Information Which Is Automatically Recorded and Logged

We log your Internet Protocol (IP) address to help diagnose problems with our server
and to administer our Web site. This information is also used to allow us to
determine statistical usage of the website.

The referring URL (the webpage you left before coming to a Brooklyn.com webpage, if
any) is logged whenever you view a page on this website, if your browser provides
that information to our server. This allows us to see which areas are more popular
than others on the website, the paths taken to reach each page, etc. In times of peak
usage, being able to log the referring URL can sometimes help us alleviate traffic
flow so that more users can reach the site without errors.

We do not currently disclose this information to any third party, nor do we have
plans to do so in the future. If we have a reason to disclose that information, this
privacy notice will be amended.

Anonymous usage statistics about your visit are provided to and collected by Google for 
web traffic statistical analysis. You may be able to opt out
of this service by installing a browser extension provided by google.
 
Third-Party Advertisers
When you visit this site, your IP address is also automatically provided to
third-party advertisers who use our site to publish advertising, 
including Google Adwords and Amazon.com. 

Those third-party sites may also place a "cookie" on your computer to track your 
web-browsing habits in order to provide you with advertising more closely tailored 
to your interests.



Opt-Out of Third Party Advertising Tracking
You may opt out of receiving tracking cookies from Google by visiting


http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

 
Please refer to the websites for the above-named advertisers for information on 
privacy information regarding that disclosure.

We occasionally run polls of the users on various issues and topics. Participation in
these polls is entirely voluntary, and any information tying your IP address to your
vote is discarded without being viewed by the administrators.


Cookies 

Brooklyn.com uses cookies (small piece of data sent from our computer to your
computer, and stored on your hard drive) in certain areas to allow you to log in
automatically, keep track of the last time you logged in (so that you can be told if
there are new messages in a forum, for instance) and to provide a unique session ID
for your browing session for database access and management.

In some instances, our advertisers may also send you a cookie when you visit one of
our pages.

Personal Information 

Personal information collected by the website is limited to that noted above in the
section titled "information automatically logged". If you use the "send this story to
a friend" function, or post a comment to a story, some additional information may be
stored, such as your IP address and return email address. This information is not
shared with any third party, and is deleted from the system periodically.

Your IP address and browing history on this site are recorded by our advertisers, and
their use of that information is governed by their own privacy policies. 
See Google Adsense for more info.

Disclosure

Except as provided for above, any personal information collected will not be
disclosed to any third party, except in the case of cooperating with law enforcement
agencies to aid in identifying those persons who may be using our services for
illegal activities. Information may be given even without a subpoena or court order
if we believe such illegal activity is being conducted through our services.

External Links 

This site contains links to other sites and images linked from other sites which are
automatically incorporated into the content displayed by this system. We are not
responsible for the privacy practices, actions, or the content of such web sites.

Children's Guidelines 

This site endeavours to be child-safe. Content which may be deemed not child-safe is
deleted. If you find something on the site which you feel is NOT child-safe, we
encourage you to contact us via the contact link provided, and we will investigate the 
content immediately and remove it if so warranted.

We do not knowingly collect personal info from children 13 and under. No member account
areas are available on the site which would require collection of information from minors.

Private System 

Please note that the Brooklyn.com website is a private system, and your access to and
use of the service may be terminated at any time for any reason by the website
owners, administrators, or operators. 

This website is not officially affiliated with the City of New York or
the Borough of Brooklyn. For official city information, please see NYC.gov. 
For official Borough of Brooklyn information,
please see Brooklyn-USA.org

Contacting the Web Site administrators 

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site,
or your dealings with this Web site, please use the contact form found here.

DMCA Compliance

For inquries regarding DMCA Compliance and notfications thereunder, please use the
contact form found here.

International Users

The systems of the Services are hosted in the United States. If you are a user
accessing the Services from the European Union, Asia, or any other region with
laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure,
that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your
continued use of the Services, which is governed by U.S. law, this Privacy
Notice, and these Terms of Use, you are transferring your information to the
United States and you consent to that transfer.


Copyright and Terms of Use

Except as noted within selected content, the entire contents of this website 
are copyright 2004-2010, All Rights Reserved. Copying and/or republication of the content 
contained within the website is strictly prohibited, and will result in legal action.

IMPORTANT EXCEPTION TO COPYRIGHT NOTICE:

Information identified as coming from "Wikipedia" is 
released under the GNU Free Documentation License.

Certain items, especially photographs, may be licensed under the Creative Commons license, and 
will be so identified where they are used.