The privacy of readers – regular, casual or one-off – here at Gawking Geeks is important. We never sell your personal information to third parties. Our Privacy Policy contains further information about how data is collected, used and made available on or by our Site. We encourage you to read it, here.

Log files and Cookies

As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files includes your IP address, your Internet Service Provider, the browser you used to visit our site, the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

In accordance with the Adsense Terms of Service, we at Gawking Geeks are required to let you know that all advertising programs use cookies to track visitors. This is actually true for pretty much every single site. In fact, most sites that allow you to login, use a cookie to track the fact that you are logged in. If you are unhappy with this, feel free to disable cookies in your browser, however you won’t be able to login anywhere if you do that.

Your limited license to our intellectual property

The materials used and displayed on the Site, including but not limited to text, software, photographs, graphics, illustrations and artwork, video, music and sound, and names, logos, trademarks and service marks, are the property of Gawking Geeks, or its affiliates or licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. Any such content may be used solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You agree not to modify, reproduce, retransmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish, broadcast or circulate any such material without the written permission of Gawking Geeks. Gawking Geeks grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Site and any materials on the site for non-commercial purposes subject to these Terms of Use.

Gawking Geeks trademark and logos

The terms Gawking Geeks, gawkinggeeks.com and other Gawking Geeks trademarks and services marks, and associated logos and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of Gawking Geeks or its affiliates or licensors. You may not use such marks without the prior written permission of Gawking Geeks. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on the Site are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Reliance on information on website

We have no obligation to, and you should not expect us to, review content on our Site, including User Contributions (defined below) or contributions by our independent contributors.

About our Contributors

Gawking Geeks seeks out content providers in particular subject matters as independent contractor contributors to the Site. Gawking Geeks does not represent or guarantee that any contributor has achieved any particular level of expertise or knowledge or has any specific qualifications or credentials, without We have no obligation to, and you should not expect us to, review content on our Site, including User Contributions (defined below) or contributions by our independent contributors.

Limitation, as to the subject matter to which their contributions relate. To the extent we refer to each of these contributors as an expert, you must understand we rely on the information they provide us and we are not obligated to independently verify or attempt to confirm any information they provide, nor their qualifications or credentials. Gawking Geeks also is not obligated to monitor or independently research or verify any content they contribute. Contributors, even if characterized as an expert, are not employees of Gawking Geeks or its affiliates and Gawking Geeks cannot and does not represent or warrant the accuracy, completeness, or truthfulness of the qualifications or credentials of any contributor, nor of any other users of the Site.

Please do not rely on Site content, including User Contributions and content from our independent contractor contributors. Content is provided for general information purposes only and can never take into account your unique, personal circumstances and needs. You acknowledge and agree that any reliance or actions you take in violation of your agreement with us shall be at your sole and exclusive risk and Gawking Geeks shall have no responsibility or liability to you whatsoever. You also acknowledge and agree that communications on or through the Site, whether with content providers or other users, are at your own risk and are not covered by any privilege or confidentiality obligation that might apply if you were to obtain your own professional advice (e.g., doctor-patient).

Prohibited use of the website

You may use the Site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Site:

• In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation.
• For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information or otherwise.
• To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any “junk mail”, “chain letter” or “spam” or any other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate Gawking Geeks, a Gawking Geeks employee, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses or screen names associated with any of the foregoing).
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Site, or which, as determined by us, may harm Gawking Geeks or users of the Site or expose them to liability.

Additionally, you agree not to:

• “Scrape” or disaggregate data from the Site (whether by manual or automated means) for any commercial, marketing, or data compiling or enhancing purpose.
• Introduce any viruses, trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Site, the server on which the Site is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Site.
• Otherwise, attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site.