Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. The following outlines how we protect your privacy on this Site:
COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
When You Register
In order to register on the Site, we require that you provide us with a username, e-mail address and password. Only your username is viewable by others visiting the Site. You are required to provide your real name to us when you become a member, and also your address and billing information. Even then, this information is used only for internal purposes and is never presented on the Site. You have the option, but never the requirement, to post biographical information about yourself on the Site. If you choose to provide your biographical information, it will become viewable by other members on this Site.
When You "Surf" the Site
Like most standard website servers, we use and maintain the information that we obtain from your browser on our server logs. This information can include Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), and other data. We may use this information to analyze trends, administer the Site, track user movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We may associate this information with your personal information to resolve technical issues and support security for our users.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data that is stored in a browser-related file on your computer's hard drive when you use the Site. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and are read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. The Poets Inkwell uses cookies to allow you to securely login to the website. Cookies are not used to track or keep personal information.
When You Become a Member
If you choose to become a member, you will need to provide us with certain contact information, including your name, e-mail address, and billing address. We also require other information necessary to process your payment, such as a credit card number and expiration date. When you purchase a membership, you are consenting to our delivery of this information to our service providers, which may include banks and credit card companies that we use to process the transaction.
When You Communicate with Other Members
To ensure the privacy of our members, we do not display or give out your e-mail address or any other contact information on our Site. We use a message center that uses a "double-blind" e-mail system, which hides the e-mail addresses to protect the privacy of both the sender and receiver. When using the message center, it is up to you to choose whether you are comfortable disclosing your e-mail address or any other contact information to others through private communications.
When You Post Your Poetry or Review a Poem
Your submitted poetry, other individuals' reviews of your poetry and the reviews you give to other poets' poetry are displayed publicly, so please exercise care in deciding what information you wish to disclose.
Changing or Correcting Your Information
We provide you with ways in which you can update your information. You may change such information as your name, age, mailing address, e-mail address and password, and you can edit your biographical information as well. You may have your membership removed from the Site for any reason at any time.
The Security of Your Information
Your details and their security are important to us. We are registered with the data protection act and hold your information safely. We will NOT be giving or selling any part of your information to any third party. However, we reserve the right to pass on any information that may be considered to be of an unlawful nature. If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy please contact us - full contact details available on the contact page.
As Poetsinkwell.com and its affiliates continue to explore new business opportunities, it may need to, and reserves the right to transfer and assign customer contact and site usage information collected on the Site to one or more affiliated and unaffiliated entities as part of a business transaction.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or information security, you can contact poetsinkwell.com's customer service through the "contact us" section of the Site or by writing to us at Poet's Inkwell, P.O. Box 50, Coleford, GL16 9AE, United Kingdom.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time as our information practices are modified or changed. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.
