Skip to main content

Privacy Policy


The privacy of our visitors is important to us.
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 spookynews.net, and how we safeguard your information.  We never sell your personal information to third parties.

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 Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Cookies and Web Beacons
We do 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 to support our site.  Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, 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 geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).
You can chose 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.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Video Game Company Offers $50,000 for Proof of Monsters.

By: Alex Kack Video game developer Capcom is offering $50,000 to anyone who can provide concrete evidence proving the existence of real life 'monsters'. Capcom, the company behind the early video game hit Mega Man, has launched the offering as part of a promotion marking the release of their new game Monster Hunter: World, the newest addition in their long running Monster Hunter role playing franchise. The contest is being run in conjunction with the Center of Fortean Zoology, the UK based nonprofit dedicated to the search for crytids and the study of cryptozoology. There are ten cryptids they are accepting submissions for as listed below. Bigfoot Yeti Earth Hound Mongolian Death Worm Loch Ness Monsters Yowie The Cornish Owlman The flying snake of Namibia Chupacabra Mermaid Submissions are being accepted through this June. For more information visit the websites of Capcom or th...

New Study Claims to Resolve Mystery of Ouija Boards

By: Alex Kack The Ouija Board, a classic and well known game and divination tool. Has long been shrouded in mystery. While it’s history is well known, how the device actually works, and if there is a rational and non supernatural answer for it’s mechanics, has always been up for debate with a number of theories put forward. Originally brought to the market in 1890 by the inventor Elijah Bond, and popularized as a tool for contacting spirits in the 1910’s by Pearl Curran, a writer from St. Louis. Ouija boards have often been the subject of public fear, and many relgious denominations to this day, advocate against their use. While the name ‘Ouija’ is now a trademark of Hasbro, Inc, the boards are produced and used by many people around the world today, and have been a hallmark of science fiction, fantasy and horror entertainment. Despite this long history and fame little is known, and nothing proven factually about how the boards truly work. A...