IPMS Silverwings - International Plastic Modelers Society

Website User Policies
This Web site is owned and operated by Clarke Ramsey - [silverwings[at]ipmssilverwings.org] a member of the IPMS SilverWings - Sacramento, California Chapter. Hereafter "SilverWings", offered to the User conditioned on acceptance by the User without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. Use of the content, services, and/or products presented in any and all areas of this site constitutes the User's agreement to abide by the following terms and conditions and those posted in specific areas of the site.

Copyright & Trademark Notices
All contents of this Web site are: Copyright © IPMSSilverWings.org or third-party content providers and are protected by international copyright law. All rights reserved. SilverWings, and other names of SilverWings items referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of IPMS SilverWings. Other trademarks/logos are the property of their respective owners.

This Web site is for the User's personal, noncommercial use. If you download any material, you must keep all copyright and other notices intact. The right to use it is not transferable to any other person or entity. User is responsible for all use of User's account (under any screen name or password) and for ensuring that all use of this Web site through User's account complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement. User may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, or other content, software, products or services obtained from this Web site. In addition, the information may not be taken out of context or presented in an unfair, misleading or discriminatory manner.

Disclaimer
ALL MATERIALS AND SERVICES IN THIS SITE AND THIRD-PARTY SITES TO WHICH IT LINKS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE CONTENT PUBLISHED ON THIS WEB SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY MADE TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. SILVERWINGS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THIS WEB SITE AT ANY TIME INCLUDING CHANGES TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. SILVERWINGS AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION;

THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE CONTENT, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS, OR OTHER ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THIS SITE, OR THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM ACCESSING AND USING THIS SITE AND/OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED HEREIN. SILVERWINGS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED ITHE MATERIALS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE, INCLUDING BULLETIN BOARDS OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE, ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE USER ASSUMES THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

Use of this site is at your own risk.
This site may contain advice, opinions, and statements of various information providers and content providers. SILVERWINGS does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information provided by any information provider or content provider, or any user of this site or other person or entity. Reliance upon any such opinion, advice, statement, or other information shall also be at your own risk. Neither SILVERWINGS nor its affiliates, nor any of their respective agents, information providers or content providers shall be liable to any User or anyone else for any inaccuracy, error, omission, interruption, timeliness, completeness, deletion, defect, failure of performance, computer virus, communication line failure, alteration of, or use of any content herein, regardless of cause, or for any damages resulting there from.

Use of Bulletin Boards, Chat Rooms, & Forums
SILVERWINGS does control and review the messages, information or files delivered to Bulletin Boards. It is a condition of your use of the Bulletin Boards and this Web site that you do not upload to, post, distribute or transmit to or through this site any messages, information or materials which violate or infringe in any way the rights of others, or which are libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, threatening, abusive, unlawful or would otherwise violate any law, or encourage such conduct, or which, without SILVERWINGS' express prior consent, contains advertising or any commercial solicitation; post or transmit any material that contains a virus or other harmful component; restrict or inhibit anyone from using and enjoying the bulletin boards.

SILVERWINGS has no responsibility for the content of any messages, information or materials uploaded, posted, distributed, or transmitted by Users of this site. However, SILVERWINGS retains the right, but not the obligation in its sole discretion, to monitor, review, edit, delete or refuse to post any third-party content that SILVERWINGS deems to be objectionable or in violation of these Terms and Conditions. SILVERWINGS reserves the right to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request.

By submitting messages, information and material to any public area of this site, you are granting SILVERWINGS a perpetual royalty-free license to reproduce, edit, modify, publish, transmit and display, transmit, create derivative works from, distribute or perform it in whole or in part or incorporate it in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed.

User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless SILVERWINGS and all officers, directors, members, authorized representatives and agents form and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of any messages, information or materials uploaded, posted, distributed, or transmitted to or though this site by you.

User agrees to (as available) send and receive electronic mail, engage in conferences and chats, download and upload files, and otherwise use this Web site only as permitted by these terms and conditions, any additional policies or procedures published in this Web site from time to time by SILVERWINGS, and applicable law.

Links To Third-Parties' Web Sites
This Web site may contain links and pointers to Internet sites maintained by third parties. SILVERWINGS does not operate or control in any respect any information, products or services on such third-party sites. Third-party links are included solely for the convenience of Users, and do not constitute any endorsement by SILVERWINGS and/or its suppliers. User assumes sole responsibility for use of third-party links and pointers and disclaimers set forth herein are equally applicable to such third-party sites.

Third-Party Content
SILVERWINGS is a distributor with regard to content supplied by third-party suppliers and Users, therefore, SILVERWINGS has no more editorial control over such content than a public library, bookstore or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers and Users are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not of SILVERWINGS.

Software Available On This Web Site
Any software that is made available to download from this Web site ("Software") is the copyrighted work of SILVERWINGS' suppliers. Use of the Software is governed by the terms of the end-user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software ("License Agreement"). End users shall not install or use any Software that is accompanied by or includes a License Agreement, unless the end user first agrees to the License Agreement terms. Any such software is not available to Users in territories where its distribution is prohibited by law.

E-Mail
SILVERWINGS respects the privacy of the public and shall not disclose, distribute or rent its e-mail subscribers newsletter list to any third party, nor shall it permit anyone else to do so.

Modification
IPMS SilverWings shall have the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add or remove terms of this agreement at any time without notice. Changes shall be effective immediately. You agree to review this agreement periodically since subsequent use by you of this site shall constitute your acceptance of any changes. SilverWings shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect of the web site, including, but not limited to, the community areas, content, hours of availability and equipment needed for access to use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon posting and any subsequent use by you after such posting shall conclusively be deemed to be acceptance by you of such changes, modifications or deletions.

Termination
This agreement is effective until terminated by SILVERWINGS, at any time without notice. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access the bulletin boards and the restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the bulletin boards, the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities set forth in this agreement, shall survive.

Indemnity/Limitation of Liability
Under no circumstances, including, but not limited to, negligence, shall SILVERWINGS , or its affiliates be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, SILVERWINGS' materials. You specifically acknowledge and agree that SILVERWINGS is not liable for any conduct of any User.

As a condition of use of this Web site, the User agrees to indemnify SILVERWINGS and its members from and against any and all liabilities, expenses (including attorneys' fees) and damages arising out of claims resulting from User's use of this Web site, including without limitation any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by User of these terms and conditions. If you are dissatisfied with any SILVERWINGS material, or with any of SILVERWINGS' terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the SILVERWINGS Web site.

General
SILVERWINGS reserves the right to make any and all changes to this Web site at its sole discretion without notice to the User. SILVERWINGS reserves the right to deny access to this Web site to anyone at any time.

This Agreement shall be deemed to include all other notices, policies, disclaimers, and other terms contained in this Web site; provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between such other terms and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

This Agreement has been made in and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with United States law. Any action to enforce this agreement shall be brought in the federal or state courts located in California State. If any provision is deemed to be unlawful or unenforceable, that shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

Service Contact
Contact [silverwings[at]ipmssilverwings.org] with questions or problems with this Web site. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

Web Site Privacy Policy

IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following statement to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of the IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG web site. The IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG web site is owned and operated by IPMS SilverWings.

If you have any questions regarding our privacy statement, please feel free to contact us by e-mail at [silverwings[at]ipmssilverwings.org].

Summary
Our primary goal in collecting user information is to enhance your experience on our web site. We use aggregated (gathered up data across all user accounts) information to develop content targeted to users' interests and to better the web site user experience. IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG is committed to your privacy and will not share any personal information with any third party at any time, unless required by law.

What this Privacy Policy Covers
This privacy policy covers the entire web site IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG. Other IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG sites linked to from this web site have their own privacy statements which can be viewed on those sites.

Please be aware that IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG sponsors, advertisers, co-branded web site or web sites that have links on our site may collect personally identifiable information about you on their web sites. The information practices of those parties are not covered by this privacy statement. IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG users should also be aware that, when you voluntarily disclose personal information in chat areas or bulletin boards, that information may be collected by others and may result in unsolicited messages from others.

Gathering of Information
IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG does not collect personally identifying information about any individual IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG web site user except when knowingly provided by such individual. For example, we may ask you for information, such as your e-mail address, zip code and the country in which you are viewing the web site when you register to become a member of IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG, to customize your Attaché or other personalization applications, to enter a contest or complete a survey or to receive a newsletter. When you purchase aged articles or subscriptions to investment newsletters, you will be asked for additional personal information, such as your address, telephone number and credit card information, in order to complete the purchase. You always have the option not to provide the information we request. If you choose not to provide the information we request, you can still visit most of the IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG web site, but you may be unable to access certain options and services.

Cookies
A cookie is a data file that certain web sites write to your computer's hard drive when you visit such sites. A cookie file can contain information, such as a user identification code, that the site uses to track the pages you have visited. IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG uses cookies to track user traffic patterns throughout the IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG web site and to remember your passwords and video plug-in preferences so that you don't have to reset them each time you visit the web site. We use this data on an anonymous basis and we do not correlate this information with personal data of any user. Business partners of IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG and vendors providing hosting and other services for IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG., as well as advertisers who contract directly with a third-party service to serve their advertisements, may set their own cookies which may collect similar anonymous information.

Most web site browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser settings to display a warning before accepting a cookie, or to refuse all cookies. However, if you choose to disable the receipt of cookies from our web site, you may not be able to use certain features of the site.

Browser Level Information
IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG web servers automatically collect information about a site user's IP address, browser type and the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on the web site or not) and which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on the web site or not) by reading this information from the user's browser (information provided by every user's browser). This information is collected in a database and used--in an aggregated, anonymous manner--in our internal analysis of traffic patterns within our web site. This information is automatically logged by most web sites. IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG also uses a third party to collect information, including through the use of web beacons. Click here to learn more about how we use a third party service to collect and use information on our web site.

Use of Information
Our primary goal in collecting user information is to enhance your experience on our web site.

To Target Content
To develop content targeted to your interests, we use aggregated user information to determine which areas of our web site users prefer based upon traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but instead how well each page or content area performs overall.

To Provide Interactive Communications From IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG
To enhance your experience we may provide you with interactive communications, such as our electronic newsletters, to the e-mail address that you provide to us. Such interactive communications are provided only to those users who have expressly provided us with their permission to receive them as part of their user profile.

From time to time we may provide e-mails highlighting new features, promotions or contests on the web site to those users who have expressly provided us with their permission to send such communications as part of their user profile.

To Provide Communications From Third Parties
We respect the privacy of our users and shall not disclose or distribute our user list to any third party, nor shall it permit anyone else to do so. However, we do make available for rental our list of those registrants who have expressly provided us with their permission to receive third party information and offers as part of their user profile. In those cases, your personal information is not transferred to the third party.

Sharing of Information
When you are on an area of IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG as well as business partners and vendors providing hosting and other services for IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG. If you do not want your information to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer of your information by not using that particular service. In addition, any personally identifiable information provided by our users as part of an advertiser promotion online may be provided directly to advertisers.

Aggregate, Anonymous Information With Advertisers
IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG derives the majority of its revenue from advertising and sharing information is essential to keeping our services affordable to users. In order to attract and retain advertisers we use the aggregated, anonymous information that we gather (as well as information from third-party market researchers) to describe our services to partners and to assist our advertisers and sponsors to better understand our audience. We do not disclose personally identifying information about our users to these parties.

As Required By Law
IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG or to protect and defend the rights or property of IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG.

Security
Your information is stored on IPMSSILVERWINGS.ORG's servers located in the United States. We use procedural and technical safeguards to protect your personal information against loss or theft as well as unauthorized access and disclosure to protect your privacy, including encryption, "firewalls" and Secure Socket Layers. We treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by users inside and outside the company. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet.

Privacy of Children
Children under 13: Do not send any information about yourself to us- including information such as your name, address, or e-mail address. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the event that we learn we have collected any personal information from a child under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information from our database as quickly as possible.

How to Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding our privacy statement, please feel free to contact us by e-mail at info[at]ipmssilverwings.org. We read every message submitted and try to reply promptly to every one.

How Will I Know if the Privacy Policy Is Changed?
This statement may change from time to time, so please check back periodically. [If we are going to be using the information collected from users in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection, we will send affected users written notice of the change by e-mail.