Terms of Use, Cookies & Privacy Policy
Updated 4/24/2018
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IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ
Reading and accepting the following terms of use and incorporated privacy policy, as they are periodically updated, are required before you may begin or continue to interact with this website. Your use of this website for any purpose other than to read the terms of use and privacy policy is considered as your full consent to all provisions of the most current versions of the terms of use and privacy policy.
General Provisions
Please direct any questions not answered by reading this agreement to us at newsmediawatchdog@gmail.com.
You may not access the website or utilize our services if you are under eighteen (18) years of age or otherwise not competent to enter into a binding contract.
Before you may use any of our services, you must read and agree to comply with this agreement and understand and accept that this agreement takes effect the moment you access the website; may only be amended or modified by us, unless we agree otherwise in writing with you; may be amended or modified by us at any time and all such changes shall take full effect as soon as they are posted on the website and your continued use of our services shall be irrefutable proof of your consent to the terms and conditions of the most current version of this agreement; is the entire and only agreement between you and us; contain all terms and conditions of your relationship with us and your use of our services; and shall only terminate under the conditions provided for herein.
This agreement shall in no way create an agency, employee-employer, franchis or franchisee, joint enterprise, joint venture, or partnership relationship between you and us.
Our failure to require your performance of any provision of this agreement shall not affect our right to require subsequent performance at any time of the same provision.
We cooperate with law enforcement and all other appropriate authorities and organizations.
Unless otherwise provided herein, you agree that all notices from us to you shall be sent to the most recent email address on file with us and will be deemed immediately delivered even if you have allowed your email address on file to no longer be valid and
all notices from you to us shall be sent to newsmediawatchdog@gmail.com and deemed immediately delivered.
Privacy
Protecting your privacy is very important to us; so we do not sell your personal information.
You agree that we may use your personal identifying information to enforce this agreement, and when complying with an order of a court or other government entity of competent jurisdiction.
We use cookies, log files, and third parties to create a profile of our users and the information gathered is personally identifiable as belonging to you so that we can better determine what services and system adjustments will optimize your experience at the website. We may share this information with third parties but only in a way that does not identify you or any particular person individually.
We may offer you opportunities to communicate with third parties, whether other on our website or that of an affiliate. Please remember that we do not control or guarantee in any way the accuracy or safety of the content on websites not operated by us or even content provided by others on our website.
Any information you disclosed to third parties on our website or other websites becomes public information, and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal information.
We follow established security procedures to keep your personal information safe from unauthorized third parties.
You alone are responsible for confirming the accuracy of your personal information that we use to contact you. Any email messages we receive that appear to be from the email address we have on file for you shall be deemed to have been sent by you or your duly authorized agent with full authority to act on your behalf.
Posted Content
We may review and delete any content you post on the website or elsewhere utilizing our services or system if we determine, in our sole discretion, that the content violates the rights of others, is not appropriate for the website, or otherwise violates this Agreement.
We may allow you to upload content, such as photographs, but only to your account with us.
You must hold all intellectual rights to content, such as text or photographs, you upload to the website.
Intellectual Property
You may not copy or otherwise attempt to benefit or assist others to benefit, directly or indirectly, from use of our Licensed Materials or intellectual property of third parties other than through normal use of the website.
You retain all of your rights, titles, and interests in and to the content provided by you.
You hereby grant us a perpetual, worldwide license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute and otherwise use all content that you post on the website or otherwise through the use of our services or system.
If you did not create or obtain a license to use content on the sebsite, you may not use content on the Website other than through normal use of the website, as intended by us.
If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been violated, please contact us at newsmediawatchdog@gmail.com and provide a brief but complete description of the intellectual property at issue.
Google Partner Information
Google AdSense uses what is called a DoubleClick Cookie. A DoubleClick cookie is a cookie that gets placed on your device when the you click on an ad on a partner’s website, such as this one.
Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website.
Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Ad Settings on your personal Google account.
You can also opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting aboutads.info.
Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site.
We also use third party advertisements on NewsMediaWatchdog.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
Limitation of Liability
You agree that we will not be liable for any harm or loss that may occur in connection with any act or omission by you or your agent, whether authorized or unauthorized; your use or inability to use our services; public or private information, whether accurate or inaccurate or fraudulent, provided by you or a third party; access delays or access interruptions to our services; the failure to deliver or erroneous delivery of information; any breach of contract you have with a third party, such as an employer; any breach of a 3rd party's intellectual property as a result of information posted by you; the actions, orders and judgments of administrative, judicial and other governmental bodies.
We shall not be liable to you or anyone else for delays in or failures to perform our obligations under this agreement that directly or indirectly result from events or causes beyond our reasonable control including, but not limited to: hardware or software failures, other equipment failures, electrical power failures, labor disputers, strikes, riots, hurricanes, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign courts or administrative bodies, or the non-performance of third parties.
We shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, consequential, incidental, special or exemplary damages of any kind, including but not limited to lost: profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangibles whether in contract, tort or negligence even if you are aware of the possibility or probability of such damages.
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and our affiliates harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages or costs, including all attorney fees, collection fees and court costs, related to any demand or litigation in any way related to your use of our services; your breach of this agreement; inaccurate or fraudulent information provided by you or a third party; the cancellation or limitation of your ability to use our system and services, including but not limited to our website; or infringement of any third-party rights arising from your use of our systems or services.
Representations and Warranties
You represent and warrant that: you will not directly or indirectly infringe the legal rights of third parties or our Licensed Materials; you have not entered into this agreement and will not enter into any additional agreements with us in bad faith; and you are at least legally competent to enter into a binding contract with us.
We make no representations or warranties of any kind in connection with this agreement.
With regard to the website and our services: we expressly disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
We do not warrant that our services will meet your requirements, be uninterrupted or error free.
We do not make any warranties or representations regarding use, correctness, accuracy, or reliability.
You agree that: you use the website and services at your own risk; you use the website and our services on an "as-is" and "asavailable" basis and at your own risk and discretion; you alone are responsible for any damage to your hardware and software or loss of data in any way related to your use of the website or our services; we shall have any liability to you; and no advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us shall create any warranty not expressly stated in this Agreement.
Breach, Revocation and Cancellation
In the event that you breach any provision of this agreement, you agree that we may immediately terminate your use of our services and system.
In the event such a breach occurs by you, we may post on the website that you have violated our terms and conditions of service.
In the event we determine that you have or continue to violate this agreement we reserve the right to prosecute civil and/or criminal actions against you for any abusive behavior you engage in regarding your use of our services and system; and you will also be subject to legal ($200 per hour), administrative ($75 per hour), and technical ($150 per hour) fees in a reasonable amount for damages incurred by us for any violations of this agreement.
Severability
In the event that one or more provisions of this agreement is deemed unenforceable or invalid, the unaffected provisions of this agreement shall continue in effect, and the unenforceable or invalid provisions shall be amended or replaced by us with a provision that is valid and enforceable and which achieves, to the greatest extent possible, the objectives and intent of the original provisions.
Governing Law
This agreement shall be governed by the federal laws of the United States without regard to any conflict of laws provisions.
Comment Rules
By using NewsMediaWatchdog.com, you agree to the following when making a comment:
You will stay on topic.
You will not spam. (Spam is flooding the Internet with unnecessary or out of topic comments)
You will not include links to websites and videos not associated with the topic.
You will not post the same comment multiple times on the same of different articles.
You will not solicit anyone to buy or sell products or services, or to make donations of any kind.
You will not include links to products in your status updates, comments, articles or groups.
You will not use swear words.
You will not post anything libelous, defamatory, harmful, threatening, harassing, abusive, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, racially or ethnically objectionable, or otherwise illegal.
You will not make threats to other users or people not associated with the site.
If you violate these rules, your comment(s) and/or user name will be deleted.