(Last Updated: February 2008)
Your privacy and security are important to us. Because we gather certain types
of information about netCyclist users, we feel you should fully understand the
terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This
privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
Questions regarding this statement should be directed to
netCyclist Support. NOTE: netCyclist cannot accept information from
individuals who are under 14 years of age without first obtaining express
parental consent.
1. Collectioin and Use of Information.
Registration
If you participate in interactive activities (event registration, user
forum, etc.) on netCyclist, you may be asked to register for a UserId and
password and/or to provide information on event-registration forms. Unique
identifiers, such as IDs and passwords, are collected to verify your identity
and for use as account numbers in our record system. Your contact information
may also be used to contact you when necessary for customer service reasons.
Financial information that is collected is strictly used for billing you for
products and services that you specifically request.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on
your computer's hard drive. Generally, cookies work by assigning to your
computer a unique number that has no meaning outside of our site. Our cookies
do not contain any personally identifying information; we use them to save
your member ID and for site navigation. We may also use cookies to assist us in
delivering content specific to your interests. Additionally, after you've
entered your member ID and password during a session on our service, we save
that information so you don't have to re-enter it repeatedly during that
session. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually
change your browser to prevent that. Not accepting cookies will make certain
features of netCyclis unavailable to you.
IP Address
We may use your IP address to identify you and to administer our Web site
and to assist in diagnosing problems with our server.
2. Additional Uses of Information
All of the information we collect, both what you tell us and what we collect
through the use of cookies, is used to personalize your account, to customize
our services and to allow our customer service representatives to contact you
when necessary. It is netCyclist's policy not to release any personally
identifying information about you. We may use contact information that
you provide to send you information about our company and promotional material
from some of our partners. netCyclist will disclose personal information about
an individual user if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is
necessary to comply with an applicable law or valid legal process.
3. General Privacy Information.
netCyclist makes various public forums (such as message boards, chat rooms or
news groups) available to its users. When you disclose personal information in
such public forums, that information can be collected and used by others in
various ways, including by sending unsolicited messages. You are solely
responsible for any postings you make on public forums on netCyclist, and for
maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information.
Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online. Further, the
netCyclist web site may contain links to advertisers and third party
Internet sites and services that may collect data in connection with
registrations, promotions, e-commerce, etc. netCyclist has no
responsibility or liability for these independent policies or actions and is
not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.