THE GUILD OF EROTIC ARTISTS

GUILD CONTACTS

Colin Ballard - Secretary The Guild of Erotic Artists The Old Barn at Beaumont Hall Studios, Beaumont Hall Lane, Redburn Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire. AL3 6RN. England

Tel: +44 (0) 1582 791661

Richard Trebilco - Studios Facilities Manager

GUILD BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Colin Ballard - Director & Secretary

Paul John Ballard - Director

Ken Clarke - Director

THE GUILD'S PRIVACY POLICY

When you supply any personal information to the Guild we have legal obligations towards you in the way we use this data. We must explain how we will use it and we must inform you if we want to pass the information on to anyone else. In general, any information you provide to the Guild will only be used by the Guild for the purposes of keeping you informed about the Guild activities. Your information will only be disclosed to third parties where we are obliged, or permitted by law. Specifically it will not be sold or passed on to marketers. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as you are a member, and remove it in the event of your membership expiring and not being renewed by either you or ourselves for whatever reason. We will ensure that all personal information supplied is held securely, in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. We will not spam you - we will not enable others to spam you. Should you have any questions regarding this please contact the Secretary using the details above.

WEBSITE CONTACT

Mark Marsay - Production Manager Great Northern Publishing - JADE magazine PO Box 202, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. YO11 3GE. England

Tel: +44 (0) 1723 581329

ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

Members are asked to remember that this website has been provided and is maintained free of charge to the Guild as part of the active and on-going support we enjoy from Great Northern Publishing and JADE magazine. We would ask you to respect their efforts on our, and your behalf, and not to abuse their support or goodwill.

This website has been designed to work quickly and easily in Explorer (it may not perform well in Navigator) with standard Windows fonts and colours. There are no pop-ups, no 'Java' scripts, no 'Flash' animations and no colour or image backgrounds. The site should perform well even for those without a high speed broadband connection. All images are in either standard Jpg, or Gif formats and all downloadable information and forms are in Adobe PDF format. When going 'off site' to visit a member's own website please remember to use your browser's 'back' button to come back to this site.

Please note all downloadable information and forms are in PDF format and you will need Adobe Acrobat 5 or above to open and read them - to update or install a free copy of Acrobat please visit the Adobe website by using the link at the foot of this page.

USEFUL TOOLS FOR YOU AND YOUR PC

LAVASOFT - AD-AWARE - Free Spyware Scanner

There are many websites and tools for dealing with Spyware (bits of software that get put onto your computer, often without your knowledge to gather information about you, sometimes benign, sometimes more serious). Lavasoft's product is called Ad-Aware and they have a FREE version of it for download from their website.

NORTON SECURITY CENTRE - Free Virus and Security Scan

Everyone it seems has their own personal favourite amongst the many anti-virus and security programmes available today, be they free or purchased. Because of this it would be wrong to recommend one over another. However, Norton does have a security area from which you can run a free anti-virus and security check of your PC on-line. Again, this is a useful tool and it is free of charge.

THINK BROADBAND - Speed Test

This is a great independent site for UK users new to the internet and broadband who want to know some of the basics. They have a good news section and explanatory guides, as well as a number of forums and ISP (internet service provider) comparisons. They also have a great FREE tool to check the actual speed of your internet connection (click on the Speed Test link and follow the instructions). Always handy to use if you feel your connection is not behaving as it should and you want to check its download and upload speeds. It also gives you the option to rate your ISP, so you can say whether they, and the service they provide you, are good or bad.

BROADBAND CHOICES - Usage Monitor

Ever wanted to know just how much material you are downloading from the web? Worried about overstepping the limits imposed by your Internet Service provider? Well this site has a FREE tool which monitors how much you use so you can keep track of your usage and avoid having your connection restricted or worse yet, having to pay for any usage over and above your ISP's limits. The monitor is easy to use and just sits in the icon tray (next to your clock) and simply adds up all the usage - nothing else, so there is no need to worry about it tracking your movements or reporting information on you. The programme is very small and takes next to no memory to run, it just sits in the background doing its adding up. And you can even set it for a weekly, monthly or yearly amount of usage with warning bubbles and sounds - so you need never worry again about going over the limit.

This page is for general information only. Views and opinions expressed here are those of the author and not the Guild. No liability or responsibility is accepted by either the author or the Guild for any views, opinions or advice given here.

There is a lot of help out there on the internet and lots of sites dedicated to keeping your computer up and running. The best advice is to exercise caution and to ensure you understand what the programmes on your computer are for, what they do, and how to keep them up to date and running smoothly

If you are in any doubt or unsure about any aspect of your computer or the software on it you should consult a qualified technician, company or expert before embarking on any changes to the operating system or software.

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