Privacy Policy
The use of the how2forums website(s) and/or how2forums software and any
how2forums services and products (collectively, the "Website") provided by
how2forums Inc. ("how2forums") are subject to the provisions of this Privacy
Policy, including any amendments or updates hereto. This Privacy Policy is
incorporated into and is subject to the how2forums
Terms & Conditions. If you
do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website.
General
how2forums takes your privacy seriously. We gather certain types of information
about our users and we want to help you understand the terms related to the
collection and use of the information which we collect. This Privacy Policy
discloses the types of information we gather, how we use it, and what choices
you have regarding the collection of such information.
BY USING, ACCESSING OR DOWNLOADING THE WEBSITE), YOU AGREE TO THE COLLECTION AND
USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION (AS HEREUNDER DESCRIBED), ALL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET HEREUNDER. how2forums reserves the right to
amend this Privacy Policy at any time and without notice, and it is your
responsibility to review this Privacy Policy for any changes. Your use of the
Website following any amendment of this Privacy Policy will signify your assent
to and acceptance of its revised terms.
If you are under the age of 14, you are not eligible to use the Website, and we
ask you not to submit any personal information to us.
Please note that any video, image, or other content posted at the direction of
users onto the how2forums website becomes published content and is not
considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Policy.
Collection of Information Personal Information. Use of certain features of the
Website may require submission of certain personal information, including your
first and last name, email address, a nickname (or other user ID) and a
password.
Non personally identifiable Information. how2forums may also collect or receive
additional non-personally identifiable usage information specifically related to
the use of a particular feature or offering on the Website, and responses to the
offerings and advertisements presented on the Website.
how2forums may also collect or receive (in some cases as part of the internet
communication protocol) certain non-personally identifiable technical
information, when the Website and pages are visited or when a how2forums client
is used.
How is the information being used?
The information is used to operate and improve the features, offerings and
content presented to you by how2forums, to personalize the content and
advertisements provided to you; to fulfill your requests for products, programs,
and services; to communicate with you and respond to your inquiries; to conduct
research about your use of the Website; and to help offer you other products,
programs, or services that may be of interest.
Please note that how2forums may use your personally identifiable information to
present offers to you on behalf of business partners and advertisers. However,
while how2forums's business partners and advertisers may receive aggregate data
about how2forums users, any personally identifiable information of yours will
not be shared with third parties unless you have consented to the sharing of
this information.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, your information may be accessed and disclosed if
and as required by legal procedures, as determined by how2forums in good faith.
Furthermore, how2forums may transfer personally identifiable information in the
event of a transfer of ownership of how2forums or any of its websites or
products, in which case the information could become subject to a different
privacy policy.
Cookies
how2forums may use cookies or similar technologies to enhance and personalize
your experience of the Website, including to operate and improve offerings
through the Website; to help authenticate your identity when you visit and
transact with the Website; to remember your preferences and registration
information; to present and help measure and research the effectiveness of the
various offerings, advertisements, and e-mail communications (by determining
which e-mails you open and act upon); and to customize the content and
advertisements provided to you. how2forums does not require that you accept
cookies, and you may disable cookies at any time. However, some functionality of
our Website may be impaired if you decline to accept cookies.
Third Party Ad Servers
how2forums or its advertisers may use other companies known as third party ad
servers to help present advertisements online in connection with the Website.
These third party ad servers may use cookies or similar technologies to help
present such advertisements, and to help measure and research the
advertisements' effectiveness. The use of these technologies by these third
party ad servers is subject to their own privacy policies, not how2forums's.
Security
how2forums has implemented security policies, rules and technical measures to
protect and safeguard the personally identifiable information under our control
from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification,
unlawful destruction or accidental loss. All our personnel that have access to,
and are associated with the processing of your personally identifiable
information, are obligated to respect the confidentiality of the information.
U.S. and International Privacy Policy
how2forums's Privacy Policy is to share personal information only with the
owner's informed consent. With your consent, from time-to-time, how2forums may
provide its business partners with contact details for direct marketing purposes
of relevant services, products, and programs. If you no longer wish your
information to be shared, please let us know. If you have further inquires
regarding how2forums's information sharing practices, please let us know. The
designated contact for these queries is how2forums Admin by clicking on
the Community Tab and sending admin a question or comment.
Special Note for Parents
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. For that
reason, how2forums does not knowingly collect or maintain personally
identifiable information on the Website from persons under 14 years of age, and
no part of our Website is directed to persons under 13. If you are under 14
years of age, then please do not use or access the Website at any time or in any
manner. If how2forums learns that personally identifiable information of persons
under 14 years of age has been collected on the Website without verified
parental consent, then how2forums will take the appropriate steps to delete this
information.
Modification and Deletion of Personally Identifiable Information Deletion
(Opt-Out). In order to delete the personally identifiable information you
submitted, notify us at support at how2forums.com that you wish to delete your
personally identifiable information or any part thereof contained at our
databases. Modification. If you wish to modify or update your personally
identifiable information, use the Website or application interface. If you need
help, please contact us support at how2forums DOT COM Please note that deletion
of your personally identifiable information from how2forums's database will not
prevent how2forums from using gathered anonymous information. Third Parties'
Practices. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices
exercised by other providers of products or services, advertisers or other web
sites, or companies/people that how2forums does not own or control, or does not
employ or manage.
Non-U.S.
Users The Website is hosted in the United States. If you are accessing the
Website from a jurisdiction with privacy laws or regulations that differ from
United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the
Website, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and
you consent to that transfer.
The Following is an addition to our privacy to include out third part
advertisement partnet (Google Adsense):
What is the DoubleClick DART cookie?
The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on publisher websites displaying AdSense for content ads. When users visit an AdSense publisher's website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user's browser. The data gathered from these cookies will be used to help AdSense publishers better serve and manage the ads on their site(s) and across the web.
Our privacy policy?
Our privacy policy/partner's privacy policy includes the following information about Google and the DoubleClick DART cookie:
Because laws across countries vary, we're unable to address specific privacy policy language. However, accordance with entities such such as the Network Advertising Initiative, or NAI, we base our own privacy polices as well as (Google - third party vendor) for our site visitors as follows:
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services 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, click here.
Additional information and guidelines that we use can be found in Appendix A of the NAI Self-Regulatory principles for publishers (PDF). Please note that the NAI may change this sample language at any time.