Introduction.
We take your right to privacy seriously and want you to feel
comfortable using our web site. This Privacy Policy deals with
personally identifiable information (referred to as "Data"
below) that may be collected by us on our site. This Policy
does not apply to other entities that we do not own or control
or persons that are not our employees, agents or within our
control.
We do not share your personal Data with any 3rd parties without
your explicit consent. Portions of Your Data will be visible
to other members of your community. It is also possible
that your Data maybe visible to residents of other Community
Web communities, particularly when you just to utilize functions
which span multiple communities (examples of this scenario may
include Functions such as Garage Sale Classifieds and Professional
Services which have the capability to advertise "for sale"
items, or "services for hire" across multiple communities).
"We" is defined as the staff of The Community Web
and its parent company, Focal Point Computing, LLC.
"Site Administrators" are agents of their community
and therefore their conduct must be governed by their community,
and not "The Community Web" or Focal Point Computing,
LLC. We take no responsibility for the conduct of community
"Site Administrators" that are not our employees.
1. Collection of Data.
Our registration process requires a valid e-mail address, street
address, phone # and a unique user ID and password. Providing
us with other information is at your option. We require this
information as part of a" best effort" to limit access
to our community sites to only legitimate community residents
and our staff. Please take note that your user name, e-mail
address, or other submissions that you make on this site may
contain your real name or other personally identifiable information
and, as a result, may appear on this site. Like many web sites,
we may also automatically receive general information that is
contained in our server log files such as your IP address and
cookie information. Information about how advertising may be
served on this site (if at all) is set forth below.
2. Use of Data.
We may use Data to customize and improve your user experience on this site.
We will make efforts so that your Data will not be provided to third parties
unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy Policy; (ii) we obtain your
consent, such as when you choose to opt-in or opt-out to the sharing of Data;
(iii) a service provided on our site requires the interaction with or is provided
by a third party, by way of example an Application Service Provider; (iv) pursuant
to legal process or law enforcement; (v) we find that your use of this site
violates our this Policy, Terms of Service, other usage guidelines or as deemed
reasonably necessary by us to protect our legal rights and/or property; (vi)
or (vi) this site is purchased by a third party whereby that third party will
be able to use the Data in the same manner as we can as set forth in this Policy.
In the event you choose to use links that appear on our site to visit other
web sites, you are advised to read the privacy policies that appear on those
sites.
3. Cookies.
Cookies are utilized for login authentication. Your browser
must allow cookies for you to be able to login to the community
web.
Like many web sites, we set and use cookies to enhance your
user experience, such as retaining your personal settings. Advertisements
may appear on our web site and, if so, may set and access cookies
on your computer and is subject to the privacy policy of those
parties providing the advertisement.
4. Editing or Deleting Your Account Information.
We provide you with the ability to edit the information in your user account
information that you provided to us in registration by using your personal page
configuration area. You may request deletion of your user account by contacting
our webmaster. Content or other data that you may have provided to us and that
is not contained within your user account, such as posts that may appear within
our forums, may continue to remain on our site at our discretion even though
your user account is deleted. Please see our Terms of Use for more information.
5. Changes to this Privacy Policy.
We may make changes to this Policy from time to time. We will notify you of
substantial changes to this Policy either by posting a prominent announcement
on our site and/or by sending a message to the e-mail address you have provided
to us that is contained within your user settings.
6. NO GUARANTEES.
While this Privacy Policy states our standards for maintenance of Data and we
will make efforts to meet them, we are not in a position to guarantee these
standards. There may be factors beyond our control that may result in disclosure
of data. As a consequence, we disclaim any warranties or representations relating
to maintenance or nondisclosure of Data.
7. Contact Information.
If you have any questions about this Policy or our web site,
please feel free to contact Scott Riemenschneider (sriemen@fpcomputing.com).
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