Here’s the simple version in the language we speak everyday:
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This site occasionally includes advertising from third parties. Those third parties are probably tracking you all over the Internet, if you don’t like it here is how to surf anonymously.
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The opinions expressed on this blog are mine alone, and is not meant in any way to be taken as representing of that of my employers, past, present or future. The opinions expressed on this blog are protected by the First Ammendment to the Constitution of the United States as the right to free speech and a free press, and may not be infringed by employers, past, present or future.
Here is the required legalese:
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This web site participates in Six Apart Media, a comprehensive advertising program provided by Six Apart Ltd. for publishers all across the Web. This section of our privacy policy describes how Six Apart Ltd. and the third party advertising networks and advertisers that display advertisements through Six Apart Media (collectively, "Advertisers") collect, use, store and disclose data from visitors to this Web site.
A "cookie" is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a Web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies can be used to target advertisements relevant to your interests, based on your visits to different Web sites, to provide traffic measurement and other analytics and to conduct research.
A "Web beacon" is an electronic file on a Web page that allows a Web site to count users who have visited that page, to access certain cookies and to provide auditing, research and reporting for advertisers.
When your browser requests a page that displays advertising from one of the Advertisers, the Advertiser may view, edit or set its own cookie through your browser. In addition, the Advertiser may place its own Web beacon in the page, which may be triggered by your browser's request.
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Six Apart Ltd.
http://www.sixapart.com/privacy
Six Apart Media third party advertising networks and advertisers
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Some of these third party advertising networks are participants in the Network Advertising Initiative ("NAI"), a cooperative of online marketing and analytics companies committed to building consumer awareness and establishing responsible business and data management practices and standards. You can learn more about NAI and how you may "opt out" of targeted advertising delivered by NAI member ad networks here.
