Warning Statement to All ATCE Exhibitors Regarding Fair Guide
(also known as Expo Guide)
An Austrian-based organization called Construct Data Verlag AG is targeting exhibitors apparently offering advertising space on their Fair Guide website.
The company uses a form which resembles an organizer’s free catalog listing service, inviting exhibitors to sign and return the form for an entry in an on-line directory. Exhibitors who sign and return the form are contracted into a non-retractable agreement at significant cost for a period of at least 3 years and continuing annually thereafter at the same cost, unless cancelled by registered letter within the appropriate period.
Please note that the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition has no association with Construct Data Verlag AG / Fair Guide nor have we authorized them to use our name or trademarks on information they send out to exhibitors.
If you receive a document from Construct Data Verlag AG which uses our name or the name of our event(s) and which offers advertising space on the Fair Guide website (www.fairguide.com), please do not sign the form unless you have carefully read and understood the terms contained in the small print.
If you have any concerns about the distribution of such documents by Construct Data Verlag AG, you should address them to the Office Fair Trade or equivalent for your country/state. For more information about Construct Data Verlag AG, see www.stopecg.org, an independent non-commercial website.
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Issued by the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibiton
June 2008
