An avatar is an Internet user's representation of himself or herself.

When we use this term, we are usually referring to the box that includes your Display Name, default photo and often the name of a group you belong to on the site.

See also, How to Set my Default Photo.

A cookie is a simple piece of text. It is not a program, or a plug-in, and thus, it cannot access your hard drive. It cannot be used as a virus. Your browser can save cookie values to its memory (RAM) or a file on your hard disk if it needs to, but that is the limit of its effects on your system. (See below for further explanation of cookies). A cookie alone cannot read your hard drive to find out who you are, where you live, what your income is, or other personal information. The only way that information could end up in a cookie is if YOU provide it to a site and that site saves to a cookie.

Cookies allow you stay logged into the site from page to page. Without them, you would have to log in to every page you wish to access.

JavaScript is a simple programming language used to make web pages more interactive. It is also referred to as Active Scripting.

Many of the features on the site, such as the editor, will only work if you have JavaScript enabled. We have done our best to make the site accessible without it, but some features will unfortunately not work at all without it.

See also, How do I enable JavaScript in my browser.

Under normal circumstances, we do not share any of your information that is marked as private with any third parties without your permission. The exceptions to this are listed below:

1. to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by Area50four.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law;
2. to enforce the Area50four Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights;
3. or to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service.

For more detailed information, see our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.