Privacy Statement and Disclaimers for
The Publishers Club
Updated June 22, 2006
The Publishers Club has created this privacy statement in order
to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following
discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices
for this web site: http://thepublishersclub.com
IP Address
We do not track your IP address for use of subscription or to
email you advertising material.
Information Collection
The Publishers Club is the sole owner of the information collected
at The Publishers Club website and collects information from
our users at several different points on our Web site, i.e.
for membership registration
and
products or services. Your information is not collected in any
other way than you voluntarily filling out our forms.
Information Sharing
We will never sell, give away, or share your personal information
to third parties for purposes of building contact lists, or
anything of that nature. The Publishers Club stands firmly
against any transfer of personal information for any reason.
Business Transition Exception
In the event The Publishers Club goes through a business transition,
such as a merger, or being acquired by another company, users,
personal information will, in most instances, be part of the
assets transferred.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may
need to disclose personal information when required by law
wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary
to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order
or legal process served on our Web site.
** IMPORTANT !
Any The Publishers Club member, associate or affiliate who participates
in the sale of the personal information of visitors or customers,
to build the contact lists of third parties, will be removed
immediately from any business relationship previously held
with, for or by The Publishers Club and without recourse.
(We are not concerned with the legality of the sale of contact
lists, but with the ethical protection and security of all customers'
personal information.)
"Cookies"
Our site uses cookies to keep track of your shopping cart. We
also use cookies for tracking and properly crediting affiliates
in Membership Referral Program.
Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact
information (such as their name and email address), unique identifiers
(such as their Affiliate ID), and financial information (such
as their account or credit card numbers). The customer's
contact information is used to contact the visitor when necessary.
Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out
section below. Financial information that is collected is used
to check the users' qualifications for registration in The Publishers
Club Program and to bill the user for products and services.
Unique identifiers (such as Affiliate IDs) are collected for
use as account numbers in our record system.
Children
The Publishers Club does not knowingly collect or solicit personally
identifiable information from or about children under 18 except
as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information
from a child under 18 in violation of this policy,
we will delete that information immediately.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. The Publishers Club
is not responsible for the privacy practices of such Web sites.
The Publishers Club is not responsible for any content on any
linked sites or for any goods or services available from them.
The Publishers Club works hard to ensure that the information
contained on our web pages is accurate, relevant and of the high
quality that our visitors have come to expect.
We are aware of software that exists which will create external
links from our content to what they consider to be related material,
which other companies have paid to have shown. We are not responsible
for the quality of this software or the nature of the material
that it links to.
We emphasize that we are strictly against this form of unmoderated
and unregulated link advertising and strictly prohibit its use
within our site content.
We will pursue any infringement of this notice to the maximum
extent of the law.
Our site uses an order form for customers to request information,
products, and services. We collect visitor's contact information
(such as their email address). Contact information from the order
form is used to send orders and information about
our company to our customers. The customer's contact information
is also used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary.
Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out
section below.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss,
misuse and alteration of the information under our control.
Choice/Opt-Out
This site gives users the following options for removing their
information from our database to not receive future communications
or to no longer receive our service. You can send email to
admin@thepublishersclub.com
Correct/Update
This site gives users the following options for changing and
modifying information previously provided. email: admin@thepublishersclub.com
Changes to this Policy
The Publishers Club reserves the right to change this policy
at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes.
Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes
to these terms will mean you accept those changes. Information
collected prior to the time any change is posted will be used
according to the rules and laws that applied at the time the
information was collected.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices
of this site, or your dealings with Web site, you may contact:
Gloria Metzler
317-773-3783
gloria@thepublishersclub.com
Clarissa Frampton
cell phone 832-794-5621
clarissa@thepublishersclub.com
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