PRIVACY POLICY:
Infostrada Communications, LLC (”Infostrada”) is committed to your privacy. We created this privacy policy (”Privacy Policy”) to inform you of our information gathering and dissemination practices for www.linux-mag.com, www.linuxmagazine.com, www.voip-magazine.com.com (collectively known as the “Site”). You can generally visit our Sites without revealing any personal information about yourself. However, when you engage in certain activities on the Sites, such as registering to subscribe to one of the Infostrada newsletters or to participate on the message boards, we may ask you to provide certain information that is personally identifiable.
Acquisition of Information:
Infostrada collects information from you in the following ways:
(1) User supplied information:
Our registration process requires your e-mail address, and a username and password of your choosing. In addition, our registration process require additional information: personal name, title, address, phone number, your business type, your estimated revenue, the technologies you are interested in, and what parts of the network you find interesting. From time to time, we may request additional information.
(2) Cookies:
Our Sites uses “cookies,” small files that are sent to your browser and stored on your hard drive. A cookie does not contain any personally identifiable information, but it does enable Infostrada to record how and when you use the Site.
(3) Advertising:
Infostrada uses both internal and external advertising systems to display ads on the Sites. The external advertising systems are solely controlled by our advertising partners and may contain cookies or other information gathering abilities. Infostrada has no access to or control of any information obtained by these advertisers.
Use of Information:
We may use any personally identifiable information you provide at your option only to:
(1) Predict and respond to your needs by aggregating our users’ information and tracking user trends. Although we do share this aggregated information with other users and third parties, it will not personally identify you. (2) Provide you with information about Infostrada’s products, services, news and events that we believe may be of interest to you. In addition, we may provide this information to third parties who wish to inform you about their products, services, news and events that they believe may be of interest to you. While we may tell you about these other parties, it is entirely your choice whether or not to contact them. We will not share your personally identifiable information with other parties without your prior consent. If you choose to contact any third party, your communication with them will be governed by their privacy policies and not Infostrada’s. At any time, you may opt out of receiving information about Infostrada or other parties by changing your registration profile.
Transfer:
Infostrada may disclose your personally identifiable information upon a transfer or sale to another entity of all or substantially all of Infostrada’s assets or stock in Infostrada’s line of business to which this Privacy Policy relates or upon any other corporate reorganization.
Webinar Agreement:
I agree to allow the information collected to be shared with the sponsors of this event. In doing so, I may be contacted by the sponsors via the information submitted. Infostrada agrees not to share this information with any 3rd parties not involved in this specific event unless I have denoted otherwise.
Vendor-contributed Content Agreement:
I agree to allow the information collected to be shared with the sponsors of white papers, case studies, and product listings. In doing so, I may be contacted by the sponsors via the information submitted. Infostrada agrees not to share this information with any 3rd parties not involved with the specific resource unless I have denoted otherwise.
Exclusion:
Because Infostrada cannot predict, control or be responsible for information you choose to tell us or others in a publicly available fashion, this Privacy Policy does not apply to any information that you voluntarily disclose to Infostrada, our partners, our customers or any other third party via chat rooms, bulletin boards or otherwise where Infostrada did not expressly ask you for such information.
Access by Our Employees:
Infostrada uses good faith efforts to limit our employees’ access to your personally identifiable information to the amount reasonably required to provide prompt, high quality service.
Update Your Profile:
Please help us to provide you with the highest quality and most efficient service by ensuring that your registration profile is current and complete. To edit your profile, visit our User Preferences page.
Due to the Internet’s rapidly evolving nature, Infostrada may need to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If so, Infostrada will post its updated policy at www.linux-mag.com. Infostrada encourages you to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes.
Questions?
If you have any questions or suggestions about our privacy or security policies, please feel free to contact us at support@linux-mag.com.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH BELOW (THE “TERMS”) GOVERN YOUR USE OF THESE SITES ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB (COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE “SITE”) OF Infostrada (”Infostrada” - www.linux-mag.com, www.linuxmagazine.com, and www.voip-magazine.com), AND ARE LEGALLY BINDING ON YOU. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS OR OTHERWISE USE THIS SITE OR ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE SITE. YOUR USE OF THE SITE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE YOUR AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY EACH OF THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW.
General Use Restrictions:
All information, documents, products, software and services provided on this Site, including trademarks, logos, graphics and images (the “Materials”) are provided to you by Infostrada. Infostrada grants you the limited right to display the Materials only on your personal computer, and to copy and download the Materials displayed on this Site, provided that: (1) both the Infostrada copyright notice (set forth below) and this permission notice appear in the Materials so displayed, copied or downloaded, (2) such display, copy or download is solely for your personal or internal informational use (that is, not distributed or otherwise transmitted outside of your home or company, or otherwise broadcast in any media). You acknowledge and agree that you have no right to modify, edit, alter or enhance any of the Materials in any manner. This limited license terminates automatically, without notice to you, if you breach any of these Terms. Upon termination of this limited license, you agree to immediately destroy any downloaded and printed Materials.
Except as stated herein, you acknowledge that you have no right, title or interest in or to the Materials on any legal basis, without the advance written authorization of Infostrada.
Third Party Content:
Certain information and content may be provided by third parties to Infostrada (”Third Party Content”). The Third Party Content is, in each case, the copyrighted work of the creator/licensor, and may be subject to terms of use and/or privacy policies of such third parties. Please contact the appropriate third party for further information regarding such terms. Infostrada DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO CONTENT PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTIES, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
No Framing:
You agree not to “frame” or “mirror” any Materials or Third Party Content contained on or accessible from this Site on any other server or Internet-based device without the advance written authorization of Infostrada or its licensors, respectively.
Third Party Interaction:
In your use of the Site, you may enter into correspondence with, purchase goods and/or services, or participate in promotions of advertisers or members or sponsors showing their goods and/or services on or advertised through the Site. Unless otherwise stated, any such correspondence, purchase or promotion, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and/or services, and any other term, condition, warranty or representation associated with such correspondence, purchase or promotion, is solely between you and the applicable third party. You agree that Infostrada has no liability, obligation or responsibility for any such correspondence, purchase or promotion between you and any such third party.
Links to Third Party Sites:
This Site may be linked to other sites on the World Wide Web or Internet which are not under the control of or maintained by Infostrada. Such links do not constitute an endorsement by Infostrada of those sites. You acknowledge that Infostrada is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and further agree that Infostrada is not responsible for the content of such sites. Your use of other sites is subject to the terms of use and privacy policies located on the linked sites.
Restricted Areas of the Site:
Certain functions of the Site are restricted to authorized users or require you to provide personal information (”Restricted Areas”). If you are an authorized user of the Restricted Areas, you agree that you are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password or your employees’ passwords and account information, if any, and agree to notify Infostrada if the password is lost, stolen, disclosed to an unauthorized third party, or otherwise may have been compromised. You agree that you are entirely responsible for any and all activities which occur under your account, including any fees which may be incurred under your password-protected account, whether or not you are the individual who undertakes such activities. You agree to immediately notify Infostrada of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security in relation to the Site known to you.
Submissions:
You acknowledge that you are responsible for the information and material that you submit via the message boards or otherwise (each a “Submission”), and that you, and not Infostrada, will have full responsibility for each such Submission, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright. Unless otherwise explicitly stated herein or in the Privacy Policy, you agree that any Submission provided by you in connection with this Site outside the Restricted Areas is provided on a non-proprietary and non-confidential basis. You agree that Infostrada shall be free to use or disseminate a Submission which is posted outside the Restricted Areas on an unrestricted basis for any purpose. If you submit information to the Site, you grant Infostrada a nonexclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to (in any media now known or not currently known or invented) link to, utilize, use, copy, exploit, and prepare derivative works of the Submission. No information you submit shall be deemed confidential. However, Infostrada agrees to use your information in accordance with Infostrada’s Privacy Policy applicable to personally identifiable user data.
YOU RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF ANY COPYRIGHTS OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO ANY INFORMATION YOU SUBMIT TO Infostrada.
Message Board Rules and Etiquette:
Infostrada asks that you respect the Infostrada online community as well as other individuals participating within the Infostrada online community. In addition, you agree not to:
(1) Participate in off-topic discussions.
(2) Offer for sale products or services.
(3) Disparage the products or services of any company or individual.
(4) Impersonate or represent Infostrada, Infostrada staff or other industry professionals.
(5) Solicit a Infostrada member’s password or other account information.
(6) Harvest screen names for any purpose.
(7) Use racially or ethnically offensive language.
(8) Discuss, Solicit or incite illegal activity.
(9) Disrupt the flow of discussions on the message boards or chat in chat rooms in any manner, including without limitation vulgar language, abusiveness, repeatedly hitting the return key or inputting large images to make review of the material on the screen difficult for other participants.
(10) Use explicit/obscene language or solicit/post sexually explicit images (actual or simulated).
(11) Harass, threaten, embarrass, or do anything else to a board or chat participant that is unwanted.
Unauthorized Activities:
You acknowledge that your Submissions, participation in message boards and unauthorized use of any Materials or Third Party Content contained on this Site may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, certain communications statutes and regulations and other applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are wholly responsible for your actions or the actions of any person using your screen name and/or password. As such, you agree to hold Infostrada entirely harmless from and against any and all costs, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by Infostrada in relation to, arising from or for the purpose of avoiding any claim or demand from a third party that your use of the Site or the use of the Site by any person using your screen name and/or password (including without limitation your participation in the chat rooms or your Submissions) violates any applicable law or regulation, or the rights of any third party.
Disclaimer of Warranty:
You acknowledge and agree that this Site may include certain errors, omissions, outdated information which may affect the quality of the Materials and the Third Party Content. You acknowledge that neither the Materials nor the Third Party Content have been independently verified or authenticated in whole or in part by Infostrada, and agree that Infostrada does not warrant the accuracy or timeliness of the Materials or the Third Party Content, and further agree that Infostrada has no liability for any errors or omissions in the Materials and the Third Party Content, whether provided by Infostrada or its licensors.
Infostrada, FOR ITSELF AND EACH OF ITS LICENSORS, MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, OR GUARANTEES AS TO THE QUALITY, SUITABILITY, TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THE SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE MATERIALS, THE THIRD PARTY CONTENT AND THE SUBMISSIONS OF OTHER VISITORS TO THE SITE. UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY STATED, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SITE AND ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN “AS IS” AND “WHERE-IS” BASIS, AND IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. ALL CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.
Limitation of Liability:
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, Infostrada SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR A THIRD PARTY CLAIMING THROUGH YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF YOUR DISPLAYING, COPYING, OR DOWNLOADING ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THE SITE OR IN RELATION TO YOUR SUBMISSIONS. IN NO EVENT SHALL Infostrada BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, EXTRAORDINARY, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS, USE OR OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE) HOWEVER ARISING, WHETHER FOR BREACH OR IN TORT, EVEN IF Infostrada HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Additional Rights:
Certain jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the exclusions set forth above may not apply to you.
Local Laws:
Infostrada controls and operates this Site from its headquarters in the United States of America and makes no representation that the Materials are appropriate or will be available for use in other locations. If you use this Site from outside the United States of America, you are entirely responsible for compliance with applicable local laws, including but not limited to the export and import regulations of other countries in relation to the Materials and the Third Party Content.
Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all marketing or promotional materials found on this Site are solely directed to individuals, companies or other entities located in the United States.
General:
Infostrada does not monitor your data or transmissions, yet, Infostrada does actively monitor accounts for system utilization. However, you agree that, in Infostrada’s efforts to promote good citizenship within the Internet community, if Infostrada becomes aware of inappropriate use of the Site or any Infostrada service, Infostrada may respond. You acknowledge that Infostrada will report to law enforcement authorities any actions which may be considered illegal, as well as any reports it receives of such conduct. When requested, Infostrada will cooperate fully with law enforcement agencies in any investigation of alleged illegal activity on the Internet.
If you violate these Terms, Infostrada reserves the right to terminate your ability to post submissions without notice. In addition, you agree to terminate your use of the Site upon request. Infostrada’s preferred course of action is to advise you of your inappropriate behavior and recommend any necessary corrective action.
You agree that Infostrada can revise these Terms at any time without notice by updating this posting. You agree that your continued use of the Site after such modifications have been made constitutes your acceptance of such revised Terms.
Any action related to these Terms will be governed by New York law and controlling U.S. federal law, without regard to the choice or conflicts of law provisions of any jurisdiction. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts located in the State of New York, for the resolution of all disputes arising from or related to these Terms and/or your use of the Site.
If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties, with all other provisions remaining in full force and effect. The failure of Infostrada to enforce any right or provision in these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by Infostrada in writing. The Terms comprises the entire agreement between you and Infostrada and supersede all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions or agreements, if any, between the parties regarding the subject matter contained herein.