Policy
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macCompanion
Policies
About macCompanion
macCompanion is an on-line publication promoting and discussing all things
related to the Macintosh environment and is published by MPN, LLC and is
located at http://www.maccompanion.com/.
Editorial and Review contributions to macCompanion
are provided by an international team of writers, reviewers and
those who consider themselves to be Macintosh aficionados. Contributions
are also provided by Vendors, Manufacturers and others who wish
to either advertise with or provide materials for macCompanion
consumption.
Conduct
You agree to only use macCompanion for lawful purposes. You are not permitted
to use, or allow others to use, your macCompanion subscription, either
directly or indirectly to transmit any content is abusive, hateful, harassing,
defamatory, threatening, vulgar, obscene, fraudulent or unlawful. You may
not abuse, harass, or threaten any member of macCompanion, or any individual.
You may not post, transmit, or facilitate the transmission of content that
is intentionally false, inaccurate, or misleading. You may not impersonate
any person, group, company, or entity, or otherwise misrepresent your association
with said person or entity.
You also agree to not post, promote, transfer, facilitate
in the distribution of, or link to any content that can be interpreted
as slander, libel, harassment, hate speech, obscenity, pornography
or as hidden messages found in steganography. macCompanion and
the principal author thereof, reserves the right to remove any
content that could be interpreted as slander, libel, harassment,
hate speech, obscenity, or pornography or as hidden messages found
in steganography without prior notice.
You agree not to use macCompanion to post or transmit,
or cause to be posted or transmitted, any unsolicited advertising,
promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation, including
but not limited to chain letters, pyramid schemes, or other unwanted
commercial postings.
You also may not use macCompanion to post or transfer
any content that you do not have the right to transmit under law
or under contractual or fiduciary relationships. You may not use
macCompanion to intentionally violate any licensing agreements,
or to intentionally violate any applicable local, state, national,
or international law.
You agree that you will be held responsible for any
content posted and acts that occur through the use of your membership
and password. For your safety, keep your password in a secure place
and do not share your login information with others. You agree
that macCompanion reserves the right to terminate your membership
without notice for violating the Terms of Use.
macCompanion does not monitor all content posted
and transmitted by members, but macCompanion reserves the right
to monitor content transmitted through the macCompanion website
and macCompanion services. macCompanion at its sole discretion,
and without further notice, may review, remove, or prohibit the
transmission or receipt of any content that macCompanion deems
inappropriate or that violates the terms of this Agreement. You
agree to hold macCompanion harmless from and against any claim,
liability, cost, damage or loss that said action may incur, including
without limitation, court costs and attorneys fees as a result
of any violation by you under the terms of this Agreement.
Copyright
"© Copyright 1996-2007 by MPN, LLC, All rights reserved."
The materials contained in the macCompanion Web site
are provided by macCompanion and may be used for informational
purposes only. By downloading any of the Materials contained in
any portion of macCompanion you agree to the terms and provisions
as outlined in this legal notice. If you do not agree to them,
do not use this site or download Materials.
If you desire to link to, or republish articles,
please ask permission by contacting us at
editor@maccompanion.com
.
For dissemination to any other publication, the requestor
should acknowledge macCompanion as the source and also attaching "Copyright
1996-2007 by MPN, LLC" to the republished material.
Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability
This website and macCompanion are provided "as is" without warranty
of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to,
the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purpose,
or non-infringement. macCompanion and the authors thereof, assumes no responsibility
for errors or omissions in this publication or other documents which are
referenced by or linked to this publication. macCompanion could include technical,
configuration, other inaccuracies or typographical errors, and by using this
website, you agree to hold macCompanion and its authors harmless for any
such errors.
Any references to companies or corporations, their
services and products, are provided "as is" without warranty
of any kind, either expressed or implied. In no event shall macCompanion,
or the authors thereof, be liable for any special, incidental,
indirect, or consequential damages of any kind or any damages whatsoever,
including without limitation those resulting from loss of life,
use, data, or profits, whether or not advised of the possibility
of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in
connection with the use or performance of this information. All
information is subject to change without notice.
You agree to hold macCompanion and MPN, LLC, and
any associates, partners, agents, and affiliates harmless from
any dispute that may arise from a breach of terms of this Agreement.
You agree to hold macCompanion, and MPN, LLC, harmless from any
claims and expenses, including attorney's fees and court costs,
related to any violation of this Agreement.
If any provision or clause in this Agreement is found
to be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining
provisions or clauses shall continue in full force and effect.
This Agreement shall be construed and controlled by the laws of
the State of Washington, USA. Any dispute arising from the terms
or breach of this Agreement will be governed by the laws of the
State of Washington, USA. Through the use of this website, you
agree to personal jurisdiction by the state and federal courts
in the State of Washington, USA.
This Agreement, is the complete agreement between
macCompanion, MPN, LLC, you, and any other parties with respect
to the subjects contained herein and supersedes any previous proposals,
agreements, or communications, electronic, written, or oral between
macCompanion and you.
Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac, MacOS, Mac
OS X, Classic, Quadra, Centris, Performa, Power Macintosh, iMac,
eMac, PowerBook and G5 and all other Apple computer hardware are
trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brands, product names,
logos, images, multimedia elements, and technologies are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders, and are hereby
acknowledged.
Ownership of Materials
The information contained in this site is copyrighted and may not be distributed,
modified, reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission
of MPN, LLC. The images from this site may not be reproduced in any form
without the prior advance written consent of MPN, LLC. Please obtain permission
first by contacting the Editor-in-Chief at
editor@maccompanion.com
.
© Copyright 2003 by MPN, LLC, All rights reserved
http://www.maccompanion.com/
Privacy Policy
Please read and understand the following privacy statement before using any
information or services provided by macCompanion. This is posted to protect
both you and macCompanion.
We believe your privacy on the Internet and elsewhere,
is of great importance. Because macCompanion gathers some information
about its users, it is important for you to fully understand the
terms and conditions regarding the collection and use of that information.
This privacy policy discloses what information is gathered, how
it is used, and how you can correct, change, or update this information.
This privacy policy will answer the following questions:
What personally identifiable information
does macCompanion collect?
When browsing the macCompanion website, the Internet
Protocol (IP) address of your computer is collected and stored
in a log file. The IP address is used to help analyze trends, streamline
the performance of the webserver, administer the website, and to
gather broad statistical information for aggregate use. However,
IP addresses are not linked to any personally identifiable information.
When you subscribe to macCompanion some personal
information is collected. During the registration process, macCompanion
requires you to provide your name and e-mail address. At any point
where macCompanion collects personal information, a link will be
provided to this privacy policy.
How does macCompanion use personally
identifiable information?
macCompanion uses any information voluntarily provided
by members to improve the experience of using the website and services
provided by macCompanion.
macCompanion uses tracking information (log files)
to determine which portions of the site are more popular than others,
but what individual members read is not tracked. Likewise, when
a search is performed with the macCompanion search engine, the
search terms used are recorded, but individual search terms are
not connected to individual members. Both of these tracking methods
are helpful to determine the relative popularity of individual
pages and to improve the accuracy of the search engine.
macCompanion also creates aggregate reports on member
demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors, and
business partners. This results in advertising campaigns that are
more effective for advertisers. However, macCompanion does not
track the usage patterns of individual members, and therefore,
advertisers, sponsors, and business partners will not be able to
tell that a specific user clicked on a particular advertisement.
With whom, if anyone, does macCompanion
share this information?
macCompanion and MPN, LLC, is the sole owner of all
information collected from the website and services provided by
macCompanion . macCompanion will not sell, share, or rent any personally
identifiable information to any third-parties, except under specific
circumstances, as described below.
Legal: In the event that you are allegedly
involved in any type of criminal activity using the macCompanion
website or services, and macCompanion is subpoenaed to release
your membership information, macCompanion is required by law to
comply with the subpoena. macCompanion also reserves the right
to disclose membership information in special cases when releasing
the information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal
action against any individual who has blatantly or repeatedly violated
the Terms of Use agreement.
Advertising: macCompanion does not sell or
rent information about individual users to anyone for any reason.
However, macCompanion does share aggregate demographic information
with advertisers, sponsors, and business partners, but this information
is not linked to any personal information that could identify any
individual person. In the unlikely event that macCompanion or substantially
all of its assets are acquired, subscription information will be
one of the transferred assets.
macCompanion does however send out monthly advertising
notices to the subscription list as a whole, based on contracts
with advertisers.
Link Policy: macCompanion
allows and encourages links to any public page, as long as the
linked page does not appear within a frame that prevents bookmarking
it
.
What options are available regarding
the collection, use, and distribution of this information?
Companies that advertise on macCompanion may use
cookies to make it easier to track banner performance. While macCompanion
uses cookies to store login information, cookies received with
advertisements are collected by the advertising companies, and
macCompanion does not have any access to this information.
macCompanion provides advertisers, sponsors, and
business partners with aggregate information only, in such a manner
that neither the client nor macCompanion can associate any individual
or their associated membership profile within the aggregate information.
How does macCompanion allow one
to correct, change, or update this information?
macCompanion makes it simple to correct, change,
or update user information via e-mail. If you need to correct,
change, or update any of your subscription information, please
use the following instructions.
To correct, change or update your name or e-mail
address, please email the Webmaster at
webmaster@maccompanion.com.
What security is in place to minimize
the risk of loss, misuse, or alteration of this information?
macCompanion relies on the Service Provider to provide
physical security for macCompanion. Although macCompanion takes
every possible precaution with personal information, all visitors
shall follow standard security procedures when accessing and using
the macCompanion website and services provided by macCompanion.
By using the website, you acknowledge that macCompanion has neither
responsibility for nor control of the communications lines used
to access the website and services since such lines are provided
by a third-party public utility, and that the security of transmissions
to and from the website and services are not the responsibility
of macCompanion.
Privacy Statement Notice & Changes
All members of macCompanion should be aware that the macCompanion website
includes links to other sites. Please be aware that macCompanion is not
responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. It is in your own
best interest to be aware when you leave the macCompanion website and to
read the privacy policies of each website that collects personally identifiable
information from its visitors. The privacy policy posted on macCompanion
applies only to macCompanion.
macCompanion reserves the right to change this privacy
policy at any time. In the event that a decision is made to change
the privacy policy, a notice regarding the change will be posted
on the macCompanion homepage so that you will always be aware of
what information macCompanion collects, how it is used, and under
what circumstances, if any, it is disclosed. If at any point macCompanion
decides to use personally identifiable information in a manner
different from that stated at the time it was collected, you, and
all other members, will be notified by email. All members will
have a choice as to whether or not macCompanion uses their information
in this different manner. macCompanion will use information in
accordance with the privacy policy under which the information
was collected.
If you have any additional questions regarding macCompanion
and your privacy, simply send a message to
editor@maccompanion.com
. Thank you for supporting macCompanion!
Terms of Use
We publish macCompanion and you are allowed and encouraged to read it.
You are also invited to link to macCompanion on your
own site (see Link Policy).
We don't expect anyone to read this page, but encourage
you to do so, nor will we ask you not to visit the site if you
don't like our terms of use.
However, there are copyright, trademark, netiquette,
legal, and other issues everyone using the Web should be familiar
with.
Everything on macCompanion is copyrighted. Unless
otherwise noted, that copyright is held by MPN, LLC, the publisher
of macCompanion. Copyright of editorial content remains with the
authors. All rights reserved. In other words, link to our content,
just don't steal it. Other sites are invited to link to any part
of this site provided that all content is presented in its original
form and is not placed within a frame. Anyone publishing content
from macCompanion without written permission of the publisher and
the copyright holder (author/writer) may be liable to prosecution.
We don't mind if you print out a few copies of an
article with permission. Such permission is usually granted, and
we encourage Mac User Groups to contact us about publishing site
content in their printed newsletters. Please contact us at
editor@maccompanion.com.
macCompanion is for informational purposes only.
We do our best to share helpful, accurate information, but no one
associated with macCompanion assumes responsibility for its accuracy.
Errors happen. Information is subject to change without notice.
Actions taken based on any of the information contained on this
site is done entirely at your own risk. Mention of any products
or services is for informational purposes only and constitutes
neither an endorsement nor a recommendation, even if we express
such endorsements or recommendations in the reviews.
We try to assure that links work when an article
is posted, but links may no longer be valid or, worse, may lead
to a completely different site simply because someone purchased
a lapsed domain name. The opinions expressed on this site are not
necessarily those of MPN, LLC or macCompanion. We believe part
of part of participating with macCompanion is allowing others to
express opinions that diverge from our own. Opinions expressed
on the site and within the forums (assuming we have one) are those
of the authors.
Those using our email list(s) and forum(s) may not
post any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the
rights of others; which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory,
invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane
or otherwise objectionable; which encourages conduct that would
constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or
otherwise violate any law, or which, without our express prior
approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect
to products or services except as may be allowed for within the
guidelines set forth here. Any conduct that restricts or inhibits
any other user from using or enjoying macCompanion. its email list(s),
and forum(s), will not be permitted. We reserve the right to ban
users temporarily or permanently from any macCompanion resource
at the sole discretion of the publisher.
Users agree to indemnify and hold harmless MPN, LLC,
macCompanion, its employees, and its freelance staff from all claims
and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use
of any macCompanion resource.
Any email sent to the site, unless specifically noted
otherwise, is considered postable, with email addresses removed
unless the author requests otherwise. If your comments are private
and not for publication, mark you email "not for publication."
macCompanion is an independent publication and has
not yet been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple
Computer, Inc. Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, iMac, and iBook
are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Additional company
and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of
the individual companies and are hereby acknowledged.
MPN, LLC, may at any time revise these terms of use
by updating this page. Although we cannot legally bind you to these
terms we ask that you abide by them as they reflect the law and
good Internet usage.
Trademark Information
macCompanion, and the macCompanion logo and "Your Guide to All Things
Macintosh" are trademarks of MPN, LLC, registered in the USA.
Other macCompanion product or service names or logos
referenced in the macCompanion Web site are either trademarks or
registered trademarks of MPN, LLC. The absence of a product or
service name or logo from this list does not constitute a waiver
of MPN, LLC trademark or other intellectual property rights concerning
the macCompanion name or logo.
Use of the macCompanion Logo for commercial purposes
without the prior written consent of MPN, LLC, may constitute trademark
infringement and unfair competition in violation of federal and
state laws. Use of any other macCompanion trademark in commerce
may be prohibited by law except by express license from MPN, LLC.
Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac, MacOS, Mac
OS X, Classic, Quadra, Centris, Performa, Power Macintosh, iMac,
eMac, PowerBook and G5 and all other Apple computer products are
trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brands, product names,
logos, images, multimedia elements, and technologies are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders, and are hereby
acknowledged.
