Site Policies
DisclaimerWhile 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.
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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?
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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?
Copyright © 2010-2021 rainforest-facts.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.