At Smart TechVille, we care about the privacy of our readers. In the following paragraphs, we present details about how we collect and use your information when browsing our website—https://smarttechville.com/.
Logged Information
We use Google Analytics to analyze how users interact with our site. The tool uses cookies to collect standard internet log information and users’ behavior. The information collected, including your IP address, is sent to Google for statistical information—about our site activities. In detail, the information we get from you helps us to know the number of visitors daily, weekly and so on. It also covers specific pages visited and the like.
Rest assured, the data collected for this purpose is mainly for statistical analysis and not used to track your personally identifiable information.
Enabling/Disabling Cookies
As mentioned, Google Analytics collects your data through cookies. And you can accept or reject cookies via your browser settings. This way, you decide whether you want Google Analytics to record your information or not when browsing our site.
External Links
We sometimes link to other sources to back up the information we provide to our readers. More so, some external links point to our affiliates—and we may receive a commission when you purchase through our link (at no cost to you).
Note that we have no control over data collection policies from our affiliates and other websites we link to. You can either choose to accept or reject cookies through your browser settings.
Personal Information
We may ask for your email address and name when you want to leave us a message via the contact form. We don’t sell this information but only use it for follow-up messages (if needed).
Security
Our website is safe to browse as it’s secured with SSL technology.
Third-party Ads
We may use third-party advertising networks any time we see fit. As you probably know, this is a means to earn incentives to support our site.
Third-party ad networks may use cookies, Web Beacons, or JavaScript to serve ads, and we have no control over how they work/collect your data.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Affiliate Disclosure
Smart TechVille is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Disclaimer
Smart TechVille is a tech-focused information website—aiming to provide our readers with accurate and current information to meet their daily needs.
While we strive to provide you with current and accurate information, we do not guarantee correctness at all times, as technology is dynamic. So, some of the how-to guides may change in the future, though we do our best to update the content.
Keep in mind that the content here is mainly for informational purposes, Smart TechVille takes no responsibility for any loss/damage that may happen to your smart devices—regardless of whether it was purchased based on our recommendation.
You want to do your research properly before making a buying decision or applying any of our how-to guides.
More so, we’re not affiliated with tech brands or companies we write about on this site (unless stated).
We also have external links pointing to other websites, and those sites have their privacy policies and terms of use. We take no responsibility for the terms of use/privacy policies of those sites.
Consent
By using this website, you consent to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
If you have questions about our privacy policy or suggestion about our website, do not hesitate to send us an email (contact@smarttechville.com).
Last Updated: February 5, 2023