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. Please take time to
read our Terms of Use.
1. Collection of Data.
Our registration process requires you to provide personally identifiable
information. 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 this Policy, Terms of Use, other
usage guidelines or as deemed reasonably necessary by us to protect our legal
rights and/or property;
(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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Contact Information.
If you have any questions about this Policy or our web site, please feel free to
contact our webmaster.