Copyright and Terms of Use
The content on this website is copyrighted in our name. We want to strike the appropriate balance between getting my content widely distributed while at the same time protecting my intellectual property rights. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
Without My Permission
You are free to do the following without our permission:
* Link to my site or any specific post on my site.
* Extract and re-post less than 200 words on any other site, provided you link back to my original post.
* Print off my posts and photocopy up to 50 copies for internal distribution within your own company or organization.
* Print my posts in any non-commercial publication (e.g., company newsletter, church newsletter, class syllabus, etc.), provided you include this copyright notice: “© 2009, Graf-Martin Communications Inc. All rights reserved. Originally published at www.grafmartin.com”
Not Without My Permission
You must have my express written consent to do any of the following:
* Re-post one of my posts in its entirety anywhere else on the Internet.
* Use this content for commercial purposes, including selling or licensing printed or digital versions of my content.
* Alter, transform, or build upon this work.
Your Privacy
At Graf-Martin Communications Inc, we respect your right to privacy and we understand that visitors to our home page http://www.grafmartin.com need to control the uses of their personal information. Our Graf-Martin Communications Inc site allows individuals to learn about our company and product and services offerings. The privacy policy below describes the measures taken by us to protect your privacy in connection with your use of our web site.
What personally identifiable information do we collect, and how do we use it?
* Registration. If you do give us your information, we will collect certain registration data from you, including your name, e-mail address, handle, and other information. We use this registration information to operate our services, track projects, monitor user activity, maintain discussion forums, and otherwise to improve our web sites. Also we may display some of your personal information (e.g. your name or handle) to other users, such as when you are the leader of a project, or when you post messages on discussion boards. We will not display or share your e-mail address with others unless you expressly permit us to do so (opt-in).
* IP Address. An internet protocol (IP) address is a unique string of numbers that is assigned to your computer by your internet service provider. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address. We collect and use your IP address to operate our services, track your usage of the site, to manage forum posts and content and database modifications, to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our sites. We may also display your IP address to users of our sites when you use our services. Your IP address also may be used to gather broad demographic information.
* Cookies. A cookie is a small data file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain web sites. We use cookies to track how frequently users come to our sites, to determine where our users are coming from, to determine what type of systems our users use, and to help the services operate. These cookies do not enable third parties to access any of your personally identifiable information. Additionally, be aware that if you visit other web sites you may be required to accept cookies. Advertisers and partners may also use their own cookies. We do not control use of these cookies and expressly disclaim responsibility for information collected through them.
* E-mail. If you register with our site and you elect to receive e-mails and news from us (opt-in), we may send you e-mail messages with news and information. Even if you do not elect to receive (or opt-out of receiving) news from us, we may use your e-mail address from time to time to contact you about your account.
* Special Contests or Promotions. We may occasionally present a special contest or promotion, which may or may not be sponsored by another company. To qualify for entry in such contest or promotion, we may ask you to provide personal information. If we plan to share your personal information with a sponsor(s) or with others, we will provide a statement to that effect in the contest or promotion terms.
Who do we share your personally identifiable information with?
*We will not share your personally identifiable information with third parties, aside from entities that perform services for us that either are bound to comply with our privacy policy or have privacy policies that protect your information.
However, we may disclose information you provide if required to do so by law or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process served on us; (2) protect and defend our rights or property; or (3) act in an emergency to protect someone's safety.
* As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets, and, depending upon the transaction, your personally identifiable information may be one of the transferred assets. In the event that we are acquired by another company, your personal information may be part of the assets transferred to the acquiring party.
How can I update my profile?
* Please maintain the accuracy profiles by notifying us when you change your address, title, phone number or e-mail address. If at any time you wish to update your information or stop receiving communication from us, you may visit the registration page.
What about kids & personally identifiable information?
* Our sites are not directed to children under the age of 13. We respect the privacy of parents and children and are committed to complying with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ('COPPA').
* If a parent believes that his or her child has provided us with personal information, he or she can contact us via e-mail or postal mail as listed below. We will promptly delete the information upon learning that it relates to a child under the age of 13.
* We believe that parents should supervise their children's online activities and consider using parental control tools available from online services and software manufacturers that help provide a kid-friendly online environment. These tools can also prevent children from otherwise disclosing online their name, address and other personal information without parental permission.
What else should you know about your privacy?
* Security. We have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. These security measures include a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to our systems. Although we will exercise reasonable care in providing secure transmission of information between your computer and our servers, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us over the Internet and we accept no liability for any unintentional disclosure.
* Links to Other Sites. Our sites contain hyperlinks and pointers to Internet sites maintained by third parties. These links are provided for your reference only. We do not control, operate or endorse in any respect information, products or services on such third-party sites and are not responsible for their content. Many third-party sites have their own privacy policies that differ from ours. This privacy policy only covers our sites and does not cover any other site. While we make every effort to keep your information secure, we do not control the policies of other sites.
Changes to this privacy policy
* We may make changes in our privacy policy from time to time. When we do so, we will post the revised privacy policy on our sites with a link at the bottom of our home page. Our home page will also contain a statement notifying readers that the policy has changed and the effective date of that change.
Acceptance of privacy policy
Your use of our sites is subject to this Privacy Policy. BY USING OUR SITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES SET OUT IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the changes on this page. Please check the revision date at the bottom of this page to determine if the policy has been modified since you last reviewed it. Your continued use of any portion of our sites following posting of the updated Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
Feel free to contact us if you have a particular question about this or need special permission.