Thank you for visiting the Spring Valley Estates Homeowners Association Web site and reviewing our privacy policy. This is how we will handle information we learn about you from your visit to our web site. The information we receive depends upon what you do when visiting our site.

If you visit our site, we collect and store only the following information about your visit:

The IP address (a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you are using the Internet) from which you access our web site; The pages you visit; and The date and time you access our site. If you send us an email message or on-line form that includes personal information (for example, your e-mail address, mailing address, or telephone number), we will only use the information for the reason you provided it.

Use of Cookies

We may use "session cookies" as place-keepers to retain context during an individual user session. They assist with movement throughout the site during an individual user session without any capacity to track users over time and across different web sites. Session cookies are discarded on completion of a user session or expire based on a short time frame and are not used to track personal information.

What We Do with Site Usage Data

For site management, the Spring Valley Estates Webmaster maintains an operational log of site user addresses. This log is used to generate site usage statistics, to track operational problems, and to investigate suspected unauthorized activities.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations and the gathering of site usage statistics, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with generally accepted guidelines.

Privacy

Never provide your password, telephone numbers, or home address to anyone online. Never divulge private information about another person online. That includes the person's real name, e-mail address, and any other personal information that the person has not made public. Don't forward or post private messages that someone has sent you unless you have his or her permission. Please don't solicit other people's personal information.

Unacceptable Language

Please don't post anything obscene, vulgar, illegal (including viruses), harmful, insulting, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, untrue, or invasive of someone else's privacy. We won't tolerate hateful communications — especially those targeting race, gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, weight, or disability. Using misspellings or asterisks or other symbols instead of the actual letters in an offensive word is not okay if most people can still tell what you're saying.

Personal Attacks

Do not attack other members of the community. A personal attack might include name-calling, mocking another member or a member's name or family members, using threatening or insulting language, or violating another member's privacy. Exercise some common sense here. If you wouldn't have the nerve to say it in person, don't post it. If you can't draw the line, we'll draw it for you, but we'd rather not have to. You're free to discuss your personal views. Posts that constitute personal attacks will be deleted.

Message Board/Community Forum

The message board is used for general community concerns, interests, or topics of discussion that are in keeping with the guidelines posted here. All posts made are instantly forwarded to the Spring Valley Estates webmaster. Any posts that appear to be inappropriate will be immediately removed. Posts that constitute advertising of any kind will be removed. residents interested in advertising a business should contact the webmaster at webmaster@springvalleyeststes.net or use the e-classifieds on line

last revised: February 8, 2007