Information Automatically Logged

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our servers and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information ( aggregated country or region of visitors).

We use the aggregated tracking information to better tailor our site to users.  We aggregate the tracking information by tallying the total page views throughout our site.  We use the information to determine which areas/pages of our site receive the most traffic, and which areas receive the least traffic.  We aggregate geographic information about our visitors in order to better provide content that fits our users needs and preferences. This helps us prepare future content based on the preferences and geographic location of our users.

Aggregated information (total page views, geographic breakdown of our readership) is also used to help our advertisers better understand the demographics of our audience and the traffic patterns of our web site.

We do not track the usage patterns of individual users and we do not share information about individual users with third parties, advertisers or  partners.

Cookies

A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you've visited. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites.

Our Site uses cookies to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our bulletin boards and chat rooms.

Advertisers

We use an outside ad company to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. While we use cookies in other parts of our Web site, cookies received with banner ads are collected by our ad company, and we do not have access to this information.

E-mail Lists and Registration Forms

Our site's e-mail signup form requires users to give us contact information (like their name, and email), and demographic information (like their city, and country).

Contact information from the registration forms is used to get in touch with the customer when necessary.

We do not share this information with other organizations.   We do not share this information with advertisers.  We do not share this information with partners.  Email addresses sent to Tulips and Bears are kept on a separate mail server, and are never used for any purpose other than what the person sending them requested. They are not sold or shared with any other web site, list, advertiser, partner, or service for any reason.

Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site.
We use this data to tailor our visitor's experience at our site by showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.

External Links

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

Special Relationships

We have formed special relationships with content providers, business partners, "Powered by" partners, and co-branded sites.   We do not share individual user information (for example: mailing lists) collected on the Tulips and Bears site with these partners.

Information collected on web sites operated by our partners (for example: signing up for the mailing list of one of our partners or content providers), including co-branded sites, is subject to the privacy policies of our partners and content providers.  We do not have access to individual user information collected by our partners.

Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups 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.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. We encrypt all user information to ensure that it is safely stored.

Choice/Opt-Out

1. You can send email to notifyme@tulipsandbears.com
2. You can visit the following URL: http://www.tulipsandbears.com/cgi-bin/support/index.cgi