Terms of Use
Effective Date: January 10, 2022
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This website, www.beginwithaword.com and social media accounts (collectively, the “Services”) are operated by Begin With a Word, LLC (the “Company”).
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By using the Services, you understand and agree to accept and comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”), which together with our Privacy Policy govern the Company’s relationship with you in relation to the Services. If you disagree with any part of these Terms of Use, please do not use our Services.
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We reserve the right to deny access to the Services, to anyone who violates these Terms of Use or who, in our judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy the Services, or infringes the rights of others.
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The content on the pages of our Services is for your general information and use only. We reserve the right to change these Terms of Use without notice. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review the Terms of Use periodically to familiarize yourself with any modifications. Your continued use of our Services after such modifications will constitute acknowledgment and agreement of the modified terms and conditions.
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Service Materials and License
All content and materials available in the Services, including but not limited to text, graphics, website name, code, images, trademarks, logos, domain names, trade names, service marks, any and all copyrightable material (including source and object code), audio, videos, designs, compilations, the “look and feel” of the Services, the compilation, assembly and arrangement of the materials in the Services, and all other materials related to the Services (the “Materials”) are owned, controlled or licensed by the Company and are protected from unauthorized use, copying and dissemination by copyright, trademark, patent, publicity, and other laws, rules, regulations, and international treaties. The materials in the Services may not be copied, reproduced, downloaded, or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express permission of the Company, unless expressly provided in these Terms of Use.
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Subject to your compliance with the Terms of Use, the Company grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-commercial, revocable, non-assignable and non-transferable license to download, view, display and use the Materials for your personal, non-commercial use only, provided you (a) keep intact all copyright, trademark, and other proprietary notices contained in the Materials, (b) do not use or assist any third party in using the Materials for any unlawful purpose, (c) do not modify the Materials in the Services, and you may not distribute the Materials in any form – including by email or other electronic means – without prior written permission from the Company.
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Any inappropriate use, including but not limited to the reproduction, distribution, display or transmission of any Materials in the Services is strictly prohibited, unless specifically authorized by the Company.
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Third Party Links and Content
There may be links from the Services, or communications you receive from the Services, including, without limitation, from advertisers or sponsors, that may include third party content that we do not control, maintain or endorse. Accessing those third-party sites requires you to leave the Services and you expressly acknowledge and agree that the Company is in no way responsible or liable for any of those third-party sites, including, without limitation, their content, policies, failures, promotions, products, services, actions and/or damages, losses, failures or problems caused by, related to, or arising from those third parties or their sites. These Terms of Use apply only to our Services, and not to the sites of any other companies or organizations, including those we link to.
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You understand and agree that under no circumstances will the Company be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage that is caused or alleged to have been caused to you in connection with your use of any content, goods or services available on any other site.
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You may establish a link to the Services, so long as the link does not state or imply any sponsorship of or affiliation with your site by the Company, unless such sponsorship or affiliation is explicitly agreed to in writing by the Company. We reserve the right to rescind any permission granted to you or any organization to link to our Services, and to require termination of any such link to any of our Services, at our discretion at any time.
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You may not, without our prior written permission, frame any of the Materials or content of the Services, or incorporate into another website or other service any material, content or intellectual property belonging to the Company.
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You grant to us the right to use your questions and comments, submitted via email to us at info@beginwithaword.com, in their original or edited form in the Services, and in any television programs, books, articles, commentaries, or in any other medium now known or later developed.
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Registration
To access certain features of the Services, like joining our email list or shopping online, you may be asked to register with us on the form provided and such registration may require you to provide personally identifying information such as your name, address and email address, and also may ask you to provide certain demographic information such as your gender and date of birth. You agree that you will register only if you are 18 years or older. You agree to provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the applicable registration form. If we have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate or incomplete, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services, or any portion thereof. Our use of any personally identifiable information you provide to us as part of the registration process is governed by the terms of our Privacy Policy.
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Modifications
We reserve the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services, or any part thereof, with or without notice. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Services.
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Termination
You agree that, in our sole discretion, we may terminate your password, account or use of the Services for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack of use or if we believe that you have violated or acted inconsistently with these Terms of Use. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third-party for any termination of your password, account or use of the Services.
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User Conduct
The Services may include a variety of features, such as bulletin boards, web logs, chat rooms, and email services, which allow feedback to us and real-time interaction between users, and other features, such as personalized home pages and email services, which allow users to communicate with others. Responsibility for what is posted on bulletin boards, web logs, chat rooms, and other public posting areas of the Services, or sent via any email services, lies with each user – you alone are responsible for the material you post or send. We do not control the messages, information or files that you or others may provide through the Services. When accessing or using the Services, you may not:
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Transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane, or otherwise objectionable information of any kind;
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Transmit any information or software that could compromise the functionality of the Services;
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Interfere with the functioning of the Services in any way or restrict others from using the Services;
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Post, publish, transmit, reproduce, distribute or exploit any information obtained through the Services for commercial purposes without the prior written consent of the Company.
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Collect personal data about, or the email addresses of, other Service users for commercial or unlawful purposes or for purposes of sending unsolicited commercial email, impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure, or take any action that disrupts the Services, or that otherwise negatively affects other users’ ability to use and enjoy the Services.
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You agree to indemnify the Company for any costs or damages that it incurs as the result of your use of the Services, your violation of any of these Terms of use, or your violation of any rights of another.
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Monitoring and Denial of Service
You understand that we have no obligation to monitor any bulletin boards, chat rooms, web logs, or other areas of the Services through which users can supply content. However, we reserve the right at all times to disclose any information we believe necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or government request, or to refuse to post or to remove any content, in whole or in part, that in our sole discretion are objectionable or in violation of these Terms of Use. We also reserve the right to deny access to the Services or any features of the Services to anyone who violates these Terms of Use or who, in our sole judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy the Services or infringes the rights of others.
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Content Preservation
You acknowledge and agree that we may preserve content and materials submitted by you, and may also disclose such content and materials if required to do so by law or if, in our business judgment, such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with a legal process, enforce the terms of service, protect the rights and property of users and respond to complaints that material submitted by you violate the rights of third parties. You understand that the technical processing and transmission of the Services, including content submitted by you, may involve transmissions over various networks and changes necessary to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
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Notice of copyright infringement
If you are a copyright owner who believes your copyrighted material has been reproduced, posted or distributed via the website in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please inform us immediately via the contact form, or email, on our website, www.beginwithaword.com.
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Disclaimers
You understand and agree that your use of the Services is at your sole risk. The Services and the Materials are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. The Company disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, title, custom, or trade. We, our affiliates, agents and licensors cannot and do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, currentness, noninfringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of the Materials or the Services, nor do we guarantee that the Materials will be error-free, secure or continuously available, or free of viruses or other harmful components.
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Under no circumstances will the Company be liable to you for any loss or damages of any kind, including, without limitation, for any direct, indirect, economic, exemplary, special, punitive, incidental, or consequential losses or damages that are directly or indirectly related to your use of the Services.
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Parental Permission
Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
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Miscellaneous
These Terms of Use shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. By using the Services, you agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Texas in all disputes arising out of or relating to this agreement or the Services. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the other provisions of the Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect.
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Violations
Please report any violations of these Terms of Use to us via our website, www.beginwithaword.com.