The policies below are shared identically among Augsburg Fortress, Beaming Books, Fortress Press, and Sparkhouse.
Privacy Policy
What This Privacy Policy Covers
- This Privacy Policy covers Augsburg Fortress’s treatment of personally identifiable information that Augsburg Fortress collects when you are on the Augsburg Fortress site, and when you use Augsburg Fortress’s services. This policy also covers Augsburg Fortress’s treatment of any personally identifiable information that Augsburg Fortress’s business partners share with Augsburg Fortress.
- This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Augsburg Fortress does not own or control, or to people that Augsburg Fortress does not employ or manage.
Information Collection and Use
- Augsburg Fortress collects personally identifiable information when you register to sign in with Augsburg Fortress, when you use certain Augsburg Fortress products or services; and when you enter online promotions or sweepstakes. Augsburg Fortress may also receive personally identifiable information from our business partners.
- When you make purchases with Augsburg Fortress, we ask for your name, email address, address, phone number, credit card number and expiration date. Once you provide this information to Augsburg Fortress and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us.
- Augsburg Fortress also automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Augsburg Fortress cookie information and the page you requested.
- Augsburg Fortress uses information for three general purposes: To customize the content you see on our pages; to fulfill your requests for certain products and services; and to contact you about specials, new products and related information.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
- Augsburg Fortress will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone.
- Augsburg Fortress will send personally identifiable information about you to other companies or people ONLY when:
- We have your consent to share the information
- We need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested
- We need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of Augsburg Fortress to provide a product or service to you. (Unless we tell you differently, these companies do not have any right to use the personally identifiable information we provide to them beyond what is necessary to assist us.)
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process;
- We find that your actions on our Web site violate the Augsburg Fortress Terms of Service, or any of our usage guidelines for specific products or services.
Cookies
- Augsburg Fortress may set and access Augsburg Fortress cookies on your computer.
- Advertisers or other companies do not have access to Augsburg Fortress’s cookies.
Your Ability to Edit and Delete Account Information and Preferences
- Augsburg Fortress gives you the ability to edit your Augsburg Fortress sign-in information and preferences at any time, including whether you want Augsburg Fortress to contact you about specials and new products.
- To help us keep track of customers who have placed past orders, your online account cannot be deleted. However, if for any reason you need your account disabled to prevent it from being used to place an order, please email salesandservice@augsburgfortress.org (in Canada, customercare@afcanada.com) for assistance.
Security
- Your Augsburg Fortress Account Information is password-protected for your privacy and security.
- In certain areas Augsburg Fortress uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
- Augsburg Fortress may edit this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our pages.
Questions or Suggestions
- If you have questions or suggestions send email to salesandservice@augsburgfortress.org (in Canada, customercare@afcanada.com).
Terms of Use
Authorized Uses
- Except as otherwise noted within this Web site, you are authorized to view, copy, print, and distribute documents within this Web site, subject to your agreement that:
- Your use is for informational and non-commercial purposes only, and you will not copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, sell, or make any other use of any of the content obtained from this Web site.
- You may save a local copy or send it to your printer either for your own personal use or in order to inform others Company Info. However, you may not charge for such use.
- You will not modify the documents or graphics, copy or distribute graphics separate from their accompanying text, or quote materials out of context.
- You will display the above copyright notice and retain any other copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices on every copy that you make.
- You will not use any of the site content on any other Web site or networked computer environment, or in any format or medium. (See “Links” below.)
- Neither Augsburg Fortress nor any third party has conferred upon you by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right under any patent, trademark, or copyright (except as expressly provided above).
- Augsburg Fortress reserves the right to change this agreement at any time by publishing a revised version of this agreement on the site. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this agreement. Continued use of the site following any such changes means you accept and will abide by these changes.
Permissions
- All content on this Web site is copyrighted as a collective work under the US copyright laws, and Augsburg Fortress owns the copyright to the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement of the content. In addition, the artwork and illustrations contained throughout the pages of this Web site are protected by copyright and may not be copied or otherwise reproduced without written permission.
- Direct all questions concerning copyright and permissions to:
Augsburg Fortress
Attn.: Permissions
P. O. Box 1209
Minneapolis, MN 55440-1209
- For all other inquiries, please contact us.
Trademarks
- Various product names, logos, designs, titles, words or phrases within this Web site may be trademarks, service marks, or trade names of Augsburg Fortress or other entities, and may be registered in certain jurisdictions and countries. All other trademarks, product names, and company names and logos appearing on this Web site are the property of their respective owners.
- Augsburg Fortress trademarks may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Augsburg Fortress’s, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Augsburg Fortress.
Links
- This site may contain links and pointers to other Web sites. Augsburg Fortress does not operate or control in any respect, or necessarily endorse, the content found on those sites and you assume sole responsibility for use of those links and pointers.
- Augsburg Fortress encourages and appreciates links from other Web sites to this Web site. Permission is granted to place a link from another web page to the Augsburg Fortress welcome page in its entirety. You must obtain permission, however, before placing a link in your own Web page to a portion of an Augsburg Fortress Web site page (e.g., a graphic). As a courtesy, if you link to or include the Augsburg Fortress Web site in an index, please let us know.
Reminders Regarding Web Site Content
- This Web site is provided “as is,” for your information only. (See “Disclaimer” below.) You assume all risks concerning the suitability and accuracy of the information. The Web site may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Augsburg Fortress assumes no responsibility for and disclaims all liability for any such inaccuracies, errors, or omissions in this Web site and in other documents referred to within or linked to this Web site.
- Prices, technical specifications, and product offerings are subject to change without notice, at any time.
Privacy
- Augsburg Fortress considers all customer information confidential and will not sell or share it with any company or organization not partnering with us. We share customer information only with organizations who are acting on our behalf to conduct specific activities or working with us to provide innovative products and services. We do not sell the names and addresses of our customers.
- Any other information, feedback, data, questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the content of this Web site will not be considered confidential and Augsburg Fortress will be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the response to others, without limitation. You agree that Augsburg Fortress is free to use any ideas, concepts or techniques contained in your response for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing, and marketing products incorporating those ideas, concepts or techniques.
International
- This Web site may be visited internationally and may contain references to Augsburg Fortress products, programs, and services that have not been announced in your country. These references do not imply that Augsburg Fortress intends to announce such products, programs or services in your country. For information on product availability within your country, contact our Customer Care department.
DISCLAIMER
- THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY AUGSBURG FORTRESS ON AN “AS IS” BASIS. AUGSBURG FORTRESS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE, THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS, INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, AUGSBURG FORTRESS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. AUGSBURG FORTRESS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL PUNITIVE AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
Applicable Law
- This site is created and controlled by Augsburg Fortress in the State of Minnesota, USA. As such, the laws of the State of Minnesota will govern these disclaimers, terms, and conditions, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.
Effective date: August 25, 2014
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