While every effort is taken for the information on this website to be
correct, Rainforest-facts.com is not to blame for any inaccurancies or
any consequences derived from them. It is your responsibility to
double-check so that the information you use is correct and updated.
Terms of Use - Copyright
All materials on
rainforest-facts.com are subject to the Law of Copyright, including
text, videos and graphics. It is illegal to copy and redistribute any
of them, whether on the internet or elsewhere.
Text
You are allowed to
use the information on this website as a reference. This means that you
have to put the text into YOUR OWN WORDS - you are NOT allowed to copy
any text word-by-word from this website and then use it elsewhere. You
also have to refer back to this website. If your work appears on the
internet, whether in a blog, on another website, forums or anything
else, you have to link back to this website when referring.
Graphics
There are at
least two kinds
of graphics on this website - posters and photos.
Photos are
displayed
in accordance with Creative Commons
licensing at Flickr.com and you are not allowed to copy them
from this website. If you want to use any Flickr photos you have
to visit Flickr.com
and
follow their
rules. Posters are
displayed in
association with
AllPosters.
The
images displayed on the posters are strictly copyright to their authors
and you are not allowed to copy and reuse any of them from this
website. If you
want a poster, you will have to click on the thumbnail of the poster
you like (this will take you to the sales page), and buy it from
AllPosters.
Privacy Policy
Your
privacy is important to us. This document outlines the types of
personal information we receive and collect when you use Rainforest-facts.com,
as well as some of the steps
we take to safeguard
information. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about
sharing personal information with us.
Rainforest-facts.com strives
to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in
all our operations. Likewise, we are dedicated to protecting our
visitors' privacy on our website.
Personal Information
Rainforest-facts.com collects
personally
identifiable information from the visitors to our
website only on a voluntary basis. Personal information collected on a
voluntary basis may include name and email address.
This
information is collected if you request information from us or sign up
to join our email list to recieve the Rainforest Newsletter. The
information collected
is used to notify our visitors of updates and respond to visitor
inquiries.
Once information is internally
reviewed, it is
discarded or stored in our files. If we make material changes in the
collection of personally identifiable information we will inform you by
placing a notice on our site. Personal information received from any
visitor will be used only for internal purposes and will not be sold or
provided to third parties.
Use of Cookies and
Web Beacons
We
may use cookies to help you personalize your online experience. Cookies
are identifiers that are transferred to your computer's hard drive
through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your
browser. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you
have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize the
sites pages, or register with any of our site's services, a cookie
enables Rainforest-facts.com to recall your specific
information on
subsequent visits.
You have the ability
to accept
or decline
cookies by modifying your Web browser; however, if you choose to
decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the
interactive features of the site.
A web beacon is a transparent
image file used to monitor your journey around a single website or
collection of sites. They are also referred to as web bugs and are
commonly used by sites that hire third-party services to monitor
traffic. They may be used in association with cookies to understand how
visitors interact with the pages and content on the pages of a web site.
We
may serve third-party advertisements that use cookies and web beacons
in the course of ads being served on our web site to ascertain how many
times you've seen an advertisement. No personally identifiable
information you give us is provided to them for cookie or web beacon
use, so they cannot personally identify you with that information on
our web site.
Some third-party
advertisements may be provided by
Google, which uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google uses the
DART cookie, which enables it to serve ads to our users based on their
visits to this site and other sites on the Web. You may opt out of the
use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and
Content Network Privacy Policy. Browsers can be set to accept
or reject cookies or
notify you when a cookie is being sent. Privacy software can be used to
override web beacons. Taking either of these actions shouldn't cause a
problem with our site, should you so choose. Google
Search on this Site
The search box
on Rainforest-facts.com ("Search Box") is powered by
Google Inc
("Google"). You acknowledge and agree that Google's Privacy Policy
shall apply to your use of the Search Box and by using the Search Box
you consent to Google using your personal data in accordance with its
privacy policy.
Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act
This
website is directed to adults; it is not directed to children under the
age of 13. We operate our site in compliance with the Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act, and will not knowingly collect or use personal
information from anyone under 13 years of age.
Non-Personal
Information
In
some cases, we may collect information about you that is not personally
identifiable. We use this information, which does not identify
individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track
users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information
about our user base as a whole. The information collected is used
solely for internal review and not shared with other organizations for
commercial purposes.
Release of
Information
If Rainforest-facts.com is
sold, the information we
have obtained from you
through your voluntary participation in our site may transfer to the
new owner as a part of the sale in order that the service being
provided to you may continue. In that event, you will receive notice
through our website of that change in control and practices, and we
will make reasonable efforts to ensure that the purchaser honors any
opt-out requests you might make of us.
How You Can Correct
or Remove Information
We
provide this privacy policy as a statement to you of our commitment to
protect your personal information. If you have submitted personal
information through our website and would like that information deleted
from our records or would like to update or correct that information,
please click on this link
or use our Contact Us page.
Updates
and
Effective Date
Rainforest-facts.com reserves
the right
to make changes in this policy. If there is a
material change in our privacy practices, we will indicate on our site
that our privacy practices have changed and provide a link to the new
privacy policy. We encourage you to periodically review this policy so
that you will know what information we collect and how we use it.
Agreeing to Terms
If
you do not agree to Rainforest-facts.com's Privacy Policy as posted
here
on this website, please do not use this site or any services offered by
this site. Your use of this site indicates acceptance of this privacy
policy.
Note:
This site uses British English, which is the English we use in
Australia. Disclaimer:
This website is about interesting facts about rainforests.
It
is not
trying to be comprehensive. Although best efforts
have been made to
ensure
that all the information on this
site is correct, rainforest-facts.com
is
not to
be blamed should
there be a mistake. Copyright
notice:
All contents of this website are strictly protected by the Law of
Copyright. What
does that mean?