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Last updated: Monday 28th May, 2007
The vcforge.net is committed to protecting your privacy of users of our site and to developing VC 6.0 projects technology that gives you the most powerful and secure online experience. At vcforge.net, we intend to give you as much control as possible over your personal information, including the registration data. As part of the normal operation of this site, we collect information from you. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the vcforge.net site (the "Site" self BUT NOT include all it's products, it's sub sites, it's services); By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.
vcforge.net will track the domains from which people visit it's site and analyze this data for trends and statistics. Subject to the provisions of this Privacy Statement, vcforge.net may use accumulated data for various purposes, including but not limited to marketing analysis, service evaluation and planning. vcforge.net will collect personal information if you choose to create a new member account. If you choose to do this we will store your user name, email address, and (at your choosing) a brief personal description, interests, location, timezone, occupation, birthday, homepage, message board signature and image. Only your name and email is necessary to create a profile, all other information is optional. User names and email addresses (as well as any additional information that a user may choose to post) are publicly available on the vcforge.net site.
When you visit the Site, certain anonymous information about your visit is automatically captured. This information includes the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. None of this information is personally-identifiable. This anonymous information is used to help improve the Site, analyze trends, and administer the Site.
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
VC Forge may disclose personal information 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 to VC Forge, or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of VC Forge and our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of VC Forge, our Web sites, or the public.
Personally identifiable information collected on this site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which VC Forge or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
Email addresses collected as part of the sign-up process are not made publicly available. Email addresses are used to confirm your identity and to communicate with you via email.
Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on this site will not be shared outside of VC Forge and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.
Please be aware that this Privacy Statement and the choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to VC Forge in the context of other, separately operated, VC Forge products or services.
You can review and edit your member profile information at the vcforge.net site by logging on to the vcforge.net site with your logon user name and password, and then enter your page link.
vcforge.net strictly protects the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. Data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited access. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or destruction. Internal access to users' private and nonpublic personal information is restricted to site administrators and individuals on a need-to-know basis.
We use cookies to store your viewing preferences on the Site and, at your choosing, to store your login information so that once you have logged in you do not need to repeat the login process. We also use a session cookie, meaning it expires soon after you leave the registration process and is not placed on your hard drive, to store your session information during your visit to the Site.
This Site may contain links to other Web sites. Please be aware that this Privacy Statement applies solely to the information collected on the Site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of other Web sites. We encourage you to be aware when you are leaving this Site and read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that you visit before providing any personally identifiable information.
We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page(normally on the message bar) of our web site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are protecting the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
Contact Information
If you have questions about our privacy statement or our use of your information, or if you need help changing your personal information, please contact us by sending e-mail to webmaster@vcforge.net
