Sweet Maria's Web Forum - Privacy policy
This policy explains in detail how ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ along with its affiliated companies (hereinafter ퟙweퟘ, ퟙusퟘ, ퟙourퟘ, ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ, ퟙhttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/forumퟘ) and phpBB (hereinafter ퟙtheyퟘ, ퟙthemퟘ, ퟙtheirퟘ, ퟙphpBB softwareퟘ, ퟙwww.phpbb.comퟘ, ퟙphpBB Groupퟘ, ퟙphpBB Teamsퟘ) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (hereinafter ퟙyour informationퟘ).
Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ will cause the phpBB software to create a number of cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded on to your computers web browser temporary files. The first two cookies just contain a user identifier (hereinafter ퟙuser-idퟘ) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter ퟙsession-idퟘ), automatically assigned to you by the phpBB software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.
We may also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ, though these are outside the scope of this document which is intended to only cover the pages created by the phpBB software. The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter ퟙanonymous postsퟘ), registering on ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ (hereinafter ퟙyour accountퟘ) and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in (hereinafter ퟙyour postsퟘ).
Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (hereinafter ퟙyour user nameퟘ), a personal password used for logging into your account (hereinafter ퟙyour passwordퟘ) and a personal, valid e-mail address (hereinafter ퟙyour e-mailퟘ). Your information for your account at ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the country that hosts us. Any information beyond your user name, your password, and your e-mail address required by ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ during the registration process is either mandatory or optional, at the discretion of ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ. In all cases, you have the option of what information in your account is publicly displayed. Furthermore, within your account, you have the option to opt-in or opt-out of automatically generated e-mails from the phpBB software.
Your password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure. However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password across a number of different websites. Your password is the means of accessing your account at ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with ퟙSweet Maria's Web Forumퟘ, phpBB or another 3rd party, legitimately ask you for your password. Should you forget your password for your account, you can use the ퟙI forgot my passwordퟘ feature provided by the phpBB software. This process will ask you to submit your user name and your e-mail, then the phpBB software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.