At ViewMyArt.com and Ted's Video Blog, we recognize that your privacy is important. Here is a description of the types of personal information that we receive and collect when you visit ViewMyArt.com or Ted's Video Blog and what we do with the information. (In the case of Ted's Video Blog, which is hosted on Blogger/Blogspot.com (owned by Google), you may also wish to consult the Blogger Privacy Policy which would apply to Blogger/Blogspot in general.)

Log Files

As is the case with most websites, we collect and use the data in "log files". The information in log files would include things about your visit to our site such as:

• Your IP (internet protocol) address
• Your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw cable)
• The Browser you used to visit our site (such as Firefox or Internet Explorer)
• The date(s) and time(s) you visited our site
• The pages you viewed on our site and how long you viewed each page (or at least how long your browser was set to each page - We really don't know whether or not you took a break to answer the phone or get a cup of coffee!)

We use this information to try to improve our site, gauge the relative popularity of our various pages and sections, etc.

Cookies and Web Beacons

We may use cookies to store your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include, for example, the ability to log into a particular feature, such as a forum.

We also use third party advertisements to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies or web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will send the advertisers (such as Google thru the Google Adsense program) information including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases whether or not you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (such as showing ads for New York real estate to someone who lives in New York or for showing ads for fishing poles to someone who frequents fishing sites).

Information You Voluntarily Provide

If you send us information on how to contact you (such as your email address), we may use the contact information you provide to respond to your questions and comments and/or provide information you request.

Other Uses of Your Personal Information

We will never sell your information to third parties. There are, however, certain potential situations where it is conceivable that your personal information could wind up in the hands of third parties anyway, such as the following:

• We may share information with third parties in limited circumstances if we are compelled to due so by a court order or a goverment entity or if we need to do so to investigate or protect against suspected harmful or illegal activity.
• We employ what we believe to be reasonable measures to protect your information. Nevertheless, no security is absolute, so we can not guarantee beyond all doubt that your information will never fall into the wrong hands. (Even the CIA has had secrets stolen from it).

Your Options for Protecting Your Privacy

You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this could affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Some third party ad networks such as DoubleClick participate in the Network Advertising Initiative and have a procedure which they claim you can use to get replace their ad network cookies with an "opt out cookie". You can learn more at http://www.networkadvertising.org. (This option will not have any affect on the cookies of ad networks which do not participate in this option).

Of course, you also have the option of leaving our site and never coming back We hope, however, that you will find the contents of our site valuable enough to not want to go to that extreme.