Transcripts - Forever Dreaming - Privacy policy

This policy explains in detail how “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming” along with its affiliated companies (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming”, “https://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org”) and phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Limited”, “phpBB Teams”) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (hereinafter “your information”).

Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming” will cause the phpBB software to create a number of cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded on to your computer’s web browser temporary files. The first two cookies just contain a user identifier (hereinafter “user-id”) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter “session-id”), automatically assigned to you by the phpBB software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.

We may also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming”, though these are outside the scope of this document which is intended to only cover the pages created by the phpBB software. The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter “anonymous posts”), registering on “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming” (hereinafter “your account”) and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in (hereinafter “your posts”).

Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (hereinafter “your user name”), a personal password used for logging into your account (hereinafter “your password”) and a personal, valid email address (hereinafter “your email”). Your information for your account at “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming” is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the country that hosts us. Any information beyond your user name, your password, and your email address required by “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming” during the registration process is either mandatory or optional, at the discretion of “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming”. In all cases, you have the option of what information in your account is publicly displayed. Furthermore, within your account, you have the option to opt-in or opt-out of automatically generated emails from the phpBB software.

Your password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure. However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password across a number of different websites. Your password is the means of accessing your account at “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “Transcripts - Forever Dreaming”, phpBB or another 3rd party, legitimately ask you for your password. Should you forget your password for your account, you can use the “I forgot my password” feature provided by the phpBB software. This process will ask you to submit your user name and your email, then the phpBB software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.

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Updated: January 1, 2024 If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us.

At Forever Dreaming we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information (P.I.) collected and recorded by foreverdreaming.org and how we use it.

Log Files
Like almost all websites, foreverdreaming.org makes use of server log files. These files merely log visitors to the site and are standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, date/time stamp, referring pages, and status codes. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site and troubleshoot. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons
foreverdreaming.org serves cookies (not the kind you eat) to store an anonymous session identifier ("session-id"), automatically assigned to you by the software. A further cookie will be created once you have browsed the content pages and is used to store which content has been read, thereby improving your user experience. Most of the enhancements that these cookies offer have been turned off for performance reasons and we find that most visitors would not benefit. Denying these cookies will not adversely affect your experience, unless you are on staff here and require them to stay logged-in.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at your browser’s respective website. How to manage cookies.

DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on foreverdreaming.org. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to visitors based on their visits to foreverdreaming.org and/or other sites on the Internet. Visitors may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Ads Settings.

Our Advertising Partners
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include: Google, Infolinks and Amazon.
The cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads on foreverdreaming.org as Google AdSense is not limited to serving solely Google Ads. Not all of these networks will provide an opt-out option but many will. You are advised to refer to aboutads.info, where you can read a little more about advertisements and also use their handy centralized opt-out page. Note: if you already have 3rd party cookies disabled in your browser, these sites cannot set cookies and neither will the opt-out page work for you.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on foreverdreaming.org and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.
foreverdreaming.org has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
This website is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com

GDPR and AADC
EU User Consent Policy: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

Third Party Privacy Policies
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. foreverdreaming.org’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. You may be able to opt out of some third-party vendors use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting aboutads.info
Each of these advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their site, and we link to those here for your convenience: Google Privacy Policy | Infolink Privacy Policy | Amazon Privacy Policy.

Children’s Information
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. foreverdreaming.org does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that foreverdreaming.org has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact in the first paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.