General
sudburymatt.com respects your privacy. That’s why we have created this Privacy Statement to explain how and why we collect certain information online, and how we use that information. This statement also explains how you can prevent collection of certain information about yourself, if you choose. Please take a few moments to read our Privacy Statement. This statement applies to information we collect from visitors to the sudburymatt.com Web site.
Right to Change Policy
As sudburymatt.com is constantly innovating and enhancing the
services it provides to its users, this Privacy Statement will also
continue to change to match the services we make available. As such,
we reserve the right to change this statement to match the services
we provide. If we make any material change to this statement, we will
change the date at the top of this statement to reflect the effective
date of the change. When you visit our site or use our services, we
encourage you to check the date of this Privacy Statement to ensure
you are aware of any updates.
However, regardless of how
this Privacy Statement may change or evolve over time,
sudburymatt.com will not collect or maintain your private and
personally identifiable information without your consent. Further, if
you consent to give us your personal information, we will keep it
confidential and will not sell, license or disclose your personal
information to any third party without your consent, unless we are
compelled to do so under the law or to comply with a court order.
Contact for Privacy Inquiries
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or other questions about privacy on the sudburymatt.com site, please contact:
| Via Mail: | sudburymatt.com |
| Chief Privacy Officer | |
| PO BOX 312 | |
| Wahnapitae PO | |
| Wahnapitae, ON | |
| P0M 3C0 | |
| Or Via E-mail: | webadmin@sudburymatt.com |
Registration on Our Site
sudburymatt.com requires users to register, should they wish to participate. In order to register, you must provide us with a username (which does not have to be your real name), password and a valid e-mail address. This allows us to protect our community from abusive postings and provides a verifiable point of contact should legal questions arise. At any time, you have the ability to keep your e-mail address hidden from other users by selecting that option within your user profile.
Types of Information Collected
Generally, you are free to browse the sudburymatt.com site without
submitting any personal information. We do not collect any of your
personal information (such as a name, address or e-mail address) when
you visit the sudburymatt.com site, unless you register or have
registered to use one of our services or otherwise agree to submit to
us such information. As part of such processes, you have the
opportunity to decline notifications from us regarding information
from sudburymatt.com. If this option is not present, then it will be
assumed that you do not wish to be contacted with this type of
information. Types of information collected on specific services on
the sudburymatt.com site are described in more detail below.
sudburymatt.com collects the following information
voluntarily from all users (including children) who choose to
register at this site as a member. Some of this information must be
provided in order to register, while other items are optional.
To
register as a member the following information is mandatory:
- A User ID. This may be a user-chosen “nickname” or a person’s real first name, last name, or any combination thereof. We do not allow members to use identities that we deem offensive.
- A user-chosen password to access the site. This password can not be accessed by any other user or site administrator. It is stored on the server as a one-way hash, and cannot be reasonably reversed to the original password. We encourage users to choose a password other than that used for other personal Internet or non-Internet applications or use.
- An e-mail address. A user may enter any e-mail address they choose when they register as a member. This can be a e-mail address provided by their Internet Service Provider, a web-based e-mail address provided by services such as sympatico.ca, gmail.com, or any other such provider, or any other e-mail address held by the user.
When a user registers they choose an option of whether or not to allow others to have access to their e-mail address. A user may choose to reveal their e-mail address if they wish to receive e-mail messages from other users. Or, a person may choose to protect their privacy by not allowing others to have access to their e-mail address.
If a user does not choose to hide their email address, that address is visible only to other registered members. Site guests and anonymous users will not be able to see the email address, even if the user chose to make it visible.
The operators of sudburymatt.com
do not sell our members’ e-mail addresses or make them available to
any other parties.
sudburymatt.com does not require any
member to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to
participate in any activities on this web site.
Cookies
sudburymatt.com uses browser cookies to facilitate your experience with our services. These cookies are pieces of information that our server sends to your browser which it can then store on your hard drive. If you choose to accept these cookies, they enable us to recognize that your browser has previously visited and used our site, services and, based on your browser’s previous visits, assist us with tailoring the information and content you view. An example of the customization allowed by the use of such cookies is to retain your username and password so you don’t have to re-enter them each time you visit the site. These cookies do not collect, store or maintain your private, personally identifiable information. You do not have to accept these cookies to visit or use the sudburymatt.com site, and you can choose to refuse our cookie, delete our cookie from your hard drive or turn off the sudburymatt.com cookie at any time.
Technical Support
Any personal information you provide to us in the course of obtaining technical support, or asking other questions about sudburymatt.com will be used only for the purposes for which it was submitted. We may store the information, but we will not use it for any other purposes or disclose it to any third parties.
Use and Disclosure of Your Information
sudburymatt.com uses the personal information it collects from forms you fill out on our site or in our service registrations to:
- Allow users to access and use our services;
- Supply users with installation instructions, download, access or use information, and technical support information;
- Provide users of services on our site with information about enhancements and service changes; and
- Improve our services by using statistical analysis and evaluation of user data.
We use the anonymous information we collect from the other methods
described above, such as cookie information, to collect broad
demographic information about user trends, count the number of users
of our services, and to continue to enhance and improve our services.
We do not and will not disclose your private, personally
identifiable information to any third party for any purpose without
your prior consent. However, sudburymatt.com reserves the right to
disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, or in
the good faith belief that such action is reasonably necessary to
comply with legal process, respond to claims, or to protect the
rights, property or safety of the site owner, users or the public.
All reasonable care is taken by our staff in handling
your personal information to ensure its security both offline and
online. It is our policy to destroy server access and any personal
information provided during the technical support process upon
completion of the technical support incident.
Postings on Message Boards
It is important for you to remain aware that when you provide personal information (e.g., last name, address, phone number) in a posting on any message board, that information is available to any other person or user having access and use of that message board, and may be used by someone in a manner unintended by you. For that reason, we discourage you from offering any personally identifying information within a posting to any message board.
sudburymatt.com & The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
As part of our compliance with US and international Law: The
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act/Rule, it is necessary for us
to obtain parental permission for all children under the age of 13 to
register as a member.
sudburymatt.com is a site that does
not permit the registration of users under 12 years old.
sudburymatt.com is not necessarily a “family
friendly” site, due to the nature of some of the topics
discussed. However, we strive to ensure that children are not exposed
to objectionable material. Unfortunately, we can not be responsible
for content posted on our site that is objectionable. We allow the
posting of army related information, digital images and links to
other web sites. Our policy is that no pornographic or otherwise
offensive material is allowed on the site. (We also run a profanity
filter which eliminates some common profanities, although this is
somewhat limited in it’s effectiveness.)
It is possible
though for a user to post material in violation of these rules. We
have Administrators and Moderators who make a “best effort”
attempt to review all content posted on our site at various times
every day. When a violating post is noted it is removed or modified
to remove objectionable material. While we attempt to remove such
material as soon as possible, it does not prevent any user from being
exposed to an offensive post prior to it being detected and removed
or modified. The chances of this are minimized because a person must
become a registered member before they can post any material on the
site.
If a member posts objectionable material, these
recourses will be used based on the nature of the offence:
- A user may be contacted via electronic mail to engage in conversation with Administrators regarding the matter.
- A user may be suspended from posting messages until such time as agreement is reached between Administrators and the member regarding acceptable content.
- Administrators may cancel a user’s membership.
We do not use personal information for any reasons other than to
identify messages posted on this web site and to communicate with our
members. We do not actively use personal information in marketing
ventures. This site contains only military related advertising on
it’s general pages. We do not allow advertising for anything
pornographic or otherwise controversial or extreme. We carry
advertisements only for businesses that we believe to be honest and
reputable. We do not carry advertisements that ask a user to spend
money on speculative ventures such as lotteries, gambling, or “get
rich quick” schemes. A parent may also e-mail
webadmin@sudburymatt.com
for a list of all businesses advertising on sudburymatt.com at any
specific time, as well as information about they type of business
that they are engaged in.
Any personal information that a
child posts on this site is the responsibility of the parent. We ask
that parents advise their children regarding issues of privacy, and
their personal family practices on-line. We advise our members to use
careful discretion regarding personal information, and not to give
out any personal information that is not necessary in the use of our
web site. We are not responsible if a child voluntarily reveals their
name, address, or other personal information to other users in our
message board forums.
The parent or child may delete any
of the posts made by the child if they know the child’s User ID and
password. Follow the instructions above to find the child’s posts. If
the parent finds a message or content in a message that should not be
present, they may edit the message to remove, change, or add
information, or, delete the message entirely. To do this, the parent
(or child) should locate the message and note the small icons
directly above the individual message, and just to the right of the
date and time of the post. The icon with the paper, pencil and the
word “modify” allows you to edit a message. You may only
edit messages posted by you or your child and you must know the
password.
If you have problems with this process or you
believe that someone has interacted inappropriately with your child
on this web site, e-mail webadmin@sudburymatt.com at once. Please
provide specific details of the problem and copy the URL (the page’s
web address) from the top of your web browser and paste it into your
message so we may find the exact page quickly.
If you, as
a parent or legal guardian, want to have your child’s membership in
sudburymatt.com terminated, e-mail webadmin@sudburymatt.com
and provide the child’s User ID and password for confirmation. We
would appreciate any details as to your objection of your child’s
participation if you feel that sudburymatt.com is an unhealthy
environment for any reason.
The Administrator and Chief
Privacy Officer is the principal operator of this web site and has
access to any personal information collected from children:
Matthew
Bleach
C/O sudburyMatt
PO Box 312
Wahnapitae PO
Wahnapitae, ON
P0M 3C0
E-Mail: webadmin@sudburymatt.com
If your child is already a member of sudburymatt.com, e-mail webadmin@sudburymatt.com if you wish to know what information we have gathered about or from your child. You must include your child’s sudburymatt.com User ID or e-mail address used to register on our site so we can properly identify them from our database of members.
In order to protect the privacy of sudburymatt.com members, proof of guardianship may be required prior to furnishing any information.
