Geeknet Media Cookies and Opt-Out Choices

Users of the SourceForge, Slashdot and Freecode websites have choices regarding the collection and use of information through our websites. This page summarizes some of those choices regarding our use of cookies, some advertising and other tools we use on our websites, and choices that you have about receiving newsletters and other communications from Geeknet. This page is designed to highlight some of the choices you have; for a more detailed discussion, please see Geeknet’s Privacy Statement.

Cookies

"Browser" cookies are small text files placed on a computer for various purposes including marketing, data analysis, and to enable our web sites to tailor the user’s experience on our sites. You may set your browser to reject cookies or to notify you when a web site tries to place cookies in your browser program. For your convenience, additional information about how to manage cookies for major browsers please follow the following links:

• Safari: docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/3.0/en/11471.html
• Firefox: support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Deleting%20cookies
• Internet Explorer: support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
• Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95647

Our websites also may use local shared objects, also known as "Flash cookies" to store your preferences or display content based upon what you view on our website to personalize your visit. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies, including how to delete Flash cookies, please click here: www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html#117118.

Additional opt-out choices for analytics and marketing networks

Several of the advertising networks and service providers that we use to analyze activities on our sites also offer opt-out mechanisms as an alternative to managing the placement of cookies by these services through your browser settings as discussed above:

Google Analytics. If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics, Google has developed a tool that works with major internet browsers to permit you to opt-out. For more information and install their opt-out tool, please click here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Google Advertising. To opt-out of or manage your targeted third-party advertising preferences with Google, please click here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/ads/

ComScore. To opt-out of comScore’s universal data collection, please click here: www.scorecardresearch.com/preferences.aspx

National Advertising Initiative. To opt-out of targeted third party advertising by Network Advertising Initiative members, please click here: www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

In addition, some of our third party advertising partners display an “ad choices” icon with the advertisement on our site. If you see this icon with an advertisement, you can click on it to find out more information about the ad and your ad choices.

Additional opt-out choices for social media

Integration of social media links to our sites may enable tracking by these providers, who provide their own opt-out and data control mechanisms:

• Facebook, whose cookie control instructions are at https://www.facebook.com/help/?page=176591669064814
• Twitter, whose Privacy Policy links to various account control options at twitter.com/privacy
• Google Plus, which provides display control at www.google.com/profiles

Geeknet Newsletters and Direct Marketing Communications

If you would like to opt-out/unsubscribe from receiving newsletters or marketing communications or deactivate your accounts, please use the links below and provide a copy of the communication or account name you wish to unsubscribe. Please understand that it may take up to a week for your request to be processed.

For Sourceforge, please contact us at sfnet_ops@geek.net

For Slashdot, please contact us at feedback@slashdot.org

For FreeCode, please contact us at help@freecode.com

For GeeknetMedia.com, please contact us at sfnet_ops@geek.net