most popular parts of the StoneGuildPublishing.com site. Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated’s behalf or to provide services available at Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of a Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated website and have supplied your email address, Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated and our products. We primarily use our website to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated uses cookies to help Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated identify and track visitors, their usage of Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated website, and their website access preferences. Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated’s sole discretion. Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Privacy Rights
Customers may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to admin@stoneguildpublishing.com or write us:
Stone Guild Publishing Incorporated
ATTN: Privacy Officer
P.O. Box 860475
Plano, TX 75086-0475
