Privacy Policy

We are Top Towns and Cities (www.toptownsandcities.com), a website published by Navarre Properties.  We publish information about the best places to live and relocate.  We have been online since 2008.

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at staff@toptownsandcities.com or by mail at Navarre Proeprties, 2770 S. Elmira St., Denver, Colorado  80231.

At www.toptownsandcities.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by www.toptownsandcities.com and how it is used.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, www.toptownsandcities.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement around the site, and gather demographic information.  IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual's computer hard drive for record keeping purposes. www.toptownsandcities.com does use cookies to track visits to our site and to personalize the site for new and current users.  This may include storing information about visitors' preferences, recording user-specific information on which pages the user accesses or visits, customizing Web page content based on visitors' browser type or storing other information that the visitor sends via his or her browser.  

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.  More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites.  If you choose to disable your cookies setting or refuse to accept a cookie, some parts of www.toptownsandcities.com's web site may not function properly.  For additional information on cookies and web beacons, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.

Third Party Advertisers and Cookies/Web Beacons

We use third-party advertising companies and/or advertising networks to serve advertisements and links when you visit our web site (they automatically receive your IP address when this occurs).  In the course of serving advertisements to our sites, our third-party advertisers may also place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser.  They may also use other technologies, such as web beacons or javascript, to personalize the content that you see.  These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you and to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements.  If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, visit the Network Advertising Initiative or Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising.

Our advertising partners that may use cookies and web beacons on our site include:

Google Adsense
Commission Junction
Clickbank
Chitika
Linkshare
Amazon
Kontera

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices.  www.toptownsandcities.com's Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www.toptownsandcities.com.  Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to www.toptownsandcities.com and other sites on the Internet.  Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Users of www.toptownsandcities.com may also opt out of cookies used by third party Google advertisers that are not supplied or managed directly through Google's DART cookies by visiting http://www.evidon.com/  consumers/profile_manager#tab3 orhttp://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

Google Analytics

www.toptownsandcities.com site use Google Analytics, a web analytics tool that helps website owners understand how visitors engage with their website. Google Analytics collects information anonymously, and it reports website trends without identifying individual visitors.  For more information about Google Analytics, please visit http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html

Mission Statement

The mission of www.toptownsandcities.com is to help people research possible relocation destinations, help them make well informed decisions based on that research and ultimately help them find the best possible place to live.  The valuable, original content on our site is available free of charge to all users.

Obtaining Subscribers for Our Newsletters

www.toptownsandcities.com collects opt-in subscribers to its online newsletters (web sites) through the secure website www.constantcontact.com and uses www.constantcontact.com to email subscribers according to the frequency outlined on this site's sign up pages. We use the volunteered information that we collect, which includes only first name and email address, solely for the purpose of sending our subscribers timely, relevant information about places to live and retire.  Subscribers may opt out of any and all newsletters/emails at any time by using the link at the bottom of any email we send through www.constantcontact.com.  You may also send us an email at staff@toptownsandcities.com to opt out of any of our emails (please include your first name and email address).  There is no cost or obligation whatsoever to joining our newsletter email list, and all emails adhere to the CAN SPAM Act of 2003.  We are not Realtors or developers, and we do not work for anyone's Chamber of Commerce.  We are writers and researchers.

Disclosure Statement

www.toptownsandcities.com is supported by advertising.  We do not, however, accept any kind of payment for showcasing destinations.  We are in no way affiliated or associated with the destinations or communities profiled on this site.   The textual and display ads shown throughout the site are generated by a third party and are clearly marked as advertisements.  All other ads are also clearly labeled as advertisements.

Security Statement

Security of all personally identifiable information (your voluntarily submitted subscriber information that includes your first name and email address) is extremely important to us. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, www.toptownsandcities.com cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online forms, and you do so at your own risk.  

This site uses Paypal, a secure eBay company, when processing online payments.

Legal Disclaimer

Top Towns and Cities (www.toptownsandcities.com) strives for accuracy in its profiles of retirement destinations and retirement communities, but in some cases, the information may have changed and not been updated on our site. Top Towns and Cities (www.toptownsandcities.com) and its parent company Navarre Properties cannot be held responsible for information that may be out of date and/or may no longer be accurate.   Any legal actions arising from this situation must be filed, mediated and/or tried and settled in the State of Colorado in the United States of America.

Contact Information

Top Towns and Cities (www.toptownsandcities.com) is owned by Navarre Properties 2770 S. Elmira St., Denver, Colorado  80231.   Email us at staff@toptownsandcities.com

Acceptance of Terms

By using www.toptownsandcities.com you signify your acceptance of our privacy policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site.   www.toptownsandcities.com reserves the right to modify, alter or otherwise update this policy at any time. We encourage visitors to review this policy from time to time. Your continued use of www.toptownsandcities.com following the posting of changes to these terms indicates your acceptance of these changes.

Updated October 31, 2011