PRIVACY POLICY - COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
This site is owned and operated by SOFA . Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At SOFA, we want to make your
experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand our policy and the terms and
conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we
use it.
INFORMATION SOFA GATHERS AND TRACKS.
SOFA gathers two types of information about users:
•        Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our electronic
newsletters, to participate in our message boards or forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls and surveys:
•        Information SOFA gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This
information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the
demographics of our audience. Because SOFA derives its revenue mainly from sponsorships and advertising, providing such aggregated
demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to users. Under no circumstances does SOFA divulge any information about an
individual user to a third party.
SOFA Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:
Optional Voluntary Information
We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:
1. Electronic newsletters policy (Dispatches)
We will offer a free electronic newsletter to users. SOFA gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily subscribe. Users may
remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to the subscription
management page. Users can also subscribe to the newsletters at the time of registration.
2. Message boards/forums policy
Users of the site's Message Boards and Forums must register separately for these services (both are free of charge) in order to post
messages, although they needn't register to visit the site. During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, and
email address.
3. "E-mail this to a friend" policy
Our site users can choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a friend". The
user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors
and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. The information is not used for any other purpose.
4. Polling
We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about
important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. SOFA may use a
system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information
about individual users.
5. Surveys
SOFA may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated
demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never share any of this information about
specific individuals with any third party.
6.Children
Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally
identifiable information from anyone
Privacy Policy Use
USE OF INFORMATION
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to
participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on
the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we
are doing. SOFA never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
SECURITY
OPT-OUT POLICY
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:
•        Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters.
•        Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable
information from our users
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by SOFA. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post
those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we
disclose it.