| Privacy Policy Smart Collecting is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of Smart Collecting. This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically. This policy will let you know:
What personally identifiable information is collected from you Smart Collecting collects information in several ways from different parts of our web site. We may ask you for personal information at certain times, including (but not limited to) when you place ads, join our club or trader's rating list, subscribe to our newsletters, use our message boards, or participate in chat rooms. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence. Any individual can browse Smart Collecting on the World Wide Web. No registration is required. However, there are some aspects of our website where we do collect information about our visitors or require registration. Any information is never shared with anyone outside of Smart Collecting (and Topica, our mailing list host provider) and is used to refine our content based on our visitors. To join the Smart Collecting Club, visitors are asked to register. Our registration form requests users to include their name, e-mail address, age range, collecting interests, frequency of Internet and how they found our website. In order to receive one of our free email newsletters, we only require an email address. In order to join our Trader's Rating List, we require their name, e-mail address and links (if applicable) to other website where visitors can view their feedback rating. In order to post a free ad in our Classifieds section, we require their name, e-mail address, city, and state. What cookies are and how they are used As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, Smart Collecting may use cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Certain features of Smart Collecting require that you accept cookies in order to work properly. (See "What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information" for more information on cookies.) Generally, we use cookies for the following purposes: Advertising networks that serve ads onto Smart Collecting may use their own cookies. Smart Collecting may also collect IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. The primary goal of Smart Collecting in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with a customized experience and to assist your navigation throughout the website. Who is collecting your information When you are asked for personal information on Smart Collecting, you are sharing that information with Smart Collecting alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise. However, some activities will, by their very nature, result in your personal information being revealed to other users of Smart Collecting. For example, when you enter personal information on the Classified ad posting form, this information will generally be included in your ad, unless specifically stated otherwise. With whom your information may be shared As a general rule, Smart Collecting will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below. Please see the Terms of Service or Use Agreements for each of our products and services for more detailed information about how your personal information may be shared. Smart Collecting may disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the Terms of Service of Smart Collecting or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) the rights or property of Smart Collecting, other users of Smart Collecting, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Smart Collecting may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. What choices are available to you regarding collection, use, and distribution of your information If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still use some areas of Smart Collecting, but you will not be able to access areas or use features that require you to submit personal information, such as posting ads. You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use those services of Smart Collecting that require registration in order to participate. You can still use most of the features of Smart Collecting even if you do not accept cookies. Smart Collecting does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your data will be shared with a third party and you will always have the option of not permitting the transfer. If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a particular service. How you can access, update or delete your information We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. You may edit or delete your Classifieds ads at any time by clicking on the appropriate link or graphic provided by the system. To update your email address, click here for details. Other than the administrator of Smart Collecting or other authorized personnel of Smart Collecting, you are the only person who has access to your personal information. Your Classified ads and Trader's Rating are password-protected to prevent unauthorized access. We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Smart Collecting will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Smart Collecting cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. How Smart Collecting protects children's privacy Smart Collecting is a general audience web site. Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. Smart Collecting does not share personal information about users under the age of 13 with third parties and we do not sell or rent personal information about any of our users, regardless of age. What else you should know about your online privacy Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example in ads that you post or through email - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online. Smart Collecting believes in on-line safety and would welcome any suggestions that you may have. Please contact us at:
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