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Types of information we collect and how we collect it. The majority of information posted on this website offered without collecting any personally identifiable information from you. You may surf this site and view much of our content anonymously. Information You Provide There are some activities on this website where the collection of personally identifiable information is necessary. Such activities include registering on this site, using our forum, or sending email to the webmaster. We do not market to or knowingly collect information from children. Therefore our member information does not apply to anyone under thirteen years of age. In addition, DieselTruckResource.Com does not assume responsibility for information collected by Internet spiders, or bots, since some of the administrators of these systems intentionally disregard files embedded on this site used for limiting their access to non-dynamic areas of this site. Your email address may be collected by one of these systems if you choose not to hide your email address in our forums. When personally identifiable information is collected, you will know because you will have to fill out a form, or send an email. For registering on our forum, we collect only your Username, E-mail address, and password. When you register on our forum, you have the option of hiding your email address from the public. In addition, once registered, you have the option of entering more information about yourself. DieselTruckResource.Com does not sell this information. This information is used to create a sense of community and you have the option of leaving this information blank. Information Collected from You with Technology DieselTruckResource.Com collects some information about you using web server technology, so it may not be readily apparent to you that it is being collected. For instance, when you come to our site your IP address is collected so that we know where to send information you are requesting. An IP address is often associated with the place from which you enter the Internet like your ISP (Internet Service Provider), etc. This information is not personally identifiable. DieselTruckResource.Com uses this information to make our site more interesting and useful to you. This includes helping advertisers on our site design advertisements our users might like. We normally don't combine this type of information with personally identifiable information. However, we will combine this information with personally identifiable information to identify a visitor in order to enforce compliance with our rules or to protect our website, users, or others, or when requested by government or law enforcement agencies with a court order. Description of Cookies, and How We Use Them Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site sends to your computer while you are viewing the Web site. These pieces of information allows the website to remember important information that will make your use of this site more enjoyable. DieselTruckResource.Com and other Web sites use cookies for a variety of purposes. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to some of our features that make your Web experience more efficient. Cookies that this site sends to your computer are not used to retrieve personally identifiable information about you. Their sole purpose is to store information about your forum session, so that our system may see that you're already logged in, or show you when new forum messages have arrived. They're also used in our online store to keep session data. No personal information is stored in any cookie. How We Use the Personally Identifiable Information that We Collect Information we collect is used to send you e-mail updates related to site updates, and newsletters about our website, such as an upcoming chat session. It is also stored in our system to provide us a verifiable point of contact if we have reason to contact you. Who we share information with The most valuable assets of this website are you, the members. We aren't in the business of selling information about our users. However, we will share information for security reasons. Third-Party Advertisers and Network Advertisers Once you've clicked on an advertisement and have left DieselTruckResource.Com, this privacy policy no longer applies. You must read the privacy policy of the advertiser to see how your personal information will be handled on their site. In addition, some advertisements may be managed and placed on our site by third-party companies. These companies are called "network advertisers." Network advertisers collect information when you click on or scan one of their banner advertisements. The information is collected using technology, so you may not realize it's being collected. The network advertisers collect this information so that they can show you ads that are more relevant and interesting to you. DieselTruckResource.Com does not advocate this practice, but has no means to stop other sites from doing it. Organizations That Help Protect the Security and Safety of our Users and our Sites We will give out personal information as required by law, for example, to comply with a court order or subpoena; to enforce our Terms of Service, or site rules; or to protect the safety and security of users and this site. Choices You Have About Our Collecting, Using, and Sharing Your Information It is possible for you to use much of our site without giving us any personally identifiable information. When you do register with us or give us personally identifiable information, you will have an opportunity -- at the time we collect your information -- to limit e-mail communications from us by contacting webmaster@dieseltruckresource.com. You can request at any time that we not send future e-mail to you by contacting us at webmaster@dieseltruckresource.com How You Can Access Your Account Information You can contact us via email by clicking "Contact Us" on any of our webpages, which will send an email to webmaster@dieseltruckresource.com. Please include information in the email that will help us identify you so we can assist you with your inquiry or request. Please note: Due to the rapidly changing nature of the Internet, we may change this Privacy Policy from time to time based on your comments and our need to accurately reflect our data collection and disclosure practices. All changes to this policy are effective immediately. Forum Rules
You agree, through your use of the DieselTruckResource.Com forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, racially based or biased, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law. Legal actions can be taken against you. You also agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the
copyright is owned by you and you show proof of ownership or you have consent from the owner of the copyrighted material and you can show proof of consent. Spam, flooding, advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, and solicitations are also inappropriate on DieselTruckResource.Com. If you are a vendor, and use our private messaging system to Spam other users with your products, you will be banned immediately, no questions asked. Do not send private
messages to users trying to sell your product unless the user sends you an inquiry message first. If you purposely register more than one username, all of your usernames will be banned and removed until verbal or written explanation is given to the webmaster. |