Our Internet Privacy Statement ...

Protecting your privacy is important to us. We hope the following statement will help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us on our site.

When you browse our Web site, information is collected that identifies the pages that you visit, including the date and time of your visit, your geographical location, your service provider's identity and other non-invasive information that helps us determine our audience. Your name and personal information is not given to us by our server or others unless you choose to provide it by subscribing or placing an advertisement or editorial comment. Posts on the OVN blog may be left anonymously.

If you send a thumbs up/thumbs down, or when you log onto our, trivia, reunions, survey responses or bulletin board, you are asked to provide your e-mail address in the event clarification is needed. Those who respond to the OVN weekly poll are doing so anonymously. When you respond to the OVN weekly poll, we have no record of the sender's name, e-mail address, or any other identifying information.

Although some of our third-party links may request and use cookies, the OVN does not use cookies to provide personal information to others.

The electronic information we collect when you place an order for subscriptions or a classified ad via our secured server is used only to complete the transaction. We use the industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol that encrypts credit card numbers and other personal information being transferred over the Internet.

We may, upon occasion, send e-mails to our current or past online subscribers or to those who have expressed interest in becoming online subscribers.The purpose of these e-mails is to inform readers of information about the Ojai Valley News, such as what topics are currently being discussed on our OVN blog.

We DO NOT disclose any personal information to a third party for marketing purposes.

Enjoy your stay, and visit the OVN website often!