Spill Magazine (“The Spill Magazine”) operates spillmagazine.com and may operate other websites. It is The Spill Magazine’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.
Copyright & Trademarks
All rights reserved. All content (texts, trademarks, illustrations, photos, graphics, files, designs, arrangements etc.) on this website of The Spill Magazine are protected by copyright and other protective laws. The contents of this website are to be used only in accordance with internet regulations. All content remains the property of The Spill Magazine publication.
Internet regulations
Without the explicit written permission of The Spill Magazine it is prohibited to integrate in whole, or in part, any of the protected contents published on these websites into other programs or other web sites or to use them by any other means. This website can contain elements that are protected by copyright and by other laws that are subject to the copyright or other rights of third parties and that are correspondingly protected for these third parties.
Liability
The Spill Magazine has carefully compiled the contents of this website in accordance with their current state of knowledge. Access to and use of this website, as well as web sites related or connected to this by links, are at the user’s own risk and responsibility. Damage and warranty claims arising from missing or incorrect data are excluded. The Spill Magazine bears no responsibility or liability for damage of any kind, also for indirect or consequential damages resulting from access to or use of this website or websites related or connected to this by links.
Links to other websites
The Spill Magazine website can contain links (cross references) to websites that are run by third parties. The Spill Magazine takes no responsibility for the content of these other websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, The Spill Magazine collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. The Spill Magazine purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how The Spill Magazine visitors use its website. From time to time, The Spill Magazine may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
The Spill Magazine also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on spillmagazine.com blogs/sites. The Spill Magazine only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to The Spill Magazine websites choose to interact with The Spill Magazine in ways that require The Spill Magazine to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that The Spill Magazine gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at spillmagazine.com to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with The Spill Magazine are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, The Spill Magazine collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with The Spill Magazine. The Spill Magazine does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
The Spill Magazine may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. The Spill Magazine may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, The Spill Magazine does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
The Spill Magazine discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on The Spill Magazine behalf or to provide services available at The Spill Magazine websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using The Spill Magazine websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. The Spill Magazine will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, The Spill Magazine discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when The Spill Magazine believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Spill Magazine, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an The Spill Magazine website and have supplied your email address, The Spill Magazine may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with The Spill Magazine and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. The Spill Magazine takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The Spill Magazine uses cookies to help The Spill Magazine identify and track visitors, their usage of The Spill Magazine website, and their website access preferences. The Spill Magazine visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using The Spill Magazine websites, with the drawback that certain features of The Spill Magazine websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If The Spill Magazine, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that The Spill Magazine goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of The Spill Magazine may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by The Spill Magazine and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, The Spill Magazine may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in The Spill Magazine sole discretion. The Spill Magazine encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a spillmagazine.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
