Terms and Conditions
Home Business Journal is ©Copyright 2006 Home
Business Journal. All rights reserved. Home
Business Journal™ is a registered trademark of
Home Business Journal. Trademarks of third
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part or whole is strictly prohibited by
international copyright laws without the prior
written consent of Home Business Journal. By
using Home Business Journal you acknowledge your
acceptance and binding to the terms and
conditions set forth in this legal document.
All features and specifications of Home Business
Journal are subject to change without prior
notice. Home Business Journal is provided on an
"as-is" basis. Home Business Journal makes no
guarantee or warranty as to the accuracy,
suitability, performance, compatibility,
applicability, reliability or availability of
the Home Business Journal web site or any of its
content. In no event shall Home Business Journal
be held responsible for any direct, indirect or
consequential damages either financially,
physically or otherwise, due to the use of Home
Business Journal even if due to the negligence
of Home Business Journal.
Users outside of North America are recommended
to obtain information from their local
government as to the lawfulness of using Home
Business Journal prior to use. Home Business
Journal shall not be held responsible for the
content of externally linked sites. The content
of externally linked sites is not endorsed or
controlled by Home Business Journal. Although
every measure has been taken to assure the sites
we link to are of the highest content quality
and reliability, your use of provided links to
external sites is at your own risk.
This agreement (the version held at web address
http://www.homebizjour.com/legal.asp)
constitutes the full and complete understanding
of the terms and conditions of using Home
Business Journal at all times, and supersedes
any prior versions or contracts pertaining to
membership or usage of Home Business Journal and
its services. This agreement may be modified
from time to time without prior notice. Any and
all future modifications to this agreement will
be posted to this page. Changes to this
agreement which Home Business Journal considers
"major" or "of importance" will be highlighted
for a reasonable period of time. This document
was last updated January 6th, 2006.
Privacy Policy
The protection of our user's privacy is of the
most paramount importance to Home Business
Journal. This document outlines how the
information we collect from our users is
acquired, transmitted, stored, used and the
lifecycle of such data. Under no circumstances
will personally identifying information
collected from our users be sold, leased,
rented, loaned or given to external companies or
organizations without prior user notification
and / or permission. However, Home Business
Journal cannot be held liable in the event that
private information is stolen, hacked or
otherwise obtained due to circumstances beyond
the control of Home Business Journal. Users
wishing to obtain a listing of, or make changes
to the private information stored by Home
Business Journal, must make a formal written
request to info@homebizjour.com and allow 10 to
15 business days for processing. In the event
Home Business Journal is acquired by a third
party, the private information of Home Business
Journal users will be transferred, and continue
to be bound to this privacy policy until such
time that users are adequately notified of
policy changes.
All information which Home Business Journal
obtains from its users is kept secure and
confidential to the best of our abilities at all
times. This includes security protection of the
physical devices storing the information and
computer based protection in the form of
passwords, encryption, signed certificates and
other means. Access to the private information
of our users is limited to the employees and
authorized subcontractors of Home Business
Journal and technicians of its hosting provider.
Exceptions include:
- third party personnel requiring access
to servers for the sole purpose of routine,
scheduled or emergency maintenance; and or
upgrading of hardware, software or
configurations;
- law enforcement or government agencies
in order to comply with local laws and
regulations;
- companies specifically authorized to
perform monitoring, technical, analytical or
diagnostics services or tasks on our servers
and or other equipment.
Home Business Journal collects, stores and
utilizes personal information in the following
ways:
- Email Newsletter
Personal information collected includes
email address, name, IP address and date / time
stamp. This information is retained
indefinitely in a secured database
environment as an account for the newsletter
subscription. The personal information is
used for distribution of the email
newsletter, occasional announcement emails
and promotions, account administration and
customer service purposes only. This
information is collected directly from the
subscriber. Private information such as
telephone numbers, fax numbers, email
addresses and postal addresses will not be
used for the purpose of marketing third
party products, services or organizations -
and are strictly retained for purposes
relating directly to Home Business Journal
and its related services.
- Web Traffic Statistics
Individually identifying information
collected includes the IP and host address
information of our users. This information
is collection without notification to the
user. The information is used purely for
general web traffic statistics and reports.
The information is not used to monitor,
track or report on the usage of individual
users unless the user is suspected of
illegal or unauthorized usage of any
component the Home Business Journal
infrastructure is comprised of. Additional
information collected on users which is
considered non-personal, and is collected
without prior knowledge of the user
includes: browser version, time and date
stamp of all transactions against the Home
Business Journal server, referral
information, country of origin, city of
origin, hosting provider.
- Cookies
During usage of particular functions within
Home Business Journal, cookies may be saved
to the client workstation that improve the
efficiency and quality of service.
If you have any questions, comments or
concerns about our legal or privacy policies, we
welcome you to contact us at
info@homebizjour.com.
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