Privacy Statement for Speculative Vision
Speculative Vision has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our
information gathering and dissemination practices.
Registration is not required to view the public areas of this website.
Some areas of this site may require registration in order to participate, or otherwise require the user to provide
personal information. Participation in all areas is voluntary, therefore the user assumes all responsibililty for participating in
any of the features offered by this site. The following areas of this site may require the user to enter personal information such as their name and/or e-mail address:
- Applications for inclusion in The Art Gallery and subsequent registration if accepted.
- Submissions for inclusion in The Science Fiction and Fantasy Resource Network.
- The Forum
- Interactive Stories (optional, names and e-mail addresses revealed if entered)
- Recommend/Suggest this Site. When used the user's friend(s) is(are) sent a one-time e-mail addressed from the user inviting them to visit our web site. Information entered is not tracked and messages are automatically
deleted from our server when the mail is successfully transmitted.
Speculative Vision does not sell or share personal information about its users with third parties.
Speculative Vision will, however, reveal any information located on its server if required to do so by law enforcement, judicial, or other appropriate government authorities.
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive and can contain various kinds of data. Our cookies cannot read any other information, personal or otherwise, from your hard drive nor can we read cookies set by other websites.
We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests
and to save your information so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit. An example is the cookie used by our forums to automatically log you in every time you come back to this site. This web site will still function if cookies are rejected, however your experience may be affected or limited in some areas of our site. For this reason, we highly recommend that you accept our cookies.
Please note that Speculative Vision serves ads provided by third party ad agencies. Advertising agencies may use cookies to track performance of their ads. Please be advised that rejection of third party ad cookies will have no impact whatsoever on your interaction with this web site.
We may use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track movement through the site to determine which areas are popular, and to gather broad demographic information (such as the country the visitor came from) for aggregate use. IP addresses are not generally linked to personally identifiable information, but do reveal
the user's Internet Service Provider or proxy server. IP addresses may be linked to personally identifiable information if that information is stored in databases managed by Internet registrars. Speculative Vision may provide visitor IP addresses to third parties
to identify attempts to gain unauthorized access to this site's servers ("hacking attacks"), or if required to do so by a law enforcement, judicial, or other government agency.
This web site contains links to other Internet sites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site. A link from Speculative Vision is not to be construed as an endorsement of any product or service that may be offered by the destination site.
Speculative Vision has an affiliate relationship with various online retailers. An example of a typical affiliate relationship would be links we may provide to Amazon.com that will provide us with a commision should you complete a purchace from them. Please read each retailer's privacy statement prior to purchasing products or services, or providing them your personal information.
Speculative Vision displays ads provided by third parties and/or ad agencies. We may provide advertisers with aggregate visitor information and broad demographics, but do not provide personally identifiable user information.
You may wish to review Burst! Media's privacy policy, which is our current ad network provider.
Speculative Vision may request information from users via surveys or contests. Participation is voluntary, therefore the user has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested
may include contact information and demographic information (i.e. sex, age, education, etc.). Contact information is used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information is used for
purposes of monitoring or improving the use of, and satisfaction with, this site. Aggregate demographic information collected via surveys and contests may be provided to third parties, such as advertisers. Personally identifiable information gather via surveys and contests on this site are never shared with others or used to generate mailing lists unless expressly stated in the information for that contest or survey.
This website takes every reasonable precaution to protect its users' information. Users should be aware, however, that this site's web pages and online forms are not located on a secure (SSL) server.
Usernames, passwords, e-mail addresses and other information stored on our server utilize various security precations to prevent unauthorized access. Nevertheless, Speculative Vision does not warrant or guarantee that this data is secure, or otherwise invulnerable to
"hacking" attacks. Users agree to hold Speculative Vision harmless in the event any third party gains access to their personal information via unauthorized access to our server.
Speculative Vision is intended for a teen and adult audiance. We do not knowingly request or collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If such information is received, it is immediately deleted.
All services available from Speculative Vision are offered on an opt-in basis only.
Users who wish to retain a listing in the Resource Network or who show artwork in our galleries must provide valid contact information and keep that information current. Speculative Vision uses this information to provide notices about changes which
may affect the user's participation in these services.
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Resource Network allows registered users to choose to receive notices of new listings. Users may opt-out of these mailings by updating their user profile.
The Forum provides the ability to receive various notices. Users can control these mailings by editing their user profile.
- The EU has adopted a privacy directive substantially regulating the privacy rights of citizens of the countries of the European Union. Speculative Vision therefore provides Citizens of the EU the following information:
Speculative Vision is located in the United States. Any information that you provide to Speculative Vision will be transferred out of the EU to the United States. By providing personal information to us, you are consenting to its storage and use as described herein.
You may choose to opt-out of providing this information at any time, as described in this privacy statement.
Unless you direct to the contrary, any of the personal information you provide will be maintained by Speculative Vision as described in this privacy statement.
Speculative Vision will take reasonable precautions to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, unauthorized alteration, destruction or other malfeasance, as dictated by any current or future agreements which may exist between the United States and the European Union.
Changes to information previously provided to us may be made online where that information is gathered. Should you have any questions about
this privacy statement or Speculative Vision in general, please contact us.
