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Terms and Conditions of Use
Welcome to NationalParkPzzles.com (the “Site”). Your access to and use of the Site is subject to these Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms of Use”) and all applicable laws. The Site is operated by National Park Puzzles, LLC. (“National Park Puzzles”) from its offices in Montana and South Dakota. National Park Puzzles makes no representation that content, materials or information made available on or accessed through the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.
The following Terms of Use apply to the Site. By accessing, browsing and/or using the Site, including all separate content, materials and information made available on or accessed through the Site – whether you are a “Visitor” (which means that you simply browse the Site) or a “Registered User” (which means that you have an account with National Park Puzzles) – you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to comply with these Terms of Use and all applicable laws. If you do not agree, do not use the Site. The term “you” or “user”, as used in these Terms of Use, refers to a Visitor or an Account Holder. n
National Park Puzzles may modify or change these Terms of Use, in whole or in part, at any time at its sole discretion by updating this posting without prior notice to users or liability. It is your responsibility to check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of the site following the posting of changes will mean that you accept and agree to the changes.
1. Proprietary Rights
The Site, including the design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel” and arrangement of content, and its content including text, graphics, images, photographs, illustrations, videos, audio, code, data, trademarks, service marks, logos, taglines, slogans, trade names and other material, made available on or accessed through the Site (collectively, the “Materials”) and any and all intellectual property and proprietary rights inherent therein or appurtenant thereto, are owned by National Park Puzzles or its licensors and are protected under both United States and foreign laws. Your use of the Site does not grant to you ownership of any of the Materials. Except as stated herein, none of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, downloaded, displayed, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of authorized personnel of National Park Puzzles, its licensors or the otherwise applicable rights holders.
The trademarks, service marks, logos, taglines, slogans and trade names (collectively, the “Marks”) displayed on the Site or on the Materials are registered and unregistered Marks of National Park Puzzles, its licensors or other rights holders and may not be copied or used in any manner. Nothing contained on the Site or on the Materials should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to use any Mark displayed on the Site or on the Materials without the written permission of National Park Puzzles or the otherwise applicable rights holders. Your misuse, including any unauthorized use, of the Marks displayed on the Site or on the Materials is strictly prohibited.
2. Limited License
Subject to your compliance with these Terms of Use, you may (a) access and view the Materials on the Site on your computer or other device and (b) download any of the Materials displayed and identified on the Site as specifically available for downloading solely for your own lawful, personal, non-commercial use, provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Materials or other content or information that are made available on or accessed through the Site with their own license terms, conditions and notices shall be governed by such terms, conditions and notices. In the event of any conflict, such additional or different terms, conditions and notices will prevail over these Terms of Use.
Except for the limited permission in the preceding paragraph, National Park Puzzles does not grant you any express or implied rights or licenses under any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other proprietary or intellectual property rights. You may not mirror the Site or any of the Materials on another web site or in any other media.
3. Use Restrictions and Prohibited Conduct
Any commercial or promotional distribution, publishing or exploitation of the Site or any of the Materials is strictly prohibited unless you have received the express prior written permission from authorized personnel of National Park Puzzles, National Park Puzzles’s licensors or the otherwise applicable rights holders. Other than as expressly allowed herein, no part of the Site or any of the Materials may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, downloaded, posted, publicly displayed, published, modified, encoded, translated, transmitted or distributed in any way to any other computer, server, web site or other medium for publication or distribution without National Park Puzzles’s express written consent. You further agree that you may not alter, edit, delete, remove, otherwise change the meaning or appearance of, or repurpose, any of the Materials, including, without limitation, the alteration or removal of any trademarks, trade names, logos, service marks, or any other proprietary content or proprietary rights notices. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading any copyrighted material made available on or accessed through the Site.
You agree that you shall not: (a) impersonate any individual or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any other individual or entity; (b) use the Site in any manner with the intent to interrupt, damage, disable, overburden or impair the Site; (c) use the Site or any of the Materials in violation of National Park Puzzles’s or any third party’s intellectual property or other proprietary or legal rights; (d) use the Site or any of the Materials in violation of any applicable laws; (e) attempt (or encourage or support anyone else’s attempt) to circumvent, reverse engineer, decrypt or otherwise alter or interfere with the Site, or make any unauthorized use thereof; (f) obtain or attempt to obtain any content, materials or information through any means not intentionally made publicly available or provided for through the Site; (g) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site through hacking, password mining or any other means; or (h) use or attempt to use any “spider”, “robot”, “bot”, “scraper”, “data minder” or any other program, device or algorithm, process or methodology to access, acquire, copy, or monitor the Site (or portions thereof) or Materials. The Site may be indexed by search engines that survey the Web and are available to the public generally.
4. Registration and Login/User Representations
Registration and/or login are required, among other things, to access certain portions of our Site, to subscribe to our newsletters, to create an account, to make certain Submissions and to obtain certain information or materials from National Park Puzzles.
By registering, you represent and warrant to National Park Puzzles that: (a) you are 18 years of age or older and the age of majority in your state of residence as of the time you register as a Registered User; (b) all information provided by you to National Park Puzzles during the registration process is truthful, accurate and complete; (c) you will comply with all terms and conditions of these Terms of Use; and (d) you will not use the Site, any of the Materials or any other content or information obtained from the Site, for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use.
As a Registered User, you agree to maintain and promptly update your registration data as necessary to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. National Park Puzzles may terminate your access to the Site (or portions thereof) if any of the information provided is found to be inaccurate, false, out of date or incomplete, or for violating these Terms of Use and/or applicable laws, without prior notice or liability.
As part of the registration process, you are required to select and use a password. As a Registered User, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account while using the Site. You are responsible for maintaining the security and confidentiality of your password and monitoring and controlling access to your account. You agree to notify National Park Puzzles immediately of any unauthorized use of any account or password, or any other known or suspected breach of security.
If you no longer wish to be a Registered User, you may ask us to delete your account by contacting us through our Contact Page.
Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to register on the Site or use any functionality for which registration or the disclosure of personally identifiable information is required.
5. Site and Materials Disclaimer
National Park Puzzles does not promise or guarantee that the Site and/or the Materials are correct, current or complete. National Park Puzzles has no duty or policy to update any Materials or other content or information displayed, distributed or made available on or accessed through the Site and, therefore, such Materials, content or information should not be relied upon as being current as of the date you access the Site. Moreover, the Site and/or the Materials may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. National Park Puzzles makes no representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of any of the Materials or of any other content or information displayed, distributed or made available on or accessed through the Site. You acknowledge that any reliance on any such Materials, content or information will be at your sole risk. National Park Puzzles will not be responsible for any loss, however arising, from use of, or reliance on any such Materials, content or information.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties
The site and materials are provided on “as is” basis without warranties or any kind, either expressed or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by law, National Park Puzzles hereby disclaims all express, implied, statutory and other warranties, guarantees or representations, including, without limitation, any warranties of title, merchantability, non infringement of third parties’ rights, and of fitness for particular purpose.
National Park Puzzles uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information on the site. National Park Puzzles, however, makes no warranties as to the accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the materials or of any other content or information displayed, distributed or made available on or through the site, about the results to be obtained from using the site and/or said materials, content or information. National Park Puzzles does not assume liability or responsibility for any error or omission in the contents of the site.
National Park Puzzles does not warrant that the site will operate error free or that the site, the materials or of any other content or information displayed, distributed or made available on or through the site will be timely, secure, uninterrupted or error free, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that defects will be corrected. National Park Puzzles reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to correct any errors or omissions in any portion of the site or the materials.
7. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event shall National Park Puzzles be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, lost profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) resulting from or relating to the site, the materials or any other content or information displayed, distributed or made available on or through the site, or the internet generally, including, without limitation, the use or inability to use the site, any changes to or inaccessibility of the site, delay, failure, unauthorized access to or alteration of any transmission or data, any submissions by users, or any material, statement or information from a third party accessed on or through the site, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not National Park Puzzles is advised of the possibility of such damages.
8. Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless National Park Puzzles, its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective directors, shareholders, officers, employees, agents, licensors and service providers from and against any claims, actions or demands, including without limitation reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or resulting from your use of the Site or the Materials, your Submissions, your breach of these Terms of Use and/or violation of any applicable laws.
9. Links
The Site may contain links to third-party web sites. These links are provided solely as a convenience to you and not as an endorsement by National Park Puzzles of the content or information available on such third-party web sites. National Park Puzzles is not responsible for the content or information available on linked third-party sites and does not make any warranty or representation whatsoever regarding same. Nor does National Park Puzzles make any warranty or representation regarding, nor does it endorse, any linked third-party web sites or the content or information appearing thereon or any of the products or services described thereon. Links to a non-National Park Puzzles web site do not mean that National Park Puzzles endorses, is affiliated or associated with, the linked third-party site, or accepts any responsibility for the content or information available on or use of such third-party site. .You will need to make your own independent judgment regarding your interaction with these linked third-party sites. If you decide to access linked third-party web sites, you do so at your own risk.
In general, National Park Puzzles does not object to links to the Site from third-party web sites. Unless National Park Puzzles has a written agreement with you, you may not use any of National Park Puzzles’s trademarks, service marks or trade names in or with your links. You may not present the link to the Site in any way that suggests National Park Puzzles has any relationship or affiliation with your web site or endorses, sponsors or recommends the information, products or services on your site, unless you have a specific written agreement with National Park Puzzles to do so. You may link to the Site using the plain text name of the Site. Link only to the home page of the Site. Do not, without National Park Puzzles’s written permission: (a) incorporate any of the Materials into your web site (e.g., by in-lining or framing); (b) use any of National Park Puzzles’s, trademarks, service marks, taglines, slogans, trade names or any other words or codes identifying National Park Puzzles or the Site in any “metatag”. National Park Puzzles will not tolerate links from any web site that may adversely affect the name, reputation and/or goodwill of National Park Puzzles and/or its products or services. National Park Puzzles reserves the right to terminate permission to link to the Site at any time, for any reason.
10. Opt-Out/Discontinue
If you do not wish to receive information or other material or communications from us, you may “opt-out” of receiving these communications by sending us an e-mail at info@NationalParkPuzzles.com or by contacting us through our Contact Page.
Please note that “welcome” and service-related communications are not promotional in nature and, therefore, an opt-out option is not provided. These are simply to notify the user of a service they recently signed up for or to notify the user of Site-related issues.
11. Unsolicited Ideas Policy
National Park Puzzles or any of its employees do not accept or consider unsolicited ideas, proposals or materials, including ideas and proposals, including without limitation proposals for new or improved advertising campaigns or promotions, new or improved products, product enhancements, packaging, marketing plans or new product names. Please do not submit through the Site any unsolicited ideas, original creative artwork, suggestions, proposals or other works in any form to National Park Puzzles or any of its employees. The sole purpose of this policy is to avoid potential misunderstandings or disputes when National Park Puzzles’s products or marketing strategies, for example, might seem similar to ideas submitted to National Park Puzzles. If, despite our request that you not submit unsolicited ideas, proposals or materials, you still submit them, then regardless of any statements contained in your submission, you agree that the ideas, proposals or materials that you submitted may be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary, and may be disseminated or used by National Park Puzzles for any purpose and in any way without any compensation, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and/or marketing purposes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, National Park Puzzles is not required to use any such ideas, proposals or materials.
12. Submissions
National Park Puzzles does not claim ownership of any information or material including any data, questions, comments or suggestions, a user transmits posts or uploads to or through the Site, by any means, including, without limitation, by message boards, chat rooms or similar discussion forums, blogs, wiki pages, e-mail or otherwise (“Submissions”). All Submissions will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be disseminated or used by National Park Puzzles and/or its parent, affiliates or subsidiaries, for any purpose and in any way without any compensation.
By making a Submission to or through the Site, you automatically grant National Park Puzzles an unrestricted, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, publicly perform, transmit, distribute and create derivative works from such Submission, alone or as part of other works in any form, media, or technology whether now known or hereafter developed.
You warrant and represent that you shall not transmit, post or upload to or through the Site any Submission that is, or whole or in part, libelous, scandalous, inflammatory, discriminatory, defamatory, false, threatening, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, profane, abusive, harassing, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful or bashing, aimed at gender, race, color, sexual orientation, national origin, religious views or disability, or otherwise unlawful, or that violates or infringes on the privacy, publicity, intellectual property, proprietary, or contractual rights of any third party.
You further warrant and represent that to the extent you transmit, post or upload to or through the Site any Submission that constitutes a review, a testimonial and/or an endorsement of a product and/or service, you will clearly and conspicuously disclose the material connections you share with the seller of the product and/or service, including disclosing the fact that you are being paid to promote or review the product and/or service or from any links within your Submission whenever that is the case, based your review, testimonial and/or endorsements on your own independent evaluation of the product and/or service, not pass along misleading or unsubstantiated advertiser claims, and otherwise comply with applicable laws.
National Park Puzzles does not represent or warrant the truthfulness, accuracy or reliability of any content or information contained in any Submissions made to or through the Site by users or endorse any statements, representations or opinions expressed by users in their Submissions. Your reliance on content or information, including any statements, representations or opinions, contained in any Submissions made to or through the Site by other users shall be at your own risk. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product and/or service contained in a Submission should be verified with the applicable manufacturer or provider.
National Park Puzzles is not responsible for screening or monitoring Submissions made to or through the Site by users. If notified by a user of any Submissions made to the Site allegedly in violation of these Terms of Use, National Park Puzzles may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and its sole discretion whether to remove such Submission or any portion thereof. National Park Puzzles shall have no liability or responsibility to users for performance or nonperformance of such activities.
National Park Puzzles reserves the right not to post or to remove any information or material posted, uploaded, input or submitted to the Site for any reason, including, without limitation, any Submissions that, in its sole discretion, it deems to be in violation of these Terms of Use.
The foregoing is not intended to apply to any Personal Information (as that term is defined below), the use of which is governed by the Site’s Privacy Policy, or to the use of digital images submitted through the Site in connection with Photo Puzzle orders, which are governed by the Photo Puzzle Terms and Conditions and incorporated herein as reference.
13. Privacy Policy
In order for you to access certain portions of the Site, you may be asked to provide information that personally identifies you, such as your name, mailing address, e-mail address and home and/or telephone numbers (“Personal Information”). If you make a Submission, communicate with us by e-mail or complete online forms or the like, any Personal Information provided in such Submission or communication will be subject to the Site’s Privacy Policy and incorporated herein by reference.
14. Termination/Suspension
National Park Puzzles reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Site or the Materials at any time and/or to restrict, suspend or terminate your access to the Site and/or any portion thereof, at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all, without prior notice or any notice.
15. Miscellaneous
Though we have no idea where the server is located, the Site is based in the states of Montana and South Dakota, United States of America. National Park Puzzles makes no claims the materials, content or information provided on or accessed through the Site are appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Access to the Site and/or such materials, content or information may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Site from outside of the United States you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction. These Terms of Use are governed by the internal substantive laws of the states of Montana and/or South Dakota, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Sole and exclusive jurisdiction for any action or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms of Use shall be an appropriate state or federal court located in the states of Montana and/or South Dakota. If any provision contained herein is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions set forth herein, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term hereunder of these Terms of Use shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term. These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and National Park Puzzles with respect to the use of the Site. Any changes to these Terms of Use must be made in writing, signed by an authorized representative of National Park Puzzles to be binding on National Park Puzzles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, National Park Puzzles, at its sole discretion and without notice, may change, modify, add or remove any portion of the Terms of Use, in whole or in part, at any time. Changes in the Terms of Use will be effective when posted. Your continued use of the Site and/or the services made available on or accessed through the Site after any changes to the Terms of Use are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.