The Unstructured Ventures website (”Website”) is a hosted service operated by Unstructured Ventures (”Unstructured Ventures”). Any use of the Website is subject to the following Terms and Conditions of Use (”Terms and Conditions”), as well as to Unstructured Ventures’s Privacy Policy, all of which are incorporated by reference into these Terms and Conditions. Your use of the Website will constitute your acceptance of these terms and conditions.
1. Responsibility of Contributors. If you comment via the article comment boxes, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, computer software or any other format in which Unstructured Ventures stores data. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:
* the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;
* if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;
* you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;
* the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;
* the Content is not spam, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);
* the Content is not obscene or libelous, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party; and
* you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by Unstructured Ventures or otherwise.
By submitting Content to Unstructured Ventures for inclusion on the Website, for example posting a comment, you grant Unstructured Ventures a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your Content. If you request to delete Content, Unstructured Ventures will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.
Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Unstructured Ventures has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Unstructured Ventures’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content, such as a comment, that, in Unstructured Ventures’s reasonable opinion, violates any Unstructured Ventures policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in Unstructured Ventures’s sole discretion.
2. Responsibility of Website Visitors. Unstructured Ventures has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, Unstructured Ventures does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Unstructured Ventures disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.
3. Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which Unstructured Ventures links, and that link to Unstructured Ventures. Unstructured Ventures does not have any control over those non-Unstructured Ventures websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Unstructured Ventures website or webpage, Unstructured Ventures does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Unstructured Ventures disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-Unstructured Ventures websites and webpages.
4. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy. As Unstructured Ventures asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by Unstructured Ventures violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Unstructured Ventures in accordance with Unstructured Ventures’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (”DMCA”) Policy. Unstructured Ventures will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. In the case of a visitor who may infringe or repeatedly infringes the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Unstructured Ventures or others, Unstructured Ventures may, in its discretion, terminate or deny access to and use of the Website.
5. Changes. The Website, including without limitation all content there available and these Terms and Conditions, may be changed at the sole discretion of Unstructured Ventures and without notice. You are bound by any such updates or changes, including but not limited to those affecting these Terms and Conditions, and so should periodically review these Terms and Conditions.
6. Limitation of warranties of Unstructured Ventures, its suppliers and its licensors. Except as otherwise expressly stated, all content posted to or available from the Website is provided “as is”, and Unstructured Ventures, its suppliers and its licensors make no representations or warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title or non-infringement of proprietary rights. You understand and agree that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk, and that Unstructured Ventures, its suppliers and its licensors will have no liability or responsibility for any damage to your computer system or data that results from the download or use of such content or services. Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above may not apply to you.
7. Limitation of liability of Unstructured Ventures, its suppliers and its licensors. Except as otherwise expressly stated, in no event will Unstructured Ventures, its suppliers or its licensors be liable to you or any other party for any direct, indirect, special, consequential or exemplary damages, regardless of the basis or nature of the claim, resulting from any use of the Website, or the contents thereof or of any hyperlinked website including without limitation any lost profits, business interruption, loss of data or otherwise, even if Unstructured Ventures, its suppliers or its licensors were expressly advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event will the aggregate liability for any and all of your claims against Unstructured Ventures, its suppliers and its licensors arising out of or related to use of the Website, or the contents thereof or of any hyperlinked website exceed the amounts actually paid by you to Unstructured Ventures during the 12-month period prior to the date a claim is made. Some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for certain incidental or consequential damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you. The parties agree that this Section 11 represents a reasonable allocation of risk.
8. General Representation and Warranty. You represent and warrant that your use of the Website will be in accordance with the Unstructured Ventures Privacy Policy, with these Terms and Conditions, with any applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside, and with any other applicable policy or terms and conditions.
9. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Unstructured Ventures, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to out of your violation of any representation or warranty contained in these Terms and Conditions.
10. Miscellaneous. These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between Unstructured Ventures and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Unstructured Ventures, or by the posting by Unstructured Ventures of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, these Terms and Conditions, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the state of Virgina, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Page County, Virginia. If any part of these Terms and Conditions is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties' original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of these Terms and Conditions or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under these Terms and Conditions to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms; Unstructured Ventures may assign its rights under these Terms and Conditions without condition. These Terms and Conditions will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.
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Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Unstructured Ventures collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Unstructured Ventures’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Unstructured Ventures’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Unstructured Ventures may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Unstructured Ventures also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. Unstructured Ventures does not use such information to identify its visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Unstructured Ventures’s websites choose to interact with Unstructured Ventures in ways that require Unstructured Ventures to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Unstructured Ventures gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, visitors may choose to comment on an article and are asked to provide a name and email address. In each case, Unstructured Ventures collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Unstructured Ventures. Unstructured Ventures does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below, and visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Unstructured Ventures discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Unstructured Ventures’s behalf or to provide services available at Unstructured Ventures’s websites, and (ii) have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Unstructured Ventures’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Unstructured Ventures will not rent or sell personally-identifying and potentially personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, as described above, Unstructured Ventures discloses personally-identifying and potentially personally-identifying information only when required to do so by law, or when Unstructured Ventures believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Unstructured Ventures, third parties, or the public at large. If you have subscribed to an article on Unstructured Ventures or subscribed to the latest articles and have supplied your email address, Unstructured Ventures may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just to keep you up to date with what’s going on with Unstructured Ventures. If you send us a request, such as via the contact form on Unstructured Ventures, we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users, unless you explicitly ask for the email to not be disclosed publicly. Unstructured Ventures takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of personally-identifying and potentially personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Unstructured Ventures uses cookies to help Unstructured Ventures identify and track visitors, their usage of the Unstructured Ventures website, and their website access preferences. Unstructured Ventures visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Unstructured Ventures’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Unstructured Ventures’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Unstructured Ventures may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Unstructured Ventures’s sole discretion. Unstructured Ventures encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
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