Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
Cancellation Policies
Prohibited Uses Policy
WIA Quarterly Journal Cancellation Policy
Subscribers may request a refund within thirty (30) days of initiating the subscription, minus a $50 processing fee. After thirty (30) days following the initiation of the subscription, no refunds or exchanges will be provided for cancellations.
Women in Agribusiness Membership Cancellation Policy
Memberships can be transferred from one person to another during the annual membership term. No refunds will be provided for cancellations.
Women in Agribusiness Summit Cancellation Policy
If you are unable to attend the conference, HighQuest Group encourages substitutions. For a refund, if you are unable to attend or secure a substitute for your attendance, please contact us by no later than twenty-one (21) days before the beginning of the event for a refund of your registration fee less a $150.00 cancellation processing fee. No refunds will be made within twenty (20) days of the beginning of the event as a result of your cancellation. HighQuest Group reserves the right to cancel the event at any time and will refund your registration fee in full, but we, unfortunately, cannot reimburse pre-arranged travel expenses.
Privacy Policy
Because your privacy is important to HighQuest Group (the “Company” or “We”), we have provided this Privacy Policy with a description of our online information practices when you visit the following Company websites (each a “Website” and together “Websites”): HighQuestGroup.com, HighQuestConsulting.com, WomenInAg.com, OilseedAndGrain.com, ONGForum.com, GlobalAgInvesting.com, AgTechNexus.com, GAINews.com, SoyaTech.com, HighQuestPartners.com.
Our Privacy Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us through HighQuest Group Websites and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Website and our products and services. This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:
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On any HighQuest Group Website.
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In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Website.
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When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services if those applications or advertising include links to this Privacy Policy.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
What information do we collect?
Some HighQuest Group Websites require you to be a subscriber to access certain information. Included in the personal information we collect for subscriptions are your name, company, title, mailing address, phone, email address and industry segment. If you are purchasing a subscription, conference registration or product on any one of the HighQuest Group Websites, your credit card information will be required. From time to time, we may conduct user surveys that collect visitor perceptions of the site and its functionality. These surveys may or may not require personal information. If a user is submitting contact information to download a sponsored white paper, your name, company, title, and email address are collected.
How do we collect information from you?
Cookies. Many of our Websites use "cookies." Cookies are a feature of internet browser software that allows internet servers to recognize the computer used to access a website. Cookies are files that are automatically placed on your computer to store your preferences. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your internet browser. Once you register, this information may be linked to the data stored in a cookie. Cookies help features such as recognizing you when you return to the Website. Cookies should make your online experience easier.
How is the information used?
The information we collect from our users through our Websites is used to improve our Websites’ functionality and target our editorial content to meet your needs. Registration information is also used to fulfill users’ inquiries about products and services listed on the Website without the need to re-enter data. We use registration information to fulfill online newsletter subscriptions, occasionally to notify users of new features or opportunities on the Website, or to contact users about their accounts with us. User-submitted contact information may be provided to sponsors of our services and programs to allow them to follow-up with users who have shared interests consistent with your express consent as summarized in our Website’s Terms of Use. We will also use credit card information submitted for the purchase of subscriptions or event registrations.
Security commitment
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect through our Websites. We have a firewall to prevent unauthorized access from third parties; all data and web servers are stored in secure facilities that can be accessed only by authorized personnel; and all credit card transactions occur in a secure, encrypted SSL environment.
Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. Inadvertent disclosures may result, for example, when third parties misrepresent their identities in asking the site for access to personally identifiable information about themselves for purposes of correcting possible factual errors in the data. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
The safety and security of your information also depend on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Legally compelled disclosure
We may disclose information when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
Links and Banner Advertisements
Most of our Websites contain links and banner advertisements that link our Websites to other third party websites. Third party websites may have privacy practices that differ from ours and users should consult those websites’ privacy policies. Please remember that when you use a link or banner advertisement to leave our Website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. We have no control over the information that those linked sites collect from you or the manner in which they protect or use your personally identifiable information.
How you can change your personal information
All HighQuest Group Websites offer users the opportunity to change their subscription information or password at any time online by using their subscriber username to access their subscription account. Email newsletters offer an automatic "unsubscribe" email in each edition. To have a customer service representative remove you as a subscriber on any of the Websites or if you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please call our Marketing Department at (978) 887-8800 or by mail to HighQuest Group, 300 Rosewood Ave., Suite 260, Danvers, MA 01923, Attn: Marketing Department.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Privacy Policy on this page with a notice that the Privacy Policy has been updated on the Website home page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of this page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable e-mail address for you, and for periodically visiting our Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
Terms of Use
Your Consent
Welcome to HighQuest Group’s (“We,” “Us,” or the “Company”) website. These Terms of Use of our websites, (each a “Website” and collectively the “Websites”), together with our Privacy Policy and any other documents or policies referenced herein, govern your access to and use of the Websites: HighQuestGroup.com, HighQuestConsulting.com, WomenInAg.com, OilseedAndGrain.com, ONGForum.com, GlobalAgInvesting.com, OilseedCongress.com, GAINews.com, SoyaTech.com, HighQuestPartners.com.
Please read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Website. By using our Website you consent to these Terms of Use and to our collection and use of your personal information as described in our Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our Website to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it. If you do not want to agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.
Website End-User License Agreement
Please read these terms and conditions of use before subscribing to any service available on the site.
General
By choosing to use any of the Website’s services, you signify your agreement to abide by these terms. HighQuest Group reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove terms at any time. All changes are effective immediately when we post them and apply to all access to and use of the Website thereafter. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of these changes to the Terms of Use will mean you accept those changes. You are expected to check this page each time you access this Website so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
If any of these rules or any future changes are unacceptable to you, you may cancel your subscription by sending an email to marketing@highquestgroup.com.
Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright Policy
The contents of the Website are intended for your personal, non-commercial use. All materials published on Website (including, but not limited to articles, charts, tables, data, photographs, images, illustrations, audio clips and video clips, also known as the "Content") are protected by the United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws and are owned or controlled by HighQuest Group or the party credited as the provider of the Content. You shall abide by all additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content accessed through the Service.
You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce, create new works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit, any of the Content or the Service (including software) in whole or in part.
You may download or copy the Content and other downloadable items displayed on the Website for personal use only provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained therein. Copying or storing of any Content for other than personal use is expressly prohibited without prior written permission from HighQuest Group or the copyright holder identified as the provider of the Content.
If you print, copy, modify, download or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Company. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark and other laws.
The HighQuest Group (and all affiliated entities) name, the terms, the HighQuest Group logo and all related names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans are trademarks of HighQuest Group or its affiliates or licensors. You must not use such marks without our prior written permission. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs and slogans on this Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Copyright Policy
The Company respects intellectual property and has made it a priority to ensure all users of the Company’s services and Websites respect the copyrights of others. Every user of the Company’s Websites or services is expected to comply with copyright law and to adhere to this copyright policy.
Reporting Suspected Copyright Infringement
Any suspected copyright infringement should be reported to the Company’s Copyright Officer (who is also the Company’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act officer). If a copyright holder suspects potential infringement, notice of the alleged infringement should be sent to:
HighQuest Group
ATTN: Bob LeBlanc, Digital Millennium Copyright Act Office
10 South Main Street, Suite 209
Topsfield, MA 01983
Please include in the notice the following information:
An electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or someone authorized to act on their behalf;
The name, address, telephone number, and email address of the copyright owner;
Identification of the copyrighted work that is allegedly being infringed;
Identification of where the infringing material is located on our Website (please include the URL);
A statement that you have a good faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the applicable law; and,
A statement that the information in your notice is accurate; and, you are authorized to act on behalf of the alleged copyright owner.
NOTE: The statements in Item 6 above must be made under the pains and penalties of perjury
Accessing the Website and Account Security
When you sign up for any paid service on the Website or when you activate your account as part of a magazine subscription, you will select a username (email address) and password. You shall be responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your username and password. You may not use the username and password of another person with the intent to impersonate that person and gain access to certain premium content. We have the right to disable any username, password or other identifiers, whether chosen by you or provided by us, at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Website, and any service or material we provide on the Website, in our sole discretion without notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or any part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts of the Website, or the entire Website, to users, including registered users.
Prohibited Uses
You may use the Website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:
In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
To transmit, or procure the sending of, any advertising or promotional material, including any "junk mail", "chain letter" or "spam" or any other similar solicitation.
To impersonate or attempt to impersonate HighQuest Group, one of our employees, another user or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using e-mail addresses, or screen names, associated with any of the foregoing).
To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm HighQuest Group or users of the Website or expose them to liability.
Additionally, you agree not to:
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Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party's use of the Website.
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Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website or for any other unauthorized purpose without our prior written consent.
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Use any device, software or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
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Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs or other material which is malicious or technologically harmful.
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Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to the Website.
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Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
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Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.
Reliance on Information Posted
The information presented on or through the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of this information. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to the Website, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.
This Website may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, bloggers and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by the Company, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Company. We are not responsible, or liable to you or any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
Links Posted on the Website
If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.
Limitation on Liability
You understand that we cannot and do not guarantee or warrant that files available for downloading from the internet or the Website will be free of viruses or other destructive code. You are responsible for implementing sufficient procedures and checkpoints to satisfy your particular requirements for anti-virus protection and accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to our site for any reconstruction of any lost data. WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT, OR ON ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER THE COMPANY NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANY REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
THE COMPANY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Limitation on Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, AND WHETHER CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its affiliates, licensors and service providers, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website, including, but not limited to, any use of the Website's content, services and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use or your use of any information obtained from the Website.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
All matters relating to the Website and these Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising therefrom or related thereto (in each case, including non-contractual disputes or claims), shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction).
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of, or related to, these Terms of Use or the Website shall be instituted exclusively in the federal courts of the United States or the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, although we retain the right to bring any suit, action or proceeding against you for breach of these Terms of Use in your country of residence or any other relevant country. You waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over you by such courts and to venue in such courts.
Waiver and Severability
No waiver of by the Company of any term or condition set forth in these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Company to assert a right or provision under these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
If any provision of these Terms of Use is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use will continue in full force and effect.
Entire Agreement
The Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, and any other agreements or policies referenced and incorporated herein, constitute the sole and entire agreement between you and the Company with respect to your use of the Website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations and warranties, both written and oral, with respect to the Website.
Termination
You may terminate your account at any time by sending an e-mail to marketing@highquestgroup.com. Upon termination, you will receive an automated confirmation via e-mail that the request was received, and your access will be suspended within 24 hours. You are responsible for all charges incurred up to the time the account is deactivated.
HighQuest Group may, in its sole discretion, terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website or services available through the Website for any reason, including, without limitation, breach or assignment of this Agreement. Official correspondence must be sent via postal mail to:
HighQuest Group
10 South Main Street
Suite 209
Topsfield, MA 01983