Terms & Conditions

Effective August 1st 2003

It is the policy of the Preface Media, Inc. that personal information, such as your name, personal postal and email address, or personal telephone number is private and confidential. Because your privacy is important to us, the company maintains privacy policies to protect your personal information.

Website Privacy Policy By using this site, you consent to the terms of our privacy policy for the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information for the purposes set out below. We do not collect, use or disclose your personal information for any purpose other than those identified below, except with your consent or as required by law.

The Information We Collect

(1) Site Activity Data Each time a visitor comes to this website, our web server collects and logs certain information. These access logs are kept for a reasonable period of time. These logs include, but are not restricted to your machine’s TCP/IP address, your username (if applicable), date, time and files accessed. These logs also contain information about ‘referrer’ information if you clicked on an external link to an PrefaceMedia.com’s webpage. These logs are used solely for performance, site administration and security reviews. They are not sold or shared in any way to third party organizations.

(2) Cookies Portions of the PrefaceMedia.com’s website may use cookies only for security and authentication purposes. This information is used solely to maintain your computer’s session to the PrefaceMedia.com’s server. This information is not shared or sold to third party organizations for any purpose.

(3) Personal Information Personal information, such as your name, personal postal and email address, or personal telephone number is collected only when you voluntarily provide it. Such information is received when you send an email through the site or make some other specific contact, such as completing an online form or registering for a course. The personal information you provide to the association is forwarded only to the person or department equipped to handle your request and is used only to respond to your inquiry. Personal information will not be sold to any third parties, nor will such information be added to bulk email lists.

Policy Revisions

Any changes to the company’s privacy policy will be promptly communicated on this website. Policy changes will not alter how we handle previously submitted personal information. If you have any questions about our privacy policies or wish to update any of the personal information you have provided to us, contact the company’s privacy compliance officer at privacy@prefacemedia.com

All materials copyright © 2003-2010 by Preface Media. Unless otherwise indicated, all content provided on this Web site, including but not limited to icons, formatting, graphics, images, logos, software and text, is the copyright of Preface Media and is protected by applicable United States State and Federal copyright laws, all rights reserved.

No part of this material may be used for any purpose other than personal use without prior written permission. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in civil and criminal penalties.

Applicable law

This Web site is created by Preface Media in United States and as such the laws of the United States will govern these disclaimers, terms and conditions, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. By use of this Web site you consent for any and all disputes regarding this Web site to the venue of statutory courts located in the United States.

If you access this Web site from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.

If any of these terms and conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these terms and conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that term or condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from this clause and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

Disclaimer

No representations are made about the suitability of the information contained in the documents and related graphics and software published on this Web site for any purpose.

All such material is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. All warranties and conditions with regard to this information, including all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement are hereby disclaimed. In no event shall Preface Media be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information available from this Web site.

The documents, software and related graphics published on this Web site could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes and improvements are periodically added to the information herein and may be updated at any time.

By using any published or sample code from this Web site you agree to indemnify Preface Media from any liability that might arise from its use. Selling any published or sample code from this Web site without prior written consent is expressly forbidden. If you wish to use any software from this Web site in a commercial manner please contact Preface Media.

Hyperlinks

Framing of the Code Style Web site is prohibited and will be regarded as “passing off”. All links to documents on this Web site should open in a full browser display window, not a frameset document.

The URLs published on this site are selected and specified using a scheme that is intended to present a permanent location for each document. Notwithstanding this, the URLs published on this Web site may change without notice and it is the responsibility of owners of third party Web sites to check the status of links to the Code Style Web site periodically.

The Code Style Web site also contains links to third party Web sites that are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement of the contents on such third party Web sites. Preface Media is not responsible for the content of linked third party sites and does not make any representations regarding the content of accuracy of materials on such third party Web sites. If you decide to access linked third party Web sites, you do so at your own risk.

Acceptance of terms and conditions

Use of this Web site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions and take effect on the date which you first use the site.

The right to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online is reserved. You are responsible for reviewing regularly the terms and conditions published online to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified by the published changes.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.