TERMS OF USE/PRIVACY POLICY:

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Please note that all website design, text, graphics, Ads, the selection and arrangement thereof, and all software are Copyright 2007-2012 by LOL Dudez, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Any use of materials on this website, including reproduction, modification, distribution or republication, without the prior written consent of LOL Dudez, LLC, is strictly prohibited.

NOTE: We strongly enforce our copyrights, and any entity found using our original work without permission will not only receive a Takedown Notice, but will be subjected to an Opinion Piece posted on our website calling you out on it. Be forewarned.

We also will strongly enforce all legal rights when other so-called “local blogs” use illegal and unethical cyber-squatting and re-directing techniques that abuse our hard-earned local branding.

Web Site Terms and Conditions of Use
1. Terms
By accessing this web site, you are agreeing to be bound by these web site Terms and Conditions of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. All materials contained in this web site are protected by applicable copyright and trade mark law.

2. Use License

1. Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on LOL Dudez, LLC’s web site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:
   1. modify or copy the materials;
   2. use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
   3. attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on LOL Dudez, LLC’s web site;
   4. remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
   5. transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.
2. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by LOL Dudez, LLC at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

3. Disclaimer

1. The materials on LOL Dudez, LLC’s web site are provided “as is”. LOL Dudez, LLC makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, LOL Dudez, LLC does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its Internet web site or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

4. Limitations
In no event shall LOL Dudez, LLC or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption,) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on LOL Dudez, LLC’s Internet site, even if LOL Dudez, LLC or a LOL Dudez, LLC authorized representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

5. Revisions and Errata
The materials appearing on LOL Dudez, LLC’s web site could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. LOL Dudez, LLC does not warrant that any of the materials on its web site are accurate, complete, or current. LOL Dudez, LLC may make changes to the materials contained on its web site at any time without notice. LOL Dudez, LLC does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

6. Links
LOL Dudez, LLC has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its Internet web site and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by LOL Dudez, LLC of the site. Use of any such linked web site is at the user’s own risk.

7. Comments and Commenters
While we allow the use of Pseudonyms and Anonymous Comments, LOL Dudez, LLC reserves the right to delete Comments placed by Readers that it considers offensive or libelous. We reserve the right to ban Commenters we deem inappropriate. We encourage all our Readers to keep all conversations and Comments civil at all times. We reserve the right, without warning or notification, to remove comments and suspend users judged to violate these terms. We monitor these conversations, and Users can also alert us to offensive content by emailing editor@b-townblog.com.

8. Site Terms of Use Modifications
LOL Dudez, LLC may revise these terms of use for its web site at any time without notice. By using this web site you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.

9. Governing Law
Any claim relating to LOL Dudez, LLC’s web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of Washington without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

General Terms and Conditions applicable to Use of a Web Site.

Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.

• Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
• We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
• We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
• We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
• Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
• We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
• We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
• We collect only the domain name, but not the e-mail address of visitors to our Web page, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.
• The only instances where we collect email addresses is when a visitor “opts-in” to our Newsletter, and in these instances, this information is used only for newsletter emailings.
• We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
• Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
• Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.

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We can be reached via e-mail at editor@b-townblog.com or by telephone at (206) 248-2565.