PiNation.com's privacy policy covers the use of personal information that the PiNation.com website(s) collect(s) about you. It also informs you about cookies, and how you may choose to deal with such cookies.

You may be asked to submit personal information in order to receive or use services on PiNation.com. Such services include memberships, updates to services and software, message boards and PiNation.com promotions and competitions.

By entering your personal details, you give permission to PiNation.com and its service providers to provide you with the services you choose to select. Whenever you provide such personal information, Pi-Nation.com will treat that information in accordance with this policy. When using your personal information PiNation.com will act in accordance with current legislation and aim to meet current Internet best practice.

Where any usage of, or visit to PiNation.com, involves web pages being served, to your computer, these pages may be accompanied by a text file commonly referred to as a 'cookie'. The cookie may be downloaded onto your computer. In the event this occurs, it is because the cookie can enable us to find out whether your computer and/or maybe its user has used or visited PiNation.com before. This is done on a repeat visit by checking to see, and finding, the cookie left there on the previous visit.

We use the Information supplied by cookies to assist us in providing our visitors and users with a better user experience and it also assists us to analyze the visitor usage patterns and preferences.

A cookie is a small amount of data, which can include an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website's computer and stored on your computer's hard drive. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but to protect your privacy, your browser only permits a web site to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

Cookies record information about your online preferences. Browsers allow users to set their computers not to accept any or all cookies, or to notify them when a cookie is offered. If cookies are refused, certain personalized services may not be available to and accordingly you may not be able to take full advantage of all of PiNation.com services. Each browser is different, so it is worth checking your Browser's the "Help" menu to learn how you can adapt or change your cookie preferences at any time.

If you have set your computer to reject cookies you can still browse PiNation.com anonymously until such time as you wish to register for membership of PiNation.com.

The information you provide to PiNation.com, will only be used by PiNation.com, its authorized agents and service providers. Your information will be disclosed where we are obliged to by law. We will store your personal information on our systems for as long as you use our software, services or take part in our promotional campaigns or competitions. Information will be held as long as is necessary to ensure that the activity is run correctly or to completion. Pi-Nation.com will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely.

PiNation.com might use your information to contact you for service administration or maintenance reasons. PiNation.com may contact you for about a service you have signed up for, or to provide you with passwords, reminders, or notifications about particular service suspensions or maintenance. Unless you agree to allow us, we will not contact you for promotional purposes.

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information PiNation.com holds about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected. An administration fee for information requests may be charged. You can email requests to - privacy@pination.com.

If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent's/guardian's permission beforehand whenever you provide personal information to PiNation.com Users without this consent are not allowed to provide their personal information.

Internet Explorer 6.0

Select Tools, then Internet Options. Click Privacy tab. Click Custom Level. Click Advanced button. Check override automatic cookie handing box and select Accept. Block or Prompt for action.

Netscape 6.0

Select Task Bar. Click Edit then Preferences. Click Advanced. Click Cookies.

Internet Explorer 5.0 or 5.5:

Select Tools, then Internet Options. Click Security tab. Click Custom Level. Scroll to how cookies are handled. Change to Accept, Disable, or Prompt for action.

Internet Explorer 4.0

Select View, then Internet Options. Click Advanced tab. Scroll to yellow exclamation icon under Security. Choose a cookie option.

Netscape Communicator 4.0

Select Task Bar. Click Edit, then Preferences. Click Advanced. Set options in Cookies box.