The Advisory Council - Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Statement of Privacy
The Advisory Council (TAC) takes your privacy seriously and considers your use of TAC services as strictly confidential. The information that TAC collects about you and your company is held in strictest confidence, and TAC will not make public the information or the content of discussions that you provide to TAC or to other TAC clients; in any TAC peer community which TAC may introduce; or any other place on the Web site. This gives you the freedom to research and explore your interests without the fear that the general public is “listening in.” Because we gather certain types of information about our users we want to help you understand the terms and conditions surrounding the collection and use of that information.

Collection and Use of Information
TAC collects information about you and your enterprise in the business profile. We use that information to provide TAC with the facts that enable us to tailor advice and resource recommendations to your individual needs. We also use that information to understand trends and patterns in our community, but will not disclose individual company information. This will help us to serve you better in the future by developing articles and expertise in your targeted areas. Information collected about you during the registration process is your public face to other clients if you participate in any client community message boards which TAC may introduce. You can update this later, if you wish. Other than what you provide as part of your “public profile,” no other community member can see any information about you unless you yourself forward it along to them.

Use of Cookies
Your Internet browser has a feature called "cookies" that store small amounts of data on your computer to help identify you when you return to the site. The TAC site uses session-based cookies during the length of your visit that hold information about you as you move from page to page. These session cookies are cleared once you logout or close your browser. It is required that you have cookies enabled in your browser for the site to operate properly.

Statement of Use
The Advisory Council services are operated for the exclusive use of its clients. TAC provides access to its web site to only its clients, and support staff on a need-to-know basis. Advisory reports are accessed only by the subscribing client and the TAC support staff assigned to the respective client or project. TAC commits to protecting the privacy of its clients.

Questions or Comments
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be sent via e-mail to mail@tacadvisory.com or to our corporate offices at 191 Joppa Hill Road, Bedford, New Hampshire 03110.

Terms and Conditions

Use of The Advisory Council (“TAC”) Web site (“Web site”) is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms and Conditions of Use”). Your use of this Web site constitutes your agreement to all of the Terms and Conditions of Use. You agree to familiarize yourself with the Terms and Conditions of Use and other policies, terms and guidelines found throughout this Web site and abide by them if you choose to use the sites, pages or services to which they apply.

This Web site is for the private use of our clients. Except as expressly agreed herein, you may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from this Web site.

This Web site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. The Advisory Council and the third parties that provide content and services on this site may make improvements and/or changes in the products, services, programs, and prices described in this Web site at any time without notice. Changes are periodically made to the Web site and TAC services.

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Terms and Conditions of Use, or the products and services offered at this Web site, shall be settled by binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association in the county and state of the principal office of the Company at the time of such, applying the laws of the U.S. State of New Hampshire. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. Any award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and binding, and judgment may be entered on it in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county and state of the principal office of The Advisory Council at the time such award is rendered, in Bedford in the U.S. State of New Hampshire, or as otherwise provided by law.

Use of this Web site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Use, including without limitation this paragraph.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and The Advisory Council as a result of use of this Web site or the existence of the Terms and Conditions of Use.

Use of this Web site is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained herein shall limit The Advisory Council’s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of this Web site or information provided to or gathered by The Advisory Council with respect to such use. If any part of the Terms and Conditions of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth below, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

A printed version of the Terms and Conditions of Use and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this Web site or the Terms and Conditions of Use to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Fictitious names of companies, products, people, characters and/or data mentioned herein are not intended to represent any real individual, company, product or event.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

The Terms and Conditions of Use represent the entire understanding relating to the use of this Web site and prevail over any prior or contemporaneous, conflicting or additional, communications. The Advisory Council can revise the Terms and Conditions of Use at any time. Any changes will be communicated to you via e-mail notification. Such notification will highlight the changes made.

Use of Advisory Reports
All Personal Advisory Reports (“PARs”), On-Site consulting reports, or any other such material that The Advisory Council may from time to time produce (“Reports”) are for the express internal use of the client and the company or organization authorizing the project. Clients will not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services contained in the Reports. Any third party information contained in the Report is considered referenced material and use of said material is contingent on the conditions of use set forth by the authoring party.

Links to Third Party Sites
Certain links in this Web site will let you leave this Web site for web sites, Web pages or services not operated by The Advisory Council (“Third Party Sites”). Third Party Sites are not under the control of The Advisory Council, and The Advisory Council is not responsible for the contents of any linked Third Party Site or any link contained in a Third Party Site, or any changes or updates to such Third Party Sites. The Advisory Council is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by The Advisory Council of the site.

Documents Available at This Site
Permission to use documents (including white papers, articles, reports, but not Software) (“Documents”) from this Web site is granted for clients’ internal reference purposes only. Use of such Documents from this Web site is for client use only and may not be copied or posted on any externally accessible network computer or broadcast in any media. Use for any other purpose is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties. Violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible.

Documents specified above do not include the design or layout of this Web site. Elements of this Web site are protected by trade dress and other laws and may not be copied or imitated in whole or in part. No logo, graphic, sound or image from this Web site may be copied or retransmitted unless expressly permitted by The Advisory Council.

THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED IN THIS WEB SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THIS WEB SITE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE ADVISORY COUNCIL HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.