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Privacy Policy

The privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which this website collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the http://www.LakewoodInformer.com website (“Site”). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by Site.

If you are located in the EU, you will also be asked to provide clear and unequivocal affirmative consent to the collection, processing, and sharing of your user information via cookies and similar technologies.

Notice to EU Individuals: this Privacy Statement and its enumerated policies are intended to comply with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (the “General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR”) and provide appropriate protection and care with respect to the treatment of your user information in accordance with the GDPR.

Personal Identification Information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our Site, register on the Site, place an order, subscribe to the newsletter, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and credit card information.

We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

Non-personal Identification Information

We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.

Cookies

We allow third-party companies to collect certain information when you visit this Site. These companies may utilize cookies, pixels or other technologies to collect and use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., hashed data, click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. 

Third party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s browsing history. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads based on User’s visit to this Site and/or other websites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting adssettings.google.com/authenticated

Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to Users based on their visit to our Site and other websites on the Internet. DART uses “non personally identifiable information” and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

For EU individuals, essential cookies also help inform Site whether you require, or have already been served, an affirmative consent request in connection with the GDPR. Essential cookies include analytics cookies, which provide us data that allows Site to better understand its users and improve the Site based on what we have learned from that data.

Third Party Websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

How we use collected information

This Site collects and uses Users’ personal information for the following purposes:

  • To improve customer service; Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
  • To personalize user experience; We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site.
  • To improve our Site; We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
  • To process transactions; We may use the information Users provide about themselves when placing an order only to provide service to that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to provide the service.
  • To administer a content, promotion, survey or other Site feature
  • To send Users information they agreed to receive about topics we think will be of interest to them.
  • To send periodic emails

The email address Users provide may also be used to respond to their inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

If User decides to opt-in to our mailing list, they will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc. We do not rent, sell or barter your email address to third parties. If at any time the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, simply click the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email.

Site may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law such as to comply with a subpoena or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to conform to the edicts of the law, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process served on Site or to protect and defend the rights or property of Site.

Notice to EU Individuals: As outlined in this Privacy Statement, Site will not process your user information without a lawful basis to do so, as such bases are defined in Article 6 of the GDPR. In general, Site will process your user information on the legal bases of consent, contract (if you have entered into an agreement with us and such processing is a necessary part thereof), or legal obligation (as noted above). Site may also process certain user information on the basis of the following legitimate interests, provided that such interests are not overridden by your privacy rights and interests: delivering and continuing to develop and improve the Site, learning from your behavior on the Site (e.g., analyzing traffic) to better serve you and other Site users, helping us modify or enhance the Site and its content, receiving insight as to what users do (and don’t) like about our Site or aspects thereof, and providing a stable, consistent, and secure user experience in connection with the Site.

How We Protect Your Information

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site.

Cross-border Transfers

Your user information may be transferred to other countries in connection with your use of the Site. If you access or use the Site outside of the United States, your user information will be transferred to our servers in the United States.

Copyright

All content on this Site is copyrighted. Reposting and reuse are permissible only with the expressed permission. Copyright.gov offers guidelines regarding what actions exceed the scope of “fair use.”

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Site has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your Acceptance of These Terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, please feel free to contact us.

Terms

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) govern your use of all web sites or mobile web sites owned or operated by LakewoodInformer.com, including the web site currently located at http://www.LakewoodInformer.com (the “Site”), any applications (e.g., iPhone applications, iPad applications, Android applications, etc.) offered by LakewoodInformer.com, and any other applications, interactive features, widgets and resources offered by LakewoodInformer.com through traditional Internet websites, mobile devices or other platforms (all of which are collectively referred to as the “Services”). By using the Site or Services, you agree to these Terms.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Site or the Services.

2. Additional Terms

Your use of certain Services may be subject to additional terms and conditions (“Additional Terms”). Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, we will make them available for you to read through your use of that Service. By using such Services, you agree to the Additional Terms.

4. Use of the Site and Services

You are responsible for your use of the Site and Services, and for any use of the Site or Services made using your account. Our goal is to create a positive and safe community experience. To promote this goal, we prohibit certain kinds of conduct that may be harmful to other users or to the Site. When you use the Site or Services, you may not:

  • violate any law or regulation;
  • violate or infringe other people’s intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other legal rights;
  • transmit anything that is illegal, abusive, harassing, harmful to reputation, pornographic, indecent, profane, obscene, hateful, racist, or otherwise objectionable;
  • send unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or commercial communications, such as spam;
  • transmit any malicious or unsolicited software;
  • stalk, harass, or harm another individual;
  • impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with someone else; 
  • use any means to “scrape,” “crawl,” or “spider” any Web pages contained in the Site (although the Site may allow operators of public search engines to use spiders to index materials from the Site for the sole purpose of creating publicly available searchable indices of the materials, but not caches or archives of such materials, and the Site reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific cases); 
  • use automated methods to use the Site or Services in a manner that sends more requests to the servers in a given period of time than a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional Web browser; or
  • interfere with or disrupt the Site or Services.

5. User Content

You own all content and information you post or share using the Site or Services (referred to as “User Content”), such as emailed article content, posting comments, photos and profile information. You give LakewoodInformer.com permission to use your User Content as follows: you grant to LakewoodInformer.com and its affiliates a license to use, copy, display and perform your User Content in connection with the Site and Services. We may display advertisements in connection with your User Content or on pages where your User Content may be viewed by you or others and we may use your User Content to advertise and promote LakewoodInformer.com, the Site or the Services. Our license to your User Content is non-exclusive, meaning you may use the User Content for your own purposes or let others use your User Content for their purposes. Our license to your User Content is fully-paid and royalty free, meaning we do not owe you anything else in connection with our use of your User Content. We may exercise our rights anywhere in the world. Finally, our license is perpetual, meaning that our license lasts for an indefinite period of time.

You promise that:

  • you own all rights to your User Content or, alternatively, that you have the right to give LakewoodInformer.com the rights described above; 
  • you have paid and will pay in full any fees or other payments that may be related to the use of your User Content; and
  • your User Content does not infringe the intellectual property rights, privacy rights, publicity rights, or other legal rights of any third party.

We may refuse to accept or transmit User Content. We may remove User Content from the Site or Services for any reason.

6. Accuracy of Data

We make no claims or promises about the quality, accuracy, or reliability of any content available on or through the Site or Services. LakewoodInformer.com is not liable for any loss or damage that might arise from your reliance on any content available on or through the Site or Services.

7. Ownership; Republication Permission

Other than User Content, we own or license the content on the Site and Services, including software, text, visual and audio content (“Content”), LakewoodInformer.com trademarks, trade names, logos, and brand elements (“LakewoodInformer.com Marks”) and the trademarks, trade names, logos and brand elements of third party goods and services that may be offered on the Site or through the Services (“Third-Party Marks”). The Content, LakewoodInformer.com Marks and Third-Party Marks are protected under U.S. and international laws.  Except pursuant to applicable law, or as expressly provided in the following paragraphs regarding permission to republish excerpts of articles (hereinafter “Republication Permission”), you may not reproduce, publish, republish, display, copy, use, distribute, create derivative works from, or otherwise exploit any LakewoodInformer.com Marks, Third-Party Marks, articles or Content from the Site, without obtaining our prior written consent. 

You may republish an excerpt of the text of any article appearing on the Site without obtaining our prior written consent, provided that all of the following Republication Permission conditions are met: 

  • the excerpt must consist of no more than 125 words of any article;
  • the excerpt must be republished in the same form as originally published on the Site (i.e., the first 125 or less words of the article), and may not be rearranged, reworded, paraphrased, edited, quoted in piecemeal or otherwise republished out of context or in a manner that changes its meaning;
  • you must include a prominent byline attributing the article’s author and indicating that it is published at www.LakewoodInformer.com (e.g., “Written by John Doe at www.LakewoodInformer.com“);
  • the excerpt must come from an article on the Site that is credited to us or our contributors (i.e., the permission does not apply with respect to articles credited to the Associated Press or other third-party providers);
  • You may not republish any article in its entirety on another website.
  • you are not in violation of these Terms and have not received a notice from us informing you that you may no longer publish excerpts of our articles pursuant to the Republication Permission.  

We reserve the right to (1) revoke our Republication Permission as to all users by posting revised Terms on the Site; (2) to inform you that you may no longer publish excerpts of our articles pursuant to the Republication Permission even though the Republication Permission process remains available to our other users; (3) require you to remove any or all of the excerpts which you republished based upon the Republication Permission; and (4) change or discontinue any or all segments of the Site without notice.   Please note that the foregoing permissions expressly exclude the right to republish any photographs, pictures or images taken from the Site.  If you would like to request our written consent for any republication that does not meet all of the foregoing requirements, or if you have any questions about our permissions process, please contact us at thedesk@LakewoodInformer.com.  

8. Feedback

We always welcome and appreciate your feedback and suggestions. You understand that we cannot necessarily respond to or implement feedback or suggestions, but if we do, you understand and agree that we may use them without compensation to you.

9. Digital Millennium Copyright Act

LakewoodInformer.com respects the intellectual property rights of others. Upon proper notice, LakewoodInformer.com will remove User Content or other applicable content that violates copyright law and terminate the accounts of repeat infringers. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512, LakewoodInformer.com has implemented procedures for receiving written notification of claimed copyright infringement and for processing such claims in accordance with such law. If you believe your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please send thedesk@LakewoodInformer.com a notification of claimed infringement with all of the following information:

  • identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works; 
  • identification of the claimed infringing material and information reasonably sufficient to permit LakewoodInformer.com to locate the material on the Site; 
  • information reasonably sufficient to permit LakewoodInformer.com to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address; 
  • a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; 
  • a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notification is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf; and 
  • your physical or electronic signature. 

10. Privacy

LakewoodInformer.com respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose information about you.

11. Links

Our Site and Services may contain links to other Web sites. A link to a third party’s Web site does not mean that we endorse it or that we are affiliated with it. We are not responsible or liable for any damage or loss related to the use of any third-party Web site. You should always read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of a third-party Web site before using it.

12. Changes and Corrections to the Site or Services

LakewoodInformer.com enhances and updates its Site and Services often. We may change or discontinue the Site or any Services, with or without notice to you. LakewoodInformer.com reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions (including after an order has been submitted) and to change or update information at any time without prior notice.

13. Termination

We reserve the right not to provide the Site or Services to any user. We also reserve the right to terminate any user’s right to access the Site or Services at any time, in our discretion. If you violate any of these Terms, your permission to use the Site and Services automatically terminates.

14. Disclaimer and Limitations on Our Liability

YOU USE THE SITE AND SERVICES AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SITE AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, LakewoodInformer.com AND ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, MANAGERS, MEMBERS, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, CORPORATE AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS (REFERRED TO COLLECTIVELY AS “AFFILIATES”) DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE SITE AND SERVICES (INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT).

IN PARTICULAR, LakewoodInformer.com AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY COMMENTS OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES) OR THE CONTENT OF ANY WEB SITES OR RESOURCES LINKED TO THE SITE OR SERVICES. LakewoodInformer.com AND ITS AFFILIATES WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY FOR ANY: (a) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT; (b) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES; (c) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SERVERS OR OF ANY PERSONAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION; (d) ANY INTERRUPTION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM THE SITE OR SERVICES; (e) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES BY ANY THIRD PARTY; OR (f) ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, E-MAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES.

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THESE TERMS OR IN ANY APPLICABLE ADDITIONAL TERMS, LakewoodInformer.com AND ITS AFFILIATES DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY THIRD PARTY PRODUCT OR SERVICE RECOMMENDED, ADVERTISED OR OFFERED FOR SALE ON OR THROUGH THE LakewoodInformer.com SITE OR SERVICES OR ANY LINKED WEB SITE.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER LakewoodInformer.com NOR ITS AFFILIATES WILL BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF REVENUES, PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF SUCH PARTIES WERE ADVISED OF, KNEW OF OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICES.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, some of the above limitations and disclaimers may not apply to you. To the extent LakewoodInformer.com may not, as a matter of applicable law, disclaim any implied warranty or limit its liabilities, the scope and duration of such warranty and the extent of LakewoodInformer.com’s liability will be the minimum permitted under such law.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless LakewoodInformer.com and its Affiliates from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, expenses, fees of any kind (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal costs), arising from or relating to: (a) any information (including your User Content, feedback or any other content) that you or anyone using your account submit, post, or transmit through the Site or Services; (b) the use of the Site or Services by you or anyone using your account; (c) the violation of these Terms by you or anyone using your account; or (d) the violation of any rights of any third party, including intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other proprietary rights by you or anyone using your account. LakewoodInformer.com reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. If we do assume the defense of such a matter, you will reasonably cooperate with LakewoodInformer.com in such defense.

16. Other Provisions

Under no circumstances will LakewoodInformer.com be held liable for any delay or failure in performance due in whole or in part to any acts of nature or other causes beyond its reasonable control.

These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to any conflict of laws rules or provisions.

Any controversy, claim, or dispute arising out of or related to these Terms (or the interpretation, performance, or breach of them), the Site or the Services, including but not limited to alleged violations of state or federal statutory or common law rights or duties (a “Dispute”) shall be solely and exclusively resolved according to the procedures set forth in this paragraph. If we are unable to resolve any Dispute through informal means, either party may initiate binding arbitration of such Dispute. The arbitration shall be initiated and conducted according to the JAMS/Endispute Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures in effect as of the date hereof, including the Optional Appeal Procedure provided for in such rules (the “Arbitration Rules”). The arbitration shall be conducted in New York, New York, before a single neutral arbitrator appointed in accordance with the Arbitration Rules. The arbitrator’s decision shall be controlled by these Terms and any of the other agreements, including any applicable Additional Terms. No Disputes may be arbitrated on a class or representative basis; arbitration can decide only the individual Dispute and the arbitrator may not consolidate or join the claims of other persons or parties who may be similarly situated. BY ENTERING INTO THESE TERMS, YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ANY RIGHT YOU MAY HAVE TO JOIN CLAIMS WITH THOSE OF OTHERS IN THE FORM OF A CLASS ACTION OR SIMILAR PROCEDURAL DEVICE. ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THESE TERMS MUST BE ASSERTED INDIVIDUALLY. The arbitrator shall not have the power to award punitive damages against any party.

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, void, or unenforceable, then that provision will be deemed severable from these Terms and will not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions.

The failure of LakewoodInformer.com to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not prevent LakewoodInformer.com from enforcing such right or provision in the future.

We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, a sale of assets or by operation of law.

18. Changes to these Terms

From time to time, we may change these Terms. If we change these Terms, we will inform you by posting the revised Terms on the Site. Those changes will go into effect on the Revision Date shown in the revised Terms. By continuing to use our Site or Services, you agree to the revised Terms. If you object to any such changes, your sole recourse shall be to cease using the Site and/or Services.

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