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Updated October 10, 2007
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These Terms of Service govern your use of Christian Writing Today (ChristianWritingToday.com). Your use of our site tells us you have read and agreed to these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy.

Christian Writing Today reserves the right to deny access to the site to any person who violates these Terms of Service. Registration. Registration is not required to view certain Content. However, you are required to register if you wish to post a comment or upload a video, or view certain other Content. If you become a Registered Member of Christian Writing Today, you accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your Registration Account. You agree to provide true, accurate, complete, and correct information at the time of registration, and to promptly update this information as needed so that it remains true, accurate, complete, and correct. We reserve the right to terminate your access and use of Christian Writing Today if individuals from more than one household access Christian Writing Today using any single Registration Account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and for restricting access to your computer so others outside your household may not access Christian Writing Today using your name in whole or in part without our permission. If you believe someone has accessed Christian Writing Today using your Registration Account and password without your authorization, immediately send us a Registration Trouble Report.

Use of Information by Christian Writing Today. You acknowledge, consent and agree that Christian Writing Today may preserve and disclose your Registration Account information and the contents of your online communications if required to do so by law, or in good faith belief that preservation and/or disclosure is reasonably necessary for the following purposes: (1) to comply with legal process, such as a court order, search warrant, or subpoena; (2) to enforce the terms of this Terms of Service; (3) to render service you request; (4) to protect the rights or property of Christian Writing Today, and its third party suppliers and licensors; or (5) in circumstances that we deem, in our sole discretion, to pose a threat to the safety of you or others.

User Content Representations and Warranties. By placing material on Christian Writing Today, including but not limited to posting content or communications to any Christian Writing Today bulletin board, forum, blogspace, message or chat area, or posting text, images, audio files or other audio-visual content to the site (”User Content”), you represent and warrant: (1) you own or otherwise have all necessary rights to the User Content you provide and the rights to provide it under these Terms of Service; and, (2) the User Content will not cause injury to any person or entity. Using a name other than your own legal name in association with the submission of User Content is prohibited (except in those specific areas of Christian Writing Today that specifically ask for unique, fictitious names).

User Content License. For all User Content you post, upload, or otherwise make available (”Provide”) to Christian Writing Today, you grant Christian Writing Today, its affiliates and related entities, Web sites, and broadcast media, a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and fully sub-licensable license to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, modify, adapt, translate, archive, store, and create derivative works from such User Content, in any form, format, or medium, of any kind now known or later developed. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, you authorize Christian Writing Today to share the User Content across all Web sites, and affiliated broadcast media, to include the User Content in a searchable format accessible by users of Christian Writing Today and other related Web sites, to place advertisements in close proximity to such User Content, and to use your name, likeness and any other information in connection with its use of the material you provide. You waive all moral rights with respect to any User Content you provide to Christian Writing Today. You also grant Christian Writing Today the right to use any material, information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in any communication you provide or otherwise submit to us for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to, commercial purposes, and developing, manufacturing and marketing commercial products using such information. All rights in this paragraph are granted without the need for additional compensation of any sort to you.

User Content Screening and Removal. You acknowledge that Christian Writing Today and/or its designees may or may not pre-screen User Content, and shall have the right (but not the obligation), in their sole discretion, to move, remove, block, edit, or refuse any User Content for any reason, including without limitation that such User Content violates these Terms of Service or is otherwise objectionable.

User Content Assumption of Risk. Christian Writing Today cannot and does not monitor or manage all User Content, and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of User Content. All User Content provided to Christian Writing Today is the sole responsibility of the person who provided it. This means that you are entirely responsible for all User Content that you provide. To protect your safety, please use your best judgment when using Christian Writing Today forums. We discourage divulging personal phone numbers and addresses or other information that can be used to identify or locate you. You acknowledge and agree that if you make such disclosures either through posting on any bulletin board, forum, blogspace, message or chat area, or uploading text, images, audio files or other audio-visual content, in classified advertising you place or in other interactive areas, or to third parties in any communication, you do so fully understanding that such information could be used to identify you.

User Content Posting Rules. Any decisions as to whether User Content violates any Posting Rule will be made by Christian Writing Today in its sole discretion and after we have actual notice of such posting. When you provide User Content, you agree to the following Posting Rules:

* If the photo or video depicts any children under the age of 13, you affirm that you have written permission from the child’s parent or guardian to provide the photo or video.

Do not provide User Content that:
* contains copyrighted or other proprietary material of any kind without the express permission of the owner of that material.

* contains vulgar, profane, abusive, racist or hateful language or expressions, epithets or slurs, text, photographs or illustrations in poor taste, inflammatory attacks of a personal, racial or religious nature.

* is defamatory, threatening, disparaging, grossly inflammatory, false, misleading, fraudulent, inaccurate, unfair, contains gross exaggeration or unsubstantiated claims, violates the privacy rights of any third party, is unreasonably harmful or offensive to any individual or community.

* violates any right of Christian Writing Today or any third party.

* discriminates on the grounds of race, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation or disability, or refers to such matters in any manner prohibited by law.

* violates or encourages the violation of any municipal, state, federal or international law, rule, regulation or ordinance.

* interferes with any third party’s uninterrupted use of Christian Writing Today.

* advertises, promotes or offers to trade any goods or services, except in areas specifically designated for such purpose.

* uses or attempt to use another’s Registration Account, password, service or system except as expressly permitted by the Terms of Service.

* uploads or transmits viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files, material or code.

* disrupts, interferes with, or otherwise harms or violates the security of Christian Writing Today, or any services, system resources, accounts, passwords, servers or networks connected to or accessible through Christian Writing Today or affiliated or linked sites.

* “flames” any individual or entity (e.g., sends repeated messages related to another user and/or makes derogatory or offensive comments about another individual), or repeats prior posting of the same message under multiple threads or subjects.

WARNING: A VIOLATION OF THESE POSTING RULES MAY BE REFERRED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

Unsolicited Material and Ideas. Christian Writing Today is not responsible for the similarity of any of its content or programming in any media to materials or ideas provided to Christian Writing Today. You acknowledge and agree that if you send any unsolicited materials or ideas, you do so with the understanding no additional consideration of any sort will be provided to you, and you are waiving any claim against Christian Writing Today and its affiliates regarding the use of such materials and ideas, even if material or an idea is used that is or may be substantially similar to the idea you sent.

Transactions and E-Commerce. During your visit to our site you may elect to engage in a transaction involving the purchase of a product such as a newspaper subscription, a print or online advertisement or other tangible goods and services. Credit card transactions and order fulfillment are often handled by a third party processing agent, bank or distribution institution. While in most cases transactions are completed without difficulty, there is no such thing as perfect security on the Internet or offline. If you are concerned about online credit card safety, in most cases a telephone number will be made available so you can call us and place your order by phone. Christian Writing Today cannot and does not take responsibility for the success or security of transactions undertaken or processed by third parties.

Advertisement Endorsement and Possible Errors in Ads. We do not endorse the products or services that appear in advertisements on our site. On occasion, a product or service may not be available at the time or the price as it appears in an advertisement. In such event, or in the event a product is listed at an incorrect price or with incorrect information due to typographical error, technology effort, error in the date or length of publication, or error in pricing or product information received from our advertisers or suppliers, you agree Christian Writing Today is not responsible for such errors or discrepancies.

Communications with Third Parties Through Christian Writing Today. Your dealings or communications through Christian Writing Today with any party other than Christian Writing Today are solely between you and that third party. For example, certain areas of Christian Writing Today may allow you to conduct transactions or purchase goods or services. In most cases, these transactions will be conducted by our third-party partners and vendors. Under no circumstances will Christian Writing Today be liable for any goods, services, resources or content available through such third party dealings or communications, or for any harm related thereto. Please review carefully that third party’s policies and practices and make sure you are comfortable with them before you engage in any transaction. Complaints, concerns or questions relating to materials provided by third parties should be directed to the third party.

During your visit to Christian Writing Today you may link to, or view as part of a frame, certain content that is actually created or hosted by a third party. Because Christian Writing Today has no control over third party sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Christian Writing Today is not responsible for the availability of external sites or resources, nor for the content, actions, or policies of those sites. Information you provide on such sites, including personal information and transactional information, is subject to the terms of service of those sites.

General Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability. While Christian Writing Today uses reasonable efforts to include accurate and up-to-date information, we make no warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the Content and assume no liability or responsibility for any error or omission in the Content. Christian Writing Today does not represent or warrant that use of any Content will not infringe rights of third parties. Christian Writing Today has no responsibility for actions of third parties or for content provided by others, including User Content.

USE OF CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. ALL CONTENT IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” NEITHER CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY, THE OWNER NOR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATED OR RELATED COMPANIES, NOR ANY OF THE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS OF ANY OF THEM, MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND REGARDING CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY, THE CONTENT, ANY ADVERTISING MATERIAL, INFORMATION, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY, AND/OR THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY OR SUCH CONTENT OR SERVICES. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WARRANTIES AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND WARRANTIES CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR FREE, ARE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED. CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY AND ITS AFFILIATES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR CONTENT POSTED BY THIRD PARTIES, ACTIONS OF ANY THIRD PARTY, OR FOR ANY DAMAGE TO, OR VIRUS THAT MAY INFECT, YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROPERTY.

CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY CONTAINS FACTS, VIEWS, OPINIONS, STATEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THIRD PARTY INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY DOES NOT REPRESENT OR ENDORSE THE ACCURACY, CURRENTNESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY ADVICE, OPINION, STATEMENT OR OTHER INFORMATION DISPLAYED, UPLOADED OR DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY. ANY RELIANCE UPON ANY SUCH OPINION, ADVICE, STATEMENT OR INFORMATION IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

IN NO EVENT SHALL CHRISTIAN WRITING TODAY OR ITS AFFILIATES, OWNERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES RELATED TO UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, THE CONTENT OR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL Christian Writing Today OR ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNT FOR DIRECT DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF $100.

Indemnity. You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Christian Writing Today and affiliated companies, and each of their respective partners, suppliers, licensors, officers, directors, shareholders, owners, employees, representatives, contractors and agents, and sub-licensees from any and all claims (including but not limited to claims for defamation, trade disparagement, privacy and intellectual property infringement) and damages (including attorneys’ fees and court costs) arising from or relating to any allegation regarding: (1) your use of Christian Writing Today; (2) Christian Writing Today’s use of any User Content or information you provide, as long as such use is not inconsistent with this Agreement; (3) information or material provided through your Registration Account, even if not posted by you; and (4) any violation of this Agreement by you.

International Users. Christian Writing Today is controlled, operated and administered by Christian Writing Today from its offices within the United States. Christian Writing Today makes no representation that materials or Content available through Christian Writing Today are appropriate or available for use outside the United States and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use Christian Writing Today or export the Content in violation of U.S. export laws and regulations. If you access Christian Writing Today from a location outside the United States, you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws.

Modifying these Terms. Christian Writing Today reserves the right to change these Terms of Service at any time in its discretion and to notify users of any such changes solely by changing these Terms of Service. Your continued use of Christian Writing Today after the posting of any amended Terms of Service shall constitute your agreement to be bound by any such changes. Your use of this site prior to the time these Terms of Service were posted will be governed according to the Terms of Service that applied at the time of your use.

Discontinuation of Service. Christian Writing Today may modify, suspend, discontinue or restrict the use of any portion of Christian Writing Today, including the availability of any portion of the Content at any time, without notice or liability. Christian Writing Today may deny access to any Registered Member or other user at any time for any reason. In addition, Christian Writing Today may at any time transfer rights and obligations under this Agreement to any affiliate, subsidiary or business unit, or any of their affiliated companies or divisions, or any entity that acquires Christian Writing Today or any of their assets.

Choice of Law. These Terms of Service will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. You hereby agree that any cause of action you may have with respect to Christian Writing Today must be filed in a federal or state court located in San Diego, California.

Statute of Limitations. You agree to file any claim regarding any aspect of this site or these Terms of Service within six months of the time in which the events giving rise to such claim began, or you agree to waive such claim. No Class Actions. You agree no claim subject to these Terms of Service may be brought as a class action.

Severability. If for any reason any provision of this Agreement is found unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the parties as reflected in that provision, and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

No Waiver. Any failure of Christian Writing Today to enforce or exercise any provision of this Agreement or related right shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision.

Section Titles. The section titles used in this Agreement are purely for convenience and carry with them no legal or contractual effect.

Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement for any reason, you agree the following provisions will survive: the provisions regarding limitations on your use of Content, the license(s) you have granted to Christian Writing Today, and all other provisions for which survival is equitable or appropriate.

Conflicts. In the case of a conflict between these terms and the terms of any electronic or machine readable statement or policy (for example, a P3P electronic privacy policy), these Terms of Service shall control. Similarly, in case of a conflict between these terms and our Privacy Policy, these Terms of Service control.

Privacy Policy

This is the web site of Christian Writing Today (ChristianWritingToday.com).

Our postal address is:
Christian Writing Today
475 W. Stetson Ave., Suite T231
Hemet, CA 92543

We can be reached via e-mail at mail [AT] ChristianWritingToday.com

For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes the consumer’s domain name (IP address).

We collect the domain name and e-mail address (where possible) of visitors to our Web page, the e-mail addresses of those who post messages to our bulletin board, the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us via e-mail, the e-mail addresses of those who make postings to our chat areas, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, user-specific information on what pages consumers access or visit, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations, name and address, telephone number, fax number, payment information (e.g., credit card number and billing address).

The information we collect is used to improve the content of our Web page, used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for each individual visitor, used to notify consumers about updates to our Web site, shared with other reputable organizations to help them contact consumers for marketing purposes, used by us to contact consumers for marketing purposes, not shared with other organizations for commercial purposes.

With respect to cookies: We use cookies to store visitors preferences, record session information, such as items that consumers add to their shopping cart, alert visitors to new areas that we think might be of interest to them when they return to our site, record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site , customize Web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends.

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by or unsubscribing at the bottom of the e-mail received.

From time to time, we make the e-mail addresses of those who access our site available to other reputable organizations whose products or services we think you might find interesting. If you do not want us to share your e-mail address with other companies or organizations, please let us know by writing to us at the above address.

From time to time, we make our customer e-mail list available to other reputable organizations whose products or services we think you might find interesting. If you do not want us to share your e-mail address with other companies or organizations, please let us know by writing to us at the above address.

If you supply us with your postal address on-line you will only receive the information for which you provided us your address.
Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding orders they have placed on-line.

Please provide us with your name and phone number. We will be sure your name is removed from the list we share with other organizations.

With respect to Ad Servers: To try and bring you offers that are of interest to you, we have relationships with other companies that we allow to place ads on our Web pages. As a result of your visit to our site, ad server companies may collect information such as your domain type, your IP address and clickstream information. For further information, consult the privacy policies of:
http://www.google.com

From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.

Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes other than those for which it was originally collected by writing to us at the above address.

Upon request we provide site visitors with access to no information that we have collected and that we maintain about them.

Consumers can have this information corrected by writing to us at the above address.

With respect to security: We have appropriate security measures in place in our physical facilities to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site.

If you feel that this site is not following its stated information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or e-mail address. The Federal Trade Commission may be contacted by phone at 202-FTC-HELP (202-382-4357) or electronically at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm.

Copyright

The content of Christian Writing Today is copyright, and you may not use it in any way without first seeking advanced written permission from the copy right office below or by sending us an e-mail.

Christian Writing Today respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Christian Writing Today has no responsibility for content on other web sites that you may find or access when using Christian Writing Today products or services. Material available on or through other web sites may be protected by copyright and the intellectual property laws of the United States and/or other countries. The terms of use of those web sites, and not the Yahoo! Terms of Service, govern your use of that material.

Notice for Claims of Intellectual Property Violations and Agent for Notice

If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Christian Writing Today’s Copyright Agent with the following information:

An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;

A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;

A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Christian Writing Today site, with enough detail that we may find it on the web site;

Your address, telephone number, and email address;

A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law;

a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.

Christian Writing Today’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows (no e-mails accepted):
Copyright Agent
Christian Writing Today
475 W. Stetson Ave., Suite T231
Hemet, CA 92543

Disclaimers

Part A - Earnings & Income Disclaimer

We accurately represent these products and services and try to increase their potential for improving your impact on the internet. We have heard both from customers who are just starting their internet business and from others who already have an internet business. Both groups give us feedback on the usefulness of our products for their operations and their revenue generation. We cannot completely verify these customers’ statements, but we do require that each person we introduce to you provide us with substantiating information before we present their testimonials here. Also, while the testimonial may be accurate as of the time that we hear from the customer, the customer’s experience may have significantly changed over time. While we will try to update our information on the customer providing the testimonial, we cannot assure you that our information will be up to date.

And you should also know that the testimonials here illustrate extraordinary results and unique experiences which do not apply to most customers who use our products and which you should not expect to achieve. Also, we do not promise, guarantee or imply that you (or that your use of our products and services will improve your operation, raise your internet profile, or increase your revenues. As with any business, successful or unsuccessful use of our products will widely vary among our customers depending on many factors, including but not limited to, the customer’s skill set, creativity, motivation, level of effort, individual expertise, capacity and talents, business experience, your cost structure and the market in which you compete. We also know that many of our customers will not implement our program, much as many gym members won’t go to the gym. We obviously cannot compel you to use our products. You obviously need to implement our products to find out for yourself the usefulness of what we teach you, and we sincerely hope that you do. Similarly, we provide no assurance that either improved operations or earnings in one month can be duplicated or approached in
any other month.

For all these reasons, your purchase and use of our information, products and services should be based upon your own due diligence and judgment on how best to use our products. You should not view our company’s products and services as responsible for any success or failure of your business; we provide a tool that you can use to try to improve the operation of your business. Your decision to purchase and use our information, products and services should be based on your own due diligence, and not on any representation that we make to you. We will not be responsible for any success or failure of your business after you implement the information you receive from us. We provide a tool that you can use to try to improve the operations of your business.

Part B - Financial Interests

The owner of Christian Writing Today is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for posts or advertisements, the owner always gives honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed in Christian Writing Today are purely the writers own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. The owner of Christian Writing Today is a publisher and books and services of the related publishing company are promoted and sold on this site.

Product Return Policy

By their nature, products that are electronically delivered cannot be returned. However, if the purchaser attests that he or she has not made or distributed digital copies of the product, and has deleted it from his or her computer, and destroyed printed copies, a refund will be made if requested within 30 days of purchase. If any purchaser returns two products in any one calendar year, they will be banned from purchasing any other products. If a product is purchased by a banned person, that person may not return it for a refund for any reason.

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