UltimateDressage.com has created this privacy statement to demonstrate its firm commitment to online privacy by informing site visitors of the UDBB's data collection and storage practices, and guidelines for use of visitor data.

If you are aged 12 and under, click here for rules applicable to you.

Personal Information Collected

Generally, personal information is not collected from visitors to The UDBB website. However, in order to participate in the discussion forums some personal information is requested or obtained; those cases are described in more detail below.

1. Identification
   The UDBB requires that visitors to the site who wish to participate in the forum discussions must provide a valid e-mail address for identification purposes. Your user password will be mailed to this email upon completion of registration. Visitors have the sole ability to hide or display their email to the public (see below). The use of emails that are freely available on the internet (ie "free" email) is not allowed. This allows us to protect our community from abusive postings and provides a verifiable point of contact should legal questions arise.
   
2. Location & Time
   Participation on the UDBB is monitored by recording the date & time of the visitor's post and the IP address (location on the internet) from which the post was made. While the date & time are publicly visible the IP address is logged but only visible to the Site Administrator through password protection.

Should the Site Administrator find it necessary in accordance with The UDBB's Rules & Policies to ban a visitor, this information will be necessary to do so. If a visitor persists on violating the guidelines (including attempts to post under a new username) these activities will lead to us reporting the visitor's activities to their system administrator - whether this be their ISP or their Employer. The UDBB also reserves the right to reveal a visitor's IP address (or whatever information we know about the visitor) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by the offending visitor.

Optional Personal Information Collected

Also in the UDBB registration, you have the option of providing some additional information such as occupation, interests, and homepage URL in your user profile. This information is made available to other bulletin board users to foster a sense of community. If you have any concerns about providing this information, simply leave the fields blank and your registration will still be processed provided you have a valid email account. The less "personal" information you provide the more privacy you can expect to have online.

Certain activities on The UDBB involve the use of "cookies" to facilitate your experience. This includes retention of your username and password showing a default Topic View when you visit the forums. You must have cookies enabled in order for this site to function as designed.

Disclosure of Personal Information

The UDBB does not disclose personally identifying information collected online to any third parties. All reasonable care is taken by staff handling personal information to ensure its security.

It is also important to be aware that when you voluntarily provide personal information (e.g., last name, address, phone number, email) in a posting on the UDBB, that information is publicly available and may be used by someone in a manner unintended by you. For that reason, we discourage the offering of any personally identifying information within the message board itself.

Privacy for Children Aged 12 and Under

Although The UDBB is targeted at a general adult audience, we welcome the participation of younger users with their parents’ consent. We strongly recommend that users 12 and under refrain from offering any personal information either in their user profile or in the message boards themselves, and we encourage parents to stay involved in the online life of their children.

Please view a copy of the parental permission form. Prior to a child’s registration on the bulletin board, this form must be signed by the child’s parent or legal guardian and faxed to The UDBB or mailed to the site operator listed below.

The UDBB is prohibited from conditioning a child’s participation in an activity on the child’s disclosing more personal information than is reasonably necessary to participate in such activity.

Parents can review and request deletion of their child’s personal information, and can refuse to permit further collection or use of their child’s information. In order to request such a review, to revoke previously offered parental consent, or to express any concerns regarding a child’s privacy on our website, please send a signed written request to the site operator listed below.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site,
or your dealings with this Web site, please contact us.