Privacy Policy
VANGUARD COMMUNICATIONS OF FALLS CHURCH, INC. (“VANGUARD”)
Privacy Policy and Related Matters
The information that follows is intended to help you learn more about communications with Vanguard, our privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") and the use of our Web site (“Site”).
Privacy Policy
Q1: What is Vanguard's Privacy Policy?
A1: Vanguard is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us.
This Privacy Policy will be continually assessed against new technologies, business practices and our newsletter recipients’ needs. We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy. If we do change or revise our privacy policy, we will provide notification of the change. Your current use of the Site and your continued use of the Site following the posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy means you accept the policy.
Q2: How Does Vanguard Treat the Personal Information It Collects So As to Protect My Privacy?
A2: Unless disclosed otherwise at the time of collection, Vanguard will not share, sell or rent personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") with anyone without your advance permission. Information submitted to us is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you e-mails based on your request for information. If you submit Personal Information to Vanguard in connection with seeking a position or freelance opportunity with Vanguard, then we may share this information with third parties as necessary to evaluate your application and consider your appropriateness for work with Vanguard.
We will never sell your Personal Information to any third party not affiliated with Vanguard without your consent except in connection with the sale or merger of Vanguard.
Please note, however, that we reserve the right to access and/or disclose Personal Information as required by courts or administrative agencies and to the extent required to permit us to investigate suspected fraud, harassment or other violations of any law, rule or regulation, Site rule or policy, the rights of third parties and/or to investigate any suspected conduct which we deem improper.
Q3: What Have I Agreed to by Using Vanguard's Site?
A3: By using or accessing the Site, you signify your assent to our Privacy Policy.
By providing your mail, phone, fax and e-mail address you agree to receive communications from Vanguard via mail, phone, fax and e-mail.
Q4: What Personally Identifiable Information Does Vanguard Collect?
A4: We collect Personal Information when you provide it to Vanguard, such as when you sign up for our email newsletter(s), submit freelance information, email resume information, enter a contest, participate in surveys, or otherwise communicate with Vanguard. Personal Information can include your name, e-mail address, organization, physical address and telephone number. In addition, we may also collect non-personally identifiable information, such as IP host address, pages viewed, browser type and other data, and may aggregate any information collected in a manner that does not identify any individual (See Q6 Aggregate Information).
Q5: What Happens to Information I Volunteer in Publicly Accessible Formats?
A5: Vanguard is not responsible for the information you volunteer about yourself in the course of discussions in our blogs, surveys, forums, chat rooms or other forms of publicly accessible interaction, or information that you choose to make public.
We use reasonable precautions to keep the Personal Information you disclose to our Web site secure. However, due to the inherent open nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and Vanguard, or information stored on the Site or our servers, will be free from unauthorized access by third parties such as hackers; your use of the Site demonstrates your assumption of this risk. Only our employees who need access to your information in order to perform their duties are authorized to have access to your Personal Information.
Q6: Does Vanguard Have a Policy With Regard to Using Aggregate Information On An Anonymous Basis?
A6: Vanguard may use aggregate information (“Aggregate Information”) to summarize information for quantitative and statistical use. The purpose is to determine trends or patterns in information being read so Vanguard can improve and enhance your experience on the Vanguard Web site (www.vancomm.com) and for our market research activities. For example, we may share Aggregate Information with unaffiliated third parties, such as business partners and clients, in an aggregate, anonymous form, which means that the shared information will not contain nor be linked to any Personal Information.
As you use the Internet, a trail of electronic information is left at each Web site you visit. This information, which is sometimes referred to as "clickstream data," can be collected and stored by a Web site's server. Clickstream data can tell us the type of computer and browsing software you use and the address of the Web site from which you linked to the Site. We may collect and use clickstream data as a form of Aggregate Information to anonymously determine how much time visitors spend on each page of our Site, how visitors navigate throughout the Site and how we may tailor our Web pages to better meet the needs of visitors. This information will be used to improve our Site and our services. Any collection or use of clickstream data will be anonymous and aggregate, and will not intentionally contain any Personal Information.
Q7: Is Vanguard's Web Site Intended For Children?
A7: Vanguard Web sites are not intended for use by children, especially those under 13. No one under age 13 is allowed to provide any Personal Information or use our public discussion areas, forums and chats. Minors under the age of 18 are prohibited from making purchases, including subscriptions, on our sites.
Q8: What Precautions Should I Take When Using Links To and From Vanguard's Web Site?
A8: Our Site may contain links to other Web sites not maintained by Vanguard. Other Web sites may also reference or link to our Site. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that you visit. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other Web sites.
Q9: What is Vanguard's Opt-Out Policy?
A9: Vanguard provides subscribers and customers the opportunity to opt out of receiving communications from Vanguard. If you no longer wish to receive specific communications or services, you may opt out as follows: All unsubscribe requests or opt-out requests should be sent to us at insites@vancomm.com and we will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt. We are not responsible for removing your Personal Information from the lists of any third party who has been provided your information in accordance with this Policy.
Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability
Vanguard provides the information in our e-newsletter and Site for general guidance only, and you acknowledge that you are viewing the service at your own risk. Vanguard does not warrant the completeness, timeliness or accuracy of any of the data and/or programs available at this Web site. The information is provided "as is", and Vanguard, its affiliates and its third-party providers hereby expressly disclaim any and all warranties, express and implied, including but not limited to any warranties of accuracy, reliability, title, merchantability, non-infringement, fitness for a particular purpose or any other warranty, condition, guarantee or representation, whether oral, in writing or in electronic form. Vanguard, its affiliates and its third-party service providers do not represent or warrant that access to any service will be uninterrupted or that there will be no failures, errors or omissions or loss of transmitted information, or that no viruses will be transmitted on the newsletter.
Vanguard, its affiliates and its third-party providers shall not be liable to you or any third parties for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or punitive damages allegedly sustained from us on this Site, the providing of services hereunder, your access to or inability to access any service, any viruses alleged to have been obtained from any service, your use of or reliance on any service or any of the information or materials available as part of the service, regardless of the type of claim or the nature of the cause of action.
Protection of Intellectual Property
All pages and content within Vanguard's Site and e-newsletter, including but not limited to, text, graphics, audio, video, photographs, logos or other materials are the intellectual property of, or are authorized for use by, Vanguard and its licensors, business partners, clients and affiliates, including all trademarks, service marks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets contained therein.
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED HEREIN, YOU MAY NOT MODIFY, COPY, REPRODUCE, CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS, REPUBLISH, DISPLAY, UPLOAD, POST, TRANSMIT OR DISTRIBUTE IN ANY WAY CONTENT AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF VANGUARD COMMUNICATIONS OF FALLS CHURCH, INC.
Contact: For questions or concerns relating to privacy, we can be reached at privacy@vancomm.com.
Effective Date: This Privacy Policy is effective and was last updated on May 1, 2006.