DieselNet Privacy Policy
Protection of Privacy
DieselNet.com is committed to protecting your online privacy. As a result of your use of the site we may collect information of both personal and non-personal character. Any personal information is collected only with your agreement. By supplying this information, you are granting us permission to use it in the normal course of business; for example, to complete our transactions with a bank. For the purpose of all other uses (unless you explicitly state otherwise, or we explicitly state otherwise), any data that we collect as a result of your use of this site remains confidential. In particular, we do not publish or sell your personal data, such as your name, e-mail address, or credit card number.
Information We Collect
Like most web sites, we collect non-personally identifiable information about our users primarily for the following purposes:
- to analyze our traffic patterns and build site statistics reports
- to personalize our service for particular users or groups of users
In addition, we require certain personal data from those visitors who are paid subscribers. This personal information (your name, email address, credit card number, etc.) is used mainly for the following purposes:
- to positively identify you to complete the payment transaction with the bank
- to be able to communicate by email, e.g., to deliver you the subscription newsletter
- to facilitate subscriber identification and log-in
In this statement we will explain the ways that we collect data on our users, and how we use that data. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us through the feedback page.
Server Log Files
When you go to a web site, web servers log your interaction with the site in something called a log file. Standard log files like ours contain basic information like what time what pages were viewed, and the IP address of the visitor. We use this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in our server statistical reports. We make no effort to identify IP addresses with individual users. It is our policy to delete log files after a period of three months.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of information that our web servers send to your browser and that is stored on your computer. Alternatively, cookies may be also written and read from your hard drive by scripts in our pages. Cookies allow to store information about your past interaction with the site. Cookies may be temporary, which are deleted by your browser after you end the session (exit the browser), or permanent, which may be stored in your hard drive for days, months, or even years.
We use cookies in several areas of the site and for a number of purposes, as follows:
- Storing user preferences—To allow you to customize certain aspects of the site.
- Identifying site subscribers after they log-in—To allow serving subscription content to authorized users.
One of the uses of cookies on the internet is banner advertising. Third-party advertising vendors commonly use cookies while serving banners to customize the advertising content which is sent to you. Many consider these advertising cookies an invasion of privacy. Our Service contains no third-party advertising and no information is gathered from your computer, through cookies or other means, for the purpose of marketing.
Subscription & Registration
Users who subscribe to DieselNet are asked for certain personal information. This information is used only to authenticate users to process credit card payments. Your email address is used to deliver the subscription newsletter and subscription renewal notices. We do not sell or share our mailing lists or other personal information on our users with others. We will not answer inquiries whether any particular individual is a DieselNet subscriber.
Subscriber Login. Whenever you log-in as a subscriber, we log your user name, password, IP number, and user-agent string provided by your browser. This information is logged to facilitate troubleshooting of the log-in process, as well as to be able to monitor instances of abuse of the subscription system. It is our policy to delete the log files after a period of one year.
Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.
All connections to the website use the secure HTTPS protocol. This is indicated by the closed lock icon in the location bar in most web browsers. When you submit sensitive information through our subscription form or any other form in the website, that information is encrypted. For your own protection, we encourage you to use web browsers that feature high quality encryption.
We discourage you from submitting sensitive information by non-secure channels, such as by plain email. We provide a secure feedback page featuring SSL/TLS encryption for communicating sensitive information.