PRIVACY | TERMS | DISCLOSURES

And now for the necessary legal portion of the website.

Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use

1. Terms

By accessing waywinds.com, you are agreeing to the website Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.

2. Use License

  1. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Waywinds’ website for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
    • modify or copy the materials;
    • use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
    • attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on Waywinds’ web site;
    • remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
    • transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.

  2. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by Waywinds at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

3. Disclaimer

The materials on Waywinds’ website are provided “as is”. Waywinds makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, Waywinds does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

4. Limitations

In no event shall Waywinds or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Waywinds’ Internet site, even if Waywinds or a Waywinds authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

5. Revisions and Errata (seriously, first time I’ve ever heard of this word)

The materials appearing on Waywinds’ website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Waywinds does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. Waywinds may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. Waywinds does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

6. Links

Waywinds has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Waywinds of the site. Use of any such linked website is at the user’s own risk.

7. Site Terms of Use Modifications

Waywinds may revise these terms of use for its website at any time without notice. By using this website you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

8. Governing Law

Any claim relating to Waywinds’ website shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

General Terms and Conditions applicable to Use of a website.

Privacy Policy (please read this part)

Your privacy is very important to me. Accordingly, I have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how I collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.

  • Before or at the time of collecting personal information, I will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
  • I will collect and use personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by me and for other compatible purposes, unless I obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
  • I will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
  • I will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
  • Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
  • I will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
  • I will make readily available to you information about my policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

1. Information that is Automatically Logged

Waywinds may log your IP address as a way to effectively administer this website and to help diagnose web server problems. This information is used for security and web traffic. Any recorded IP addresses are not personally identifiable.

2. Cookies

Waywinds uses cookies to track information about a visitor, information such as pages viewed, time on the website, date of visits, products ordered and so forth. Also third party vendors such as our advertiser, Google Adsense, uses the DART cookie to serve ads on this site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables Google to serve relevant advertising based on your previous web browsing.

Most web browsers by default accept cookies, but you can modify your browsers settings to decline cookies if you wish. Also, you can opt out of the DART cookie by visiting Google’s Privacy Center for Advertising and Privacy.

3. Email Subscription

Waywinds allows people to sign up for a free content driven email series about travel, adventure, culture and other pursuits by submitting an email address. The email given by someone is only used for the free email content and nothing else. Anyone signed up for the email series can easily unsubscribe at any time by clicking an unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email.

In short, I am committed to working on this endeavor in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained. Seriously. No, really, I take this extremely seriously.

Disclosures

Waywinds is a personal blog that aggregates weekly travel, adventure, culture and other pursuits news to inform people from around the world on those topics.

I have not been given any free products, services, or anything else from any company or person mentioned on this site. Transparency is one of my core beliefs – you should simply assume that any link to a product or service on Waywinds may result in my compensation financially or otherwise in some manner.

Thank you.