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 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,
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.
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.