Privacy Policy

Section 1: Introduction

Your privacy is important to us. We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. The following document discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the Zig Zag Café Web site, http://zigzagcafe.net/.

Only under unusual circumstances will information collected via this site be revealed to persons or organizations outside of Zig Zag Café. Zig Zag Café reserves the right to release confidential information to comply with a legal requirement or subpoena, to protect or defend Zig Zag Café or other individuals or organizations involved with this project (including protecting the property of said parties), or to enforce Zig Zag Café policies. Disclosure might occur in violation of this policy by a break-in to the site's computers, either physical or electronic, and/or a Zig Zag Café employee or other contractual partner who violates our privacy rules.

Section 2: Explanation of Information Collected

This notice applies to all information collected by or submitted to this Web site, whether through the public or private areas of the site.

On the public portion of this site, we collect only general information about where visitors are located (geographically and on the network) and from what referring URL they enter the Web site. No personal information is collected.

On the private portion of this site, we store confidential information provided by our members for their use and benefit. We do not use this information in any way, nor will we release it to others intentionally without written permission to do so.

Section 3: System Logs

We keep a minimum set of system logs that allow us to tune and protect the service and determine general usage patterns. We keep these logs indefinitely. The system log information we collect or request may include these items: Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of visitors, browser and operating system type, countries that people are visiting from, the Web site that referred you to our site, search terms used to find our site, pages that you visit, and dates and times of visits.

Section 4: Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses

An Internet Protocol (IP) address does not identify you personally, but rather identifies the location you are computing from. We do collect IP addresses from those visiting our Web site. These addresses are used to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our site.

Section 5: Cookies

This Web site uses cookies to maintain state, that is, to maintain a connection between sequential page requests by the same user. On the public portion of this site, you may safely reject the cookie. Log in, however, requires that you accept the cookie. We have made this choice because cookies provide better security than other methods, such as URL rewriting.

Section 6: Links

This Web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Zig Zag Café, http://zigzagcafe.net/, is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Section 7: Information Voluntarily Disclosed

We use information provided by you only for the purpose for which the address was solicited. For example, if you contact us requesting information, we will only use your contact information for that purpose. Return email addresses and third party addresses sent to us for the purpose of forwarding information are never sold to other sites or businesses.

Section 8: Legal Restrictions

This policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Hampshire. If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from the other provisions and shall not affect the validity of the other provisions.

Section 9: Security

This Web site is hosted on servers maintained by trained computer personnel. Information received by this Web site is treated with careful regard for security procedures, including restricting server equipment and file access to appropriate personnel.

Section 11: Information Management

How to Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please e-mail our Webmaster at webmaster at zigzagcafe.net.

Notification of Changes with the Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to the Zig Zag Café site, http://zigzagcafe.net/. Please periodically check this page for changes to the privacy policy. This privacy statement supersedes all prior Zig Zag Café, http://zigzagcafe.net/, privacy statements and is effective 1 April 2007.