Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. We have published the policy below to inform you about your privacy when interacting with BehindTheKnife.com.
Information Collected
Non-personally-identifying information
Similar to other websites, BehindTheKnife.com 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, in order to better understand our visitors’ use of the site. We may share this non-personally-identifying information with third parties.
Potentially-personally-identifying information
BehindTheKnife.com also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. BehindTheKnife.com does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described in Information Sharing, below.
Personally-identifying information
Certain visitors to BehindTheKnife.com choose to interact with the site in ways that require BehindTheKnife.com to gather personally-identifying information. When posting a comment, for example, a name and email address are required. Your email address will not published, shared, or sold.
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. BehindTheKnife.com uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of BehindTheKnife.com, and their website access preferences. BehindTheKnife.com visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using BehindTheKnife.com’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of BehindTheKnife.com’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies. Third-parties such as advertisers on the site may also set and retrieve cookies.
Information Sharing
BehindTheKnife.com discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when BehindTheKnife.com believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of BehindTheKnife.com, third parties or the public at large. Our policy is to only release the data we collect in the following circumstances:
- As required by law, such as in response to a valid request from law enforcement.
- To designated third parties to resolve or investigate abuse complaints.
- For abusive users, we may release information to assist in attempting to block the abusive user or to complain to that user’s Internet Service Provider.
- If necessary to defend legal claims against us by third parties.
- When we deem it necessary to protect the property or rights of the user community, or this website.
We will not sell information collected via this site, such as your email address, to third parties.
Information security
We make no guarantee that the information that you provide us will be secure; however, BehindTheKnife.com takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially-personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, BehindTheKnife.com may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, at BehindTheKnife.com’s sole discretion. BehindTheKnife.com encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
