Lugait Online!

Introduction

Lugait Online! is a community portal website owned and operated by The Lugaitnons, Inc., an organization established to involve all concerned Lugaitnons around the world to work for the good of Lugait, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.

Privacy Policies are mechanisms used to establish the limits and expectations for the users of Lugait Online! resources. External users should have the expectation of complete privacy, except in the case of suspected wrongdoing, with respect to Information Resources.

Lugait Online!, knows that your information is private and you are concerned how it is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. By visiting Lugait Online! website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice. The information we gather from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your experience when using our services.

Public Access Privacy Policy:

Lugait Online!'s Policy on the Use of Information Gathered from the General Public:

The following statement applies only to members of the general public and is intended to address concerns about the types of information gathered from the public, if any, and how that information is used.

1. Cookies
A “cookie” is a small file containing information that is placed on a user’s computer by a web server. Typically, these files are used to enhance the user’s experience of the site, to help users move between pages in a database, or to customize information for a user.

Cookie data is not used in any way that would disclose personally identifiable information to outside parties unless Lugait Online! is legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings.

2. Logs and Network Monitoring
Lugait Online! maintains log files of all access to its site and also monitors network traffic for the purposes of site management. This information is used to help diagnose problems with the server and to carry out other administrative tasks. Log analysis tools are also used to create summary statistics to determine which information is of most interest to users, to identify system problem areas, or to help determine technical requirements.

Information such as the following is collected in these files:

- Hostname: the hostname and/or IP address of the computer requesting access to the site
- User-Agent: the type of browser, its version, and the operating system of the computer
requesting access (e.g., Netscape 4 for Windows, IE 4 for Macintosh, etc.)
- Referrer: the web page the user came fromSystem date: the date and time on the server
at the time of access
- Full request: the exact request the user made
- Status: the status code the server returned, e.g., fulfilled request, file not found
- Content length: the size, in bytes, of the file sent to the user
- Method: the request method used by the browser (e.g., post, get)
- Universal Resource Identifier (URI): the location of the particular resource requested. (More
commonly known as a URL.)
- Query string of the URI: anything after a question mark in a URI. For example, if a keyword
search has been requested, the search word will appear in the query string.
- Protocol: the technical protocol and version used, i.e., http 1.0, ftp, etc.

The above information is not used in any way that would reveal personally identifying information to outside parties unless Lugait Online! is legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings.

3. Email and Form Information
If a visitor from the general public sends Lugait Online! an e-mail message or fills out a web-based form with a question or comment that contains personally identifying information, that information will only be used to respond to the request and analyze trends. The message may be redirected to another department or person who is better able to answer your question. Such information is not used in any way that would reveal personally identifying information to outside parties unless System Administration is legally required to do so in connection with law enforcement investigations or other legal proceedings.

4. Links
This site may contain links to other sites. Lugait Online! is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Security:

We take steps to protect against the loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration of personally-identifiable information collected through this Web site. We recognize the importance of security for all personally-identifiable information collected by our Web site. We exercise care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers.

Once we receive personally-identifiable information, we take steps to protect its security on our systems. In the event we request or transmit sensitive information, such as credit card information or Social Security Numbers, we use industry standard, secure socket layer ("SSL") encryption.

We limit access to personally-identifiable information to those employees who need access in order to carry out their job responsibilities.

Guidelines regarding children:

Personal information about children is a concern for all of us. At Lugait Online!, we take the protection of children's privacy very seriously. Lugait Online! does not encourage participation or visitation by children. Visitors who are known to be under the age of 13 are prohibited from becoming a member. Anyone under the age of eighteen is discouraged from participating in any sex related chats or message boards and we ask that no one less than eighteen years of age become a community volunteer.

Policy Changes:

We may revise this online privacy policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on the Web site. If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via e-mail. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in this different manner.