Conditions of Use
Welcome to the Sunshine Greenhouses.com website (the "Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website"),
a site owned and operated by Sunshine Greenhouses.com and its affiliates ("Sunshine Greenhouses.com").
These Terms of Use, along with policies and guidelines located throughout
the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website identify what users of the Sunshine Greenhouses.com
Website ("Users") can expect from Sunshine Greenhouses.com, Sunshine Greenhouses.com
Providers (as defined below) and the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website and what
we expect from Users. By accessing any areas of the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website,
Users are deemed to have accepted these Terms of Use and other policies
and guidelines identified throughout the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website.
I. ONLINE CONDUCT
User agrees to use the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website only for lawful purposes.
User is prohibited from posting on or transmitting through the Sunshine Greenhouses.com
Website any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory,
vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically,
or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including but not limited
to any material that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal
offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any applicable
local, state, national, or international law.
If Sunshine Greenhouses.com is notified of any book, information, data, software,
photographs, graphs, videos, typefaces, graphics, music, sounds, and other
material on the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website (collectively "Content")
provided by User (e.g., through an author chat or online review) that
is allegedly infringing, defamatory, damaging, illegal, or offensive,
Sunshine Greenhouses.com may investigate the allegation and determine in its sole
discretion whether to remove or request the removal of such Content from
the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website. Sunshine Greenhouses.com may disclose any Content
or electronic communication of any kind (i) to satisfy any law, regulation,
or government request; (ii) if such disclosure is necessary or appropriate
to operate the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website; or (iii) to protect the rights
or property of Sunshine Greenhouses.com and its officers, directors, employees,
agents, third-party content providers, merchants, sponsors, and licensors
(collectively, "Sunshine Greenhouses.com Providers") and any other User.
Sunshine Greenhouses.com reserves the right to prohibit conduct, communication,
or Content that it deems in its sole discretion to be harmful to individual
Users, Sunshine Greenhouses.com, the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website, the communities that
make up the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website, or any rights of Sunshine Greenhouses.com
or any third party, or to violate any applicable law. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Sunshine Greenhouses.com Provider can ensure prompt removal of
questionable Content after online posting. Accordingly, no Sunshine Greenhouses.com
Provider shall assume liability for any action or inaction with respect
to conduct, communication, or Content on the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website.
II. PRIVACY POLICY
Sunshine Greenhouses.com respects the privacy of its Users. The terms and conditions
of the Sunshine Greenhouses.com's Privacy Policy, http://www.Sunshine Greenhouses.comprivacy-policy.php,
are incorporated herein by reference.
III. TRADEMARKS
Sunshine Greenhouses.com®, greenhousesystems.com®, Greenhouse Systems®,
greenhousestore.com®, and Greenhouse Store®, are all trademarks
or service marks of Sunshine Greenhouses.com or its licensor. All rights are reserved.
These and other graphics, logos, service marks, trademarks and trade dress
of Sunshine Greenhouses.com and its licensors used on the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website
may not be used without prior written consent of Sunshine Greenhouses.com or its
licensor, as the case may be. Without limiting the foregoing, no Sunshine Greenhouses.com
trademark or trade dress may be used in connection with any product or
service that is not Sunshine Greenhouses.com's, in any manner that is likely to
cause confusion among Users, or in any manner that disparages or discredits
Sunshine Greenhouses.com.
IV. CONTENT
a. Proprietary Rights
User acknowledges that the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website contains Content that
are protected by copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other proprietary
rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms, media
and technologies existing now or hereinafter developed. All Content is
copyrighted as a collective work under the U.S. copyright laws, and Sunshine Greenhouses.com
owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement, and enhancement
of such Content. User may not modify, remove, delete, augment, add to,
publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative
works from, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part.
If no specific restrictions are displayed, Users may make copies of select
portions of the Content, provided that the copies are made only for User's
personal use and that User maintains any notices contained in the Content,
such as all copyright notices, trademark legends, or other proprietary
rights notices. Except as provided in the preceding sentence or as permitted
by the fair use privilege under the U.S. copyright laws (see, e.g., 17
U.S.C. Section 107), User may not upload, post, reproduce, or distribute
in any way Content protected by copyright, or other proprietary right,
without obtaining permission of the owner of the copyright or other propriety
right. In addition to the foregoing, use of any software Content shall
be governed by the software license agreement accompanying such software.
b. Distribution/Uploading Of Third-Party Content
Except as set forth in paragraph a. above, User may upload to or otherwise
distribute on the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website only Content that is not subject
to any copyright or other proprietary rights protection (collectively,
"Public Content"), or Content in which the author has given
express authorization for distribution on the World Wide Web. Any copyrighted
or other proprietary Content distributed with the consent of a copyright
owner should contain a phrase such as "Copyright, owned by [name
of owner]; used by permission." The unauthorized submission or distribution
of copyrighted or other proprietary Content is illegal and could subject
the User to criminal prosecution as well as personal liability for damages
in a civil suit. User will be liable for any damage resulting from any
infringement of copyrights or proprietary rights, or from any other harm
arising from such submission. No Sunshine Greenhouses.com Provider will be liable
for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights or proprietary
rights, or from any other harm arising from such User submission. In compliance
with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Users and other persons can
report an infringement to Sunshine Greenhouses.com at web@Sunshine Greenhouses.com. By submitting
Content to any User-submit areas, including, without limitation, any User
book reviews or participation in any author chats, User automatically
grants, or warrants that the owner of such Content has expressly granted
Sunshine Greenhouses.com Providers, the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, right
and license to use, reproduce, publish, translate, sublicense, copy, and
distribute the Content in whole or in part worldwide and/or to incorporate
it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter
developed for the full term of any copyright that may exist in such Content.
User also permits any other User to access, store, or reproduce the Content
for that User's personal use. Subject to this grant, the owner of Content
placed on the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website retains any and all rights which
may exist in such Content.
c. Third-Party Content
Sunshine Greenhouses.com is a distributor and not a publisher of Content supplied
by third parties and Users. Sunshine Greenhouses.com has no more editorial control
over such Content than does a public library or newsstand. Any opinions,
advice, statements, services, offers, or other information that constitutes
part of Content expressed or made available by third parties, including
any other User, are those of the respective authors or distributors and
not of Sunshine Greenhouses.com or its affiliates or any of their officers, directors,
employees, or agents. No Sunshine Greenhouses.com Provider guarantees the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of any Content, nor its merchantability or
fitness for any particular purpose. In many instances, the Content available
through the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website represents the opinions and judgments
of the respective third party providing such Content. Sunshine Greenhouses.com
neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of
any opinion, advice, or statement made on the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website
by anyone other than Sunshine Greenhouses.com. Under no circumstances shall Sunshine Greenhouses.com,
or its affiliates, or any of their officers, directors, employees, or
agents be liable for any loss, damage or harm caused by a User's reliance
on information obtained through the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website. It is the
responsibility of User to evaluate the information, opinion, advice, or
other Content available through the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website.
d. Export
The U.S. export control laws regulate the export and reexport of technology
originating in the United States. This includes the electronic transmission
of information and software to foreign countries and to certain foreign
nationals. User agrees to abide by these laws and their regulations --
including but not limited to the Export Administration Act and the Arms
Export Control Act and not to transfer, by electronic transmission or
otherwise, any Content derived from the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website to either
a foreign national or a foreign destination in violation of such laws.
V. AGE OF USERS
Sunshine Greenhouses.com does not intend the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website to be used
by minors under the age of 13. Furthermore, Sunshine Greenhouses.com does not market
the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website for use by minors under the age of 13. Sunshine Greenhouses.com
relies upon parents or guardians of Users under the age of 18 to determine
if any content or items available on the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website are appropriate
for view or access by such Users.
VI. TERMINATION OF USAGE
Sunshine Greenhouses.com may suspend or terminate any User's access to all or any
part of the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website including any account thereon, without
notice, for any reason in Sunshine Greenhouses.com's sole discretion, including
without limitation Sunshine Greenhouses.com's belief that such access would violate
any applicable law or would be harmful to the interests of any Sunshine Greenhouses.com
Provider or another User.
VII. PASSWORD SECURITY
Every User is responsible for (i) keeping such User's Sunshine Greenhouses.com
account password confidential and (ii) restricting access to such User's
computer. Each User agrees to accept full responsibility for all activities
that occur within such User's Sunshine Greenhouses.com account.
VIII. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com WEBSITE IS PROVIDED BY Sunshine Greenhouses.com PROVIDERS ON
AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH Sunshine Greenhouses.com PROVIDER DISCLAIMS
ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NO Sunshine Greenhouses.com PROVIDER MAKES ANY
REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED: (I) AS TO
THE OPERATION OF THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com WEBSITE, OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT,
MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED THEREON; (II) THAT THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com
WEBSITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; (III) AS TO THE ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, OR CURRENCY OF ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE
PROVIDED THROUGH THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com WEBSITE; OR (IV) THAT THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com
WEBSITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM OR ON BEHALF OF Sunshine Greenhouses.com
ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.
NO Sunshine Greenhouses.com PROVIDER GUARANTEES THE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED
OR SECURE ACCESS TO THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com WEBSITE OR ANY RELATED SERVICES.
THE OPERATION OF THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com WEBSITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY
NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE THE CONTROL OF ANY Sunshine Greenhouses.com PROVIDER.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL ANY Sunshine Greenhouses.com PROVIDER BE LIABLE FOR
ANY DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com
WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RELIANCE BY A USER ON ANY INFORMATION
OBTAINED FROM THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com WEBSITE OR THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES,
OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS, DELETION OF FILES OR EMAIL, ERRORS, DEFECTS,
VIRUSES, DELAYS IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, OR ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE,
WHETHER OR NOT RESULTING FROM ACTS OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT,
DESTRUCTION, OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO Sunshine Greenhouses.com'S RECORDS, PROGRAMS,
OR SERVICES. USER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL APPLY
TO ALL CONTENT, MERCHANDISE, AND SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com
WEBSITE.
NO Sunshine Greenhouses.com PROVIDER WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE Sunshine Greenhouses.com
WEBSITE OR THE PURCHASE OF ANY PRODUCT THEREFROM, EVEN IF SUCH Sunshine Greenhouses.com
PROVIDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR
THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO
A USER, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS
MAY NOT APPLY TO SUCH USER, AND SUCH USER MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
IX. SEVERABILITY
The provisions of these Terms of Use are intended to be severable. If
for any reason any provision of these Terms of Use shall be held invalid
or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity
or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability
thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in
any jurisdiction.
X. APPLICABLE LAW; JURISDICTION
This site is created and controlled by Sunshine Greenhouses.com in the State of
New York. As such, the laws of the State of New York will govern these
Terms of Use, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of
laws.
User hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Idaho and of the
United States of America located in the State of Idaho for any litigation
arising out of or relating to use of or purchase made through the Sunshine Greenhouses.com
Website (and agrees not to commence any litigation relating thereto except
in such courts), waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such
litigation in the New York Courts and agrees not to plead or claim in
any New York Court that such litigation brought therein has been brought
in an inconvenient forum.
XI. BINDING ARBITRATION
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Terms of Use
(including any breach thereof), the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website, any Content
or any item purchased from the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website shall be settled
by confidential arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association
under its Commercial Arbitration Rules (including without limitation the
Supplementary Procedures for Consumer-Related Disputes), and judgment
on the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated
on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated with any claim or
controversy of any other party. The foregoing shall not preclude Sunshine Greenhouses.com
from seeking any injunctive relief in State or Federal courts for protection
of Sunshine Greenhouses.com's or Sunshine Greenhouses.com licensor's intellectual property
rights, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.
XII. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Terms of Use, including all documents referenced herein, represents
the entire understanding between User and Sunshine Greenhouses.com regarding User's
relationship with Sunshine Greenhouses.com and supersedes any prior statements
or representations. When using the Sunshine Greenhouses.com Website or making a
purchase there from, USER AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE.
XIII. MODIFICATION
Sunshine Greenhouses.com reserves the right to make changes to the Sunshine Greenhouses.com
Website, posted policies and these Terms of Use at any time without notice.
These Terms of Use were last revised on April 11, 2003
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