The Masterlinegroup.com™ Website ("Website") is owned and operated by Masterlinegroup.com™ ("Company"). The following privacy statement describes the practices of the Company with respect to the collection, maintenance and disclosure of information on the Website. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, please contact Customer Support for more information. All images, text, and design concepts are the sole property of Masterline Group, and cannot be used, reproduced, or otherwise distributed unless written permission has been granted by Masterline Group.
Overall Privacy Policy
We place a high value on your privacy, with the following practices:
1. We will never sell or rent your e-mail address.
2. The information we collect is for usage within our own organization to improve our services and to better target our client's offerings.
3. If you elect to provide us with additional information (by filling out forms, etc.), we will collect it and use it to improve our product offerings.
Information Collected
This Website offers services individuals who want to purchase goods from our site. The personal information required is a contact name (first and last), as well as postal and e-mail addresses. The provision of this personal information upon placing an order is not optional and by not submitting the requested information we will not be able to provide members with the services they wish to obtain on the Website.
To improve services and the quality of the Website as well as our site visitors' experience on the Website, we conduct surveys among site visitors that request the provision of personal information such as name and e-mail address as well as non-personal information regarding the site visitor's experience on the Website. Participation in the surveys and any other corresponding submissions of personal information is optional.
To keep site visitors informed with respect to new listings of goods and product lines on the Website we offer innovative search features, as well as an e-mailing list service. In order to provide this e-mailing list service we collect e-mail addresses from site visitors who want to participate. The provision of information in the form of e-mail is not optional if a site visitor chooses to participate in the e-mailing list service
Use of Personal Information Collected
Personal information collected on the Website is used primarily for the purposes it is requested. We use non-personal information such as aggregate demographic data and information about our members' to analyze and develop our marketing strategy. In addition, to determine how site visitors found out about us, our site visitors' interests regarding our services and how to further improve the Website based upon this data. We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the requirements of the law or comply with a legal process served on the Website.
Correcting/Updating Personal Information
If a site visitor or member's personal information changes, or if a member no longer desires our service, we have provided a way to correct, update or remove all personal information. Site visitors or members can have their personal information updated, changed or removed by contacting a customer service representative at customersupport.
Cookies
We may use cookies, which are small text files that are stored on the site visitor's computer, to gather and keep track of information related to the site visitor. Cookies will also help us review the Website traffic patterns and improve our Website. Although many Website browsers are set to accept cookies, a site visitor can set his/her Web browser to reject cookies. If this Website uses cookies, which are disabled on a visitors browser, it may prevent the site visitor from using some of the convenience features of the Website. Non-personal information collected through cookies is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track site visitors' movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Links to Other WebSites
The Website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Masterline Group™ is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage site visitors to be alert when they leave this Website, and to review the privacy statements of each and every Website that they visit before disclosing personal information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected on this Website. If you have any questions about the security at the Website, you can send an e-mail message to customer support.
Children's Use of Web site
The Masterline Group™ site is suitable for viewing by all members of your family. In fact, we know that some site visitors call on the talents of young people to assist in searching of goods to buy. This section also includes certain guidelines from the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998. For the protection and privacy of children, we seriously discourage unsupervised persons under the age of 13 from purchasing goods on Masterline Group™. Further, we encourage parental guidelines that match ours with respect to placing orders. This guideline protects children and their privacy. We do not knowingly acknowledge registrations or requests f or any goods or services from persons under the age of 13. If it comes to our attention that a request has come from a person under the age of 13, we will not respond to such a request. Instead, we will automatically delete any information provided by a person who acknowledges being less than 13 years of age. We will not knowingly accept an order for goods or services from anyone under the age of 13 (See Terms and Use section).
Partners
Some of our partners offer services on this Website. To provide services our partners collect personal information from site visitors. We take great care in choosing our partners but we neither control nor are we responsible for our partners' information collection practices. Every time our partners request the provision of information, site visitors will be notified that a different privacy policy applies, and site visitors will be granted an opportunity to review our partner's privacy policy to make an informed decision whether to provide personal information.
Notification of Changes
It is your responsibility to follow our privacy link, so you are always aware of our current practices. Anyone can follow the privacy link on any page on our site, so that site visitors and members are always aware of our current information collection, maintenance, and disclosure practices. We post the last date of revision to the bottom of our Privacy Statement. If at any point we decide to use personal information in a manner different from that stated at the time it of collection, we will notify site visitors and members by way of an alert posted to the home page. Site visitors will have an option whether to let us use their information in a different manner.
Terms of Use
The use of this website is governed by the terms and conditions set forth below (the "Terms of Use"). Please read them carefully. By using this website you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use. This website is owned and operated by Masterline Group™. ("Company"), and its affiliates. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise the Terms of Use at any time. A link to revisions will be posted on the home page of Masterline Group™ and it is your responsibility to check that page regularly to learn about the revisions. By using this site following the revision of the Terms of Use, you agree to be bound by such revisions. If you find the Terms of Use to be unacceptable to you, you must immediately terminate your use of this website.
Masterline Group™ HAS NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY TO USERS OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR CONTENT POSTED ON ITS WEB SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR MISREPRESENATION IN ANY CONTENT.
Every site visitor and member agrees that s/he will not use the Website to:
1. Violate any local, state, national, or international laws;
2. Post material that infringes the intellectual property rights, including without limitation, trademark, copyright, patent, and trade secret rights, of others;
3. Post material that infringes the privacy or publicity rights of others;
4. Post information that the visitor or member knows to be false or mis leading;
5. Post material that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, tortuous, libelous, vulgar, invasive of another's privacy, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or embarrassing to a third party;
6. Post chain letters, junk mail, pyramid schemes, spam, or other forms of advertisements or solicitations;
7. Collect or store personal data about others;
8. Impersonate another person, whether a third party or a Masterline Group™ representative; or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent visitor's or member's affiliation with a person or entity;
9. Engage in any conduct that limits any other person from using or enjoying the Website;
10. Engage in any conduct that, in Masterline Group™' opinion, exposes the Company or any of its affiliates, customers, or suppliers to any liability or detriment of any type;
11. Alter, delete, interfere with, or otherwise damage any Masterline Group™ site content.
License
Except as expressly provided in this Section, nothing contained in this web site shall be construed as conferring any license or right, expressly, by implication, by estoppels or otherwise, under any of the Company's intellectual property rights. Or under any third party's intellectual property rights and no part of this web site may be reproduced, republished, copied, transmitted, or distributed in any form or without express written permission from Masterline Group™.
You are hereby granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, revocable, limited license to view, reproduce, print, and distribute materials retrieved from this web site provided that (a) such materials are used only for informational, non-commercial and (b) you do not remove or obscure the copyright notice or other notices displayed on such materials. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
Security
We take every precaution to protect our site visitors' information. When site visitors or members submit sensitive information via the Web site at Masterline Group™' request, such information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/request form asks site visitors or members to enter sensitive information, that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry, secure socket layer (SSL). While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer appears locked.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything reasonably in our power to protect site visitor and member information off-line. All of our members' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific task (for example, customer service representatives) are granted access to personal information. Finally, the servers on which we store personal information are kept in a secure environment. If you have any questions about the security at the Web site, you can send an e-mail message to customer support.
Confidentiality
Confidential use of this site cannot be guaranteed by Masterline Group™ ("Company"). The Company discourages you from sending any information that you consider to be confidential or proprietary through this web site and the Company is not responsible for any harm that you or any person may suffer as a result of a breach of confidentiality with respect to your use of this site. Please note that if you do send us any such information or material, the Company will assume it is not confidential, except where noted in Security paragraph. By sending the Company information or material, you grant the Company an unrestricted, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit and distribute those materials or information, and you also agree that the Company is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques that you send us for any purpose.
No Representations or Warranties
This site may include inaccuracies, outdated information, defects, omissions, and/or other errors. Masterline Group™ does not make any representations regarding the use of this site's content including its accuracy, reliability, or correctness. The Company reserves the right to modify the information displayed on this web site but it does not make any commitment to update the information displayed on this web site.
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS SITE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INFORMATION, DATA, TEXT, DOCUMENTS AND GRAPHICS, IS PROVIDED "AS IS". ALL EXPRESS AND/OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY RIGHTS (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY KIND) ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED.
This web site provides links to other web sites that are completely independent of this web site. The Company makes no representation or warranty as to the content, ownership, or legality of any such linked web sites. In no event, should any link to another web site be construed as an endorsement by the Company of that web site, or of the products or services described therein. The Company expressly disclaims any liability for third party information or opinions posted on this web site or any linked web sites that arises under criminal or civil laws relating to defamation, intellectual property infringement, privacy, obscenity, or any other area of law.
Users of this web site should not rely upon opinions expressed at this web site when making business, financial, personal or any other decisions.Limitation of Liability.
IN NO EVENT WILL MASTERLINE Group™, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, ECONOMIC, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSS OF GOODWILL OR LOSS OF PROFITS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR USE OF ANY LINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LIABILITY ARISING FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE AND ANY OTHER STATUTORY, CONTRACT AND/OR TORT LIABILITY, EVEN IF MASTERLINE Group™ HAS BEEN EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE TERM "DAMAGES" INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEY FEES, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, AND LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM.
Additional Legal Matters
The Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of ILLINOIS, without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of law. Any disputes or controversies arising out of the Terms of Use shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal Courts of the United States of America and/or the State Courts of Illinois and the venue for such disputes shall rest solely with the State or Federal Courts of Illinois. The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement with respect to your access to and use of this web site. Any provision of the Terms of Use that is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be severed from the Terms of Use in that jurisdiction without in any way invalidating the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use. The unenforceability of any provision in a given jurisdiction shall not make that provision unenforceable in any other jurisdiction.
Privacy
Our privacy policy is described in the Masterline Group™ Privacy Statement. Please refer to it to learn about Masterline Group™ information collection practice.
Termination of Use
Masterline Group™ reserves the right to terminate any member's use of this Web site by disabling that member's access immediately without notice, if the Company in its sole discretion determines that your use of this Website does not comply with the Terms of Use, or violates any local, state, national or intern ational laws, or interferes with others' use of this Website, or adversely affects operations of the Company's business.
