WEB SITE USER
AGREEMENT
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Please read the information in this
document carefully before accessing or using Castles and
Chateaux.com
General
By accessing or using
this site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions set
forth below,
and to comply with all applicable laws and
regulations, regarding the transmission of data through this
website and
for the purposes set forth in, the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Collection and use of information you submit to Castles and
Chateaux.com through this Site is governed by this
Privacy Policy.
If you do not wish to be bound by these terms and conditions,
you may not access or use this site.
Castles and Chateaux.com a World at
a Touch website, may modify this agreement at any time, and such
modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting of the
modified agreement on this site. You agree to review the
agreement periodically to be aware of such modifications and
your continued access or use of this site shall be deemed your
conclusive acceptance of the modified agreement.
The materials, products and services
provided to you on this web site are provided “as-is”, without
any express or implied warranties, representations or
endorsements whatsoever. Castles and Chateaux.com expressly
disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by law any and all
express, implied, and statutory warranties, including, without
limitation, the warranties regarding:
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Merchantability, fitness for a
particular purpose, and non-infringement of proprietary
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Security, reliability,
timeliness, and performance related to this site;
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Any information or advice
obtained through this site; |
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Services or goods received
through or advertised on this site or received through any
links provided by this site, as well as for any information
or advice received through any links provided by this site.
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Services or goods received
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Castles and Chateaux.com shall not
be liable for any cost or damage arising either directly or
indirectly from any transaction conducted with, through or on
this web site or with, through, or on any web site reached by
any hyperlink listed on this web site.
Castles and Chateaux.com assumes no
responsibility for the accuracy, or the completeness,
reliability or timeliness of the information provided by,
through or on this web site. You understand and expressly agree
that any material and/or data downloaded or otherwise obtained
through the use of this web site or its links is at your own
discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for
any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results
from the download of such material and/or data. You assume
total responsibility and risk for your use of this site and the
internet.
It is solely your responsibility to
evaluate the accuracy, completeness and usefulness of all
opinions, advice, services, merchandise and other information
provided hereon or on the internet generally.
You understand further that the
internet contains unedited materials some of which are sexually
explicit or may be offensive to you. You access such materials
at your risk. Although Castles and Chateaux.com will not
knowingly insert hyperlinks to sexually explicit or offensive
materials, Castles and Chateaux.com has no control over and
accepts no responsibility whatsoever for such materials.
Some states or other jurisdictions
do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above
exclusions may not apply to you. You may also have other rights
that vary from state to state and jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
Limitation of Liability
Castles and Chateaux.com
will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental,
special, consequential or punitive damages of any kind resulting
from the use of or the inability to use Castles and
Chateaux.com’s services, resulting from any goods or services
purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions
entered into through Castles and Chateaux.com’s services,
resulting from loss of, unauthorized access to or alteration of
a user’s transmissions or data or for the cost of procurement of
substitute goods and services, including but not limited to
damages for loss of profits, use, data or other intangibles,
even if Castles and Chateaux.com had been advised of the
possibility of such damages.
In no event will Castles and
Chateaux.com be liable for any:
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Incidental, consequential or
indirect damages (including, but not limited to, damages for
loss of profits, business interruption, loss of programs or
information, and the like) arising out of the use of or
inability to use Castles and Chateaux.com, or any
information, or transactions provided on Castles and
Chateaux.com, or downloaded from Castles and Chateaux.com,
or any delay of such information or service. Even if
Castles and Chateaux.com or its authorized representatives
have been advised of the possibility of such damages, or;
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Claim attributable to errors,
omissions, or other inaccuracies in the service and/or
materials or information downloaded through Castles and
Chateaux.com. Because some states do not allow the
exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or
incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to
you. In such states, Castles and Chateaux.com's liability
is limited to the greatest extent permitted by law.
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Dealing with Third Parties and
Affiliate Programs
Affiliate programs such
as Airport-Connection, Booking.com, Rail Europe & Tour Packagers
Tours, are Lifestyle Vacations Cooking Tours are Independent
Affiliate Programs or Independent Tour Operators based
in France, the US and/or other countries. Tour Packagers is a
supplier of Paris and France half day and full day tours, plus
additional packaged travel, river cruises and barge cruises for
several countries. Rail Europe is a supplier of train travel
passes and tickets for European travel, and Airport Connection
is an Independent Paris, France shuttle and transfer service,
Booking.com is a supplier of hotels in France, Europe and other
countries. These and other affiliate programs links on Castles
and Chateaux.com are Independent Tour Operators and wholly
responsible for information and services found on their
websites. These independent tour operators are not part of
Castles and Chateaux.com OR part of French at a Touch Travel
services, an IC Affiliate with Montrose Travel, and Castles and
Chateaux.com is in no way responsible for any information found
on those affiliate websites.
Your participation, correspondence or business dealings with any
third party found on or through this site, regarding the payment
and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms,
conditions, warranties or representations associated with such
dealings, are solely between you and such third party. You
agree that Castles and Chateaux.com shall not be responsible or
liable for any loss, damage or other matters of any sort
incurred as the result of any such dealings.
Links
Castles and Chateaux.com
may provide, or third parties may provide, links to non-Castles
and Chateaux.com Internet World Wide Web
sites or resources and affiliate programs. Such linked sites are
developed by people over whom Castles and Chateaux.com exercises
no control. Castles and Chateaux.com cannot and does not screen
the sites, in detail, before including them on this site.
Consequently, it is possible that some linked sites will be
found to be objectionable, inappropriate or offensive by some
people. We assume no responsibility for the content of any site
linked to Castles and Chateaux.com.
Because Castles and Chateaux.com has no control over such sites
and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Castles and
Chateaux.com is not responsible for the availability of such
external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not
responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products, or
other materials on or available from such sites or resources.
You further acknowledge and agree that Castles and Chateaux.com
shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for
any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in
connection with use of or reliance on any such content, goods or
services available on or through any such site or resource.
Castles and Chateaux.com disclaims all warranties of any kind,
express or implied, including without limitation any warranty of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or
non-infringement for goods, services and advice you receive from
or through linked sites and it makes no warranty or
representation regarding the accuracy or reliability of any
information obtained from or through sites linked to Castles and
Chateaux.com, regarding any goods or services purchased or
obtained from or through linked sites and regarding any
transactions entered into through the services of sites linked
to Castles and Chateaux.com’s services or that such services
will meet any user’s requirements, be uninterrupted, timely,
secure or error free. Applicable law may not allow the
exclusion of implied warranties, so the exclusion may not apply
to you.
Miscellaneous
Without limiting any of
the foregoing, under no circumstances shall Castles and
Chateaux.com be held liable for any delay or failure in
performance resulting directly or indirectly from acts of
nature, forces, or causes beyond its reasonable control,
including, without limitation, Internet failures, computer
equipment failures, telecommunication equipment failures, other
equipment failures, electrical power failures, strikes, labor
disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, shortages of
labor or materials, fires, floods, storms, explosions, acts of
God, war, governmental actions, orders of domestic or foreign
courts or tribunals, non-performance of third parties, or loss
of or fluctuations in heat, light or air conditioning.
Jurisdiction
This Agreement shall be
governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Tennessee applicable to agreements made and to be performed
in Tennessee. If for any reason a court of competent
jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of this agreement to
be unenforceable, the remainder of the agreement will continue
in full force and effect.
You agree that any legal action or proceeding between Castles
and Chateaux.com and you for any purpose concerning this
Agreement or the parties' obligations hereunder shall be brought
exclusively in a federal or state court of competent
jurisdiction sitting in the county of Knox, State of Tennessee.
This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes
and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or
agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. Any
waiver of any provision of this agreement will be effective only
if in writing and signed by an owner of Castles and Chateaux.com.
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PRIVACY POLICY |
GENERAL
Castles and Chateaux.com, may collect personally
identifiable information, such as your e-mail
address, name, home or work address, telephone
numbers and anonymous demographic information
that is not unique to you, such as your ZIP
code, age, gender, preferences, interests and
favorites. Information about your computer
hardware and software may also be collected.
Such information can include your IP address,
browser type, domain names, access times and
referring Web site addresses.
The above
information is used to provide general
statistics regarding this site. It may also be
used to contact you to conduct research about
your opinion of current services or of potential
new services that may be offered.
Castles and Chateaux.com does not sell, rent or
lease its customer lists to third parties.
Castles and
Chateaux.com will disclose your personal
information, without notice, only if required to
do so by law or in the good faith belief that
such action is necessary to:
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the edicts of the law or comply with legal
process served on the site;
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defend the rights or property of Castles and
Chateaux.com; and |
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exigent circumstances to protect the
personal safety of user of Castles and
Chateaux.com or the public. |
COOKIES
Castles
and Chateaux.comdoes not currently use
cookies.
SITE
DISCLAIMER
Please review Castles and Chateaux.com's
Website User Agreement
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