Future Timeline - Privacy policy

This policy explains in detail how “Future Timeline” along with its affiliated companies (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Future Timeline”, "https://www.futuretimeline.net/forum") and phpBB (hereinafter “they”, “them”, “their”, “phpBB software”, “www.phpbb.com”, “phpBB Limited”, “phpBB Teams”) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (hereinafter “your information”).

Your information is collected via two ways. Firstly, browsing “Future Timeline” will cause the phpBB software to create a number of cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded on to your computer’s web browser temporary files. The first two cookies just contain a user identifier (hereinafter “user-id”) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter “session-id”), automatically assigned to you by the phpBB software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within “Future Timeline” and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.

We may also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing both “Future Timeline” and the main website ("https://www.futuretimeline.net"), which includes Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Disqus, and the AddThis social media sharing buttons. These are for monitoring traffic and enhancing the website functionality. By registering on this forum, you agree to us using these. More information can be found in the Privacy Policy for our main website.

The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us through the phpBB forum software. This can be, and is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter “anonymous posts”), registering on “Future Timeline” (hereinafter “your account”) and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in (hereinafter “your posts”).

Your account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (hereinafter “your user name”), a personal password used for logging into your account (hereinafter “your password”) and a personal, valid email address (hereinafter “your email”). Your information for your account at “Future Timeline” is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the country that hosts us. Any information beyond your user name, your password, and your email address required by “Future Timeline” during the registration process is either mandatory or optional, at the discretion of “Future Timeline”. In all cases, you have the option of what information in your account is publicly displayed. Furthermore, within your account, you have the option to opt-in or opt-out of automatically generated emails from the phpBB software.

Your password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure. However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password across a number of different websites. Your password is the means of accessing your account at “Future Timeline”, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with “Future Timeline”, phpBB or another 3rd party, legitimately ask you for your password. Should you forget your password for your account, you can use the “I forgot my password” feature provided by the phpBB software. This process will ask you to submit your user name and your email, then the phpBB software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.