Privacy and Copyright Policies

Santiago Chopper Specialties and the Santiago Chopper Specialties are committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our Web site, as well as our members.

In this policy, "Santiago Chopper Specialties" refers to both Santiago Chopper and Santiago Chopper Specialties. Santiago Chopper Specialties, board members, cooperating attorneys, interns, volunteers and consultants.

In general, Santiago Chopper Specialties treats your contact information as private and confidential. Santiago Chopper Specialties will not typically give, sell, rent, exchange or otherwise share your information with anyone else without your prior consent.

We will notify users of updates to this policy by noting the date of new changes directly below this statement.

This policy was last amended July 29, 2010.
Policy effective May 1, 2003.

Web Site Policies
Santiago Chopper Specialties and third-party vendor servers may record the IP address of the computer you are using; the browser software you use and your operating system; the date and time you access our site; and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site.

We use this information to measure the number of visitors to different sections of the site, to diagnose and correct system errors, and to improve the site. We do not connect this information to your name or identity, and we do not retain this information permanently.

Information that is not provided with the express intent of subscription, ordering, membership or donation will not be captured for use in other communications unless otherwise noted. This includes any email address supplied in forwarding news articles or encouraging others to participate online. See below for details on how we treat information provided in membership and ordering contexts.

We (and our vendors) make limited use of "cookies" on this site primarily for convenience features such as auto-login, discussion boards and polls. These cookies are typically deleted as soon as reasonably possible.

Electronic Mailing List Policies
Santiago Chopper Specialties offers several electronic mailing lists. If you choose to subscribe to any of these lists, we may ask for personal information, such as your name, zip code, and email address. This information is used strictly to manage our lists (for example, we may use your zip code for a targeted mailing on an issue affecting your area). We do not sell, rent or share our electronic mailing lists.

There are a number of ways to subscribe to Santiago Chopper Specialties electronic mailing lists, including submitting a form at our Web site, or mailing a sign-up form from a brochure or flier. When you subscribe, you will typically receive a confirmation message welcoming you.

You can unsubscribe from any of our lists at any time. In the event you wish to update, delete or otherwise make changes to your relationship with us, or remove yourself entirely from our list(s), click here.

Lists maintained by Santiago Chopper Specialties for electronic mailings are exclusively "opt-in" lists. We do not purchase information from third-party sources or gather personal data from the Web (known as spidering) for inclusion in our ongoing e-mail lists.

All financial data is collected via a secure Web connection, and is stored or transmitted using appropriate security measures at all times.

Online and Phone Orders for Materials
Information provided to us in the course of placing an order for motorcycle materials, choppers, trikes, parts offered by Santiago Chopper Specialties (whether or not the materials are offered at a cost) may be retained for use in future communications, such as membership drives, or when we unveil similar offerings that we believe may be of interest to you. This information will not be given, sold, rented, shared or otherwise provided to anyone else without your prior consent (except when compelled by law -- see below).

All financial data is collected via a secure web connection, and is stored or transmitted using appropriate security measures at all times.

Compelled Disclosure
If we are required by law to disclose any information that you have provided us, we will attempt to give you notice (unless we are prohibited) that a request for your information has been made, in order to give you an opportunity to object. We will attempt to provide this notice by email, if you have given us an email address, or by postal mail if you have entered a postal address. If you do not challenge the disclosure request, we may be legally required to turn over your information.

Questions?
For any other information about our privacy practices and/or these policies, please contact Santiago Chopper Specialties.

Copyright Policies
All original text, images and other materials hosted on equat.net servers are Copyright 2010 Santiago Chopper Specialties, unless otherwise noted (e.g. news articles and licensed photos).

We encourage reproduction and distribution of original materials on this site for educational and personal use. All content on this site created by Santiago Chopper Specialties (unless otherwise noted) is available to you under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.

In short, this license allows you to copy, distribute, display, or make derivative works provided that you a) credit Santiago Chopper Specialties, b) do not use it for commercial purposes, and c) release any derivative works under this same license.

Copyright Infringement Notification
If you have a copyright complaint please follow the procedures set forth in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Our agent for notice is Scott Edelman, Managing Director. He can be reached by phone at 813-671-9097, or by email at santiagochopper(at)aol.com Please direct your written correspondence to him at:

Santiago Chopper Specialties