Terms and Conditions | R.F. Hurteau

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING OUR SITES AND OUR SERVICES, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED HERIN BY REFERENCE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU, THE USER, CUSTOMER, OR PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER TO READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THIS SITE. IF YOU DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONDS, THEN PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SITES OR OUR SERVICES. THIS TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF 10/01/2019.

ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS

The following Terms of Service Agreement (the “TOS”) is a legally binding agreement that shall govern the relationship with our users and others which may interact or interface with R.F. Hurteau through its websites rfhurteau.com and antiquitysgate.com, as well as our subsidiaries and affiliates, in association with the use of these sites and our Services, which shall be defined below.

DESCRIPTION OF WEBSITE SERVICES OFFERED

This Site is primarily an informational blog with the following description:

A site containing news and information about the author R.F. Hurteau and her body of works for the purpose of disseminating said information to potential readers and fans, as well as a central hub to R.F. Hurteau’s social media presence. It may at times offer contests or exclusive merchandise for purchase.

Any and all visitors to our site shall be deemed as “users” of the herein contained Services provided for the purpose of this TOS.

The user acknowledges and agrees that the Services provided and made available through our website are the sole property of R.F. Hurteau. At its discretion, R.F. Hurteau may offer additional website Services and/or products, or update, modify or revise any current content and Services, and this Agreement shall apply to any and all additional Services and/or products and any and all updated, modified or revised Services unless otherwise stipulated. R.F. Hurteau does hereby reserve the right to cancel and cease offering any of the aforementioned Services and/or products. You, as the end user, acknowledge, accept and agree that R.F. Hurteau shall not be held liable for any such updates, modifications, revisions, suspensions or discontinuance of any of our Services and/or products. Your continued use of the Services provided, after such posting of any updates, changes, and/or modifications, shall constitute your acceptance of such updates, changes, and/or modifications and as such, frequent review of this Agreement and any and all applicable terms and policies should be made by you to ensure you are aware of all terms and policies currently in effect. Should you not agree to the updated, revised, or modified terms, you must stop using the provided Services forthwith.

Furthermore, the user understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Services offered shall be provided “AS IS” and as such R.F. Hurteau shall not assume any responsibility or obligation for the timeliness, missed delivery, deletion and/or failure to store user content, communication or personalization settings.

Every member’s personal information is strictly protected by R.F. Hurteau’s Online Privacy Policy (see the full Privacy Policy at https://www.antiquitysgate.com/privacy-policy). You herein consent to the collection and use of the information provided, including the transfer of information within the United States and/or other countries for storage, processing or use by R.F. Hurteau and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates.

CAUTIONS FOR GLOBAL USE AND EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPLIANCE

Due to the global nature of the internet, through the use of our network you hereby agree to comply with all local rules relating to online conduct and that which is considered acceptable Content. Uploading, posting and/or transferring of software, technology and other technical data may be subject to the export and import laws of the United States and possibly other countries. Through the use of our network, you thus agree to comply with all applicable export and import laws, statutes, and regulations, including but not limited to the Export Administration Regulations (http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/ear_data.html) as well as the sanctions control program of the United States (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx). Furthermore, you state and pledge that you:

Are not on the list of prohibited individuals which may be identified on any government export exclusion report (http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/liststocheck.htm) nor a member of any other government which may be part of an export-prohibited country identified in applicable export and import laws and regulations;
Agree not to transfer any software, technology or other technical data through the use of our network Services to any export-prohibited country;
Agree not to use our website Services for any biological weaponry end uses that would be a violation of the U.S. export laws;
Agree not to post, transfer nor upload any software, technology or other technical data which would be in violation of the U.S. or other applicable export and/or import laws.

CONTENT PLACED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR COMPANY SERVICES

R.F. Hurteau shall not lay claim to ownership of any content submitted by any visitor or user, nor make such content available for inclusion on our website Services. Therefore, you hereby grant and allow for R.F. Hurteau the below listed worldwide, royalty-free and non-exclusive licenses, as applicable:

The content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of R.F. Hurteau’s sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display said Content on our network Services are for the sole purpose of providing and promoting the specific area to which this content was placed and/or made available for viewing. This license shall be available so long as you are a member of R.F. Hurteau’s sites, and shall terminate at which time you elect to discontinue your membership.

Photos, audio, video and/or graphics submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of R.F. Hurteau’s sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display said Content on our network Services are for the sole purpose of providing and promoting the specific area to which this content was placed and/or made available for viewing. This license shall be available so long as you are a member of R.F. Hurteau’s sites, and shall terminate at which time you elect to discontinue your membership.

For any other content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of R.F. Hurteau’s sites, the continuous, binding and completely sub-licensable license which is meant to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform and/or publicly display said content, whether in whole or in part, and the incorporation of any such Content into other works in any arrangement or medium currently used or later developed.

Those areas which may be deemed “publicly accessible” areas of R.F. Hurteau’s sites are those such areas of our network properties which are meant to be available to the general public, and which would include message boards, groups, and comment sections that are openly available to users.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPANY WEBSITE

R.F. Hurteau provides an area for users to contribute feedback to our website. When you submit ideas, documents, suggestions and/or proposals (“Contributions”) to our site, you acknowledge and agree that:

Your Contributions do not contain any type of confidential or proprietary information;
R.F. Hurteau shall not be liable or under any obligation to ensure or maintain confidentiality, expressed or implied, related to any Contributions;
R.F. Hurteau shall be entitled to make use of and/or disclose any such Contributions in any such manner as they may see fit;
The contributor’s Contributions shall automatically become the sole property of R.F. Hurteau;
R.F. Hurteau is under no obligation to either compensate or provide any form of reimbursement in any manner or nature.

INDEMNITY

All users herein agree to insure and hold R.F. Hurteau, our subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees, officers, partners and/or licensors blameless or not liable for any claim or demand, which may include, but is not limited to, reasonable attorney fees made by any third party which may arise from any content a user of our site may submit, post, modify, transmit, or otherwise make available through our Services, the use of R.F. Hurteau’s Services or your connection with these Services, your violations of the Terms of Service and/or your violation of any such rights of another person.

COMMERCIAL REUSE OF SERVICES

The user herin agrees not to replicate, duplicate, copy, trade, sell, resell nor exploit for any commercial reason any part, use of, or access to R.F. Hurteau’s sites.

MODIFICATIONS

R.F. Hurteau shall reserve the right at any time it may deem fit to modify, alter, and/or discontinue, whether temporarily or permanently, our service, or any part thereof, with or without prior notice. In addition, we shall not be held liable to you or to any third party for any such alteration, modification, suspension and/or discontinuance of our Services, or any part thereof.

ADVERTISERS

Any correspondence or business dealings with, or the participation in any promotions of, advertisers located on or through our Services, which may include the payment and/or delivery of such related goods and/or Services, and any such other term, condition, warranty and/or representation associated with such dealings, are and shall be solely between you and any such advertiser. Moreover, you herein agree that R.F. Hurteau shall not be held responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any nature or manner incurred as a direct result of any such dealings or as a result of the presence of such advertisers on our website.

LINKS

Either R.F. Hurteau or any third parties may provide links to other websites and/or resources. Thus, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of any such external sites or resources, and as such, we do not endorse nor are we responsible or liable for any content, products, advertising or any other materials on or available from such third party websites or resources. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that R.F. Hurteau shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any such damage or loss which may be the result of, caused or allegedly to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the reliance on any such content, goods, or Services made available on or through any such site or resource.

PROPRIETARY RIGHTS

You do hereby acknowledge and agree that R.F. Hurteau’s Services and any essential software that may be used in connection with our Services (“Software”) shall contain proprietary and confidential material that is protected by applicable intellectual property rights and other laws. Furthermore, you herein acknowledge and agree that any Content which may be contained in any advertisements or information presented by and through our Services or by advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary laws and rights. Therefore, except for that which is expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by R.F. Hurteau or such applicable licensor, you agree not to alter, modify, lease, rent, loan, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publically perform and/or create any plagiaristic works which are based on R.F. Hurteau’s Services (e.g. Content), in whole or in part.

R.F. Hurteau herein has granted you personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive rights and/or license to make use of these Services as long as you do not, and shall not, allow any third party to duplicate, alter, modify, create or plagiarize work from, reverse engineer, or otherwise sell, assign, sublicense, or transfer any right to these Services. You agree not to access or attempt to access our Services through any means other than through the interface which is provided by R.F. Hurteau for use in accessing our Services.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS

YOU HEREIN EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:

THE USE OF R.F. HURTEAU’S SERVICES ARE AT THE SOLE RISK BY YOU. OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND/OR “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. R.F. HURTEAU AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

R.F. HURTEAU AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO SUCH WARRANITES THAT R.F HURTEAU’S SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; THAT R.F. HURTEAU’S SERVICES SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE; THAT SUCH RESULTS WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF R.F. HURTEAU’S SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, ANY INFORMATION OR OTHER MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND THAT ANY SUCH ERRORS CONTAINED IN SAID SERVICES SHALL BE CORRECTED.

ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED BY WAY OF R.F. HURTEAU’S SERVICES SHALL BE ACCESSED BY YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND SOLE RISK, AND AS SUCH YOU SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER AND/OR INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOADING AND/OR DISPLAYING, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

NO ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION, DESPITE WHETHER WRITEEN OR ORAL, THAT MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM R.F. HURTEAU OR BY WAY OF OR FROM OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.

A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SOME USERS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DEGREE OF EPILEPTIC SEIZURE WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR BACKGROUNDS THAT MAY BE CONTAINED ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE USING OUR SERVICES. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN CONDITION OR UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOM IN USERS WHO HAVE SHOWN NO HISTORY OF ANY PRIOR SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY. SHOULD YOU, ANYONE YOU KNOW OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN EPILEPTIC CONDITION, PLEASE CONSULT A PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING OUR SERVICES: DIZZINESS, ALTERED VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION, ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.

LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT R.F. HURTEAU AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO THE LOSS OF ANY PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA AND/OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY THAT SAID DAMAGES MAY OCCUR, AND RESULT FROM:

THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICE;
THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES;
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR THE ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS AND/OR DATA;
STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY ON OUR SERVICE;
AND ANY OTHER MATER WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO OUR SERVICE.

RELEASE

In the event that you have a dispute, you agree to release R.F. Hurteau (and its officers, employees, agents, affiliates, partners and other third parties) from claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out of or in any way connected to such dispute.

SPECIAL ADMONITION

This website is primarily for informational and entertainment purposes.

EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS

THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS WHICH DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

NOTICE

R.F. Hurteau may furnish you with notices, including those with regards to any changes in the TOS, including but not limited to email, regular mail, MMS or SMS, text messaging, postings on our website Services, or other reasonable means currently known or any which may be herein after developed. Any such notices may not be received if you violate any aspects of the TOS by accessing our Services in an unauthorized manner. Your acceptance of this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices that would have been delivered had you accessed our Services in an authorized manner.

TRADEMARK INFORMATION

You herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all of the R.F. Hurteau trademarks, copyright, trade name, service marks, and other R.F. Hurteau logos and brand features, and/or products and service names shall remain the property of R.F. Hurteau. You herein agree not to display and/or use in any manner the R.F. Hurteau logo or marks without obtaining R.F. Hurteau’s prior written consent.

R.F. Hurteau will always respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask that all of our users do the same. With regards to appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion, R.F. Hurteau may disable and/or terminate the accounts of any user who violates our TOS and/or infringes the rights of others. If you feel that your work has been duplicated in such a way that would constitute copyright infringement, or if you believe your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, you should provide to us the following information:

The electronic or physical signature of the individual who is authorized on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you believe has been infringed upon;
A description of the location of the site which you allege has been infringing on your work;
Your physical address, telephone number, and email addres;
A statement, in which you state that the alleged and disputed use of your work is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agents, or the law;
And finally, a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the aforementioned information in your notice is truthful and accurate, and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner, representative or agent authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.

The R.F. Hurteau agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be contacted as follows:

Email r.hurteau@outlook.com

GENERAL INFORMATION

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and R.F. Hurteau and shall govern the use of our Services, superseding any prior version of this TOS. You may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase other services, affiliate services, or third-party content.

CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM

It is at the mutual agreement of both you and R.F. Hurteau with regard to the TOS that the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of Massachusetts without regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of action and/or disputes arising out of or relating to the TOS shall be filed within the courts having jurisdiction within the County of Worcester, Massachusetts or the U.S. District Court located in said state. You and R.F. Hurteau agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts as previously mentioned and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of the jurisdiction over the parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.

WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS

At any time, should R.F. Hurteau fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS, such failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of this TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect.

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

You acknowledge, understand and agree that regardless of any statue or law to the contrary, any claim or action arising out of or related to the use of our Services or the TOS must be filed within three (3) years after said claim or cause of action arose or shall forever be barred.

VIOLATIONS

Please report any and all violations of this TOS to R.F. Hurteau at r.hurteau@outlook.com