Privacy Policy

www.theventrepublic.com may collect information from our users at several different points on the site.

Comments and Posts

www.theventrepublic.com users can choose to write comments or posts on the site. To leave a comment, users must submit information including a valid email address. www.theventrepublic.com uses this information to screen out users who leave comments prohibited by our terms and conditions of use, and will not pass this information to any other organization.

Newsletters

www.theventrepublic.com offers email newsletters. To sign up to receive regular emails, users must submit information including a valid email address. This information will be used in aggregate form to assess general user interest in various internal and third party products and services, and your personal and contact information will not be passed to any other organization. Users who choose to sign up for a mailing list will receive regular emails, including new articles added to the site.

Log Files

Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. These include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks.  We use this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.  IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. We may use a tracking utility that uses log files to analyze user movement.

Legal Disclaimer

Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, www.theventrepublic.com may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process.

Business Transitions

In the event www.theventrepublic.com goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company or sale of a portion of its assets, users’ personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred.

Links

 www.theventrepublic.com contains links to other sites. Please be aware that www.theventrepublic.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by www.theventrepublic.com

Third Party Advertising

The ads appearing on this Web site are delivered to users by Google, among other services. Information about users’ visit to this site, such as number of times they have viewed an ad (but not username, date of birth, or any other personal information), is used to serve ads to users on this site.

Notification of Changes

Whenever www.theventrepublic.com changes its privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, and other places we deem appropriate.

Terms and Use

You are invited to submit articles, post comments, sign up to receive newsletters and RSS feeds, and visit the Site. By using the Site, you expressly acknowledge and agree that any use of the Site will be in accordance with these Terms of Use.

If you do not agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, you may not use the Site. The Site reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time and will publish notifications of material modifications at its sole discretion. By continuing to access the Site after notice of such modifications have been published, you signify your agreement to be bound by them.

Violations

If you believe that any content on the Site violates the Terms of Use, please notify the Site by sending an email to [email protected].  The Site does not guarantee that any action will be taken as a result of your email.

What we stated as Facts, Opinions, Analysis, or Predictions May Be Wrong

The content of the Site is offered for general information, discussion, and entertainment purposes only. Some of the content is unmoderated by the site and reflects the personal opinions of the posters. You should be skeptical about any third party information on the Site because the information may be offensive, harmful, and/or wrong.

Do Not Violate Posting or Commenting Rules

You are responsible for your own postings and agree to access and use the Site at your own risk on an as-is basis. Your postings should be truthful and accurate. Do not make postings that involve the following:

· Securities for sale, barter, or exchange

· Harassment, defamation, threats, stalking, bullying, or violations of the legal rights of others

· Illegal activities

· Impersonation of any person or entity, or falsely states or misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity

· Infringement of another’s intellectual property, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, trademarks and copyrights of any type

· Obscene, vulgar, bigoted, hateful, or racially offensive language or images

· Commercial advertising

· Gambling, contests, chain letters, “pyramid schemes,” or “multi-level marketing” schemes

· Violations of any applicable local, state, national, or international law in connection with your use of the Site. This includes securities laws and regulations.

· Comments personally attacking the author of a post.

Furthermore, you agree that, if a third party claims that any material you have contributed to the Site is unlawful, you will bear the full burden of establishing that the material complies with all applicable laws.