Information I Collect and How I Use It

1. What Personal Information Do I Collect?

* Information You Provide: Ad companies may receive and store information you enter in comment fields, not including personally identifiable information like your email address. Information such as your e-mail address is stored by me only to identify real users against spam-bots. I do not share or sell users’ e-mail addresses, nor do I use them for mailing lists.
* Cookies: Some ads may create cookies, a small bit of information stored on your computer. If you do not wish to receive cookies, check the help file for your internet browser for instructions on how to disable this feature.
* Other Information: As is true of most Web sites, I gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. In addition, I automatically collect other information such as browser types, operating systems, and the URL addresses of sites clicked to and from this site using services and code from Google Analytics and ComicRank. For information about their privacy policy, please visit their sites.
* Shopping Transactions: Transactions for donations and shop purchases are conducted via Paypal. While I keep a record containing certain personally identifiable information and financial information, it is used only to process these orders. Personal and financial information of this nature is not used anywhere directly on Messenger-Comic.com.
* What is not collected: credit card numbers, social security numbers, your phone numbers, your real names, your addresses, or any type of sensitive information. Be cautious about providing this information to websites you are unsure of, and always check the site’s privacy policy first.

2. How Do I Use Your Information?

Some third-party advertisers may use information you provide to choose what kinds of ads to display here. Usernames and e-mail addresses provided by commenting are used to identify real users and filter out spam-bot users.

As is true of most Web sites, I gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. Logged information about your computer, which does not identify individual users, is used to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about my user base as a whole. IP addresses are stored only temporarily and are used to gather a rough estimate of the total number of individual readers of the comic via the ComicRank service.

Communication From The Site

Communications from Messenger-Comic.com are optional and voluntary. When leaving a comment on the site, you may receive a message by email with confirmation of your post or notification that it will be read and moderated.

Users with forum accounts may also receive notifications about replies to topics they have participated in. These notifications are optional and can be turned off in the User Control Panel or by accessing a link provided in the email notification itself.

Email subscriptions to comic updates are provided by FeedBurner, and are subject to Google’s Privacy Policy, which differs from this one. Please take a moment to read through their terms. Email subscriptions are optional, and you can opt-out at any time.

Third-Party Advertising

The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to users by Adbrite, Adify, Project Wonderful, and Google Adsense. I share Web site usage information about users of Messenger-Comic.com with these ad providers for the purpose of targeting banner advertisements on this site. These advertisers may use cookies and clear GIFs on this site, which allow it to recognize a user’s cookie when a user visits this site. The information that these services collect and share through this technology is not personally identifiable and is not used for purposes other than selecting which ads to display.

Other Websites

There are links from this website to other websites. When leaving this site through a link, please note that this privacy policy no longer applies. Each site has its own privacy policy, so please check and follow each accordingly.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding this policy and the way information is used on Messenger-Comic.com, or if any of the ads displayed on this site are offensive or dangerous, please contact me immediately at bug [at] messenger-comic.com.