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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 17, 2006

Your privacy is our top concern. We work hard to earn and keep your trust, so we adhere to the following principles to protect your privacy:

• We will never rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes.
• We will never share your contact information with another user, without your consent.
• Any sensitive information that you provide will be secured with all industry standard protocols and technology.

Notice of all changes that materially affect ways in which your personally identifiable data may be used or shared will be posted in updates to our Privacy Policy. If you continue to use the GEOPESCO service after notice of changes have been sent to you or published on our site, you hereby provide your consent to the changed practices.

Please read this privacy policy to learn more about:

1. What personally identifiable information of yours is collected by GEOPESCO.
2. How the information is used.
3. With whom the information may be shared.
4. How you can access and change your Account information.
5. How to contact us.

If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact GEOPESCO by email at privacy@geopesco.com.

Information Collection

Registration:

In order to become a GEOPESCO user, you must first create an account on this web site. To create an account you are required to provide the following contact information: email address and ZIP/postal code.

Profile Information:

Once a user, you may provide additional information in the Profile section describing your self. Providing additional information beyond what is required at registration is entirely optional, but enables you to better identify yourself and find new friends.

Cookies and Log Files:

Like most web sites, GEOPESCO uses cookies and web log files to track site usage. A cookie is a tiny data file which resides on your computer which allows GEOPESCO to recognize you as a user when you return to our site using the same computer and web browser. Unfortunately, if your browser settings do not allow cookies, you will not be able to use our website. Like the information you enter at registration or in your Profile, cookie and log file data is used to customize your experience on the web site.

One type of cookie, known as a persistent cookie, is set once you've logged in to your GEOPESCO account. The next time you visit the GEOPESCO web site, the persistent cookie will allow us to recognize you as an existing user so you will not need to log in before using the service. Additionally, if you log out of the GEOPESCO site you will need to re-enter your password the next time you visit in order to log in to your account. Another type of cookie, called a session cookie, is used to identify a particular visit to the GEOPESCO site. Session cookies expire after a short time or when you close your web browser.

Due to the communications standards on the Internet, when you visit the GEOPESCO web site we automatically receive the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave GEOPESCO. We also receive the Internet protocol (IP) address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the World Wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, as well as the name of your ISP. This information is used to analyze overall trends to help us improve the GEOPESCO service. The linkage between your IP address and your personally identifiable information is never shared with third-parties without your permission or except when required by law.

GEOPESCO is an online service dedicated to helping all types of recreational anglers. The personally identifiable info you choose to provide on this site is used to help you describe yourself to other users. Other information, that does not personally identify you as an individual, is collected by GEOPESCO Corporation from the site (such as, by way of example, patterns of utilization) and is exclusively owned by GEOPESCO. This information can be utilized by GEOPESCO in such manner as GEOPESCO, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.

GEOPESCO Communications:

GEOPESCO will communicate with you through email and notices posted on this website. These include a series of up to five welcome emails which help inform new users about various features of the service. Please be aware that you will always receive certain emails from GEOPESCO related to the proper functioning of your account, such as email notices when another user comments on a report you posted.

Sharing Information With Third Parties:

GEOPESCO takes the privacy of our users very seriously. We will never sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personally identifiable information to any third parties for marketing purposes. We will only share your personally identifiable with third parties to carry out your instructions and to provide specific services.

Legal Disclaimer:

It is possible that we may need to disclose personal information when required by law. We will disclose such information wherein we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on our company or to exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.

Accessing and Changing Your Account Information:

You can review the personal information you provided us and make any desired changes to the information, or to the settings for your GEOPESCO account, at any time by logging in to your account on the GEOPESCO website and editing the information on your Profile page. You can also close your account through the GEOPESCO website. If you close your GEOPESCO account, we will remove your name and other personally identifiable information from our publicly viewable data. We may retain certain data contributed by you if it may be necessary to prevent fraud or future abuse, or for legitimate business purposes, such as analysis of aggregated, non-personally-identifiable data, account recovery, or if required by law. All retained data will continue to be subject to the terms of the GEOPESCO Privacy Policy that you have previously agree to. To request that we close your account and remove your information from the GEOPESCO service, please send your request to customerservice@geopesco.com. Please send your request using an email account that you have registered with GEOPESCO under your name. You will receive a response to requests sent to customerservice@geopesco.com within three business days of our receiving it.

Changes to this Privacy Policy:

GEOPESCO may update this privacy policy. In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat your personally identifiable information, we will display a notice on this site. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account.

Questions or Comments

If you have questions or comments about this privacy policy, please email us at privacy@geopesco.com