Privacy
Policy
This Web site is provided by EndWriter'sBlock.com ("EWB"),
subject to the following privacy policy ("Privacy Policy").
BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE
PRIVACY POLICY.
EWB may change the Privacy Policy from time to time. YOUR
CONTINUED USE OF THIS WEB SITE AFTER ANY CHANGES TO THE
PRIVACY POLICY CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE REVISED
PRIVACY POLICY.
Type of Information Collected
EWB may collect from and use information about the users of
this Web site. This information falls into a number of
different categories:
* When a user fills in an electronic form on the Web site,
EWB may collect a user's name, position, business address,
telephone number, fax number, business e-mail and financial
information (including credit card information) required to
process orders of goods and services.
* A user may provide information which personally
identifies a user ("Personal Information") to EWB when
completing a registration or placing an order. Unless a
user provides the minimum information noted on EWB's Web
site, the user may be unable to complete transactions.
* EWB may collect the e-mail addresses of users who
communicate with EWB via e-mail and who wish to receive
information from EWB, such as member notices, EWB's
electronic newsletters, etc.
* EWB may collect business information volunteered by
users, for uses such as survey information. This
information is kept confidential by EWB and is not used for
any purposes outside of the stated intent of the survey
without the express consent of the participant. Aggregated
or anonymized survey results that do not identify
individual users may be used and disclosed by EWB.
* The EWB Web site may use "Cookies", which are small data
files that are placed on an individual user's computer. The
Cookie identifies your browser and not personal information
about you, such as your name.
* The EWB Web site automatically collects certain user
information which is customarily logged by Internet
servers, including the Internet Protocol address ("IP
address") through which users access the Internet, the date
and time of access, and the Internet address of the Web
site from which a user linked to this Web site ("User IP
Information").
How Information is Used
The reason for the collection of information on the Web
site and uses which are made of the information which is
collected depends on the nature of the information.
* EWB may use Personal Information collected on and through
this Web site only for the purposes described in this
Privacy Policy or for additional purposes which are
disclosed at the time the Personal Information is
collected. EWB uses Personal Information when users order
goods and services from EWB.
* EWB may use contact information (i.e. name, job title,
business address, telephone number, fax number, and
business e-mail) to inform users on a periodic basis by
electronic newsletters, correspondence, phone calls, faxes
and e-mails about industry issues, events, products and
services of interest to you.
* The EWB Web site may use Cookies to monitor Web site
usage, measure aggregate user traffic and demographic
statistics such as number of users, average time spent, and
similar statistics. Any user may disallow receiving Cookies
at any time through their Web browser settings.
* User IP information may be used to measure the number of
visitors to the different sections of this Web site, and to
help make the EWB Web site more useful to users.
* EWB may use User IP Information or Cookie information
collected on and through the EWB Web site to improve the
design and content of the Web site. User IP Information and
Cookie information may also be used for statistical
purposes or to evaluate what portions of the Web site are
more popular than others, determine where visitors came
from, and where they go within the Web site, and how long
visitors stay on a particular page, or on the Web site in
general.
* In certain limited circumstances, EWB may be required or
permitted by law to disclose Personal Information, such as
to the police in the course of a criminal investigation.
How Your Information is Protected
EWB uses commercially reasonable steps to keep any Personal
Information which it collects about users secure from
unauthorized access, deletion or alteration, but, as with
any communication of information over the Internet, there
is a risk that data will be intercepted or otherwise
interfered with by third parties. EWB will have no
liability to users if Personal Information is intercepted
or otherwise interfered with by third parties. Users should
take precautions to ensure that others do not access their
Personal Information; such precautions include the use of
passwords and encryption and turning off the computer when
finished using it.
EWB treats all information collected on our Web site as
securely as possible. EWB's Web site uses SSL or "Secure
Sockets Layer", an industry-standard security protocol, to
process credit card transactions for the purpose of events
registration, membership registration, and magazine
subscriptions. When users connect with EWB's secure server,
the communication between the browser and the secure server
is encrypted.
Although EWB uses commercially reasonable steps to
safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information,
EWB cannot assure that information it collects will never
be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this
Privacy Policy.
Transferring of Personal Information
EWB may use third parties to provide services or
functionality relating to the EWB Web site. As a result,
Personal Information may be transferred to one or more
third parties, such as a data processor or fulfillment
agency for processing relating to these services or
functionality. EWB will ensure that any such third parties
do not use such Personal Information for their own purposes
and that Personal Information is safeguarded to the same
standards as are used by EWB.
Sharing of Contact Information
EWB may share contact information with its affiliated trade
associations so that users can be informed about industry
issues, events, products and services of interest to your
business. Contact information that is limited to name, job
title, business address and telephone number may also be
shared with select sponsors of EWB events. Contact fax
numbers and e-mail addresses will not be provided to
sponsors.
Access to Personal Information
Upon request, EWB will provide an individual with details
of any Personal Information about him or her, which EWB has
in its possession or control. EWB can be contacted at
info@endwritersblock.com or by mail to End Writer's
Block.com, 10251 No 1 Rd, Suite 5, Richmond, BC V7E 1S1
Attention: Privacy.
Opting Out and Correcting Your Information
If you would like to remove your name from EWB's electronic
participation lists please let us know by contacting us at
info@endwritersblock.com or by mail to End Writer's
Block.com, 10251 No 1 Rd, Suite 5, Richmond, BC V7E 1S1
Attention: Privacy or by following the "unsubscribe"
instructions in our electronic newsletters and e-mails.
If you wish to correct the information that we have about
you, please contact us at info@endwritersblock.com or by
mail to End Writer's Block.com, 10251 No 1 Rd, Suite 5,
Richmond, BC V7E 1S1 Attention: Privacy.
Collection of Information by Third Parties
This Web site may contain links to Web sites which may be
operated by third parties whose information and privacy
practices may be different than EWB's. These links are
provided solely for convenience. Users should consult the
privacy notices on such other sites. EWB may have no
control over any information that is submitted to, or
collected by, these third parties and is not responsible
for the content of any such third party Web sites.
Accessing and viewing of any such third party Web site is
conducted at the user's own risk.