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E-Mail Privacy
As someone who gets almost 500 e-mail messages daily, I
know exactly how much fun it is to get junk mail. I don’t like junk in my inbox; I assume you don’t want junk in your inbox either. To that end, I will never disclose your email address to anyone for any reason. Your
e-mail address will not be sold to any third parties. Your e-mail address
will not be given to any third parties. Your e-mail address will not be
provided to current or future advertisers of Delighted Robot.
Your privacy and e-mail security are of utmost importance, which is why I require all subscribers to the Delighted Robot mailing list to confirm their subscription. When you fill out our subscription form (or send ane-mail to the list subscription address), you will receive an automated message asking you to confirm your subscription. You must reply to this message before your subscription will be activated. If you don’t reply to the confirmation message, you will never be added to our subscription database.
I attempt to make unsubscribing just as easy. All you have to do is send a message to the same address you used to subscribe or use the convenient Web form linked at the bottom of every newsletter issue.
If for some reason, I ever have a need to collect your postal address, I won’t sell or give that to anyone either.
Third-Party Advertising and Cookies
You get free access to pages here at DelightedRobot.com because the site is supported by advertising revenue. Based on feedback from many readers, the ads on DelightedRobot.com frequently help visitors solve their problems and make purchase decisions. Ads, in general, are problem solvers. After all, solutions are one of the primary motivators for spending time online, although they are often a distant second to pleasure seeking.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit DelightedRobot.com and other Delighted Robot Media, LLC owned domains. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you – goods and services that can solve your problems.
Some of these third-party advertising providers may be placing and reading cookies on your browser, or using web beacons to collect information, in the course of ads being served on Ludington Media West, LLC sites. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here (link to the NAI universal user opt-out).
Google is one of these third-party vendors. Google uses cookies to serve ads on DelightedRobot.com and other Delighted Robot Media, LLC Websites. Google uses a special DART cookie that enables it to serve ads to you based upon your visit to this site and others that you visit. Since you’re on the Internet to solve problems in your everyday life, this cookie helps by showing you things that are of interest to you.
If you don’t want to have this DART cookie on your computer, you can opt out . We feel you’ll be making a mistake by opting out, as you then see random ads that aren’t targeted to your personal interests. The decision to opt-out of DART cookies is entirely up to you.
You can adjust your cookie settings in your browser on the Tools > Options > Privacy tab in Firefox or Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Advanced in Internet Explorer. For other browsers, be sure to consult the browser’s help file for information on accepting or rejecting cookies.
Sincerely,
Jake Ludington