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Private policy:
Effective 01/09/2008
Our Commitment To Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage.
This policy explains in detail how “Fourwheeler.Biz” along with its affiliated companies (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Fourwheeler.Biz”) and phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Group”, “phpBB Teams”) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (hereinafter “your information”).
Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing “Fourwheeler.Biz” will cause the phpBB software to create a number of cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded on to your computer’s web browser temporary files. The first two cookies just contain a user identifier (hereinafter “user-id”) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter “session-id”), automatically assigned to you by the phpBB software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within “Fourwheeler.Biz” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.
We may also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing “Fourwheeler.Biz”, though these are outside the scope of this document which is intended to only cover the pages created by the phpBB software. The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter “anonymous posts”), registering on “Fourwheeler.Biz” (hereinafter “your account”) and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in (hereinafter “your posts”).
Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (hereinafter “your user name”), a personal password used for logging into your account (hereinafter “your password”) and a personal, valid e-mail address (hereinafter “your e-mail”). Your information for your account at “Fourwheeler.Biz” is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the country that hosts us. Any information beyond your user name, your password, country and your e-mail required by “Fourwheeler.Biz” during the registration process are at our digression what is mandatory and what is optional. Your e-mail address will not be shown publicly unless you choose to. In all cases, you have the option of what information in your account is publicly displayed. Furthermore, within your account, you have the option to opt-in or opt-out of automatically generated e-mails from the phpBB software.
When posting an advert on the classified section, more information will be needed (city, country, zipcode and telephone number) and will be shown publicly. In the classifieds section you can choose certain information to be displayed to the public on your "seller's other listings" page by updating your account details under classifieds and checking the appropriate box next to that field.
Your password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure. However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password across a number of different websites. Your password is the means of accessing your account at “Fourwheeler.Biz”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “Fourwheeler.Biz”, phpBB or another 3rd party, legitimately ask you for your password. Should you forget your password for your account, you can use the “I forgot my password” feature provided by the phpBB software. This process will ask you to submit your user name and your e-mail, then the phpBB software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information
You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by the 'User control panel' under Forum and 'my account' under Classifieds. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information.
You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error.
To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an email. (see 'contact' link on the bottom of the page)
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