Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy
We respect and are committed to protecting your privacy. That is why we have adopted the Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy lets you know how your personal information is processed and used. We promise that we will take steps to use your personal information only in ways that are compatible with this Privacy Policy. The following policies are only in effect for the Web pages, newsletters, discussion lists and opt-in announcement lists owned and operated by SO Direct. The following discloses our Privacy Policy.
Every computer connected to the Internet is given a domain name and a set of numbers, that serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol" IP address. When a visitor requests a page on the SO Direct website, our Web servers automatically recognise that visitor's domain name and IP address. The domain name and IP address reveal nothing personal about you other than the IP address from which you have accessed our site. We use this information to examine our traffic in aggregate, and to investigate misuse of the SO Direct network, its users, or to co-operate with law enforcement. We do not collect and evaluate this information for specific individuals. Our Web servers do not automatically record e-mail addresses of visitors.
From time to time, SO Direct or its advertisers may send a "cookie" to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie can't read data off your computer hard disk or read cookie files created by other Web sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to identify which areas of SO Direct you have visited or customised, so the next time you visit, those pages may be readily accessible. Our advertisers may also use cookies to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. Our advertisers and we may use this information to better personalise the content, banners and promotions that you may see from time to time on our site. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our Site and other Web sites might be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
SO Direct may use single-pixel gif images (web bugs or web beacons) to count Web page accesses and gather some general statistical information. SO Direct does not gather personal information through the use of these images. SO Direct offers access to or may in he future offer access to some services that require registration. We may use your registration contact information to send notification to you of SO Direct products and services by email or by postal mail. We will not share that information with any third party, save where we are required to do so by law or other applicable statute.