PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.
As used herein, the phrase “this site” refers to Syrupmagazine.com
and other sites on the World Wide Web originating in the United
States which are owned and/or operated by SYRUP Magazine and Unleashed
Media Inc.(collectively, SYRUP Magazine). By using this site, you
indicate your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree
to this Policy, you are not permitted to access this site and you
should not do so.
SYRUP Magazine reserves the right to change or otherwise update
this Policy at any time. Such changes or updates are effective immediately
after SYRUP Magazine gives notice of the change or update, which
SYRUP Magazine may do by posting on this site, or by electronic
or conventional mail, and/or by any other means which provides reasonable
notice. Your use of this site after such notice is posted means
that you accept these changes or updates.
SYRUP Magazine understands and respects your desire for privacy.
To that end, we would like you to know how we use the personal information
you provide to us.
We collect personally identifying information (such as your name
and address) when you register for the online newsletter or SYRUP
Magazine Lounge, enter contests, or participate in other interactive
online activities (e.g., surveys, chat rooms, games, or bulletin
boards) throughout this site. As described below, we may use such
information to award prizes or, with your permission, for promotional
and marketing purposes. We also collect non-personally-identifiable
information (such as your IP address or domain, or about your site
usage) for purposes of site administration and to compile aggregate
information about usage of the site.
You will be asked for your credit card information if you subscribe
to SYRUP Magazine or buy any other product from the site.
Your credit card information is not collected or retained by SYRUP
Magazine. It, along with the personal identifying information you
submit, is transferred to and used by third party financial institutions
to verify the credit card numbers and to authorize the processing
of the transaction. Be sure to review all privacy policies published
by our third-party service providers and contact them directly if
you have questions as they may have privacy terms that differ from
SYRUP Magazine’s Privacy Policy.
SYRUP Magazine Online has implemented appropriate safeguards to
help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and to
make proper use of the information that we collect. However, no
transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely
secure. Thus, while we strive to protect your personal information,
SYRUP Magazine cannot absolutely guarantee the security of any information
you provide to us.
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other electronic communications from SYRUP Magazine, enter your
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promotional and marketing e-mails that you receive from a SYRUP
Magazine Online partner by typing “UNSUBSCRIBE” (and
only “UNSUBSCRIBE”) in the subject line in a reply to
one of the partner’s e-mails to you, or following the “unsubscribe”
link at the bottom of the e-mail.
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provide any other subscription information to SYRUP Magazine, you
may write to SYRUP Magazine, 510 S. Mathilda Ave. Suite 9, Sunnyvale,
Ca. 94086
If you have any questions or concerns about the SYRUP Magazine
Online Privacy Policy or its implementation, you may contact us
at SYRUP Magazine Online, Privacy Policy, policy@Syrupmagazine.com
POLICY FOR MINORS
Children should always ask parents for permission before providing
any personal information online. No information should be submitted
to or posted on this site by any Minor (a guest under 18 years of
age) without the consent of a parent or guardian. Unless otherwise
disclosed during collection, we do not knowingly provide any personally
identifying information about Minors, regardless of its source,
to third parties, nor is this information knowingly used by SYRUP
Magazine for any marketing or promotional purposes. Minors are not
allowed to participate in contests.
POLICY FOR ADULT GUESTS
SYRUP Magazine Online collects personal information from guests
over 18 years of age in order to provide guests with a personalized
online experience and to provide our advertisers a way to reach
the right audience. SYRUP Magazine may share the personal and aggregate
information we collect with our affiliates and other sites operated
by and for SYRUP Magazine. On a confidential basis, SYRUP Magazine
may also share personal information with our corporate affiliates
or consultants or with third parties that perform a particular service
on our behalf (such as fulfilling orders or for general site administration
purposes). SYRUP Magazine shares aggregate information with third
parties for advertising and promotional purposes. We may also disclose
personal information in response to legal process, such as a request
by law enforcement, a court order or subpoena, or to protect the
integrity of our site if we believe that a guest has committed unlawful
or otherwise harmful acts.
With the permission of guests 18 years or older, information submitted
at the time of registration or submission may be used for marketing
and promotional purposes by us and, also with the permission of
the guest, may be shared by us with companies that have agreed with
SYRUP Magazine to use this information only for the marketing and
promotion of its products and services.
If any individual submits content for publication (e.g. Ask SYRUP
Magazine), we may publish his or her name and any other information
submitted by that individual.
If guests elect to use our “E-mail to a Friend” referral
service for informing a friend about our site, we ask for the friend’s
e-mail address, and we will send an e-mail in response to your request
inviting them to visit the site. This information is stored at SYRUP
Magazine Online solely for the purpose of sending the e-mail.
PUBLIC FORUMS
Whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online in
chat rooms, message boards, or similar posting areas, the information
can be reviewed and collected by anyone. Therefore, do not post
any information that you do not want to be made available to the
general public. SYRUP Magazine is not responsible for unsolicited
communications that arise from your postings on this site.
PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS FROM THIS SITE
If you purchase a product from this site, information may be collected
from you, including your credit card and contact information, for
transfer to and use by third party providers of the product. SYRUP
Magazine does not retain this information. Unless otherwise stated,
SYRUP Magazine does not have any responsibility in connection with
such purchases and all transactions and use of any customer information
are the sole responsibility of the product provider. Be sure to
review the product provider’s privacy policy and contact them
directly if you have any questions. They may have privacy terms
that differ from the SYRUP Magazine Online Privacy Policy.
USE OF IP ADDRESSES
An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your
computer by your Internet service provider whenever you log on to
the Web. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its
IP address, so when a guest requests pages from our site, our servers
log the guest's IP address. The IP addresses of our guests are collected
only for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate
information to our advertisers, our corporate affiliates or consultants,
or with third parties that perform a particular service on our behalf.
We do not combine IP addresses with any personally identifying information,
nor do we compile any session activity reports by IP address.
USE OF COOKIES
In cyberspace, cookies are pieces of information that a Web site
transfers to an individual’s hard drive for record-keeping
purposes.
Cookies make Web-surfing easier for you by saving your passwords,
purchases, and preferences while you’re at a site. The use
of cookies is an industry standard-you’ll find them at most
major Web sites.
By showing how and when guests use the site, cookies help us see
which areas are popular and which are not and help in targeting
ads based on guest interests. Many improvements and updates to the
site are based on such data as total number of guests and pages
viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies.
A cookie allows us to store the personal preferences that you set
during each visit to our site, which in turn allows us to speed
up your future activities at our site. Similarly, the stores hosted
by our site usually use cookies to track which products you’ve
chosen to purchase while shopping. Letting cookies do the record-keeping
saves you the trouble of entering information over and over again.
You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers on this site
as well. SYRUP Magazine Online does not control these cookies, and
they are not subject to the SYRUP Magazine Online Privacy Policy.
Advertisers do not have access to SYRUP Magazine Online’s
cookies.
The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard
in the Internet industry.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you’d
prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when
cookies are being sent. However, it is possible that some parts
of the site, such as the shopping, contest, and game areas, will
not function properly if you do so. If you have any additional questions
or concerns pertaining to the privacy of information collected on
this site, send an e-mail.
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