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Disclaimer
The Sharing Community,
Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that
gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of
Privacy applies to The Sharing Community, Inc. Web site and governs data
collection and usage. By using the The Sharing Community, Inc. website, you
consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
The Sharing Community, Inc. may collect personally identifiable information,
such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number.
The Sharing Community, Inc. also collects anonymous demographic information,
which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences,
interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is
automatically collected by The Sharing Community, Inc.. This information can
include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and
referring Web site addresses. This information is used by The Sharing
Community, Inc. for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the
service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of The Sharing
Community, Inc. Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable
information or personally sensitive data through The Sharing Community, Inc.
public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
Note: The Sharing Community, Inc. does not read any of your private online
communications.
The Sharing Community, Inc. encourages you to review the privacy statements
of Web sites you choose to link to from The Sharing Community, Inc. so that
you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your
information. The Sharing Community, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy
statements or other content on Web sites outside of The Sharing Community,
Inc. and The Sharing Community, Inc. family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
The Sharing Community, Inc. may collect and use your personal information to
operate The Sharing Community, Inc. Web site and deliver the services you
have requested. The Sharing Community, Inc. may also use your personally
identifiable information to inform you of other products or services
available from The Sharing Community, Inc. and its affiliates. The Sharing
Community, Inc. may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about
your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be
offered.
The Sharing Community, Inc. does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists
to third parties. The Sharing Community, Inc. may, from time to time,
contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular
offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique
personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone
number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, The Sharing
Community, Inc. may share data with trusted partners to help us perform
statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer
support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited
from using your personal information except to provide these services to The
Sharing Community, Inc., and they are required to maintain the
confidentiality of your information.
The Sharing Community, Inc. does not use or disclose sensitive personal
information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your
explicit consent.
The Sharing Community, Inc. keeps track of the Web sites and pages our
customers visit within The Sharing Community, Inc., in order to determine
what The Sharing Community, Inc. services are the most popular. This data is
used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Sharing
Community, Inc. to customers whose behavior indicates that they are
interested in a particular subject area.
The Sharing Community, Inc. Web sites will disclose your personal
information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good
faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of
the law or comply with legal process served on The Sharing Community, Inc.
or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of The Sharing
Community, Inc.; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of users of The Sharing Community, Inc., or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Sharing Community, Inc. Web site may use "cookies" to help you
personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed
on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run
programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned
to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the
cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature
to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you
have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize The
Sharing Community, Inc. pages, or register with The Sharing Community, Inc.
site or services, a cookie helps The Sharing Community, Inc. to recall your
specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of
recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping
addresses, and so on. When you return to the same The Sharing Community,
Inc. Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so
you can easily use The Sharing Community, Inc. features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers
automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser
setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies,
you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the The
Sharing Community, Inc. services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
The Sharing Community, Inc. secures your personal information from
unauthorized access, use or disclosure. The Sharing Community, Inc. secures
the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a
controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or
disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is
transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of
encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
The Sharing Community, Inc. will occasionally update this Statement of
Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. The Sharing Community,
Inc. encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of
how The Sharing Community, Inc. is protecting your information.
Contact Information
The Sharing Community, Inc. welcomes your comments regarding this Statement
of Privacy. If you believe that The Sharing Community, Inc. has not adhered
to this Statement, please contact The Sharing Community, Inc. at
administrator@thesharingcommunity.org.
We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy
the problem.
Updated
November 23, 2011
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