Privacy Policy
November 28, 2011
We know that you care about how your personal information is handled and protected. This Privacy Policy covers the Company’s treatment of your personal information. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before submitting any personal or other information to the SlyMagazine.com website (the “Site“). By accessing, using, posting, or submitting information to the Site, you consent to this Privacy Policy and the terms and practices described in this policy.
In order to register with or use the Site, you must be 14 years of age or older. By registering, you represent that you are over 14 and that all information you provide in the registration form is complete and accurate. The Company does not solicit information from and will not knowingly collect personal information from anyone we actually know is under the age of 14. We recommend that minors between the ages of 14 and 18 ask and receive their parent’s or guardian’s permission before sending information about themselves or anyone else through the Site or over the Internet.
We reserve the right to change the provisions of this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you of any material changes by posting a notice on our home page or sending you an email at the address you provide in your profile. Your use of the Site following the posting of such changes or revised statement shall constitute your acceptance of any such changes. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy whenever you visit our Site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.
What Information Do We Collect? How Do We Use the Information?
Information You Give Us
When you register for the Newsletter, we will collect certain information from you. This information may include your name, your hometown (city/state), date of birth, gender, occupation or employer and your email address. From time to time, we may also gather information from you in response to survey questions, polls, contests and other interactive features through the Site. You can choose not to provide certain information, but, in such event you may not be able to use all of the functions of the Site or take advantage of the full capabilities and personalization of the Site.
Information We Collect
When you visit our Site, we will automatically collect and store certain information, such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computer’s operating system, the browser type, the address of the referring Site if you linked to our Site and your activity on the Site. We use this information for purposes such as analyzing your use of the Site and your interests, discovering user trends, tracking user movement on the Site, administering the Site, improving customer service, diagnosing problems with our servers and gathering broad demographic information for aggregate use.
We may provide aggregate, nonpersonal and statistical data about our users and use of our Site to third parties from time to time for such purposes as we may deem appropriate.
We may also automatically collect certain information through the use of “cookies.” Cookies are small data files that are stored on a user’s hard drive at the request of a Web site to enable the site to recognize users who have previously visited them and retain certain information such as customer preferences and history. You can block, erase or be warned of cookies (check the instructions for your browser), but if you do not allow our cookies you may not be able to register, use or access certain Site features or Service.
We will not provide your email address to any unaffiliated third parties without your permission, but we may use third party service providers who are engaged by or working with us in connection with operation of the Site (“Service Providers”). Such Service Providers may have access to your email address and other information to provide the services. For example, we may use a third party Service Provider to update and administer our mailing list(s) and to send you information regarding the Site. We require that such Service Providers use such information solely for the purposes of providing services to us.
We may send out e-mails with news, products, offers, surveys or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from us which inform you of actions that have been performed on the Site. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, you will be able to opt-out of certain emails; however, please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails and legal notices (e.g. updates to our policies) from us.
How Do We Share Your Information?
We will not rent or sell your personal information to any unaffiliated third parties for marketing purposes and we will share your personal information only as described in this policy.
We may aggregate and provide nonpersonal information to third parties from time to time without your authorization. In addition, we may share personal information with our Service Providers who need access to such information to carry out their work for us as described above. We require that our Service Providers use any personal information we provide only to carry out their work for us.
We may customize the content and advertising you receive on the Site, or work with Service Providers to do so, and your personal and profile information as well as information we collect regarding your use of the Site, may be shared with such Service Providers for this purpose.
We also may disclose personal information (i) when we are required to or we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g., a lawful subpoena, warrant or court order) or at the request of law enforcement or government representatives; (ii) to enforce or apply this Privacy Policy or our other policies or agreements; (iii) to protect the rights, property or safety of the Company, our employees, our users or any other person; or (iv) to investigate and protect against fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of our Site or our Service. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction and investigating or protecting against intellectual property infringement or misrepresentations of the identity of a user. Further, if the Company is acquired by a third party, your personal information will be transferred and disclosed as part of the acquisition.
Third Party Sites
Our Site may contain links to other sites. You should carefully review the privacy policies and other terms for all third party sites prior to using such sites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us and how we use and share such information. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to any personal information which you may provide on or through any third party sites, including Retailers. We are not responsible for and do not control, monitor or endorse the privacy policies or practices of such third party sites.
How Do We Protect Information?
We will use reasonable security measures to protect against any unauthorized access to and disclosure of your personally identifiable information. However, please note that we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You should also note that email is not secure, and you should not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via an unsecured email. If you have any questions regarding security on our website, please contact info@slymagazine.com.
How You Can Control Your Information
You can remove your name from mailing lists and request deletion of your personal information by selecting to opt-out of the newsletter from the newsletter itself. Should you have any further questions, please email us at legal@slymagazine.com
You will be able to specify your personal notification preferences and will be able to opt-out of certain email and text messages and notifications for announcements, reminders, and comments from the communication itself.
Company Information
The Site is solely owned and operated by SLY Magazine, LLC (the “Company” or “We” or similar language) and hosted on servers located in the United States. If you register on the Site, you are agreeing to have your personal information transferred to and processed in the United States.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at legal@slymagazine.com.