Privacy & Copyright Terms

Copyright Terms

At Mechanical-Hub, we’re interested in circulating the news that we find — and produce ourselves — to as many people as we can.

And to do that, we’re using Creative Commons for our copyright.

If you want to use the original reporting on our site, feel free, but please review our rules:

  • All original content produced by Mechanical-Hub is fair use. It can be re-used commercially and non-commercially with attribution to Mechanical-Hub. If the work is adapted to be a part of something new, the same fair use license must be continued.
  • All content produced by sponsors of Mechanical-Hub is copyrighted by the respective organization.

If you have a question about the copyright rules, or how we’re using Creative Commons, please contact us.

Privacy Policy

Mechanical-Hub, LLP considers your privacy important. We are committed to protecting the privacy of all those who provide us with their contact information while using our information, products, events, or services. This policy describes the ways that personally identifiable and anonymous information about our publication subscribers, online media product users, and event registrants is collected, how that information might be shared, and how someone can request changes to the way their personal information is used or shared.

Volunteered Information:

Personally identifiable information is information that can identify you, such as your full name, email address, postal address and telephone number.

We collect personally identifiable information that you choose to provide to us when you sign up for email newsletters; enter a contest; participate in surveys; register for a web site, webcast, or tradeshow; or otherwise communicate with us. When you provide this information to us, you are no longer anonymous.

We also may receive information about you from other sources and add it to the information you have provided to us.

Mechanical-Hub, LLP is not responsible for the information you volunteer about yourself in discussions in our forums or in publicly accessible interactions, or the information that you choose to make public in your member profile.

Anonymous Information We Collect 

We use cookies and other Internet technologies to enrich your online experience by managing our website and email programs. Our cookies do not contain any information, in itself, that is personally identifiable.

How We Use Your Contact Information 

We may use your contact information for any of the following reasons:

We may use your contact information to ask for your input to help in our research about our services, events, or products or to provide you with additional information about this site and about other Mechanical-Hub services, or events that we think might be of interest to you.

All promotional and research email messages you receive from us will include an option to opt out of future email communications.

We may also send you e-newsletters with targeted, relevant content. Each e-newsletter will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of that particular e-newsletter.

In some cases, we may send you relevant, carefully-screened offers from reputable third party businesses or organizations. Many of our customers appreciate receiving these offers because they relate to their business or occupation. However, you will always be able to opt out of receiving future third party offers.