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In an effort to comply with global censorship legislation, while my practices haven’t changed at all, I now have to provide you with this intrusive legalese every time you access iaindavis[.]com. Sorry about that.

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This website (the “website”) is owned and operated by iaindavis[.]com. All content provided on this blog is for informational purposes only. Any views or opinions represented in this blog are personal and belong solely to the blog owner. The views expressed do not represent those of any other people, institutions or organizations with which the blog owner may or may not have an association.

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This website is owned and operated by iaindavis[.]com. Your access and use of the website is subject to the following terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”) on this page in its entirety, and all applicable laws. By accessing and browsing iaindavis[.]com, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any of the stated Terms and Conditions, do not use iaindavis[.]com and do not make a donation or follow our recommendations. iaindavis[.]com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, alter or otherwise update these Terms and Conditions at any time and by using iaindavis[.]com, you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations or updates.

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Information and any free resources available for download on this website are provided “As is”, without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. iaindavis[.]com entire liability, and any voluntary donator’s exclusive remedy, shall be a refund of the donation made subject the the terms and conditions herein specified and any applicable local laws.

Though we strive for accuracy, information on iaindavis[.]com may contain inadvertent technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Information may be changed or updated without notice. iaindavis[.]com may also make improvements and/or changes in the information and offers described in this information at any time without notice.

iaindavis[.]com makes no representations whatsoever about any hyper-linked third-party websites which you may access through iaindavis[.]com or third party products available on those websites. These 3rd party websites are not created or maintained by iaindavis[.]com. They are independent from iaindavis[.]com. This website (iaindavis.com) has no control over the content on those websites. Moreover, iaindavis[.]com does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such websites. While we have no information about the presence of such dangers on 3rd party websites, you should take the necessary precautions to protect yourself and your systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other items of a destructive nature.

In no event will iaindavis[.]com be liable to you or any other third party for any direct, indirect, special or other consequential damages for any use of recommended product(s) or services, including, without limitation, any lost profits, business interruption, loss of reputation or other data losses by any other product or service provider or third party website, even if iaindavis[.]com are expressly advised of the possibility of such damages.

Jurisdiction and Choice of Law

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These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the UK and Internationally as it is applied to agreements entered into and to be performed entirely within such Country.

Other

If any provision of this agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the matters contained herein.

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Privacy Policy.

iaindavis[.]com is committed to maintaining the privacy of personal information that you provide to us when using any of our online services. This Privacy Policy describes how we treat the information we receive when you transmit data to any machine owned by iaindavis[.]com

Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the website provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets (which iaindavis[.]com does not operate), and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, even though nothing has changed, you may prefer to disable cookies on this website and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.

Web Form Information

When you submit information to iaindavis[.]com including to gift a donation, we may collect personally identifiable information from you that may include your name, address, email address, and credit card number. We do not knowingly collect personal information from persons under the age of eighteen.

Web Website Usage Information

We automatically collect IP addresses and Web website usage information from you when you access any of our online services. This information helps us evaluate how our visitors and subscribers use and navigate iaindavis[.]com an aggregate basis, including but not limited to, the number and frequency of visitors and subscribers to each web page and the length of their visits.

How We Use Information Collected

iaindavis[.]com may use information in the following ways:

• To perform the actions for which you specifically provided the information (For example, enabling us to process, validate, and verify purchases and or gifted donations).

To register you as a client and establish an account for you.

To send you email notifications about our new or existing iaindavis[.]com free resources and support services, links the third party special offers, or to otherwise contact you.

To enhance existing features or develop new features, products and services.

To provide advertisers and other third parties with aggregate information about our user base and usage patterns.

• To allow us to personalize the content and advertising that you and others see based on personal characteristics or preferences.

Except as specifically set forth in this Privacy Policy, we will not share your personally identifiable information with any entity outside of iaindavis[.]com.

We may disclose and use personally identifiable information in special circumstances where it is necessary to enforce our service agreements or terms of use (for example to protect our intellectual property rights). We may also disclose or use your personal information when we, in good faith, believe that the law may require us to do so.

Cookies

We define a cookie as any string of data that is automatically stored on your computer upon access to our online services. iaindavis[.]com employs cookies to assign temporary identification numbers to machines that access our web servers. This information enables us to deliver faster service to our subscribers, prevent denial of service attacks on our systems, detect and prevent fraudulent transactions, and assist with awarding proper sales credit to our partners. All iaindavis[.]com cookies are 1) of limited duration, 2) less than 5KB in length, 3) only visible to iaindavis[.]com web servers, and 4) devoid of any personally identifiable information.

Security

The personally identifiable information we collect about you is stored in limited access servers. We maintain safeguards to protect the security of these servers and your personally identifiable information. We retain personally identifiable information only as long as necessary to complete a donation, thwart fraud, provide customer service, or maintain your account with us.

Policy Modifications

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes here, so be sure to check back periodically.

GDPR

No personal data, other than email addresses, is either collected or stored by iaindavis[.]com. However iaindavis[.]com is fully compliant with GDPR and upholds and protects all the rights of site visitors have concerning their data:

• The right to be informed.
• The right of access.
• The right to rectification.
• The right to erasure.
• The right to restrict processing.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to object to processing.
• The rights concerning automated decision-making and profiling.

A site visitor can exercise these rights at any given time and iaindavis[.]com will fulfill any related requests as soon as possible.

Comments and Questions

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our Privacy Policy, you may contact us by submitting your inquiry to [email protected].

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Disclosure.

iaindavis[.]com is not “monetised” in any way. We do not sell anything (see exception below) and have no commercial conflicts of interest. Neither opinions expressed nor information shared is influenced by any financial inducement whatsoever.

iaindavis[.]com does accept donations from those who value our work and wish to voluntarily gift a donation to the website owners (please see Donations Policy). However, nothing (see exception below) on the website is created for the purpose of financial gain. Voluntary gifted donations are gratefully received and are made entirely at the discretion of the gifting donor. Visitors to iaindavis[.]com have free and open access to all areas of the website and all offered resources, there are no pay walls nor affiliate links (see exception below). It is the intention of the website owners to steadfastly maintain completely free access to the website for all. No advantage or additional content is offered to voluntary gifting donors. iaindavis[.]com actively defends its absolute financial independence.

Exception: For those who wish to purchase a hard copy of iaindavis[.]com publications this is only possible via the Amazon website. Unfortunately this is currently the only viable way to offer print copies to those who want one. iaindavis[.]com does receive a very small payment from the sale of hard copies (and Kindle editions) from Amazon. However, the same books are freely available to all subscribers in .pdf form and iaindavis[.]com actively encourages all website visitors to avail themselves of the free copies. iaindavis[.]com does not, and will not, promote the sale of books from global corporations and places no value on the tiny amount recouped from Amazon’s sales.

iaindavis[.]com has made this disclosure in order to comply with the FTC’s policy that demands transparency about any and all affiliate relationships that we may have on this website. We do not currently have any affiliate links on the website. This situation may have to change in the future.

This means therefore that you should assume that any and all links on this website are affiliate links. If you click on these links and go visit the resulting website, a cookie will be set in your web browser that will cause us to receive a commission in the event that you subsequently purchase a product on the resulting website.

This is a legitimate way to monetize and pay for the operation of websites. While we do not currently use this method, should we do so in the future, we will gladly reveal our affiliate relationships to you and will maintain transparent, ethical conduct with valued partners and vendors.

Furthermore we fully disclose that hyperlinks on this website are, in most cases, shortened, and in some cases cloaked to hide long ugly links for functionality and tracking purposes. This is done primarily for aesthetic reasons. Link tracking, shortening and cloaking is a very common practice on all types of websites.

We have nothing to hide and, should we use affiliate links in the future, will maintain a transparent relationship with the vendors, products and services that we may recommend on this website.

You should also know that we do not receive physical products or cash in exchange for any reviews or posts you find on this website. No one has paid us to produce reviews or posts. However you should also know, while we currently have no affiliate relationships at all, it is possible that we may in the future. At such time our reviews and posts could be influenced by our affiliate relationships and this may create a conflict of interest. However, while we do not believe a conflict of interest will ever exist, we always recommend that you consider the affiliate relationships and link techniques we have described.

In the event that we choose to operate an affiliate website in the future, at that point we would like you to buy the service or products we write about and we would be influenced by that fact. However we would avoid conflict by only reviewing or posting about products and services we trust. Regardless of any future affiliate relationship we strive to always give our honest opinions, report findings, expressed beliefs, or relayed experiences on topics or products we write about and promote.

iaindavis[.]com does not allow other vendors to place advertising on our site in the form of banners, widgets, and hyperlinks.

 

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About Gifted Donations to Iain Davis:

This website (iaindavis[.]com) allows you to gift donations to support the independent journalism, research and content creation of iaindavis[.]com.

Donations

Subject to the requirements of applicable local laws, once your donation is made it will only be refunded to you with the prior written consent of iaindavis.com.

iaindavis[.]com will process your donation via the payment method used at the time of donating. NOTE: no donations will be refunded for any reason, subject to applicable local laws, unless by prior written consent of iaindavis[.]com. If iaindavis.com agrees in writing to refund your donation, iaindavis[.]com will return your donation via the payment method from which you made the donation. If iaindavis.com agrees to return your donation, the amount returned will be subject to the deduction of applicable transaction and payment processing fees.

Use of your donations:

iaindavis[.]com does not represent or warrant that your donations will be used for any particular purpose and shall not be responsible for any dissatisfaction you may have regarding the use of any donation you may make through the iaindavis[.]com website or its associated services or websites.

NOTE: For donations to iaindavis[.]com, you may receive updates from iaindavis[.]com to let you know more about the content created by iaindavis[.]com. If you would like to stop receiving these emails, you will be able to select this option in the email footer in emails you receive from the iaindavis[.]com.

iaindavis[.]com (or any payments processor or card brand we work with) will verify the identity of a donor and undertake any other necessary checks before any funds raised are transferred to the iaindavis[.]com. The website owner (iaindavis.com) shall have no liability to donors whatsoever for any use or misuse of donations made to iaindavis[.]com. It is your sole responsibility, as a gifting donor to iaindavis[.]com, to ensure that the stated aims and objectives of iaindavis[.]com are ones you wish to support.

Unauthorised donations:

When you make a donation, the transaction is final and not disputable unless unauthorised use of your payment card or other payment method is proven. If you become aware of fraudulent use of your card, or if it is lost or stolen, you must notify your card provider in accordance with its reporting rules. Similarly, if you experience any issues of this nature when using another payment method, such as PayPal, you should contact the provider of that payment method for assistance.

iaindavis[.]com will never email or phone you and ask you to provide any of your payment details.

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