User Privacy Statement

The SpeakUpRD.com website collects various types of information about visitors for improving the service. This statement describes what types of information might be collected and for what purpose. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us. We will make any reasonable effort to accommodate our visitors wishes to protect their personal privacy and confidentiality. If any part of this policy changes at any time, we will explain those changes here and make an effort to explain the reason for the change.

Types of information

This site collects two main types of information about visitors, aggregate or anonymous data, and individual data. Aggregate data is anonymous, because it could not be used to identify any individual visitor. Examples of this type of information would be the type of browser and operating system used, time of visit, pages viewed, etc. Examples of individual data would be the visitors network IP address, and any information entered into comment or registration forms including email addresses or account passwords.

Users of the Internet should be aware that data is transmitted over the network in a plain text form, and could at any time be intercepted by a third party with the technical capability and will to do so. For this reason, our privacy policy can only apply to user data while it is stored by this site. We can make no guarantees as to the privacy or confidentiality of user data as it travels the public network.

Cookies

In addition to individual and aggregate information, this site may use browser cookies. Cookies are small files stored by your browser on your computer that are returned to the originating site when you next visit. We make our best effort to ensure that these cookies never contain any sensitive information. It is also possible for you to turn off support for cookies in your browser, or delete them at any time. Refer to the online help in your web browser for a description of how cookies are handled by your specific application.

Use of aggregate information

Aggregate information is used only to evaluate and improve the function of the site. We will not knowingly reveal this information to any other individual or entity unless compelled to by a court order.

Use of individual data

Our policy for aggregate data also applies to any individual data collected by the site. In addition, any individual data collected by the site becomes the property of SpeakUpRd.com. If a user posts a written submission to the site, this will be considered implicit permission include this writing in any of our future publications or materials.

Use of passwords

We make an effort to protect our individual data by restricting access using passwords and other commonly accepted information security procedures. If an individual opts to use a password to authenticate to the site, it will be the responsibility of the user to select a strong and unique password and to protect it from exposure. The site will not store the actual password, only a method of verifying that password using a hashing function.

Use of email

Visitors to the site will have the option of including their email address for identification and for future contact. Periodically we may issue newsletters or individual correspondence by email using the email address provided. We will make every effort to assure that such communication is done with the consent of the user. Because email addresses are a type of individual data, we will not reveal these addresses to other entities unless compelled to by court order.

Use of form data

Any data entered into forms will be collected and stored by the site. As described above, this data must become our property. We may decide to post user comments on our site or include it with future publications or marketing materials.

Questions, Complaints

If you have any questions about this policy or would like to make us aware of a problem, please contact us by email using webmaster@SpeakupRD.com.