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Privacy Policy

Sound Unsound's Forum Privacy Policy

Your privacy is of the utmost importance to Sound Unsound because we ask for some basic personal information during registration, we want you to be fully informed of how this information is gathered and used.

REGISTRATION
INFORMATION SOUND UNSOUND REQUESTS
CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT
PARTICIPATION
COOKIES
PUBLIC FORUMS
TERMINATION
SUMMARY

Registration

Some basic personal information is required in order to register with Sound Unsound:

Email Address - By providing your email address, you can receive important messages via your existing email account. Message board notifications, Sound Unsound newsletters, and messages sent to you by other Sound Unsound Forums members rely on the email address you provide when you register.
User Name - This is how you are identified when you participate in forums. While many other aspects of your account can be updated regularly, your user name cannot be changed.
Date of Birth - You will be asked to supply your Date of Birth on registration. The reason for this, is that we usa a system called COPPA. Coppa requires anyone who registers to Sound Unsound and they are under the age of 13, to supply the Adminstrators with an Email address of their Parent / Guardian, so that we can confirm that they are happy for their Son / Daughter to participate at Sound Unsound.

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Information Sound Unsound Requests

When you register, you are asked to give demographic information (like birth year, occupation, and gender). We ask you to tell us a little about yourself so we can better understand the types of people who register, so that we can try and make the site better for everyone.

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Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

No children under 13 are allowed to participate on the Sound Unsound Forums without prior consent from a Parent / Guardian.

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Participation

The above describes information that is provided "actively" - meaning, you choose to submit this information to us when you join Sound Unsound, or update your account at any point after having joined. Some other information is provided "passively" - meaning, that Sound Unsound obtains this information when you login to your Sound Unsound account and use the service. This is done primarily through the use of "cookies." Cookies are used on Sound Unsound to verify your login information, and to optionally store your password in your browser so that you do not need to type it in each time you visit. Any time that you point your browser to a 'members-only' area, Sound Unsound checks your browser's cookie file to see if you have already logged in, and if you have, you're taken right to the page that you have requested. If not, you'll be directed to the Sound Unsound login screen, where you can quickly and easily login to your account, or signup to Sound Unsound if you are not yet a member.

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Cookies

Sound Unsound uses cookies to customize your experience while using the Forums. A cookie is a small text file that many Web sites write through your browser when you visit them. A cookie can only be read by the site that places it, so Sound Unsound can't "see where you've been" based on any other cookies in your browser. Cookies are generally supported in version 3.0 and newer of Internet Explorer, 2.02 and newer of Netscape, and 3.0 and newer of AOL. Netscape Navigator uses a single file called "cookies.txt" to record all cookies, and you can open this file in any text editor to see what it looks like. On a Macintosh computer, the Netscape cookie file is called "MagicCookie". Internet Explorer uses a separate file for each cookie, which typically reside in "C:\Windows\Profiles\User\Cookies." Most browsers also allow the option of displaying a warning before accepting a cookie, or refusing all cookies. Declining cookies while participating in forums may result in some of features not working properly.

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Public Forums

Sound Unsound hosts message boards, chat and other services for both public and private forums. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in public forums becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

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Termination

You can elect to terminate your membership with Sound Unsound at any time. Simply send a Private Message to one of the Administrators and this will be actioned with 7 working days. Upon termination, your account information will not necessarily be removed entirely from Sound Unsound - this is to reserve your identity so that no one else can create a new account with your membername or email address, and also allows you the privilege of reactivating your account at a later date if you wish to use Sound Unsound again.

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Summary

In this electronic era, when personal information can easily be obtained through various sources, Sound Unsound appreciates the sensitivity of any private information that you disclose to us. It is our intention to treat your account information with the highest level of care.

Sound Unsound will not release any member information unless under court order to do so.

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