Terms of Use

AroundtheArea.com (the "Site") is published and maintained by Around The Area, Inc. (ATA)

11 Plains Road, Augusta, NJ 07822. You can e-mail us at info@AroundtheArea.com. When you access, browse or use this Site you accept, without limitation or qualification, the terms and conditions set forth below (“Terms of Use”).

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using this site. By using this site, you signify your agreement to all terms, conditions, and notices contained or referenced herein. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use please do not use this site.

Around The Area, Inc. is a web-based company that provides a source of things to do, places to visit and people to meet in Sussex County. It also provides:

• Services related to the area.
• For sale ads for its members.

Your Right to Use the Site and Its Contents

This Site is only for your use. You may not distribute, exchange, modify, sell or transmit anything you copy from this Site for any other business, commercial or public purpose. As long as you comply with the terms of these Terms of Use, ATA grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right to enter, display and use this Site. You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of this Site in any way. You agree that ATA may, at its sole discretion, terminate your access to this web site at any time without notice.

Ownership

All materials on this Site, including but not limited to images, software, and text (the "Content"), are protected by copyright under U.S. copyright law, international conventions, and other copyright laws. You cannot use the Content, except as specified herein. You agree to follow all instructions on this Site limiting the way you may use the Content. There are a number of proprietary logos, service marks and trademarks found on this Site. By making them available on this Site, ATA is not granting you any license to utilize those proprietary logos, service marks, or trademarks. Any unauthorized use of the Content may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and civil and criminal statutes.

You may download one (1) copy only of the Content to be used only by you for your use. If you download any Content from this Site, you may not remove any copyright or trademark notices or other notices that go with it.

Trademark Notice

ATA and Around the Area are the trademarks and service marks of ATA. All other marks used in the Site are the property of their respective owners. By making them available on this Site, ATA is not granting you any license to utilize those proprietary logos, service marks, or trademarks

Rules for User-Supplied Material

This Site may have an area, which allows you to upload and download materials. When using any of these areas, you agree not to post, send, transmit, upload or otherwise publish through this Site, any materials that (1) interfere with anyone else's use of the Site; (2) are abusive, illegal, indecent, obscene, offensive or threatening in any way; (3) encourage anyone to break the law; (4) violate anyone's copyright or other property right; (5) interfere with the privacy of any other user; (6) contain a virus or any other harmful component; or (7) contain false or misleading statements of fact or descriptions of the origin of the material or the communication.

Responsibility for User's Material

The Site is interactive. You may use it to send communications. You agree to be responsible for the content of your communications. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any defamatory, libelous, obscene, pornographic, profane, threatening or unlawful material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. Although ATA may from time to time monitor or review the Site, ATA is under no obligation to do so and assumes no liability or responsibility arising from the contents of any such communications or for any defamation, error, inaccuracy, libel, obscenity or profanity contained in any such communication. ATA will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing ATA to disclose the identity of anyone sending such materials.

ATA's Rights to User's Material

If you send any communications or materials to the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any comments, questions, suggestions or the like, all such communications are, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Thus, you give up any claim that any use of such material violates any of your rights including moral rights, privacy rights, proprietary or other property rights, publicity rights, rights to credit for material or ideas, or any other right, including the right to approve the way ATA uses such material.

Any communications or material such as those listed above that are submitted to this Site may be changed, copied, disclosed, licensed, performed, posted, published, sold, transmitted or used by ATA anywhere in the world, in any medium, forever. Furthermore, ATA is free to use, without any compensation to you, any concepts, ideas, know-how or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever. However, you agree and understand that ATA is not obligated to use any such ideas or materials and you have no rights to compel such use.

Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement

The site is protected from copyright infringement claims in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. Section 512). ATA is registered with the United States Copyright Office as a Service Provider. Any notifications of claimed copyright infringement must be sent to Around the Area, Inc., 11 Plains Road, Augusta, NJ 07822

Transmitted Material

Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any message or information you send to this Site may be read or intercepted by others. Transmissions or message information sent to ATA should never contain confidential information. Sending a message to ATA does not cause ATA to have any special responsibility to you.

Links

The ATA Web Site contains links to other Internet sites.

Links - from this Site to another site
ATA provides links to other organizations as a service to our Internet visitors but is not responsible for the content provided in linked web sites or any link contained in a linked site. By providing these links, in no way should this be interpreted as an endorsement of any company, content, or products to which it links.

Links from this Site to any other site do not mean that ATA approves of, endorses or recommends that site. ATA disclaims all warranties, express or implied, as to the accuracy, legality, reliability or validity of any content on any other site. ATA makes no representations whatsoever about any other Web sites that you may access through this Site. When you access a non-ATA site, please understand that it is independent from ATA, and that ATA has no control over the content on that Web site.

A hyperlink to a non-ATA web site does not mean that ATA endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of the linked site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use or download are free of such items as viruses and other items of a destructive nature. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to this Site, you do this entirely at your own risk. ATA reserves the right to terminate any link at any time, without prior notice.

Links - From another site to this Site
Persons may not copy any of the materials from this Site onto your own Web server without prior written permission. Nor may you link to isolated elements on this Site (including photographs, illustrations, diagrams, buttons, text, or any other elements whatsoever) without prior written permission. Any such copying or isolated linking will be considered a violation of copyright and could subject you to legal action.

Notice To/Regarding Children Under the Age of 13

If you are less than 13 years old you are not permitted to use the Site.

Availability / Liability of Services

The services displayed on the Site may not be available for purchase in your particular locality. The reference to such products and services on the Site does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time in your particular location.

Services will only be available from ATA when such provided professional services are set forth in written proposals that incorporate ATA professional services terms and conditions. You and ATA may make additions to the Scope of Services by mutual agreement.

ATA’s Right to Change Terms and Conditions of Use and/or Content on the Site

ATA may add to, change or remove any part of these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time, without notice. Any changes to these Terms and Conditions of Use or any terms posted on this Site apply as soon as they are posted. By continuing to use this Site after any changes are posted, you are indicating your acceptance of those changes. ATA may add, change, discontinue, remove or suspend any other Content posted on this Site, including features and specifications of products described or depicted on the Site, temporarily or permanently, at any time, without notice and without liability.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold ATA and all of its agents, directors, employees, and officers, (collectively, "Indemnified Parties") harmless from and against any and all liability and costs (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and costs), incurred by the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you of these Terms and Conditions of Use or the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants. You will cooperate as fully as reasonably required in ATA's defense of any claim. ATA reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you and you shall not in any event settle any matter without the written consent of ATA.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Damages; Limitation of Liability

YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THIS SITE (INCLUDING ALL CONTENT AND FUNCTIONS MADE AVAILABLE ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE) IS PROVIDED "AS IS." THE CONTENT ON THIS SITE, ATA MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (1) FOR THE ACCURACY, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY CONTENT PUBLISHED ON OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE, (2) THAT THE SERVER THAT MAKES THIS SITE AVAILABLE IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER COMPONENTS THAT MAY INFECT, HARM OR CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY WHEN YOU ACCESS, BROWSE, DOWNLOAD FROM OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ATA’S NEGLIGENCE, SHALL ATA BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES RELATED TO (A) THE USE OF, (B) THE INABILITY TO USE OR (C) ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE CONTENTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THIS SITE, EVEN IF ATA OR AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF ATA HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL ATA’S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE), EXCEED $1.00.

Termination

ATA reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site, with or without notice.

General Provisions

These Terms of Use and any additional terms posted on this Site together constitute the entire agreement between ATA and you with respect to your use of this Site. Any cause of action you may have with respect to your use of this Site must be commenced within (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of these Terms and Conditions of Use, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of this agreement, and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions of Use shall continue in full force and effect. These Terms and Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, United States of America, without reference to its conflicts of law rules.

Accessibility Policy

ATA believes that the AroundtheArea.com Internet site should be friendly and easy-to-use for all consumers, including those with disabilities. In that spirit, we have developed the AroundtheArea.com, which expresses our commitment to the development of an Internet site that is accessible to all users, including those with disabilities.

ATA believes that it is essential for our employees to be informed about the challenges faced by disabled users and the technologies available to improve the user experience. ATA believe that when the challenges confronted by disabled users are known, solutions can be incorporated in the research and design of the ATA Internet site. To this end we provide our employees with information describing the challenges faced by members of the disability community when attempting to access software applications and information technologies. ATA educates our employees with respect to how to assist disabled users. ATA values feedback from members of the disability community.

Questions or Comments

If you have any questions or comments about our Terms of Use, please send us an e-mail at info@aroundthearea.com.