Privacy Policy

At externalhdd.org, we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important. Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and collect when you use and visit externalhdd.org, and how we safeguard your information.

We never sell any kind of personal information to third parties or use this data for any illegal activities.

Log Files

As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Time Warner), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visit. This is done through our webhosting provider and Google Analytics.

Cookies and Web Beacons

We may use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums.

We also use third party advertisements on externalhdd.org to support the site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and Web beacons when they advertise here, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed.

This is generally used for geo-targeting purposes (showing New York restaurants to New York residents, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing web development ads to someone who frequents web design sites).

You can choose 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 can 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.

Google AdSense

The Google's AdSense program uses the DoubleClick DART cookie. Google's use of the DART cookie enables this site to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy

Email Addresses

If you contact us or subscribe to any of our information services via email, we will never sell or give away your email address.