PRIVACY POLICY

This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of our website visitors, email subscribers, magazine subscribers and event registrants; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

If you do not agree to the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy, you must discontinue using the Site and all services and features therein. By using the Site you acknowledge you have read and understand this Privacy Policy.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or content that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Order Information.

DEVICE INFORMATION

In order to serve you in the best capacity possible, we use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

COOKIES

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device and often include an anonymous unique identifier. The placement of cookies allows the Site to recognize your device and aids in the collection of browsing information to help us make the ads and content we display more relevant to you. In some cases, you won’t be able to fully take advantage of various features available without accepting cookies to be placed on your device.

Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Our advertising and marketing partners may also use their own cookies; we are not responsible for their activities and policies on the issue.

DATA RETENTION

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

MINORS

This Site is not intended for minors under the age of eighteen. In order to protect them, minors are not permitted to register for the site; provide any personal information; purchase subscriptions; or use our public discussion areas, forums, and chats without the permission of their parents or legal guardians.

You should encourage your children not to use our site, because if they disclose information about themselves in our public discussion areas or on our blogs, they may get unsolicited messages from other parties. If you’re worried about your children’s activities on our site, we encourage you to email our Privacy Policy Coordinator at technical support.

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. If we append to or make changes concerning our privacy practices online, however, we will post those changes within this privacy policy. You agree that any subsequent use by you of this Site following changes to this policy will constitute your acceptance of all such changes.

If any conflicts or disputes arise with our privacy policy, we commit to resolve it within forty-eight hours. Should a situation such as this occur, users may contact us at the e-mail address, mailing address, or telephone number listed below.