Privacy Policy

As most websites do, we use cookies to improve your experience on the site and learn more about our readers. A cookie is a small text file that websites will place on your computer as a way of remembering user preferences and tracking visitors. You can prevent websites from setting cookies by changing your browser settings to disable all or selected cookies. (Visit this page on Wikihow to learn about various ways to disable cookies.) However, please note that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website in your browser.

Our website contains links to other websites, which may have different privacy practices. We also use interfaces with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to allow readers to “like” or otherwise share information from this website. Please consult the privacy policies of these other websites when using links to navigate away from this website, or when choosing to “like” or otherwise share information via social media. Note that if you are a member of a social media site, these interfaces may allow the social media site to connect your visits to this site with other data they have about you.

To learn about our readers, our website uses Google Analytics. This service sends website traffic data to Google’s servers in the United States. It does not identify individual users. Furthermore, it does not link your IP address to any other data held by Google. The information provided by Google Analytics helps us to understand some basic details about who visits our site and what articles they read. Google requires websites that use Google Analytics to abide by its terms of service, which includes posting this privacy policy.

By using this website, you consent to having Google process this kind of data about you in the manner described in Google’s privacy policy, and for the purposes outlined above. (Please visit the page How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps on Google’s website for more information: www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/). You can opt out of Google Analytics if you: (1) disable cookies in your browser and/or refuse the specific cookie that our website sets; (2) disable JavaScript in your browser; or (3) use the opt-out service (a browser add-on) provided by Google.

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