Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

Thank you for visiting Sticks of Fire.  We are committed to maintaining your privacy.  This policy addresses the collection, security and access to information that may be obtained through the use of our site at sticksoffire.com

At Sticks of Fire, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important.

Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use visit Sticks of Fire, and how we safeguard your information.  We never sell your personal information to third parties.

Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files.  The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Bright House Network), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

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 comment or contact forms.

We also use third party advertisements on sticksoffire.com to support our site.  Some of these advertisers may use technology such as third party cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense 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.  This is generally used for geo targeting purposes (showing Clearwater real estate ads to someone in Clearwater, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

You can choose 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.  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.

Personally Identifiable Information
Any personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide will be collected.  Personally identifiable information may include an email address or any other information you submit to our website when sending us an email or leaving a comment.  The information collected, whether or not personally identifiable, is not limited to text characters and may include audio, video and other graphic formats you send us.

Public Disclosure
As a general rule, Sticks of Fire does not disclose any personally identifiable information collected on line except where you have given us permission.

Link Disclaimer
Sticks of Fire provides links to other organizations and companies.  A link does not constitute an endorsement of content, viewpoint, policies, products or services of that website.

Once you visit another website not maintained by Sticks of Fire, you are subject to the terms and conditions of that website, including but not limited to its privacy policy.

Information Disclaimer
Information provided on Sticks of Fire is intended to entertain and inform our readers.  While all attempts are made to provide accurate, current and reliable information we recognize the possibility of human and/or mechanical error.  Therefore, Sticks of Fire, its employees, officers and agencies expressly deny any warranty of the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of any information published on Sticks of Fire and shall not be held liable for any losses caused by reliance upon the accuracy, reliability or timeliness of such information.  Any person who relies upon such information obtained from this site does so at his or her own risk.

Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about the information presented in this Privacy Policy, you can contact Sticks of Fire via email at tommyduncn at yahoo dot com or through our contact page at http://sticksoffire.com/contact/