Terms & Conditions

Sponsor an Emgirant is a member of World of Discovery Media LLC.

Terms and Conditions

1. Terms

By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.

2. Use License

Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on Sponsor an Emigrant’s web site for personal, non-commercial use.  Permission is also granted for limited text quotes (one paragraph or less) and image shares on non-commercial websites (e.g. personal blogs) as long as the page where the content was originally found is credited with a backlink. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:

  1. modify the materials;
  2. use the materials for any commercial purpose;
  3. use the materials in a non-commercial setting without a back link to the original source;
  4. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software or content contained on Sponsor an Emigrant’s web site;
  5. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
  6. transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server; or
  7. utilize any material for artificial intelligence training or equivalent machine learning/LLM systems.

3. Disclaimer

The materials on Sponsor an Emigrant’s web site are provided “as is”. Sponsor an Emigrant makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, Sponsor an Emigrant does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

4. Limitations

In no event shall Sponsor an Emigrant or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on Sponsor an Emigrant’s Internet site, even if Sponsor an Emigrant or a Sponsor an Emigrant authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

5. Revisions and Errata

The materials appearing on Sponsor an Emigrant’s web site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. Sponsor an Emigrant does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. Sponsor an Emigrant may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. Sponsor an Emigrant does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

6. Links

Sponsor an Emigrant has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Sponsor an Emigrant of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user’s own risk.

7. Site Terms of Use Modifications

Sponsor an Emigrant may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this web site you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

8. Governing Law

Any claim relating to Sponsor an Emigrant’s web site shall be governed by the laws of the USA without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Contribution Disclosures

This website accepts direct contributions through several payment portals. We do not guarantee any return in exchange for contributing. These are effectively a digital tip jar only for the entertainment value of this site.

We do not guarantee that we will use the funds for any purpose. Refunds are not available. Recurring contributions may cancel at any time.

Data Policy and Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.

  • We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
  • We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
  • We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
  • Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
  • We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
  • We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

Our personal access to your data is quite minimal, but these services may use your data via your profiles, cookies, location, etc. in order to operate- most all of which is transmitted automatically purely because you are on this site (this would be true just about everywhere online). If you contribute to our tip jars, we may have additional information including your name, email address, and contribution amount.

Right to Be Forgotten

You have the right to be forgotten on the sites you visit.

If following Sponsor an Emigrant on social media or via our newsletter, you can unsubscribe or unfollow at any time, for any reason. You can remove cookies by clearing your browser history at any time.

We do not use your names/emails or data associated with any specific individual outside of their designated 3rd party services as noted above.

If you would like us to remove any further data, please email us and we’ll be happy to discuss our data policies further and see if we have any further data that can be removed.

If you have any questions regarding how we use data on our sites, please email [email protected] or write to us at Sponsor an Emigrant, PO Box 100106, Pittsburgh, PA 15233.