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General

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3. "Use" with respect to this site includes reliance on, gaining access to, downloading of, or copying in any manner, any materials contained in or referenced or linked to this site. "Users" has a corresponding meaning.

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1. The following information may be collected by or on behalf of Maddens Lawyers and will only be used as indicated below:

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c) Maddens Lawyers will not disclose or publish information without consent which identifies individual machines, or may potentially identify subgroupings of addresses.

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