What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a form or use the forum and other site services.

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address or STARFLEET registration number. You may, however, visit our site anonymously by not registering, however you will not have access to some areas.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To personalize your experience
(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)

• To improve our website
(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)

• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature

• To send periodic emails

The email address you provide for account registration, may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, contact the webmaster using http://www.usscolumbia.net/ncc-2049/contact-the-webmaster/.

Do we use cookies?

Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

As part of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our site may make any changes to their information at anytime by logging into the site and clicking the ‘Profile’ page link.

Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

If you are under the age of 13, USS Columbia requires parent or guardian permission before we can collect your personal information. We do this by asking for your parent or guardian’s email address. We will send your parents an email when you register requesting their permission. More information on the process we use is described below in the “Note to Parents”.

Note to Parents

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to provide our visitors and users with information about our website, which we hope will promote informed choices and decisions about how to use the site, as well as protect our users’ privacy.

USS Columbia recognizes that younger visitors may not understand some of the information contained on our website or how the site operates. Please discuss this statement with your children so that they will better understand how to use the site and the information they may provide.

USS Columbia will collect personal information from children under the age of 13 only with parental permission.

USS Columbia will not require a child to disclose a name or alias and email address to register and use the Site. Personal information collected by our website users is not shared with third parties

When a child under the age of 13 attempts to register to use the website, we will collect an email address for the parents and send an email to parents. Parents will be given 1 week to accept their child’s registration. If the parent refuses membership, we will delete your related information from our database. If we get permission, we will register the child to use the website. If we do not receive a response, we will assume permission is declined.

Once we get permission, we will assume that it is alright for a child to use all areas of the website, which includes the ability respond to messages in the chat room and forum.

Your permission grants USS Columbia the right to post images uploaded by your child on our website. Please read our Terms and Conditions of Use for more information on the content and materials that USS Columbia allows to be posted on our websites.

If you suspect that your child has offered personal information in error and/or you wish us to remove their profile from our database, we are happy to do so.

Please contact us at webmaster@usscolumbia.net or at the mailing address below and be sure to include the following:

• Child’s name and email address
• Your name and email address
• Purpose of your request (i.e. remove profile, update information)

USS Columbia, C/O STARFLEET, P.O. Box 94288, Lubbock, TX 79493-4288, USA

Alternatively, please contact us through the page:
http://www.usscolumbia.net/ncc-2049/contact-the-webmaster/

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Terms and Conditions

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at http://www.usscolumbia.net/ncc-2049/terms-and-conditions/.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on 2010-05-14

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

• http://www.usscolumbia.net/ncc-2049/contact-the-webmaster/
• USS Columbia, C/O STARFLEET, P.O. Box 94288, Lubbock, TX 79493-4288, USA
• webmaster@usscolumbia.net