THINKCYCLE PRIVACY POLICY

1. Public Nature of Content Submitted to Sites

The nature of online collaboration is to reach a public audience. Please be aware that any information that you submit to us whether through forms or email, including personally identifiable information, may be publicly displayed on sites hosted at http://www.thinkcycle.org, ThinkCycle Mirror Sites or on websites not within our control. If you don't want others to see such information, don't submit it.

2. Forms and Content

To post new contributions or subscribe to existing Topics and ThinkSpaces, you will be required to register/login and submit your user name (email address) and password. Your name is displayed along with your contributions in order to provide attribution to you, however we only display your email to registered members of ThinkCycle. Your email address may also be used to send you email notifications of postings to Topics or ThinkSpaces to which you subscribe, or occasional announcements about site updates (you may unsubscribe from any lists). If there are problems with your postings or account, we may contact you via email as well.

Any content posted on Topics and public ThinkSpaces is replicated on ThinkCycle Mirror sites and may be indexed by outside search engines like Google, however we will not replicate private ThinkSpace content on ThinkCycle Mirrors. If you create a private ThinkSpace, you may establish a range of access restrictions to members and content posted there. If you change the access settings for your private ThinkSpace or private folders, there is no guarantee that outside search engines will omit your content from its searches. Please install appropriate access restrictions if you wish to inhibit public access to your private content.

ThinkCycle keeps track of the last Topic and ThinkSpace you visited (if you are logged into the site), to bookmark it for you and ease navigation. It displays member contributions and spaces visited to other registered members of the site, to provide a better sense of the interests of the ThinkCycle Community.

3. IP Addresses and Referrers

We track the IP addresses of visitors and contributors to ThinkCycle and publicly display it for anonymous content posted on the SoapBox.

We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to tailor site content and to format the site and software to user needs, and to generate aggregate statistical reports. We may use aggregate visitor data to prepare publicly displayed reports regarding the traffic on individual Topics, site popularity rankings, and referrers that visitors use to access individual spaces.

4. Cookies

If you visit our web site, we may use session cookies while your browser is open, or while you are logged into our site. To facilitate our registration and login functions, we may use cookies to recognize you when you return to our website or to individual Topics or ThinkSpaces hosted on our site. If you do not logout of your account, these cookies allow us to keep track of your username and password, so that you do not have to resubmit the information to log into your account. Always remember to log out of your space or account so that the computer's other users cannot access your account.

5. Disclosure of Information to Host Administration and to Law Enforcement

Available log records, and all data stored on our servers may be accessed by our system administrators. The system administrators may produce these records and data to the host institution's management personnel upon request or suspected violation of our terms of use. It is ThinkCycle's policy to cooperate with law enforcement officials in the detection, investigation, and prosecution of unlawful activity. If we receive a warrant or subpoena for user information, we may disclose requested records to law enforcement authorities or outside parties seeking information through the legal process.

6. Links to Independent Websites

ThinkCycle may link to independently run web sites outside of the http://www.thinkcycle.org/ domain. ThinkCycle is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such web sites.

7. Children's Privacy

The ThinkCycle site is intended for adults and we will not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years old. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a child under age 13 who has become a member of ThinkCycle, please contact our administrator at to notify us of a suspected violation.

8. Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or the general terms of use of the site, you may contact us by email at

ThinkCycle User Agreeement