Privacy Policy and Disclaimer

NOTE:

PRIVACY POLICY: Updated; 4/6/2013

APPLYING POLICIES:

THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS A SPECIFIC PRIVACY POLICY FOR THE Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog. THE HOST SERVICE FOR THE MLBLOGS NETWORK IS THE WEBSITE HOST SERVICE:  WORDPRESS. THIS PRIVACY POLICY PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING THE COOKIES AND TRACKERS ON THE Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog AS WELL AS SIMPLE NOTES WRITTEN BY THE SOLE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog. BY VISITING, USING OR OTHERWISE UTILIZING THE Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog, YOU GIVE YOU CONSENT THAT YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS IN THIS POLICY AND DISCLAIMER.

THIS PRIVACY POLICY WAS WRITTEN AND IS MAINTAINED BY rockingroxfan, BUT THE HOST SERVICE, WORDPRESS AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ALSO HAVE PRIVACY POLICIES AS WELL AS A SEPARATE TERMS OF SERVICE.

TO VIEW THE WORDPRESS PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF SERVICE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

WORDPRESS TERMS OF SERVICE: http://en.wordpress.com/tos/

WORDPRESS (AUTOMATTIC) PRIVACY POLICY:  http://automattic.com/privacy/

TO VIEW THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, (MLB Advanced Media, L.P.) PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF SERVICE CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, (MLB Advanced Media, L.P.) PRIVACY POLICY: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb_com/privacy_policy.jsp

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, (MLB Advanced Media, L.P.) TERMS OF SERVICE: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb_com/terms_of_use.jsp

NOTE: PARTS OR ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS MAY APPLY TO THE Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog.

Introduction:

This Privacy Policy was written and is maintained by the sole author and administrator of the Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog. This site strives to allow users access to high quality content largely pertaining to the Colorado Rockies Baseball team. As users may see from the official MLBlog Ribbon at the top of the site page, this website is an Official Affiliate Blog of MLB.com (the official site of Major League Baseball). This qualification validates that this site is indeed an Official Affiliate Blog of MLB.com. MLB.com has partnered with the blog host service provider WordPress to enable fans or other users interested in this service to maintain a blog with the qualification of being part of this exclusive network.

Official Site of Major League Baseball: http://mlb.mlb.com/index.jsp

WordPress.com Home: http://wordpress.com/

MLBlogs Network Home: http://mlb.mlb.com/blogs/

Overview:

The administrator of the Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog obtains no involuntary information regarding a user’s identity. The Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog can assure all users that there is absolutely no malicious behavior initiated and/ or associated with this site and that all information pertaining to a user’s identity is obtained by the administrator in a voluntary manner such as a user filling in a form such as comments or Post Email Alerts subscription forms. The administrator of the Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog will not privately sell or transmit this information to any third-party organization such as an advertising firm or other organization. However, the host of this website: WordPress and MLB and its partners may have access to information transmitted from users while on the Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog.

To access the WordPress Privacy Policy, please click this link: http://automattic.com/privacy/

To access the MLB Privacy Policy, please click this link: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/about_mlb_com/privacy_policy.jsp

Cookies and Trackers:

The Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog has multiple known Cookies or Trackers, on its site, some of which are in order to allow the administrator, host service, and MLBlogs service to compile valuable blog information and others which improve sight usability for users. Cookies and Trackers are small pieces of data which can compile information from a site user and/or enable features on a site to improve it. Cookies may compile data from a user’s means of access in order to give administrator, host service, and MLBlogs service information regarding a site’s view rate and other information. These Cookies and Trackers are enabled on this site by the host service: WordPress. Other Cookies enable the user to access services to enhance their experience such as some Google services, Facebook services and better site function.

These trackers are safe and have been enabled on this site by the host service: WordPress (which is a very trustworthy organization). Although Cookies can greatly enhance a user’s experience on a site, and the information which the administrator of the Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog receives are anonymous, users may choose to block Cookies or Trackers using services which may be available in their browser or by using apps.

The Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog can assure all users that there is absolutely no malicious behavior initiated and associated with this site and the administrator obtains no information or data pertaining to a user’s identity other than information that is given to the Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog voluntarily. Some types of this data include: Post Email Notifications, Comments, or other information that is given to the site voluntarily.

Below is a list of the Cookies/Trackers on the Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog. Following the Cookie name is the organization who runs the Cookie and a link to an information page which illustrates in-depth information regarding the Cookies and Trackers from the knowledgeable third-party source; Ghostery. 

Known site cookies are:

DoubleClick (by Google)- http://www.ghostery.com/apps/doubleclick  

Facebook Social Graph (from Facebook)- http://www.ghostery.com/apps/facebook_social_graph  

Google +1 (from Google)- http://www.ghostery.com/apps/google_%2B1  

Gravity Insights (from Gravity)- http://www.ghostery.com/apps/gravity_insights  

KissMetrics (from KissMetrics)- http://www.ghostery.com/apps/kissmetrics  

Omniture/Adobe Web Analytics (from Adobe Web Analytics (Omniture))- http://www.ghostery.com/apps/omniture  

Quantcast (from Quantcast)- http://www.ghostery.com/apps/quantcast  

ScoreCard Research Beacon (from Full Circle Studies)- http://www.ghostery.com/apps/scorecard_research_beacon  

WordPress Stats (from WordPress.com)- http://www.ghostery.com/apps/wordpress_stats  

Adds:

The Advertisements shown on the Colorado (Camera) MLBlog are not maintained, endorsed, or published by the sole Administrator of the Colorado (Camera) MLBlog. All Ads are published by MLB.com and the administrators of the MLBlogs Network to offset the cost of maintaining this extensive network of web pages and the partnership with the WordPress blog hosting service.

Policy Changes:

Changes to the Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog Privacy Policy will likely be infrequent, however, the policy may change and by visiting, using, or otherwise utilizing the services of the Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog, you grant your consent that you accept the terms of that current Privacy Policy.

Use of Site Disclaimer: Updated: PUBLISHING DATE

THE Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog RETAINS ABSOLUTELY NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES WHICH MAY OCCUR FROM THE USE OF SERVICES OR DATA ON THE Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog. THESE MAY INCLUDE LOSS OF PROFITS OR OTHER DAMAGES WHICH OCCUR FROM MISUSE OF THE SERVICES OR DATA ON THE Colorado (Rockies) Camera MLBlog.