Great Falls Dispatch is committed to protecting the online privacy of its users. This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for greatfallsdispatch.com and applies solely to information collected by this website.
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this website. We only have access to, or collect, information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use your information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us, unless you ask us not to. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, except in aggregate form, as discussed below.
Who we are
Our website address is https://greatfallsdispatch.com
Security
Our website uses server logs and third party software programs to measure traffic to our website. While these logs and programs do not record user-specific information, they do record IP addresses, pages being requested, the date and time of the requests, referrals from other websites and information about the browser and operating systems of our users. This information is used by us and shared with advertisers only in aggregate form; no personally identifiable information is shared with advertisers or anyone else.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website (for those articles for which comments are supported) we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection via an automated spam detection service.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/ After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Cookies
We may use “cookies” on this website. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a website visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our website and identify repeat visitors to our website. Cookies are commonly used to remember registration information, to limit the frequency of ads, and to limit participation in surveys. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience on our website. Most browsers allow users to adjust the cookie settings, although some features of our website may not function correctly if you do not allow cookies. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our website.
Some of our business partners (for example, advertisers) may use cookies on our website. We have no access to or control over these cookies. However, you have the ability to control whether or not your browser will accept cookies from certain advertisers or ad servers.
There may also be other types of cookies created after you’ve visited our website. We may use Google Analytics, a popular web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us to analyze how users use the website.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
We may have third-party advertising companies serving ads to you when you visit our website. These companies may store information about your visits to our website and to other websites in order to provide you with relevant advertisements about goods and services.
These companies may employ cookies and other identifiers to gather information which measures advertising effectiveness. The information is generally not personally identifiable unless, for example, you provide personally identifiable information to them through an ad or an e-mail message.
You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a website, and some services and functionalities may not work.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Opt-Out
Most browsers support cookies, but users can set their browsers to decline them and can delete them whenever they like. If you would like to learn more about what options you have about limiting the gathering of information by third-party ad networks, you can consult the website of the Network Advertising Initiative, or visit http://optout.networkadvertising.org/ Note that electing to opt-out will not stop advertising from appearing in your browser or applications. It may, however, make the ads you see less relevant to your interests. In addition, remember that that if you use a different browser, or erase cookies from your browser, you may need to renew your opt-out choice.
In addition, a third-party website called https://aboutcookies.org has been created to help you navigate your options on most commonly-used browsers.
Your Access To and Control Over Information
If you leave a comment (when comments are enabled) the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the Contact Us page on our website:
- See what data we have about you, if any.
- Correct any data we have about you.
- Have us delete any data we have about you.
- Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Sharing Information
We will not sell, rent or disclose to outside parties the information we collect and retain, with the following exceptions:
- We have agreements with various affiliated service providers to facilitate the functioning of the website, with whom we may share information we have collected. For example, we may use analytic or marketing services such as Google Analytics, Google Adsense, Taboola, or RevContent, to which collection you hereby unconditionally consent.
- We may share retained information where required by law—specifically in response to a demand from government authorities where such demand meets the legal requirements.
- We may share non-personal Information and aggregated information with third parties, for advertising and marketing or other purposes. No personal information will be shared in this manner.
Our Commitment to Data Security
We take every effort to protect against unauthorized access to your personal information, and have put into place commercially reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on the website.
Notwithstanding the above commitment to protect your information from loss, misuse or alteration by third parties, you should be aware that there is always some risk involved in transmitting information over the Internet. Additionally, there also is some risk our security systems could be circumvented or breached. As a result, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security and privacy of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Changes To The Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of November 14, 2019. We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by notifying users by posting a notice on the website or by other means. Your continued use of the website following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy means you accept those changes.