Privacy Policy and Terms of Service


Your Privacy


We at Ishtar Magazine Online take your privacy seriously. We do not collect personally identifiable information without your permission, and we do not send unsolicited mail, whether it be electronic or postal. Please be advised that any email that claims to originate from Ishtar Magazine that solicits personal information is not from our site. You should delete all such emails immediately.


Introduction

Ishtar Magazine Online respects each individual’s right to personal privacy. We will collect and use information through our Web site only in the ways disclosed in this statement. This statement applies solely to information collected at Ishtar Magazine Online’s Web site.

Part I. Information Collection

Ishtar Magazine Online collects information through our Web site at several points. We collect the following information about visitors:

  • Name – when you register at our forums
  • Email address – when you sign up for newsletters or on the forum
  • Address – if you provide it on the forum registration


We may also collect other general data when you browse our site such as what type of browser you use and the geographic area where you are accessing the site. We use this data in order to tailor our site’s experience to our users in the most effective manner and we never use this information in any other way.

 

Ishtar Magazine Online does not market to children, and we never knowingly ask anyone under the age of 18 to divulge personal information.

 

We occasionally employ cookies. A cookie is a small text file that our Web server places on a user’s computer hard drive to be a unique identifier. Cookies enable Ishtar Magazine Online to track usage patterns and deliver customized content to users. In addition, the ‘remember me’ option on the forums uses a cookie to keep you logged into the forums without having to enter your user name and password repeatedly. Advertising appearing on our Web site only tracks Ishtar Magazine Online as the referring seller.

 

Our site uses various payment methods through the forums to process payments for our online subscription service. These payment sites, and not Ishtar Magazine Online, collect information about credit cards or other payment arrangements. Ishtar Magazine Online does not have access to your credit card number at any time.



Part II. Information Usage.

The information collected by Ishtar Magazine Online will be used for allowing registered, paid members access to the paid portions of our site, and to allow registered users to post to the forums and on the News and Features sections of our site. Users who provide information will receive access to the online magazine, email announcements on site updates, and have the option to receive news about sales and other offerings for our site only.

 

Registered users have the option to receive additional announcements from us about products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users, we present the option not to receive these types of communications. We do not share your email address with third parties. At all.

 

We offer links to other Web sites. Please note: When you click on links to other Web sites, we encourage you to read their privacy policies. Their standards may differ from ours.

 

Our Web site offers forums, and may offer chat venues in the future. Please be advised that information posted in these venues becomes public knowledge.

 

If our policy on information collection or uses changes, we will advise you through an email announcement with a link to the new changes, as well as a posted notice on the site and the forum.



Part III. Access to Information

Ishtar Magazine Online maintains the accuracy of our information through the voluntary updates of our users. Users may access their own personal information and contact us about inaccuracies they may find through the private message system on the forums and through email to the site administrators. Users may delete their information from our database by deleting their forum membership at any time.



Part IV. Problem Resolution

If problems arise, users may contact Ishtar Magazine Online through our online contact form. We are committed to resolving disputes in a timely fashion.



Terms of Service



By subscribing to this web site, you agree that the Ishtar Magazine Online service is provided AS IS, with no expressed warranties or guarantees of any kind. You agree to hold Ishtar Magazine Online and its writers, contributors, and sponsors harmless for any consequential or incidental damages that may arise from the use of this site.


Ishtar Magazine does not allow for partial refunds of subscription time due to voluntary cancellation. Ishtar Magazine Online may, at its sole discretion, issue a partial refund for certain situations and occurrences. The subscriber agrees that if a refund is issued, it does not change the terms set forth in this agreement.


The user agrees to keep his or her username and password confidential. Failure to do so will be cause for cancellation of subscription without refund if Ishtar Magazine Online has reason to believe multiple people are logging in from one user account.


Other terms may be added to this agreement, and will be posted at the time they go into effect.



~The Ishtar Team~