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Ownership of Intellectual Property, Copyright Notice

1. This Copyright Notice governs the use of the web page at and its associated services, web pages, domains and sub-domains, which are owned and operated by HomeImprovement-101.com. If at any time the terms and conditions of this Copyright Notice no longer acceptable to you, you should immediately cease use of the web site where is located.

2. You acknowledge that the web page contains information and/ or software, photographs, audio and video clips, graphics, links and other material that are protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights of HomeImprovement-101.com or third parties, including but not limited to product names, logos, designs, titles, and words or phrases which may be registered in certain jurisdictions (collectively, the "Content"). You agree to comply with any additional copyright notices, information, or restrictions contained in any Content available on or accessed through HomeImprovement-101.com.

3. You may not modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part. Content consisting of downloadable software may not be reverse-engineered unless specifically authorized by HomeImprovement-101.com or its owners or the owner of the software's patent and or copyright.

Subject to the provisions of HomeImprovement-101.com Copyright Notice, if made available, you may submit original content owned by you (such as your original statements, articles, comments), and/or content for which you have received express permission from HomeImprovement-101.com. You assume all right and responsibility and conduct for determining whether your submitted content is original.

You grant to HomeImprovement-101.com the right to edit, copy, publish, distribute, translate and otherwise use in any medium and for any purpose any content that you place on without compensation to you. You represent and warrant that you are authorized to grant all rights set forth in this preceding copyright notice document.

4. You may not download content on that is indicated to be for sale except under the terms of the sale. Such content is the protected and copyrightable property of HomeImprovement-101.com. "Free" content may be downloaded for your personal use or non-commercial distribution consistent with the terms defined in this Copyright Notice.

5. When using both purchased and "free" content, you will maintain and include all copyright and other notices contained in such content. Except as expressly permitted by the copyright laws, no copying, storage, redistribution or publication of any content is permitted without the express permission of HomeImprovement-101.com or the owners of such content or their authorized persons if other than HomeImprovement-101.com.

HomeImprovement-101.com may sometimes use images and content from developers API’s such as the Yahoo developer network, Google API, Flickr API etc, and content from the public domain. Please contact mycommunication123@yahoo.com if you should want your content to be taken down from our website.

We may modify these copyright notices at any time and without notice. You are bound by any modifications and should therefore periodically visit this page to review copyright notices to which you are bound. We are confident that you have understood your rights and obligations in concern to the use of and that you agree with the terms described above.

 

PRIVACY NOTICE

We understand that privacy online is important to users of our Site, especially when conducting business. This statement governs our privacy policies with respect to those users of the Site ("Visitors") who visit without transacting business and Visitors who register to transact business on the Site and make use of the various services offered by HomeImprovement-101.com (collectively, \"Services\") (\"Authorized Customers\").

"Personally Identifiable Information"

refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, financial profiles, social security number, and credit card information. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.

What Personally Identifiable Information is collected?

We may collect basic user profile information from all of our Visitors. We collect the following additional information from our Authorized Customers: the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of Authorized Customers, the nature and size of the business, and the nature and size of the advertising inventory that the Authorized Customer intends to purchase or sell.

What organizations are collecting the information?

In addition to our direct collection of information, our third party service vendors (such as credit card companies, clearinghouses and banks) who may provide such services as credit, insurance, and escrow services may collect this information from our Visitors and Authorized Customers. We do not control how these third parties use such information, but we do ask them to disclose how they use personal information provided to them from Visitors and Authorized Customers. Some of these third parties may be intermediaries that act solely as links in the distribution chain, and do not store, retain, or use the information given to them.

How does the Site use Personally Identifiable Information?

We use Personally Identifiable Information to customize the Site, to make appropriate service offerings, and to fulfill buying and selling requests on the Site. We may email Visitors and Authorized Customers about research or purchase and selling opportunities on the Site or information related to the subject matter of the Site. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to contact Visitors and Authorized Customers in response to specific inquiries, or to provide requested information.

With whom may the information may be shared?

Personally Identifiable Information about Authorized Customers may be shared with other Authorized Customers who wish to evaluate potential transactions with other Authorized Customers. We may share aggregated information about our Visitors, including the demographics of our Visitors and Authorized Customers, with our affiliated agencies and third party vendors. We also offer the opportunity to \"opt out\" of receiving information or being contacted by us or by any agency acting on our behalf.

How is Personally Identifiable Information stored?

Personally Identifiable Information collected by HomeImprovement-101.com is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties or employees of HomeImprovement-101.com except for use as indicated above.

What choices are available to Visitors regarding collection, use and distribution of the information?

Visitors and Authorized Customers may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by us and/or our vendors and affiliated agencies by responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us at mycommunication@yahoo.com

Log Files.

As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Are Cookies Used on the Site?

Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of our Visitors and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our Authorized Customers. For example, if an Authorized Customer is logged on and the site is unused for more than 10 minutes, we will automatically log the Authorized Customer off.

About Cookies and Web Beacons.

We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our features, such as forums. We also use third party advertisements on HomeImprovement-101.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed.

This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing Chicago doctor ads to someone in Chicago, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites). DoubleClick DART cookies We also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements). This cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”). The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history (For example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting Las Vegas, you may see Las Vegas hotel advertisements when viewing a non-related site, such as on a site about hockey). DART uses “non personally identifiable information”.

It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers. You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx

You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts. Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.

How does HomeImprovement-101.com use login information?

HomeImprovement-101.com uses login information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a user\'s movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.

What partners or service providers have access to Personally Identifiable Information from Visitors and/or Authorized Customers on the Site?

HomeImprovement-101.com has entered into and will continue to enter into partnerships and other affiliations with a number of vendors. Such vendors may have access to certain Personally Identifiable Information on a need to know basis for evaluating Authorized Customers for service eligibility. Our privacy policy does not cover their collection or use of this information. Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with law. We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order or subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Visitors and Authorized Customers.

How does the Site keep Personally Identifiable Information secure?

All of our employees are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors and Authorized Customers is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis. Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers, is protected by encryption protocols, in place to protect information sent over the Internet. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Customers for any such occurrences.

What are your Advertising Specific Terms & Conditions?

HomeImprovement-101.com uses a combination of internal and 3rd party advertising companies to serve our ads on our website and in our emails, based on personal information. These internal and 3rd party advertising companies use information about your web visits to our website to serve relevant ads and to track their ad effectiveness. Information collected and used may include IP address, geographical location, their cookie and historical data previously collected. We will not and never will provide any personal information to our advertisers when you interact with or view any targeted ads. However, by viewing or interacting with any ads, you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser(s) will assume you meet their targeting criteria used to display the ad(s).

How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?

Visitors and Authorized Customers may contact us to update Personally Identifiable Information about them or to correct any inaccuracies by emailing us at mycommunication123@yahoo.com

Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?

We provide Visitors and Authorized Customers with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site\'s database by contacting mycommunication123@yahoo.com. However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor\'s entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.

What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes?

We may modify the Privacy Policy at any time without any notice. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Authorized Customer has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such Visitor or Authorized Customer to allow such Visitor or Authorized Customer to prevent such disclosure.

Links:

This web site contains links to other web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another web site. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.

Privacy Information for Persons 13 Years and Older

We will not collect any personally identifiable information about you (e.g., your name, address, telephone number or email address) through our Website unless you have provided it to us voluntarily. We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you. For example, if you choose to sign up for a newsletter, we will request your name and email address.

When you do provide us with personally identifiable information, we may use that information in the following ways, unless stated otherwise:

We may store and process that information to better understand your needs and how we can improve our products and services;

We employ other companies to perform certain functions on our behalf, such as processing orders and delivering packages, conducting surveys and sending you mailings regarding our products and these companies have access to your personal information and;

We may contact you regarding promotions and other offers regarding our products that may interest you. We do not now, and do not intend to, sell, rent or market personally identifiable information about you to third parties. We share information only with subsidiaries of this site and may use it to send you promotions and product information.

Children Under 13

Our Privacy Policy applies to children as well as adults. There are some extra precautions that we take, however, with respect to collecting information from children under 13.

We encourage parents and guardians to explore our Website with their children. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from your children under 13 on-line without first obtaining permission from the child’s parent or guardian.

Our Website does not offer activities that allow your child disclose your child’s personal information publicly (for example through chat rooms or message boards). We do not share your child’s personally identifiable information with third parties.

Please also note that we do not offer activities that require the ongoing collection and use of personally identifiable information provided by children.

We may modify these privacy notices at any time and without notice. You are bound by any modifications and should therefore periodically visit this page to review privacy notices to which you are bound. We are confident that you have understood your rights and obligations in concern to the use of and that you agree with the terms described above.

 

TERMS OF SERVICE (T.O.S)

Terms and conditions governing your use of the press release distribution and related service(s) (collectively, the "Service"):

Website Terms of Use

This Website is provided for your personal use. Please read the following terms of use (“Terms of Use”) carefully before using this Website. All users of this Website agree that access to and use of this Website is subject to the following Terms of Use and other applicable law. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use, please do not use this Website.

You are prohibited from using this Website to submit or transmit any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, profane material, any material that infringes on any copyright, trademark or other proprietary right or any material that could constitute or encourage unlawful conduct.

This Website is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from any material transmitted or posted using this Website. We reserve the right to terminate, at any time, your permission to make personal copies of material from this Website.

Suspension, Termination

HomeImprovement-101.com may suspend or terminate your account(s) if it becomes delinquent or you breach any material term or condition herein or at any time at its discretion without any liability to you.

Billing

A. We use 3rd party payment processors for our billing purposes such as Clickbank, Paypal and 2checkout . Unless otherwise stated, all payments are billed in U.S. dollars.

You shall pay all fees or charges to your account in accordance with the fees, charges, and billing terms in effect at the time a fee or charge is due and payable and update this information within 30 days of any change to it. You must provide these 3rd party payment processors and HomeImprovement-101.com with valid credit card information and complete and accurate billing and contact information. HomeImprovement-101.com reserves the right to change and revise its fees and charges at any time without notice. All payment made are non-refundable.

All payment and fees made are exclusive of all taxes, levies, or duties imposed by your tax authorities. You shall be responsible for payment of all such taxes, levies, or duties.. If you believe your bill is incorrect, please contact us at HomeImprovement-101.com within 30 days.

Disclaimer

Your use of this Website and material from this Website is at your own risk.

This Website strives to provide accurate and up-to-date material; however, we make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy or timeliness of the material provided on this Website. We assume no liability or responsibility for any errors or omissions on this Website.

Neither HomeImprovement-101.com, any of its agents, nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this Website is liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, this Website or any material from this Website. Without limiting the foregoing, this Website and the material provided on this Website are provided "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NONINFRINGEMENT. Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so this statement may not apply to you.

HomeImprovement-101.com assumes no responsibility for any damage or infects to you, your computer, or other property, due to your access to, use of, or downloading of this Website or any materials provided on this Website. Diggot.com assumes no liability to anyone for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions to the Information or the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof, for any damage arising therefrom or occasioned thereby, or for the results obtained from the use of the Information.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify (“Indemnitor”), defend, and hold harmless HomeImprovement-101.com (“Indemnitee”), its web content, submitted materials, representations and/or warranties, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliated companies, third party vendors, distributors and advertisers from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, liabilities and expense including reasonable attorneys' fees, related to or resulting from any violations of these Terms of Use or use of HomeImprovement-101.com by you or any other person accessing HomeImprovement-101.com using your Internet account.

For United States Only

Unless otherwise specified, this Website and material provided on this Website are solely for promoting products, programs, and business operations within the United States.

Software and other materials from this Website may be subject to export controls imposed by the United States and may not be downloaded or otherwise exported to a) any country to which the United States has embargoed goods or services, b) anyone on the United States Treasury Department's list of Specially Designated Nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department's Table of Deny Orders. This Website prohibits your downloading or exporting of software or other material from this Website in violation of U.S. Export Laws and the laws of your resident country. By downloading software or other material from this Website, you represent and warrant that you are able to do so in full compliance with the laws of the United States and your resident country.

Severed Provisions and Entire Agreement

If any provision of this agreement is unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed from this agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions.

This is the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter.

We may modify these Terms of Use at any time and without notice. You are bound by any modifications and should therefore periodically visit this page to review Terms of Use and Service to which you are bound. We are confident that you have understood your rights and obligations in concern to the use of and that you agree with the terms described above.

Updated: 10 April 2009