Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for The USA dot Net (www.the-usa.net)
 
The privacy of our visitors to the-usa.net is very important to us.
 
At the-usa.net, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is very important. Here is information on what types of personal information we eventually receive and collect when you use visit the the-usa.net website, and how we handle your information. Most importantly we want you to know that we never sell your personal information to third parties.
 
Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in our web server log files. The information in the log files may include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as Qwest or Comcast Cable), the browser type and version you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer 8 or Firefox 3.6), the time you visited our website and which pages you visited throughout our site. Please note that some of this information is needed to provide for a better experience. As an example every web browser has a different way of rendering pages and so we need to eventually optimize certain parts of our website for a better viewing experience.
 
Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums (if we had any…). Cookies are an Internet standard and usually do not contain important information related to our site. You can block cookies in your web browser if you prefer not to use them. Please keep in mind that this might affect the overall quality of your visit to our website.
 
We also use third party advertisements on the-usa.net to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense/Adwords 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 or not. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New Jersey restaurant advertisements to someone in New Jersey, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing insurance ads to someone who frequents insurance related websites).
 
As mentioned, you can chose 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 360. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts. You can also turn off JavaScript to block certain ads or to reduce website functionality.
 
In general, we do not like SPAM our self and we treat your information the same way. We do not collect personal information. If you use our contact form to contact us some information might be required to respond to you in an appropriate way. We will not share this information with others unless it is required due to the nature of your inquiry.