Appomattox News (http://www.appomattoxnews.com/) is a Web site that provides a domain umbrella for the following Appomattox sites, known hereafter as “Appomattox News and its family of sites.” The following sites are available to browse if they have links connecting them to those pages. The unlinked domains may become active within 2009. For further information, you can contact Linda at “publisher @ appomattoxnews.com” (remove the spaces before you hit “send”):
Appomattox News
Appomattox Calendar
Appomattox Directory
Appomattox Classifieds
Appomattox Genealogy
Appomattox History
Appomattox Realty
This is the web site of Appomattox Genealogy.
Our postal address is:
Appomattox News
P.O. Box 182
Appomattox, Virginia 24522
We can be reached via e-mail at publisher @ appomattoxnews.com (please remove spaces before you send), or you can reach us by telephone at 434-509-4505 or 502-265-9871.
For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes only the consumer’s domain name, but not the e-mail address (where possible).
We collect the domain name and e-mail address (where possible) of visitors to our Web page, the e-mail addresses of those who post messages to our bulletin board(s) (if any), the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, the e-mail addresses of those who make postings to our chat or comment areas, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, user-specific information on what pages consumers access or visit and information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.
The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web page, used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for each individual visitor, used to notify consumers about updates to our Web site. This information is disclosed only when legally required to do so, at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Website and applicable laws or to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our Website.
With respect to cookies: We use cookies to record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends.
If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending us e-mail at the above address, calling us at the above telephone numbers, or by writing to us at the above address.
If you supply us with your postal address on-line you will only receive the information for which you provided us your address.
Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding orders they have placed on-line.
With respect to Ad Servers: To try and bring you offers that are of interest to you, we have relationships with other companies that we allow to place ads on our Web pages. As a result of your visit to our site, ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream information. For further information, consult the privacy policies at Google: http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/privacy.html. Amazon.com privacy notice is found at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=468496.
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
Upon request we can provide site visitors with access to a description of information that we maintain about them, if any information is retained that is recognizable to the user. Consumers can access this information by e-mail us at the above address.
Upon request we offer visitors the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in contact information, communications that the consumer/visitor has directed to the site. Consumers can have this information corrected by sending us e-mail at the above address.
With respect to security: We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.
If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or phone number.
Appomattox News and its family of sites also utilizes Google Analytics software designed to analyze traffic to all the sites listed above. This tracking software service monitors IP addresses, referring URLs, and provides information on browser types, operating systems, viewing area, and other statistics. However, the viewer can rest assured that personal privacy is maintained and Appomattox News and its family of sites cannot identify viewers through this tracking service. The tracking service is utilized to better serve viewers through various products and services. Their privacy policy can be viewed at http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/privacy.html.
Appomattox News and its family of sites does not pull individual information from any services to sell, trade, or otherwise do business with outside services or to third-party vendors. While Appomattox News uses outside service providers and advertisers for all the Web sites listed above, Appomattox News and its family of sites does not control their privacy policies. While every effort is made to secure all transmission and storage of any personal information, please realize that Appomattox News and its family of sites is as vulnerable as any other site to hackers. To that end, Appomattox News and its family of sites is not responsible for accidental loss or theft of your personal information.
Appomattox News and its family of sites may use photographs and videos to promote local news and business stories, contests, and other venues. All efforts will be made to obtain signed releases to publish these images on the Internet through Appomattox News and its family of sites. With that said, any photograph that does not show a face so that it is recognizable is deemed usable without a signed release by Appomattox News and its family of sites.
Appomattox News and its family of sites does not knowingly collect information from children under age 18 (eighteen), although the owner, publisher, and staff at Appomattox News and its family of sites have no way of knowing if a child is posing as an adult. We ask for parents or legal guardians to fill in all online information if it ever is needed for any venue for children under age 18.
The owner, publisher, or other staff members and contract employees at Appomattox News and its family of sites may use your personal email to contact you about business or news information if information submitted to Appomattox News and its family of sites is unclear or incomplete. Phone numbers will be utilized only when a given email address is incorrect.
Tips to Protect Your Privacy
Appomattox News and its family of sites does maintain a great deal of control over the types of advertising and information that is delivered to its viewers. If readers feel that any outside services seem inappropriate for any given venue within the Appomattox News site or its family of sites, we invite you to notify us with your complaint. Please address these issues to publisher @ appomattoxnews.com (please remove spaces before you send).
Never post a personal phone number or street address on any Web site, no matter if it’s the Appomattox News and its family of sites or any other site. All efforts will be made to protect personal information from public viewing. To that end, this is one reason why we hold comments for moderation so we can help protect our viewers from this type of mistake.
Comments to any articles, news stories, or directory listings, among other venues, are held for moderation to eliminate inappropriate language or to eliminate personal email addresses, phone numbers, and street or post office box addresses. These eliminations are practiced for your safety. Appomattox News and its family of sites will never edit a comment, opinion, letter to the editor, or other public communication beyond this process.