Privacy Policy
When you use this web site you may be asked to input personal information that you have a right to protect. To ensure that you have control over your privacy, you may be asked to provide information to support security measures designed to protect your privacy. This allows you – and only you – to provide authentication when making changes to information about yourself and the information you are entering.

With respect to your privacy, we make the following promises:

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We DO NOT share, expose, give away, divulge, release, or sell your personal information to any third party without your consent. We will release your personal information, however, if ordered to do so by subpoena or by a court of law.

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We DO NOT sell or rent lists to anyone. Not to employers, marketing firms, advertisers, or spammers.

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We DO keep you posted on news, events, educational opportunities, and other goods and services that relate directly to our organization and affiliates. You may decline or unsubscribe from these communications at any time, except those that are essential to conducting business with you. You may occasionally be asked to participate anonymously in an optional consumer survey.

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We DO use your information for internal administration to maintain your account.

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We DO collect and process aggregate information from all users, such as how often specific Web pages are accessed. Personal information is NOT included in these aggregate reports. Analyzing this data helps us improve our Web sites, steer our program development, offer better information and products, and assist our partners, sponsors and advertisers.

We DO take reasonable steps designed to protect your privacy. Our system uses accepted industry standards and techniques to encrypt sensitive data. Although we take reasonable measures to protect the privacy and anonymity of all information in our system, as well as transmissions of that information, we cannot guarantee absolute privacy or security of data. If you believe that your security in the system has been compromised, please contact us immediately!

Collection & Use of Information
To publish your information, you provide us with your name, e-mail address, and postal address. We collect this information from you on our Web sites through various forms. We use this information to create your account, and for transactions that you authorize. Your e-mail address may be collected if you e-mail us through our Web sites, and we may use it to send you a reply. We do not give this information to any third party without your consent unless ordered to do so by subpoena or by a court of law.

Communication Opt-Out
As a participant, you may receive occasional communications from us, our partners, sponsors, advertisers and affiliates. This correspondence includes networking opportunities, announcements, career resources, and our electronic newsletter. We may also keep you informed about changes to our products and services, as well as the debut of our new products. All communication will be relevant to your participation in the site.

Although you may derive important benefits from our communications, you have the option to decline such correspondence (opt-out). Even if you opt-out, you will receive correspondence essential to conducting business with us or our partners (e.g., contact changes, product revisions, etc.)

Cookies Policy
Many Web sites, including ours and those of our partners, may use cookies to track a user's online session. Here's how a cookie works: When you access certain pages on a Web site, your browser stores a tiny data file on your computer at the request of the site you're visiting. This trail of cookie crumbs tracks the pattern of your Web site visit. On your next visit, the Web site may direct you to content that most interests you, based on your previous usage. This can improve the user experience as well as the Web site company's marketing efforts. A cookie may also store a user ID to identify you, allow user access, or greet you personally.

Cookies cannot read files on your computer. They may only contain information that you provide to the Web site. Although the cookies' function may be turned off in your browser preferences, it is generally required for most web browsing.

Here's how we will typically use cookies:

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To track session information on our Web servers: Whenever you enter our Web site, a cookie temporarily stores basic information about you and your account, which is used to manage your user experience so you get the most out of the Web site. The site also remains more secure by transmitting a cookie across the Internet instead of your user name and password every time you request a page.

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To cause first-time effects: Knowing a bit about you allows us to prompt certain behaviors the first time you access a page or area of the Web site (e.g., input information that directs you to appropriate content).

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To save you time: Your ID is stored in a cookie so that you won't have to enter it every time you log in.

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To greet you personally: This allows us to welcome you by name, where appropriate, on the Web site.

Community Policies
We encourage open discussion of the designated topic in our message boards. Our forums are public areas; any item posted may be seen by others. For an in-depth look at online etiquette, search for and check out the Netiquette Guide.

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We DO NOT actively screen/edit information before it is published on this site.

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We DO reserve the right to monitor users' self-published material and delete any that we deem inappropriate or irrelevant.

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We DO acknowledge that the user retains copyright (ownership) of all content published by the user, and that the user is responsible for that content. We are not liable for content originating from Web site users.

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We DO provide links to other Web sites that may be of interest to our users. We are not responsible, however, for the privacy policies or content of other Web sites.

Although users are encouraged to bookmark and forward the this site's web address, further reproduction for commercial use is prohibited without written permission.