neoHOUSTON.com respects our users privacy, and it’s important to us that you be aware of the following information:

User Accounts and Email

In order to post a comment users must provide a valid email address. This helps us prevent spam and verify that an actual human being has posted a comment. It also helps us to get in touch with you if something messes up when you submit a comment, or if for some unlikely reason we must moderate your comment. We do not use your email address for anything else, and we will never sell our users email addresses.

Google Ads

In order to help cover the costs of operating a fully-featured web site on our own domain, we have placed Google Ads in the sidebar. Google Ads are everywhere, so you’re most likely not being exposed to anything new here, however you should know that Google may use the DoubleClick DART cookie in order to make it’s ads more relevant to your individual interests. Here’s what Google has to say about the cookie:

The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on publisher websites displaying AdSense for content ads. When users visit an AdSense publisher’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser. The data gathered from these cookies will be used to help AdSense publishers better serve and manage the ads on their site(s) and across the web.

What should I put in my privacy policy?

Your posted privacy policy should include the following information about Google and the DoubleClick DART cookie:

* Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
* Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet.
* Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

For more complete information about Google’s Ads and the ability to opt-out of their interest-based advertising system, click here.

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