The Shakopee Valley News recognizes the privacy concerns of visitors to our site on the Internet (www.shakopeenews.com) and the importance of these concerns.

GENERAL PRIVACY ISSUES
The Shakopee Valley News recognizes the privacy concerns of visitors to our site on the Internet (www.shakopeenews.com) and the importance of these concerns. As a general policy, no personally identifiable information, such as a visitor's name, address, e-mail address or telephone number, is automatically collected on our website simply because the site is visited. Such information is collected only when voluntarily submitted, and the Shakopee Valley News uses such information only for the purpose for which it was submitted.

YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
At several places on our website, the Shakopee Valley News allows users to send e-mail, create web pages, subscribe to the e-mail edition of the Shakopee Valley News, add items to a calendar and post information through other interactive means. The Shakopee Valley News uses this information only for the purpose it is specifically collected or submitted. The Shakopee Valley News does not collect, package, sell, trade or otherwise distribute to outside parties for commercial purposes the personal information provided by users of the shakopeenews.com website. The Shakopee Valley News does not employ a user's personal information submitted to this site for research, advertising, marketing or sales purposes.

COOKIES
Cookies are files that our website places in the browser or system folders of the user's computer to make the user's time spent at the website more efficient. Specifically, the cookie makes searches of the Business Directory easier by saving the locale and ZIP Code the user submits the first time they do a search. Cookies are not used to copy information about the user from his or her hard drive, nor do they send the Shakopee Valley News information that the user has not voluntarily submitted to the website. The cookie file does not contain any personal information about the user. Users should consult their browser owner's manual for instructions on how to refuse cookies, or consult other Internet sites to learn how to stop the reception of or delete completely the cookies from their hard drives.

REQUESTS FOR ADVERTISING RATES AND INFORMATION
The Shakopee Valley News may obtain information from a user when he or she requests information online about the opportunities for advertising in the printed or online editions of the Shakopee Valley News, or responds to employment opportunities at the Shakopee Valley News or her sister newspapers. The specific information collected becomes property of the Shakopee Valley News and may be used to solicit requestors.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The Shakopee Valley News may establish relationships with business partners that allow visitors to the Shakopee Valley News site to "link" or "click through" to sites operated by these partners. In some cases, the site may be branded or co-branded with the Shakopee Valley News or shakopeenews.com logo; however, the site is in no way operated, maintained or edited by the Shakopee Valley News. The Shakopee Valley News is not responsible for the content or privacy policies of any third party sites that may be linked to the website of the Shakopee Valley News or her sister newspapers.