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BILLYGILMANFANS.COM PRIVACY STATEMENT
BillyGilmanFans.com (“BGF”) is committed to protecting your privacy when you use our on-line services ("Services"). In this policy we explain how and why we collect your information, what we do with it and what controls you have over our use of it.
From time to time we add or change functions, features, and/or services on our website. This coupled with our commitment to protecting the privacy of our members may result in periodic changes to this Privacy Policy. As a result please remember to refer back to this Privacy Policy regularly to review any amendments.
Any questions regarding our Privacy Policy should be directed to Andrew Watson, Website Administrator, BillyGilmanFans.com, at andrew@billygilmanfans.com or alternatively by following instructions in the section entitled "Comments" below.
Your acceptance of these Privacy Statement terms
By using any of the sites, features, and/or Services within our website network, you unconditionally agree to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
What data do we collect and how do we use it?
BillyGilmanFans.com collects and processes information in order to:
(i) identify you each time you visit us or wish to have a Service provided;
(ii) improve our Services and website
You may be asked, either when you register with us or at other time, for information about yourself such as your name, e-mail address, and location. A valid e-mail address is required for registration on our message board for purposes of identification and authenticity and is available to administrators only if the “hide e-mail address” preference is selected.
You are under no obligation to provide this information, but if you do not then we may not be able to provide you with certain services.
Log files/IP addresses
When you visit our website, your IP address (the unique address which identifies your computer on the internet) is automatically logged. Our web server automatically recognizes your IP address. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information. It is BillyGilmanFans.com’s policy that IP addresses are available to administrators only, hidden and protected, unless circumstances arise where the administrators feel they need to share it (usually with authorities).
Non-personal information
BillyGilmanFans.com automatically collects non-personal information such as the type of internet browser you use or the website from which you linked our website. You cannot be identified from this information and it is only used to assist us in providing an effective service on our website.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your hard drive to store and sometimes track information about you. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of a website if you do so. Cookies are specific to the server that created them and cannot be accessed by other servers, which means they cannot be used to track your movements around the web. Although they do identify a user's computer, cookies do not personally identify customers or passwords. Credit card information is not stored in cookies.
We use cookies for the following reason:
(i) To identify who you are and to access your account information (on the BillyGilmanFans.com message board).
With whom is the information shared?
BillyGilmanFans.com will not share, sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may disclose your personal information to third parties working with BillyGilmanFans.com (for example, the Muscular Dystrophy Association).
BillyGilmanFans.com may disclose aggregate statistics about website to reputable third parties and for lawful purposes, but these statistics will not include personally identifying information.
BillyGilmanFans.com may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or if it believes that such action is necessary to protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of Billy Gilman, family, associates, BillyGilmanFans.com and its sites, visitors to the website and members of the website.
Our website contains links to the sites of third parties. When you visit these sites, we suggest that you read their privacy policies. BillyGilmanFans.com is not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of such sites.
Mailing List
BillyGilmanFans.com will send e-mails to those signed up on our mailing list. Your e-mail address will not be shared, sold, or rented or disclosed to any third-party. If you wish to no longer receive e-mails from BillyGilmanFans.com, please see instructions on our Mailing List page.
Security
BillyGilmanFans.com places a great importance on the security of all information associated with our members. We have security measures in place to attempt to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of member data under our control. For example, our security policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized administrators have access to user information. With regard to our website, we use high-quality security standards to protect your information and data. While we cannot ensure or guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration of data will not occur, we use our best efforts to prevent this.
Where is the information stored?
Information which you submit via our website is stored in administrative sections of the website in which only administrators can access. This is necessary in order to process the information you submit.
Comments
Please e-mail any questions, concerns or comments you have about our Privacy Policy to andrew@billygilmanfans.com
Last updated on August 6th, 2006.
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