AviationSpotters.net Privacy Policy

Table of contents

Cookies
Application of e-mail addresses
Information displayed in Public Areas of the website
Automated collection of information
Third Party Advertising/business contacts

Cookies

Cookies are "memories"of information stored on AvaiationSpotters.net users' computers. Cookies are used in conjunction with the AviationSpotters.net database and discussion forums software. These cookies enable our website to recognize your browser. We use only identifying cookies to remember your information and to link your activities to you. No information is collected from users' computers through the usage of these cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies from AviationSpotters.net, disable cookies in your internet browser.
Cookies are used exclusively on the Aviataion Photo Database and Forums sections of the site, and are not used in connection with any informational pages.
Application of e-mail addresses

It is required that users who wish to include their photos in our database register for a member account. Our registration process requires that you provide us with your choosen user name, date of birth and e-mail address, and that you create and provide us with a password. We may also request other information, such as but not limited to, your first and last name, gender, and location. You may access and update your personal information via "My Profile". At the time of registration, the user will be asked to provide among other things, his/her e-mail address. This information will be used solely in order to provide a possibility to database visitors to contact the user. The e-mail address will not be public, only a contact link will be available, and all correspondence will be sent through a secure webform, protecting the users’ privacy. All user e-mail addresses remain confidential.
Information displayed in Public Areas of the website

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily provide information in public areas of the website, such as your user profile page or forums, that information can be viewed and possibly used by other users, vistors. So it’s advised for users or visitors not to disclose information, including phone number, email address, street address or instant messenger address (within these public areas) that they do not wish to share. We are not responsible for thses private infromation you choose to dispaly or share in these public areas.
Automated collection of information

For security reasons, the IP (internet protocol) address of each of our users is automatically recorded. In addition, when a user posts a message in the Discussion Forums, the IP address of the posting computer is recorded. The collection of this information allows AviationSpotters.net to identify the origin of any malicious activity, as well as to conduct geographical marketing research and prepare geographical statistics.

User IP addresses will never be distributed publicly, and are available only to AviationSpotters.net’s staff.
Third Party Advertising/business contacts

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to AviataionSpotters.net and other websites in order to provide advertisements on this site and other sites about goods and services that may be oin your interest. We may share non-personally identifiable information with these third party advertisers, service providers, and other persons with whom we conduct business. During placing advertisements to this site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique "cookie" on your browser.

Registering as a user on our website you expressively accept these above described parctices.