At https://www.thebandgold.com, we value the privacy of our visitors.
At https://www.thebandgold.com, we understand the importance of protecting your personal data privacy. Below, you will find information about the types of personal data we collect and use when you visit https://www.thebandgold.com, as well as the steps we take to safeguard your data. Please note that we never sell your personal data to third parties.
Log Files
Like many other websites, we collect and use data found in log files. These log files may include your IP address, the internet service provider you use (such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you use when visiting our website (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time of your visit, and the pages you visit on our site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
We use cookies to store information such as your personal preferences when visiting our website. This may include settings such as displaying a popup window only once during your visit or granting you access to specific features, such as forums.
Additionally, we use third-party advertising services to support our website. Some of these advertisers may use cookies and web beacons to display ads when you visit our website. These advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) may collect data such as your IP address, your internet service provider, the browser used to access our website, and in some cases, Flash usage. This is primarily done for geographical targeting purposes (such as displaying property ads to someone in New York) or ads based on websites you have previously visited (such as showing cooking-related ads to visitors of cooking-related websites).
DoubleClick DART Cookies
We may use DoubleClick DART cookies to display ads through Google DoubleClick. These cookies are placed on your computer when you visit websites on the internet and visit websites that use DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense ads). These cookies are used to display ads tailored to your interests (based on “interest categories”) and selected based on your browsing history (for example, if you have visited Las Vegas-related websites, you may see Las Vegas hotel ads when visiting unrelated websites, such as hockey field websites). DART uses non-personally identifiable information and does not track or disclose personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, social security number, bank account number, or credit card number.
You can choose to disable our cookies or third-party cookies through your browser settings or by managing settings in programs like Norton Internet Security. However, this action may affect your ability to interact with our website and other websites, including the ability to access specific services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently excluded from any advertising programs. Furthermore, unless you have settings that disallow the use of cookies when visiting advertising websites, new cookies will continue to be placed on your computer.