Welcome to DSNews.com! This web site is provided by REO Publishing L.L.C. / MMG (“DS News” “we” or “us”). We respect the information provided by our customers. Because we gather certain types of information when our customers communicate with us, we believe you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the information we capture and the use of that information. This privacy statement discloses the type of information we capture about our customers, how we use it to communicate with our customers, and how you can request to no longer receive communications from DS News.
Our Customers
This policy applies to all users of DSNews.com, who include but are not limited to, subscribers, members, contributors, press, and other individuals with whom we maintain business relationships or communications.
Customer Information and Use
Financial Information is payment information used for or gathered during the subscription process and includes, but is not limited to, credit card numbers, financial institutions, and expiration dates. This information is not used for any purpose other than that for which it is being provided to us, and is used only to the extent necessary for processing the transaction or to facilitate future transactions.
Professional Information includes, but is not limited to, name, address, company name, company address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail address, as well as questions answered on survey or registration forms. Data captured during a customer’s visit to the DS News web site, as well as during a visit with a customer is also considered professional information and may also be stored in our customer database for our internal use. Professional information may be, upon the consent of DS News, shared with other organizations or customers for the purpose of facilitating business relationships believed by DS News to be in our customers’ best interests.
If you provide us with your postal address, we may include that address in postal address lists that we ourselves use, sell or rent to third parties. If you would like us to stop including your postal address in such lists, please send us a letter/e-mail (addressed to DS News, ATTN: Circulation, 689 Airport Freeway, Hurst, TX 76053) requesting that we remove your postal address from ours and/or all these lists. If we receive a letter from you, we will act as promptly as possible to remove your postal address from future postal address lists that we use, sell or rent to third parties.
Newsletters and Promotions
Newsletters. We offer you the opportunity to subscribe to regular e-mail newsletters on topics that we believe are of interest to our visitors. If you have opted to receive a particular newsletter, you may always unsubscribe at a later time.
Promotional Emails. If you provide us with your e-mail address, we may also send you e-mails about DS News, and/or other products, services and special offers (such as special magazine subscription offers and opportunities) that we believe may be of interest to you.
Though we hope that you will find both types of e-mails helpful, if you decide that you no longer wish to receive either or both types of emails, please click here and request to be unsubscribed. Of course, you may unsubscribe at any time. We will make any changes you request as quickly as we can.
Opting Out
DS News will accept, implement and maintain any customer request to opt out of future communication from DS News. If you would like to opt out of communications you are receiving from DS News, please click here and enter the information requested so we may thoroughly implement your request within 10 days of receipt.
Security
The DS News web site utilizes a secure server to protect your financial and professional information. Secure server software is used to encrypt the information sent between your Internet browser and our Internet site. This ensures the security of your professional and financial transaction details when using the site. We follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information you have given to us and may, on occasion, request proof of identity before we disclose any professional information to you.
Cookies
A "cookie" is a bit of data sent by a web site through the browser to the computer of the user visiting the site, and enables the site to return the results the browser expects. The DS News web site uses temporary, session-specific cookies to ensure visits to its web sites are smooth and customized for the visitor. Such cookies allow us to provide a visitor's browser with information tailored to the visitor's preferences and needs. We use permanent or persistent cookies that remain on a visitor's computer after the visitor leaves DS News.com website. However, our cookies neither reveal nor contain any identifying or personal data. Cookies also cannot read any information on a visitor's computer or interact with other cookies on the visitor's hard drive.
If you do not want your browser to accept cookies, you can turn off the cookie acceptance option in the browser's settings. However, disabling the cookie support function of the browser will prevent our web site from functioning properly and you may not be able to utilize fully all of the site's features and information.
Policy Changes
DS News reserves the right to review and change this Online Privacy Policy. Policy changes may be made without prior notice to existing customers. Policy revisions only apply to information gathered as of the effective date of the revised Policy, unless we give you notice and choice as to the changes in use, in which case all information is subject to the new Policy.
We hope you enjoy your experience at DSNews.com!
