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Privacy Philosophy Information Collected When you register with The Fishkeepers Forum, our registration form requires you to give us your name, country, zip code, and email address ("Registration Data"). Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. Generally, this information is collected through "traffic data" and may entail the use of "Cookies", "IP addresses" or other numeric codes used to identify a computer. Use of Personal Information The Fishkeepers Forum 's primary goal in collecting
personal information is to deliver a customized and personalized
service to users. The Fishkeepers Forum also uses the personal information
it collects to send users e-mail notifications of new features or
services available through The Fishkeepers Forum, and other information
that The Fishkeepers Forum feels might be of interest to it's users.
In order to provide our users with a more personalized, relevant
and intelligent service, The Fishkeepers Forum regularly makes improvements
to the The Fishkeepers Forum site. The collection of personal data
greatly assists The Fishkeepers Forum in this improvement process
by identifying the specific interests and needs of the many users
of the The Fishkeepers Forum. Registration and/or Request Forms Our site contains registration and/or request forms that require users to give us contact information (such as their name and e-mail address). We use customer contact information from the registration and request forms to send you information about our services and to contact you when necessary. Sharing Information Except as set forth in the Terms of Use, The Fishkeepers Forum will not disclose personal data about you to any third parties without first receiving your permission. No personally identifiable data or information will be shared with advertisers or partners. Some of your information may be shared on an aggregate basis only, as a part of a larger set of statistics (for example, statistics that indicate the percentage of our members that are female), but that information will not be sufficient to permit the recipient to identify you. Children The Fishkeepers Forum does not intentionally collect or maintain information through fishkeepersforum.org from individuals actually known to be under the age of 13 ("children"). Moreover, at present, no part of fishkeepersforum.org is designed specifically to target or attract any children. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to fishkeepersforum.org Cookies The Fishkeepers Forum makes use of a technology called cookies. Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored by your web browser software on your computer's hard drive or temporarily in your computer's memory. The use of cookies is now an industry standard, and users will find them on most major websites. Cookies, by themselves, cannot be used to find out the identity of any user. The Fishkeepers Forum will only store information that adds to your browsing experience. This information is not personally identifiable. If for some reason you would rather not take advantage of the benefits made possible with cookies, most Web browsers allow you to reject cookies or to choose which cookies to accept. Check your browser's documentation and help files, or contact your browser vendor, for more information about its cookie features. IP Addresses and Cookies We use your computer's IP (Internet Protocol) address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website. Your IP address is used to help identify you and your time spent at our sites, and to gather broad demographic information. This allows us to see which parts of our sites users are visiting. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means, for instance, that a user's session will be tracked, but the user will remain anonymous. Other Sites The Fishkeepers Forum contain links to other sites
outside the The Fishkeepers Forum domains. The Fishkeepers Forum
is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such
websites. Public Forums Some areas of our site are used to make certain calendars and events that are open to our customers, and in some cases, the public. Please remember that any information that you disclose in these areas becomes public information; you should exercise caution when deciding whether to disclose your personal information. Security This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. When a user submits personal information, it is stored in secure operating environments that are not available to the public. This prevents any malicious use of your information. All financial information that is submitted to our site is encrypted and is stored on private servers that are not accessible to the public. Further, users can select to transmit order information over a secure connection, which increases the security of each transaction. Opt-Out The Fishkeepers Forum provides users the opportunity to opt out of receiving communications from The Fishkeepers Forum. You may elect to avoid future communications from The Fishkeepers Forum by sending us an email at webmaster@fishkeepersforum.org . Further Questions? The Fishkeepers Forum welcomes questions or comments users may have regarding this Privacy Policy or the use of your personal data. Please send any questions or comments to us at: webmaster@fishkeepersforum.org The Fishkeepers Forum reserves the right to change or update this policy at any time by posting a notice that we are changing our privacy policy. |
