Privacy Policy

Autism Times - A Times of Autism Publication operates www.timesofautism.com and may operate other websites.

It is Autism Times policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Autism Times collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request.

Autism Times purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use its website. From time to time, Autism Times may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Autism Times also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on the site.

Autism Times only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors choose to interact with Autism Times in ways that require Autism Times to gather personally-identifying information.

The amount and type of information that Autism Times gathers depend on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at www.timesofautism.com to provide a username and email address.

Those who engage in transactions with Autism Times are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Autism Times collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor interaction with Autism Times.

Autism Times does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. Visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Autism Times may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Autism Times may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, the site does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Autism Times discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that

• Need to know that information in order to process it on Autism Times behalf or to provide services available at Autism Times websites, and
• Have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Autism Times websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
• Autism Times will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Autism Times discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Autism Times believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Autism Times, third parties or the public at large.
• If you are a registered user of an Autism Times website and have supplied your email address, Autism Times may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what's going on with Autism Times and our products.
• If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users.
• Autism Times takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor's computer, and that the visitor's browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.

Autism Times uses cookies to help Autism Times identify and track visitors, their usage of Autism Times website, and their website access preferences.

Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Autism Times websites, with the drawback that certain features of the website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Autism Times, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Autism Times goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that are transferred or acquired by a third party.

You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any acquirer of Autism Times may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads/Affiliate Products

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer.

This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.

This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Autism Times and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Autism Times - Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Autism Times may change/update its policy from time to time.

Acceptance

Your continued usage of this site will constitute your acceptance of having read all Autism Times policies and agree to abide by the same.