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Privace Policy
Gulf Coast Flats Fishing has established this privacy policy to explain to you how your information is protected, collected and used, which may be updated by us from time to time. We will provide notice of materially significant changes to this privacy policy by posting a notice on the forum.

1. Protecting your privacy
    * We don't share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
    * We don't engage in cross-marketing or link-referral programs with other sites.
    * We don't employ tracking devices for marketing purposes ("cookies", "web beacons," single-pixel gifs). (The only cookie stored is your login information that YOU choose when logging in)
    * We don't send you unsolicited communications for marketing purposes.
    * We offer you the option to "hide" your email to reduce 3rd party harvesting & spam.
    * Account information is password-protected. Choose a good password. Example: 4jd93ilIO0
    * Forums use basic web server authentication. Close your browser to log out unless YOU specified otherwise.
    * We, or people who post on Gulf Coast Flats, may provide links to third party websites, which may have different privacy practices. We are not responsible for, nor have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited.

2. Data we collect
    * We sometimes collect your email address, for purposes such as sending self-publishing and confirmation emails to register for the forums.
    * Sponsors, we do not store credit card information. Credit card transactions are transmitted to a financial gateway, and we endeavor to protect the security of your payment information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
    * We may collect personal information if you provide it in feedback or comments, post it on our forums, or if you contact us directly. Please do not post any personal information on Gulf Coast Flats that you expect to keep private.
    * Our web logs collect standard web log entries for each page served, including your IP address, page URL, and timestamp. Web logs help us to diagnose problems, to administer the Gulf Coast Flats site, and to otherwise provide our service to you.

3. Data we store
    * All forum postings are stored in our database, even after "deletion," and may be archived elsewhere.
    * Our web logs and other records are stored indefinitely.
    * Registered users can access and update their account information through the PROFILE link.
    * Although we make good faith efforts to store the information in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security. No one can.

4. Archiving and display of Gulf Coast Flats postings by search engines and other sites
Search engines and other sites not affiliated with Gulf Coast Flats - including archive.org, google.com, archive or otherwise make available our postings.

5. Circumstances in which Gulf Coast Flats may release information
    * We may disclose information about users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
    * We may also disclose information about users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use; respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Gulf Coast Flats, its users or the general public.

6. Ads and banners
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

    * Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
    * Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet.
    * Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

6. Feedback
We welcome your feedback on this document in our feedback forum.