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Privacy Policy

WHYNOT|WAINAO (WW) takes our responsibility to protect the privacy and data of WW subscribers seriously. WW does not store any personal data about you.

When you browse, read or download from WW’s website, WW does not collect or store your email address or your name or other address unless you voluntarily provide it to GM. Examples of when you would provide such information to WW include registering for and using WW’s Message Boards, using WW’s podcasting service or submission of an article to WW.

When you browse, read pages or download information on www.wainao.me, WW automatically gathers and stores the following information about your visit through log files and “cookies” (a string of characters that are written to a file on the user’s hard drive when the user visits a website):

  • the IP (internet protocol) address of the machine which accessed WW’s website
  • the type of browser and operating system used to access WW’s site
  • the date and time you access our site
  • if you linked to www.wainao.me through another website, the address of that website
  • whether you are a return visitor or a new visitor to WW’s site
  • files downloaded or viewed

When you participate in WW’s Message Boards, WW collects and stores the information listed above. In addition, any information that you disclose on the WW Message Boards becomes public, including the e-mail address you provide. Please refer to WW’s Message Board Rules.

Submissions to WW

If you post a comment, send an email, story idea, picture, essay and/or other submission to WW through WW’s website, WW collects and stores the information listed above. In addition, WW may print that submission, or an excerpt from it, on the WW’s website, read it on the air, or otherwise publish it, together with the name and location, if any (city, state, and/or country) you may have provided with the submission.

Use of Information

Use of collected information is limited to the following: responding to user e-mails, listing location of user when publishing user e-mails or other submissions, editorial purposes such as contacting users for an online survey, and other purposes specified at the time the information is gathered.

Personally identifiable information collected by WW is not provided to outside parties. Other, non personally identifiable information may be provided to WW service vendors (such as WW’s audience research service). WW also may disclose personal information if required by law, if it believes that such action is necessary to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the WW’s website, or if necessary to protect the personal safety or property of WW’s website users, the public, or WW’s employees and its corporate structure. Generally this would be U.S. law.

Children

You must be at least 13 years of age to send comments to or post any materials on WW’s website. If you are under 13 years of age, do not send any information about yourself, including your name, address or e-mail address. If we discover that we have collected any personally-identifying information from a child under the age of 13, we will remove that information from our database as soon as possible.

Visitors between the ages of 13 and 18 must obtain permission from their parents or guardians before sending any personally-identifying information.

Links to other Sites

The WW’s website may contain links to other sites. WW is not responsible for the privacy practices or the disclosure of any information or materials gathered on these other sites.

Acceptance of Privacy Policy Terms

WW reserves the right to change this policy in its sole discretion at any time. Use of the WW’s website constitutes consent to any policy then in effect. Please make sure that you read WW’s Terms of use to understand additional terms and conditions which apply to the use of our website.

WW is widely distributed on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, the iTunes Store, Google Play and other sites. WW is not responsible for the privacy practices or the disclosure of any information or materials gathered on those sites.

Terms of Use

We welcome the re-use, republication, and distribution of original content published on this website only on the condition that you credit us by including the following information: Copyright © 2020, WHYNOT|Wainao (WW) Used with the permission of 2025 M St. NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20036. For any commercial use of WW content please send an email to: info@wainao.me. WW content may not be used in a manner which would give the appearance of any endorsement of any product or support of any issue or political position. Please read the full text of our Terms of Use.

Consent to Terms

Please read these Terms of Use before using www.wainao.me or any features of WWs Web site, including, but not limited to, WW Comments Section and podcasts (collectively, the " WW Website"). By using the WW website, you agree to abide by and be bound by these Terms of Use. WW reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify these terms at any time by posting updated terms of use on the WW’s website. You agree to abide and be bound by such modifications, which shall be effective immediately upon posting.

Copyrights

The contents of WWs Website are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. WW welcomes the re-use, republication, and distribution of original WW content only published on this website on condition that you credit WW by including the following information: Copyright © 2020, WHYNOT|Wainao. Used with the permission of WW, 2025 M St. NW, Suite 300, Washington DC 20036. https://www.wainao.me. For any commercial use of WW content please send an email to: info@wainao.me. WW content may not be used in a manner which would give the appearance of any endorsement of any product or support of any issue or political position.

If using an excerpt from the WW website, WW requires that such material be designated as an excerpt and that the excerpt shall not alter or distort the fundamental meaning of the original content.

It is strictly prohibited to broadcast or rebroadcast any WW audio, or to republish any visual or graphic materials found on the WW’s website, except in accordance with these Terms of Use.

Trademarks

WHYNOT|Wainao and 歪脑program names are trademarked. All rights reserved. You may not use any WW service marks, logos or graphics without WW’s prior written consent, except that you may use the WW-provided logo when republishing WW content in accordance with these Terms of Use.

Framing

WW does not allow framing of its website.

Links to WW Website

WW is committed to the highest journalistic ethics and standards and to independent, non-commercial journalism. Therefore, linking should not (a) suggest that WW promotes or endorses any person’s or entity’s causes, ideas, websites, political campaign, products, or services, or (b) use WW content for any commercial purpose. We reserve the right to withdraw permission for any link.

Links to Third Party Sites

WW has provided links to Internet sites maintained by third parties, over which WW has no control. WW does not endorse the content, operators, products, or services of such sites, and WW is not responsible or liable for the content, operators, availability, accuracy, quality, advertising, products, services, or other materials on or available from such sites. WW 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, products, or services available on or through such sites.

Use of the WW website

You may not post, upload, or transmit any material or links to material that is libelous, defamatory, false, misleading, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, violent, abusive, threatening, harassing, discriminatory, racist, vulgar, invasive of another’s privacy, constitutes hate speech, or harms minors in any way.

You agree not to impersonate (for example, by using another person’s name or email address) any other person or entity. You may only post, upload, or transmit materials for which you have the copyright authority or other permission to distribute the material electronically. You may not violate, plagiarize, or infringe on the rights of third parties, including copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, personal, publicity, or proprietary rights, or fiduciary rights, e.g. confidential information or trade secrets. You promise and represent that any posted, uploaded, or transmitted materials is owned by you or in the public domain. No music shall be uploaded to the Comments Section or other parts of the WW website.

The WW website can only be used for non-commercial purposes. You cannot distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, advertising or solicitation for, or endorsement of, goods and services.

You may not post, upload or transmit any software or other material which contains a virus or other harmful code or device. You may not use the WW website to distribute chain letters, impersonate others, solicit for criminal activities, distribute mass mailings or "spam" or to gather e-mail addresses for the purpose of sending "spam" to other users of the WW website.

You hereby grant WW a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, copy, sub-license, modify, transmit, publicly perform or display in all media, whether or not now known, any material or comments posted, uploaded, or transmitted by you on WW website or other associated social media platforms.

You are solely responsible for any and all content posted, uploaded, or transmitted using your account. WW may not be able to review all content in the WW Comments Sections. You agree that WW is not responsible or liable for any materials posted, uploaded, or transmitted on the WW Comments Sections.. However, you agree that WW has the right (but not the obligation) to delete, edit or move any material that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be in violation of the Terms of Use of the WW Comments Sections or which it otherwise, in its sole discretion, considers to be objectionable or contrary to our policy.

WW cannot verify the accuracy of statements that users place on in the Comments Sections, and does not guarantee that any material has been posted with the permission of the copyright or proprietary owner or is otherwise in compliance with these Terms of Use.

You acknowledge that WW has the right to limit or terminate access to the WW Comments Section for any reason, including violation of these Terms of Use.

Representations; Indemnity

If you use the WW website, including the WW Comments Section, or submit essays, e-mails or other information via www.wainao.me, you agree to abide by and be bound by the following:

Disclaimer

You represent and warrant that (a) any material you post, upload or transmit on the WW Comments Section or on or through the website does not and will not violate these Terms of Use, and (b) your use of the website complies with these Terms of Use. You agree that you will indemnify and hold harmless WW and its employees, members and licensees and its corporate structure from any and all claims, liabilities, costs or expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from (1) your breach of any of the above representations and warranties, (2) your use of the website (3) the materials you have posted, uploaded or transmitted in the WW Comments or on or through the WW website , or (4) WWs publication, distribution or use of such materials. WW DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, LIMITED, GENERAL, OR OTHER.WW DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. NOR DOES WW MAKE ANY WARRANTIES AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM -- USEOF THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, PRODUCTS, OPINIONS, OR STATEMENTS AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR THROUGH LINKS ON THE WEBSITE. -- USEOF THIS WEBSITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. IN NO EVENT WILL WW’S EMPLOYEES OR ITS CORPORATE STRUCTURE BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF THE -- USEOR INABILITY TO -- USETHE WEBSITE.

Copyright Agent

WW respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, provide the following information in writing to WW’s Copyright Agent:

  • a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright.
  • a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed.
  • a description of the material that you claim to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information sufficient to permit us to locate the material.
  • your contact information such as address, telephone number and e-mail address.
  • a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  • a statement that the information in the notification is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the owner of a copyright that is allegedly infringed.

WW’s Copyright Agent can be reached as follows: info@wainao.me

International Users

The website is controlled and operated within the United States. If you access the Service from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with applicable laws, including U.S. export laws and regulations.

Miscellaneous

These Terms of Use, together with the Privacy Policy, represent the entire understanding of the parties regarding the use of the WW Web sites and supersede any previous documents, correspondence, conversations, or other oral or written understanding related to these terms of use.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed under District of Columbia law without regard to its choice of law rules, and, where applicable, the laws of the United States. All requests for WW content to be distributed within the United States and U.S. territories must comply with the U.S. information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, known as the Smith-Mundt Act. For more information on Smith-Mundt, visit https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/oversight/legislation/smith-mundt-faqs/.

To the extent permissible by law, any disputes under these terms of use or relating to the website shall be litigated in the local or Federal courts located, and you hereby consent to personal jurisdiction and venue, in the District of Columbia. A modification or waiver of a part of these terms of use shall not constitute a waiver or modification of any other portion of the terms of use.

If for any reason any provision of these terms of use is found unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the remainder of the terms of use will continue in full force and effect.