DALAI LAMA

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DALAI LAMA

Inspirado en el credo no violento de Mahatma Gandhi, Tenzyn Gyatso recorre el mundo en busca de ayuda para el Tíbet, ocupado por China desde hace cuatro décadas. Un decimocuarto Dalai Lama budista con fe en la reencarnación, pero también moderno y abierto a todas las religiones del mundo. Un luchador que desde el exilio se propone democratizar el Tíbet feudal. Un Premio Nobel de la Paz cuya vida está tan entregada a una causa independentista que su intimidad parece diluirse en ella.

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DALAI LAMA

Inspirado en el credo no violento de Mahatma Gandhi, Tenzyn Gyatso recorre el mundo en busca de ayuda para el Tíbet, ocupado por China desde hace cuatro décadas. Un decimocuarto Dalai Lama budista con fe en la reencarnación, pero también moderno y abierto a todas las religiones del mundo. Un luchador que desde el exilio se propone democratizar el Tíbet feudal. Un Premio Nobel de la Paz cuya vida está tan entregada a una causa independentista que su intimidad parece diluirse en ella.

En 1938 Europa está convulsionada. El mundo en ebullición. Hitler promete invadir Polonia en un año. La Segunda Guerra Mundial es un hecho. En el Tíbet, el gobierno está acéfalo. El decimotercer Dalai Lama, Gyalwa Thubten Gyatso, había fallecido en 1935. Ese monje budista fue el primer estadista que logró hacer del “país de la nieve” una nación independiente. El pionero que superó milenarios conflictos, modernizó el uso del poder y vislumbró nuevas amenazas. Hábil político y padre espiritual que ya no está ahí para proteger a su pueblo. La inquietud es enorme. Y la búsqueda de un sucesor, interminable. Hace ya tres años que un selecto grupo de lamas regentes recorre el Tíbet en pos del elegido. Un niño que será la reencarnación de Gyalwa Thubten Gyatso. El decimocuarto Dalai Lama. El continuador de la dinastía. Pero el renacido no aparece. Ni siquiera con la ayuda de los sueños premonitorios de los monjes, que ven en el lago sagrado de Lhaome Lhatso un templo con techos de jade y oro, y una casa con baldosas de turquesa. Y siguen adelante, guiados por su fe en los signos que Gyalwa Thubten Gyatso les mostró aun muerto. Colocado en el altar con la cara hacia el Sur, el cadáver había girado la cabeza hacia el Este dos veces, y un hongo brotó en una columna de reseca madera de ese sector. Pero no encuentran ni rastros.

DOS DETECTIVES Y UN NIÑO LISTO

Y al modo de un Sherlock Holmes con su fiel Dr. Watson, el impaciente e intuitivo lama Kewtsang Riponché y su monje sirviente se separan del grupo y se dirigen, por el Este, pero torciendo un poco hacia el Norte, mucho más allá del lago soñado. Y llegan a la aldea rural de Takster. Y allí, a Kewtsang Riponché se le ocurre una detectivesca idea: cambiar de hábito e identidad con su sirviente, para quedar él en un plano secundario y poder observar más y mejor la reacción de los campesinos ante las preguntas de éste. Pero no le da su rosario personal, que le perteneciera al décimo Dalai Lama. Buscan puerta tras puerta, hasta arribar a una que se les abre sola antes de golpear. Y sale un niño. Tiene menos de 3 años y les sonríe. El leal sirviente de Kewtsang Riponché, simulando ser el amo de su maestro, le pregunta por sus padres. El niño le dice que no están y que se aparte, pues quiere ver de cerca ese rosario que lleva colgado al cuello su segundo visitante. Después, amablemente le ordena al verdadero lama que se lo entregue. “Dámelo”, reitera. “¿Por qué?”, inquiere Kewtsang Riponché. “Bien sabes tú que debo tenerlo yo”, explica el niño, con asombrosa desenvoltura. “Si adivinas quién soy, te lo regalo”, murmura, temblando, Kewtsang Riponché. “Sera aga”, dice el niño, frase que en su dialecto regional significa “sacerdote del monasterio de Sera”. Y no hace falta aclarar quién es el sirviente. Ni que él es el elegido, el renacido, el ansiado decimocuarto Dalai Lama. Tenzin Gyatso, actual líder religioso del pueblo tibetano y jefe de lo que allí denominan “Estado temporal”, nació en el Noreste del Tíbet el 6 de julio de 1935, con el nombre Lhamo Dhondup. Reconocido de acuerdo con el canon budista de la reencarnación, se estima que también es descendiente de Avalokitesvara, el Buda de la Compasión. En cuanto a quiénes fueron sus padres fisiológicos y a cómo vivió sus dos primeros años en Takster, eso permanecería en el más elemental secreto. Por razones de modestia y de seguridad. Sin embargo, no habría sido él muy distinto de cualquier otro niño de su entorno familiar y social, salvo ciertos marcados rasgos de serenidad y firmeza inusuales a esa edad. Desde que se puso de pie, siempre parecía estar esperando algo. O mejor, a alguien. Ahora se sabe a quién, y por qué.

LEJOS DE CASA, CERCA DEL MUNDO

Empezó su educación a los 6 años, y a los 24, en 1959, completó el Geshe Lharampa o Doctorado en Filosofía Budista. Ya había rendido los exámenes preliminares en cada una de las tres Universidades Monacales: Drepung, Sera y Ganden, en las afueras de Lhasa, capital del Tíbet. El examen final tuvo lugar en el Templo Jokhang, de Lhasa, durante el Monlam Chenmo o Gran Festival de Oración, realizado el primer mes del año, según el calendario tibetano. Por la mañana fue examinado por 30 eruditos en Lógica. Por la tarde debatió con 15 especialistas en Vía Media o “camino de vida”; y al anochecer, 35 expertos pusieron a dura prueba sus conocimientos acerca de la disciplina monástica y su comprensión de la Metafísica. Aprobó con todos los honores, en presencia de otros 20 mil estudiantes. Además estudió inglés, geografía, matemáticas y ciencias aplicadas.

Un dato curioso, que revela uno de los pocos detalles íntimos de la vida del Dalai Lama: este año, a los 94, falleció el austríaco Heinrich Harrer, autor del famoso libro Siete años en el Tíbet, que Brad Pitt protagonizó en la versión cinematográfica. Allí, Harrer asegura que él le enseñó al actual Dalai Lama a andar en patines de hielo cuando éste era sólo un niño. El 17 de noviembre de 1950, con tan sólo 16 años, había tenido que asumir el poder político. China hollaba las fronteras del Tíbet y había que mostrarse firme. De ahí que el audaz adolescente Tenzyn Gyatso viajara a Beijing en 1954, para proponerles conversaciones de paz directamente a Mao Tsé-tung y a otros líderes, Chou En-Lai y Deng Xiaoping incluidos. La élite de la revolución cultural comunista. Y dos años más tarde, aprovechando su visita a la India para celebrar el 2.500º aniversario del nacimiento de Buda, tuvo nerviosos encuentros con el primer ministro Nehru y el premier Chou, con un temario de emergencia: la frágil situación del Tíbet ante los avances anexionistas de China. Pero sus esfuerzos pacifistas se vieron frustrados cuando el ejército rojo chino invadió el Este del Tíbet en 1959, y vencían fácilmente a las endebles fuerzas tibetanas. Derrota militar que provocó un inesperado levantamiento popular que, vuelto colosal movimiento de resistencia al extenderse a todo el país, estallaría el 10 de marzo en Lhasa. Fue la mayor manifestación civil de toda la historia del “país de la nieve”, que se desangró para echar a los chinos y reafirmar su independencia respecto de éstos. Heroico pero vano intento. Y Tenzyn Gyatso peligraba tanto como millares de rebeldes tibetanos. Se imponía el éxodo.

PONER A SALVO A SU SANTIDAD

El decimocuarto Dalai Lama se retiró hacia la India, donde inmediatamente le dieron asilo político, a él y a unos 80 mil devotos compatriotas que lo siguieron rumbo al destierro. Actualmente hay más de 130 mil refugiados en la India, Nepal, Bután y Occidente. Desde 1960, el Dalai Lama reside en Dharamsala, una modesta ciudad del Norte indio, más conocida como “la pequeña Lhasa”, que es la sede del gobierno tibetano en el exilio. Desde allí apeló a las Naciones Unidas. Tres resoluciones de la Asamblea General en 1959, 1961 y 1965 llamaron a China a respetar los derechos humanos de los tibetanos y su derecho a la autodeterminación. En la India percibió que su más urgente tarea era preservar su cultura de origen. Así que fundó 53 asentamientos agrícolas para vivienda y alimentación de sus refugiados. Y desarrollada ya una economía básica y sustentable, lanzó un programa escolar autónomo, para educar a los hijos de los exiliados en su propia lengua, historia, religión y costumbres. Hoy hay más de 80 escuelas tibetanas en la India y Nepal.

RESISTIR DESDE EL EXILIO

El Instituto Tibetano de Artes Teatrales se abrió en 1959, y el Instituto Central de Estudios Tibetanos Avanzados se convirtió en una auténtica universidad para los tibetanos de la India. Tenzyn Gyatso en persona inauguró numerosos círculos artísticos y científicos, y ayudó a restablecer más de 200 monasterios para preservar las raíces del budismo tibetano, en esencia similar al budismo indio, pero con matices tan peculiares como intransferibles. Claro que aún faltaba el detalle que haría de este decimocuarto Dalai Lama un renovador, si bien no de fondo, al menos de forma. Ni heredero de un trono real, ni dictador, no dejaba de ser un mandatario teocrático a quien su pueblo nunca había votado. Por centurias, el Tíbet fue gobernado por una élite feudal, con más del 80% de los tibetanos reducidos a la mera servidumbre. Esa era la pura verdad, y esa verdad debía ser remozada a la luz de la evolución sociocultural de Occidente. Si no, no habría mayor comprensión ni compromiso respecto de la crisis tibetana. De ahí que en 1963, Tenzyn Gyatso promulgó una Constitución democrática, basada tanto en los principios budistas como en la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, como modelo para un futuro Tíbet Libre. Empezando por el experimento democrático con los refugiados en la India y Nepal, y jurando no ejercer ningún cargo político hasta que el Tíbet recupere su independencia.

palacio de Potala en Lhassa, Tibet, antigua residencia del exiliado Dalai Lama.
Palacio de Potala en Lhassa, Tibet, antigua residencia del exiliado Dalai Lama.

En 1987, ante la Asamblea por los Derechos Humanos del Congreso norteamericano, propuso el Plan de Paz de Cinco Puntos: designar al Tíbet “zona de no violencia”; frenar el ingreso masivo de soldados y colonos chinos; restaurar las libertades democráticas; que China dejase de usar al Tíbet como campo de producción de armamento nuclear y como vertedero de basura nuclear; e iniciar urgentemente “negociaciones serias”. Y en 1988, en Francia, expandió ese plan ofreciendo la salomónica “creación de un Tíbet democrático y de libre gobierno, en asociación con la República Popular China”. En su discurso dijo que ésa era la vía más realista para “restablecer la identidad y los derechos del pueblo tibetano ajustándose a los intereses chinos”. Sin embargo, en 1991, el gobierno tibetano en el exilio declaró inválido ese ofrecimiento, “debido a la actitud cerrada y negativa del actual liderazgo chino, no obstante permanecer el Dalai Lama firmemente comprometido con la no violencia y las negociaciones pacíficas”.

GLOBALIZACION MAS HUMANA

Desde 1967 viajó a más de 42 países. En 1991 se reunió con el presidente George Bush padre y Neil Kinnock, líder de la oposición británica, los ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de Suiza y de Francia, el canciller y el presidente de Austria, cientos de oficiales gubernamentales extranjeros de alto rango, más líderes políticos, religiosos, culturales y comerciales, y también con multitudinarias audiencias en universidades, iglesias y municipios. Temario: la unidad de la familia humana, el respeto interreligioso, la mutua dependencia, la imposibilidad de que hoy una nación pueda resolver sus problemas sola, la responsabilidad universal, la supervivencia colectiva.

Dalai Lama junto a Qhuzulini John Sithole, presidente del National African Heritage Trust
Dalai Lama junto a Qhuzulini John Sithole, Presidente del National African Heritage Trust.

En 1973 estuvo con el papa Paulo VI, y en cinco oportunidades fue recibido por Juan Pablo II. En 1981 se entrevistó con el arzobispo de Canterbury, Dr. Robert Runcie. En 1989, durante un diálogo en Dharamsala con ocho rabinos y eruditos de los Estados Unidos, enfatizó: “Cuando nos volvimos refugiados, sabíamos que nuestra lucha no sería fácil, que tomaría largo tiempo, generaciones. Y a menudo nos referíamos a los judíos, a cómo mantuvieron su identidad y su fe a pesar de tantos sufrimientos. Tenemos mucho que aprender de nuestros hermanos judíos”.

A partir de su primera visita al Vaticano, su reputación como hombre sabio y mensajero de la paz creció como nunca. Occidente lo “descubrió”, y le llovieron premios y doctorados honoríficos. Entre ellos, el de la Seattle University, en Washington. Allí le dijeron: “Entre los asuntos gubernamentales y diplomáticos, usted se ha hecho tiempo para registrar su profunda apreciación del significado de la vida contemplativa en el mundo moderno. Sus textos representan una excepcional contribución, no sólo para el vasto cuerpo de la literatura budista, sino para el diálogo ecuménico entre las grandes religiones. Y su empeño ha ganado la admiración no sólo de los budistas, sino también de contemplativos como el monje cristiano Thomas Merton”. En 1989, la decisión del Comité Noruego de otorgarle el Premio Nobel de la Paz cosechó elogios y aplausos en todo el mundo, menos en China.

“SOY UN SIMPLE MONJE”

Esto es lo que repite Tenzyn Gyatso cada vez que lo honran o alaban, con modestia y sin dejar de sonreír jamás. Y eso se percibe en su vida cotidiana, cuando no anda rodando por el mundo. En Dharamsala se levanta a las 4 de la mañana para meditar. Después sigue una ajetreada agenda de reuniones administrativas, audiencias privadas, enseñanzas y ceremonias religiosas. Su dieta es frugal: té tibetano con mantequilla y sal, y un poco de tsampa o harina de cebada tostada. Y en días festivos, unos momos o ravioli de verdura cocidos al vapor, con galletas khabse y yogur de leche de yak. Su vestimenta es sencilla y tradicional. Concluye el día con más oraciones, y antes de retirarse a descansar suele citar su poema de cabecera, escrito por el santo budista indio Shantideva: “Mientras perdure el espacio / y existan los seres vivos / que hasta entonces pueda yo / también continuar aquí / para aliviar la miseria del mundo”.

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This disclaimer (“Disclaimer”) sets forth the general guidelines, disclosures, and terms of your use of the BoatsGuideFlorida.com website (“Website”), “ALMA MAGAZINE” mobile application (“Mobile Application”) and any of their related products and services (collectively, “Services”). This Disclaimer is a legally binding agreement between you (“User”, “you” or “your”) and GHIDS MEDIA CORP (doing business as “ALMA MAGAZINE”, “we”, “us” or “our”). If you are entering into this agreement on behalf of a business or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to this agreement, in which case the terms “User”, “you” or “your” shall refer to such entity. If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with the terms of this agreement, you must not accept this agreement and may not access and use the Services. By accessing and using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Disclaimer. You acknowledge that this Disclaimer is a contract between you and ALMA MAGAZINE, even though it is electronic and is not physically signed by you, and it governs your use of the Services.

Representation

Any views or opinions represented on the Services are personal and belong solely to ALMA MAGAZINE and do not represent those of people, institutions or organizations that ALMA MAGAZINE may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual.

Content and postings

You may not modify, print or copy any part of the Services. Inclusion of any part of the Services in another work, whether in printed or electronic or another form or inclusion of any part of the Services on another resource by embedding, framing or otherwise without the express permission of ALMA MAGAZINE is prohibited.

Compensation and sponsorship

The Services may contain forms of advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. On certain occasions ALMA MAGAZINE may be compensated to provide opinions on products, services, or various other topics. The compensation received may influence such opinions of the advertised content or topics available on the Services. Sponsored content and advertising space will always be identified as such. Some of the links on the Services may be affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase an item, ALMA MAGAZINE will receive an affiliate commission.

Indemnification and warranties

While we have made every attempt to ensure that the information contained on the Services is correct, ALMA MAGAZINE is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. All information on the Services is provided “as is”, with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied. In no event will ALMA MAGAZINE be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information on the Services, or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Information on the Services is for general information purposes only and is not intended to provide any type of professional advice. Please seek professional assistance should you require it. Information contained on the Services are subject to change at any time and without warning.

Changes and amendments

We reserve the right to modify this Disclaimer or its terms related to the Services at any time at our discretion. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page, post a notification within the Services, send you an email to notify you. We may also provide notice to you in other ways at our discretion, such as through the contact information you have provided. An updated version of this Disclaimer will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Disclaimer unless otherwise specified. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of the revised Disclaimer (or such other act specified at that time) will constitute your consent to those changes.

Acceptance of this disclaimer

You acknowledge that you have read this Disclaimer and agree to all its terms and conditions. By accessing and using the Services you agree to be bound by this Disclaimer. If you do not agree to abide by the terms of this Disclaimer, you are not authorized to access or use the Services.

Contacting us

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this Disclaimer, we encourage you to contact us using the details below:

[email protected]

This document was last updated on March 12, 2022

Privacy Policy
This policy was last updated on March 21, 2022.
Introduction
This Privacy Policy applies to all of the products, services, and websites offered by Ghids Media Corporation and its subsidiaries or affiliated companies (collectively, “Ghids Media”). We provide this notice explaining our privacy practices and the choices you can make about how your information is collected and used by Ghids Media Corporation. Ghids Media has appointed a Data Protection Office to contact if you have any questions or concerns. The Data Protection Office contact information is as follows: Data Protection Office  Ghids Media Corporation  11007 Griffing Blvd. Miami, FL33161  [email protected]
An overview of the information we may collect.
You can take advantage of many Bonnier products, services, and websites without providing any information that personally identifies you by name, address, or other personally-identifying information. We only collect personally-identifying information when you voluntarily submit it to us. Sometimes, we need personally-identifying information to provide you with the products and services you request. Depending upon the product or service, we may ask you for various personally-identifying information. This might include, for example, your name, address, email address, telephone number, gender, and birth date. We may also ask for other information about you, such as your credit card information (when making a purchase), interests, income, or education level. We consider certain identifying information “sensitive.” This includes your credit card number, income level, or other information usually regarded as confidential. Some personal information will never be requested or collected, such as information on your race or ethnic origin, political opinions, trade union memberships, religious beliefs, health, sex life, or sexual orientation. You may choose not to provide us with any personally-identifying information. In that case, you can still access and use many portions of our websites; however, you will not be able to access and use those portions of any Bonnier website that require your personal information. Many Ghids Media websites include community features, such as online forums and message boards. The information posted in these areas becomes public information, and any third party’s use of this information is beyond our control. If you elect to submit content that includes information that can be used to identify you, you must assume that the content can and will be displayed on any website on the Internet. Our properties may feature measurement software, which will allow you to contribute to market research. We allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain information when you visit our website and directly in emails/communications. These companies may use information you have shared (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over, email address) during your visits to this and other Web sites to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. Our partners use this information to recognize you across different channels and platforms over time for advertising, analytics, attribution, and reporting purposes; any information collected is stored in hashed or non-human-readable form. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. Ghids Media websites sometimes may offer contests, sweepstakes, or promotions sponsored by or co-sponsored with identified third parties. Under their sponsorship, these third parties may obtain personally-identifying information that visitors voluntarily submit to them to participate in the contest, sweepstakes, or promotion. B Ghids Media has no control over the third-party sponsors’ use of this information. If a third-party sponsor beyond our control will obtain information that you supply us, we will notify you when we collect the information from you. For specific promotions, only those who provide us with the requested personally-identifying information will be able to order products, programs, and services or otherwise participate in the promotion’s activities and offerings. Some of our websites contain links to other sites. By clicking on these links, you will leave the website operated by Ghids Media and this Privacy Policy will no longer apply. These other sites’ information practices may be different than ours. You should consult the other sites’ privacy notices, as we have no control over information submitted to or collected by these third parties.
How we use the information we collect
We use the personally-identifying information you provide us to fulfill your requests for our products, programs, and services, respond to your inquiries about offerings, and offer you other products, programs, or services that we believe may be of interest to you. We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when you have won one of our contests, make changes to subscriber agreements, fulfill a request by you for an online newsletter, or contact you about your account with us. We do not use your personal information to make automated decisions. We may syndicate the publicly available content of our community areas to unaffiliated third-party websites using RSS or other technologies. The information you have shared in the community areas may be included in this syndication. We will use the personally-identifying information that you provide about others in order to provide the products or services that you have requested; for example, to enable us to send them your gifts or cards. If you provide us someone else’s personally-identifying information for referral purposes, we may use that information to invite them to visit our websites or to provide them information about our products or services. If you provide us with your email and/or postal address, we may include that address in email and/or postal address lists that we sell, trade, or rent to third parties. These lists will never contain sensitive information. If you do not wish for your email or postal address to be shared with companies not owned by Bonnier who want to market products or services to you, you have the opportunity to opt out, as described below. You may also opt out of the receipt of any marketing materials from Ghids Media as described below. We may transfer your sensitive personally-identifying information to other Bonnier offices for internal management and administrative purposes. In addition, your personal data will be transferred to other Bonnier offices where necessary for the performance or conclusion of our contractual obligations to you or for your benefit. Transfers of personally-identifying information may also be made where necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. We do not transfer personal information internationally. Ghids Media will only share your sensitive personal information with outside companies or individuals in any of the following limited circumstances:
  • When we use trusted businesses or persons to process personal information on our behalf. Before sharing any personal information with outside parties, we require that these parties agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
  • When we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure is necessary to:
  1. comply with applicable law, regulation, or legal process;
  2. enforce the applicable Terms of Service or other agreements and policies on the Company’s Websites;
  3. detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security, or technical issues; or
  4. protect against imminent harm to the rights, property, or safety or Ghids Media, its users, or the public as required or permitted by law.
  • When you consent. Before we share your sensitive personal information outside of the previously listed circumstances, we will ask you for permission first. Please note that this only applies to sensitive information, as defined above.
We may also use, transfer, sell, and share aggregated, anonymous data about our users for any legal purpose, such as analyzing usage trends and seeking compatible advertisers and partners. In no event will this aggregated data contain any information that could be used to identify individual users of our products or services.
How we protect the safety and integrity of the information we collect
We take appropriate physical, electronic, and procedural measures to safeguard and protect your personal information. We use a variety of security measures, including encryption and authentication, to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information. We store your personal information on systems behind firewalls that are only accessible to a limited number of persons, each of whom is required to keep the information confidential. We also take appropriate measures to secure the transmission of sensitive personal information from your computer to the Company’s computers. When you transmit sensitive personal information to us, like credit card information, we offer the use of a secure connection to our servers. To the extent you select the secure connection method or your browser supports such functionality, all credit card account information that you supply is transmitted via secure encryption technology. Regardless of these measures, no system connected to the Internet or data transmission sent over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We will provide notice if we become aware of any security breach that may affect any sensitive personal information pertaining to you that we have stored on our systems. Ghids Media only collects personal information that is relevant to the purposes for which it will be used. Though we do take appropriate steps to review and update the information that we store to ensure that it is accurate, complete, and current, we also depend on you to update or correct your personal information when necessary. To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to help verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. We will decline to process requests where we cannot verify the identity of the requester. We may also decline to process requests that are automated, repetitive, systematic, or impractical, or that might jeopardize the privacy of others. In some limited circumstances, such as to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, and enforce our policies, we may retain some of information that you have requested us to remove. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personal information will be completely removed from our databases in response to your requests.
Your privacy options
We do not share your email address with any third-party, unless you have given us the explicit permission to do so. Email messages we send on behalf of our advertisers or other Bonnier brands are delivered from our internal email marketing system only. We may also use an encrypted form of your email address strictly for matching purposes, both internally and externally. We only want to communicate with you if you want to hear from us. All email messages we send will contain Unsubscribe and Manage Preferences links in the footer of each email, which you can use to control what type of email messages you receive. In order to provide you with all relevant content for our brand(s) with which you have interest and to give you the greatest degree of control over what type of messages you receive, your email address may exist on multiple lists. Taking action using the Unsubscribe link will suppress you from a single list for that type of content (ex: Editorial, Sponsored or Consumer Marketing). For this reason, if you want to stop receiving all email messages from a Bonnier brand, using the Manage Preferences link from the email footer may be a more appropriate option. You may also use the Manage Preferences link to receive other content types, update your personal information or sign up for emails from other Ghids Media brands.
Questions, Concerns, and Complaints
If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, or if you think that we have used your personal information in a manner inconsistent with this Policy, please contact us by mail or email: Data Protection Office Ghids Media Corporation 11007 Griffing Blvd. Miami, FL33161 [email protected] If we receive a complaint from you, we will contact you in an attempt to address your concerns. If we are not able to resolve a complaint, we will participate in appropriate independent recourse mechanisms as necessary. Boats Guide Florida, Usa Onboard, Alma Magazine, Alma Miami and Ghids are Trademarks of Ghids Media Corp.

GHIDS MEDIA CORP & USA ONBOARD

Website And Web Application
Terms and conditions

USA ONBOARD is a media owned by GHIDS MEDIA CORP.

These terms and conditions (“Agreement”) set forth the general terms and conditions of your use of the BoatsGuideFlorida.com website (“Website”), “BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA” mobile application (“Mobile Application”), UsaOnboard.com website (“Website”), and any of their related products and services (collectively, “Services”). This Agreement is legally binding between you (“User”, “you” or “your”) and GHIDS MEDIA CORP (doing business as “BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA”, USA ONBOARD, “we”, “us” or “our”). If you are entering into this agreement on behalf of a business or other legal entity, you represent that you have the authority to bind such entity to this agreement, in which case the terms “User”, “you” or “your” shall refer to such entity. If you do not have such authority, or if you do not agree with the terms of this agreement, you must not accept this agreement and may not access and use the Services. By accessing and using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. You acknowledge that this Agreement is a contract between you and BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA & USA ONBOARD even though it is electronic and is not physically signed by you, and it governs your use of the Services.

Accounts and membership

If you create an account on the Services, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with it. We may monitor and review new accounts before you may sign in and start using the Services. Providing false contact information of any kind may result in the termination of your account. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized uses of your account or any other breaches of security. We will not be liable for any acts or omissions by you, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions. We may suspend, disable, or delete your account (or any part thereof) if we determine that you have violated any provision of this Agreement or that your conduct or content would tend to damage our reputation and goodwill. If we delete your account for the foregoing reasons, you may not re-register for our Services. We may block your email address and Internet protocol address to prevent further registration.

User content

We do not own any data, information or material (collectively, “Content”) that you submit on the Services in the course of using the Service. You shall have sole responsibility for the accuracy, quality, integrity, legality, reliability, appropriateness, and intellectual property ownership or right to use of all submitted Content. We may monitor and review the Content on the Services submitted or created using our Services by you. You grant us permission to access, copy, distribute, store, transmit, reformat, display and perform the Content of your user account solely as required for the purpose of providing the Services to you. Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, we have the right, though not the obligation, to, in our own sole discretion, refuse or remove any Content that, in our reasonable opinion, violates any of our policies or is in any way harmful or objectionable. You also grant us the license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish or distribute the Content created by you or stored in your user account for commercial, marketing or any similar purpose.

Billing and payments

You shall pay all fees or charges to your account in accordance with the fees, charges, and billing terms in effect at the time a fee or charge is due and payable. Where Services are offered on a free trial basis, payment may be required after the free trial period ends, and not when you enter your billing details (which may be required prior to the commencement of the free trial period). If auto-renewal is enabled for the Services you have subscribed for, you will be charged automatically in accordance with the term you selected. If, in our judgment, your purchase constitutes a high-risk transaction, we will require you to provide us with a copy of your valid government-issued photo identification, and possibly a copy of a recent bank statement for the credit or debit card used for the purchase. We reserve the right to change products at any time. We also reserve the right to refuse any order you place with us. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household or per order. These restrictions may include orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same credit card, and/or orders that use the same billing and/or shipping address. In the event that we make a change to or cancel an order, we may attempt to notify you by contacting the e-mail and/or billing address/phone number provided at the time the order was made.

Accuracy of information

Occasionally there may be information on the Services that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies or omissions that may relate to availability, promotions and offers. We reserve the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions, and to change or update information or cancel orders if any information on the Services or Services is inaccurate at any time without prior notice (including after you have submitted your order). We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify information on the Services including, without limitation, pricing information, except as required by law. No specified update or refresh date applied on the Services should be taken to indicate that all information on the Services or Services has been modified or updated.

Third party services

If you decide to enable, access or use third party services, be advised that your access and use of such other services are governed solely by the terms and conditions of such other services, and we do not endorse, are not responsible or liable for, and make no representations as to any aspect of such other services, including, without limitation, their content or the manner in which they handle data (including your data) or any interaction between you and the provider of such other services. You irrevocably waive any claim against BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA with respect to such other services. BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA is not liable for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your enablement, access or use of any such other services, or your reliance on the privacy practices, data security processes or other policies of such other services. You may be required to register for or log into such other services on their respective platforms. By enabling any other services, you are expressly permitting BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA to disclose your data as necessary to facilitate the use or enablement of such other service.

Backups

We perform regular backups of the Website and its Content and will do our best to ensure completeness and accuracy of these backups. In the event of the hardware failure or data loss we will restore backups automatically to minimize the impact and downtime.

Advertisements

During your use of the Services, you may enter into correspondence with or participate in promotions of advertisers or sponsors showing their goods or services through the Services. Any such activity, and any terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such activity, is solely between you and the applicable third party. We shall have no liability, obligation or responsibility for any such correspondence, purchase or promotion between you and any such third party.

Links to other resources

Although the Services may link to other resources (such as websites, mobile applications, etc.), we are not, directly or indirectly, implying any approval, association, sponsorship, endorsement, or affiliation with any linked resource, unless specifically stated herein. Some of the links on the Services may be “affiliate links”. This means if you click on the link and purchase an item, BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA will receive an affiliate commission. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating, and we do not warrant the offerings of, any businesses or individuals or the content of their resources. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, products, services, and content of any other third parties. You should carefully review the legal statements and other conditions of use of any resource which you access through a link on the Services. Your linking to any other off-site resources is at your own risk.

Prohibited uses

In addition to other terms as set forth in the Agreement, you are prohibited from using the Services or Content: (a) for any unlawful purpose; (b) to solicit others to perform or participate in any unlawful acts; (c) to violate any international, federal, provincial or state regulations, rules, laws, or local ordinances; (d) to infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or the intellectual property rights of others; (e) to harass, abuse, insult, harm, defame, slander, disparage, intimidate, or discriminate based on gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, race, age, national origin, or disability; (f) to submit false or misleading information; (g) to upload or transmit viruses or any other type of malicious code that will or may be used in any way that will affect the functionality or operation of the Services, third party products and services, or the Internet; (h) to spam, phish, pharm, pretext, spider, crawl, or scrape; (i) for any obscene or immoral purpose; or (j) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Services, third party products and services, or the Internet. We reserve the right to terminate your use of the Services for violating any of the prohibited uses.

Intellectual property rights

“Intellectual Property Rights” means all present and future rights conferred by statute, common law or equity in or in relation to any copyright and related rights, trademarks, designs, patents, inventions, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off, rights to inventions, rights to use, and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted, rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection and any other results of intellectual activity which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world. This Agreement does not transfer to you any intellectual property owned by BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA or third parties, and all rights, titles, and interests in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA. All trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Services, are trademarks or registered trademarks of BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA or its licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Services may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Services grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any of BOATS GUIDE FLORIDA or third party trademarks.

Disclaimer of warranty

You agree that such Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and that your use of the Services is solely at your own risk. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We make no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements, or that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free; nor do we make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Service or as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the Service or that defects in the Service will be corrected. You understand and agree that any material and/or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of Service is done at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage or loss of data that results from the download of such material and/or data. We make no warranty regarding any goods or services purchased or obtained through the Service or any transactions entered into thro