Our business policies and practices are guided by one basic principle:

Treat visitors to our website the way we would like other website owners to treat us.

This page provides more detailed information how we apply that principle the following areas:

• The privacy and security of your personal information
• Information we collect and how we use it
• Our relationship to third parties
• Advertising and Affiliate Relationships
• Posting Classified Ads

The privacy and security of your personal information

• We don't like spam.
• We don't want our personal information shared with third parties.
• We never want our identify or financial information to be stolen.
• We expect you feel the same way.

Here are some of the ways we demonstrate our commitment to the privacy and security of your personal information:

• We only ask for the information that is needed to conduct our business.
• We let you know what information is being stored on our systems.
• We have made a point of establishing the necessary physical, electronic, and procedural systems to prevent unauthorized access to any personal information we collect.
• We have chosen business partners that show the same level of respect for your right to privacy and data security.

Information we collect and how we use it

The information you enter through forms on our site is only used for the forms purpose.

• If you contact us, we need your email address to send you a response.
• When you send a page to a friend, the email addresses you enter are only used to send that message.
• If you sign up for our Weekly Tips e-newsletter, we will only use your email address to send you that newsletter, and you can unsubscribe any time.
• We ask for a name, username, password, and email address on our membership registration forms. In your membership profile, we give you the option to enter a little more information about the products you use, and the types of videos you like to make, which helps us better understand our members' interests. You can also choose to submit a photo or image, which shows up in your forum posts. Your profile is also where you can manage your membership and newsletter subscriptions, or cancel your membership.
• For Premium Memberships, we work with PayPal to collect only the information needed for us to receive payment and set up up your membership account on our system. Although you have the option to use a PayPal account if you have one, you do not need a PayPal account to complete any transaction on our site.

We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and manage our business. For example, we log website activity and traffic statistics.

In general, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

Our relationship to third parties

No small business can do it all these days. In order to maximize the time we spend on the aspects of running this site that are the core of our business, we have chosen to take advantage of services provided by other businesses. Here's who we work with and the nature of our relationship.

PayPal - We process payments for membership subscriptions and products that we sell directly through PayPal Merchant Services, which gives you the option to use your PayPal account, if you have one, or submit payments using a Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover credit or debit card. They do not require you to establish a PayPal account to use a credit or debit card. Our system communicates with their system over a secure line. We send them your name, email address, and what you want to buy from us. They do all the payment processing and just let us know when your transaction is complete, the status of any Premium Membership subscriptions you may hold, and a shipping address when the transaction involves shipping.

HostMonster - We to put our website on HostMonster because they are reliable. The content and account information submitted on our site is stored in a database that is accessed by a username and password that we have secured.

Advertising and Affiliate Relationships

To help cover the cost of running this site, we display ads for products and services sold by businesses with which we are affiliated, such as Amazon. Whenever you click ad links and buy stuff from our advertisers, we get a commission. We don't see the details of who purchases what. You get the same price that you would get by going directly to the advertiser's website.

We never advertise products for the sake of getting a commission. Almost all of the ads on our site are for products that we have taken the time to select as good products to recommend, either as a result of our own experience or the experience of others, whose opinion we respect. They are products we would recommend to friends. Also, if we can point you to the product at a better price or good products from vendors with whom we have no relationship, we'll do that.

To the degree that the site is supported by advertising, we will reduce or eliminate our membership fees. So, if you would like to ensure the ongoing success of this site, you can help by purchasing products and services through our advertising links.

Posting Classified Ads

We allow members to post classified ads to sell video equipment and other items related to video production on this site. Any visitor can purchase advertised items by contacting the seller directly.

We ask sellers to agree to these terms before publishing any classified ad:

• After establishing contact through our classified ads, sellers are expected to work out the details of the transaction (payment & shipping) or service agreement through direct communication with buyers.
• We will not accept any responsibility for any transactions you initiate through a classified ad listing on this site.
• We reserve the right to remove any ads that we think are inappropriate, offensive, or illegal.
• All ads will be automatically deactivated after 30 days. However, the seller may reactivate an ad if the item is still for sale.
• Sellers have the right to edit their ads to change the price or unpublish the ad.

Please use this service responsibly.

If you have any questions regarding any of the policies described on this page, or your dealings with this web site, please contact us.