THESE TERMS OF USE GOVERN YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE ("Site"). BY ACCESSING THE SITE, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS OF USE. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY.
1. Scope; Changes. These Terms of Use represent the entire Agreement between Gaiaboom, ("we", "our" and "us") and you, superseding prior agreements concerning the same subject matter. WE MAY CHANGE THESE TERMS OF USE AT ANY TIME. WE URGE YOU TO REVIEW THESE TERMS OF USE EACH TIME YOU VISIT THE SITE. BY ACCESSING THE SITE AFTER A CHANGE TO THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU WILL HAVE ACCEPTED THE CHANGES.
2. Personal Information; Privacy. See our Privacy Policy for our policy regarding the collection and use of personal information. You agree that we may collect and use the visitor information described in our Privacy Policy on the terms and conditions provided in our Privacy Policy.
3. Materials and Restrictions. All materials (except for the "Listings") on this Site are owned and controlled by us. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, distribute and/or create derivative works from the Materials in any way. Any use of any Material in violation of the preceding sentence is a violation of our and third party intellectual property rights and is prohibited by these Terms of Use.
4. Links to Third Party Websites ("Listings"). Many links on this Site will let you leave our Site (in a new browser window). The linked sites are not under our control and we are not responsible for the contents of any linked website or any link contained as a linked website or any changes or updates to such websites. We provide these links to you only as a service, and although we check every link before it gets included in our directory, the inclusion of any link does not imply our endorsement of the website. Also we cannot guarantee the proper functioning of any such link, meaning we are not responsible for the link ending up broken. When we include a link, we check for its functioning and only include functioning links, which doesn't mean that it can't be broken the next day/week/months, etc. In that case, please use the red broken link button to report the broken link to us.
5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL GAIABOOM, OR ITS PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES IN THE NATURE OF OR RELATING TO LOST BUSINESS, LOST SAVINGS, LOST DATA AND/OR LOST PROFITS ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF, RELIANCE UPON, OR INABILITY TO USE THE WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE AND WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT (INCLUDING FUNDAMENTAL BREACH), TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE. THE FOREGOING LIMITATION SHALL APPLY EVEN IF Gaiaboom KNEW OF OR OUGHT TO HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
6. Governing Law. This website is operated by Gaiaboom from within the State of Oregon, USA and from within Sweden. By accessing or using the website, you agree that all matters relating to your access to, or use of, the website and its Content shall be governed by the laws of the the State of Oregon, USA and the laws of Sweden, without regard to conflict of laws principles.
7. Severability; No Waiver. If any provision of these Terms of Use, or their application to any person, place, or circumstance, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unenforceable or void, the remainder of these Terms of Use and such provisions as applied to other persons, places and circumstances shall remain in full force and effect. Neither our failure nor our delay in exercising, enforcing or taking action against you with respect to any of our rights or powers shall operate as a waiver of such powers or rights. No single or partial exercise by us of any of our powers or rights will preclude us from exercising such powers and rights in the future or from exercising other powers and rights.
PRIVACY POLICY
For the purposes of this Policy, "Personal Information" means any information, recorded in any form, about an identified individual, or an individual whose identity may be inferred or determined from the information. This policy does not cover "Aggregated Information" which is any information, recorded in any form, about more than one individual where the identity of the individuals is not known and cannot be inferred from the information. Gaiaboom retains the right to use Aggregated Information in any way that it determines appropriate.
Using contractual or other arrangements, Gaiaboom shall ensure that agents, contractors or other third party service providers, who may receive Personal Information in the course of providing services to Gaiaboom as a part of our delivery of services, protect that Personal Information in a manner consistent with the principles articulated in this Policy Statement.
Collection, Use & Disclosure of Personal Information
Your provision of Personal Information to Gaiaboom means that you agree and consent that we may collect, use and disclose your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, you are hereby requested not to provide any Personal Information to Gaiaboom. Unfortunately, certain services can only be offered if you provide Personal Information to Gaiaboom. Consequently, if you choose not to provide us with any required Personal Information, Gaiaboom may not be able to offer you those services.
Gaiaboom does not sell, trade, barter, lease or exchange for consideration any Personal Information it has obtained. Unless permitted by law, no Personal Information is collected about an individual, without first obtaining the consent of the individual to the collection, use and dissemination of that information.
Personal Information will be collected, to the extent possible, directly from the individual.
Please note that there are circumstances where the use and/or disclosure of Personal Information may be justified or permitted or where Gaiaboom is obliged to disclose information without consent. Such circumstances may include:
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Where required by law or by order or requirement of a court, administrative agency or other governmental tribunal;
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Where Gaiaboom believes, upon reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of an identifiable person or group;
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Where the information is public.
Where obliged or permitted to disclose information without consent, Gaiaboom will not disclose more information than is required.
Accuracy
Gaiaboom endeavors to ensure that any Personal Information provided and in its possession is as accurate, current and complete as necessary for the purposes for which Gaiaboom uses that information.
Retention
Gaiaboom keeps Personal Information only as long as it is required for the reasons it was collected. The length of time we retain information varies, depending on the service and the nature of the information. This period may extend beyond the end of a person's relationship with us but it will be only for so long as it is necessary for us to have sufficient information to respond to any issues that may arise at a later date. When your Personal Information is no longer required for Gaiaboom purposes, we have procedures to destroy, delete, erase or convert it into an anonymous form.
Security
Gaiaboom endeavors to maintain adequate physical, procedural and technical security with respect to its offices and information storage so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of Personal Information.
Gaiaboom further protects Personal Information by restricting access to it to those employees who the management of Gaiaboom has determined need to know that information in order that Gaiaboom may provide its services.
Collection of Other Information
Our Web servers track general information about visitors such as their domain name, IP address, browser type, and time of visit. Gaiaboom Web servers also collects and aggregates information regarding which pages are being accessed. This information is used internally, only in aggregate form, to better serve visitors by helping us to:
Amendment of this Privacy Policy
This policy is in effect as of November 1, 2008. From time to time, Gaiaboom will review and may or may not make revisions to the Privacy Policy and or its privacy practices. You are advised to return and review this policy each time you visit Gaiaboom Website in the event of any amendment. Policy changes will apply to the information collected from the date of posting of the revised Privacy Policy to Gaiaboom Website as well as to existing information held by Gaiaboom .
Questions
In the event an individual has questions or concerns about access to Personal Information; the collection, use, management or disclosure of Personal Information; or this Privacy Policy, that person should contact us by clicking here to go to our contact page.
