Alternative-Internet.com and our parent, DDS/AI Media, understand the importance of your privacy. This notice is provided so that you may acquaint yourself with what information is collected by Alternative-Internet.com and how we use this information. If you have any questions concerning any part of this document or any of our practices, feel free to contact us using the information provided in the “Contacting DDS/AI Media” section of this document.
When you register in our forums, comment on articles, or contact us directly (be it via phone, our feedback forum, or e-mail), we may collect the following types of information, if provided, from you:
This information is used only in the context in which you give it to us: that is, information collected when registering to the forums is used only to manage your forum account, information collected when contacting us directly is only used so that we may respond to you, information collected when commenting on articles is only used to indentify you as a commenter, etc. We never share this information with third parties.
In addition to the information mentioned above, the following additional information may be collected if you place an order with us, or hire us for a service:
This information is only used to process your order and collect payment if necessary, and will never be shared with third parties.
Any other personally identifiable information we may collect through surveys, contests, and so forth, is handled as the above, and, once again, never shared with third parties without your explicit permission.
Separate from the above types of information, we also collect and occasionally make available to third parties statistical and overall date on our users: for example, we may track the number of people who comment on an article versus the number of people who visited it, the number of forum users located in the United States versus those in the United Kingdom, or the number of teens who fill out a survey versus the number of adults. Such information is not used to identify individuals.
If you require access to the personal information we have collected on you, you can contact us using the information in the “Contacting DDS/AI Media” section of this document to make a request. Please note that to verify that the information you are requesting is indeed your own (thus protecting both your privacy and that of others), we may require certain proofs from you. These proofs vary depending on the amount of information collected, but may include: your full name, your postal address, your telephone number, the first four digits of your credit card number (if we have your card on file), etc. Please be prepared to have such information ready if you make a request, and understand that we reserve to right to refuse a request for information based upon the lack of evidence that the information you are requesting is indeed your own.
If, upon receiving your information for review, you determine that the information we have collected is in any way inaccurate, you may contact us and we will correct the information as required. At our discretion we may require proof of the inaccuracy before a change is made.
If you believe that there is reason for us to dispose of the information we have collected on you altogether, you may, after receiving your information for review, contact us and request that we dispose of your information. Please remember that adequate reason must be provided for your request to be considered.
Under no circumstances do we collect personally identifiable information from children we know or believe to be under the age of thirteen (13) without parental consent. While Alternative-Internet.com does not aim to explicitly attract children under the age of thirteen, we know from experience that some of our content does appeal to this age group. Regardless, we highly recommend parental supervision of children at all times while online. If you believe that a child under your care who is under the age of thirteen has submitted information collected by us without your approval, please contact us immediately using the information in the “Contacting DDS/AI Media” section of this document.
If you need to contact us for any reason, you can reach us via e-mail (recommended for most inquires and requests) at: support@alternative-internet.com
Alternately, you may contact Patrick J. B. Simmons, webmaster of Alternative-Internet.com, directly by phone at: +1 (860) 218-9925 or via e-mail at: patrick@alternative-internet.com
This boring-looking document is our official Privacy Policy. For those of you who don’t feel like reading the whole thing, we’ve summed it all up right here for you: the information you give us is only used for the things you give it to us for, such as accounts on our forums or processing orders you may have placed with us, and we never share your information with third parties without asking directly for your permission. In short, your privacy is important to us, so we do not invade it.
Contact our support department at: support@alternative-internet.com - more contact information is available in the “Contacting DDS/AI Media” section of the Privacy Policy.