Personal Information
The Reload Bench values your privacy and we make every effort to ensure the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information. We will not disclose your personally identifiable information unless you give us permission or required to by law.
Information Collected
The Reload Bench collects "site usage" information. This information tells us what browser you are using, the time spent on the site, referring URL, etc. This information is used for future updating and development of this site. No personal information is used for this purpose.
Reload Bulletin Board
Registration for the bulletin board is free and only open to viewers 13 years of age and older (viewers under 13 may only read posts). The only personal information required is your email address. Each member may pick a "Username" of his/her own choosing, provided that the Username isn't already being used by another member. Upon submittal of your registration, a password will be emailed to the address you used to register your Username. It is recommended that you change your password once you first logon. Each member may choose to have their email address displayed or hidden when posting to the bulletin board. Each member may also choose to have themselves Visible or Invisible to the "Who's Online" feature from their preferences selection. The Reload Bench does NOT give out or sell your email address to any third parties or individuals.
Your email address is used solely in the event that you loose/forget your Username and/or Password, or if the Administrator needs to contact you directly for the sole purpose of resolving a problem and/or conflict on the board.
Even if you choose to keep your email address hidden from others when making posts, your email address is always viewable to the Administrator.
When selecting to be Invisible on the Who's Online feature, only the Administrator and Moderators are able to see that you are online.
For security reasons, your Username and Password will ONLY be sent to the email address that is listed on your Reload Bulletin Board Profile.
E-Mailing Us
When you email us for whatever reason, your address is not stored or archived into any list. It is simply used to reply to your query. You may receive an automated confirmation that your message has been received. This automated response will vary in content depending on the actual alias you send to (webmaster, bboard, suggestions, etc.).
Advertising
Any personal/company information collected from advertisers for the purpose of displaying banners on this site is used solely between that particular person/company and The Reload Bench. This information is kept strictly confidential. Your information, if any, will not be shared or given out to any persons or parties unless required to by law.
Reload Survey
When you fill out the survey, your email address may be collected, depending on the survey format, and put into a list. This list is used exclusively to notify each participant that the survey has been updated or completed. When you receive a Reload Survey email and wish to be removed from this list simply email us ( ) with "RemoveReloadSurveyList" in the subject line.
Newsletters
Sometime in the near future, The Reload Bench will be offering a quarterly or monthly Newsletter. This is going to be an "opt-in" subscription where each individual will be able to subscribe/unsubscribe on their own. This list will be kept on the reloadbench.com server and will NOT be sold or given to any third parties or individuals.
Contests & Giveaways
The Reload Bench will be required to collect personal information for any future contests and/or giveaways. This information will be collected over a secure page (128 bit encryption) on the reloadbench.com web site. This information is needed to ship any prizes to your actual address and to verify that you are over the age of 18.
In regard to the secure page, when visiting these pages, you will see the secure page icon ( )and notice https in the address bar. While it is secure with a 128 bit encryption, the certificate that is used for this site has been issued to the server (www.valueweb.net).
Children's Privacy
In response to concerns about protecting children's privacy online, Congress enacted the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ("COPPA"), which sets forth rules and procedures governing the ways in which Web sites may collect, use and disclose any personal information for children under the age of 13.
In accordance with The Reload Bench policy and COPPA regulations, we DO NOT:
a) Request or knowingly collect personally identifiable online or offline contact information from users under 13 years of age.
b) Give children the ability to publicly post or otherwise distribute personally identifiable contact information.
c) Entice children with the prospect of a special game, prize or other activity to divulge more information than is needed to participate in the activity.
Policy Changes
The Reload Bench may find it necessary or be legally obligated to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted at this site. Except as otherwise required by law, modifications to this Privacy Policy will not affect the privacy of data collected by The Reload Bench prior to the effective date of the policy change.
This initial Privacy Policy effective: September 1, 2001
Amended 06/15/02
Amended 01/17/03
Amended 03/06/03
Amended 03/17/03
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