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Our Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?
We do not collect information or gather data from you when you register and participate by reading, writing, and evaluating the content shared here.

When registering on our site, you may be asked to enter your name and e-mail address. You may, however, visit our site without registering. Your e-mail address will be verified by an email containing a unique link. If that link is visited, we know that you control the e-mail address.

When registered and posting, we record the IP address that the post originated from. We also may retain server logs which include the IP address of every request to our server.

What do we use your information for?
The email address you provided may only be used to send you emails—information, notifications that you request about changes to topics or in response to your user name, and responses to your inquiries or requests.

How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

What is your data retention policy?
We will make a good faith effort to:
–Retain server logs containing the IP address of all requests to this server for no more than 90 days.
–Retain the IP addresses associated with registered users and their posts for no more than five years.

Do we use cookies?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow). These cookies enable the site to recognize your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your registered account.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your information to any outside parties.

Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our site and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our web site privacy policy.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

This document is CC-BY-SA. It was last updated October 16, 2014.