Wisconsin Beacon Ltd (“Wisconsin Beacon”) operates wisconsinbeacon.com and may operate other websites. It is Wisconsin Beacon’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Wisconsin Beacon 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. Wisconsin Beacon’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Wisconsin Beacon’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Wisconsin Beacon may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Wisconsin Beacon also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on wisconsinbeacon.com blogs/sites. Wisconsin Beacon only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Wisconsin Beacon’s websites choose to interact with Wisconsin Beacon in ways that require Wisconsin Beacon to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Wisconsin Beacon gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at wisconsinbeacon.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with Wisconsin Beacon are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Wisconsin Beacon collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Wisconsin Beacon. Wisconsin Beacon 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
Wisconsin Beacon may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Wisconsin Beacon may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Wisconsin Beacon does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Wisconsin Beacon 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 Wisconsin Beacon’s behalf or to provide services available at Wisconsin Beacon’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 Wisconsin Beacon’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Wisconsin Beacon 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, Wisconsin Beacon discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Wisconsin Beacon believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Wisconsin Beacon, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Wisconsin Beacon website and have supplied your email address, Wisconsin Beacon 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 Wisconsin Beacon and our products. If you send us a request (for example via 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. Wisconsin Beacon 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. Wisconsin Beacon uses cookies to help Wisconsin Beacon identify and track visitors, their usage of Wisconsin Beacon website, and their website access preferences. Wisconsin Beacon visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Wisconsin Beacon’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Wisconsin Beacon’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If Wisconsin Beacon, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Wisconsin Beacon goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Wisconsin Beacon may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Wisconsin Beacon and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Wisconsin Beacon may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Wisconsin Beacon’s sole discretion. Wisconsin Beacon encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a wisconsinbeacon.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.