Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Going Postal 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. Going Postal’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Going Postal’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Going Postal may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Going Postal also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on the blog or forums. Going Postal 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 blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Going Postal choose to interact with the site in ways that require Going Postal to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Going Postal gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account at Going Postal to provide a username and email address. Going Postal collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Going Postal. Going Postal.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

Going Postal may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. For instance, Going Postal may monitor the logged in users on the Going Postal site or use spam screened by the Akismet service to help identify spam. Going Postal may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Going Postal does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Going Postal 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 Going Postal’s behalf or to provide services available at Going Postal, 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 Going Postal, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Going Postal 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, Going Postal discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Going Postal believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Going Postal, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Going Postal website and have supplied your email address, Going Postal 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 Going Postal. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support 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. Going Postal 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. Going Postal uses cookies to help Going Postal identify and track visitors, their usage of Going Postal website, and their website access preferences. Going Postal visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Going Postal, with the drawback that certain features of Going Postal may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Going Postal may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Going Postal’s sole discretion. Going Postal 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.

A note about the Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is repurposed from Automattic’s Privacy Policy under the Creative Commons Sharealike license.