Privacy and Terms of Use

At Earth.NET maintains this website as a service to its members and visitors. The Privacy Policy and Terms of Use set forth below govern your use of this website, and by using the website you agree to be bound by them. Therefore, please read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use carefully before you use this website. If you do not agree with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, please do not use this website.

Log Files

Like most websites, this website logs your IP address, browser type, hits on particular pages and other general traffic information. This information is not linked to personally identifiable information and you remain anonymous.

Use of Personal Information

If you give us personal information, including for purposes of submitting a testimony, signing up for a newsletter, contacting us through E-mail or purchasing items from sponsors, we will not share that information with any third party, except to the extent necessary to complete transactions or if we believe that it is appropriate to share such information in order to comply with the law, to enforce or apply the Privacy Policy or Terms of Use or to protect the rights, property or safety of the website, any user of the site, At Earth.NET or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliated organizations.

A "cookie" is a file that is sent from a web server to your web browser and placed on your computer. When you initially visit the website we create a cookie for your computer and then use it to track your clicks as you go through the site. There is no personal information stored within the cookie itself and we cannot use cookies to retrieve personal information about you or from your computer. While your activity may be tracked while you are at our website, we do not use cookies to track your activity before or after you leave the site.

Posting of Personal Information

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example, in a posted testimony, on a message board or through email - that information can be collected and used by others. By disclosing personal information online, you may make that information available to others who will use it to send you unsolicited messages or for other purposes you may not desire or intend.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

Our policy is that we will not knowingly collect, use or distribute to third parties any personally identifiable information from any child under 13 years old without verifiable parental consent and not knowingly allow any child under 13 years old to publicly post or distribute personally indentifiable information without verifiable parental consent.

At Earth.NET reserves all of its rights under and does not grant any express or implied rights to you or any other user of the website under any trademark, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property law, except as provided below with regard to the use of downloaded messages. This website and most of the text, graphics, pictures and all other materials and content on the website are copyrighted by and are the property of At Earth.NET. You may not use them in any manner without the express written consent of At Earth.NET.

By using this website you agree that At Earth.NET and each of its directors, officers, employees, other agents and affiliated organizations shall not be liable to you for any damage of any kind arising from or related to the use of this website or any website for which a link is provided on this site.

Applicable Law

Use of this website and any claim or dispute arising from or related to use of this website is governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to any rule or principle regarding conflicts of laws. The exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any such claim or dispute shall be in the state and federal courts for Orange County, California.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy or Terms of Use, you can send an email to CS@atearth.net.