Privacy
Policy -- information of whatever sort is
subject to The Ralph Swentzell Institute standard
privacy policy: ANY INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO US
IS TREATED CONFIDENTIALLY AND WILL BE RELEASED TO NO
ONE WITHOUT YOUR EXPRESS PERMISSION UNLESS ORDERED BY
A COURT OF LAWFUL JURISDICTION OR OTHERWISE REQUIRED
BY VALID LAW. The only exception is
that we reserve all rights to use or reprint e-mails
(especially really dumb ones) however we want, but
ONLY after they're altered to protect the sender's
identity. We do not use persistent "cookies" or
tracking mechanisms that collect personally
identifying information on our site. The only
“cookie” we use is on our forum, and it
expires after 1 hour of use on the forum. In addition:
any monetary transactions for goods or services that
The Ralph Swentzell Institute may develop, offer, or
sell, will be handled by a trusted and secure 3rd
party, e.g. PayPal.
DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, GIVE US ANY
PERSONAL INFORMATION, E.G. CREDIT CARD NUMBERS, YOUR SSN,
ETC. WE DON'T WANT IT AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE GIVING THAT
INFORMATION TO STRANGERS ANYWAY! The only location
where you will be asked to provide any personal information
is on our forum, and 1. we will not share that information
with anyone, 2. all information supplied is voluntary, 3.
we will not ask for any information that, to the best of
our knowledge, can be used to track you and your internet
use, and the requisite information we ask for is very
limited.
It’s often difficult to protect your privacy in the
virtual world. Take every measure possible to stop spam,
phishing, pharming, identity theft, scams and fraud. To
help fight against malign virtual citizens, one great
resource is The Antihubris.com Internet, E-Commerce
& E-mail Safety Resource Center. There are
also great resources at antiphishing.org; the Center for Democracy and
Technology; the US Federal Trade Commission
("FTC"); and Wikipedia.
(a quick reminder to Mac, Linux, and other UNIX based
system users: though your OS is virtually impenetrable from
viruses, etc., you can still unknowingly pass malicious
code to Windows users - so you should take the same
precautions and get the same bomb-proof-as-possible
anti-virus / spyware / adware, etc. software that PC users
are so familiar with)