Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:04 am
a different guest wrote:how about something like this? (which i've cobbled together from a couple of sites).
Thanks. Let me add some comments and were it goes. I'll precede your lines with ">"
>We never sell, trade, or give away any personal information about registered members, ever.
Basically true. But this also would prevent to name an abuser.
So I guess this would be closer to board:
We never sell, trade, or give away any personal information about registered members, ever. However should you be out to seriously disrupt this forum (having opposing views is not regarded as on itself as being disruptive) you will be made known the the forum users at large.
>We can't tell who you are because you came to our web site, and we can't tell what page you're on right now.
I can see when someone is browsing this part of the forum or is in his/her mailbox. But what they see I don't know (and don't want to know).
>No information is made available to third parties. By default, email addresses are not displayed when you post a message or reply.
Yes.
>This bulletin board does, however, automatically collect certain non-personally-identifiable information, such as your browser type and the IP address that your ISP designates to your machine.
Yes.
>A few of our pages place a "cookie" in the browser files of a user's computer, which allows the Bulletin Boards to recognise that you've gone from one page to another as the same logged-in person. The use of cookies is now an industry standard, and you will find them used on most major web sites.
>A cookie is a small text file containing a unique identification number that is transferred from a web site to the hard drive of your computer. A unique number identifies your browser but does not provide any personal information about you at all. Since cookies are only text files, they cannot run on your computer, search your computer for information or transmit any information to anyone.
I'd add:
Cookies allow the board to recognize you the next time you visit and keep track of messages posted since your previous visit. If your browser supports cookies, using them will make your visits here more productive. If your browser doesn't support cookies, or you have disabled them, you will lose the convenience of the functions that they provide here.
The cookies that this site sets are not shared with any other website. We don't use the cookies for anything other than making the discussion board easier to use.
More information on cookies can be found here: http://www.dtp-aus.com/cookies.htm
>You have the ability to configure your browsers to refuse acceptance of cookies. A cookie cannot pass on a computer virus, or even capture your e-mail address.
This may be daft coming from me but are you sure about the last one?
Best,