Terms and Conditions for Cobblestone Life
Created and Effective January 1, 2020
Agreement between User and www.cobblestonelife.com
Welcome to www.cobblestonelife.com. The www.cobblestonelife.com website (the "Site") is comprised of various web pages operated by Cobblestone Life ("Cobblestone Life"). www.cobblestonelife.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the Terms"). Your used of www.cobblestonelife.com consitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.
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www.cobblestonelife.com is a Forum/Online Discussion and Blog site.
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Cobblestone Life is a blog and online forum community designed to join others together in a place of uplifting encouragement connected to real life experiences which can help and aid others in their lives.
Privacy
The use of www.cobblestonelife.com is subject to Cobblestone Life's Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy, found here, which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices.
Electronic Communications
Visiting www.cobblestonelife.com or sending emails to Cobblestone Life constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email, and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Your Account
If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that Cobblestone Life is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. Cobblestone Life and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service , terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.
Children Under Thirteen
Cobblestone Life does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 18, you may use www.cobblestonelife.com only with the permission of a parent or guardian.
Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services
www.cobblestonelife.com may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Cobblestone Life and Cobblestone Life is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained on a linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Cobblestone Life is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Cobblestone Life or the site or any association with its operators.
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Certain services made available via www.cobblestonelife.com are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the qqq.cobblestonelife.com com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Cobblestone Life may share such information and data with any third party with whom Cobblestone Life has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service, or functionality on behalf of www.cobblestonelife.com users and customers.
No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property
You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use www.cobblestonelife.com strictly i accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to Cobblestone Life that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.
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All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Cobblestone Life or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual propertyand proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends, or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.
You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. Cobblestone Life content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Cobblestone Life and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Cobblestone Life or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.
Use of Communication Services
The Site may contain blletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with the public at large or with a group (collectlively, "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to the particular Communication Service.
By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service you will not: defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights to privacy and publicity) of others; publish, post, upload distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information; uplaid files that contain software or other materials protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights theretoor have recieved all necessary consents; upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer; advertise or offer ro sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages conduct or forward surveys, contests, pyramid schemes or chain letters; download any file posted by another user of a Comunication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner; falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded; restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services; violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service; harvest or otherwise collect information about others including email addresse without their consent; violate any applicable laws or regulations.
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Cobblestone Life has no obligation to monitor the Communication Servides. However, Cobblestone Life reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Cobblestone Life reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication services at any time without notice for any reason whatsoever.
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Cobblestone Life reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials in whole or in part in Cobblestone's Life's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information abot yourself or your children in any Communication Service. Cobblestone Life does not control or endorse the content, messages, or information found in any Communications Services and, therefore, Cobblestone Life specifically disclaims any liablity with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service. Managers and hosts are not authorized. Cobblestone Life spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Cobblestone Life.
Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dessemination. You are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you upload the materials.
Materials Provided to www.cobblestonelife.com or Posted on Any Cobblestone Life Web Page
Cobblestone Life does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to www.cobblestonelife.com (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input, or submit to any Cobblestone Life Site or our associated services (collectively "Submissions). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission you are granting Cobblestone LIfe, our affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses including, without limitation, the rights to:copy distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate, and reformat your Submission; and to publish your name in connection with your Submission.
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No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Cobblestone Life is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and may remove any Submission at any time in Cobblestone Life's sole discretion.
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By Posting, uploading, inputting, providing, or submitting your Submission you warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your Submission as described in tis section including, without limitation, all the rights necessary for you to provide, post, upload, input, or submit the Submission.
Third Party Accounts
You will be able to connect your Cobblestone Life account to third party accounts. By connecting your Cobblestone Life account to your third party account, you acknowledge and agree that you are consenting to the continuous release of information about you to others (in accordance with your privacy setting on those third party sites). If you do not want information about you to be shared in this manner, do not use this feature.
International Users
The service is controlled, operated, and administered by Cobblestone Life from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Cobblestone Life Content accessed through www.cobblestonelife.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by an applicable laws, restrictions, or regulations.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Cobblestone Life, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) relating to or arising our of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any ser postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violationof any rights of a thrid party, or your violation of any applicatble laws, rules or regulations. Cobblestone Life reserves the right at its own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Cobblestone LIfe in asserting any available.
Arbitration
In the event the parties are not able to resolve any dispute between them arising out of or concerning these Terms and Conditions, or any provisions hereof, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise at law or in equity for damages or any other relief, then such despute shall be resolved only by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act, conducted by a single neutral arbitrator and administered by the American Arbitration Association , or a similar arbitration service selected by the parties, in Shelby County, Alabama. The arbitrator's award shall be final, and judgeent may be entered upon it in any court having jurisdiction. In the event that any legal or equitable action, proceeding or arbitration arises out of or concerns these Terms and Conditions, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its costs and reasonable attorney's fees. The parties agree to arbitrate all disputes and claims in regards to these Terms and Conditions or any disputes arising as a result of these Terms and Conditions, whether directly or indirectly, including Tort claims that are a result of these Terms and Conditions. The parties agree that the Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this provision. The entire dispute , including the scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision shall be determined by the Arbitrator. This arbitration provision shall survive the termination of these Terms and Conditions.
Liability Disclaimer
The information, software, products, and services included in or available through the site may include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the informations herein. Cobblestone Life andor its suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in the site at any time.
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Cobblestone Life and/or its suppliers make no representations about the suitability, reliability, availability, timeliness, and accuracy of the information, software, products, services, and related graphics contained on the site for any purpose. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, all such information, software, products, services, and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty or condition of any kind. Cobblestone life an/or its suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, software, products, services, and related graphics, including all implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness, for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Cobblestone LIfe and/or its suppliers be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any damages whatsoever including , without limitation, damages for loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in any way connected with the use or performance of the site, with the delay or inability to use the site or related services, the provision of or failure to provide services, or for any information, software, products, sevices and related graphics obtained through the site, or otherwise arising out of the use of the site, whether based on contract, tort, negligence, strict liability otherwise, even if Cobblestone Life or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages. Because some sates/ jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you. If you are dissatisfied with any portion of the site, or with any of these terms of use, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the site.
Termination/Access Restriction
Cobblestone Life reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws in the State of Alabama and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in Alabama in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site in unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitations this section.
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You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Cobblestone life as a result of this agreement or use of the site. Cobblestone Life's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Cobblestone Life's right to comply with govvernmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by Cobblestone Life with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warrenty disclaimers and liability limitations ser for th above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the reaminder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
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Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Cobblestone Life with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Cobblestone Life with respect to the Site. A printable version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.
Changes to Terms
Cobblestone LIfe reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which www.cobblestonelife.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Cobblestone Life encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.
Changes to Terms
Cobblestone Life welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:
You are welcome to contact using the contact page here.
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Blessings,
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Cobblestone Life
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