Privacy Policy

Introduction
For your information and peace of mind, this policy describes what personal information Mr. Toy and his advertising partners collect, and how it is used. This privacy policy is applicable to The Monterey Peninsula Toy Box website and its associated web address www.montereypeninsula.info. It dies not cover Mr. Toy's other sites, including james-toy.pixels.com and mrtoysmentalnotes.blogspot.com, which can be reached from this site but are hosted by third parties.

Routine Information Collection
All web servers track basic information about their visitors. This information includes, but is not limited to, IP addresses, browser details, timestamps, search phrases, and referring pages. None of this information can personally identify specific visitors to this site. The information is tracked for routine administration and maintenance purposes, and lets Mr. Toy know what pages and information are useful and helpful to Monterey Peninsula Toy Box visitors. 

Cookies
This site, like (surprise!) nearly every website on the internet, may use cookies to store information about a visitor's preferences and history in order to better serve the visitor and/or present the visitor with customized content. 

Advertising partners and other third parties may also use cookies, scripts and/or web beacons to track visitors to our site in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such tracking is done directly by the third parties through their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies.

Controlling Your Privacy
Note that you can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. Consult your browser documentation for instructions on how to block cookies and other tracking mechanisms. 

About Google Advertising
Advertisements served by Google, Inc., and affiliated companies use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to display ads to you based on your visits to this site and possibly other sites that use Google advertising services. Any tracking done by Google through cookies and other mechanisms is subject to Google's own privacy policies. You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Google's ads preference manager. 

Also, Google may serve ads from third-party vendors and ads from other ad networks on this site. You may be able to opt out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising (if the vendor or ad network offers this capability). Alternatively, you may opt out of some third-party vendor's use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting youradchoices.com. 

Social Media Sharing Services
The Toy Box uses social media sharing buttons provided by AddToAny, and are governed by their own privacy policy. Be aware that for these social sharing buttons to function they must interact with the individual social media companies which have their own privacy policies. Likewise cookies employed by these third-party services are governed by their own privacy policies. Check with your social media companies (Facebook, X, Pinterest, etc.) to learn how they use the information you share on those sites.