Privacy Policy

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers is very sensitive to issues of individual privacy on the Internet. To that end, we provide the following policy on the use of any information gathered on this site:

This site takes in identifying information about individuals only when individuals provide such information on a voluntary basis - for instance, in registering to use our User-Posted Content areas or in using our feedback or suggestion forms. Our Membership information is available only to other members.

It is not our policy to sell or make available such information to unrelated third parties.

We may, however, disclose personal information gathered on this site if we reasonably believe we are required to do so:

   1. by law or in response to a subpoena or other legal process;
   2. to protect our rights or property;
   3. to protect against misuse of our website; or
   4. to protect the rights or safety of others.

We do not knowingly collect any information on children under the age of 13.

We perform statistical analyses of site server logs to study the use and popularity of various areas of our site. We also look at IP addresses to analyze where we are getting our audience.

Under no circumstance will we will refer to anything more that to general, aggregate usage data from these analyses - never specific identifying information.

Users should keep in mind that, when posting their user name or e-mail address on bulletin boards or in other User-Posted Content areas, that information, along with any information in their postings, can be read by any third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. We have no control over that.

We may make use of user-posted content for the purposes of blurbs for the organization and this site. We make no claim of ownership for such content.

This privacy policy does not apply to information obtained in connection with online contests or other promotions. We may use such information for marketing and advertising purposes or as otherwise indicated in any specific terms of use provided in connection with the online contests and promotions.

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers reserves the right to change this policy at any time. When this policy changes, users of our site will be made aware of the existence of a new privacy statement.