Privacy Policy

At Publishing Perspectives, we value our readers and subscribers and respect importance of protecting the personal information that you share with us. This privacy policy is intended to inform you of how we use the information we collect from you. The policy may be revised or updated at any time. Please check back often to ensure your familiarity with the terms of our privacy policy.

When does Publishing Perspectives collect my personal information?

You may provide personal information to Publishing Perspectives in the following ways: (1) by sharing your e-mail address and other personal information when subscribing to our email newsletter or requesting site updates, (2) by sharing personal information when you provide tips to our news department, or (3) by sharing personal information when you post comments on our posts or stories. We may also ask for other information at other times but at no time will you be required to share any personal information to gain complete access to our site.

In addition to personal information—such as name, street and e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers—we may also collect information that is in no way personally identifiable. This may include the operating system you are working on, the internet browser you are using, the domain name of your internet service provider, and the web sites you visit directly before and after your visit to PublishingPerspectives.com.

How does Publishing Perspectives use my personal information?

The more we know about you, the better we are able to customize our web site to suit your personal preferences and interests. The e-mail address you provide may be used by PublishingPerspectives.com for any reason, such as contacting you for editorial purposes or to advise you of any changes to our site.

To maintain a site that is free of charge and does not require registration, we display advertisements on our web site. We also use the information you give us to help our advertisers target the audience they want to reach. At no time does any party other than PublishingPerspectives.com have access to your personally identifiable information, and you will never be contacted by any party other than PublishingPerspectives.com. The only exceptions to the foregoing are that we may disclose personally identifiable information (i) in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order or subpoena, (ii) in response to a law enforcement agency’s request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take actions regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of another person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law, or (iii) in the event we are acquired by or merged with another company.

When you sign up for our updates or receive e-mail messages from PublishingPerspectives.com, you will always be given the chance to opt-out of further email messages. You may change your preferences at any time and will only be contacted in manners consistent with your stated preferences.

Non-personally identifiable information (such as stated above) may be shared in aggregate form with our advertisers or marketing partners but your personally identifiable information will never be disclosed to them.

Who else has access to my personal information?

Email newsletters received by subscribers are delivered to you by ConstantContact, our email marketing solutions provider. Under no circumstances will ConstantContact make any personal information about an individual user available to anyone. For more information, please see ConstantContact’s privacy policy at www.constantcontact.com.

We also use Google Analytics to monitor certain pages of our website for the purpose of reporting website traffic, statistics, advertisement ‘click-throughs’, and/or other activities on our website. Where authorized by us, Google may use cookies, web beacons, and/or other monitoring technologies to compile anonymous statistics about our website visitors. No personally identifiable information is collected by or transferred to these network partners. For more information about how the information is collected and used, please see Google’s privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy.html.

Third parties and web sites that have links on our site may also collect or use information about you. The information practices of other companies or people not affiliated with or managed by Publishing Perspectives are not covered by this privacy statement.

Is there anything else I should know about my privacy and PublishingPerspectives.com?

Any information you disclose voluntarily on our comments pages or in any forums we may develop in the future becomes public information. We cannot control the actions of our site users and advise you to use your discretion in sharing information about yourself on the internet. All information sharing is optional and done so at your own risk. Privacy is a very personal matter and we encourage you to be careful and responsible when disclosing personal information online.

April 2010