Introduction.
We take your right to privacy seriously and want you
to feel comfortable using our web site. This Privacy
Policy deals with personally identifiable
information (referred to as "Data" below) that may
be collected by us on our site. This Policy does not
apply to other entities that we do not own or
control or persons that are not our employees,
agents or within our control.
1.
Collection of Data.
Our registration process requires only a valid email
address and a unique user ID and password. Providing
us with other
information
is at your option. Please take note that your user
name,
e-mail address,
or other submissions that you make on this site may
contain your real name or other personally
identifiable
information
and, as a result, may appear on this site. Like many
web sites, we may also automatically receive general
information
that is contained in our server log files such as
your IP address and cookie
information.
Information
about how advertising may be served on this site (if
at all) is set forth below.
2. Use of Data.
We may use Data to customize and improve your user
experience on this site. We will make efforts so
that your Data will not be provided to third parties
unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy
Policy; (ii) we obtain your consent, such as when
you choose to opt-in or opt-out to the sharing of
Data; (iii) a service provided on our site requires
the interaction with or is provided by a third
party, by way of example an
Application Service Provider; (iv) pursuant
to legal process or law enforcement; (v) we find
that your use of this site violates our this Policy,
Terms of Service, other usage guidelines or as
deemed reasonably necessary by us to protect our
legal rights and/or property; (vi) or (vi) this site
is purchased by a third party whereby that third
party will be able to use the Data in the same
manner as we can as set forth in this Policy. In the
event you choose to use links that appear on our
site to visit other web sites, you are advised to
read the privacy policies that appear on those
sites.
3. Cookies. Like many web sites, we set and use cookies
to enhance your user experience, such as retaining
your personal settings. Advertisements may appear on
our web site and, if so, may set and access cookies
on your computer and is subject to the privacy
policy of those parties providing the advertisement.
However, the companies serving the advertising do
not have access to our cookies. These companies
usually use non-personally identifiable or anonymous
codes to obtain
information
about your visits to our site.
We use third-party advertising companies to serve
ads when you visit our website. These companies may
use
information
(not including your name, address, email address, or
telephone number) about your visits to this and
other websites in order to provide advertisements
about goods and services of interest to you. If you
would like more
information
about this practice and to know your choices about
not having this
information
used by these companies,
click here.
You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies
or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However,
some website features or services may not function
properly without cookies.
4. Children. We do not allow persons who are ages
thirteen or younger to become members of this site.
For more
information,
please contact our webmaster.
5. Editing or Deleting Your Account
Information. We provide you with the ability to edit the
information
in your user account
information
that you provided to us in registration by using
your personal page configuration area. You may
request deletion of your user account by contacting
our webmaster. Content or other data that you may
have provided to us and that is not contained within
your user account, such as posts that may appear
within our forums, may continue to remain on our
site at our discretion even though your user account
is deleted. Please see our Terms of Use for more
information.
6. Changes to this Privacy Policy.
We may make changes to this Policy from time to
time. We will notify you of substantial changes to
this Policy either by posting a prominent
announcement on our site and/or by sending a message
to the
e-mail address
you have provided to us that is contained within
your user settings.
7. No guarantees. While this Privacy Policy states our
standards for maintenance of Data and we will make
efforts to meet them, we are not in a position to
guarantee these standards. There may be factors
beyond our control that may result in disclosure of
data. As a consequence, we disclaim any warranties
or representations relating to maintenance or
nondisclosure of Data.
8. Contact
Information.
If you have any questions about this Policy or our
web site, please feel free to contact our webmaster.