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The owner of VIC, Value Investors Club, LLC (“VIC LLC”) reserves the right, at its discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms at any time. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of VIC thereafter. Your continued use of VIC following the posting of revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to the changes. You are expected to check these Terms each time you access VIC so you are aware of any changes to them.
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You hereby transfer and assign to VIC LLC, by virtue of your submission to VIC and consent to these Terms, the entire copyright, throughout the world, without separate, retained or reversionary rights being held by you, in any and all media and forms of publication, reproduction, transmission, distribution, performance, or display, now in existence or hereafter developed, and all other right, title and interest whatsoever in and to all submissions and uploaded content, information and materials in whatever form, including without limitation to VIC’s forums, discussions groups and billboards. The foregoing transfer, assignment and grant shall include but not be limited to the right to publish such submission on VIC or any other affiliated site or publication, and the right of VIC LLC and its affiliates to use, act on and reuse such submission. For purposes of these Terms, VIC LLC’s affiliates include each of VIC LLC’s owners and any affiliates of such owners. VIC LLC may exercise the rights granted herein in such from as it may in its sole discretion determine, such that the submitted material may be published, reproduced, reprinted, distributed, performed, displayed, included in anthologies and compilations, and/or otherwise transmitted (including but not limited to electronic and optical versions and in any other media now in existence or hereafter developed) in whole or in part, whether or not combined with the work of others.
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With respect to any information provided by Standard & Poor’s Financial Services, LLC (“S&P”) though VIC:PRIVACY AND USE OF INFORMATION: Through your access and use of VIC, including your application for membership and submission of any content, VIC LLC may collect personal information about you, including your name, email address and other information that could be used to identify you (“Personal Information”) and information related to your use of VIC, your browser activity, search queries and submissions, your computing environment (including IP address, operating system, browser software, hardware and geographical location), referring websites (collectively, together with “Personal Information,” “Your Information”). VIC LLC may collect Your Information directly through your submission through VIC, or by using automated data collection and tracking technologies included in VIC. VIC LLC does not collect Personal Information through such automated technologies, but may connect Your Information collected through those automated technologies to your Personal Information that we collect from you or other sources. VIC LLC may use Your Information (i) to provide you with the information, products and services that you request, (ii) to provide your with notices about your account, VIC and related information, (iii) to verify compliance with these Terms, (iv) to enforce VIC LLC’s rights under these Terms, (v) to comply with applicable law, rules of regulatory bodies and VIC’s internal policies, (vi) to improve VIC, (vii) to fulfill any other purpose for which Your Information is submitted by you or that is described to you in connection with your submission, or (viii) otherwise with you consent. VIC LLC may disclose aggregated data and information about VIC members and users, and information that does not otherwise specifically identify any particular person, without restriction.
VIC LLC may disclose Your Information (i) to any of its affiliates, (ii) to service providers and other third parties it uses to support VIC, (iii) to a buyer or other successor of VIC LLC in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of VIC LLC or VIC LLC’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or similar proceeding, (iv) to persons with whom it has a strategic relationship in connection with the marketing and provision of VIC or its services, (v) to comply with any court order, law or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request, or VIC’s internal policies, (vi) to enforce its rights under these Terms, (vii) to the extent VIC LLC determines it is necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of VIC or any other person or (v) otherwise with your consent or as described to you in connection with your submission of Your Information.
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