Terms of Use
Introduction
Welcome to Techevate.com. By using this website, you agree to the following terms of use. These terms of use may be updated from time to time, so please check them periodically. If you do not agree to these terms of use, you should not use this website.
Terms of Service
- You must be at least 13 years old to use this website.
- You must not use this website for any illegal or harmful purpose.
- You must not post any content on this website that is offensive, defamatory, or discriminatory.
- You must not spam or harass other users of this website.
- You must not attempt to hack or otherwise gain unauthorized access to this website.
Intellectual Property
All content on this website, including but not limited to text, images, and videos, is the property of Techevate (aka Marvin Mauer Digital) or its licensors. You may not copy, distribute, or modify any content on this website without the express permission of Techevate.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us. Please see our privacy policy below for more information about how we collect, use, and share your personal information.
Limitation of Liability
Techevate makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the content on this website. Techevate is not liable for any damages arising from the use of this website, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages.
Refunds
We will send you an email to notify you that we have received your request for a refund.
If your request is approved, then your refund will be processed, and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment, within a certain amount of days.
Late or missing refunds:
- If you haven’t received a refund, first check your bank account again.
- Then contact your credit card company, it may take some time before your refund is officially posted.
- Next contact your bank. There is often some processing time before a refund is posted.
If you’ve done all of this and you still have not received your refund, please contact us at service @techevate.com.
Dispute Resolution
Any disputes arising from the use of this website will be resolved by binding arbitration. The arbitration will be conducted in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association.
General
These terms of use are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina. If any provision of these terms of use is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
Acknowledgment
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood these terms of use. You agree to be bound by these terms of use and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations.
Privacy
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.