Specific pieces of information collected during free registration, including your email address and password, are completely confidential. Data such as username, homepage, and other optional profile information is publicly available.

Note that passwords are encrypted before being stored in our database. For security and privacy reasons, we do not have access to these passwords. You can reset your password if you have forgotten.

We require email address confirmation to activate your account due to the rising number of confirmation emails that bounce. We require a valid email address in order to alert you of important changes to your submissions (Example: We email you to inform you that your submission has been removed because it is in violation of our Acceptable Use Policy).