WATT Global Media GAI Usage Policy

WATT Global Media prides itself on creating original content that informs professionals in the poultry, egg, animal feed, pet food and feed and grain industries, allowing them to have a greater knowledge of their industries. WATT has a generative AI (GAI) use policy for employees and contractors. GAI is used to increase efficiency of workflows and to enhance reader experience. The company’s editorial content team uses GAI to assist in the research and development of stories, but WATT does not use GAI to write standalone articles and other content.
The work of our content creators is protected by our copyright. Any content generated by GAI is clearly identified – in articles and blogs as well as in captions for GAI-generated images. We will only use GAI to generate content that is factually accurate and properly sourced. Our journalists have final editorial control over any content generated using GAI. We will never present GAI-generated content as the work of a human journalist.

Privacy Policy

Summary

This policy applies to products and services provided to industry professionals by WATT Global Media. Our brands include but are not limited to:

  • Magazines: Egg Industry, Feed & Grain, Feed Strategy, Petfood Industry, Poultry International, WATT PoutryUSA, WATT Executive Guide to World Poultry Trends, WATT IPPE Expo Guide
  • eNewsletters: Egg Industry Insight, Feed & Grain Industry Watch, Feed & Grain Product Watch, Feed Strategy eNews, Feed Mill of the Future, Petfood Industry eNews, Poultry Future, Trending Topics, WATT Poultry Update
  • Websites: FeedAndGrain.com, FeedStrategy.com, PetfoodIndustry.com, PetfoodForumEvents.com, PetfoodIndustrySolutions.com, WATTAgNet.com, WATTGlobalMedia.com, WATTMediaKit.com, WATTPoultry.com, FeedMilloftheFuture.com, Contentamp.studio
  • Events: Chicken Marketing Summit, Feed Strategy Events, Petfood Forum, Poultry Tech Summit, Feed Mill of the Future Conference

How does WATT Global Media protect my personal information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with applicable US regulations and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings as well as procedures for our staff and vendors that ensure compliance.

What do we use your information for and what is the purpose of collecting it?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience
  • To improve our website
  • To process your orders or requests and to pre-populate forms
  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
  • To send periodic emails
  • To match the right messages to you on our sites or on third party sites
  • To offer you opportunities to connect directly with your peers and with sellers of technology or services that may be of interest to you
  • For any other purpose that we tell you about when you give us the information

We may process your personal information for our legitimate business interests, these include but are not limited to: fraud prevention, direct marketing, network and information systems security, data analytics or data enhancement, modifying or improving our services, identifying usage trends, and determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns and advertising. You have the right to object to this processing.

The information you provide will be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your subscription, order, download, or other transaction. In addition, you may receive related company news, updates, and product or service information, etc.

How can I limit sharing and/or exercise my rights?
If applicable, you will be asked for consent to share information when you sign up for our products and services. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails from us, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email. You may also reach us via our Privacy Contact Form

Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 25, 2024

WATT Global Media (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates these websites, collectively, the “Service”): www.feedstrategy.com, www.feedandgrain.com, www.petfoodindustrysolutions.com, www.wattmediakit.com, www.wattpoultry.com, www.wattagnet.com, www.petfoodindustry.com, www.petfoodforumevents.com, www.contentamp.studio, www.feedmillofthefuture.com and www.wattglobalmedia.com.

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) when you use our Service.

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We use your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) for providing and improving the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your email address, name, phone number, postal address, job title, and company information.

We collect this information for the purpose of providing the Service, identifying and communicating with you, responding to your requests/inquiries, servicing your purchase orders, and improving our services.

If applicable, you will be asked for consent to share information when you sign up for our products and services, including sponsored products where information may be shared with the sponsor.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails from us, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email. You may also reach us via our Privacy Contact Form

LOG DATA
We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze this type of information in order to increase our Service’s functionality. These third party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

COOKIES
Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and transferred to your device. We use cookies to collect information in order to improve our services for you.

We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The Help feature on most browsers provide information on how to accept cookies, disable cookies or to notify you when receiving a new cookie.

If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some features of our Service and we recommend that you leave them turned on.

DOUBLECLICK COOKIE
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service or other web sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page.

REMARKETING
WATT Global Media uses remarketing services to advertise on third party web sites to you after you visited our Service. We, and our third party vendors, use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.

Google
Google AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.

You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page.

Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.

Facebook
For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

Linked In
For more information on the privacy practices of LinkedIn, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy

DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURE
We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

SERVICE PROVIDERS
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services and/or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your PII only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use your information for any other purpose.

COMMUNICATIONS
We may use your PII to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. By subscribing to our products, you consent to receive email notifications about your subscriptions. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
We will disclose your PII where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our Service.

SECURITY
The security of your PII is important to us, and we strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information we store, in order to protect it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure, in compliance applicable US regulations and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings as well as procedures for our staff and vendors that ensure compliance.

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and we are unable to guarantee the absolute security of the Personal Information we have collected from you.

In the event of a security breach involving the PII we have stored, we will inform you within 72 hours of our becoming aware of the breach. In compliance with GDPR, we will also inform the appropriate authority in the EU.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER
Your information, including PII, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information, including PII, to United States and process it there.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Only persons age 13 or older have permission to access our Service. Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you learn that your Children have provided us with PII, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected PII from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

YOUR RIGHTS UNDER GDPR
Citizens of the EU have certain rights under GDPR including the right to see the PII we have stored for you, correct the Personal Information we have stored, receive a copy of this information, and the right to have that data removed from our system. Please contact us if you wish to exercise these rights, using our Privacy Contact Form.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy is effective as of September 25, 2024 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us .

Terms of Use (“Terms”)

Last updated: September 25, 2024

Please read the Terms of Use (“Terms”, “Terms of Use”) carefully before using the www.wattglobalmedia.com website (the “Service”) operated by WATT Global Media (“us”, “we”, or “our”).

Your access to and use of the Service is conditioned upon your acceptance of and compliance with these Terms. These Terms apply to all visitors, users and others who wish to access or use the Service.

By accessing or using the Service you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you disagree with any part of the terms then you do not have permission to access the Service.

Purchases
If you wish to purchase any product or service made available through the Service (“Purchase”), you may be asked to supply certain information relevant to your Purchase including, without limitation, your credit card number, the expiration date of your credit card, your billing address, and your shipping information.

You represent and warrant that: (i) you have the legal right to use any credit card(s) or other payment method(s) in connection with any Purchase; and that (ii) the information you supply to us is true, correct and complete.

The service may employ the use of third party services for the purpose of facilitating payment and the completion of Purchases. By submitting your information, you grant us the right to provide the information to these third parties subject to our Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to refuse or cancel your order at any time for reasons including but not limited to: product or service availability, errors in the description or price of the product or service, error in your order or other reasons.

We reserve the right to refuse or cancel your order if fraud or an unauthorized or illegal transaction is suspected.

Order Issues. Although we strive to accept all valid orders, WATT GLOBAL MEDIA reserves the right to deny any order for any reason, including if: (i) we discover an error in pricing and/or other information about the Product or receive insufficient or erroneous billing, payment, and/or shipping information, (ii) we suspect an order has been placed using stolen payment card information or otherwise appears to be connected to fraud, or (iii) the ordered Product is unavailable due to discontinuance or otherwise. We may also refuse any order that is connected with a previous payment dispute.

Order Cancellation. Depending on the type of subscription you have, you may have a right to cancel your subscription within a limited period after placing your order, as follows.

Online-only subscriptions: By placing your order you agree that we may start your subscription immediately upon our accepting your order. This means that you are not entitled to a refund if you change your mind after we have provided you with access to your subscription.

Print subscriptions: Any subscription canceled within the first 6 months will receive a refund for all unmailed issues. No refund will be given for any subscription that has less than 6 months remaining in the term.

If any Product is discontinued or otherwise becomes unavailable, WATT GLOBAL MEDIA reserves the right to (i) cancel your order and provide you a refund for the amount paid for the Product (if the Product is a one-time order), (ii) substitute the Product with a similar Product (if the Product is subject to a subscription) or (iii) issue you a pro rata refund.

Restrictions on Resale. To protect the intellectual property rights of WATT GLOBAL MEDIA and its licensors and suppliers, any resale of Products for personal and/or business profit is strictly prohibited. WATT GLOBAL MEDIA reserves the right to decline any order that we deem to possess characteristics of reselling.

 

Availability, Errors and Inaccuracies
We are constantly updating product and service offerings on the Service. We may experience delays in updating information on the Service and in our advertising on other web sites. The information found on the Service may contain errors or inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. Products or services may be mispriced, described inaccurately, or unavailable on the Service and we cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information found on the Service.

We therefore reserve the right to change or update information and to correct errors, inaccuracies, or omissions at any time without prior notice.

Contests, Sweepstakes and Promotions
Any contests, sweepstakes or other promotions (collectively, “Promotions”) made available through the Service may be governed by rules that are separate from these Terms & Conditions. If you participate in any Promotions, please review the applicable rules as well as our Privacy Policy. If the rules for a Promotion conflict with these Terms and Conditions, the Promotion rules will apply.

Accounts
When you create an account with us, you guarantee that you are above the age of 18, and that the information you provide us is accurate, complete, and current at all times. Inaccurate, incomplete, or obsolete information may result in the immediate termination of your account on the Service.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, including but not limited to the restriction of access to your computer and/or account. You agree to accept responsibility for any and all activities or actions that occur under your account and/or password, whether your password is with our Service or a third-party service. You must notify us immediately upon becoming aware of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account.

You may not use as a username the name of another person or entity or that is not lawfully available for use, a name or trademark that is subject to any rights of another person or entity other than you, without appropriate authorization. You may not use as a username any name that is offensive, vulgar or obscene.

We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in our sole discretion.

Intellectual Property
The Service and its original content, features and functionality are and will remain the exclusive property of WATT Global Media and its licensors. The Service is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the United States and foreign countries. Our trademarks and trade dress may not be used in connection with any product or service without the prior written consent of WATT Global Media.

Links To Other Web Sites
Our Service may contain links to third party web sites or services that are not owned or controlled by WATT Global Media.

WATT Global Media has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party web sites or services. We do not warrant the offerings of any of these entities/individuals or their websites.

You acknowledge and agree that WATT Global Media shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or services available on or through any such third party web sites or services.

We strongly advise you to read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of any third party web sites or services that you visit.

Termination
We may terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the Service immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms.

If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the Service.

All provisions of the Terms which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless WATT Global Media and its licensee and licensors, and their employees, contractors, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees), resulting from or arising out of a) your use and access of the Service, by you or any person using your account and password, or b) a breach of these Terms.

Limitation Of Liability
In no event shall WATT Global Media, nor its directors, employees, partners, agents, suppliers, or affiliates, be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation, loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses, resulting from (i) your access to or use of or inability to access or use the Service; (ii) any conduct or content of any third party on the Service; (iii) any content obtained from the Service; and (iv) unauthorized access, use or alteration of your transmissions or content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence) or any other legal theory, whether or not we have been informed of the possibility of such damage, and even if a remedy set forth herein is found to have failed of its essential purpose.

Disclaimer
Your use of the Service is at your sole risk. The Service is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis. The Service is provided without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement or course of performance.

WATT Global Media its subsidiaries, affiliates, and its licensors do not warrant that a) the Service will function uninterrupted, secure or available at any particular time or location; b) any errors or defects will be corrected; c) the Service is free of viruses or other harmful components; or d) the results of using the Service will meet your requirements.

Exclusions
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the limitations above may not apply to you.

Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Illinois, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between us regarding our Service, and supersede and replace any prior agreements we might have had between us regarding the Service.

Changes
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material we will provide at least 15 days notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

By continuing to access or use our Service after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you are no longer authorized to use the Service.

Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us.