Privacy
The trust of the community is essential to the success of the
Electronic Valley. Therefore, we take concerns regarding privacy
very seriously.
(Please note that the following applies to the
top-level Web pages of the Electronic Valley, i.e. those bearing the
Electronic Valley logo at the top of the page - organizations
maintain their own sites, and may have policies differing from
ours. Also note that the Electronic
Valley Forum has privacy policies different from those of other
site features - see below.)
We collect general site server statistical information from all
visitors to the Electronic Valley, both to monitor utilization and for
site security purposes. While this information contains such
features as the machine (IP) address you are using, as well as the
date, time and file(s) requested, it typically cannot be used to
identify you on an individual basis.
Those involved in maintaining (i.e. actively posting new/modified
information to) the Electronic Valley should be advised that, for
security purposes, these posting activities are tracked on a more
detailed basis, including user account information.
Persistent client side data ("cookies") are used for
some features on the site. At present, these data are only used
to provide a "session state" for programming purposes and
are not utilized to identify you or your browser beyond a single
session.
While this site is a community-wide communications initiative, it
is not directed, in whole or part, at children under the age of
13. Certain features of the site (such as subscriptions to our
electronic newsletter, or volunteer opportunities and organization
site requests) do require the provision of personal information.
This is for the internal use of the Electronic Valley and its
operators, and will not be disclosed to third parties without your
prior express consent, except under extraordinary circumstances, such
as a court order. Children under the age of 13 years are
expressly prohibited from providing personal information. We
strongly recommend parental supervision of children when using this,
or any, Web site. For more information on children's online
privacy generally and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act,
please see the FTC's
Kidz
Privacy site.
Privacy Policy of the Electronic Valley Forum:
In order to use these forums, users are required to provide a
username, password and email address. Neither the Administrators of
these forums, or the Moderators participating, are responsible for the
privacy practices of any user. Remember that all information that is
disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should
exercise caution when deciding to share any of your personal
information. Any user who finds material posted by another user
objectionable is encouraged to contact us via email. We are authorized
by you to remove or modify any data submitted by you to these forums
for any reason we feel constitutes a violation of our policies,
whether stated, implied or not.
This site may contain links to other web sites and files. We
have no control over the content and can not ensure it will not be
offensive or objectionable. We will, however, remove links to material
that we feel is inappropriate as we become aware of them.
These forums give users two options for changing and modifying
information that they provide in their profile:
Users can login with their username and password to change any
information in their profile. In case of lost password, users
can send an email to webmaster@electronicvalley.org
.
Cookies must be turned on in your browser to participate as a
user in these forums. Cookies are used here to hold your username and
password and viewing options, allowing you to login.
By using the Electronic Valley Forum, you warrant that you, the
user, are 13 years of age or over. You are fully responsible for any
information or file supplied by this user. You also agree that you
will not post any copyrighted material that is not owned by yourself
or the owners of these forums. In your use of these forums, you agree
that you will not post any information which is vulgar, harassing,
hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, sexually oriented,
or violates any laws. You further agree that you will not misrepresent
your identity, or use this forum with the username/password of another
person. All usage of this forum is subject to the
Bylaws
of Electronic Valley Inc. as may, from time to time, be amended or
modified.
This policy is effective April 11, 2002, and is subject to change,
particularly as new site features are added.
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