PRIVACY

We Respect Your Privacy

Smith Publishing LLC will never rent, share, or sell our subscriber list. We appreciate you letting us into your email and understand just how much you value your privacy. The policy below describes how we treat the information we collect when you visit our site and/or register for Smith Publishing LLC. In this Privacy Policy (“Policy”), we describe the information that we collect from visitors to our websites. Unless expressly noted otherwise, this Policy applies to all of the websites (“Sites”) owned or operated by Smith Publishing LLC; our blogs; our Applications and our online products and services (collectively, “Services”). By visiting our Sites or using any of our Services, you agree that your personal information will be handled as described in this Policy, which is incorporated by reference into the Smith Publishing LLC Terms & Conditions.

Your Information

In common with other websites, log files are stored on the web server saving details such as the visitor’s IP address, browser type, referring page and time of visit. Cookies may be used to remember visitor preferences when interacting with the website. Where registration is required, the visitor’s email and a username will be stored on the server.

All we need is your email address. Smith Publishing LLC doesn’t collect any information except that expressly provided by you. We will not disclose your personal information to any third party without your consent, except as required to provide you with Smith Publishing LLC material.

How Gathered Information is Used

The information is used to enhance the visitor’s experience when using the website to display personalized content and possibly advertising. E-mail addresses will not be sold, rented or leased to third parties. E-mail may be sent to inform you of news of our services or offers by our affiliates or us.

Usage Information

It is necessary for us to collect information about the usage of our site, and we collect in aggregate form toward this purpose.In our hope to improve our service, we may also request other information from you that will help us tailor the site. We may also share this information with third parties, but only in aggregate, anonymous form. (For example, we might inform an advertiser that, “The average Smith Publishing LLC subscriber earns ____.) No third party will receive information from us that personally identifies you or anyone else in any way.

Review and Access

Upon request, Smith Publishing LLC will provide you with a summary of the information we’ve collected about you. You are welcome to correct, update or modify this information.

How to Unsubscribe

You can unsubscribe from receiving Smith Publishing LLC emails at any time. To unsubscribe, click on the “Unsubscribe” link in the footer of any Smith Publishing LLC email and follow the instructions.

Visitor Options

If you have subscribed to one of our services, you may unsubscribe by following the instructions, which are included in e-mail that you receive. You may be able to block cookies via your browser settings but this may prevent you from access to certain features of the website.

Cookies

Our cookies allow us to recognize you. They help our website retrieve information so that we may provide the best possible experience for the Sites’ users. The small digital signature files are stored by your web browser and allow your preferences to be recorded when visiting the website. Also, they may be used to track your return visits to the website. Smith Publishing LLC will never use cookies to obtain any information from your computer not related to our site.

Third-Party Cookies

In the course of delivering advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser.

Third-Party Ad Networks

We may use third parties such as network advertisers to serve advertisements on our Sites. You may opt out of many third-party ad networks. The website http://www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp provides information regarding this practice by the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”).

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to visitors based on their visit to sites they visit on the Internet. Website visitors may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Third-Party Advertising

Occasionally, you’ll get an email marked “[Sponsored]” or “[Sponsored Info]” in the subject line and in the email header. These affiliate, affiliate-related, partner, event and event-sponsored emails are not necessarily reflective of the opinions of our editorial staff. They are content paid for by our sponsors. You can unsubscribe from receiving these emails by following the “How to Unsubscribe” directions in these Terms & Conditions.

Google Analytics

The Sites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Links to Other Sites

Smith Publishing LLC loves providing access to other likeminded products and services, but we are not responsible for any content that appears on these sites, nor do we endorse them. The linked sites are not under our control, and we make no representations as to the quality, suitability, functionality or legality of any sites to which we may provide links. Please consult their individual privacy policies for more information.

For California Consumers

California residents may request a list of all third parties to which Smith Publishing LLC has disclosed certain personally identifiable information about you for marketing purposes. You may make one request per calendar year along with your proof of residency and current address. Please write:

Attn: Privacy
Smith Publishing LLC
2064 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 120
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
(805) 965-5999

Security

As an e-commerce business, Smith Publishing LLC must offer the highest level of trust and security. The information you provide us in signing up for our services stays private. Smith Publishing LLC maintains reasonable security procedures to protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of your personally identifiable information, including the use of secure socket layer (SSL) and encryption methods. We regularly evaluate our data collection, storage and processing practices and security to guard against unauthorized access to our systems. Safeguard your password and use caution and discretion when posting information on public areas of the sites.

In spite of Smith Publishing LLC’s commercially reasonable efforts to safeguard your information, Internet transmissions cannot be fully secure in all instances. We cannot guarantee that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Modifications

Smith Publishing LLC reserves the right to correct, modify or update these policies at any time. We may transfer the personal information collected under this Privacy Policy to a third party in the event of a transfer of ownership such as a merger, acquisition or any form of sale of the majority of the assets of Smith Publishing LLC. Please regularly review this Privacy Policy to keep up to date with any changes that may affect your use of our websites.

By submitting your information, you consent to the use of that information as set out in this Policy. If we change our Privacy Policy we will post the changes on this page, and may place notices on other pages of the Sites, so that you may be aware of the information we collect and how we use it. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes. Your use of our Sites or Services, as well as any dispute over privacy, is subject to this Policy and our Terms & Condition, including applicable limitations on damages and the resolution of disputes.

Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, or our collection and use of your personal information, please write Santa Barbara Magazine – 2064 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 120 Santa Barbara, CA 93103 – (805) 965-5999.