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TERMS OF ACCESS AND USE
The following are terms of a legal agreement (“Agreement”) between you and ShopMainStreets.com, shopmainstreet.net (“GHGA, LLC”). By accessing, browsing and/or otherwise using this web site (“Site”), you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including U.S. export and re-export control laws and regulations. If you do not agree to all of these terms and conditions, you may not access, browse and/or use this Site. The material provided on this Site is protected by law, including, but not limited to, United States copyright law and international treaties.
These terms of access apply to your access to and use of this Site and do not alter in any way the terms and conditions of any other agreement you may have with GHGA, LLC for products, software, services or otherwise, unless otherwise directed by GHGA, LLC. If you breach any of these terms and conditions, your authorization to use this Site automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed materials and discontinue use of any hyperlinks to this Site.
WE MAY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU BY UPDATING THIS POSTING. YOU SHOULD PERIODICALLY REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE MOST CURRENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF THE SITE. BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ANY SUCH REVISIONS AND SHOULD THEREFORE PERIODICALLY VISIT THIS SITE AND PAGE TO DETERMINE THE THEN CURRENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE TO which you are BOUND.
USE RESTRICTIONS
Investment Products and Information. None of the information contained in this Site constitutes a recommendation, solicitation, or offer by the GHGA, LLC to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments or provide any investment advice or service, and all products and services are subject to our eligibility and application requirements. The information contained in this Site has been prepared without reference to your particular investment requirements or financial situation, and the products and information presented on this Site are not suitable for all investors.
This Site and/or the information, products, and services provided or described on this Site are not provided to and may not be used by any person or entity in any jurisdiction where the provision or use thereof would be contrary to applicable laws, regulations, or rules of any governmental authority or regulatory or self-regulatory organization or clearing organization or where the GHGA, LLC is not authorized to provide such information or services.
Not all products and services that might be described on this Site are available in all geographic areas, and the terms of certain products and services may vary from one area to another. You may not qualify for certain products and services, and we reserve the right to determine eligibility for any product or service. Products and services described, as well as fees, charges, terms, and conditions relating to such products and services, are subject to change without notice.
The GHGA, LLC is not acting as an advisor or fiduciary in publishing any information available on this Site, and you should consult a qualified advisor in the event you should need legal, tax, or accounting advice with respect to any specific circumstances.
Any financial products that may be described on this Site involve risk, including the possible loss of value and/or principal, and are not obligations of, or guaranteed or insured by, the GHGA, LLC, any of the GHGA, LLC’s affiliates, or any agency of the United States.
Various products and services that might be described on this Site, and/or various pages, sections, or features of this Site, may be subject to separate terms and conditions in addition to the terms of this Agreement. In the event of a conflict, such separate terms and conditions will govern and control with respect to the corresponding product, service, page, section, or feature. This Agreement is not intended to affect or amend any agreement you have with the GHGA, LLC for the provision of a particular financial product or service, and our relationship with you as to such particular financial product or service shall be governed by the written terms of the agreement relating to such financial product or service.
Copyright. All Site materials, including, without limitation, text, pictures, graphics and other files and the selection and arrangement thereof are copyrighted materials of GHGA, LLC © 2011, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, or by the original creator of the material. Permission is granted to display, copy, distribute, and download the materials on this Site for personal, noncommercial use only, provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the materials. You may not, however, distribute, copy, reproduce, display, republish, download, or transmit any material on this Site for commercial use without prior written approval of GHGA, LLC. You may not “mirror” any material contained on this Site on any other server without prior written permission from GHGA, LLC. Any unauthorized use of any material contained on this Site may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity and communications regulations and statutes.
Trademarks. The trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos (the “Trademarks”) used and displayed on this Site are registered and unregistered Trademarks of GHGA, LLC. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts are service marks, trademarks and/or trade dress of GHGA, LLC, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of GHGA, LLC. You acknowledge that the Trademarks used and displayed on this Site are and shall remain the sole property of GHGA, LLC or the Trademark owner. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer any right of ownership of any of the Trademarks in you. Further, nothing in this Site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right to use any Trademark used or displayed on the Site, without the express written permission of GHGA, LLC or the Trademark owner. The misuse of the trademarks displayed on this Site, or any other content on the Site, is strictly prohibited.
Hyperlinks. You are granted a limited, nonexclusive right to create a “hypertext” link to this Site provided that such link is to the entry page of this Site and does not portray GHGA, LLC or any of its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise defamatory manner. This limited right may be revoked at any time for any reason whatsoever. You may not use framing techniques to enclose any GHGA, LLC trademark, logo or trade name or other proprietary information including the images found at the Site, the content of any text or the layout/design of any page or any form contained on a page without GHGA, LLC’s express written consent. Links to third party sites on this Site are provided solely as convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave this Site. GHGA, LLC has not reviewed all of these third party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites, their content or their policies, including, without limitation, privacy policies or lack thereof. GHGA, LLC does not endorse or make any representations about third party sites or any information, software or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this site, you do so entirely at your own risk. You acknowledge and agree that GHGA, LLC shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by, or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such third party sites.
Downloadable Materials. Any materials that are made available to download from this Site, is the copyrighted work of GHGA, LLC and/or its suppliers and affiliates. Without limiting the foregoing, copying or reproduction of the software to any other server or location for further reproduction or redistribution is expressly prohibited.
Limited Access. Any access or attempt to access other areas of the GHGA, LLC computer system or other information contained on the system for any purposes is strictly prohibited. You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to “screen scrape,” monitor, “mine,” or copy the Web pages on the Site or the content contained therein without GHGA, LLC’s prior, express, and written permission. You will not spam or send unsolicited e-mail to any other user of the Site for any reason. You agree that you will not use any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site. You agree that you will not take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on GHGA, LLC’s infrastructure.
- Additional Use Restrictions. You shall not post, transmit, e-mail, re-transmit or store material on or through any of the services provided by GHGA, LLC (the “Services”) which, in the sole judgment of the GHGA, LLC: (i) is in violation of any local, state, federal or non-United States law or regulation, (ii) is threatening, obscene, indecent, defamatory or that otherwise could adversely affect any individual, group or entity, or (iii) violates the rights of any person, including rights protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property or similar laws or regulations including, but not limited to, the installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software products that are not appropriately licensed for use by you. You shall be responsible for determining what laws or regulations are applicable to your use of the Services. In addition, you may only use the Services in a manner that, in the GHGA, LLC's sole judgment, is consistent with the purposes of such Services. If you are unsure of whether any contemplated use or action is permitted, please contact the
GHGA, LLC at help@getdit.com.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
This Site, including all software, functions, materials, and information, is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. GHGA, LLC disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of quiet enjoyment, non-infringement, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, data accuracy, system integration, and informational content. GHGA, LLC does not warrant or make any representations regarding the operation of this Site, the use, validity, accuracy or reliability of, or the results of the use of the materials on this Site or any other sites linked to this Site. The materials of this Site may be out of date, and GHGA, LLC makes no commitment to update the materials at this Site. GHGA, LLC does not and cannot guarantee or warrant that the files available for downloading from this Site, if any, will be free from infection, viruses, worms, Trojan horses, or other code that manifest contaminating or destructive properties. GHGA, LLC does not warrant that this Site, software, materials, products, or services will be uninterrupted or error-free or that any defects in this Site, software, materials, products, or services will be corrected.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event will GHGA, LLC, its suppliers, licensors other third parties mentioned at or in this Site be liable for any damages, including, without limitation direct, indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential damages, damages resulting from lost profits, lost data or business interruption arising out of relating to the use, inability to use, or resulting from the use of this Site, any websites linked to this Site, the materials, software or other information contained in any or all such sites, whether based on warranty, contracts, statutes, regulations, tort (including but not limited to, negligence) or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages.
TRANSMISSIONS
Any material, information or idea you transmit to or post on this Site by any means will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be disseminated or used by GHGA, LLC or its affiliates for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, profane material or any other material, including but not limited to any material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under both domestic and international law.
APPLICABLE LAWS & MISCELLANEOUS
If any provision(s) of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect. GHGA, LLC’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and agreed to by GHGA, LLC in writing. The section titles in this Agreement are solely used for the convenience of the parties and have no legal or contractual significance. This Agreement may be assigned in whole or in part by GHGA, LLC. This Agreement may not be assigned in any manner by you without the express, prior written permission of GHGA, LLC. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee notwithstanding any conflict of laws provisions. You irrevocably and unconditionally (i) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts located in the County of Williamson, Tennessee and federal courts in the County of Davidson, Tennessee (the “Tennessee Courts”) for any litigation or dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, (ii) agree not to commence any litigation arising out of or relating to this Agreement except in the Tennessee Courts, (iii) agree not to plead or claim that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient forum, and (iv) agree the Tennessee Courts represent the exclusive jurisdiction for all disputes relating to this Agreement. GHGA, LLC shall be entitled to all reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with enforcing any provision of this Agreement.
ShopMainStreets.com, PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: October, 2012
This policy describes the privacy practices of ShopMainStreets.com, (referred to in this policy statement as "ShopMainStreets.com," “we,” or “us”), with respect to its web site (the "ShopMainStreets.com Web Site") and related electronic communications with you. We are aware of the privacy concerns of our online visitors. We share your concerns and are committed to protecting your privacy.
Capitalized terms used in this privacy policy that are not otherwise defined in this privacy policy shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the ShopMainStreets.com Terms of Use agreement (the “Agreement”).
This privacy policy is applicable only to the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site and does not apply to any third party web sites or to other companies or persons. The ShopMainStreets.com Web Site may contain links to, and media and other content from, other sites. In addition, such third-party media and content may also contain external links. Because of the dynamic media capabilities of the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site, it may not be clear to you which links are embedded in the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site and which are embedded in third-party media and/or content. Although ShopMainStreets.com requires our business partners and advertisers to adopt privacy policies similar to this privacy policy with respect to any information collected on the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site, ShopMainStreets.com cannot and does not guarantee the privacy policies and practices of any third party. ShopMainStreets.com does not control, operate, or endorse any information, products, or services of any third-party web sites that may be reached through links from the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site. The use of any personal information provided to such a third party will be governed by that party's privacy policy. If you are unsure whether a web site is controlled, affiliated, or manage by ShopMainStreets.com, you should review the privacy policy at each linked web site to determine how that site treats your personal information.
ShopMainStreets.com may change this privacy policy AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU BY UPDATING THIS POSTING. YOU SHOULD PERIODICALLY REVIEW THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE MOST CURRENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE USE OF THE SITE. BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ANY SUCH REVISIONS AND SHOULD THEREFORE PERIODICALLY VISIT THIS SITE AND PAGE TO DETERMINE THE THEN CURRENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE TO which you are BOUND.
This privacy policy does not apply to information disclosed to or obtained by ShopMainStreets.com other that through the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site.
Information We Collect
ShopMainStreets.com does not collect personally identifiable information (“PII”) about you through the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site unless you provide us that information voluntarily. Visitors may use the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site without registering or providing PII.
ShopMainStreets.com may use certain technology on the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site to collect information from Visitors and Members and compile aggregate statistical information about how the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site is used, including without limitation information relating to the frequency of visits, the average length of visits, which pages are viewed during a visit, and the links to other web sites invoked during a visit, the domain name and IP address from which visitors are connecting, and the type and version of web browser, but it is not personally identifiable except as described below regarding IP addresses ("Aggregate Data"). In addition, ShopMainStreets.com may take your personal information and create anonymized information by excluding information (such as your user name) that makes it personally identifiable to you ("Anonymized Data").
ShopMainStreets.com may compile logs of IP addresses of Visitors and Members for administrative and analytical purposes. ShopMainStreets.com does not routinely collect any PII through its compilation of IP addresses or the locations of computers on the Internet, but in cases of suspected violation of the Agreement or service problems, ShopMainStreets.com may use an IP address in conjunction with other PII to enforce the Agreement and/or to protect or troubleshoot the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site, its users, or others who may be affected. Except as otherwise provided in this privacy policy or the Agreement, ShopMainStreets.com will not share with third parties any PII associated with IP addresses.
ShopMainStreets.com also may use cookies on the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer's hard drive by our servers to identify your computer to our servers. Except as otherwise provided in this privacy policy or the Agreement, no PII stored in the ShopMainStreets.com cookies will be shared with outside companies for any purpose without your permission. You can disable cookies or otherwise manage them through tools provided with your browser software and with third-party software packages, or not use the features that require cookies, but if you choose to reject our cookies, some areas of the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site may not function properly.
ShopMainStreets.com may use the information it collects, including without limitation your personal information, Aggregate Data, and Anonymized Data, for any lawful purpose that does not involve disclosure in contravention of this privacy policy, including without limitation to provide you with access to your Membership and account information, to provide you with services you have requested, to enhance and improve our services, to provide customized advertising to you, to conduct research, to determine your geographic location or other demographic information about you, and to analyze usage patterns.
Information We Share
Unless we have your consent, it is our policy not to sell, rent, license, or provide personal information about you to any unaffiliated third party unless we are required to do so by judicial, legal, or other government proceedings or we have a duty to do so. In the course of our business, we may share some or all of the information described above among our affiliates.
ShopMainStreets.com may share PII with third-party service providers who help us in the operation of the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site or with other third parties to offer products or services that may complement your relationship with us, in each case only if such parties have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of the data. ShopMainStreets.com also may access or disclose PII or non-PII Membership account information without providing you notice or a choice in order to protect or defend the legal rights or property of ShopMainStreets.com, our affiliates, or their employees, agents and contractors (including enforcement of our agreements); to protect the safety and security of users of the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site or members of the public, including acting in urgent circumstances; to protect against fraud or for risk management purposes; or to comply with the law or legal process. In addition, if ShopMainStreets.com sells all or part of its business or makes a sale or transfer of all or a material part of its assets or is otherwise involved in a merger or transfer of all or a material part of its business, ShopMainStreets.com may transfer your PII to the party or parties involved in the transaction as part of that transaction.
You can use the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site to post certain information visible to other Members or to Visitors. To the extent that such postings include PII, such information may be saved on our server(s) and may be disclosed to third parties, including without limitation law enforcement agencies, courts, and other authorities, as more fully set forth in the Agreement.
Non-U.S. Users
ShopMainStreets.com is hosted and operated entirely in the United States and is subject to United States law. Any personal information that you provide to ShopMainStreets.com or through the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site is being provided solely in the United States and will be hosted on United States servers. If you are accessing the ShopMainStreets.com Web Site from outside the United States, please be advised that United States law may not offer the same privacy protections as the law of your jurisdiction.
Identity Theft
If you are concerned that someone has unauthorized access to your personal information, please contact us immediately so we can take steps to help protect you. You should also report your concerns to:
- Your local law enforcement officials
- The Federal Trade Commission identity theft hotline at (877) ID-THEFT
- The Social Security Administration fraud hotline at (800) 269-0271
- Your credit card companies. Remember, knowing where to find your credit card information and toll-free contact numbers will help in an emergency.
- National credit reporting organizations to place a fraud alert on your credit bureau reports:
- Equifax (800) 525-6285
- Experian (888) 397-3742
- TransUnion (800) 680-7289
Comments and Questions
If you have any comments or questions you may address them to our customer service department at info@ShopMainStreets.com.
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