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Contact Us
About Us
PlanetWare Inc.
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Canada
PlanetWare Inc. is a privately held corporation formed in 1995. PlanetWare's founders were inspired to share their love of travel, and set an objective to eventually database every travel attraction on Earth.
PlanetWare is the largest searchable
source of travel attractions data on the web and continues to
see significant growth. The PlanetWare site helps travelers
search for travel gems related to their special interests,
provides visit decision details, and serves as a one-stop source
for making judgments about the relative merits of tourist
attractions.
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Please contact:
advertising@planetware.com
Legal & Privacy
Terms and Conditions
PlanetWare is ©Copyright 1995-2012 PlanetWare Inc. All rights reserved. PlanetWare™ is a registered trademark of PlanetWare Inc. Trademarks of third parties are used with the permission of the trademark holder. Unauthorized duplication in part or whole is strictly prohibited by international copyright laws without the prior written consent of PlanetWare Inc. By using PlanetWare you acknowledge your acceptance to the terms and conditions set forth in this legal document and are bound to its terms.
PlanetWare reserves the right to prohibit users whose intentions may be considered malicious or against the best interests of the PlanetWare service.
PlanetWare content may be used exclusively for personal non-commercial and educational purposes providing i) no direct or indirect monetary gain will arise from its use; ii) photographs and illustrations may not be used under any circumstances; iii) and maps are unaltered; iv) text may be used with appropriate educational references v) the content is not plagiarized under any circumstances; vi) if incorporated as part of a document or presentation, credit and copyright is to be conspicuously displayed in a location relative to the PlanetWare content used stating "Courtesy PlanetWare Inc. All rights reserved. (C) Copyright 2012"; vii) prior written consent from PlanetWare Inc is required if the content will be part of a publication with a circulation greater than 50 (fifty) copies and or recipients whether electronically, in print or otherwise.
All advertised features and specifications of the PlanetWare service are subject to change without prior notice. PlanetWare is provided on an "as-is" basis. PlanetWare makes no guarantee or warranty as to the accuracy, suitability, performance, compatibility, applicability, reliability or availability of the PlanetWare web site or its content. In no event shall PlanetWare be held responsible for any direct, indirect or consequential damages either financially, physically or otherwise, due to the use of PlanetWare even if due to the negligence of PlanetWare Inc.
Users outside of North America are recommended to obtain information from their local government as to the lawfulness of using PlanetWare prior to use. PlanetWare shall not be held responsible for the content of externally linked sites. The content of externally linked sites is not endorsed or controlled by PlanetWare. Although every measure has been taken to assure the sites we link to are of the highest content quality and reliability, your use of provided links to external sites is at your own risk.
This agreement (the version held at web address http://www.planetware.com/legal.htm) constitutes the full and complete understanding of the terms and conditions of using the PlanetWare service at all times, and supersedes any prior versions or contracts pertaining to membership or usage of PlanetWare services. This agreement may be modified from time to time without prior notice. Any and all future modifications to this agreement will be posted to this page. Changes to this agreement which PlanetWare considers "major" or "of importance" will be highlighted for a reasonable period of time. This document was last updated January 1, 2012.
Privacy Policy
The protection of our user's privacy is of the most paramount importance to PlanetWare. This document outlines how the information we collect from our users is acquired, transmitted, stored and the lifecycle of such data. Under no circumstances will personally identifying information collected from our users be sold, leased, rented, loaned or given to external companies, organizations, individuals or clients without prior user notification and / or permission. However, PlanetWare cannot be held liable in the event that private information is stolen, hacked or otherwise obtained due to circumstances beyond the control of PlanetWare. Users wishing to obtain a listing of, or make changes to the private information stored by PlanetWare, must make a formal written request to info@planetware.com and allow 10 to 15 business days for processing and responding to your request. In the event PlanetWare is acquired by a third party, the private information of PlanetWare users will be passed on, and continue to be bound to this privacy policy until such time that users are adequately notified of policy changes.
All information which PlanetWare obtains from its users is kept secure and confidential to the best of our abilities at all times. This includes security protection of the physical devices storing the information and computer based protection in the form of passwords, encryption, signed certificates and other means. Access to the private information of our users is limited to the employees and authorized subcontractors of PlanetWare and technicians of its hosting provider. Exceptions include:
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third party personnel requiring access to servers for the sole purpose of routine, scheduled or emergency maintenance; and or upgrading of hardware, software or configurations;
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law enforcement or government agencies in order to comply with local laws and regulations;
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companies specifically authorized to perform monitoring, technical, analytical or diagnostics services or tasks on our servers and or other equipment.
PlanetWare collects, stores and utilizes personal information in the following ways:
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Email Newsletter
Personal information collected includes email address, optional demographical information, IP address and date / time stamp. This information is retained indefinitely in a secured database environment as an account for the newsletter subscription. The personal information is used for distribution of the email newsletter, account administration and customer service purposes only. This information is collected directly from the subscriber. Private information such as telephone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses and postal addresses will not be used for the purpose of marketing third party products, services or organizations - and are strictly retained for purposes relating directly to PlanetWare and its related services. -
Web Traffic Statistics
Individually identifying information collected includes the IP and host address information of our users. This information is collection without notification to the user. The information is used purely for general web traffic statistics and reports. The information is not used to monitor, track or report on the usage of individual users unless the user is suspected of illegal or unauthorized usage of any component the PlanetWare infrastructure is comprised of. Additional information collected on users which is considered non-personal, and is collected without prior knowledge of the user includes: browser version, time and date stamp of all transactions against the PlanetWare server, referral information, country of origin, city of origin, hosting provider. -
Cookies
During usage of particular functions within PlanetWare, cookies may be saved to the client workstation that improve the efficiency and quality of service.
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site.
Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
We use third-party advertising companies and advertising networks to serve ads to you and collect information from you when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements on this website, other sites, and other forms of media about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/optout_nonppii.asp
This site uses ClickTale web analytics service. ClickTale may record mouse clicks, mouse movements, scrolling activity as well as any text you type in this website. ClickTale does not collect personally identifiable information that you do not voluntarily enter in this website. ClickTale does not track your browsing habits across web sites which do not use ClickTale services. For more information see Privacy Policy for Information Collected by the ClickTale Web Analytics Service. We are using the information collected by ClickTale service to improve visitor satisfaction. You can choose to disable the Service at http://www.clicktale.net/disable.html
If you have any questions, comments or concerns about our legal or privacy policies, we welcome you to contact us at info@planetware.com.