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While every effort is taken for the information on this website to be
correct, collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com is not to blame for any
inaccurancies or
any
consequences derived from them. It is your responsibility to
double-check so that the information you use is correct and updated.
Terms of
Use -
Copyright
All
materials on collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com are subject to the Law of Copyright, including
text and graphics. You are not allowed to distribute any of
them without my written permission and I do track copycats with
Copyscape.
Text
You are allowed to use the information
on this website as a
reference. This means that you have to put the text
into YOUR OWN WORDS - simply copying
and redistributing word-by-word any of the text from this website is ILLEGAL.
When
you are using any information as a reference from this site, you have
to refer back to this website. If your work appears on the internet,
whether in a blog, on another website, forums or anything else, you
have to link back to this website when referring.
I am not
able to grant you any permission to use any other graphics on this
site. Flickr photos are displayed in accordance with Creative Commons
licensing at Flickr.com and posters are displayed in association with
AllPosters.
To use any of them you
have to visit those sites and
follow their rules. With AllPosters you have to buy the
poster.
Privacy Policy
Your
privacy is important to me. This document outlines the types of
personal information I receive and collect when you use collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com, as well as some of the steps
I take to safeguard
information. I hope this will help you make an informed decision about
sharing personal information with me. Collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com strives
to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in
all operations. Likewise, I am dedicated to protecting my
visitors' privacy on my website.
Personal Information
Collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com collects personally
identifiable information from the visitors only on a voluntary basis.
Personal information collected on a
voluntary basis may include name and email address. This
information is collected if you request information from me or sign up
to join my email list to recieve the Rock Collectors Newsletter. The
information collected
is used to notify my visitors of updates and respond to visitor
inquiries.
Once information is internally
reviewed, it is
discarded or stored in my files. If I make material changes in the
collection of personally identifiable information I will inform you by
placing a notice on our site. Personal information received from any
visitor will be used only for internal purposes and will not be sold or
provided to third parties.
Use of Cookies and
Web Beacons
I may use cookies to
help you personalize your online experience. Cookies
are identifiers that are transferred to your computer's hard drive
through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your
browser. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you
have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize the
sites pages, or register with any of my site's services, a cookie
enables Collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com to recall your specific
information on
subsequent visits.You have the ability
to accept
or decline
cookies by modifying your Web browser; however, if you choose to
decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the
interactive features of the site.
A web beacon is a transparent
image file used to monitor your journey around a single website or
collection of sites. They are also referred to as web bugs and are
commonly used by sites that hire third-party services to monitor
traffic. They may be used in association with cookies to understand how
visitors interact with the pages and content on the pages of a web site.
I may serve third-party advertisements that use cookies and
web beacons
in the course of ads being served on my web site to ascertain how many
times you've seen an advertisement. No personally identifiable
information you give me is provided to them for cookie or web beacon
use, so they cannot personally identify you with that information on my
web site.
Some third-party
advertisements may be provided by
Google, which uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google uses the
DART cookie, which enables it to serve ads to my users based on their
visits to this site and other sites on the Web. You may opt out of the
use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and
Content Network Privacy Policy. Browsers can be set to accept
or reject cookies or
notify you when a cookie is being sent. Privacy software can be used to
override web beacons. Taking either of these actions shouldn't cause a
problem with my site, should you so choose. Google
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Google Inc
("Google"). You acknowledge and agree that Google's Privacy Policy
shall apply to your use of the Search Box and by using the Search Box
you consent to Google using your personal data in accordance with its
privacy policy.
Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act
This
website is directed to adults; it is not directed to children under the
age of 13. I operate my site in compliance with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act, and will not knowingly collect or use personal
information from anyone under 13 years of age.
Non-Personal
Information
In
some cases, I may collect information about you that is not personally
identifiable. I use this information, which does not identify
individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track
users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information
about my user base as a whole. The information collected is used
solely for internal review and not shared with other organizations for
commercial purposes.
Release of
Information
If Collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com is sold, the information I
have obtained from you
through your voluntary participation in my site may transfer to the
new owner as a part of the sale in order that the service being
provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice
through my website of that change in control and practices, and I
will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any
opt-out requests you might make of me.
How You Can Correct
or Remove Information
I provide this privacy
policy as a statement to you of my commitment to
protect your personal information. If you have submitted personal
information through my website and would like that information deleted
from my records or would like to update or correct that information,
please click on this link
or use my Contact Us page.
Updates
and
Effective Date
Collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com reserves the right
to make changes in this policy. If there is a
material change in my privacy practices, I will indicate on my site
that my privacy practices have changed and provide a link to the new
privacy policy. I encourage you to periodically review this policy so
that you will know what information I collect and how I use it.
Agreeing to Terms
If
you do not agree to collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com's Privacy Policy as posted
here
on this website, please do not use this site or any services offered by
this site. Your use of this site indicates acceptance of this privacy
policy.
This site uses British
English, which is the English we use in
Australia.
Disclaimer:
Although
best efforts have been made to ensure that
all the information on this
site is correct,
collecting-rocks-and-minerals.com is not to be blamed should there be a
mistake.
Copyright notice:
All contents of this website are strictly protected
by the Law of
Copyright. What does that
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