Privacy Statement
(updated 29/03/2006)

This privacy statement is subject to change at any time.

PorcupineTreeForum is the sole owner of any information collected on our site or for subscription registration purposes, including all customer and billing contact information. Usernames, passwords, and IP addresses collected for the purpose of site access authentication are held in the strictest confidence. We will not sell, share, or distribute this information in any way, or use it for any other purpose than for site access authentication.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Cookies ARE required for certain parts of the PTF Web site to function correctly.

Log Files & Usage Statistics
Log files are generated by the ISP that hosts the PTF Web site. These log files contain information about the users that access the site, including IP addresses and web browser version. In order to compile usage statistics, we also record the date and time that users log in to the system, and from what IP address they log in from.

Sharing
We share no data or information with any of our partners.

Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that PTF is not responsible for the privacy practices of other such sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Security
We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site. PTF does not consider the data transmitted on the Web site to be confidential, so there is no need at this time to handle the transmitted data in a secure fashion (SSL). For this reason, PTF should not be used for sensitive or confidential material. If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can contact us by email.

E-Mail Privacy
• Your e-mail address will never be shared with any third party.
• Your e-mail address will never be sold to any person or organisation
• You will never receive spam of any type as a result of providing us with your e-mail address.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us by email.