Last Updated:
October 12, 2006
This Privacy
Policy (“Policy”) applies to all products, services, and websites operated
by SmithandWessonForums.com.
When
you sign up for a account or a service operated by SmithandWessonForums, we
store all information that you provide to us.
This may include personal information like email addresses, your name,
passwords, phone numbers, birth date, gender, and address information.
For services that require payment, we also collect credit card
information, which is stored in encrypted form on secure servers.
Once you register and sign in to one of our services, you are not
anonymous to us.
In
addition, we collect and store information based on the services that you are
using. For instance, we would
store the people that you mark as your buddies, etc.
When
you use our service, we may store certain information in browser cookies.
These cookies identify your browser and allow us to enhance your online
experience. Most browsers are
configured to accept cookies, but you may change your browser’s settings so
that you are informed every time a cookie is set, or to prevent cookies from
being set at all. Please note,
however, that many features do not function properly if cookies are disabled.
Advertisers
or other third parties do not have access to SmithandWessonForums.com cookies.
However, such advertisers may set their own cookies.
Such cookies are subject to the advertisers’ own privacy policies, not
this Policy.
SmithandWessonForums
records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP
address, cookie information, and page request.
Any
email or written correspondence that you send us may be stored.
Data
from any monetary transaction taking place via our service may be stored.
SmithandWessonForums
uses collected information to enhance your experience online, authenticate you
when you sign in, send notifications, fulfill your requests for services,
contact you, customize the advertising or content that you see, and provide
anonymous reporting for internal and external clients.
SmithandWessonForums
does not share personal information with other individuals, organizations, or
companies outside of SmithandWessonForums.com, unless we have your consent or unless:
If
SmithandWessonForums.com is involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of
sale of some or all of its assets, we will provide notice before personal
information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Note
that we may share certain aggregated, non personal information, such as
demographic information, browser type, and usage statistics.
In such cases, the information does not identify you personally.
While
SmithandWessonForums does not provide any personal information to advertisers,
it is possible that, if you view a certain ad, it may have been delivered to you
based on targeting demographic criteria (for example, men who are between 18-24
years of age). Please note that in
such situations, the advertiser does not know any specific personal information
about you. You understand, however,
that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet its particular
targeting criteria.
Data
Integrity
SmithandWessonForums
processes personal information only for the purposes for which it was collected
and in accordance with the Policy. We
review our data collection, storage, and processing practices to ensure that we
only collect, store, and process the personal information needed to provide our
services. We depend on our users to
update or correct their own personal information.
Enforcement
SmithandWessonForums
periodically reviews its compliance with the Policy.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact us at: Webmaster@SmithandWessonForums.com
If you contact us at this address with
your concerns/questions, we will respond. SmithandWessonForums
will also cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities to resolve any
complaints regarding the transfer of personal information that cannot be
resolved between SmithandWessonForums and you.
SmithandWessonForums
restricts access to personal information to SmithandWessonForums staff,
contractors, and agents who need to access the information in order to operate,
sustain, improve, or repair our services.
These individuals are bound to confidentiality agreements and may be
subject to discipline, including termination and criminal prosecution, if they
fail to meet these obligations.
We take
appropriate security measures to protect your information.
These measures include physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards,
as well as software/system security reviews.
You can edit your
account information at any time online. You
will need to sign in to edit your account information.
You may also request to have your account deleted entirely.
Please note, however, that requests for account deletion may take up to
30 days to process and archived versions of your information may remain in our
system after deletion.
SmithandWessonForums
may revise this Policy in the future. We
will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal
information by sending a notice to the primary email address on your
account or by placing a note on SmithandWessonForums.com
If you have any
questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Privacy
Administrator
Webmaster@SmithandWessonForums.com