Privacy Policy
Happen.ng and its advertisers are committed to protecting the privacy of Internet users.
Collection of Personally Identifiable Information for Memberships
Unless you register yourself, Happen.ng does not collect personally identifiable information about you, such as your email address, name, age, etc. Registering is optional. You can access most of the content on Happen.ng anonymously without registering.
You must be 18 years or older to register. Your personally identifiable information is not sold to third parties.
Your personally identifiable information will be used to facilitate communication between you and other members of Happen.ng. You can determine how and how much personal information you want to share with other visitors of Happen.ng.
Collection of Non-Personally Identifiable Information
Happen.ng does obtain some types of non-personally identifiable information, such as the IP address you use to connect to the Internet, your browser type, or the type of computer operating system you use (e.g., Macintosh or Windows). This information is used to improve the website by analyzing which pages are popular and which need improvement. The collected information is not sold to third parties.
Usage of Cookies by Happen.ng
Happen.ng uses cookies to store information about the country and city from which you are surfing. This information is used to customize the website—content as well as advertisements—according to your geographical location.
Happen.ng also uses cookies to remember your screen name when commenting on news articles and when joining the chatroom. Without these cookies, you would need to re-type your screen name each time.
You can stop this usage of cookies by Happen.ng by disabling cookies in your browser. In the help section of your browser, you will also find information on how to remove existing cookies from Happen.ng from your computer.
In general, you can use Happen.ng without cookies, although it might reduce the user-friendliness of the website.
Behavioral Advertising (“OBA”)
We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our website. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third-party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out, you can visit networkadvertising.org.
Usage of Cookies by Advertisers
Happen.ng runs advertisements from various renowned advertising networks, such as Value Click Media and Google. Their usage of cookies is governed by the individual privacy policies of the respective advertising networks.
A good resource to learn more about your consumer privacy in relation to these advertising networks is the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI). On this website, you can opt out of Behavioral Advertising for all advertising networks that are members of the NAI.
Conditions of Use
If you decide to visit Happen.ng, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy are subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.