FurRIT Privacy Policy

FurRIT, accessible from furrit.us, handles the security of your privacy with the upmost importance. This Privacy Policy document contains information and explanations about what we collect and record at FurRIT and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or concerns after reading our Privacy Policy, please contact us through email at support@furrit.us

Collected Information

By using FurRIT, “Personally Identifiable Information” can and will be collected. This type of information includes your name, e-mail address, and birthday, and can also include your residential address, gender, and any other information that can be used to contact you or identify you as an individual. This type of information is collected when you register for membership and fill out your profile; however—outside of the registration process—sharing is always opt-in in order to use FurRIT.

FurRIT also collects “Anonymous Information” for the standard procedure of building Log Files. Information collected in Log Files includes said Anonymous Information such as your internet protocol (IP) address, internet browser type, and date and time stamps. The purpose of this data collection is for usage analytics and further website development.

Your Personally Identifiable Information is not linked to your Anonymous Information.

Access to and Retention of Personal Information

FurRIT leaves it up to you to keep your personal information accurate, complete, and up to date. Other than the information required to register an account, all personal information shared with FurRIT is up to you the user. Personal information affiliated with your account can be deleted by you at any time and will not be retained in any manner post-deletion.

Personal information shared on FurRIT is only made visible to other authenticated users of FurRIT and is not publicly visible.

How Your Information is Used and Shared

FurRIT is intended only to be used by members of the Furry Fandom who are affiliated with the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, United States of America. In order to verify your affiliation, your birthday and email address shared during the registration process will be verified with records at the Rochester Institute of Technology. This is for the security and safety of our users in order to prevent unauthorized access to the site. However, your information or usage of the site is not shared with with Rochester Institute of Technology and is verified completely anonymously by FurRIT Staff.

FurRIT is not in any way formally affiliated with the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Cookies

A browser cookie is a string of data that a website stores on a visitor's computer which may be read by the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies on our website in order to establish and maintain the session identity of authenticated in users and otherwise operate our website and its features.

Users who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their web browser to refuse cookies before accessing our website; however, doing so may prevent certain features of our website from functioning properly.

FurRIT may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

FurRIT currently does not have any third-party affiliations and does not share any information—personal or anonymous—with any other party or service.

Children

FurRIT is not intended to be used by children. We do not solicit or knowingly collect information from children under 13 years of age, nor will we accept registration from them. If we learn or are informed that we have inadvertently collected information from any individual(s) less than 13 years of age, we will remove the information from our records and databases as quickly as possible.

Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies only to online activities occurring on our website, furrit.us. By using our website, you hereby consent to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

FurRIT may update its Privacy Policy at any time without notice; however, best effort will be made to notify our members of any changes made. We recommend you review this document periodically for changes. Any changes will be posted here and are affective immediately upon publication.

If you have additional questions or concerns after reading our Privacy Policy, please contact us through email at support@furrit.us