Need to clarify. We don't sell information to advertisers or marketers. We sell banner ads, newletters sponsors, and sponsorships. We may not provide the company with any aggregrate data other than the page views, number of members, etc (just basic overall information). Most companies are only interested in how many people are interested in their product/s...so if Alias for Maya asked how many members have an interest in Maya - that would be the only aggregate information we share. So we are selective with this information. When signing up with us, you are stating that you have read and understand the TOS. These areas are communicated in the TOS. When we make changes to the TOS, we announce in the Forum News, although we have not made TOS changes regarding this area since the first revision I assisted with many years ago. Under our Privacy statement those 2 areas are communicated. Renderosity maintains a database of member/user information to facilitate the community's operations for members, users and administrators. The following discloses our information collection, use and dissemination practices.

• E-mail Addresses: Member e-mail addresses are stored in a database for use in distributing member selected newsletters. This information is not shared except in cooperation with appropriate authorities in the case of violations of our Zero Tolerance Conduct.
• Aggregate Data: Renderosity collects, and uses aggregate data for the purpose of soliciting advertisers. This data includes page views, ad impressions, click throughs, total membership and total number of subscribers. No personal information is shared with this statistical data. The overall main use of the profile information is for us to understand what members have an interest in. This has been very helpful for both us and the members (i hope that members view it this way). We make community decisions on this information. I would say not to view it as being forced but as assisting with the information that builds the site. Again, I don't think we ask for detailed information just interests. tammy