READ|MAKE|SHARE online - Privacy policy
This policy explains in detail how “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” ("we" or "us") and phpBB ( “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Limited”, “phpBB Teams”) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (“your information”). “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” will fight to keep your information private. We will not use your information for profit, or give your information away without your prior knowledge to a third-party, including law enforcement. The information about who is posting what and what it says will be done only to serve the normal running of the forum and will not be used for analysis unless discussed explicitly with users. Aggregate information relating the access of the site (eg times accessed, locations accessed from, upload volumes) will be used to improve hosting services and forum access.
Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” 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 “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.
We also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing “READ|MAKE|SHARE online”, and these are the same functional cookies used to improve user experience by storing previously accessed posts, form entries etc.
The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: registering a user account on “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in.
Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (your user name), a personal password used for logging into your account (your password) and a personal, valid email address (your email). Your information for your account at “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the Netherlands. Any information beyond your user name, your password, and your email address required by “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” during the registration process is optional. 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 emails from the phpBB software.
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 “READ|MAKE|SHARE online”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “READ|MAKE|SHARE online”, 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 email, then the phpBB software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.
Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” 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 “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.
We also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing “READ|MAKE|SHARE online”, and these are the same functional cookies used to improve user experience by storing previously accessed posts, form entries etc.
The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: registering a user account on “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in.
Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (your user name), a personal password used for logging into your account (your password) and a personal, valid email address (your email). Your information for your account at “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the Netherlands. Any information beyond your user name, your password, and your email address required by “READ|MAKE|SHARE online” during the registration process is optional. 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 emails from the phpBB software.
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 “READ|MAKE|SHARE online”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “READ|MAKE|SHARE online”, 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 email, then the phpBB software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.