Because your privacy is important, PaperTalks does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. However, PaperTalks may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes. PaperTalks may also disclose information about its users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use; respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of PaperTalks, its users, or the general public.

USER CONSENT TO PRIVACY POLICY

Any person accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the web site located at www.PaperTalks.org, either manually or via an automated device or program, shall be considered a visitor. Further, a visitor who registers at the site shall be considered a user. All visitors are bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. Visitors consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of visitor information pursuant to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

We store all personally identifiable information that our users supply us with. We do not collect any personally identifiable information from visitors who are not users. We collect and store users' information through the use of "Cookies". (For more information regarding Cookies, see below.) We associate the information obtained about a user to the user's personally identifiable information.

USE OF USER IDs AND MESSAGES

Your user ID may appear next to your messages as they are posted on the site. We may also use and disclose your user ID, messages, or portions thereof, in any other manner, including in marketing materials.

LINKED INTERNET WEB SITES

PaperTalks provides hyperlinks, which are highlighted words or pictures within a hypertext document that, when clicked, take you to another place within the document or to another document altogether, to other web sites not controlled by us. These hyperlinked web sites may contain privacy provisions that are different from those provided herein. We are not responsible for the collection, use, or disclosure of information collected through these web sites, and we expressly disclaim any and all liability related to such collection, use, or disclosure.

CHILDREN

PaperTalks is not directed towards children 13 years of age or under and we do not knowingly collect any information from children 13 years of age or under through the site.

SECURITY

PaperTalks has password security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. We make no representations or warranties with regard to the sufficiency of these security measures. We shall not be responsible for any actual or consequential damages that result from a lapse in compliance with this Privacy Policy as a result of a security breach or technical malfunction.

AGGREGATED INFORMATION

We may share aggregated general information about PaperTalks with our business partners or the general public. For example, we may share information regarding the daily number of unique users to PaperTalks with potential corporate partners or others. Aggregated data does not contain any information that could be used to contact or identify you.

SALE OF ASSETS

In the event that another company acquires all or substantially all of the assets related to the business of PaperTalks, we reserve the right to include your personally identifiable information among the assets transferred to the acquiring company.

COOKIES

We use a feature of Internet Web browsers called a "Cookie", which is a file that a visitor's Web browser places on a visitor's computer's hard drive, to assign an identification code to the computer and to collect and store Information. We associate the information obtained about a user to the user's personally identifiable information. We do not and cannot use Cookies to retrieve individual personally identifiable information about visitors from a visitor's computer unless the visitor knowingly and willingly provided such information. The Cookie technology we use cannot obtain information from a visitor's hard drive or pass on a computer virus. If you choose to reject the Cookies, some areas of the site may not function properly or may not be accessible.

AMENDMENTS TO PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update or revise the Privacy Policy at any time. Please check the Privacy Policy periodically for changes. Your continued use of this site following the posting of any changes to the Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of those changes.

QUESTIONS

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, email your questions to support@PaperTalks.org.