terms of service

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this service to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violates any other laws. We at HobbyDog reserve the right to delete or edit any report for any or no reason whatsoever.

Reports submitted to FakePatchReport.com and/or StolenCardReport.com by users are solely the responsibility of the person submitting the report. HobbyDog asks for factual information only. The submitting of information within the “Report Details” field is open-ended and therefore HobbyDog monitors the content therein.

Violations to HobbyDog's policies will result in immediate Report removal or edit and/or total suspension from the site.

Violations include, but are not limited to:

(a) Including another individual's contact information and/or email address in a post (this includes phone numbers, physical addresses, IP addresses, email addresses, etc. but does not include user ID’s).

(b) Including profanity, vulgarity, hate speech, disruptive or hostile comments, interpersonal disputes, or threats of violence/harm in a post.

(c) Including material (graphic or text) that is obscene, pornographic, or not suitable for a general audience (including sexual references, alcohol or drug discussions, etc.). This may include but is not limited to foul language, sexual references or images, graphic/violent references or images, and drug/alcohol references or images.

(d) Any actions that interfere with site operations (including spam, creating multiple ID's, etc.).

(e) Advertising merchandise, services or commercial Web sites of any kind or posting advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or solicitations. Violations will result in immediate suspension.

(f) Only one registration is allowed per user, and all other accounts will be permanently suspended.

(g) Posting any copyrighted items without the permission of the copyright owner.

Disclosure of Information

HobbyDog reserves the right to report any activity that it suspects violates any law or regulation to appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties. In order to cooperate with governmental requests, to protect HobbyDog's systems and users, or to ensure the integrity and operation of HobbyDog's services and systems, HobbyDog may access and disclose any information it considers necessary or appropriate, including, without limitation, user contact details, IP addressing and traffic information, usage history and submitted content, and you agree to such access and disclosure by HobbyDog.

privacy policy and statement

Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Because we gather certain types of information about the users on the HobbyDog Network of sites, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect about you and what may happen to that information.

This statement discloses the privacy practices for all of HobbyDog’s web sites including FakePatchReport.com (“Patch”) and StolenCardReport.com (”Stolen”).

Information We Collect

HobbyDog collects information upon Registration to enable a user to submit reports to Patch and Stolen.

During online registration, HobbyDog asks for your name, email address, and other personal information including usernames at other hobby related sites. You also have the option of receiving email updates in the form of Fake Patch Alerts. In order to receive this email you can check the "yes" box when prompted.

In the course of using our site, we automatically track certain information about you. This information includes the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on our site or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on our site or not), what browser you are using, and your IP address. Many sites automatically collect this information.

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, HobbyDog sites use "cookies" to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small data file that certain Web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that tracks the pages you've visited. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. All HobbyDog sites where you are prompted to log-in or that are customizable require that you accept cookies.

Advertising networks that serve ads onto any of HobbyDog's sites may also use their own cookies.

How does HobbyDog use your information?

In order to verify the integrity and credibility of the reports submitted to Patch and Stolen HobbyDog does internal research on our users by researching the online presence and reputation through usernames (on other websites) and Hobby References provided during the registration process.

Our Disclosure of Your Information

We do not share information about individual users with any third party.

Reports displayed on Patch and/or Stolen will not give any indication regarding the user that made the submission unless the user provides that information within the Report Details section of the submission form.

HobbyDog will disclose information, at its sole discretion, to law enforcement or other government agencies as is deemed necessary and/or appropriate.

Deleting or Changing Your Registration Information

You may change your email address by sending us a message through the "contact" page.

Requests for removal of your registration information does not ensure that such information will be completely removed from the HobbyDog system. HobbyDog does retain registration information as a record of all activity performed on the site. Additionally, information is retained in order to enforce the Terms of Agreement, resolve disputes and problems associated with the site.

Third Party Collectors of Information.

Our policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties or other sites throughout the Internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the personal information you disclose to them. To the extent that we use third party service providers, they adhere to their own privacy customs and policies. Since HobbyDog does not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy customs and policies of that third party. We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact:

HobbyDog Inc.
2719 16th Ave. SW
Calgary, Alberta
T3C 1A3
webmaster@fakepatchreport.com

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