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Privacy Policies


Our readership's privacy is of utmost importance to us. Protecting your privacy is a very important daily concern at FS-Files.com. We are publishing the following privacy policies for your review and so that you have a full understanding of what information FS-Files.com does gather, and what we do with that information.

Information that FS-Files.com Gathers:
FS-Files.com does not use cookies, or any other methods of gathering information about our readership without you being fully appraised of it. When we do gather information by use of a cookie, that information is used strictly for tabulation of demographics and "hit counts". It is important for you to know the intent behind gathering that information. Outside of the FS-Files.com Forums, only one other area uses cookies: the FS-Files.com File Library. A cookie will be used in the Library to track which files you have already rated. This cookie cannot be used to identify you personally: no IP address, email address or name will be logged -- only the fact that a given user has rated a given set of files.

Cookies are used in the following ways:
  • Browser messages - to prevent you from repeatedly seeing the same message
  • Logins - to keep you logged in whilst you browse the site
  • Forum settings - so your preferences remain the same every time you visit the site


Forum and login cookies:
Cookies are used by ALL of the FS-Files.com forums and login systems to track your preferences in configuration of the forum for your personal use and the time and date of your visit. From this cookie information, the websitee is able to tell you which message are new and store your preferred method for reading the forums and using the site. No personal information beyond the preferences settings selected by you is gathered by these cookies.

Email Addresses and Selling of Email Addresses:
FS-Files.com does not collect email addresses for resell to third parties without your knowledge. There are many sites that do this however, and we find the practice to be unacceptable. We do however provide you the choice of being placed on an email list if you so choose. FS-Files.com will occasionally send you promotional emails about products or services that we recommend. by registering with FS-Files.com, you agree to recieve these emails.

Email Robots, Purloining of Addresses and the Like:
If you have been on the web for anytime, you will know that there are email robots that circulate through sites collecting all email address on that site that it can find. We have no way to prevent this and all web sites are subjected to this. We do everything possible to prevent it, but these robots can garnish your email from here and just about everywhere else on the net for that matter without much that the webmaster can do to prevent it. When we are able to identify this as taking place, we actively pursue the vendor and will take legal action as the last recourse to prevent violations of our user's privacy.

Surveys:
FS-Files.com occasionally conducts surveys. No personal information is gathered except that which you might answer in the survey. Since the results are public, this information can be used by vendors to track preferences and other information as a result.

Contests:
From time to time FS-Files.com will sponsor contests. Winners of the contests will be communicated to the sponsoring vendor(s), but entrant's information will not. Winners should assume that they will be placed on the vendor's email list.

Aircraft Submissions:
When a registered user submits a download file or aircraft file to be listed on the site, no personal data is collected and is seen to be an anonymous submission to admin, therefore no personal data will be displayed upon approval of the file unless optionally included at the end of the file description. The FS-Files.com team strongly reccomend that you do not include any personal data which could specifically identify you, however displaying your name, username, website address or email address is an acceptable way of crediting your work in developing and/or submitting the file to us.

Advertising:
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. If you would like more information about this practice and would like to know your options in relation to·not having this information used by these companies, click here.

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