Privacy Policy
Last revised: February 15, 2010
The T-Room respects your privacy.
Privacy Principles
This privacy statement covers the site http://www.t-room.us as of February 15, 2010. Out of respect for your privacy, The T-Room provides this information explaining our online information practices.
Our intention is to provide an informative tool for members of the public interested in blogging here at The T-Room. We recognize that visitors to The T-Room may be concerned about the information that they provide to us and how we treat that information.
Privacy Policy
Your right to privacy is very important to all of here at The T-Room. We recognize that providing us with personal information is an act of trust. Therefore, we have created a privacy policy to protect your personal information. We encourage you to take the time to read this privacy policy as well as those of any internet site you may visit.
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Statement or about The T-Room, please contact us at htansey@t-room.us Please reference the privacy policy in your subject line.
Your Personal Information
In general, when you visit The T-Room you remain anonymous. We require only your user name and a password to post comments. There are occasions when we will ask for additional information such as when you sign-up to become a Member of The T-Room’s Live Blog Suite. We do this to better understand and respond to your needs, and provide you with services that may be valuable to you.
What Information We Collect and How We Use That Information
Our registration forms require users to give us contact information that may include name, e-mail address, website address and similar information. We do not request or store sensitive information from our visitors, such as social security numbers, credit card numbers or checking account information.
Use of Your Personal Information
The T-Room never shares your information with anyone including a third party.
E-Mail Sent to Us Containing Personal Information
If you choose to send personal identifying information to either The T-Room or The T-Room Live Blog Suite we will not share said content nor personally identifying information with anyone including a third party. For example, you might send an e-mail message containing information about your membership. We will use this information solely to identify you as a member of The T-Room Live Blog Suite and to determine how to best respond to the e-mail. We will not use this information for any purpose other than to resolve the specific matter identified in your e-mail.
Internet Protocol Address
An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We collect an IP address from all visitors to our web site. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our blog site, analyze usage trends, track users’ interactions with the blog site, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the blog site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Links to Third-Party Web Sites
We provide many links to third party web sites existing outside of The T-Room and The T-Room Live Blog Suite. Since we do not control the content or functionality of these web sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these third-party web sites. Any link from http://www.t-room.us to such a third-party web site does not denote an affiliation with the web site or an endorsement of its viewpoint(s) or mission(s).
Unsubscribing from the Live Blog Suite
Subscribed T-Room Live Blog Suite Members may unsubscribe to the service by sending an email to htansey@t-room.us or by simply cancelling your PayPal Subscription.
Security of Your Information
Online security is enhanced by use of firewalls protecting all servers. The physical servers that are utilized to secure and store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure facility that only authorized network administrators have access to. This facility provides security 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Our Compliance with Federal Law
Children’s Guidelines
The T-Room and The T-Room Live Blog Suite complies fully with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA).
None of the web sites covered by this policy knowingly collect identifiable personal information from children under age 13. If we discover that a person under the age of 13 has provided us with any personally identifiable information, we will delete that information from our systems. We are unable to reply to information requests from children under the age of 13, if so identified. A parent or guardian must initiate any requests for information from children under the age of 13 on their behalf. We encourage parents to supervise children when they browse the Internet.
Spam
The T-Room and The T-Room Live Blog Suite complies fully with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act). To this end, the T-Room:
- Always offers recipients of e-mail marketing and e-newsletters a clear means of opting-out from the receipt of future messages
- Never uses false or misleading header information in any e-mail message
- Never attempts to deceive e-mail recipients by using deceptive subject lines
- Never uses automated means to harvest e-mail addresses from web sites or web services
- Never generates e-mail addresses using programmatic methods
- Never shares e-mail addresses with any other organizations
Questions?
The T-Room welcomes comments and questions on this policy. We are dedicated to protecting your personal information, and will make every reasonable effort to keep that information secure.
If you have any questions, please contact us at htansey@t-room.us.
Privacy Policy Updates
The T-Room may occasionally update this policy so that it evolves with the rapidly changing technologies employed on the internet. All revisions will be posted to this web site and any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to data collected subsequent to its effective date.
Last revised: February 15, 2010