FamilyDigestShow.com
and Affiliated Websites
Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATING
TO YOUR USE OF THIS SITE CAREFULLY. By using this site,
you are deemed to have agreed to these terms and conditions of use.
We reserve the right to modify them at any time. You should check
these terms and conditions periodically for changes. By using this
site after we post any changes to these terms and conditions, you
agree to accept those changes, whether or not you have reviewed
them. If at any time you choose not to accept these terms and conditions
of use, please do not use this site.
Scope of Terms and Conditions
These terms and conditions apply to your use of all of the sites
and services owned, controlled or operated by Family Digest Show,
and affiliated companies (collectively "we," "us,"
or "our"), including FamilyDigestShow.com, and any other
site that we have owned or operated, do own and operate or may own
or operate in the future (collectively, the "Sites").
Unless we say otherwise, all references to the Sites in these terms
and conditions include all such sites. These terms and conditions
do not apply to your use of unaffiliated sites to which any of the
Sites only links.
Restrictions on Use of Materials
The contents of our sites are protected by copyright and trademark
laws, and are the property of their owners. Unless we say otherwise,
you may access the materials located within the Sites only for your
personal use. This means you may download one copy of posted materials
on a single computer for personal, noncommercial home use only,
so long as you neither change nor delete any author attribution,
trademark, legend or copyright notice. When you download copyrighted
material you do not obtain any ownership rights in that material.
Unless specifically cited in writing from us, you
may not modify, copy, publish, display, transmit, adapt or in any
way exploit the content of the Sites. Only if you obtain prior written
consent from us — and from all other entities with an interest
in the relevant intellectual property — may you publish, display
or commercially exploit any material from the Sites.
You must abide by all additional copyright notices
or other restrictions contained in any of the Sites.
Links
These terms and conditions apply only to the Sites, and not to the
sites of any other companies or organizations, including those to
which any of the Sites may link. We are not responsible for the
availability of any other site to which any of the Sites links.
We do not endorse or take responsibility for the contents, advertising,
products or other materials made available through any other site.
Under no circumstances will we be held responsible or liable, directly
or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged
to have been caused to you in connection with your use of, or reliance
on, any content, goods or services available on any other site.
You should direct any concerns to that site's administrator or webmaster.
Other sites may link to any of the Sites only through
a plain-text link. Permission must be granted by us for any other
type of link to the Sites. To seek our permission, you may write
to Family Digest Show, Attention: Online Unit, P.O. Box 342374,
Austin, Texas 78734. We reserve the right, however, to rescind any
permission granted by us to link through a plain-text link or any
other type of link, and to require termination of any such link
to any of the Sites, at our discretion at any time.
Submissions
We welcome your comments about any of the Sites. However, unless
a site has set up a specific submissions policy, we will not review
or consider any unsolicited creative submissions. We hope you will
understand that this policy is intended to avoid the possibility
of future misunderstandings in the event that projects developed
by our professional staff might seem to others to be similar to
their own creative work. Accordingly, we must ask that you not send
us any original creative ideas, suggestions or materials. If, despite
our request, you send us any creative idea, suggestion or material
("Submission"), it shall become our property. No Submission
will be subject to any obligation of confidence by us, and we will
not be liable for any use or disclosure of any Submission. We will
exclusively own all known or later-existing rights to the Submission
worldwide, and will be entitled to the unrestricted use of the Submission
for any purpose, without compensation to the provider of the Submission.
If you are submitting something to a site that
has set up a submissions policy, please consult that site for its
specific requirements.
Forums
A "forum" means any message board, chat room, user review
forum or other interactive service appearing on any of the Sites
and includes both public boards and private folders. You must register
in accordance with instructions that you will find on the Sites
in order to contribute to any forum. You may not post on any forum,
or send to any other forum user or our employee, any material that
is abusive, vulgar, threatening, harassing, libelous, defamatory,
obscene, invades a person's privacy, violates any intellectual or
other property rights, or that would otherwise violate any law.
You may not use any forum in a commercial manner. You may not post
material that solicits funds, or that advertises or solicits goods
or services. You may not post material known to be false. You may
not post messages that contain stock touts. You may not post or
transmit any information, software or other material that contains
a virus or other harmful component.
We are not responsible for material appearing in
any forum on the Sites, except for material signed by one of our
identified representatives. We are not responsible for screening
material posted by users for libel, obscenity, invasion of privacy,
copyright or trademark infringement, accuracy, or for any other
reason. We retain, however, the right to modify or remove messages
or other material that we, in our sole discretion, consider infringing,
offensive, abusive, defamatory, obscene, stale, or otherwise unacceptable.
We also reserve the right to edit materials for any other reason.
Whether or not we modify or remove such material, users remain solely
responsible for the content of their messages or postings.
By posting on the Sites, you grant (or warrant
that the owner of such rights has expressly granted) us and/or relevant
affiliated companies the worldwide, perpetual, nonexclusive right
to use your questions, comments, and postings, in their original
or edited form, in television programs, books, articles, commentaries,
or in any other medium now known or later developed. You also warrant
that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content
you have posted and that the public posting and use of such content
by us will not infringe the rights of any third party. Additionally,
you warrant that any "moral rights" in posted materials
have been waived.
You are not entitled to any compensation for any
materials you may post on the Sites.
Registration
We may, at our discretion, suspend or terminate the registration
of any forum user or general user who violates any of these terms
and conditions of use, any of the forum member guidelines or for
any other behavior that we in our discretion believe is inappropriate.
Disclaimers
THE SERVICES, PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED
"AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED. WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS
OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT THAT ANY FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SITES WILL
BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED,
OR THAT THE SITES OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES THEM AVAILABLE ARE FREE
OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
NEITHER WE NOR ANY OF OUR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS
OR SUPPLIERS WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE
OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SERVICES, PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS
IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY,
OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT WE OR ANY OF OUR RESPECTIVE LICENSORS
OR SUPPLIERS) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR CORRECTION TO YOUR SYSTEM.
APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION
OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
We do not endorse, warrant or guarantee any products
or services offered on the Sites. We are not a party to, and do
not monitor, any transaction between users and third party providers
of products or services.
Limitation of Liability
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE,
WILL WE OR ANY OF OUR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY
TO USE, THE MATERIALS ON THE SITES, OR ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE SITES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR
EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST DATA), SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION
MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU
BY US OR ANY OF OUR LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES,
AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED
THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO US, IF ANY, FOR ACCESSING THE SITES.
No Personal Advice
The information contained in or made available through the Sites
(including but not limited to information contained on message boards,
in text files, or in chats) cannot replace or substitute for the
services of trained professionals in any field, including, but not
limited to, financial, medical, or legal matters. In particular,
you should regularly consult a doctor in all matters relating to
physical or mental health, particularly concerning any symptoms
that may require diagnosis or medical attention. We and our licensors
or suppliers make no representations or warranties concerning any
treatment, action, or application of medication or preparation by
any person following the information offered or provided within
or through the Sites. Neither we nor our partners, or any of their
affiliates, will be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential,
special, exemplary or other damages that may result, including but
not limited to economic loss, injury, illness or death.
Parental Permission
Some of the information available on the Sites concerns the topic
of sex and may not be appropriate for children. Further, the Sites
are not directed to children under the age of 13 and we will not
knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children
under 13. WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT PARENTS PARTICIPATE IN THEIR
CHILDREN'S EXPLORATION OF THE INTERNET AND ANY ONLINE SERVICES AND
USE THEIR BROWSER'S PARENTAL CONTROLS TO LIMIT THE AREAS OF THE
INTERNET TO WHICH THEIR CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS.
We may, at our discretion, require users under
18 to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian to view certain
content, and we may limit access to certain content to users above
a specified age. You agree to abide by any such restrictions, and
not to help anyone avoid these restrictions.
We reserve the right to charge fees, surcharges
and/or membership fees for all or any of its services currently
provided for free at any time upon thirty (30) days' prior written
notice to you.
Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your privacy and security and have
explained in detail the steps we take to do so. We urge you to read
our Privacy Policy.
Jurisdictional Issues
We control and operate this site from our offices in the United
States of America. We do not represent that materials on the site
are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Persons
who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their
own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws,
if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
Miscellaneous
These terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to any principles
of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law or in equity
that arises out of or relates to these terms will be subject to
binding arbitration in accordance with the Texas Arbitration Association
and will be arbitrated in Texas. If any of these terms and conditions
are found unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then
that provision will be considered severable from the remaining terms
and conditions, and will not affect the validity and enforceability
of the remaining provisions. This is the entire agreement between
you and us relating to the subject matter it contains. This agreement
may be modified only by our posting of changes to these terms and
conditions, or by a writing signed by both parties.
We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of the users
of our sites.
This privacy policy will advise you about how we
protect your personal information, and about what choices you have
concerning our use of such information. Please read this policy
carefully. We may need to change this policy from time to time in
order to address new issues and reflect changes on our sites. We
will post those changes here so that you will always know what information
we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we will
disclose that information to anyone. Please refer back to this policy
regularly.
If you have any questions or concerns about our
privacy policy, please send an e-mail to: info@FamilyDigestShow.com
or contact us at Legal Department, Family Digest Show, P.O. Box
342374, Austin, Texas 78734.
Scope of Privacy Policy
This policy applies to your use of all of the sites and services
owned, controlled or operated by Family Digest Show and affiliated
companies (collectively "we," "us," or "our"),
including FamilyDigestShow.com and any other site that we may own
or operate currently or in the future (collectively, the "Sites").
Unless we say otherwise, all references to the Sites in this policy
include all such sites. This policy does not apply to your use of
unaffiliated sites to which any of the Sites only link. This policy
covers only information collected on the Sites and does not cover
any information collected offline by us.
Personal Identification Information
We may request personal identification information from you (such
as your name, street address, telephone number, credit card number,
e-mail address, and/or any other identifier that permits the physical
or online contacting of you) in connection with your use of, or
participation in, membership registration for FamilyDigestShow.com,
our contests, sweepstakes, games, surveys, forums, subscription
registrations, content submissions, chats, bulletin boards, discussion
groups, requests for suggestions, visitors' requests for free products
or services or additional information (including via email to us),
and in connection with other activities, services or resources we
make available on any of our sites. In all of these cases, we will
collect personal identification information from you only if you
voluntarily submit such information to us. Except as otherwise provided
in this policy, we will never intentionally disclose any personal
identification information about you as an individual user to any
third party without having received your permission.
If you do provide us with personal information
for any of these activities, we may use it to conduct the activity.
We may also use cookie technology (discussed in detail below) to
improve your experience of these activities, including to remember
your preferences, customize the content and advertisements that
you see or authenticate your access to your personal information.
In addition, in the event your personally identifiable information
is requested as part of our surveys or polls, such personally identifiable
information may be added to your registration information).
We may also contact you to confirm your registration
and about your account status (for example, when a child enters
a new age group to which different policies apply), and regarding
changes to the Sites' Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy.
If you give us your permission, we may also use
personal identification information for internal or external marketing
and promotional purposes. On occasion, for example, we may send
you e-mails to introduce a product or service that we think might
be of interest to the users of our sites. For us to obtain your
permission to send you this information, we will give you an opportunity
to "opt-in" at the time our request for your personal
information is made. If you do "opt-in," you may choose
to "opt-out" at any time, even after you have provided
personal information, by following the procedures set forth below
at the end of this Privacy Policy. Please note, however, that under
certain circumstances, if you initially do not choose to "opt-in,"
or if you later "opt-out," you may not be eligible for
certain benefits for which a name, e-mail address, telephone number
or other personal identification information is needed.
We have the following exceptions to these policies:
We will release specific information about you or your account to
comply with any valid legal inquiry or process such as a search
warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release
specific information in special cases, such as if there is an attempted
breach of the security of the Sites, or a physical or property threat
to you or others. We may also transfer user information, including
personally identifiable information, in connection with a corporate
merger, consolidation, the sale of related assets or corporate division
or other fundamental corporate change.
Further, the information you enter when making
a purchase or an online donation will be shared with payment processors,
financial gateways, and your credit card company to authorize credit
card payments. Such information may also be shared with necessary
third parties solely for the purpose or carrying out the transactions.
Also, personal information that you submit in connection
with The Family Digest Show may be shared with affiliated companies.
Please note that if you give out personal information
online -- for example, on one of our public forums such as a message
board or chat room, folder, chat IM feature -- that information
can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive to
protect our users' privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of
information you post in these forums. You disclose such information
at your own risk.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality
of your information and password. You shall be responsible for all
uses of your registration, whether or not authorized by you. You
agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your registration
or password.
Non-Personal Identification Information
We collect non-personal identification information through the use
of:
"Cookie" technology: A "cookie"
is an element of data that a web site can send to your browser,
which may then store it on your system.
"IP address tracking": An IP address
is a number that is assigned to your computer when you are on the
Internet. When you request pages from our Sites, our servers log
your IP address.
"Web beacons": A Web beacon, or "clear
gif", is a small graphic image on a webpage or web-based document
that a web site can use to determine information about a user.
Non-personal identification information might include
the browser you use, the type of computer, technical information
about your means of connection to our site-such as the operating
systems and the Internet service providers utilized, and other similar
information. Our systems may also automatically gather information
about the areas you visit and search terms you utilize on our sites
and about the links you may select from within our site to other
areas of the World Wide Web or elsewhere online.
We use such information to administer the site
and, in the aggregate, to understand how our users as a group use
the services and resources provided on our sites. This way we know
which areas of our sites are favorites of our users, which areas
need improvement, and what technologies are being used so that we
may continually improve our sites.
We may share this aggregate statistical information
with our partners, suppliers and other third parties, but we will
not share any individual names, personal navigational or other personal
information. For example, we may use a third-party advertising company
to serve ads when you visit our Sites. We may share demographic
and preference information with this company to allow them to display
appropriate advertisements for you.
Some of our advertisers may display ads on our
sites which may use cookie technology to (i) identify non-personal
information about our users (such as connection speed, browser and
country of origin) and (ii) track user behavior within our sites.
Advertisers generally use such information to customize the display
of ads within our sites. We will not knowingly permit such advertisers
to collect any personal information from our users within our sites.
In addition, FamilyDigestShow.com and/or a third
party research company may set cookies to collect non-personal identification
information regarding your exposure to certain advertisements on
FamilyDigestShow.com and for purposes of soliciting you on a voluntary
basis in research efforts.
Most browsers are set to accept cookies. You can
set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies
are being sent. If you do so, please note that some parts of the
Sites, such as message boards, may not function properly.
Privacy of Children
We understand that young people need special safeguards and privacy
protection. We realize that they may not understand all the provisions
of our policy or be able to make thoughtful decisions about the
choices that are made available to our adult users. We strongly
urge all parents to participate in their children's exploration
of the Internet and any online services, and to teach their children
about protecting their personal information while online.
The Sites are not directed to children under the
age of 13. We will not knowingly collect personally identifiable
information from children under 13.
We may, at our discretion, require users under
18 to obtain the consent of a parent or guardian to view certain
content, and we may limit access to certain content to users above
a specified age. You agree to abide by any such restrictions, and
not to help anyone avoid these restrictions.
Links To Other Sites
Users will find advertising or other content on our sites that link
to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers,
sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the
contents or links that appear on these sites. In addition, these
sites or services, including their contents and links, may be constantly
changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies
and customer service policies, or no policy (policies) at all. We
encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third party
sites or services before providing any of them with your personal
information.
Security Policy
Protecting your privacy and your information is a top priority.
We have taken careful measures to secure both your information and
our physical premises. We exercise great care in providing safe
transmission of your information from your PC to our servers (unless
sent by a means outside of our control, such as e-mail).
Choice/Opt-Out
If you "opt-in" to receive information from us or others,
you can change your mind later. If at any time you would like to
stop receiving such information or opt-out of a feature, you may
go back to FamilyDigestShow.com and change your options. You should
be aware, however, that it is not always possible to completely
remove or modify information in our databases and servers although
we will always make reasonable efforts to do so upon your request.
Consent to Transfer
The Sites are operated in the United States. If you are located
in the European Union or elsewhere outside of the United States,
please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred
to the United States. By using our Web Site, participating in any
of our services and/or providing us with your information, you consent
to this transfer.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using any of the Sites, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy
Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our
sites. Your continued use of the Sites following the posting of
changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes.
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