Privacy Policy
Last Revised January 19, 2015
Your privacy is important to FossilScience.com (“Service Provider”, “we” or “our”). To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. You can access the Privacy Policy any time at https://FossilScience.com/privacy-policy.
Your use of and/or registration on any aspect of the Website (FossilScience.com) will constitute your agreement to this Privacy Policy. If you cannot agree with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website (FossilScience.com). This Privacy Policy does not cover information collected elsewhere, including without limitation offline and on sites linked to from the Website (FossilScience.com).
In addition to reviewing this Privacy Policy, please read our Terms of Use. Your use of the Website (FossilScience.com) constitutes agreement to its terms and conditions as well.
Changes to this Privacy Statement
This Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time; the date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page, so check back often. Continued access of the Website (FossilScience.com) by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Privacy Policy.
Collection of Personal Information
The Website (FossilScience.com) generally collects personally identifying information with your specific knowledge and consent. For instance, when you enter a sweepstakes or contest, complete a survey, make a purchase, subscribe to our publication(s), contact us using the contact form, or register for any portion of our services, you are asked to provide information such as your e-mail address, name or phone number. Optional information such as your age or gender may also be requested.
Our hosting servers may also automatically collect information about your computer when you visit the Website (FossilScience.com), including without limitation the type of browser software you use, the operating system you are running, the website that referred you, and your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. Your IP address is usually associated with the place from which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider, your company or your university.
How the FossilScience.com Uses Information Provided by You
If you provide personally identifiable information, it will be used to provide you with the service you have requested. We may also use the information to communicate with you about new features, products or services, and/or to improve the services that we offer by tailoring them to your needs.
Your personal information would not be shared with any third parties. Only exception is when the website FossilScience.com is sold, we would provide all information to the new owner in order to maintain continued service to you. You may choose to terminate/un-subscribe form FossilScience.com services at that time. We will inform all out user if there is any change in ownership.
Information collected by our hosting servers is purely used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users movement and gather broad demographic information for internal use. Most importantly, any recorded IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party advertisement vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. The use of DART cookies by Google enables them to serve adverts to visitors that are based on their visits to this website (FossilScience.com) as well as other sites on the internet.
To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following url http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html Tracking of users through the DART cookie mechanisms are subject to Google’s own privacy policies.
Other Third Party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track users activities on this website to measure advertisement effectiveness and other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies, FossilScience.com has no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third party advertisers.
Links to third party Websites
We have included links on FossilScience.com for your use and reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these sites may differ from our own.
Information Security and Notification
Because no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure, and no system of physical or electronic security is impenetrable, Service Provider can not guarantee the security of the information you send to us or the security of our servers or databases, and by using the Website (FossilScience.com) you agree to assume all risk in connection with the information sent to us or collected by us when you use the Website (FossilScience.com). In the unlikely event that we believe that the security of your information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify you. If notification is appropriate, we may notify you by e-mail (provided we have your e-mail address).
Kids and Parents
No one under the age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information or use our public discussion areas, forums and chats. Minors between the ages of 13 and 17 must get the permission of their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) before using public discussion areas, forums and chats, as well as participating in sweepstakes or contest, making purchases, including subscriptions, on this site (FossilScience.com).
If you are worried about your children’s activities or their privacy on FossilScience.com, we encourage you to contact us using the Contact form.