So that we can provide you with the most efficient and enhanced service, we request information about you, we collect personally identifiable information such as email addresses and demographic information such as age, gender and location. We also may collect your IP address, browser type, domain name, access times and referring Web site address. This information is collected both during registration on a site or in response to specific requests, for example when signing up for a newsletter, posting on the forums, participating in chat.

We use personal information so that we may display custom, personalized content to our visitors and send newsletters, emails, features, surveys and other updates to our users. We also use collected information to evaluate and administer our service, respond to any problems that may arise and to gauge user trends to determine what part of our services are most popular with users.

We do not sell or otherwise reveal this information to advertisers or any third party. We do, however, reserve the right to use or disclose any information without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request; to conduct investigations of consumer complaints or possible breaches of law; to protect the integrity of our site and our property; to protect the safety of our visitors or others; to fulfill your requests; or to cooperate in any legal investigation.

You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information online (whether through SURVIVORS CHAT's services or any other service available online), personal or otherwise, that information can be collected and used by others. For example, if you use chat, forums, bulletin boards, your e-mail or if you post personal information online, you may receive unsolicited messages from others. Please be aware that disclosure of personally identifiable information in this way is inherently dangerous, and SURVIVORS CHAT has no control over this use of your personal information.

Your browser offers so-called "cookies" which, if you allow their use, store small amounts of data on your computer when you visit a Web site. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information about you and therefore cannot be used to identify you personally. Cookies simply assist us in tracking which of our features you like best. Cookies also enable us to customize our content according to your preferences. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser and our Web sites are viewable even if you disable the cookie function on your browser. However, if you disable cookies, some advanced and customized features of our site, as well as other Web sites, will not be available to you.

A user may, at any time, change, correct, modify or delete any personal information they may have provided to SURVIVORS CHAT by visiting the Member Profile located in the forums, or by contacting the administration via email at admin@survivorschat.com.

Some portions of the SURVIVORS CHAT Web site may be used by children under the age of 13. SURVIVORS CHAT is strongly committed to protecting the safety and privacy of children who visit our Web site.

SURVIVORS CHAT has a system in place to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying regulations establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet.

Our site and services may collect information about children under 13, including e-mail, forum participation and chat rooms. Use of such activities requires initial registration by the participant. Children under 13 who wish to register are asked to have a parent or legal guardian do so for them.

SURVIVORS CHAT includes many topical areas that all users may access. When a parent provides verifiable consent to allow his or her child to use chat and forums and to receive newsletters or other materials where a child may provide personally identifiable information, the child will also have access to those relevant services throughout the SURVIVORS CHAT site, including areas that may not be directed toward children. Many chat areas are not monitored and private chat is permitted. Chat areas may contain information or language unsuitable for young children and visitors of all ages may participate. If you authorize your child to participate in these features, we encourage you to monitor their use closely.

Except as authorized under COPPA, SURVIVORS CHAT will NOT:
collect online contact information from a user under 13 without prior verifiable parental consent, which includes an opportunity for the parent to prevent use of the information and participation in the activity. When we do not obtain prior verifiable parental consent, online contact information will be used only to directly respond to the child's request and will not be used to contact the child for other purposes.
collect personally identifiable offline contact information from users under 13 without prior verifiable parental consent.
give the ability to children to participate in forums or chat rooms without prior verifiable parental consent.

We will also place prominent notice wherever personally identifiable information is collected requesting the child to ask a parent for permission to proceed.

If you have any questions regarding the privacy and safety of children on our site, please contact the admins via email at admin@survivorschat.com.

Our Web site and the servers that make this site available worldwide are located in the United States. All matters relating to these sites are governed by the laws of the State of Iowa in the United States. Any information you provide will be transferred to the United States. By visiting our sites and submitting information, you authorize this transfer.

We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy as necessary to maintain the highest protection for our users and to comply with a changing environment. We recommend that you check the policy when you visit our site to be sure you are aware of and understand our current policy. If we make material changes to this policy or in how we will use or collect your personally identifiable information, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. We will not make changes in how we handle previously collected personal information that have retroactive effect unless legally required to do so.