Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. It is PSDOA’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, PSDOA, and other sites we own and operate.
Information We Collect
We collect personal information only when necessary to provide you with a service. We do so by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent.
Furthermore, we will also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.
We retain collected information only as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service.
What data we store, we protect using commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
We do not share any personally identifying information publicly or with third parties, except when required to by law.
Your Rights
You have the right to request a copy of your personal data stored by us, as well as to request the deletion of your data, except where we are legally required to retain it.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the email provided on our website.
External Links
Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.
Consent
Your continued use of our website will be regarded as acceptance of our practices regarding privacy and personal information.
Cookie Policy for PSDOA
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. In most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit.
Cookies We Set
- Session cookies to remember temporary user preferences.
- Login cookies to keep you authenticated.
- Comment cookies, if you choose to save your name/email when commenting.
Third-Party Cookies
This site uses cookies provided by trusted third parties, including:
- Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to serve advertising. Google uses cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve more relevant ads and to limit the number of times a given ad is shown to you.
- Affiliate cookies: These track if you arrived at our site through a partner so we can credit them appropriately.
For more information on how Google uses data from partner sites, see: Google Privacy & Terms.
Opt-out of Personalized Advertising
You can opt out of personalized Google ads here: Google Ad Settings.
Cookie Consent
When you first visit our site, you will see a notice requesting your consent to our use of cookies. You can manage your preferences at any time via your browser settings.
Comments and Account Data
- Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely.
- Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username).
- Visitors can request an export or deletion of their personal data.
Security
We employ technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Contact
If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us via the email provided on our contact page.
This policy may be updated from time to time. We recommend that you review it regularly.
