COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY

This site is owned and operated by IMONKEY INC.. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. We want to make your online experience satisfying and safe.

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.

We invite you to contact us if you have questions about this policy. You may contact us by mail at the following address:

IMONKEY INC. PO BOX 662 WARMINSTER PA 18974

Or, you may contact us by eMail.

Additional Information: Terms of Service

INFORMATION THIS SITE GATHERS AND TRACKS

SternFanNetwork.com gathers two types of information about users:

Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards or forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls and surveys:

Information SternFanNetwork.com gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Because SternFanNetwork.com derives its revenue mainly from sponsorships, advertisement and / or donations, providing such aggregated demographic data is essential to keeping our service free to users. Under no circumstances does SternFanNetwork.com divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.

SternFanNetwork.com Gathers User Information In The Following Processes:

Optional Voluntary Information

We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users:

1. Electronic newsletters (Dispatches)

We will offer a free monthly electronic newsletter to users. SternFanNetwork.com gathers the email addresses of users who voluntarily register at SFN. Users may remove themselves from this mailing list by following the link provided in every newsletter that points users to the Close My Account page. Users subscribe to the newsletters at the time of registration.

2. Message boards/forums

Users of the site's Forums must register for this services (free of charge) in order to post messages, although they needn't register to visit the site. During registration the user is required to supply a username, password, email address, and date of birth. User must be 18 or older to register at SFN.

3. "E-mail this to a friend" Service

Our site users can choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by clicking "e-mail this to a friend". The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the email. The information is not used for any other purpose.

4. Polling

We may offer interactive polls to users so they can easily share their opinions with other users and see what our audience thinks about important issues. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. SternFanNetwork.com may use a system to "tag" users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This tag is not correlated with information about individual users.

5. Surveys

SternFanNetwork.com may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. We never share any of this information about specific individuals with any third party unless it is specifically stated otherwise in the survey.

Children

Nobody under the age of 18 is permitted to register at SFN.

Usage tracking

SternFanNetwork.com tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. SternFanNetwork.com does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).

SternFanNetwork.com sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.

Cookies

We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. 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. SternFanNetwork.com uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.

You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.

USE OF INFORMATION

SternFanNetwork.com uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.

As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing. SternFanNetwork.com never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.

When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.

SternFanNetwork.com creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

SHARING OF THE INFORMATION

SternFanNetwork.com uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our service free. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

SECURITY

SternFanNetwork.com operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

OPT-OUT POLICY

We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include:

Opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters.

Opting not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users

YOUR CONSENT

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by SternFanNetwork.com. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

We collect the following information:

1. Click-stream data
2. HTTP protocol elements
3. Search terms
4. User's Name
5. Computer information

At the user's option, we may also collect the following data:

1. Birth Date
2. Email Address
3. Telephone
4. Business Address

This data will be used for the following purposes:

1. Completion and support of the current activity.
2. Web site and system administration.
3. Research and development.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

At the user's option, we will collect the following data:

1. HTTP cookies

This data will be used for the following purposes:

1. Research and development.
2. One-time tailoring.

This data will be used by ourselves and our agents.

The following explanation is provided for why this data is collected:

COOKIES

Cookies are used to track visitors to our site, so we can better understand what portions of our site best serve you.

Cookies are a technology which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.

Our site makes use of cookies. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

1. User targeting
2. Research and development

Stern Fan Network maintains the interactive portion(s) of the Web site as a service free of charge. By using any interactive services provided herein, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the terms, conditions and notices relating to its use.

1. As a condition of your use of this Web site and the interactive services contained therein, you represent and warrant to Stern Fan Network that you will not use this Web site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.

2. This Web site contains one or more of the following interactive services: bulletin boards, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities.   You agree to use such services only to send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular service, area, group, forum, community or other message or communication facility. In addition to any other terms or conditions of use of any bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities, you agree that when using one, you will not:

1. Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, derogatory, defamatory, infringing, improper, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
2. Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws or by rights of privacy of publicity unless you own or control such rights or have received all necessary consents.
3. Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer.
4. Advertise any goods or services for any commercial purpose without explicit permission from Stern Fan Network.
5. Offer to sell any goods or services for any commercial purpose without explicit permission from Stern Fan Network.
6. Conduct or forward chain letters or pyramid schemes.
7. Download for distribution in any manner any file posted by another user of a forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
8. Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
9. Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices, proprietary designations, labels of the origin, source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
10. Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying any of the bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities.

3. Stern Fan Network has no obligation to monitor the bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities. However, Stern Fan Network reserves the right at all times to disclose any information deemed by Stern Fan Network necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part.

4. You acknowledge that communications to or with bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities are not private communications, therefore others may read your communications without your knowledge. You should always use caution when providing any personal information about yourself or your children. Stern Fan Network does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities and/or other message or communication facilities and, specifically disclaims any liability with regard to same and any actions resulting from your participation. To the extent that there are moderators, forum managers or hosts, none are authorized Stern Fan Network spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Stern Fan Network.

5. The information, products, and services included on this Web site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. Stern Fan Network may make improvements and/or changes in this Web site at any time. Advice received via this Web site should not be relied upon for personal, legal or financial decisions and you should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation.

6. Stern Fan Network MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

7. STERN FAN NETWORK HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES CONTAINED ON THIS WEB SITE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

8. IN NO EVENT SHALL Stern Fan Network BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED

1. WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS WEB SITE,
2. WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEB SITE,
3. WITH THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR
4. FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF Stern Fan Network HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

9. DUE TO THE FACT THAT CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS DO NOT PERMIT OR RECOGNIZE AN EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THIS WEB SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THIS WEB SITE.

10. Stern Fan Network reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny any user access to this Web site, any interactive service herein, or any portion of this Web site without notice, and the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which this Web site is offered.

11. This agreement is governed by the laws of the . You hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of this Web site. Use of this Web site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Stern Fan Network as a result of this agreement or use of this Web site. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

12. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Stern Fan Network with respect to this Web site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written with respect to this Web site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. Fictitious names of companies, products, people, characters and/or data mentioned herein are not intended to represent any real individual, company, product or event. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

13. Stern Fan Network is a service offered by IMONKEY INC. PO BOX 662 WARMINSTER PA 18974.

14. All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. The comments are property of their posters, all the rest © 2006 by IMONKEY INC..

Becoming a Supporter is a way for members to help SFN. By donating you help keep our website up and running. SFN runs on 3 dedicated dual core 3.8 Xeon servers with 4GB ram & 2 x 73GB 15k SCSI drives RAID 1 array each. That's alot of hardware and 20 million page views per month is alot of bandwidth. Even with advertising, it is difficult to cover the expenses of run a website of this size. Servers, software, IT support, and bandwidth are expensive not to mention all of the time that it takes to create and update the site. All donations go towards the bills associated with SFN.

Any member who makes a minimum donation of $25 will have their account upgraded to SFN Supporter. Supporter get extra features that would be too costly for us to give to every member. As a supporter you can upload attachments, custom avatars, make photo galleries, blog, use the friends & PM system, and fully customize your profile.

Donations can be made via paypal or credit card in the Donation Manager in your user control panel. Optionally, you can mail a check or money order payable to iMonkey Inc. to PO Box 662 Warminster PA 18974. Be sure to include your screen name in the notes field and email Mutt with a heads up. Expect a 2 week delay with postal mail donations.

NOTE: All contributions to iMonkey are non-refundable. You are not purchasing something. Becoming a supporter does NOT mean you can blow off the site rules or posting guidelines. Violating our TOS will resulting in having your account closed reguardless of whether or not you are a site supporter.

If you want access, first you have to register using a valid email address. Registration is free and easy. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Your email is never given out to anyone. Everyone starts out as a Jr member. This lets you read & reply in all of the open forums but not the "Member Only Forums". Your SFN status has to be higher than "Jr Member". Full Member, Senior Member, SFN Supporter, SFN VIP, & SFN Staff all have access.

The 30/30/30 rule: To become a Full Member we make you jump through a couple hoops. this lets us know you are really a fan and not just someone tyring to spam the site. To graduate from Jr Member to Full Member you have to have been here for a minimum of 1 month and made a minimum of 30 replies. Even if you make 30 posts in 1 day, you'll still have to wait until the 30 days are up. Your account is limited as a jr member. You can only make replies. You can not start new threads. Also after you make a reply, you won't be able to make another one for 30 minutes. Limiting the jr members this way really cuts down on the SPAM and makes it easy for us to weed out the assholes before they shit up the whole board.

So just sit back and enjoy the site. Once you've made 30 replies and 30 days have past, your account will automatically be upgraded. There is nothing more you need to do. Don't get pissed that you can't post nonstop. Read the site, see how it operates and occasionally make a reply. A month later you'll be one of us.

Making 30 crap replies just to get your post count up will aggravate everyone including the staff. Aggravating the staff, might just get you banned from the site. You have a whole month to make those posts, so why not actually say something about the show. It's all about getting the members to contribute instead of just lurking. The more of you that contribute, the better the entire site is for the group.

Alternately, to graduate straight to SFN Supporter, read this for information. All help is greatly appreciated.

If you are in some way affiliated with the ant of the Howard 100 or 101 show, Sirius, or HSOD have one of the known VIPs let me know who you are and I'll upgrade your account to SFN VIP right away. As a VIP, you'll have full access without restrictions.

NOTE: The Ladies Only forum is completely private and invitation only.

1.) If I donate $25, I can have access to the adult forum now? Is this right?
YES, supporters bypass the 30/30/30 rule but do not think that you must donate. Most people just wait out the month and get in that way.

2.) Will the $5 I've already donated be added to any future contributions? In other words, If I want to be a supporter, then I only need to send $20 today, not $25. Is that right?
YES, becoming a supporter is a way of helping SFN. If you send in a couple buck here and there it all adds up and helps. If the donations add up to $25, your account gets upgraded to supporter. Thanks

3.) How in the world am I suppose to make 30 posts with these restrictions?
You can reply in any of the forums you can see. You just can't start a new thread.

These aren't really rules. they're more like guidelines on how to be a good member of our community. Don't quote them ot point fingers at other members who you feel are breaking the law. It is not something that you can study and look for legal loopholes defending why you shouldn't be in trouble. It's just a list of things that will piss me off. If you don't want to get banned, I'd pay attention.

First, the site is very laid back and normally almost anything goes. Problem is there are alot of haters out there that are being drawn to the site who would love to see Howard and SFN die. We need to keep the shit heads in line while letting the fans enjoy the site and it's a tough line to walk. We're getting alot of repeat annoying crap from the new members. Some of it is very negative and it needs to stop ASAP. This isn't a place to bitch about the show or Sirius, it's a fan site. It's for the fans and it's about enjoying the show. I don't want to hear your speech about freedom and censorship letting me know how you should be able to say anything you want just like Howard. Let me set you straight now. You aren't Howard and this isn't your stage. If anyone around here is Howard, it's me and if you annoy me, I'll hang up on you. This is how we run the site and it's one of the reasons it's gotten so big. If you do not like it, there are lots of other websites out there. We have a ton of great members and I hope you become one of them.

Ignoring these warnings will get you booted from the site. I'll sum them up for ya. Don't post anything that will cause problems for the site, our advertisers, the show, or the people involved with them. Obvious flames where the intention of the post is to irritate or start problems will be removed and the member warned/banned based on the severity of the post from my point of view.

1. Do not ever argue with the staff. Do not bitch about the 30/30/30 Rule. Do not debate the SFN policies and whether or not you technically broke the rules. Do not dispute the Staff's decisions. Do not debate whether some should be a VIP or not. We do not want to explain why every single administrative move was made. Just accept it was for the good of the site. If your post was deleted it's for a very good reason so don't post it again. Don't make a new thread bitching about how it was deleted or about how the mod is on a power trip.

Here is information about the 30 day probationary period that all new members must go through. Once you make it through your 30 days, the posting restrictions will be lifted and you'll have access to the member only forums.

2. Do not harass the VIPs. They have custom titles under their usernames identifying them. Using the excuse that you don't consider that person a VIP doesn't hold any merit. If you know their name because of the show, they're a VIP. You can discuss them and play with them but don't fuck with them. You do not have to like them or agree with them but you can't be mean. If you make them uncomfortable, you'll be the one who's booted. IF they attack you, you are allowed to defend yourself but that doesn't mean you can be a total asshole. Use some sort of restraint even if they are out of control.

This includes but is not limited to the following

• Stern Show Staff & their significant others
  
• Stern Show Regulars / Comedians
  
• Stern Show Regular Callers - the guys on the show know by name
  
• Stern Show Wackpackers
  
• Stern Show Interns
  
• Sirius Staff
  
• Howard 100 News Team
  
• Howard TV Staff
  
• Bubba Show Staff
  
• Ferrall Show Staff
  

Alexa.com ranks us as the 17,000 largest website on the entire internet and Big-Boards.com lists us as the 80th largest message board. SFN gets 22 million page views from over 500,000 unique visitors each month. That's more individually people each month than read Penthouse Magazine. It's more people each month than all the residents in the entire state of Montana. It's more people than the population of over 25 countries represented in the UN. I don't want to give you a big sales pitch but the bottom line is if you advertise on SFN, your company will be noticed. We get ALOT of traffic.

Ads can be a simple as a banner to full blown homepage featured writeups with site giveaways, mass mailings, or forum sponsorship. It's really up to you. For information about the currently available adspace and rates, send an email to Mutt at imonkeyinc@gmail.com with your company information, what you had in mind, your contact info, and a link to your website. If you are a good fit with our site, Heather from Snap-e Media will get back to you ASAP.

As always, Stern Show regulars and staff have an open invitation to promote their projects here. It's the least we could do for all good times and we're happy to do it. Just start a new thread and PM me about it. Whenever possible I'll stick your post onto the homepage where google and the rest of the internet will see it.