Policies
From Neo Mechanica
These policies are the principles that we, as the site's administration intend to enforce and follow. We know that you likely care how your information is used, and we appreciate your trust that we will use it carefully and sensibly. This page describes our privacy policy. By visiting us, you are accepting the privacy policy described below.
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Privacy Policy
Information You Provide
We receive and store information you enter. For example, when you supply information such as a post to the forum. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of some of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your messages, improving our website, and communicating with you. We do not share any information with other companies, with the exception of Google through Google Analytics, however any information you contribute publicly to this site, though a post on the forum or an addition to our Wiki is available to anyone who accesses this site. In fact, many search engines will crawl this site and use the information in their searches. You should only submit information that you are comfortable making public.
Information We Collect
Like many websites, we use "cookies." Cookies are small pieces of data that your web browser stores to your computer that allow us to recognize you. If you do not want us to use cookies, you can easily disable them by going to the toolbar of your web browser, and clicking on the “help” button. Follow the instructions that will prevent the browser from accepting cookies, or set the browser to inform you when you receive a new cookie. Some features of this site will require users to accept cookies, so by doing this, you may not be able to use certain features of this site. In addition, you may visit this and other websites anonymously through the use of utilities provided by other private companies.
Every computer has an IP (Internet Protocol) address. IP addresses of computers used to visit this site are noted. In addition, we automatically collect other information such as browser types and versions, screen resolutions, operating systems, and the URL addresses of sites clicked to and from this site.
Information from other sources. We might receive information about you from Google Analytics. See Google's Privacy Policy for more information.
How We Use Your Information
We use your email address to send you updates, as well as to recover your lost password. However, unless you post it to the forum or add it to a page on the Wiki, your email address is hidden from other members as well as search engines and Google. You may at any point disable the email updates or messages through the User Control Panel on the forums.
All other information you submit to us in the form of forum posts or additions to the Wiki should be considered released to the public. Anyone can view this site, and therefore the information that you post. Use caution when posting to this site. Neo Mechanica, its staff, and its members are not responsible for information that you decide to contribute.
How We Protect the Security of Your Account
- We use encryption to protect your password contained in our database.
- We limit access to your email to the administration, and only on a “need to know” basis.
- It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
- No system can guarantee absolute security, just as the finest lock can not guarantee physical security. However, we take every reasonable precaution to assure that your data is secure.
Other Websites
Various Web sites may be linked to from this site. If you link to another site, your privacy depends on the policy of that site. We strongly urge you to check their privacy policy. Not all sites guarantee that they will not share your personally identifiable information with others. You may also wish to consult privacy guidelines such as those recommended by the Online Privacy Alliance (www.privacyalliance.org).
