Terms and Conditions of Service

The use of Spotlight Magazine Group, Spotlight on Business Magazine, The Dental Magazine, and “we” should be considered the same regarding the statement of terms and conditions.

PUBLISHED MATERIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Spotlight Magazine Group retains reproduction and alteration rights for all editorial and video materials and releases reproduction rights to all Spotlight on Business Magazine and The Dental Magazine clients.

Spotlight Magazine Group guarantees publication of all confirmed features and articles, regardless of key supplier advertising or support, if all required information and materials are submitted on time and in the correct format.

Spotlight Magazine Group will make every effort to include all articles and features made available at the closing of the publication; however, it is at the Editor’s discretion to omit or allocate features to a different issue that would be more suitable for the layout of either Spotlight on Business Magazine or The Dental Magazine.  If the interview is delayed, by no fault of Spotlight Magazine Group, and we are unable to complete the interview before our production deadlines, the editor has the right to publish an article based on public domain information gathered by our research and editorial teams.

COPYRIGHT AND PRIVACY

All material contained in Spotlight on Business Magazine, The Dental Magazine, or on their related websites is either the property of Spotlight Magazine Group or rights have been obtained to use information, pictures, articles, etc. on behalf of our affiliates, subsidiaries, field journalists, other websites, and outside sources, etc. No material may be copied or used in any manner without the written consent of Spotlight Magazine Group.

In accordance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), Spotlight Magazine Group has reviewed how we collect, use, and disclose personal information for commercial activities.

The information we collect, including your name, company name, address, and phone number, allows us to deliver monthly issues of Spotlight on Business Magazine and The Dental Magazine. We also collect industry classifications to better understand our viewers and readers and tailor our editorial content accordingly.  All information is only accessible by those directly responsible for items related to content and distribution activities.

We do not make our subscriber list available or sell it to any organizations.

CHANGING OR UPDATING OF SERVICES

Spotlight Magazine Group reserves the right to change, update, or discontinue a service or feature of either Spotlight on Business Magazine or The Dental Magazine website at any time without notice. We will do our best to provide you with timely information that we feel will apply to our visitors based on our most current market information.

PAID ADVERTISEMENTS

Spotlight Magazine Group will accept paid advertisements and will make every effort to accept products and services that we feel will be of interest to our readers and viewers.

Spotlight Magazine Group, Spotlight on Business Magazine, nor The Dental Magazine endorse, warrant, or guarantee any products or services offered in the digital or printed publications, video production products, or any Spotlight Magazine Group website.

Advertising Terms and Conditions

All material must be delivered as per the advised deadlines at the time of booking. Failure to meet the conditions to deliver these materials on time can result in incurring a penalty up to and including the full rate of the booked advertisement.

Any negotiated rates and conditions of advertisement are valid for the confirmed booking only.  All rates quoted and agreed upon do not have applicable taxes included, and they will be added at the time of invoice.

Advertising Cancellation Policy

Spotlight Magazine Group’s cancellation policy is to cover the additional design costs of the magazine’s layout being redesigned or altered after being sent to production, or additional production edits to video content, because of a cancellation.

All cancellations for Spotlight on Business Magazine must be requested in writing to cancellations@spotlightbizmag.com.  All cancellations for The Dental Magazine must be requested in writing to cancellations@thedentalmagazine.com. Spotlight Magazine Group needs to be copied on all cancellations requested at cancellations@spotlightmagazinegroup

Cancellations made in writing less than 24 hours after invoicing will be done without penalties, and advertisers will be released from all commitments, and if paid, will receive a full refund.

Cancellations made in writing more than 24 hours after invoicing will incur a cancellation fee penalty of 50% of the agreed rate.

Once either Spotlight on Business Magazine or The Dental Magazine has been published and or gone live on their respective websites, the client is responsible for 100% of the agreed rate.

Disclaimer

Client or assigned agency must supply material within the requested time frame and according to the specification requirements requested by the production and design teams.

Spotlight Magazine Group reserves the right to refuse any feature supporting or advertising material that is not within the requested time frame and according to the specification requirements by our design and production teams.

TERMS FOR PAYMENTS OF SERVICES

All advertising and advertorial quoted prices are net of all taxes.  Applicable taxes will be added at the time of invoice.  Payment is due in full, 48 hours after the client receives their invoice electronically.  Any outstanding payments that are more than thirty (30) days after the invoice date will be subject to a 2% per month interest rate to a maximum of 26.8% per annum, unless other arrangements have been made in writing.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may provide information about you to our employees and agents in order to administer any accounts, products, and services provided to you by Spotlight Magazine Group, Spotlight on Business Magazine, or The Dental Group.

We will not disclose your personal information to any third party unless you have consented to such disclosure or where we are required to do so by law. Should you breach our terms and conditions or terms of use, or if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, we may disclose your information to a relevant authority. This may include exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Any disclosure of personal information will be strictly controlled and made fully in accordance with current U.S. and Canadian law.