COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
Because we gather certain types of information about our users,
we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding
the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement
discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
INFORMATION Voice of the flats.org GATHERS AND
TRACKS
Voice of the flats.org gathers two types of information about users:
Information that users provide through optional,
voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive
our electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards
or forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls and
surveys:
Information Voice of the flats.org gathers through
aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page
views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better
tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers
and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience.
Under no circumstances does Voice of the flats.org divulge any information
about an individual user to a third party.
USAGE TRACKING
Voice of the flats.org tracks user traffic patterns throughout all
of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with
data about individual users. Voice of the flats.org does break down
overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser
type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser
string (information contained in every user's browser).
Voice of the flats.org sometimes tracks and catalogs the search
terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking
is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information
to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like
based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual
users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This
helps us continue to build a better service for you.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser
files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal
Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this
site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided.
But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information
you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk
or read cookie files created by other sites. Voice of the flats.org
uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above).
Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track
ad impressions and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in
your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting
cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie.
You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However,
you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums,
polling and surveys.
USE OF INFORMATION
Voice of the flats.org uses any information voluntarily given by
our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether
to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or
to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
As stated above, we use information that users
voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters
and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards,
and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular
schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out
special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly
interested in something we are doing. Voice of the flats.org never
shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including
advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine
which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic
to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but
rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue
to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered
in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our
users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
Voice of the flats.org creates aggregate reports
on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors
and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively,
and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent
to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns of individual
users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific
user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about
any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid
legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or
the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
We will not share information about individual users with any third
party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process
or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
Voice of the flats.org operates secure data networks protected by
industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our
security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced
as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the
information provided by our customers.
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this
information by Voice of the flats.org. If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post those changes so that you are always
aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances we disclose it.
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