Privacy and Terms

Lara Swanson has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate a firm commitment to privacy and acceptable use of this website. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site.

Information is Automatically Logged

This site uses a visitor statistics package that logs the following information on each page access: userid, user_agent, IP, host, browser type, computing platform, date and time, page viewed, referer, request type, and query_string. We use this information to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our web site, and to help identify you. This information is also gathered because we like to see who is visiting. This information is not and will never be divulged to a third party without a court order.

Cookies

This site uses cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, as well as to track internal site usage for tracking page visits and site analysis.

Registration Forms

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (i.e. email address). Contact information from the registration forms is used to validate the user's account. This enables the site administrators to provide moderation for the various public features of this site, and to get in touch with the user when necessary. This information is not and will never be divulged to a third party without a court order. We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

Choice/Opt-Out

From time to time, we may send out e-mail notifications of site updates and news related to the website. At all times, we provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us at the point where we request information about the visitor.

Use License

  1. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of any materials provided on this web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
    1. modify or copy the materials;
    2. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
    3. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
    4. transfer the materials to another person or "mirror" the materials on any other server.
  2. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Lara Swanson at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

Code of Conduct

  1. We encourage everyone to treat each other with mutual respect. Do not use any communication to threaten, harass, stalk, or abuse other users.
  2. Contributions are welcomed and valued by all users regardless of their ethnicity, class, religion, gender, ability, age or sexuality.
  3. At any time, and without notice, we may remove postings that are deemed inappropriate, offensive or that violate these Terms of Service.
  4. Future use of this site may be denied to any user who behaves in a manner deemed inappropriate, offensive or who violates these Terms of Service.

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. Lara Swanson is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Public Discussions

This site makes public discussions available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. While we do our best to ensure only appropriate information is posted, we cannot and do not assume responsibility for our user's postings. All postings and opinions reflect that of their respective author, and may not, reflect the views of Lara Swanson, or other site visitors. All submissions are subject to editorial control, and may be edited without notice.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.

Data Quality/Access

This site gives users control over their user experience and content that they may have provided. Users can freely modify or delete any content they post.

Limitation of Liability

Lara Swanson is not liable for any damages caused by any of the site content, whether directly provided by Lara Swanson or its employees or not.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can reach Lara via the contact form.