Smart Motorist

SmartMotorist.com is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of our many offerings. This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically.

This policy will let you know:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you;
2. What cookies are and how they are used;
3. Third Party Advertising
   
4. With whom your information may be shared;
5. What else you should know about your online privacy;

NOTICE: Click here for important information about safe surfing from the Federal Trade Commission.

What personally identifiable information does SmartMotorist.com collect from me?

SmartMotorist.com does not collect personally identifiable information from our users, although our server log files collect individual URLs.

What are cookies and how does SmartMotorist.com use them?

A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive.  We use cookies to collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Microsoft Windows or Linux) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., USA Online, Earthlink). This information we collect to improve the design and content of our site. You have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies.

Third Party Advertising

We use Google Adsense to serve ads when you visit our Web site. They may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you.

SmartMotorist.com does not sell or rent user information to anyone.

Additional Information

• Electronic Frontier Foundation - a civil liberties organization working to protect your rights online.
• Electronic Privacy Information Center - established to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure.
• Privacy Issues Page - from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT).
• The EPIC Cookies Page - definitions, links, and news.
• How to Protect Your Privacy - information from the Federal Trade Commission.