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Conditions Of Use

Please Read These Terms Carefully Before Using This Site

This Web site is provided by Gingergarden.com and may be used for informational purposes only. By using the site or downloading materials from the site, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions set forth in this notice. If you do not agree to abide by these terms and conditions do not use the site or download materials from the site.
Ownership of Materials.
The contents of this Site, including the text, images, audio and video, are copyrighted and should not be distributed, modified, reprinted or reproduced, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Gingergarden.com, except that you may download Materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices.

Limited License

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Gingergarden.com grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to access, use and display this site and the materials thereon. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the site in any way. Gingergarden.com authorizes you to view and download images, text, programs and other information ("Materials") at this Web site ("Site") only for your personal, non-commercial use, as protected by United States copyright laws. This authorization is not a transfer of title in the Materials and copies of the Materials and is subject to the following restrictions: 1) you must retain, on all copies of the Materials downloaded, all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials; 2) you may not modify the Materials in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, or distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose; and 3) you must not transfer the Materials to any other person unless you give them notice of, and they agree to accept, the obligations arising under these terms and conditions of use. You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on the Site as it may be updated from time to time. By accessing the Site, you agree to comply with all copyright laws worldwide in your use of this Site and to prevent any unauthorized copying of the Materials. Gingergarden.com names, logos, and taglines identifying Gingergarden.com’s products and services are proprietary marks of Gingergarden.com or its subsidiaries. Except as expressly provided herein, Gingergarden.com does not grant any express or implied right to you under any patents, trademarks, copyrights or trade secret information.

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THE MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES AND TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. GINGERGARDEN.COM DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE MATERIALS OR THE RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY RELIANCE ON ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT, MEMORANDUM, OR INFORMATION SHALL BE AT YOUR SOLE RISK. GINGERGARDEN.COM RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY PORTION OF THE SITE. GINGERGARDEN.COM MAY MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THE SITE, THE MATERIALS AND THE PRODUCTS, PROGRAMS, SERVICES OR PRICES (IF ANY) DESCRIBED IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. THIS SITE, THE INFORMATION AND MATERIALS ON THE SITE, AND THE SOFTWARE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NONINFRINGEMENT, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW FOR THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

Third Party Sites

As a convenience to you, Gingergarden.com may provide, on this Site, links to Web sites operated by other entities. If you use these sites, you will leave this Site. If you decide to visit any linked site, you do so at your own risk and it is your responsibility to take all protective measures to guard against viruses or other destructive elements. Gingergarden.com makes no warranty or representation regarding, and does not endorse, any linked Web sites or the information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links do not imply that Gingergarden.com or this Site sponsors, endorses, is affiliated or associated with, or is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol displayed in or accessible through the links, or that any linked site is authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo or copyright symbol of Gingergarden.com or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.

Information Provided By You

Gingergarden.com does not want you to, and you should not, send any confidential or proprietary information to Gingergarden.com via the Site. You agree that any information or materials that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to Gingergarden.com will not be considered confidential or proprietary. By providing any such information or materials to Gingergarden.com, you grant to Gingergarden.com an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, publicly perform, transmit and distribute such information and materials, and you further agree that Gingergarden.com is free to use any ideas, concepts or know-how that you or individuals acting on your behalf provide to Gingergarden.com. You further recognize that Gingergarden.com does not want you to, and you warrant that you shall not, provide any information or materials to Gingergarden.com that is defamatory, threatening, obscene, harassing, or otherwise unlawful, or that incorporates the proprietary material of another. Any feedback you provide at this Site shall be deemed to be non-confidential. Gingergarden.com and its affiliates shall be free to use such information for any purpose on an unrestricted basis.

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Mention of third party products, companies, and web sites on this Site is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Gingergarden.com provides this information only as a convenience to users. Gingergarden.com has not reviewed all of the sites linked to this Site and is not responsible for the contents of any off-site pages or any other sites linked to the Site. Gingergarden.com has no control over the contents of any other web site and makes no representation whatsoever regarding the content of any other web sites. A link out to another web site does not mean that Gingergarden.com endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of such web site.

Gingergarden.com also makes no representations regarding the quality, safety or suitability of any products by third party companies. All licenses and warranties for third party products, if any, are made between you and the vendor.

Limitations of Damages

IN NO EVENT SHALL GINGERGARDEN.COM OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES BE LIABLE TO ANY ENTITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF INFORMATION OR PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM) THAT ARE RELATED TO THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE CONTENT, MATERIALS, AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SITE OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE, EVEN IF GINGERGARDEN.COM IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Changes

Gingergarden.com reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of this Agreement in whole or in part, at any time. Changes in this Agreement will be effective when notice of such change is posted. Your continued use of the Site after any changes to this Agreement are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.

Gingergarden.com may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Gingergarden.com Site, including the availability of any features of the Site, at any time. Gingergarden.com may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of the Site without notice or liability. Gingergarden.com may terminate the authorization, rights and license given above and, upon such termination, you shall immediately destroy all Materials.

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This Site is controlled, operated and administered by Gingergarden.com from within the United States of America. Gingergarden.com makes no representation that materials at this site are appropriate or available for use at other locations outside of the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use the Site or export the Materials in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. If you access this Site from a location outside of the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. These Terms and Conditions of use shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions.

Any dispute arising out of or related to your use of this site will be brought in, and you hereby consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in, the state and federal courts sitting in Harris County, Texas. You agree to waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non-conveniens and agree that process may be served in a manner authorized by applicable law or court rule.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Gingergarden.com and you with respect to your use of the Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of the Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Agreement or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the Agreement, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

Privacy Policy

Gingergarden.com, is sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet. We believe it is important you know how we treat the information about you we receive on the Internet.

In general, you can visit Gingergarden.com on the World Wide Web without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. Our web servers collect the domain names, not the e-mail addresses, of visitors. This information is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed, etc. Gingergarden.com uses this information to measure the use of our site and to improve the content of our site. Also, when abuse is detected, IP addresses may be collected for the purpose of site security.

Members who access restricted areas will provide a user name and password for that access. Once logged in we do not record your activities on the Site.

There are times, however, when we may need information from you, such as your name and address. When information is needed, we will try to let you know at the time of collection, how we will use the personal information. Usually, the personal information we collect is used only by us to respond to your inquiry, process an order or allow you to access specific account information. Occasionally, we may make the e-mail addresses, of those who provide information, available to other reputable organizations whose products or services we think you may find interesting. In these cases, you will be offered an opportunity to limit access to your information.

If you register with one of Gingergarden.com 's business units on-line, they may use this information to provide you with custom information about Gingergarden.com 's offering in support of your business needs. A technology called cookies may be used to provide you with tailored information. A cookie is a tiny element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so we can recognize you when you return. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie.

At times we conduct on-line surveys to better understand the needs and profile of our visitors. When we conduct a survey, we will try to let you know how we will use the information at the time we collect information from you on the Internet.

Gingergarden.com 's website may contain links to other sites such as Gingergarden.com member sites. While we try to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites.

Return to TopLinking to www.Gingergarden.com

Gingergarden.com welcomes links to its Web site. If you want to link to the Gingergarden.com Web site, you may do so. By establishing a link to the Gingergarden.com Web site, you'll be deemed to have agreed to the following link conditions:

  1. You are granted by Gingergarden.com a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Gingergarden.com name and Gingergarden.com logo - all of which are covered by service mark protection - solely for the purpose of linking your Web site to the Gingergarden.com Web site. You may not use any other Gingergarden.com or Gingergarden.com -affiliated company service marks for any other purpose. This license may be terminated at any time in Gingergarden.com 's sole discretion, at which time you agree to remove all links to the Gingergarden.com Web site and cease using the service mark protected items described above.

  2. You acknowledge that all rights to said service marks, the Web site content, and the appearance of the Web site belong to Gingergarden.com and its third party licensors. ß If you link to the Gingergarden.com Web site, you may not (1) create frames around the Gingergarden.com Web site or alter the visual presentation of the Gingergarden.com Web site, (2) imply that Gingergarden.com is endorsing you or your products or services, (3) imply an affiliation between your organization and Gingergarden.com without Gingergarden.com 's prior written consent, (4) misrepresent your relationship with Gingergarden.com or present false or misleading impressions about Gingergarden.com 's activities, publications, programs or services.

  3. Gingergarden.com may amend the link conditions at any time and you agree to abide by the terms of all such amended conditions.