Privacy Policy

The privacy of the visitors of freevirtualworlds.org is important to us. We understand the importance of your privacy.

Here's explained what kind of information is collected when browsing freevirtualworlds.org and how we protect your info. We will not sell your personal information to any third parties. Like most websites we do collect and use some data in log files.

The log files' info will include your ISP (internet service provider like Shaw Cable or AOL), your IP (internet protocol) address, the browser you used to visit our site (like Firefox or Internet Explorer), when and how long your visit lasted and which pages you browsed.

We use cookies to store some information, like your personal preferences when using our site. This might include only showing you a popup once for your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, like forums. We also use third party advertisements on freevirtualworlds.org to support our site.

Some of these advertisers may use technology, like web beacons and cookies when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) info including your ISP, your IP address, the browser you used, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed or not.

This is usually used for geotargeting purposes (like showing Boston real estate ads to someone in Boston) or showing different ads based on specific sites visited (like showing football ads to someone who often visits football sites).

We also may use DART cookies for serving ads through Google's DoubleClick, that places a cookie on your computer when you browse the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements).

This cookie is used to deliver ads that are specific to you and your interests ("interest based targeting"). The served ads will be targeted based on your recent browsing history (For example, if you have been browsing sites about visiting New York, you may see New York hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, like on a site about hockey).

DART uses "non personally identifiable information." It doesn't track personal information such as your name, telephone number, email address, physical address, bank account numbers, social security numbers or credit card numbers. You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites that use this advertising by visiting http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx

You can choose to disable or selectively turn off third-party cookies or our cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can have an impact on how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could mean the loss of ability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts. Deleting cookies doesn't mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site that runs the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.