Maryland Life magazine and Great State Publishing, LLC respect your privacy and follow strict guidelines with regards to your personal information. This statement discloses the privacy practices of information collected when you subscribe to Maryland Life magazine and our MarylandLife.com website.


Information We Collect
We gather the following types of information in order to provide quality service:


Information You Give Us: This would be the type of information you provide when you subscribe to the magazine, subscribe to a newsletter, participate in a contest or questionnaire, communicate with customer service, purchase an item in our web store, post comments, or create an account. All online catalog purchase transactions use industry-standard encryption technologies for transferring and receiving consumer data.


Automatically Collected Information: MarylandLife.com’s web server recognizes each visitor’s internet provider (IP) address and action of each person while on our site. We do not associate this “clickstream data” with your name, mailing address, or any other personal information. We use this data to analyze our website’s statistics and traffic, as well as to see where people are clicking through to other sites. MarylandLife.com may also set and access “cookies” on your computer to help provide you a customized web experience. You can learn more about managing cookies via your browser’s Help resources.

How We Use Personally Identifiable Information

We may occasionally use email and postal addresses to fulfill your requests for our products; to notify you about updates to our website or new products and services; or to inform you of upcoming events we think you might find interesting. We reserve the right to share your personal contact information with our affiliates and business partners. If you do not wish to receive email or mailed marketing materials from us, or you do not want us to share your email or postal address with other organizations, please send us an email at info@MarylandLife.com with the words “Opt Out” in the subject line.


If Maryland Life magazine or Great State Publishing, LLC is acquired or merged with another company, information about our subscribers and website visitors may be among the transferred assets. Your information may also be disclosed in response to a court order or other valid legal process as required by law.


Article and Review Comment Function

MarylandLife.com offers a commenting function where users can discuss articles and common topics of interest. Users have the option of signing up for this service and, to do so, must submit information, including a valid email address. MarylandLife.com uses this information to screen out users who leave comments prohibited by our terms and conditions of use. MarylandLife.com will not pass this information onto any other organization except in aggregate form.

Advertising

Web advertising that appears on our site only collects non-personally-identifiable information. But you also should be aware that when you click on a banner advertisement or link from MarylandLife.com to an external website, you will then be subject to that site’s own privacy practices and policies and no longer covered by MarylandLife.com’s policies.


Links

The MarylandLife.com sites contain links to other sites. Please be aware that Great State Publishing, LLC is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by MarylandLife.com.


Children under 13


In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, Great State Publishing, LLC does not knowingly collect or share personal information from children under the age of 13 without the consent of a parent or guardian. If you believe a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information without such consent, please contact us at the address below so we can delete such information.
Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about our Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Great State Publishing, LLC
141 W. Patrick Street, Suite 200
Frederick, MD 21701
301-696-1060
info@MarylandLife.com


Policy Updates

From time to time, we may update this privacy notice. Such updates or modifications are effective upon posting. Please check back periodically for the latest information. We will notify you about significant changes either by placing a notice on the website or alerting you via the email address you have provided us.