Welcome to the Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) website (the “Site”). This Site is owned by the Security Innovation Network™ (SINET), whose registered office is: Security Innovation Network™ (SINET), 2269 Chestnut Street, #206, San Francisco, California, 94123. References to the terms “SINET”, “we”, “our” or “us” in these Terms of Service (“Terms”) refer to the Security Innovation Network™ (SINET), its subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their respective officers and personnel.
When we use the term “Site” we mean https://www.sinetcisoconnect.com and all of the web locations and Internet addresses (e.g., URLs, domain names and pages) that we own or control and use to offer and/or provide the Services (defined below), as well as all equivalent, mirror, replacement, substitute or backup web sites and all included web pages. These Terms apply to all Services made available via the Site. We use the terms “Service” or “Services” to refer, individually and/or collectively, to any or all of the services, promotions, events, communications and/or transactions made available through the Site and/or for use with any device and all of the associated content, features and functions. If you use, participate or take advantage of our Services, you will have confirmed your agreement to be bound by and comply any and all additional terms and conditions applicable to that particular Service (referred to individually and collectively, as “Additional Terms”). Our Privacy Policy, as well as any Additional Terms that apply to you, are all part of these Terms and form a part of your legally binding agreement with us regarding our Services. By using or attempting to use our Site and/or any Service you are confirming that you have read, understand and agree to, shall abide by and comply with all of the terms and conditions of these Terms, including our Privacy Policy and any Additional Terms.
You, and anyone using the Site or any Service, whether or not you are a Registered User (as defined below), may be referred to in these Terms as a “user”, even if you do not take advantage of the entire Site, all of our Services or all of the feature and functions available to you. The words “use” or “using” means any time you, or any other individual, directly or indirectly, with or without the aid of a machine or device, accesses or attempts to access, interact with, use, display, view, print or copy, transmit, receive or exchange messages, data or communicate with the Site or any Service or any other user, person, firm or enterprise on or through the Site or any Service, or in any way utilizes, benefits, takes advantage of or interacts with any content, feature, function of the Site or any Service, in any way and for any purpose whatsoever. We obtain certain information from all users of the Site and Services and you should refer to our Privacy Policy that contains important information and disclosures relating to our collection, maintenance and use of information we obtain from you in connection with your use of the Site and Services.
REGISTRATION AND USER ID
Although you do not have to register to be a user (i.e., to visit) or take advantage of some of the features and functions of the Site, in order to access, use or take advantage of many of the enhanced and certain other valuable services, features, functions and services that are available from or through the Site, you must register and become a registered user (“Registered User”) in which case you will be issued a unique user identification (“User ID”). We obtain certain information from all users of the Site, respond to Sponsors or other advertisers, or otherwise engage in activities or transactions with the Site, whether or not you are or become a Registered User, attempt to register or enter registration information. As a condition of participation in other Services available on the Site, Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) requires your permission to send you administrative and promotional emails. By participating in Services, you affirmatively permit Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) to send you administrative and promotional e-mails. We will send you information regarding your account activity, as well as updates about our Services and promotional offers. You can opt-out of our promotional emails anytime by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our e-mail correspondences. You should read our Privacy Policy, which describes the Personal Information (i.e., the personally identifiable information) we collect, use, manage, store and disclose. Your User ID is personal to you and you may not allow any others to use your User ID under any circumstances. During registration or at other times when you use the Service, we may ask you to provide us with some additional information about yourself which is optional, but which enables us to customize the Service experience for you. We will indicate what information is required and what information is optional. We also have the right to require you to provide us with certain additional information (for example, a secret question and answer) for security or identity verification purposes. You are solely responsible for the confidentiality of your User ID and we are not liable for any harm caused or related to the disclosure, theft or misappropriation of all or any portion of your User ID or if someone else uses your User ID through no fault of ours, unless and until you notify us your User ID may have been compromised, misappropriated or improperly taken or used by another party. You agree to immediately notify us if you become aware of or believe there is or may have been any unauthorized use or activity using your User ID or if you have any security concerns.
CONTENT AND MARKS
“Content” refers to all content, text, graphics, messages, newsletters, music, audio, video, artwork, illustrations, images, photographs, animations, data, information, databases, designs, other proprietary information and materials and all copyrightable or otherwise legally protectable elements of the Site and any Service, tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, the selection, sequence, ‘look and feel’ and arrangement of items, as well as all copyright and other rights in Marks (as defined below) or other intellectual property which you may encounter, which may be accessed and/or available from, are provided by or for your use in connection with the Site and any Service. Content is either our property or owned by our licensors, users, suppliers, operational service providers, advertisers, business or promotional partners or sponsors and is legally protected, without limitation, under U.S. Federal and State, as well as applicable foreign laws, regulations and international treaties. You may only use Content, the Site and any Service generally, only as expressly provided herein, in accordance with these Terms, and for no other purpose. Any rights not specifically granted to you by us are fully reserved by us and any unauthorized or prohibited use of the Site or any Service may subject you to civil liability, criminal prosecution, or both. We use the term “Marks” to refer to trademarks, service marks, logos, brands and brand names, trade dress and trade names and all other distinctive identification. Other Marks, names, words, titles, phrases, logos, icons, graphics, or designs contained in this Site may also be considered trademarks, trade names, or design marks of Security Innovation Network™ (SINET), Inc. Marks not owned by us are owned by third parties and distributed under license.
MODIFICATION OF TERMS AND/OR SERVICES
We have the right, any time and from time to time, for any reason in our discretion, to change these Terms, including the Privacy Policy and any Additional Terms that apply to any Service. If you use the Site or any Service after we implement or post a notice of a change, you will be bound by the change. Please check back to these Terms frequently so you are aware of the most current terms and conditions of your agreement with us. We also reserve the right, any time and from time-to-time, in our discretion, to modify, suspend or discontinue all or any portion of the Site or any Service without notice and without liability to you or any other party.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
These Terms do not cover any other services, web sites, web pages, transactions, relationships, activities or other things, nor any transactions or relationship you may have with any of our suppliers, advertisers, licensors, wireless or mobile carriers, internet service providers, operational service providers, promotional partners, sponsors or any other person, firm or enterprise, unless specifically stated. These Terms also do not cover your rights or responsibilities with respect to third party content or links that may direct your browser or your connection to third party sites or pages, even if they appear on or are linked with our Site and you should refer to the terms of use and privacy policies that apply to these third parties since they, not us, are responsible for them. References in this Site or any Service to any products, services, processes, hypertext links, or other information, by trade name, trade mark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise, do not necessarily constitute or imply our endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation.
CODE OF CONDUCT AND POSTINGS
Your use of the Site and any Service is subject to all applicable local, provincial, state, national and international laws and regulations and international treaties. Your User ID is personal to you and you may not allow any others to use your User ID under any circumstances. You agree to immediately notify us if you become aware of or believe there is or may have been any unauthorized use or activity using your User ID or if you have any security concerns. You are solely responsible for all activities, acts and omissions that occur in, from, through or under your email address, account or User ID. You may not use, allow or enable others to use our Service or knowingly allow use by others, in any manner that is, attempts or is likely to:
(a) be libelous, defamatory, indecent, vulgar or obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit or sexually suggestive, racially, culturally, or ethnically offensive, harmful, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, objectionable, discriminatory, or abusive which may or may appear to impersonate anyone else.
(b) affect adversely or reflect negatively on us, our Service or on our goodwill, name or reputation or cause duress, distress or discomfort to us or anyone else, or discourage any person, firm or enterprise from using all or any portion of our Service, from becoming a Subscriber or from advertising, linking or becoming a supplier or licensor to us;
(c) send or result in the transmission of junk email, chain letters, duplicative or unsolicited messages, “spamming” (i.e., SPAM) or “phishing”;
(d) be used for commercial or business purposes, including, without limitation, advertising, marketing or offering goods or services, whether or not for compensation or through links with any other web site or web pages;
(e) transmit, distribute or upload programs or material that contain malicious code, such as viruses, time bombs, cancel bots, worms, Trojan horses, spyware or other potentially harmful programs, material, code or information;
(f) forge any TCP/IP packet header or part of the header information in any message, email, chat or posting for any reason;
(g) violate any laws, regulations (including, without limitation, laws regarding the transmission of technical data or software exported from the United States), judicial or governmental order, any treaties or violate or infringe upon any intellectual property rights, rights of publicity or privacy or any other rights of ours or of any other person, firm or enterprise;
(h) gain unauthorized access to our Service or any other users’ account, User ID, names, passwords, Personal Information, Subscriber information, profile, or other computers, web sites or web pages connected or linked to our Service or to use our Service in any manner which violates or is inconsistent with these Terms;
(i) modify, disrupt, impair, alter or interfere with the use, features, functions, operation or maintenance of our Service or the rights or use and enjoyment of our Service by others; or
(j) collect, obtain, compile, gather, transmit, reproduce, delete, revise, view or display any material or information, whether personally identifiable or not, posted by or concerning any other person, firm or enterprise, in connection with their or your use of our Site.
When we use the term “Post”, “Posted” or “Posting” we are referring to each and every time you submit, provide, furnish, share, message, instant message, exchange, transmit or communicate any information, ideas, images, audio-visual material, opinions, files, messages). In fact any time you communicate or make anything available or accessible on the Site you will have “Posted” it. With respect to each Post submitted by you, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right and non-exclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform and publicly display such Post on the Site and/or in connection with the applicable Service. The preceding license grant does not apply to Personal Information submitted by you, which will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy. We shall be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any Posting, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing, and marketing products or services incorporating or otherwise based on such Posting.
You are solely responsible and liable for Postings made under your User ID, name, user name, email address, password and/or your registration, subscription and/or profile information, if any. Postings do not reflect our views and we do not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability of any Posting, nor do we endorse or support any opinions or ideas expressed in any Posting. In no event shall we have or be construed to have any responsibility or liability for or in connection with any Posting. If we determine, in our sole discretion, you have not complied with any of our Terms or if, in our judgment, you or any Posting violates these Terms, we reserve the right, at any time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights we may have, at law or in equity, to (a) refuse to allow you to Post again, (b) remove and delete your profile, any Postings, your registration, subscription, User ID, user name or any other indicia or authorization to use all or any of our Site, (c) revoke your registration and right to use all or any of our Services, and (d) use any technological, legal, operational or other means available to enforce these Terms, including, without limitation, blocking specific IP addresses or deactivating your registration, access rights using your e-mail address, your User ID, user name and/or password.
Our Site has a finite, and therefore limited, capacity and some Postings and messages may not be processed in a timely fashion or at all, and some features or functions may be restricted or delayed or become inoperable. You acknowledge and agree we assume no liability, responsibility or obligation to transmit, process, store, receive or deliver any Postings or messages or for any failure, inaccuracy or delay. Do not rely on the timeliness or performance of our Site for any transactions, Posting, messages or other communications.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
OUR SITE AND ALL SERVICES ARE MADE AVAILABLE “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND OR ANY GUARANTY OR ASSURANCE THE SITE OR ANY SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE OR PERFORM AS DESCRIBED. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS AND IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AS WELL AS ALL WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS.
WE ARE ALSO NOT LIABLE FOR ANY MALICIOUS CODE, DELAYS, INACCURACIES, ERRORS, OR OMISSIONS ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR ANY SERVICE. YOU UNDERSTAND, ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT YOU ARE ASSUMING THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, PERFORMANCE, TIMELINESS, ADEQUACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, AUTHENTICITY, SECURITY AND VALIDITY OF ANY AND ALL FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS OF OUR SITE AND ANY SERVICE.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, NEITHER WE NOR OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS NOR OUR OR ANY OF THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, REPRESENTATIVES, ADVERTISERS, SPONSORS, BUSINESS OR PROMOTIONAL PARTNERS, WIRELESS OR MOBILE CARRIERS, OPERATIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS OR SUPPLIERS, SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, LOSS OR DAMAGE, DIRECT OR INDIRECT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER IN CONNECTION WITH, AS A RESULT OF OR ARISING FROM OUR SITE OR ANY SERVICE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION, THE LEGAL THEORY OR BASIS OF THE CLAIM AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. IF ANY LIMITATION ON REMEDIES, DAMAGES OR LIABILITY IS PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW, WE SHALL REMAIN ENTITLED TO THE MAXIMUM DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS AVAILABLE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, AT LAW AND/OR IN EQUITY, HOWEVER, IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR LIABILITY TO YOU FOR DAMAGES OR OTHERWISE EXCEED FIFTY DOLLARS (US $50), NOTWITHSTANDING ANY CLAIM THAT SUCH REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON DAMAGES AND REMEDIES, ACCORDINGLY SOME OF THE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
You agree if you have a dispute with us or are dissatisfied with any aspect of our Site or any Service or any of the Terms with us, termination of your registration and use of our Site or any Service is your sole right and exclusive remedy, even if that right or remedy is deemed to fail of its essential purpose. You acknowledge and agree we have no other obligation, liability or responsibility to you or any other party.
LAW THAT APPLIES
Your use of the Site, any Service and these Terms, shall be governed, construed and enforced under the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts made, executed and wholly performed in California. You unconditionally and irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the State and Federal Courts situated in the County of San Francisco, California and you shall not object to such jurisdiction or venue on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction, inconvenient forum or otherwise. These Terms shall not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, which is expressly excluded and you also expressly agree to exclude the applicability of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. A printed copy of these Terms and of any notice in electronic form shall be admissible in any judicial or administrative proceedings to the same extent and under the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
IN ANY CLAIM, ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE ANY RIGHT OR OBLIGATION OF THE PARTIES UNDER THE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, RELATING TO YOUR USE OF OUR SERVICE, YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT YOU MAY NOW HAVE OR HEREAFTER POSSESS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
MISCELLANEOUS
These Terms, including our Privacy Policy and any Additional Terms are legally binding and constitute your agreement with us regarding the Service. These Terms represent the complete and exclusive statement of terms and conditions between you and us regarding the subject matter, superseding any and all prior or inconsistent agreements, understandings, discussions, communications, written, oral or otherwise. They may only be modified by us as set forth herein and cannot be changed orally, by course of dealing or conduct or otherwise. If any term or condition is held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, this will not affect any other provision each of which will continue in effect. Any term or condition which must survive to allow us to enforce its meaning shall survive; however, no action arising out of these Terms or your use of the Site or any Service, regardless of the form of action or basis of the claim, may be brought by you more than one year after the cause of action has arisen (or if multiple causes, the date the first cause arose). Our delay or failure to take any action shall not be or be construed as a waiver of that or any other term, condition or right we may have. You may not transfer or assign these Terms or your right to use our Service to anyone and any attempt to do so shall be void ab initio.
FOR REFERENCE:
For ease of reference, the SINET Privacy Policy can be reviewed at any time.
These Terms were last modified on 31 January 2014 and are effective immediately.
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Pursuant to Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2), all notifications of claimed copyright infringement on our Site should be sent ONLY to our Designated Agent and in accordance with the statutory requirements.
NOTE: The following information is provided solely for notifying the service providers referenced below that your copyrighted material may have been infringed.
DO NOT SEND ANY INQUIRIES UNRELATED TO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT (e.g., REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE, CUSTOMER SERVICE INQUIRIES) TO THE CONTACT LISTED BELOW. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE IF SENT TO THAT CONTACT. GENERAL INQUIRIES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE CONTACT SET FORTH IN THE CONTACT US SECTION OF THE SITE.
WE CAUTION YOU THAT UNDER FEDERAL LAW, IF YOU KNOWINGLY MISREPRESENT THAT ONLINE CONTENT IS INFRINGING, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO HEAVY CIVIL PENALTIES. THESE INCLUDE MONETARY DAMAGES, COURT COSTS, AND ATTORNEYS FEES INCURRED BY US, BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER, OR BY ANY COPYRIGHT OWNER’S LICENSEE THAT IS INJURED AS A RESULT OF OUR RELYING UPON YOUR MISREPRESENTATION. YOU MAY ALSO BE SUBJECT TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY.
Repeat Infringer Policy
We have a policy of terminating the accounts of repeat infringers. A repeat infringer includes any user who has made two or more Postings for which we receive a notice of infringement. Each user agrees that if his or her account is terminated pursuant to these Terms, the user will not attempt to establish a new account under any name, real or assumed, and further agrees that if the user violates this restriction by opening a new account after being terminated pursuant to these Terms, the user shall indemnify and hold us harmless for any and all liability that we may incur therefor.
Your California Privacy Rights)
Last Updated: 31 January 2014
This is the official privacy policy and statement of California privacy rights (“Privacy Policy”) for the Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) (referred to as “Security Innovation Network™ (SINET)”, “SINET”, “us” or “we”) Site and Services. The Terms of Service together with this Privacy Policy and any Additional Terms forms your agreement with us and any terms not defined in this Privacy Policy have the meaning set forth in those documents. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Terms of Service.
This Privacy Policy governs the Personal Information (as defined below) collected by the Site and our Services, but does not cover any other information, whether collected in any other manner or for any other purpose, nor on any other web site or service unless specifically stated.
Overview: Our Privacy Policy is intended to explain our privacy practices and inform you as to:
There are, among other things, age and residency requirements you must comply with in order to use our Site and/or Services and you must refer to our Terms for the specific terms and conditions regarding these requirements. If for any reason, you do not agree with this Privacy Policy or any of our Terms, please do not use any of our Site or Services at all because by doing so, you will have indicated that you have accepted same.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time and from time-to-time by posting an updated version on our Site, without advance notice to you, or we may, in our sole discretion, send you a message telling you we have made a change (for example, we may, email you about the changes). The changes shall be effective to you immediately upon our posting or when you receive our message, whichever is sooner. We encourage you to check this Privacy Policy often so you are aware of the most current terms and conditions that apply to you.
When we use the term “Personal Information” we mean information such as your first/middle initial or name and last name, street address, town or city, state, zip code, mobile device number, telephone number, profile, your photograph or audio-visual images of you, your instant-messenger nickname, blog, vlog or any personal website URL, your date of birth, email address, gender, and any other information that would allow someone to identify you or contact you. Personal Information also includes information about your personal preferences, survey responses, and your transactions and interactions with us, if you are or have been a Registered User or you have provided this type of information to us. Personal information may also be contained in Postings you Post or submit to us or any other user or onto our Site or in connection with any Service.
We are committed to protecting our users’ privacy. Keeping Personal Information you share with us through the use of our Service, secure, including Personal Information we obtain on our Site and from your Postings, but you understand, acknowledge and agree that we do not and cannot control your Postings, nor are or shall we be liable if you Post or make any information available to others (including allowing others to use your User ID or failing to protect your User ID from disclosure or use by others), on our Site, through any of our Services or otherwise. It is also important for us to explain to you how we collect, use, disclose and maintain your Personal Information and help you understand these things. We maintain reasonable physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your Personal Information and while no data transmission which is wireless or mobile or over the Internet is completely secure, we have used and will continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the protection of your Personal Information.
Residents of the State of California, under the California Civil Code, have the right to request from companies conducting business in California, a list of all third parties to which the company has disclosed Personal Information during the preceding year for direct marketing purposes. Alternatively, the law provides that if the company has a privacy policy that gives either an “opt-out” or “opt-in” choice for use of your Personal Information by third parties (such as advertisers or affiliated companies) for marketing purposes, the company may instead provide you with information on how to exercise your disclosure choice options.
Company qualifies for the alternative option: it has a comprehensive Privacy Policy and provides you with details on how you may either decline to permit (“opt-out) or consent to (“opt-in”) the use of your Personal Information by third parties for direct marketing purposes. Therefore, we are not required to maintain or disclose a list of the third parties that received your Personal Information for marketing purposes during the preceding year.
If you are a California resident and request information about how to exercise your third party disclosure choices, you must send a request to the following address with a preference on how our response to your request should be sent (email or postal mail). Send an email to the Privacy Administrator at [email protected] or you may contact us via postal mail:
Privacy Administrator
Attn: Your California Privacy Rights
Security Innovation Network
2269 Chestnut Street, #206
San Francisco, California, 94123
All requests sent via postal mail must be labeled “Your California Privacy Rights” on the envelope or post card and clearly stated on the actual request. For all requests, please include your name, street address, city, state, and zip code. (Your street address is optional if you wish to receive a response to your request via email. Please include your zip code for our own recordkeeping.) We will not accept requests via the telephone or by facsimile. We are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, notices that are illegible or do not have complete information.
To all users of the Site, if you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, please contact our Privacy Administrator at [email protected] or:
Privacy Administrator
Attn: Your California Privacy Rights
Security Innovation Network
2269 Chestnut Street, #206
San Francisco, California, 94123
All our Services are designed and targeted to audiences and governed by and operated in accordance with the laws, regulations, and treaties of the United States of America. We make no representation that our Services are operated in accordance with or governed by the laws of other nations or jurisdictions. If you are located in the European Union or elsewhere outside of the U.S. and you use or attempt to use our Services contrary to our Terms which state that only U.S. residents are eligible to be users, you do so at your own risk and you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local, national laws rules and regulations and, if applicable, international treaties.
Please be aware that Personal Information we obtain from you or that you provide to us may be transferred, stored, maintained and used both within and outside the on servers, communication and data processing facilities we maintain. By using our Services and providing us with Personal Information, you consent to the transfer of your Personal Information and waive any claims that may arise under your own or any other local or national laws, rules or regulation or international treaties. All users of the Site and our Services are required to provide true, current, complete and accurate Personal Information when prompted and we have the right to refuse or revoke your right to use our Services and/or reject and delete any entry you make, if we have reason to believe information you provide to us is or may be false, fraudulent, or inconsistent with this Privacy Policy or in violation of the Terms. Your continued use of the Site or any Service indicates your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and of the collection, use, disclosure, maintenance, management and storage of your Personal Information as described. We may from time-to-time, transfer or merge your Personal Information collected offline to our online databases or store off-line information in an electronic format. We may also combine Personal Information we collect online with information available from other sources, including information received from our advertisers and promotional partners. This Privacy Policy remains applicable to your Personal Information for as long as your Personal Information is in our possession, even if you terminate or discontinue your use of the Site and Services and you acknowledge and agree you will be bound by its terms.
Collection and Use of Personal Information: We collect Personal Information about you when you use the Site and our Services, as a user, whether or not you register, enroll or sign up for particular Services, activities, features or functions, participate in promotions, order or purchase goods or services or simply in the course of exchanges of information, transactions and activities (including, but not limited to, Posting) in connection with the Site or any Service. We may use your Personal Information to tailor your experience on the Site, serve advertising we think may be of relevance to you, to understand your preferences, and among other things, to provide you with offers we think may be of interest to you. It is your responsibility to give us current, complete, truthful, and accurate information and to keep the Personal Information that you provide us up to date. We cannot and shall not be responsible for any problems or liability that may arise if you do not give us accurate, truthful or complete information or you fail to update the information you give us. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your User ID. Bear in mind when you submit information to us, it does not guarantee that we will permit you to register, subscribe and/or participate in or use any or all of the activities, services, features or functions of the Site and our Services.
Registered Users. Registered Users are required to submit certain Personal Information and maintain a User ID. By registering, you understand, acknowledge and agree you are giving us your consent to track your activities and use of the Site and our Services. You are also confirming your agreement to comply with all the terms and conditions in the Terms of which this Privacy Policy forms a part. Registered Users may be provided with opportunities to subscribe to text-message and/or email newsletters, alerts and other periodic communications and information we may send you. We will always disclose this to you if that is the case and you will be given the opportunity at that time and thereafter, to opt-out of receiving or continuing to receive these. You understand, acknowledge and agree that you are giving us your consent to track your use of the Site and Services and all your activities, exchanges of information and transactions in connection with the Site and any Services you have agreed to receive or participate in as described.
Promotions and Advertising. We may make certain Sponsorships, advertisements, promotions and offers available on the Site and Services and in addition to the Additional Terms that may apply, you may be required to submit Personal Information (e.g., your name, street address, city, state and zip code, email address, telephone number and date of birth) in order to participate. When you participate in any such Sponsorship, promotion or offer, in addition to the Terms of which this Privacy Policy is a part, you are also confirming your agreement to comply with all of the Additional Terms that apply. We may also make Sponsorships, advertisements and promotional material and offers from third parties available on all or certain portions of our Site or in connection with any or all of our Services. You understand, acknowledge and agree that if you respond, take advantage of and/or accept any offer or redirect or have your browser redirected from our Site, or otherwise engage in any transactions or activities with such third parties, their privacy policies, terms and conditions and policies (and not ours) will govern their relationship with you, including, without limitation, the treatment of Personal Information and we shall have no liability therefor, nor do we control or have any responsibility therefor.
Opt-out Procedures. We may post notices, advertising and promotional material on our Site and/or we may contact you by email or text message or otherwise to promote our Services or to send you offers we believe may be of interest to you. You may chose to opt-out of receiving marketing and promotional emails or text messages or similar electronic messages from us by sending us an email to [email protected]. We may always contact you via email for administrative or informational purposes, including follow-up messages regarding the administration of your account, any promotions you have entered or participated in, or offers you have accepted or services you have enrolled in or ordered or other transactions you have initiated in connection with the Site or any Service.
Marketing Services and Promotional Opportunities. We may provide our users with the opportunity to register for special Sponsorships, promotions, contests, alerts, services, music, video and other news, programming and information. If any of these are included in a sign up, registration or enrolment process, we will disclose that to you at the time you are requested to provide us with your Personal Information and we will advise you that continuing will constitute your consent to receive these from us. Users may be required to register or re-enter or provide additional Personal Information such as e-mail address to participate or take advantage of these services. Optional information may be requested for specific offers, promotions or services and we may also collect an e-mail address or other information. In addition, while we make efforts to protect our Site from intrusion and unauthorized access, we cannot and do not guarantee that any of your Internet communications, Postings and/or activities on the World Wide Web, including our Site, are secure or are not subject to interception by third parties.
Use of Information. We will not use any Personal Information submitted to us in connection with our Service for any purpose but to provide the Services as you have requested, unless we provide advance notice to you of any other use. We will not share Personal Information we obtain solely in connection with our Service with any non-affiliated parties, unless you opt-in. We will share information with parent company, subsidiaries and affiliates, as well as our operational service providers that assist in delivering Site and Services to you.
Cookies and Similar Technology. We use ‘cookie’ technology to collect data regarding your visits to our Site and your use of our Services. This data is stored in aggregate form and is not used to identify any particular user or individual. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies in a variety of ways, including:
Although we may track the numbers of users to inform us on how best to update and enhance our Service, Personal Information is not extracted in this process. We use tracking information on an aggregated basis to help us operate, enhance, and improve our Services and display advertising and marketing information. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie or image tag is being sent or you can choose to turn off all such mechanisms. This is done through your browser. If you turn cookies off, you may not have access to many features and functions of our Service that make your experience more efficient and enjoyable and some of our Services may not function properly.
Postings. We respect the privacy of the contents of certain non-public Postings you provide or make, however, even with respect to private Postings, we do reserve the right to monitor, edit and disclose your use of our Site and Services and/or any information pertaining to a Posting and any of the contents to a third party if we believe such action is required by law or is necessary to protect and defend our rights, to enforce our Terms or to protect our interests or the interests of our users, advertisers, suppliers, operational service providers or others.
Disclosure to Third Parties. Some of the aggregate data we collect in connection with our Service may be shared with our Sponsors, advertisers and other business partners, but we do not give any Personal Information to them as part of the relationship unless specifically stated in this Privacy Policy. On their websites, you are subject to their privacy policies and practices and for more information, please contact these third parties directly. We do not sell, rent, lease or disclose your Personal Information to non-affiliated entities (i.e., entities that are not our parent or subsidiary or affiliated companies) or entities that are not our advertisers or operational service providers, except in the limited circumstances disclosed in this Privacy Policy. If we plan to disclose your Personal Information to any non-affiliated entities, we will ask you to opt-in and allow it, in which case their use of your information is subject to their privacy policies. We may also offer co-branded Sponsorships and/or Services, features and functions, which are activities, events and promotions that we put together with another Sponsor or other third party (each, a “Co-Branded Partner”). We may share your Personal Information with our Co-Branded Partner and your voluntary use or participation in a co-branded Sponsorship, promotion, activity, service, feature or function means you have given your affirmative consent to us and our Co-Branded Partner to collect, maintain, store and use your Personal Information. If you wish to opt-out of a Co-Branded Partner’s future use of your Personal Information, you will need to contact the Co-Branded Partner directly.
We also have the right to disclose your Personal Information to third parties for the purpose of administering and maintaining our Services and our operations. These third-party specialists that provide support to our Site, Services and Content are our “operational service providers” and we use them to efficiently provide the full range of Content, subscription plans, services, promotions, advertising, downloading, streaming and other features and functions we offer or make available to you. We request that our operational service providers also protect your privacy and not disclose your Personal Information to third party marketers that are not associated with our Services. Additionally, these operational service providers are not permitted to use your Personal Information for their own marketing or promotional purposes.
We will make your Personal Information available to non-affiliated third parties in the following limited circumstances:
Security and Protection of Personal Information. We maintain reasonable standards of security and confidentiality. However, for most Internet sites and wireless and mobile communications, it is possible third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications over an unsecured transmission. We conduct financial transactions via secured transmissions but may not always secure other parts of our Site and Services in the same way. We also limit access to our Site and Services by our own employees to individuals who are authorized for the proper handling of such information and any employee found violating our standards of security and confidentiality will be subject to our disciplinary processes. We request that our operational service providers follow the same policy.
Review, Update or Delete Your Personal Information. Generally, you may review, update or delete any of your Personal Information collected by or through our Site, as well as your profile or any other user information you may have entered during the registration process or your participation in our Services or any prior updates you may have given us. You may also correct factual inaccuracies. However, Personal Information that is necessary to check eligibility, such as date of birth or age may be modified with sufficient verification of the correct information, but cannot be deleted and if you delete or attempt to delete such information, it may result in the suspension of any and all rights you may have to use the Site and our Services, your status as a Registered User and/or other aspects of our Site or Services or offers we make available to you. If you have signed up for any Services or provided any information as part of an account or profile in connection with the Site or Services, you may review, update or delete your Personal Information and you should go to our Site and follow the instructions there that will explain how you can edit, change, update and, with some exceptions noted, delete your Personal Information.
If you do not understand or are not sure what Personal Information may be collected or used for particular purposes, you should contact our Privacy Administrator via email with a request at [email protected] and be prepared to provide verification of your identity.
We reserve the right to deny, suspend, deactivate, terminate and/or cancel any registration, subscription, status as a user and/or the use of or access to the Site and any or all of our Services and any other services, content, activities, features or functions, if we believe there is a question about the identity of the person trying to use or access any portion of the Site, to use or access any information or to use a User ID. If the burden or expense of providing access to your Personal Information is disproportionate to the risks to your privacy or if the legitimate rights of others would be violated, we may decide not to provide you access to such information. In such cases, we will provide you with an explanation of why access cannot be provided and a contact person for further inquiries.
Questions. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you may email us at [email protected]. If you cannot find the answer to a question related to our Privacy Policy or if you do not understand the information about how we collect, maintain, store, use or share your Personal Information you may contact our Privacy Administrator at [email protected].
Sole Statement. The foregoing statements, terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy is the sole statement of our privacy policy, and no summary, restatement or other version, or other statement or policy, in any form, including, without limitation, machine-generated, is valid.
For ease of reference,the SINET Terms and Conditions can be reviewed at any time at:
https://www.sinetcisoconnect.com/terms
This Privacy Policy was last modified on 31 January 2014 and is effective immediately.
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