Privacy Policy
(Last Date Modified July 23, 2017)
The policies below are applicable to SydneyOnFire.com. This Web site utilizes the Web site builder Squarespace; the privacy policies and practices of Squarespace apply to this Web site.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. In addition, please review our Terms of Use, which govern your use of the Web Site and the content you submit to the Web Site.
By visiting this site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the site. We reserve the right to modify or amend the terms of our Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. Your continued use of our site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
We use third parties to help operate our Web site and deliver our products and services, and may share your information with our affiliates, service providers and other third parties that provide products or services for or through this Web site or for our business, such as Web site or database hosting companies, address list hosting companies, sending e-mail and/or other communications, removing repetitive information, analytics companies, distribution companies, fulfillment companies, advertising companies, and other similar service providers that use such information on our behalf. These third parties may have access to your personal information for the purpose of performing such functions on the Web site’s behalf. The interaction and information obtained by this Web site are always subject to the privacy policy of each individual external platform and social network. You may get cookies and/or Web beacons from third parties on our behalf. We do not control these cookies or Web beacons. These third parties may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when users do not use it. We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of such third parties and, therefore, you should review the privacy policies and practices of these third parties and other websites, including but not limited to the privacy policies and practices of Squarespace, Instagram, Google Analytics, Mailchimp, Facebook, and Twitter.
We do not set any cookies or Web beacons.
Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookie, Usage data, Email address, First Name and Last Name. Wherever possible, we collect the domain name and e-mail address of visitors to our Web page and e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail. We use this information to improve content of the Web site.
As a general matter, you can browse the Site without submitting your personal information to us. However, there are a number of circumstances in which you may supply us with your personal information. We will use the Personal Information you provide to our Web site, for example, to respond to your requests and to provide you with our product and service offerings. The following lists the most common ways in which we may collect your personal information.
· Sign up to receive e-mail updates from us
· Entry in contests or sweepstakes
· Participation on social media accounts involving SydneyOnFire.com or B. B. Cary books
· Participation in communities, chat rooms, and other interactive services
· Any other place on the Site where you knowingly volunteer personal information
· Moreover, if you submit to Company and/or the Web Site comments, photographs, videos (including web cam videos), music, text or other content, it maybe published online or offline (including on-air, on a CD or DVD, through wireless distribution, and transmission of soft copies, or any other media or format currently existing or hereafter developed)
· Please note that information submitted to the Web site via “Message” or other similar mechanisms will not necessarily receive a response.
When you contribute to a public area or feature of our Web site, such as a chat room, bulletin board, list serve, blog, wiki, or other open forum that we may make available on or through our Web site, the information that you submit will be made available to the general public. For this reason, we recommend that you do not submit information that would enable other users to locate you, or submit any information you regard as sensitive, such as financial information, on these areas of our Web site.
This Web site is intended for users who are located in the United States of America. This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted under the laws of the United States. The Web site is operated in the United States. If you are located in the European Union, Canada or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using the Web Site or providing us with your information, you consent to this transfer.
We may disclose user information to government authorities, and to other third parties when compelled to do so by government authorities, at our discretion, or otherwise as required by law, including but not limited to in response to court orders and subpoenas. We also may disclose user information when we have reason to believe that someone is or may be causing injury to or interference with our rights or property, other users of the Web site, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. We may also use Device Identifiers to identify users, and may do so in cooperation with copyright owners, Internet service providers, wireless service providers or law enforcement agencies at our discretion. Such disclosures may be carried out without notice to you.
By using this Web site, you acknowledge that we specifically disclaim any liability (whether based on contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise) for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, punitive or special damages arising out of, or in any way connected with, your access to or use of this site (even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages), including but not limited to, liability associated with any viruses which may infect a user’s computer equipment. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained or provided through the use of this Web site is done at your own discretion and risk, and you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system, or loss of data, that results from the use, download or provision of any such material. We will not be liable for the unavailability or failure to operate all or any part of the service or system on which this Web site is accessed, viewed or used.
This Web site is a general audience Web site. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children younger than the age of eighteen (18) on the Web site and we will delete any information later determined to be from a user younger than eighteen (18). If you are under 18 years of age, you should not under any circumstance provide personally identifiable information to SydneyOnFire.com.
Terms of Use
(Last Date Modified July 23, 2017)
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using SydneyOnFire.com, since they affect and govern your legal rights and obligations. You agree to these Terms by accessing or using this Web site, registering for services offered on the Web site, or by accepting, uploading, submitting or downloading any information or content from or to the Web site. This Web site utilizes the Web site builder Squarespace; the Terms of Use of Squarespace apply to this Web site. If you do not want to be bound by these Terms, please do not access, register with, or use SydneyOnFire.com.
Please read our Privacy Policy to see how the information that you provide to us is dealt with.
The content on SydneyOnFire.com is owned by (and all copyright, trademarks, registered and unregistered, and other intellectual property rights in that content, shall at all times remain vested in) B. B. Cary/Gab Date Productions, LLC or our licensors and is protected by United States and international copyright and other intellectual property laws. All Trademarks not owned by us that appear on the Web site or on or through the Web site's services, if any, are the property of their respective owners. Nothing contained on the Site should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on the Site without our written permission or that of the third party rights holder. Unauthorized use, copying, reproduction, storing, modification, downloading, posting, transmitting, distributing, duplicating, removal or alteration of advertising, or any other misuse of any content is strictly prohibited.
As between you and B. B. Cary/Gab Date Productions, LLC, B. B. Cary/Gab Date Productions, LLC owns, solely and exclusively, all rights, title and interest in the Site content (including, for example, text, audio, photographs, illustrations, graphics, other visuals, video, copy, etc.) thereon, and the compilation of the content on the Site, including but not limited to any copyrights, trademark rights, patent rights, database rights, moral rights, sui generis rights and other intellectual property and proprietary rights therein. Your use of the Site does not grant to you ownership of any content, code, data or materials you may access on the Site.
You may access and view the content on the Site on your computer or other Internet compatible device, and make single copies or prints of the content on the Site for your personal, internal use only. The Site and the services offered on or through the Site, including any content and materials thereon, are only for your personal, non-commercial use.
You are not permitted to reproduce or publish in any way any of the content that appears on SydneyOnFire.com for commercial purposes unless you have first obtained our written permission to do so. Any commercial distribution, publishing or exploitation of the Site, or any content, data or materials on the Site, is strictly prohibited unless you have received the express written prior permission of B. B. Cary/ Gab Date Productions, LLC or the applicable rights holder. You may not otherwise download, display, copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, perform, transfer, create derivative works from, sell or otherwise exploit any content or materials on the Site. If you make other use of the Site, or the content or materials thereon, except as otherwise provided above, you may violate copyright and other laws of the United States, other countries, as well as applicable state laws and may be subject to liability for such unauthorized use.
SydneyOnFire.com may include links to third party Web sites. We do not review those third party Web sites, nor do we have any control over them and we are not responsible for those Web sites or their content or availability. We do not therefore endorse or make any representations about them, or any products, services or content found there, or any consequences that may result from using them. If you decide to access any of these third party Web sites, you do so entirely at your own risk. If you use a linked site, any personal information you give the site operator or cookies that you consent to receiving will be dealt with in line with their privacy and terms of use policies, not ours. Please read their terms of use and privacy policies before you use their site(s) and/or provide them with any personal information.
We may add, change, discontinue, remove or suspend any portion of the Web site at any time, without notice. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify, alter, or otherwise change these Terms and will post any new or revised terms on the Web site.
Certain areas of the Web site may ask you to create an account or may otherwise ask you to provide information to participate in certain features or to access certain content (e.g., e-mail, newsletters, sweepstakes, etc.). The Web site’s practices governing your personal information are disclosed in its Privacy Policy. If you choose to provide information to the Web site, you agree to provide only true, accurate, current and complete information. If you create an account, you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account and agree you will not sell, transfer or assign your account.
Forums, message boards, chat rooms, online diaries, social networking areas, or other interactive areas on the Web site may be provided to give users a forum to express their opinions and share their ideas and information. We do not endorse the content, including, without limitation, any of Your Submitted Information, posted in User Forums or otherwise on the Web site. We reserves the right, but are not obligated, to reject, delete, move, or edit Your Submitted Information in whole or in part, for any reason at our sole discretion. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Web site and pursue all legal remedies if we believe Your Submitted Information infringes another’s copyright or otherwise violates any law, rule, or regulation. You acknowledge and agree that you are prohibited from accepting payment for Your Submitted Information, including, without limitation, accepting payment for the inclusion of a logo, brand or other commercial content, in Your Submitted Information.
Your Submitted Information is your sole responsibility. This means that you, and not B.B. Cary/Gab Date Productions, LLC, are entirely responsible for all Your Submitted Information that you upload, post, e-mail, transmit, or otherwise make available via the Web site. It is important to remember that comments submitted to a forum, blog, etc. may be recorded and stored in multiple places, both on our Web site and elsewhere on the Internet, and you have no control over who will read them eventually. It is important that you are careful and selective about the personal information that you disclose about yourself and others, and in particular, you should not disclose sensitive, proprietary or confidential information in your comments to our public forums.
We do not want to receive any confidential, secret or proprietary information or other material from you through the Site, by e-mail or in any other way. Any information, creative works, ideas, suggestions, or other materials submitted or sent to us ("Submitted Materials") will be deemed not to be confidential or secret, and may be used by us in any manner consistent with these Terms of Use and the Site's Privacy Policy. By sending Submitted Materials to us, you: (1) represent and warrant that (a) the Submitted Materials are original to you, that no other party has any rights thereto, and that any "moral rights" in Submitted Materials have been waived, and (b) that the Submitted Material, and its use, do not and will not violate the law or violate or infringe the rights of any entity or person; and (2) you grant us a royalty-free, unrestricted, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and fully transferable, assignable and sub-licensable right and license to use, copy, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such material (in whole or part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. We are not responsible for maintaining any Submitted Material that you provide to us, and we may delete or destroy any such Submitted Material at any time. This Web site, its Content (including any information provided by users) is for informational and entertainment purposes only.
In addition to any other rules or regulations that we may post in connection with a particular service, you agree that you will not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish through the Web site or any service or feature made available on or through the Web site, any materials which (1) restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Web site or the Web site's services, (2) are fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent, (3) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law, (4) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right, (5) contain a virus, spyware, or other harmful component, (6) contain embedded links, advertising, chain letters or pyramid schemes of any kind, or (7) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact. You also agree not to impersonate any other person or entity, whether actual or fictitious, including anyone from the Web site or our Company. You alone are responsible for the content and consequences of any of your activities.
This Web site, including, without limitation, all content, software and functions made available on or accessed through or sent from the Web site is provided “as available”, “as is”, and “with all faults”. We do not make any promises about the availability or any services made available through SydneyOnFire.com. In particular, we are not responsible for any technical problems you may experience that may result in interruptions to SydneyOnFire.com or the service it delivers, or any bugs or viruses on the Web site or any other platform that SydneyOnFire.com is delivered through. It is your responsibility to implement satisfactory safeguards and procedures to make sure that any files you obtain through SydneyOnFire.com are free from such bugs and viruses.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, B. B. Cary/ Gab Date Productions, LLC (the Company) MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OR ENDORSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOVER, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ABOUT: (1.) THE WEB SITE; (2.) THE CONTENT AND SOFTWARE ON AND PROVIDED THROUGH THE WEB SITE; (3.) THE FUNCTIONS MADE ACCESSIBLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE WEB SITE; (4.) THE MESSAGES AND INFORMATION SENT FROM THE WEB SITE BY USERS; (5.) ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED VIA THE WEB SITE OR HYPERTEXT LINKS TO THIRD PARTIES; AND/OR (6.) SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE WEB SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE. COMPANY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEB SITE, ANY OF THE WEB SITE’S FUNCTIONS OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED THEREIN WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; OR THAT THE WEB SITE OR THE SERVERS THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
We DO NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES OR USE OF THE WEB SITE IS LAWFUL IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION, AND, IN ANY EVENT, We SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM SUCH WARRANTIES. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT BY USING ANY OF THE FEATURES OF THE WEB SITE, YOU ACT AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE LAWFUL IN EVERY JURISDICTION WHERE YOU ACCESS OR USE THE WEB SITE OR THE CONTENT. FURTHER, WE DISCLAIM ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND TITLE.
Our COMPANY OR THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THEM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE USE OF THE WEB SITE INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE CONTENT AND ANY ERRORS CONTAINED THEREIN. SOME JURISDICTIONS LIMIT OR DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED OR OTHER WARRANTIES SO THE ABOVE DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT SUCH JURISDICTION’S LAW IS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT Our COMPANY LIMITS ITS LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE AS SET FORTH BELOW:
We ARE Not RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO ANY USER’S COMPUTER, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, CELL PHONE, MODEM OR OTHER EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGE FROM ANY SECURITY BREACH OR FROM ANY VIRUS, BUGS, TAMPERING, FRAUD, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER LINE OR NETWORK FAILURE OR ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR OTHER MALFUNCTION.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL Our COMPANY OR THE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR OTHER REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THEM (COLLECTIVELY, THE “COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS”), BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, ECONOMIC OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES), THAT ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO: (A) THIS WEB SITE AND ITS CONTENT, SOFTWARE OR YOUR UPLOAD INFORMATION; (B) THE USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR PERFORMANCE OF THE WEB SITE (C) ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTIGATION BY Our COMPANY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES REGARDING YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR CONTENT; (D) ANY ACTION TAKEN IN CONNECTION WITH COPYRIGHT OWNERS; OR (E) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE WEB SITE’S TECHNICAL OPERATION, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE OR EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY TORT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMATTION, WHETHER CAUSES IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY NEGLIGENCE, ACTS OF GOD, TELECOMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, OR THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF THE WEB SITE). IN NO EVENT WILL COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR LOSS OR INJURY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DEATH OR PERSONAL INJURY. IN NO EVENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, SHALL any company entities and individuals BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITE OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO, YOUR PROVISION OF INFORMATION VIA THE SITE, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, EVEN IF SUCH COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS HAve BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN USERS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS BE LIABLE FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, EXCHANGED OR RECEIVED BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY USER OR OTHER PERSON ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDuals TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITE EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU TO THE COMPANY ENTITIES AND INDIVIDuals FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS VIA THE SITE.
YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS WEB SITE IS AT YOUR RISK. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE WEB SITE OR ANY OF THE CONTENT, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE ACCESSING AND USING THE WEB SITE OR THE CONTENT.
YOU RECOGNIZE AND CONFIRM THAT IN THE EVENT YOU INCUR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES OR INJURIES THAT ARISE OUT OF Our COMPANY’S ACTS OR OMISSIONS, THE DAMAGES, IF ANY, CAUSED TO YOU ARE NOT IRREPARABLE OR SUFFICIENT TO ENTITLE YOU TO AN INJUNCTION PREVENTING ANY EXPLOITATION OF ANY WEB SITE, PROPERTY, PRODUCT, PROGRAM, TELEVISION SHOW, MOTION PICTURE OR OTHER AUDIO/VISUAL CONTENT OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY the COMPANY AND/OR ITS AFFILIATES OR YOUR UPLOAD INFORMATION, AND YOU WILL HAVE NO RIGHTS TO ENJOIN OR RESTRAIN THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, ADVERTISING, EXHIBITION OR EXPLOITATION OF ANY COMPANY WEB SITE, PROPERTY, PRODUCT, PROGRAM, TELEVISION SHOW, MOTION PICTURE OR OTHER AUDIO/VISUAL CONTENT OR YOUR Submitted INFORMATION OR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES OR ACTIONS RELATED THERETO.
You agree only to use SydneyOnFire.com in accordance with these Terms. You agree that you will compensate us (and our employees, agents and suppliers) in full for any damages, losses, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees we incur that arise out of any breach by you of these Terms or any liability we incur as a result of your use of SydneyOnFire.com and/or any other service we provide.
This Web site is intended for users in the United States. Information contained on this Web site may not be appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to this Web site where the content of the Web site may be illegal is prohibited. If you access this Web site from other locations, you do so on your own initiative and you are solely responsible for compliance with applicable laws. The Terms of Use and the relationship between you and us shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree that any cause of action that may arise under the Terms of Use or out of the use of this Site shall be commenced and be heard in the appropriate court (state or federal) in the State of New York, County of New York. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within New York County in the State of New York. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Use 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 Terms of Use remain in full force and effect.
You understand and agree that we will determine your compliance with these Terms or Any Additional Terms in our sole discretion. We reserve the right to deny access to all or part of the Web site to any person in our sole discretion. Any violation of these Terms or any Additional Terms may be referred to law enforcement authorities. Upon termination of your user account or access to the Web site, or upon our demand, you must destroy all materials obtained from this Web site and all related documentation. If any part of these Terms is found to be unenforceable as a matter of law, all other parts of these Terms shall not be affected and shall remain in force.