Privacy Policy

Maineahead.com’s privacy policy, which governs how Maine Ahead may use your information related to the marketing of Maine Ahead products, services and events, as well as users’ responsibilities, is summarized below:

Data Collected

Maine Ahead collects personal information when you register with Maineahead.com or when you order products or services. Maine Ahead will collect and keep information, such as:

Your name

E-mail address

Postal Address

Telephone numbers

Credit card information

IP addresses

Maine Ahead uses the information we collect primarily to deliver the magazines and service your subscription. We also offer subscribers the opportunity to opt into sharing your information with our partners for special promotions and announcements. Should you wish to remove yourself from this list, please use the profile management feature of your online account.

Security

At Maine Ahead we are extremely serious about security in order to protect your confidential information. Financial information is encrypted, and our company databases are accessible only to employees.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of information sent by a Web server to a user’s browser. Cookies may include information such as login or registration identification, user preferences, online “shopping cart” information, etc. The browser saves the information, and sends it back to the Web server whenever the browser returns to the Web site. Maine Ahead may use cookies to keep track of users’ preferences while the user is visiting the website. Cookies also help minimize load times and save on server processing. Maine Ahead may use cookies that store your information such as your password being remember or not and other information.

Sharing and Disclosure

Occasionally Maine Ahead may send customers information about our company and get in touch with you when necessary. Maine Ahead will not otherwise disclose its customer’s personal information and account information unless Maine Ahead has reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to identify, make contact with, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing harm or interfering with the rights or property of Maine Ahead, Maine Ahead’s customers, or others. Maine Ahead will never disclose personal information to third parties.

Customer Responsibilities

You are responsible for the security of your login and passwords. Make sure you keep them in a safe place and do not share them with others. Always remember to logout after your session ends to ensure that other people cannot access your account information.

Online Forums

Participation on Maineahead.com is voluntary. Opinions expressed online do not necessarily reflect those of Maine Ahead’s owners, staff, or those people or organizations featured.

Posting Comments

Maine Ahead welcomes comments from readers. Our goal is to promote a thoughtful and interesting discussion among Maine’s business community and other interested parties. However, those who submit comments are solely and fully responsible for the content they submit.

Maine Ahead reserves the right to delete any comment that it deems inappropriate Any comments that is off-topic, abusive, uncivil, libelous, obscene, degrades others, impersonates others, infringes on the property rights of others, is commercial or promotional or violates a person’s right to privacy may be removed. Users are encouraged to report any inappropriate comments.

Advertising

Maine Ahead allows a limited amount of sponsorships and advertisements on its website. While no identifiable information of individuals is released to advertisers, aggregate information may be released to help advertisers better target their messages.

Links

Please note that there are links on Maineahead.com to external websites. These external websites and their privacy practices are beyond the control of Maine Ahead. Please review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

Mailing Lists

Maine Ahead uses third parties to help provide the fulfillment and mailing services for partner communications. These third parties also act as list brokers so that partners can direct their communications to those subscribers who are most likely to be interested in their product or service offerings. Bonded mailing houses are used to send out partner mails, so that subscriber contact information is not directly provided to the partner.

Opting Out Online

Subscribers may opt out of such marketing by sending an e-mail to [email protected] with the following subject line: REMOVE [EMAILADDRESS].

Mail or Phone Correspondence

You may update your account and subscription information via the Internet by logging in to your account, by mail to our customer service address, by phone or by e-mail listed below:

Maine Ahead Customer Service

One Cumberland Place, Suite 316

Bangor, Maine 04401

Tel: 207-941-1300

[email protected]