User Information: As you visit our site, The Trades does not collect any personal identifying information about you. Your name, address, phone number, and email address all remain your private properties. Our server does, however, note non-personally identifying details such as, but not limited to, the server you are logged onto, the geographic location of the ISP you use, the type of browser you use, and your IP address. This information is obtained solely for the purpose of enhancing the over-all experience of the website for visitors.
Message Board Registration: There are instances where a user may provide specific personal information in a message to us or when registering for the message board. Information you enter on the registration form for the message board will be viewable to the public. You may, however, choose the option to not have your e-mail address be viewable to the public. This option is available at the time of registration or at any time by visiting the profile link at the message boards. We will not offer lists of e-mail addresses of our registered members to a third party. However, if you choose to have your e-mail public, there is a possibility of other Internet users contacting you.
Contact Forms: Should you use a contact form at The Trades to communicate with an author, your message as well as the name and e-mail address you have provided will be retained in our database. The message itself becomes the property of The Trades and may be used in any way. The user waives all rights to such messages.
Contests: When entering a contest at The Trades you will be asked to provide certain information. This information will be used only in the event that you are the winner, and only for mailing purposes. All information entered is deleted from the database 6 (six) months after the end of the contest.
Cookies: The message boards at The Trades use cookies to store the following information: the last time you logged in, your username and password, and your preferred "topic view", if you set it in preferences. These cookies are stored on your browser. No cookies are used by the message board software program to track your movement or perform any other function other than enhance your use of the message board. You may delete all cookies set in this forum by visting the "preferences" area of the forum and selecting the "delete cookies" link.
Third-Party Advertising Services: The Trades uses third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please click here.
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Third-Party Cookies: In the course of serving advertisements to this site, our third-party advertisers may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser.
Posted: September 24, 2005
Last updated: June 17, 2006
