Your privacy is important.

• At Belchfire.net, we know that your privacy is important to you.
  It is important to us too. That is why we want you to know about the
  personal information we collect, how we use that information and with
  whom it may be shared.

You are always in control.

• The only personal information that we collect is information that
  you give us when you register. We use that
  information to service your account and to personalize your experience
  at Belchfire.net. We'll never share that information with third parties
  interested in e-mailing you or send you our own promotional offer
  e-mails without your consent. To see (or change) your information, just
  visit the
  My
  Controls
  page at Belchfire.net (you will need to do this for
  each account, if you have more than one).
  

Here is the information we gather:

• When you register at the site, we ask for certain basic information
  to service your account: your e-mail address and a membername and
  password. You can change this information using the
  My
  Controls page (under Personal Profile --> Edit Profile Info). You
  can change any of this information at any time.
  
  


• You have the option to use certain services which may require you to provide us with
  transmittal information for your friends or family. We only use this
  information to provide the requested service.
  
  


• We also keep track of users' traffic patterns and
  related site usage inside our website to help us manage promotions and
  advertising, and improve our web page and site design.
  
  


• From time to time, we may randomly contact members about
  participating in a survey about our website. These surveys are optional,
  and we use the responses to help us identify users' needs and concerns
  so that we can improve or develop new services on the website.


• We may also contact members by email in the event of important
  system updates or changes.  Members can opt-out of receiving
  these messages at any time by de-selecting the 'Send me any updates
  sent by the board administrator' option in
  My
  Controls --> Options --> Email Settings.


• While members' email addresses are not publicly viewable anywhere
  on Belchfire.net, members can send email to other members using a
  web-based form.  Members can choose not to receive email from
  other members by selecting the option that reads 'Hide my email
  address from other members' in
  My
  Controls --> Options --> Email Settings.

What you should know about cookies:

• Cookies are small pieces of information that we send through your
  browser to your hard drive. Belchfire.net uses cookies to let us recognize you and provide a more meaningful
  and personalized experience when you logon to our site.
  
  


• Most web browsers are set to accept cookies automatically, but you
  can change this setting. See your browser's "help topics" to learn how
  to change the setting.
  
  


• If you decide not to accept cookies, you will still be able to visit our site, but some sections and services on Belchfire.net may not display or work properly for you. Cookies allow
  you to take full advantage of the features of Belchfire.net, so we
  recommend that you keep them "on."
  

With whom is information shared?

• We may release specific personal information for the following
  reasons:
  
  

1. We use outside companies to provide you with some of the services you use on our site as
   well as for managing some of our internal operations such as
   databases, data analysis and e-mails. As a result, these companies
   do have access to the specific information necessary to provide you
   with your goods or services, but we require them to keep this
   information confidential and not to use it for any other reason.


2. We will release your personal information to the proper persons when
   we believe, in good faith, that we are required to comply with a law
   or legal process, enforce our user agreements, or protect the
   rights, property or safety of Belchfire.net or other persons or
   entities.
   
   

Aggregate Statistics.

• From time to time we provide aggregate statistics about our members,
  site traffic and other site-related information to reputable
  companies. "Aggregate" is the key word here. You can be assured that we
  never include information that allows these companies to identify you
  individually.
  

E-Mail Addresses.

• We never rent or sell your name and e-mail address to other on-line
  marketers of products or services without your consent. You make the
  decisions on how you would like to hear from us and if you are
  interested in receiving our newsletter and any valuable offers from reputable marketers
  of products and services. You can change your preference at any time by
  going to your
  
  My Controls page at Belchfire.net (you will need to do this for each account, if you have more than one).

Postal Mailing Lists.

• We do not collect or make your postal address available to anyone for
  any reason.

External Sites.

• Belchfire.net may run sweepstakes with select companies or place
  advertisements or other promotional offers from select companies on our
  website or in our emails. When you choose to participate in these
  sweepstakes or promotional offers, you may link to these businesses'
  websites and be asked to give them personal information or we may send
  over your personal information if you enter it on the Belchfire.net
  website. These businesses operate independently from Belchfire.net. Any
  personal information that is given to them is at your option and is no
  longer controlled by our privacy policy. To avoid confusion, we will
  identify these businesses as independent from Belchfire.net, if the
  information entry point is inside of the Belchfire.net's website. We
  encourage you to read these businesses' privacy policies, if you should
  have any concerns about how they will care for your personal
  information.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

• Belchfire.net is a website directed to the general public. We do
  not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Consent.

• By using Belchfire.net and providing us with your personal
  information, you are accepting the privacy practices described in this
  policy statement.


• We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Please check
  back here occasionally. You will always find the latest version posted
  here. Updates to our Privacy Policy that would affect how we treat your
  personal information will not apply to information collected before we
  made the update, unless we first obtain your consent.


• Please note that because a user information database is
  customarily considered a business asset, Belchfire.net shall have the
  right to transfer it in a merger or sale of some or all of its company
  or in an action for bankruptcy. Your information will continue to be
  treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy by the acquiring or
  merged company unless you are notified and provided an opportunity to
  opt of any changes.

Disputes.

• Disputes regarding this policy and the enforcement and adherence
  thereof are handled by Belchfire.net. Email
  webmaster@belchfire.net if
  you believe we are not adhering to this privacy policy and we will
  investigate and correct as necessary.

Comments.

• If you have any questions or comments about our Privacy Policy,
  please send us an e-mail at
  webmaster@belchfire.net.

References:

• Our compact privacy policy is sent to one's web browser in the HTTP
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• An explanation of our compact privacy policy can be found
  here.