What is this Privacy Policy For?
This privacy policy governs the privacy of The Driftless Area Magazine Publication, [driftlessareamag.com] and it’s users who choose to use it.
The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore the way The Driftless Area Magazine processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this policy.
The Driftless Area Magazine will never call you soliciting donations. If you receive one of these calls, please ignore.
The Online Publication – Website
The Driftless Area Magazine and it’s owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. The Driftless Area Magazine complies to all US and Canadian national laws and requirements for user privacy.
Any reproduction of the Driftless Area Magazine, in part or in full without the written permission of UniMinds is strictly prohibited. The Driftless Area Magazine shall not be held responsible for any claims made by our advertisers. Submission of photographs or other images to the Driftless Area Magazine may be published without providing image credit.
Use of Cookies
The Driftless Area Magazine uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website.
Cookies are small files saved to the users computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the users interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through it’s server to provide the users with a tailored experience within The Driftless Area Magazine.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from The Driftless Area Magazine on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from The Driftless Area Magazine and it’s external serving vendors.
The Driftless Area Magazine uses tracking software to monitor it’s visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information [http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].
Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when The Driftless Area Magazine uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.
Contact & Communication
Users contacting The Driftless Area Magazine and/or it’s owners do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form to email submission process but advise users using such form to email processes that they do so at their own risk.
The Driftless Area Magazine and it’s owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the products / services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if your express permission was granted when submitting any form to email process.
Your details are not passed on to any third parties.
Email Newsletter
The Driftless Area Magazine operates an email newsletter program, used to inform subscribers about products and services supplied by The Driftless Area Magazine. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed through prior written agreement with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with US and Canadian Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operates The Driftless Area Magazine. Under the Data Protection Act 1998 you may request a copy of personal information held about you by Driftless Area Magazine email newsletter program. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to; The Driftless Area Magazine 32647 US Hwy 14, Lone Rock WI 53556.
Email marketing campaigns published by The Driftless Area Magazine or it’s owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is by no far a comprehensive list].
This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content based around their activity.
In compliance with US and Canadian Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign.
External Links
Although The Driftless Area Magazine only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links users should always adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout The Driftless Area Magazine.
The owners of The Driftless Area Magazine cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and The Driftless Area Magazine and it’s owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Adverts and Sponsored Links
The Driftless Area Magazine may contain sponsored links and adverts. These will typically be served through our advertising partners, to whom may have detailed privacy policies relating directly to the adverts they serve.
Clicking on any such adverts will send you to the advertisers website through a referral program which may use cookies and will track the number of referrals sent from The Driftless Area Magazine. This may include the use of cookies which may in turn be saved on your computers hard drive. Users should therefore note they click on sponsored external links at their own risk and The Driftless Area Magazine and it’s owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that The Driftless Area Magazine and it’s owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. The Driftless Area Magazine nor it’s owners will ever ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss sensitive details to contact them through primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
The Driftless Area Magazine may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account.
Shortened Links in Social Media
The Driftless Area Magazine and it’s owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default some social media platforms shorten lengthy url’s [http://driftlessareamag.com] to this example: http://facebook.com/driftlessareamag.
Users are advised to take caution and good judgment before clicking any shortened url’s published on social media platforms by The Driftless Area Magazine and it’s owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine url’s are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore The Driftless Area Magazine and it’s owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
Aggregation Practices
1. We reproduce only portions of headlines that are necessary to make our point or to identify your story.
2. We choose articles that are directly relevant to our audience.
3. We identify the source of every article to the best of our ability.
4. We link to the original source of the article when available.
5. When possible, we provide context or commentary for the material we use.
Content Curation Practices
Content Curation is the act of discovering, gathering, and presenting digital content that surrounds specific subject matter. Content curation does not include generating content, but instead, amassing content from content provider(s), and delivering it in an organized fashion.
CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
The Driftless Area Magazine adheres to CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication for images/photo content displayed on the Driftless Area Magazine.
No Copyright Definition
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. One can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
In no way are the patent or trademark rights of any person affected by CC0, nor are the rights that other persons may have in the work or in how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, the person who associated a work with this deed makes no warranties about the work, and disclaims liability for all uses of the work, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
The Driftless Area Magazine, in best effort, and in contract with independent writers and photographers, trusts that all images submitted are original works or fall under the CCO Universal Public Domain. If you see an image that is in question, please email us at media@driftlessareamag.com for immediate investigation.
2021-08-23