Terms and Conditions

The following discloses the privacy policy for the Star5.ch website. Your Privacy Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

You agree to these policies by virtue of using our website in a manner that requires you to provide us with personal information. State Law and Accompanying Rights Please understand that you may have additional rights under state law depending on where you live.

These state-based rights may augment, enhance, or otherwise supplement any privacy rights you have, either inherently or under federal law.

It is our policy to fully comply with the privacy policies of each jurisdiction in which we operate. Accordingly, you are free to use our contact information to reach us at any time to assert state rights.

Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important.

For this reason, our website will never collect or maintain information on our website from anyone we know to be under the age of 18, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 18.

Under our Terms of Use and Conditions, children under the age of 18 are not permitted to use our website and access our services. It is not our intention to offer products or services to minors.

Google Analytics.

Star5.ch uses Google Analytics to help analyze how users use the site. The tool uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to collect standard Internet log information and information about visitor behavior in an anonymous form.

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. This information is then used to evaluate the use of the website by visitors and to compile statistical reports on website activity. We will never use the statistical analysis tool (nor allow any third party to do so) to track or collect personally identifiable information about visitors to our site.

Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. Neither Google nor we will link or seek to link an IP address to the identity of any computer user. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

Please note, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all the features of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Other collection of personal information When you visit our website, the IP address used to access our website may be logged along with the date and time of access. This information is used only to analyze trends, administer our website, track user’s movement and gather broad demographic information for internal use, such as statistical evaluations and website improvement. Most importantly, logged IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Other information may also be collected, which is fairly typical of most websites. For example, the source that referred you to our website is usually known.

Similarly, your time on our website and your destination when you leave our website may also be tracked. Other common data collected includes the type of computer operating system you use to access our website. Also, the type of web browser is often noted. Again, this is common data collection, which ultimately helps to provide a better experience for the end user.

Cookies are another common Internet practice.

Cookies are an essential way to enhance the user experience by allowing us to personalize your use of our website. Simple information is transferred to your computer to allow the content and experience to reflect your actions, preferences, etc. You should simply assume that our website uses cookies and note that you are free to modify your web browser to disable them or to receive a cookie notification so that you can take the action you wish. Please be aware that refusing cookies may cripple some of the functionality of our website and render certain aspects useless.

Sometimes you will be fully aware of the information received because you are the direct source providing it. For example, you may comment on a blog post, respond to an email (whether broadcast or autoresponder), provide an email address, respond to a survey, request a text message, or whatever. Similarly, purchases necessarily involve the collection of certain information, such as credit card information, Paypal addresses, your physical billing and/or shipping address, your phone number, etc. If you refuse to provide any of this information, we may not be able to provide you with the products or services you have requested.

An excellent example of limited access to our website is where content may be protected by a username and password. Whether a username and password is generated by our website or created by you, it will almost always be linked to other information about or related to you. This is true because much of the protected content on the Internet is subscription-based, often paid. Thus, the username and password must be linked to other data in your account. Usernames and passwords, by their very nature, should remain confidential.

Handling of personal information:

An excellent example of limited access to our website is where content may be protected by a username and password. Whether a username and password is generated by our website or created by you, it will almost always be linked to other information about or related to you. This is true because much of the protected content on the Internet is subscription-based, often paid. Thus, the username and password must be linked to other data in your account. Usernames and passwords, by their very nature, should remain confidential.

Handling of personal information:

Note that any personal information you provide to people other than us or our suppliers is completely optional. For example, you may disclose something in a blog comment. That “private” information is now “public” and we have no control over that. Similarly, if you share information with third parties who are not service providers, that information is beyond our control and is subject to the policy in place.

Our primary purpose for collecting personal and private information from you is simply to conduct our business. We may use this internally to better serve you. Accordingly, we see no reason to share your personal information with other parties and outside interests unless you have authorized us to do so. Of course, there are instances where your information is stored with third-party service providers, such as email service providers, as they provide top-notch services in terms of quality and security and are far more beneficial to our end user than trying such services. “internal.” However, you are never obligated to deal directly with these third parties, they are limited in how they use your information and may not sell or transfer it to third parties under any circumstances.

However, of course, your information is part of a whole. This aggregate information, however, may be used to understand our overall user base. In addition, we may share this information about our website visitors as a whole, and not individually, with third parties for various purposes, at our sole discretion. Although we are strong advocates of privacy, there are times when we may need to abandon these ideals. Just as major search engines are forced to provide data against their will, so too is our website. Illegal activity or other serious acts or allegations could create legal liability for our website. In these cases, we reserve the right to share your information, or we may simply be required to do so by law.

On the other hand, there may be times when we need to share your personal information to protect our own interests. For example, in the case of alleged or suspected copyright or other intellectual property infringement, it may be necessary to share personal information.

Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART cookie.

As a third party advertising provider, Google may use cookies to serve ads on this website. Google’s use of DART cookies allows them to serve ads to visitors based on their visits to this website, including past visits, as well as other websites on the Internet. To opt out of DART cookies, you may review the Google Ad Network and Content Network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html. The tracking of users via DART cookies is subject to Google’s own privacy policy.

Other third party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track user activity on this website to measure advertising effectiveness and for other reasons that will be set forth in their own privacy policies. Our website has no access to or control over these cookies. by third party advertisers. However, you can disable some, though probably not all, in a simple location at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

Links to Third Party Websites We have included links on this website for your use and reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of these sites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these websites may differ from ours.

Comment Policy.

As you know, Web 2.0 is about conversation. But without a few simple ground rules, that conversation can turn into an outrageous game that discourages others from entering the fray.

Here is the policy of Star5.ch . By posting on my blog, you agree to the following conditions: You can comment without registering. You can connect via Disqus, OpenID, Twitter, Facebook or not at all. It’s up to you.

You can post anonymously. I don’t recommend it, but you can do it if you want. I can change this rule if it is abused.

You can ask follow-up questions. If you have a question, chances are you are not alone.

Others probably feel the same way. Therefore, I would rather receive your comments on Star5.ch than by e-mail. It’s a better use of my time to address everyone at once than to answer several similar emails.

You may disagree with me. I welcome the debate. However, I ask that if you disagree with me – or anyone else, to do so in a respectful manner. In my opinion, there is far too much shouting in the public square to tolerate it here.Star5.ch reserves the right to delete your comments. This is my blog. I have no obligation to publish your comments. The First Amendment gives you the right to express your opinions on your blog, not mine.

Specifically, I will delete your comments if you post anything that, in my opinion, is (a) sarcastic; (b) off topic; (c) defamatory, libelous, abusive, harassing, threatening, profane, pornographic, offensive, false, misleading, or otherwise violates or encourages others to violate my sense of decorum and civility or any law, including intellectual property laws; or (d) “spam,” which is an attempt to advertise, solicit, or promote goods or services. You may, however, post a link to your site or your latest blog post.

You retain ownership of your comments. I do not own them and I expressly disclaim any liability that may arise from them. By commenting on my site, you agree to retain all ownership rights to what you post here and to hold me harmless from any liability that may arise from such postings. You grant Star5.ch a license to publish your comments. This license is worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive and free of rights. You grant me the right to store, use, transmit, display, publish, reproduce and distribute your comments in any format, including but not limited to a blog, book, video or presentation.

In short, my goal is to have interesting conversations with caring, honest and respectful people.

I believe this simple comment policy will facilitate that.

CHANGE NOTICE: As with all our administrative and legal notice pages, the content of this page can and will change over time.

As a result, this page may read differently the next time you visit. These changes are necessary and carried out by Star5.ch in order to protect you and our Star5.ch website. If this page is important to you, you should check back periodically as no further notice of changed content will be provided before or after the change takes effect.

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