Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions

Reading Eagle Online

Privacy Policy
Last Updated 12/17/2002

Reading Eagle Company and readingeagle.com strive to offer visitors to our site a personal Internet experience, and to do this, we may from time to time ask for or use information such as your name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number, or certain demographic information subject to the terms of this privacy policy. This policy applies to information collected online and is not applicable to information collected or used by Reading Eagle Company or readingeagle.com through other means.

Requests for information.
The nature of the information we might collect and the way in which we gather and store it depends on the web page that you are visiting or the services or activities you select on those pages. For example, you may be asked to provide appropriate information when you register for access to certain portions of our site, participate in forums, subscribe to the newspaper, request an archive reproduction, or use certain features. No information that identifies you personally will be gathered unless you are afforded the opportunity to refuse to provide such information.

Automatic Tracking
While readingeagle.com does log certain tracking information in ways transparent to visitors, this is not information that personally identifies any visitor. Examples are recording a visitor’s Internet service provider or tracking the number of pages visited. We may use cookie technology to recognize someone on a subsequent visit. You can choose not to provide us with such information by setting your browser to refuse cookies, but that may render you unable to access certain portions of the site.

What we do with information.
We collect information to enhance your visit and may use it to deliver individualized content and/or advertising. We may sometimes permit advertising and/or promotional affiliates to call to your attention certain products, offers and web content. Information gathered on readingeagle.com will not be used to enable direct communications sent by our advertisers or promotional partners unless you are offered the opportunity to elect not to receive such direct communications.

Aggregated Information.
Information that does not personally identify you may be used to enhance our site and services. For example, we may combine information about your usage patterns with similar information from other users to determine which pages are visited most or what features are most popular. Such information may be shared with advertisers and business affiliates, but only if it does not include any information to identify you individually.

Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements.
Be aware that third parties, including our advertisers, affiliates and others whose content may be accessible through readingeagle.com may have their own privacy and data collection policies and practices. During your visit to our site you may link to or view certain content that is created or hosted by a third party. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those parties when providing information to them.

Non-requested Information
If you voluntarily disclose information on message boards or in chat areas, that information may be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and outside the control of readingeagle.com or this policy.

Children.
Reading Eagle Company and readingeagle.com do not knowingly collect personal information from or about children under 15 except as permitted by law. If we discover we have received any information from a child under 15 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information. If you believe readingeagle.com has any information from or about anyone under 15, please contact us at the address listed below.

Contacting us.
We can be reached by contacting:
Internet Services
Reading Eagle Company
P.O. Box 582
Reading, PA 19603
Email: internetservices@readingeagle.com

Implied acceptance and changes to this policy.
Continued use of readingeagle.com constitutes acceptance of this policy and any changes that may from time to time be posted. Reading Eagle Company reserves the right to change this policy at any time, but information collected prior to the posting of any change will be used only according to rules or laws in effect at the time the information was collected.

Compliance with law.
It is the intent of Reading Eagle Company that this privacy policy and operations of readingeagle.com shall comply with applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States of America. This statement and policies herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party. No other portion of this policy withstanding, we may disclose personal information if we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law; protect our rights and property; protect against misuse or unauthorized use of readineagle.com; or protect the safety or property of our users or the public.

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THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into by and between Reading Eagle Company and You.

License. Reading Eagle Company hereby grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access Reading Eagle Company Archives™ electronic information Archives (the “Archive”) and to download, print-out and use the information provided through the Archives solely for your own personal or internal research purposes. You shall not publish, distribute, sell, retransmit, broadcast or otherwise reproduce the Archives and the information provided through the Archives in any way. The Archives and all information provided through the Archives is and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of Reading Eagle Company or its third party information suppliers. You acquire no proprietary or ownership interest in the Archives or any information provided through the Archives. All copyright notices or other proprietary rights notices contained in or associated with the Archives shall be preserved by You.

Charges. The price for access to the Archives for a period of twenty-four (24) hours is eight dollars and ninety-five cents ($8.95) payable in advance by credit card (“Archives Charges”). You shall pay all applicable taxes related to the Archives. Reading Eagle Company shall bill Archives Charges to Your credit card that has been pre-approved, pre-authorized or otherwise validated by Reading Eagle Company. You are responsible for and shall pay for all costs and expenses related to accessing the Archives, including but not limited to, all equipment and software necessary to access the Archives, Internet/World Wide Web access and all telecommunications charges related to accessing the Archives.

Term. By using the Archives, You expressly agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You may use the Archives for a period of twenty-four (24) hours from the time of activation of Your password or identification code.

Use/Information. Reading Eagle Company provides the Archives to You on an “as is” basis. Use of the Archives and any information obtained through the Archives is at Your sole risk. Reading Eagle Company disclaims any responsibility for the accuracy, quality or content of the Archives and any information obtained through the Archives. The Archives does not contain all of the information or materials published in the publications provided the Archives. Information and materials may be withdrawn from the Archives, and the Archives may otherwise be changed at any time by Reading Eagle Company without notice to You.

Restrictions. You shall use the Archives only for lawful purposes, and You shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations and the policies and guidelines of Reading Eagle Company and any common carrier associated with the Archives. You shall not use the Archives in any way which does not conform to the public interest or which may violate the rights of Reading Eagle Company or others, including but not limited to copyright infringement, or which may constitute libel or slander. You shall use reasonable efforts to promote efficient use of the Archives, and shall not interfere with others or disrupt the Archives. You shall not provide or permit connectivity which would allow the use of or access to the Archives by another entity or party.

Identification. You shall use the Archives password(s) or identification code(s) specified by Reading Eagle Company. Each individual user may be assigned a unique password or identification code and such password or identification code shall not be transferred or shared. You are responsible for the confidentiality and the use of Your password(s) and identification code(s), including the payment of all Archives Charges charged to Your account by anyone using Your password(s) or identification code(s). You shall immediately notify Reading Eagle Company in the event a password or identification code is lost or stolen. You shall remain responsible for all Archives Charges charged to Your account until the above written notice is received by Reading Eagle Company.

Indemnification. You shall indemnify Reading Eagle Company against all claims arising out of this Agreement, the Archives and Your use of the Archives or the information provided through the Archives, including but not limited to claims that Reading Eagle Company or the Archives or the information provided through the Archives violates any copyright, patent or other personal or proprietary right or that any information related to the Archives is defamatory, obscene, inaccurate or otherwise in error.

No Warranties. Reading Eagle Company MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE Archives WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR CONFORMITY TO ANY REPRESENTATION OR DESCRIPTION. Reading Eagle Company SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY, QUALITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION OR TRANSMISSION SENT OR RECEIVED THROUGH THE Archives.

Outages. In no event shall Reading Eagle Company have any liability for any mistakes, omissions, interruptions, delays, errors or defects occurring in the course of furnishing the Archives.

Limitation of Liability. In no event shall Reading Eagle Company be liable for any damages or any claim of any kind arising out of this Agreement, the provision of the Archives, or the information provided through the Archives. In no event shall Reading Eagle Company be liable for special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of revenue or profit, loss of use of any property, cost of substitute performance, equipment or Archives, cost of capital, downtime costs and loss of data. Your sole remedy for any claim arising out of this Agreement shall be the termination of this Agreement. Reading Eagle Company shall not be liable, either directly or indirectly, for any claims arising out of the actions or inaction of the provider of any information or Archives accessed through the Archives.

Statutory Provisions. Some jurisdictions do not allow excluding or limiting implied warranties or limiting liability for incidental or consequential damages. As a result, the warranty and liability exclusions or limitations contained in this Agreement may not apply to You if prohibited by the laws of Your jurisdiction.

Miscellaneous. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right hereof shall operate as a waiver of such right or that of a future occasion. In the event that any term or provision of this Agreement shall be deemed or rendered void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and such term or provision shall be deemed stricken. This Agreement shall be deemed to have been executed and delivered in the State of Pennsylvania and it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, not including those relating to choice of laws. Any actions based upon or relating to this Agreement shall be brought in the federal or state courts in Pennsylvania. This Agreement and all attachments hereto set forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties and supersede all prior oral and written, and contemporaneous oral, agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. No representation, promise, inducement or statement of intention not expressly set forth herein has been made by either party.

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