Privacy Policy
Purpose of this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy describes how this website treats personally identifiable information
that is collected about you when you visit the web site to which this policy is
linked.
What is Personally Identifiable Information
"Personally identifiable information" is information that we can use to identify
you as an individual. Personally identifiable information includes your name, address,
telephone number and any other information that is connected with you personally.
Information This Privacy Policy Does Not Apply To
This privacy policy does not apply to information collected about you by anyone
except VERGO Marketing, Inc. and its affiliate website or affiliate partners, and
only applies to the web sites to which this policy is linked. Any information you
provide when you visit web sites other than those covered by this policy (including
other web sites affiliated with VERGO Marketing, Inc.) or when you purchase any
products or services, or enter contests, that may be linked to or advertised on
our web site by companies other than VERGO Marketing, Inc. is subject to the privacy
policies posted on those sites. However, please do be aware that from time to time
we make our subscriber lists available to companies that sell goods and services
that we believe would interest our readers.
Collection of Personally Identifiable Information
VERGO Marketing, Inc. generally collects personally identifiable information with
your specific knowledge and consent. For instance, when you enter a sweepstakes
or contest, complete a survey, participate in a reader panel, request information
from colleges and universities, register for those portions of our sites that may
require registration, make a purchase, request back issues, subscribe to our magazines
or subscribe to our newsletters, and other electronic services you will be asked
to provide information such as your e-mail address, name, phone number, and shipping
address. Information such as your age, gender, hobbies or interests may also be
requested. If you entered a contest on our website, we may use your e-mail address
to send you a confirmation notice and your mailing address to send you information.
Similarly, if you enter online contests, we will use this information to notify
you if you are a winner. We might also send out e-mails to users and contest entrants
to announce special offers, services and announcements from our sites and/or our
advertisers. If you provide personal information for use in any of our social networking
channels or tools (which may include services such as text messaging and instant
messaging and the like), we will use that information in the manner contemplated
by the particular networking channel.
We may also use any personal information you send for marketing and promotional
purposes and we may combine information we receive online with outside records to
enhance our ability to market products or provide services that we believe may be
of interest to you. Additionally, we may share your personal information with third
parties who may choose to contact you to promote their own goods and services. If
you want us to stop sharing your email address with third parties in this way, click
here and let us know at optout@vergomarketing.com, if you do not wish us to share
information with companies who would otherwise contact you at your mailing address,
you may notify us in writing by sending a notice to VERGO Marketing, Inc, 4014 N.
Goldwater Blvd, Ste 204, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 or contacting us at optout@vergomarketing.com,
you may elect to stop receiving email messages from VERGO Marketing, Inc., by notifying
us at optout@vergomarketing.com.
In addition, we may use information you provide us through emails, Q & A, and contest
entry forms for future press releases. In the unlikely event that we believe that
the security of your personal information in our possession or control may have
been compromised, we may seek to notify you of that development. If a notification
is appropriate, we would endeavor to do so as promptly as possible under the circumstances,
and, to the extent we have your e-mail address, we may notify you by e-mail. In
addition to the foregoing, VERGO Marketing, Inc. may share or disclose personally
identifiable information about you to other companies or individuals when:
- We utilize third party service providers to provide products, services or functions
on our behalf (such as sending emails or fulfilling subscriptions), and ask these
service providers to agree to maintain the confidentiality of your personally identifiable
information and not to use your personally identifiable information for any reason
except to carry out the purpose(s) for which we hired them.
- You have entered a contest or sweepstakes sponsored by a third party, in which case
the information may be shared with that third party for their use in their discretion,
including direct marketing (Some of our contests and sweeps will ask you at the
time of entry whether you would like your personal information to be shared with
the sponsor. Other contests will not give you that option and in that event, if
you do not want your information to be shared, you should not enter the contest).
- We must comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal or regulatory process.
- We have reason to believe that someone may be causing injury to or interference
with our rights or the rights of our users, or general public, or using our services
in violation of a legal or personal right.
Cookies
VERGO Marketing, Inc. (or third party service providers on our behalf) may set and
access cookies on your computer. A cookie is a small amount of data (often including
a unique identifier), that is sent to your browser from a web site’s computers and
stored on your computer’s hard drive. VERGO Marketing, Inc. uses cookies to understand
site usage and to improve the content and offerings on our site.
We may use cookies to control the display of ads, to track usage patterns on the
sites, to deliver editorial content, to record requests for subscriptions and to
personalize information. Our cookies may contain personally identifiable information
and such cookies may be shared with others to the same extent indicated above.
VERGO Marketing, Inc. (or third party service providers on our behalf) may also
use cookies to collect aggregate information about web site users on an anonymous
basis. We may share aggregate demographic and usage information with our prospective
and actual business partners, advertisers and other third parties for any business
purpose. Some of our advertisers may serve you cookies as well. We do not have control
over cookies placed by advertisers. If you don't want cookies, most Web browsers
include an option that allows you to not accept them. However, if you set your browser
to refuse cookies, some portions of our sites may not function efficiently.
IP Address
Your Internet Protocol ("IP") address is usually associated with the place from
which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider, your company
or your university. Our server may also record the referring page that linked you
to us (e.g., another Web site or a search engine); the pages you visit on the website,
the Web site you visit after this Web Site; the ads you see; the ads you click on;
other information about the type of Web browser, computer, platform, related software
and settings you are using; any search terms you have entered on this Web Site or
a referral site; and other Web usage activity and data logged by our Web servers.
We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our servers, gather broad
demographic information, and administer our website. We may also link this information
with your personal information when we feel that it is necessary to enforce compliance
with our rules and policies or terms of service or to protect our Sites, customers
or others.
Wireless Addresses
If the email address you provide to us is a wireless email address, you agree to
receive messages at such address from VERGO Marketing, Inc, entities affiliated
with the Magazine. You understand that your wireless carrier's standard rates apply
to these messages. You represent that you are the owner or authorized user of the
wireless device on which messages will be received, and that you are authorized
to approve the applicable charges.
Short Message Service and Wireless Internet
We may make available services through which you can receive messages on your phone
or wireless device via short message service ("SMS Service") or via wireless internet
("WAP Services"). If you subscribe to one of our SMS or WAP Services, you thereby
agree to receive SMS or WAP Service at the address you provide for such purposes.
Such messages may come from VERGO Marketing, Inc., or from third parties who we
believe may have goods or services of interest to you (unless you have elected not
to receive such messages at the time you subscribe)
You understand that your wireless carrier's standard rates apply to these messages,
and that you may opt-out of receiving them by notifying us at.optout@vergomarketing.com.
You represent that you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless device you
use to sign up for the SMS or WAP Service, and that you are authorized to approve
the applicable charges. To use the SMS or WAP Service, you must reside in the United
States. You must register and provide all required Personal Information, which may
include, for example, your name, SMS or WAP address, wireless carrier and, if fees
are applicable to the SMS or WAP Service you subscribe to, billing information (either
your credit card information or mobile service carrier information if applicable
fees will be billed through your carrier). We may also obtain the date, time and
content of your messages in the course of your use of the SMS or WAP Service. We
will use the information we obtain in connection with our SMS or WAP Service in
accordance with this Privacy Policy. If fees are charged to your wireless account
invoice, we may provide your carrier with your applicable information in connection
herewith. Your wireless carrier and other service providers may also collect data
about your wireless device usage, and their practices are governed by their own
policies.
You acknowledge and agree that the SMS or WAP Services are provided via wireless
systems which use radios (and other means) to transmit communications over complex
networks. We do not guarantee that your use of the SMS or WAP Service will be private
or secure, and we are not liable to you for any lack of privacy or security you
may experience. You are fully responsible for taking precautions and providing security
measures best suited for your situation and intended use of the SMS or WAP Service.
We may also access the content of your account and wireless account with your carrier
for the purpose of identifying and resolving technical problems and service-related
complaints.
By signing up for the SMS or WAP Service, you consent to receiving, from time to
time, further messages which may include news, promotions and offers from us, our
affiliates and partners, and unless and until you have opted-out of these activities
by notifying us at optout@vergomarketing.com. Please follow the instructions provided
for you by third parties to unsubscribe from their messages.
Advertising Disclosure
We use a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our website
and sites upon which we advertise. This technology uses information about your visits
to this website and the sites upon which we advertise, to serve our ads to you.
In the course of serving our advertisements to you, a unique third-party cookie
may be placed or recognized on your browser. In addition, we may use Web beacons,
provided by our third-party advertising company, to help manage our online advertising.
These Web beacons enable our third-party ad serving company to recognize a browser's
cookie when a browser visits this site and to learn which banner ads bring users
to our website. To learn more about our third-party ad-serving company, cookies,
and how to "opt-out" please click here.
Kids And Parents
The sites covered by this policy are not intended for use by children, especially
those under age 13. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any personal information
or use our public discussion areas, forums and chats. To subscribe to newsletters
and to participate in other activities where personal information is divulged on
our teen oriented sites, you must be 13 or older. If your children disclose information
about themselves in our public discussion areas, they may get unsolicited messages
from other parties. Accordingly, you should tell them not to do so. If you're worried
about your children's activities or their privacy on our site, we encourage you
to e-mail Debbie@vergomarketing.com.
Blogs, Video and other user-generated Postings
If you elect to post material to any blogs, forums, or other community boards that
may be offered on our sites, or if you elect to upload any photographs, audio or
video, you will be solely responsible for all content, messages, text, files, images,
graphics, photos, audio clips, sounds, video or other materials (the "Postings").
You agree and warrant that any Postings you post to the sites will be true and accurate,
will not defame any person or invade any person’s privacy, and will not infringe
the proprietary rights of any person. You agree not to furnish any Postings to which
you do not own the rights. By furnishing Postings, you give VERGO Marketing, Inc.
the right to use such Postings in any manner and in any media now known or hereafter
invented, including, without limitation, the right to combine your Postings with
Postings of third parties in varied combinations. You also acknowledge that visitors
to the sites may post comments about your Postings which may be derogatory, and
that VERGo Marketing, Inc. has no obligation to monitor or delete any such postings.
Please be aware that VERGO Marketing, Inc. does not and cannot monitor all of the
Postings made to the sites, and therefore VERGO Marketing, Inc. will not be responsible
for the content of any Postings. However, VERGO Marketing, Inc. does reserve the
right to delete or edit any material in any Posting that is offensive, obscene,
harassing, offensive or otherwise objectionable and not in keeping with the community
standards of VERGO Marketing, Inc. affiliated websites . If VERGO Marketing, Inc.
elects to edit any Postings, it nonetheless assumes no responsibility for the content
of the Postings. Under no circumstances will VERGO Marketing, Inc. be liable for
any inaccuracy or defect in any Postings. We also expect our users to adhere to
certain rules of the road. Therefore, you agree not to post, email, or otherwise
make available Postings:
- That are unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, pornographic,
libelous, or invasive of another's privacy, or harmful to minors in any way.
- That harass, degrade, intimidate or are hateful toward an individual or group of
individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity,
age, or disability.
- That include personal or identifying information about another person without that
person's explicit consent.
- That are false, deceptive, misleading, deceitful, mis-informative, constitute "bait
and switch" or impersonation of any person or entity.
- Contain your own or a third party's advertising, branding or promotional content.
- That infringe any proprietary rights, including copyright or Postings that you do
not have a right to make available.
- Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the VERGO Marketing,
Inc. affiliated sites.
Because VERGO Marketing, Inc. does not monitor the Postings, you agree to use and
rely on them at your own risk. VERGO Marketing, Inc. cannot make any representation
or warranty about the material contained in the Postings. VERGO Marketing, Inc.
likewise assumes no responsibility for any contact you may have with other users
of our sites, either online or offline. If you elect to meet in person with someone
you may meet on our sites, you do so at your own risk, and under no circumstances
will VERGO Marketing, Inc. be liable for any activity or injury that may occur.
Copyright
Everything you see or read on the VERGO Marketing, Inc. site is owned by us or used
with permission. You may not copy, use, or retransmit anything from or for our site
without our permission. Any commercial or promotional distribution, publishing or
exploitation of the site, or any content, code, data or materials on the site is
strictly prohibited. You are not allowed to post or distribute any material you
do not own or which you do not have permission to use. You are also prohibited from
engaging in any conduct that interferes with the technological operation of the
site or that tampers with any copyright protection mechanisms applicable to content
on any sites. Ignoring this policy may result in copyright, trademark, or other
intellectual property rights violations.
Disclaimers
VERGO Marketing, Inc. is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline,
of any user of the sites. VERGO Marketing, Inc. takes reasonable steps to protect
the security and integrity of all personal information you provide to the sites;
however, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that information,
during transmission through the Internet or while stored on our system or otherwise
in our care, will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others, such as hackers.
VERGO Marketing, Inc. assumes no liability for any error, omission, interruption,
deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure,
theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, any user Posting.
VERGO Marketing, Inc. is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction
of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers or providers,
computer equipment, software, failure of any email or players due to technical problems
or traffic congestion on the Internet or on any of the sites or combination thereof,
including any injury or damage to users or to any person's computer related to or
resulting from participation in any activities on the sites or downloading materials.
We make no warranties the services will be timely, secure, uninterrupted, or error-free.
You understand that if you download any material, you do so at your sole risk. Under
no circumstances shall VERGO Marketing, Inc. be responsible for any loss or damage,
including personal injury or death, resulting from use of the sites, any content
posted on or through the sites, or conduct of any users of the sites, whether online
or offline. We can, whenever we want, edit or delete any content displayed on the
sites. You use the sites at your own risk. Everything you see on our sites is provided
to you "as is." The sites are provided "AS-IS" and as available and VERGO Marketing,
Inc. expressly disclaims any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement.
VERGO Marketing, Inc. cannot guarantee and does not promise any specific results
from use of the sites.
Limitation on Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL VERGO Marketing, Inc. BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR
ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES,
INCLUDING LOST PROFIT DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, EVEN IF AZTEEN
MAGAZIN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING
TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold VERGO Marketing, Inc., its subsidiaries, and affiliates,
and their respective officers, agents, partners and employees, harmless from any
loss or liability arising out of your use of the sites or from any claim, or demand,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising
out of your use of the sites in violation of these terms of service and/or any breach
of your representations, warranties and obligations set forth above and/or if any
content that you post in Postings on the sites or through the sites causes VERGO
Marketing, Inc. to be liable to another.
Changes to Privacy Policy and Notice
VERGO Marketing, Inc. may change this policy from time to time in its discretion.
Your continued use of our sites indicates your consent to this privacy policy and
any amended versions of it.
This policy was last updated on 06-02-2009.