Site Use and Privacy Policy

Disclaimer

Phillytrib.com, the website of The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc., makes no warranties or representations concerning the accuracy or suitability of the information contained on this or any phillytrib.com webpage, and we do not warrant or represent that the services provided by our website will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that the website and the server that hosts the website are free from viruses or other forms of harmful computer code. In no event shall The Philadelphia Tribune Company, its managers, employees, or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, or consequential damages resulting from the use of this website.

Legal Notice

Content of phillytrib.com is the property of The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. and of any third parties who are online partners or affiliates of the Tribune Company. In your use of this website you are permitted certain limited rights discussed below regarding the content that you access at or through this website.

As a phillytrib.com subscriber or visitor you may:

• Search, view, retrieve, and display -- without any consideration -- content that you access on our website ("consideration" is a legal term that means you have intentionally given something of value, such as money or personal information, in return for whatever you have received; in some cases "consideration" may simply mean the time you spend filling out a form or the effort and/or expense of putting something into the U.S. mail).

• Reproduce for personal use single copies of online content, or electronically "save" portions of site content, except where notice of third-party rights in such content is given, and if third-party rights are involved, phillytrib.com may attempt but is not obligated to render such content unresponsive to "print" and/or "save" commands from you.

As a phillytrib.com subscriber or visitor you may not:

• Remove or alter copyright notices, identifiers, or disclaimers.

• Make printed or electronic copies of content for redistribution in any format.

• Access or permit anyone to access or use phillytrib.com websites or online content for any commercial use whatsoever, with or without financial gain. For permission to reproduce phillytrib.com content, please email your request to [email protected].

Privacy Policy

Phillytrib.com, respects your privacy and wants you to be aware of:

(1) what personally identifiable information we obtain about you and our subscribers, visitors and customers; and how and why we obtain it.

(2) how we may use and/or disclose personally identifiable information;

(3) control over personally identifiable information; and

(4) precautions taken to protect the confidentiality of personally identifiable information.

(1) What Personal Information We Collect, and Why

Personally identifiable information is any information that can be used to distinguish or trace your identity when used either alone or in combination with other personal or identifying information that is linked or linkable to you. In short, it is any information that may identify or help to identify YOU.

Phillytrib.com uses the Internet to communicate with subscribers and visitors to and users of our website, to provide information about advertising policies, permission requests, and to enable you to purchase or otherwise obtain items and content offered by us and by other parties who place content or advertising on our web pages. In order to make your visits to our website and use of the services available on or through our website as meaningful as possible, we may collect certain non-identifying information about your computer, or leave a non-identifying marker in your computer each time you visit us (see Section on "Cookies," below). In addition, depending on the circumstances (e.g., newspaper subscription, purchase of goods or services, registration to participate in discussion groups, etc.) we may ask you for personal information, including but not limited to your name; home address; business address; e-mail address; telephone, wireless or fax number; short message service or text message address or other wireless device address; instant messaging address; credit card and other payment information; demographic information and other information that may identify you as an individual or allow online or offline contact with you individually. At times we may also request other information, such as your age, gender, education and subscription information.

We do not collect personal information except when you specifically and knowingly provide it. For example, if you are using the site to subscribe to a publication or to purchase an item, you will be asked to supply your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, and credit card information. This information will be used by phillytrib.com to fulfill your specific transaction request. We do not direct any advertising to, or knowingly solicit or collect any information from, persons who are less than 18 years of age, and we do not permit underage individuals to participate in any discussion group or forum conducted on our website.

On occasion you may want to share information about our products and services, or send an online card or a gift or gift certificate to a friend or family member through our website by clicking on an "E-mail to Friend" or similar "share" button. In those cases you will provide the name, e-mail address or other personal information of your friend or family member to us. Such information will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

(2) What Personal Information We Disclose, and Why

We may disclose to selected companies that perform services for us information that you furnish. All of these companies act on our behalf and are obligated to keep the information confidential and use it to provide only the services we have asked them to perform. As examples, your credit card information is released to the issuing company to confirm payment for purchases made on our site; your address is released to the delivery service to deliver products that you order; and we share order information with third-party affiliates that help us provide customer service. We may also disclose personal information in special cases, such as when we believe actual harm might be caused were we not to do so, or when legal process compels the disclosure. Under no circumstances do we ever sell personally identifiable information that is obtained by us.

From time to time we make our subscribers’ names and postal addresses (but not email addresses or other nonpublic personal information) available to other Tribune Company publications and entities that offer products or services we believe may interest you. If you want us to exclude your name from such notices, please follow the "opt out" procedures set out below in Section (3). Bear in mind that any personal information that you voluntarily place in a discussion group or forum on our site (or any site) will be viewable by other participants in the group.

(3) Access to and Control Over Personal Information

You may direct us not to share information unrelated to transactions that you initiate on our site, and you may choose not to receive from us communications unrelated to your specific purchases or inquiries. You may decline participation in any activity that asks for information, such as surveys, promotions, or competitions, and your choice to not participate will have no effect on your ability to view content or otherwise use the website for permitted purposes.

To "opt out" of certain communications from us and from our disclosed online partners you may remove your name, address and other personal information from all of our marketing databases and prevent receipt of future email communications except those regarding continuing transactions such as newspaper subscriptions. To opt out please send an email to [email protected] with the word "remove" in the subject line.

(4) Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way to prevent unauthorized parties from viewing it. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page (the "s" indicates "secure"). Credit card transactions and order fulfillment are handled by established third-party processing agents and banking and distribution companies. They receive only the information needed to verify and authorize your credit card or other payment information and to process and ship your order. Unfortunately, no data transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment, and we retain and securely store such information only as long as necessary to fulfill any request or purchase made by you. Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time, and all updates will be posted on this page.

Additional Advice

Terms of Use

Your use of this website indicates that you have read and agree to the Site Use and Privacy Policy set out in this document. If you do not agree with these terms, please leave this website. The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. reserves the right to terminate the membership (as defined below) of, and to deny website access to, any person who violates these Terms.

Cookies

We may customize your visit to our website by using "cookies" to store a randomly generated unique tag on your computer. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. Cookies are simple text files stored by your web browser to provide a method of distinguishing among visitors to our website, accurately counting the visits, and determining how the site is being used. They help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat as well as "unique" visitors to the site during specified periods. For instance, when we leave a cookie on your device, you would not have to log in with a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. You can refuse or delete cookie files from your computer by using any one of a number of widely known methods available in most operating systems or web browsers. Some of our online business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). We have no ability to control those cookies, but you do.

Links

Our site may contain hypertext links to websites of independent third parties who offer goods and services for purchase. The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any such other websites, including any that might indicate a special relationship or affiliation with phillytrib.com, which does not disclose unique personal identifiers to those responsible for the linked sites. Those sites may, however, collect personal information from you when you link to them; they are not subject to control by phillytrib.com. We notify our visitors when they are about to leave our site, and we encourage our users to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information. To protect your privacy you should review the privacy policy of any site that you visit. Such links to other sites do not imply an endorsement of any third party, website, or products or services provided by any third party. We will not be responsible for the success or security of transactions undertaken or processed by third parties and we will not be responsible for the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability or any other aspect of third-party providers, products and services. You agree to release The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. from any damages that you incur, and agree not to assert any claims for them, arising from your purchase or use of any products or services made available by third parties through our website.

Registration and Passwords

To use certain features of our website in the future you may be required to register and create a password in order to become a "member" of the site. As a member you will be responsible for all activities that occur under your membership account and password, and agree not to sell, transfer or assign your membership or any membership rights.

In registering you must agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself on the registration form and to maintain and promptly update that information. We reserve the right to terminate your membership at any time for any reason and without notice. In the event of termination, you will no longer be authorized to access the part of the site affected by the termination. The restrictions imposed on you with respect to content downloaded from any portion of the website, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in these Terms of Use, shall continue in force even if your membership has been terminated. You will be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for restricting access to your computer so others may not access the phillytrib.com website using your name without your permission. If you believe someone has accessed your member name and/or password without your authorization, e-mail us at [email protected] immediately with details. The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from or related to your failure to protect your password or membership account information.

Rights in Content That You Provide

Services offered by phillytrib.com may include a variety of features, such as message boards, photo galleries, comments and other interactive features which allow feedback to the site and real-time interaction between user/members. These features are provided to give users an interesting and stimulating forum to express their opinions and share ideas and information. By posting a message, uploading a file, providing information to, communicating with, or otherwise placing any material on our website you are granting to The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. an irrevocable, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted right and license to use, copy, sublicense, modify, display, archive, store, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works from such information, in any form, media, software or technology now existing or developed in the future. You also authorize the Tribune Company to use your name and any other information in connection with its use of the material you provide. All such rights are granted without the requirement for additional compensation of any sort to you or any further permission.

Copyright Issues

The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. respects the intellectual property of others and holds no claim to copyrights of content that is owned by a third party or is in the public domain. If you believe your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or if you are aware of any infringing material on our website, please send an email containing the following information to [email protected]:

• an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;

• a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property interest that is the subject of your claim;

• a description of where the material is located on the website;

• your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;

• a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that access to the relevant material through the site is inappropriate;

• a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or other intellectual property owner, or that you are authorized to act on the copyright or other intellectual property owner’s behalf.

Enforcement of Terms

The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. cannot and does not monitor all of the material posted or transmitted by users and third party information providers. It is a condition of your use of these Services that you generally exercise your best judgment not to do any of the following:

• Restrict or inhibit any other user(s) from using and enjoying the website.

• Post any material that contains vulgar, profane, abusive, hateful or racist language or expressions, text, photographs or illustrations in poor taste, or attacks of a personal, racial or religious nature.

• Post any material that is threatening, false, defamatory, misleading, fraudulent, unfair, and inaccurate, contains gross exaggeration or unsubstantiated claims, violates the privacy rights of any party, is unreasonably harmful or offensive to any individual, community, association, business or group.

• Violate any right of The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc.

• Post any material that discriminates, or refers to such matters in any manner prohibited by law.

• Disrupt, interfere with or otherwise harm or violate the security of The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc., or its website or any services, resources, passwords, servers or networks through our site or affiliated or linked sites.

• Post any material that contains or links to viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files.

• Use or attempt to use another’s identity, account, password, service or system except as expressly permitted by the Terms of Use.

• Post any material that includes copyrighted or other proprietary material of any kind without express permission of the owner of the material.

• Post any material that includes advertisements, promotions, or offers to trade any goods or services, except in areas specifically designated for such purpose, if available.

• Post any material that violates or encourages the violation of any municipal, state, federal or international law, rule or regulation.

• Post a photograph of any person of less than 18 years of age without the written consent of a parent, guardian, or other responsible adult.

The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. reserves the right to delete any communications at any time, for any reason or in its discretion, but has no obligation to review or remove any content, and also reserves the right to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in our sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these Terms of Use.

The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate or restrict your use of our website, or any part of the website, without notice, for any or no reason, and without liability to you or any third party. All terms contained in this document relating to intellectual property rights, disclaimer and limitation of liability, and jurisdiction and venue shall continue in force even if your use of the website has been restricted or terminated.

Law Governing, Jurisdiction and Venue

You and The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. agree that the terms and conditions expressed in this document shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and any applicable laws and regulations of the United States, without regard to conflict of laws provisions, and further agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located within Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania with respect to any lawsuit or dispute arising under or relating to any term or condition expressed in this document, or the performance of same.

Entire Understanding

This document expresses the entire understanding between you and The Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. regarding the Company's Site Use and Privacy Policy, and nothing contained in it creates or is intended to create a legal or fiduciary relationship of any kind between the Tribune Company and you or any user of its website. As a user you may be subjected to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use specific services on this website, or purchase the products or services of a third party that are provided through this website.

Changes to Policy Statements

We may from time to time change the policies discussed here. If we revise them in the future, we will post the policy changes to this page to notify you of the changes and provide you with the opportunity to opt out of our database. If you are concerned about the way your information is used by Phillytrib.com, you should check this page periodically.

These legal and policy statements were last revised on October 3, 2016.