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'''Layman Terms'''
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DareNET is founded on the principles of helping people to discover new information by enabling them to share what they find interesting with one another. DareNET knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the DareNET website, and/or connecting to our IRC network, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.  
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We are not going to sell your personal information to anyone! No If's, And's or But's!!! We will only provide your information under the order of a recognized court providing a search warrant for such information! Or in an emergency situation, in our best judgement, may provide information to recognized law enforcement agencies! .... Now to the legal section.  
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'''Privacy Policy'''
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This Privacy Policy covers DareNET's treatment of personal information that DareNET gathers when you are on the DareNET website, connected to the IRC network and when you use DareNET services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that DareNET does not own or control, or to individuals that DareNET does not employ or manage.
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We at DareNET, have created this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your personal information and informing you about how we handle it. This privacy policy only applies to transactions and activities in which you engage, and data gathered, on the DareNET network & Website, Please review this privacy policy periodically as we may modify it from time to time. This privacy policy was last revised on March 29, 2008. Each time you visit the Site or provide us with information, by doing so you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy at that time.  
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'''Your IP Address'''
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==Information Collected by DareNET==
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Like most IRC networks and Websites, each time you connect to the network or visit the Site, we automatically collect your IP address and the web page from which you came. In order to administer network and optimize the Site for you and to diagnose problems with our Site, we use your IP address to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information about you.
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'''Cookies'''
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We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website and network, which is to enable users to discover and share information with one another. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with this objective. We collect the following types of information from our DareNET users:
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Like most Websites, the Site uses cookies to keep track of your purchases and other activity on the Site and enhance your experience on the Site. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password, and if you choose, to save other personal and financial information so you do not have to reenter it each time you visit the Site. Third party advertisers on the Site may also place or read cookies on your browser. If you wish to disable these cookies, the "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how. However, if you set your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas on the Site.
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'''Information We Collect From You'''  
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'''Information You Provide to Us:'''  
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In order to operate the Site and to provide you with information about products or services that may be of interest to you, we may collect "personal information" (i.e. information that could be used to contact you directly (without using the Site) such as full name, postal address, phone number or email address), "financial information" (i.e. credit card numbers or passwords) or "demographic information" (i.e. information that you submit, or that we collect, that is neither personal information nor financial information; this may include, but is not limited to, zip code, postal code, hometown, gender, username, age/birth date, purchase history information, browsing history information, searching history information, registration history information, and the content of communications between you and other members over the Site), subject to the rest of this paragraph. Demographic information is divided into two categories: 1) "non-public information", which consists of purchase history information and one-on-one communications between you and other users of the Site; and 2) "public information", which consists of all other demographic information. We ask that you do not enter personal information or financial information into your �Profile� (for example, don't use your address or passcode as your username, or include your name or address in your written responses), because if you do then it may be posted publicly on the Site, and the information will then be treated as "demographic information" that is "public information." Please note that nowhere on the Site do we knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18, as we require that all users represent to us that they are at least 18 years old.
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'''Information Other Websites Collect From You'''
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* We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.  
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On the Site, we place links to other Websites operated by other parties. Some of these other Websites contain our brand names and trademarks and other intellectual property that we own; others do not. When you click on these links and visit these other Websites, regardless of whether or not they contain our brand names, trademarks and other intellectual property, you need to be aware that we do not control these other Websites or these other Websites' business practices, and that this privacy policy does not apply to these other Websites. Consequently, the operators of these other Websites may collect different kinds of information about you, and may use and disclose that information in different ways than we would if it were collected on the Site. We encourage you to review their privacy policies and remind you that we will not be responsible for their actions.  
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* Registration: In order for you to use DareNET services, such as registering a channel, posting to the forums on the website, you must complete a registration process. As part of this registration process, we require select personal information (such as your e-mail address).
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* User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the information collected during registration, we enable you to provide additional information, such as a bio, favorite URLs, and instant messaging IDs. In addition, you may choose to include photos of yourself in your profile. As indicated below, in the section titled "Sharing Your Information", you can control how your information is displayed and used.  
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'''How We Use Personal Information'''  
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'''Automatic Information:'''  
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We use your email address and your other personal information to help us efficiently operate the Site, to contact you in connection with your transactions and other activities on the Site (including, but not limited to, confirmation emails or important news that could affect your relationship with DareNET, and to forward messages to you from other DareNET users. These types of communications, are known as "Operational Communications." In some cases, Operational Communications may also contain commercial messages, such as banner ads and special offers.
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We also use personal information to send you newsletters, information, offers and other promotional materials for DareNET or third parties' goods or services. We attempt to send you offers that are of value to you, such as discounts, exclusive offers or special event information. The Site provides you with options to decline to receive communications from DareNET (other than those contained in Operational Communications). Some of these options may only be for a certain category of communications; others may be more general. By posting a profile on the Site, you are opting in to receive the DareNET by Mail email. To stop receiving DareNET by Mail, go to the "Email Options" section of your account settings and change your desired frequency" to "Never."
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* We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. DareNET and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, DareNET cookie information, and the page you requested. DareNET uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the network and website.
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* DareNET may collect and, on any page, display the total counts that page has been viewed. This includes User Profile pages.
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* Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites and connect to IRC networks anonymously. While DareNET will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.  
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To operate the Site, including processing your transactions and supporting your activities on the Site, we may share your personal information with our agents, representatives, contractors and service providers so they can provide us with support services such as authorization of credit card transactions, email origination, receipt or support services, customer relationship management services, order fulfillment and sweepstakes and promotional fulfillment. We require these entities not to use your information for any other purpose.
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==E-mail Communications==
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By purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products or services offered or sponsored by third parties on the Site, or electing to receive communications (such as emails or magazine subscriptions) or electing to participate in contests, sweepstakes or other programs (such as discount or rewards programs), offered or sponsored by third parties on the Site, you consent to our providing your personal information to those third parties. Those third parties may use your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies. You will need to contact those third parties to instruct them directly regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information by them. Additionally, you agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to such third parties in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any other information you submit to us.  
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DareNET is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the "Sharing Your Information" section below. DareNET may send out e-mails with DareNET-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from DareNET, which inform you of actions (e.g. friend requests) that have been performed on the IRC network or site. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, please visit the Edit Options section of your User Control Panel and/or follow the instructions contained in the unwanted e-mail message. However, please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.
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In some cases, we may enter into a promotional relationship with another company in which we prominently display their brand name or trademarks on pages of the Site. These pages are known as "Co-Branded Pages" and these companies are known as �Co-Branded Companies.� If the page on which you submit information is a Co-Branded Page, or was accessed by clicking on a link on a Co-Branded Page, then we may share your personal information with the associated Co-Branded Company. Co-Branded Companies may use your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies. You will need to contact Co-Branded Companies to instruct them directly regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information by them. Additionally, you agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to such Co-Branded Companies in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any other information you submit to us. Some Co-Branded Pages may contain an action tag (also known as a Web Beacon or a 1 pixel .gif file) that a third party, such as the advertising company Avenue A, may use to read cookies that it, or its clients, may have placed on your browser at other (non-DareNET) web sites before your visit to DareNET. This technology is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements on such other Websites that promote Co-Branded Pages.
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==Cookies==
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Any third party with whom we are allowed to share your personal information is authorized to use your personal information in accordance with our contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control, and you agree that we are not responsible or liable for any of their actions or omissions. Those who contact you will need to be instructed directly by you regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information by them.  
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* Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. DareNET cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is.  
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* AuthCookies are alphanumeric identifiers that allow you to login to your IRC account should your hostmask not match those stored for your account. These are sent to the e-mail address associated with your account and can be supplied back to NickServ to log you in.
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* The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of DareNET's coolest features.
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* Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.
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Please read the information below under the heading "Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information" to learn more ways in which we may share your personal information.
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==Sharing Your Information==
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'''How We Use Financial Information'''
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Because DareNET enables people to discover and share information with one another, information about the people who use DareNET is an integral part of the DareNET experience. Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.
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We use your financial information to check your qualifications, to bill you for products and services and to enable you to participate in discount, rebate and similar programs in which you may elect to participate. By making a purchase, or engaging in any other kind of activity or transaction that uses financial information, on the Site, you consent to our providing your financial information to our service providers and to such third parties as we determine are necessary to support and process your activities and transactions, as well as to your credit card issuer for their purposes. These third parties may include the credit card companies and banking institutions used to process and support the transaction or activity. By purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products or services of third parties offered on the Site, or by participating in programs offered on the Site that are administered by third parties and that require you to submit financial information in order to use them, you also consent to our providing your financial information to those third parties. Additionally, if the page on which you submit information is a Co-Branded Page, or was accessed by clicking on a link on a Co-Branded Page, then we may share your financial information with the associated Co-Branded Company. Any of these various third parties (including Co-Branded Companies) may be authorized to use your financial information in accordance with our contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control, and you agree that we are not responsible or liable for any of their actions or omissions. Additionally, you agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to such third parties in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any other information that you submit to us. Please read the information below under the heading "Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information" to learn more ways in which we may share your financial information.  
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'''Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information'''
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* DareNET Staff: DareNET staff and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of DareNET business.
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Your personal information or financial information may be passed on to a third party in the event of a transfer of ownership or assets, or a bankruptcy. We may also disclose personal information or financial information when we determine that such disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, to cooperate with law enforcement or to protect the interests or safety of DareNET or other visitors to the Site. We also may disclose your personal information or financial information to our subsidiary and parent companies and businesses, and other affiliated legal entities and businesses with whom we are under common corporate control. Whenever personal information or financial information is disclosed under this paragraph, we may also disclose your demographic information along with it, on a non-anonymous basis. All of our parent, subsidiary and affiliated legal entities and businesses that receive your personal information, financial information, or non-anonymous demographic information from us will comply with the terms of this privacy policy with respect to their use and disclosure of such information.  
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* Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information (in an aggregated form) is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if DareNET, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.  
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* Protection of DareNET and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our [[Acceptable Use Policy]] and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of DareNET, our staff, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
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* User Profile information: Information collected during registration and subsequent visits, such as your full name and location, may be displayed to other DareNET users in your User Profile. The User Profile is the area on DareNET where we allow you to tell other DareNET users about yourself and your interests. You may control what personal information is displayed in your User Profile by visiting the User Control Panel section of your User Profile.  
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* Social sharing of data: DareNET allows other users to browse posts that you have posted to out forums. This information is made available publicly via your User Profile, via the public API, or within the permalink URL of the post on which you performed the action. DareNET may choose to post this data on other site features.
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* Friends' Activity: Much like other online social networks, DareNET allows non-friends to browse your friends' activity and status.
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* API: DareNET will allow third parties access to all DareNET data this is already publicly available through the DareNET website. DareNET will keep private any passwords and profile settings.
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* Syndication: DareNET allows for the RSS syndication of all of its public content within the DareNET website.
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* IRC account infromation: DareNET allows users to display their e-mail address and other information to other IRC users through NickServ commands. You may choose which information is shown through your account settings.
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* With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.  
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'''How We Use Public Information and Other Demographic Information'''
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==Keeping Information Secure==
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We may review all demographic information. We may use public information to enable other users to find your profile, to determine whether they are a match for you and to communicate with you. We may use demographic information to tailor the Site and communications to your interests. We may also share demographic information with advertisers on an anonymous and aggregated basis (i.e., without telling the advertisers your identity). One of the reasons we may do this is to increase the likelihood that our advertisers' goods and services will appeal to DareNET users, so that we may target specific ads at specific demographic groups. Our sharing of demographic information with advertisers is anonymous (i.e., we do not tell advertisers which particular DareNET users are members of which demographic groups), subject to the rest of this privacy policy. When you respond to an advertisement, however, we ask you to remember that if that ad that is targeted to a demographic group and you decide to give the advertiser your personal information, then the advertiser may be able to identify you as being a member of that demographic group. Please also be aware that when we disclose your financial information or personal information to a Co-Branded Company, as described above, we may also disclose to that Co-Branded Company your demographic information, other than the content of one-on-one communications between you and other members. Please also be aware that we may disclose your demographic information on a non-anonymous basis as described above in the paragraph titled "Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information." Also, to read further details about how we may use your public information, see our
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'''Our Security Precautions'''
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* Your DareNET account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.  
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The Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Our secure server software (SSL) is the industry standard and among the best software available today for secure commerce transactions. We encrypt all of your personal and financial information as it travels over the Internet and we store your financial information on our servers in encrypted form. Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computer networks which may be located outside of the state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction in which you reside, and the country or jurisdiction in which these computer networks are located may not have privacy laws as protective as the laws in your country or jurisdiction.  
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* Only staff who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a support operator) are granted access to it. All of our staff are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.
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'''Changing our Privacy Policy for Previously Gathered Information'''
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==Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information==
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If at any point we decide to use particular personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email or by providing 30 days notice on the Site. Please note that we will continue to have the right to change our privacy policy and practices, and how we use your personally identifiable information, without notice, as described in the first paragraph of this Privacy Policy, provided that such changes shall only apply to information gathered on or after the date of the change.
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'''How You Can Access and Update Your Email Preferences, Personal Information and Public Information'''
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* As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, but then you may be unable to use certain features on our IRC network and website, such as registering channels, sending memos, posting to the forums.
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We give you the opportunity to opt-out of certain communications and modify personal information or demographic information you have provided to us, and to hide demographic information from, or make demographic information visible to, the public users of the Site, at anytime by going to the section of the Site. Please be aware that it may take several hours for the changes you make to take effect on the public areas of the Site. We thank you for your patience. Please note that changing or deleting your information through the "Account Settings" or "My Profile" section of the Site, or otherwise opting-out of receipt of email communications from DareNET, will only change or delete the data in our database for purposes of future activities on the Site and for managing future communications from DareNET. These changes and deletions will not change or delete emails or information that we may have already forwarded to other users or credit card companies or any other third parties, all as provided above in this privacy policy.  
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* By visiting your User Profile, you can correct, amend, add or delete personal information on our website. When you update information, however, we often maintain a copy of the unrevised information in our records.
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* You may request deletion of your DareNET account by e-mailing us at support@darenet.org, or by using NickServ's UNREGISTER command.
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* If you do not wish to receive e-mail from us or other DareNET users, please visit the Edit Options section of your User Control Panel and/or follow the instructions contained in the unwanted e-mail message. However, please note that you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.
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* As explained earlier, the "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. Please note, however, that if your browser does not accept cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of our attractive features.  
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If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, the practices of the Site, or your dealings with the Site, you can contact us at webmaster@darenet.org.
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==Children Under 18 Years of Age==
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You must be 13 years and older to register to use the DareNET website. As a result, DareNET does not specifically collect information about children. If we learn that DareNET has collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 13 and 18 ask and receive their parents' permission before using DareNET or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.
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==Changes to this Privacy Policy==
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DareNET may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the DareNET website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.
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==Conditions of Use==
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If you decide to visit the DareNET website and/or our IRC network, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our [[Acceptable Use Policy]], including limitations on damages, and arbitration of disputes.
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==Effective Date of this Privacy Policy==
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This Privacy Policy is effective as of November 28, 2008 and last updated November 28, 2008.

Revision as of 05:37, 29 November 2008

DareNET is founded on the principles of helping people to discover new information by enabling them to share what they find interesting with one another. DareNET knows that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. By visiting the DareNET website, and/or connecting to our IRC network, you are accepting the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy covers DareNET's treatment of personal information that DareNET gathers when you are on the DareNET website, connected to the IRC network and when you use DareNET services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that DareNET does not own or control, or to individuals that DareNET does not employ or manage.

In This Guide:

Information Collected by DareNET

We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website and network, which is to enable users to discover and share information with one another. This information allows us to provide you with a customized and efficient experience. We do not process this information in a way that is incompatible with this objective. We collect the following types of information from our DareNET users:

Information You Provide to Us:

  • We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of many of our special features.
  • Registration: In order for you to use DareNET services, such as registering a channel, posting to the forums on the website, you must complete a registration process. As part of this registration process, we require select personal information (such as your e-mail address).
  • User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the information collected during registration, we enable you to provide additional information, such as a bio, favorite URLs, and instant messaging IDs. In addition, you may choose to include photos of yourself in your profile. As indicated below, in the section titled "Sharing Your Information", you can control how your information is displayed and used.

Automatic Information:

  • We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. DareNET and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain "traffic data" on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, DareNET cookie information, and the page you requested. DareNET uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the network and website.
  • DareNET may collect and, on any page, display the total counts that page has been viewed. This includes User Profile pages.
  • Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites and connect to IRC networks anonymously. While DareNET will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.

E-mail Communications

DareNET is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the "Sharing Your Information" section below. DareNET may send out e-mails with DareNET-related news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from DareNET, which inform you of actions (e.g. friend requests) that have been performed on the IRC network or site. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, please visit the Edit Options section of your User Control Panel and/or follow the instructions contained in the unwanted e-mail message. However, please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.

Cookies

  • Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. DareNET cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is.
  • AuthCookies are alphanumeric identifiers that allow you to login to your IRC account should your hostmask not match those stored for your account. These are sent to the e-mail address associated with your account and can be supplied back to NickServ to log you in.
  • The "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of DareNET's coolest features.
  • Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.

Sharing Your Information

Because DareNET enables people to discover and share information with one another, information about the people who use DareNET is an integral part of the DareNET experience. Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below.

  • DareNET Staff: DareNET staff and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of DareNET business.
  • Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information (in an aggregated form) is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if DareNET, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred.
  • Protection of DareNET and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Acceptable Use Policy and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of DareNET, our staff, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
  • User Profile information: Information collected during registration and subsequent visits, such as your full name and location, may be displayed to other DareNET users in your User Profile. The User Profile is the area on DareNET where we allow you to tell other DareNET users about yourself and your interests. You may control what personal information is displayed in your User Profile by visiting the User Control Panel section of your User Profile.
  • Social sharing of data: DareNET allows other users to browse posts that you have posted to out forums. This information is made available publicly via your User Profile, via the public API, or within the permalink URL of the post on which you performed the action. DareNET may choose to post this data on other site features.
  • Friends' Activity: Much like other online social networks, DareNET allows non-friends to browse your friends' activity and status.
  • API: DareNET will allow third parties access to all DareNET data this is already publicly available through the DareNET website. DareNET will keep private any passwords and profile settings.
  • Syndication: DareNET allows for the RSS syndication of all of its public content within the DareNET website.
  • IRC account infromation: DareNET allows users to display their e-mail address and other information to other IRC users through NickServ commands. You may choose which information is shown through your account settings.
  • With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.

Keeping Information Secure

  • Your DareNET account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.
  • Only staff who need personal information to perform a specific job (for example, a support operator) are granted access to it. All of our staff are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.

Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information

  • As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, but then you may be unable to use certain features on our IRC network and website, such as registering channels, sending memos, posting to the forums.
  • By visiting your User Profile, you can correct, amend, add or delete personal information on our website. When you update information, however, we often maintain a copy of the unrevised information in our records.
  • You may request deletion of your DareNET account by e-mailing us at support@darenet.org, or by using NickServ's UNREGISTER command.
  • If you do not wish to receive e-mail from us or other DareNET users, please visit the Edit Options section of your User Control Panel and/or follow the instructions contained in the unwanted e-mail message. However, please note that you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g. those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.
  • As explained earlier, the "help" portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. Please note, however, that if your browser does not accept cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of our attractive features.

Children Under 18 Years of Age

You must be 13 years and older to register to use the DareNET website. As a result, DareNET does not specifically collect information about children. If we learn that DareNET has collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 13 and 18 ask and receive their parents' permission before using DareNET or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the Internet.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

DareNET may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the DareNET website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.

Conditions of Use

If you decide to visit the DareNET website and/or our IRC network, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Acceptable Use Policy, including limitations on damages, and arbitration of disputes.

Effective Date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of November 28, 2008 and last updated November 28, 2008.

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