DISCLAIMER & PRIVACY POLICY

Shroomtalk Mycology Forums Privacy Policy

For obvious reasons, many visitors of the Shroomtalk Mycology Forums are concerned with maintaining their privacy and anonymity while browsing this page. The purpose of this document is to provide a complete list of all cases where the Shroomtalk may record or store information about you or your computer. Our intention is to explain the reason for each of these instances, and provide you with instructions for preventing such information from being recorded.

IP Logging:
The Shroomtalk server does log IP addresses when you visit a page. This is done for our security and yours. These logs are deleted from the server periodically. IP logging could occur on a specific user's account in the rare case that they abuse policy or are threatening the stability of the site. We reserve the right to log IPs at any time.

Cookies:
Cookies are small pieces of data which the Shroomtalk forum stores on your hard drive. The cookies we set can only be read by scripts on the Shroomtalk forum - your web browser will not allow pages on any other domain to access the data. Cookies have an expiration date, so that they don't stay on your hard drive indefinitely. Your browser automatically deletes cookies which have expired.

You can prevent the Shroomtalk Mycology Forums from setting cookies on your hard drive by either connecting to the page through a proxy server, setting your web browser to reject cookies (or to prompt you before accepting them), or by installing a third party cookie utility.

The Shroomtalk Mycology Forums will not sell, give, share, or in any way transfer any information we collect about our users for any reason whatsoever except as outlined below:

  • In the event that the Shroomtalk is served with a legal subpoena, we will provide the information requested.
  • In the event a user is attempting to disrupt/undermine the server/community, we reserve the right to report them to their ISP and any applicable authorities.
  • We may provide information about the number of hits we receive and the most popular pages on the Shroomtalk Mycology Forum to potential advertisers, to help them position their ads for greatest visibilit

The Shroomtalk Mycology Forum is very concerned with maintaining our users' privacy, and we are constantly striving to create a secure and anonymous environment. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

 

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