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What We Collect

PonyZine Website Visitor Acceptance of the PonyZine Privacy Policies

PonyZine has never traded, sold or shared any subscriber's personal information.

​PonyZine also reserves the right to share website visitors information in response to duly authorized information requests by governmental authorities or where required by law.

Links to Other Sites and Social Media Plug-ins

PonyZine may contain links to other websites. Third-parties may also collect personal information about PonyZine website visitor's online activity through the use of social network plug-ins. PonyZine is not responsible for the privacy policies of other websites, including those identified as social media. The privacy policies of other websites are not covered by this Privacy Notice. Ponyzine website visitor's are encouraged to review the privacy policies of these third party providers and websites. 

Last updated January 22, 2016

When readers visit PonyZine websites, PonyZine and/or third-parties may collect certain information by automated means, using technology such as, but not limited to, cookies, web server logs, web beacons and JavaScript.

Cookies are small text files that a website or third-party sends to the website visitor's computer or internet-connected device. These files are used to identify the website visitor's computer, or store information, browsing preferences and settings on the web visitor's device. Most browsers can be set to not accept cookies.

Web server logs are small text files that records visitor activity on a website. This information includes, but is not limited to, the website visitor's device type, operating system, domain, system settings, country, time zone and location.

PonyZine or third-parties may also use JavaScript to send instructions to the website visitor's electronic device or computer to store or gather the above information and/or to record other information about the website visitor's interaction with PonyZine websites.

PonyZine Advertising Services and Affiliates Use of Information

Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to PonyZine websites visitors based on their visit to PonyZine and/or other sites on the Internet.

PonyZine understands the importance of protecting our readers' personal information. This PonyZine Privacy Policy outlines how we collect and use that information.

Information Collected by Automated Means

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In order to provide original website content free of charge to PonyZine website visitors, PonyZine participates in advertising services and affiliate programs administered by third-parties. These ad services may track website visitors online activity and collect information through, but not limited to, the automated means described above. Advertising services use this information to tailor advertisements to the individual website visitor. 

PonyZine is a free on-line magazine. As such, we do not require readers to submit personal information, create a subscription account or supply financial information in order to view and use our website. Only when our readers voluntarily choose to become subscribers will we collect personal information, including but not limited to name and email address.

PonyZine uses subscriber information to notify subscribers when new content to the online magazine is posted. By subscribing to PonyZine, readers consent to receive electronic communication from PonyZine.

PonyZine Privacy Policy

PonyZine uses third-party analytic servers, such as Google Analytics on our websites. These service providers use cookies and other automated technology as described in the "Information Collected by Automated Means" section of this privacy policy. PonyZine uses this information to analyze how website visitors use our websites, the effectiveness of our websites in providing quality articles and equine-related information to its readers, and for targeting advertising to our readership. This information is analyzed internally. PonyZine does not trade, share or sell this information, except when provided as aggregated website statistics to attract advertising customers. For example: PonyZine averages x-number of visitors per month. Analytic information is collected directly by third-party analytic servers.

How PonyZine Uses Information Collected by Automated Means

The DoubleClick cookie

By using PonyZine websites, or clicking on interactive ads and on links found on the PonyZine websites, you signify your acceptance of the PonyZine Privacy Policy and you agree to adhere to the terms and conditions posted on the PonyZine websites. If you do not agree with any of these terms, please do not use the PonyZine websites or submit personal information. 

The double click cookie is used by Google in the ads served on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying AdSense ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a partner's website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user's browser.

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website.