Terms & Conditions

RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MATERIALS. Unless otherwise noted, all materials, including images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips, and written and other materials that are part of this web site, are copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual properties owned, controlled or licensed by The New York Center for Independent Publishing, an educational program of the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York ("We" or the "NYCIP). All trademarks, service marks, and trade names are proprietary to the NYCIP.

TERMS & CONDITIONS. You agree to read these terms and conditions of use carefully before using this web site.

E-MAIL. Using the E-mail addresses collected at the Web site, we periodically send promotional E-mail to its visitors about services we offer. If you want to be removed from our database, please e-mail with instructions to do so.

JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES. Unless otherwise specified, the materials in this web site are presented solely for promoting publications and services available in the United States, its territories and possessions. This web site is controlled and operated by the NYCIP from its offices in the State of New York, United States of America. We make no representation that materials on the web site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access any this web site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. BY ACCESSING INFORMATION FOUND AT THIS SITE, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK. IN ANY SUCH ACTION IF WE PREVAIL, WE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALSO RECOVER OUR LEGAL FEES AND OTHER COSTS.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, THE MATERIAL ON THIS WEBSITE (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, FUNCTIONS, SERVICES, MATERIALS AND INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE HEREIN OR ACCESSED BY MEANS HEREOF) ARE PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. YOU ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF LOSS RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THIS SITE AND ANY INFORMATION ON THIS SITE. WE CANNOT BE HELD LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY EVENT THAT RESULTS FROM USE OF ANY INFORMATION OR SERVICES PROVIDED BY US, NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL LOSSES OR ANY OTHER NEGATIVE OUTCOMES. YOU COMPLETELY ABSOLVE US OF ANY RESPONSIBILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE, FOR HOW YOU USE THIS INFORMATION. IN NO EVENT WILL THE NYCIP, THE OPERATORS OF THIS WEB SITE, THEIR MEMBERS, AFFILIATES, CONTROLLING ENTITIES, OR ASSOCIATES, BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR ANY OTHER HYPERLINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS, EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

LINKS. You acknowledge that we have not reviewed the content of all sites linked to or from our website. A link to outside services and resources does not mean that the firm endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, use, or products and services made available through such web site. Moreover, it is not responsible for the privacy policies of any web sites to which it may link.

TRADEMARKS. THE NEW YORK CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING, NYCIP, THE SMALL PRESS CENTER, SPC, THE ROUND TABLE WRITERS' CONFERENCE, and MINI WRITERS' CONFERENCE are service marks of the NYCIP.

MODIFICATIONS. We reserve the right to modify these Terms and Conditions and any policies affecting the website. Any changes in our Terms and Conditions will be posted to this website, www.nycip.org and will become effective as of the date of posting. It is and will be your responsibility to review our Terms and Conditions from time to time to make sure you are aware of any changes. Your continued use of this website following the modification of our Terms and Conditions shall be conclusively deemed as acceptance of all such modification(s).

GENERAL. These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to this website. Failure by us to enforce any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. You are prohibited from engaging in, suggesting or encouraging any illegal activity in connection with our website and we will cooperate with law enforcement officials as appropriate. In the event that any portion of these Terms and Conditions is held to be unenforceable, the unenforceable portion shall be construed in accordance with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, and the remainder of the provision and terms shall remain in full force and effect.

PRIVACY POLICY
Information We Collect:
Your privacy is important to us. Any information that you divulge to us is kept in strict confidence. We do not collect or store personally identifiable information on you at our website or elsewhere, unless, of course, you voluntarily provide that information to us. When you place an register for as conference or event, become a member or friend of the NYCIP, order, open an account, sign up for services or newsletters, communicate with the website owner or customer service, or send us an email, you provide us with information we may collect. Such information may include your name, address, email, phone number, credit card information, subscriptions and form downloads. We treat all information you provide as confidential.

For statistical purposes only, the server of our Internet Service Provider collects technical (or "non-personally identifying") information about when our website was accessed, the name of the website you came from before visiting our website, which pages were visited, and which browser you used. E-mail addresses and other personally identifiable information are not available to us. We do not enable "cookies" on our website.

Use and Disclosure of Information We Collect:
We do not rent, share, or sell mailing lists or information about visitors to our website to third parties (other than is reasonably required to fulfill orders, requests and process payments). All newsletters, alerts or bulletins that you are subscribed to will be sent to you individually, or as a "blind copy" to ensure your email address is not disclosed to other recipients. At our option we may notify you of any changes to this Privacy Policy or our other terms and conditions of this website (though you are bound by the terms of any changes we post to our website whether or not we notify you by email).

From time to time, we may be required to provide personal information in response to a valid court order, subpoena, government investigation, or as otherwise required by law. Unless prevented by law, we will notify you prior to the release of such information. Of course, this privacy policy doesn't apply to the websites of others that may be accessible though

Notification of Changes:
Any changes in our Privacy Policy will be posted to this website, www.nycip.org, and will become effective as of the date of posting with respect to information we then collect in the future, but will not be changed with respect to information that we have already then collected. It is and will be your responsibility to review our Privacy Policy from time to time to make sure you are aware of any changes.

Effective Date:
This Privacy Policy is effective with respect to all data that we have collected since the date we started collecting data, which was January 1, 1996.

Questions:
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, or wish to be removed from our mailing lists, please contact us at , or write:

Ms. Karin Taylor
Executive Director
New York Center for Independent Publishing
20 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

Thank you.

Updated May 10, 2007