Privacy - Terms and Conditions of Use

1. Terms

By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site 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 web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.

2. Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright

John Barnett is the owner of copyright in this website. Text, graphics and pictures are both the sole property of John Barnett or else used with permission of the intellectual property (copyright) owner.

No part of this website, including but not limited to text, images, may be used in any manner or for any purpose without the express written permission of John Barnett.

Microsoft, the Microsoft Windows Logo and the Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 Logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries and are reproduced here with their kind permission

All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners

3. Disclaimer

The materials on XPhelpandsupport.mvps.org’s web site are provided "as is". John Barnett 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, John Barnett does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on this Internet Web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

4. Limitations

In no event shall John Barnett or his suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) costs, including any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or special damages or any other losses, costs or expenses of any kind (including legal fees, expert fees or other disbursements, directly or indirectly, regardless of whether or not such liability or damages arise in contract, tort, negligence, equity, statutorily or otherwise, arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on XPhelpandsupport.mvps.org, even if XPhelpandsupport.mvps.org or a XPhelpandsupport.mvps.org authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage.

5. Revisions and Errata

The materials appearing on XPhelpandsupport.org could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. John Barnett does not warrant that any of the materials on this web site is accurate, complete, or current. John Barnett may make changes to the materials contained on this web site at any time without notice. John Barnett does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

6. Governing Law

Any claim relating to XPhelpandsupport.mvps.org shall be governed by the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Privacy Policy

We recognise that privacy of your personal information is of paramount importance, not only to you, but also to us. Like other websites we do collect data such as IP address, Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Country of origin. This information is used solely for statistical and demographic purposes. Should you contact us we will also receive details of your email address. This will only be retained in order to initiate a reply to you should one be required.

1. Cookies and Web Beacons

We use third party advertising companies, such as Google and Kontera, to serve advertisements when you visit our website. These companies may use Cookies and Web Beacons which gather information (These Cookies and Web Beacons do not gather any personal identifiable information such as your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visit to this and other websites in order to provide specific advertisements (Internet Based Targeting) about goods and services of interest to you based upon previous browsing history. An example of specific advertisement targeting would be if you visited, say, Water Sport websites you may see target advertisements referring to Water Sport websites or other such interests.

You can, if you wish, use your web browser option settings to turn off third party cookies. This, however, can restrict the way you are able to interact, not only with our website(s) but others too.

Google is one of our providers of targeted advertising and, as third party vendors, use cookies (Doubleclick DART Cookie) to serve advertisements on our site(s). It is possible to opt out of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy http://www.google.com/privacy_cookies.html

Our Second provider of targeted advertising is Kontera. It is possible to opt out of Kontera internet based targeting by visiting the following link http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

2. Distribution of Personal Information

We will only retain identifiable information as long as is necessary for the fulfilment of our statistical analysis. XPhelpandsupport.mvps.org and its associate websites will not sell or rent any of your personally identifiable information.

3. Third Party Website Links

XPhelpandsupport.mvps.org and its associate websites provide links to other websites which we believe may be of interest to our visitors. These sites are beyond our control and we cannot be held responsible for the content or privacy arrangements of these external sites. Use of any such linked web site is at the user’s own risk.

4. Changes to this Document

From time to time it may be necessary to change the terms of this Privacy Policy. If changes become necessary they will be displayed only upon this Legal Notice Page. No other notification of change will be advertised elsewhere.

5. Contact

If you have any questions regarding the Terms and Conditions or Privacy policy of XPhelpandsupport.mvps.org and its associate sites you should contact: XP Help and Support

To help us help you regarding any query relating to these Terms and Conditions/Privacy Policy please ensure that the subject line of your email contains the words Privacy Policy.