The Bike of Doom

Last updated, March 3, 2008, 6:50 AM.

You’ll note that I didn’t call this The Privacy Statement of Doom. I’m sure you’re relieved.

I thought I’d better clearly outline the Bike of Doom’s privacy policy, especially since I’m now running ads.

Personally Identifiable Information
This site does not collect Personally Identifiable Information from visitors, other than the usual data collected for Web stats, unless I tell you about it first. I’ll tell you about that last part later. In case you don’t know it, every web server tracks visitors by IP number in order to provide a Unique Visitor count… you drop by four times in a month, you still only count as one unique visitor. See how it works? My stats don’t say “Billy Bob Bikerider” dropped by four times, they say 24.76.157.22 (or whatever your IP number is) dropped by four times. That’s all. Sometimes it can tell me what country, but not much more than that. All of this tends to be Aggregate Data, because although it’s useful in a statistical sort of way, it doesn’t reveal anything about you personally. So, you can rest easy about that.

Comments
This is the “unless I tell you about it first” part. When you leave a comment, the form asks for your email address, name, etc. This information is used only to approve or reject comments. It will never be shared with anybody, unless I’m compelled to do so for some legal reason I can’t anticipate at this point. In other words, whatever information you willingly give to me, is going to stay with me, and stay private.

Advertisers
You’ve noticed the Google ads (and possibly others), I’m sure. Sigh. What can I say. Blogging can be a an expensive hobby when you have your own domain. Anyway, when you visit this or any site with AdSense, Google or their advertisers may drop a cookie on you, or a web beacon. Before you start freaking, you should understand that it happens all the time on the Web. Check the “Terms of Use” you see in fine print at the bottom of many Websites. They clearly tell you that by using the site, you are agreeing to allow them to track you. Sneaky! But that’s the way the Internet works. What does it mean? It means that if you visit a site with AdSense (and probably other advertisers, too), you will eat a cookie or snag a web beacon even if you don’t click any ads. Just be aware of that, and act accordingly.

Privacy Officer

Hey, I guess that would be me! My name is Steve George. You can call me Steve.

Got questions, fire me an email using the Contact page.