Privacy Policy, Disclaimer, and Terms of Service

Last Updated: April 18, 2024

California Notice at Collection/State Privacy Rights: See the State Privacy Rights section below for important information about your rights under applicable state privacy laws.

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how Eclectic Esquire Media, LLC (“Company”) collects, uses, and shares personal information of consumer users of our websites located at www.drblockbooks.com (the “Site).

1. Acceptance of terms of use and amendments

Each time you use or cause access to this web site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of use, as amended from time to time with or without notice to you. In addition, if you are using a particular service on this web site or accessed via this web site, you will be subject to any rules or guidelines applicable to those services, and they will be incorporated by reference within these Terms of use. Please read the site’s Privacy Policy at number 4, below.

2. The site editor’s service

This web site and the services provided to you on and via this web site are provided on an “AS IS” basis. You agree that the site editor reserves the right to modify or discontinue provision of this web site and its services, and to remove the data you provide, either temporarily or permanently, at any time, without notice and without any liability towards you, The site editor will not be held responsible or liable for timeliness, removal of information, failure to store information, inaccuracy of information, or improper delivery of information.

3. Your responsibilities and registration obligations

In order to use this web site or certain parts of it, you may be required to register for a user account on this web site; in this case, you agree to provide truthful information when requested, and — if a minimum age is required for eligibility for a user account — you undertake that you are at least the required age. By registering for a user account, you explicitly agree to this site’s Terms of use, including any amendments made by the site editor that are published herein.

4. OUR POLICY ON CHILDREN

Our Site is not directed at children under 16. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us with information without their consent (e.g., a child has signed up for our email newsletter), they should contact us via www.drblockbooks.com/contact, and we will delete such information as soon as reasonably practicable.

5. Privacy policy

A. WHAT WE COLLECT

There’s a range of information we MAY collect about you so that we can operate our Site or otherwise. This information may include:

• Information You Give Us. Personal information you may provide to us includes:
  • Contact data, such as your first name and email address.
  • Communications data based on our exchanges with you, including when you contact us through the Site, social media, or otherwise.
  • Other data not specifically listed here, which we will use as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the time of collection.
• Information We Get From Others. We may get information about you from other sources, including:
  • Public sources, such as social media platforms and other publicly available sources.
  • Third-party services that you use to sign into, or otherwise link to, your account. This data may include profile information that is made available to us based on your account settings on the third-party service.
• Information Automatically Collected. We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your device, and your interactions with the Services, our communications, and other online services, including:
  • Device data, such as your computer or mobile device’s operating system type and version, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, RAM and disk size, CPU usage, device type (e.g. phone, tablet), IP address, unique identifiers (including identifiers used for advertising purposes), language settings, mobile device carrier, radio/network information (e.g. Wi-Fi, LTE, 3G), and general location information such as city, state, or geographic area.
  • Online activity data, such as pages or screens you view; how long you spend on a page or screen; the website you visited before browsing to the Service; navigation paths between pages or screens; information about your activity on a page or screen; access times and duration of access, authors you follow; books and advertisements you click; books and/or audiobooks you purchase or listen to; and your reactions, ratings, and reviews on books.
  • Communication interaction data, such as your interactions with our emails or other communications (e.g. whether you open emails or click links within them). We may do this through the use of tracking code embedded invisibly in our emails.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies. Some of the automatic collection described above is facilitated by the following technologies:
  • Cookies, which are small data files stored on your device by a website and that allow web servers to record users’ web browsing activities and remember their submissions, preferences, and sign in status as they navigate a website. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our sites.
  • Local storage technologies, like HTML5, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data on your device outside of your browser, in connection with specific applications.
  • Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a page or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.
• Data About Others. We may offer features that help users invite their friends or contacts to use the Services, and we may collect contact details about these invitees so we can deliver their invitations.

B. WHAT WE DO WITH THIS INFORMATION

We use the information we collect in the following ways:

• Service Delivery. To operate, maintain, and improve our Sites and Services; to create and maintain your account, identify you as a user, and customize our Sites for your account; to send you administrative communications, which may include administrative emails, confirmations, technical notices, updates, and security alerts; to respond to your comments and questions; to process payments you make via our Sites, to communicate with you about events or contests in which you participate; to understand your needs and interests, and personalize your experience with the Services; and to provide support for the Services and respond to your requests, questions, and feedback.
• Research & Development. To improve our Services and our business, and develop new products and services. As part of these activities, we may create aggregated, de-identified and/or anonymized data from personal information we collect. We make personal information into de-identified or anonymized data by removing information that makes the data personally identifiable to you. We may use this aggregated, de-identified or otherwise anonymized data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Services or promote our business, and will not attempt to re-identify any such data.
• Marketing and Advertising. We, our service providers, and our advertising partners may collect and use your personal information for marketing and advertising purposes:
  • Direct marketing. We may send you direct marketing communications and may personalize these messages based on your needs and interests. You may opt-out of these communications by unsubscribing from our email newsletter.
• Compliance & Operations. We may use your personal information to:
  • comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas, investigations, or requests from government authorities;
  • protect our, your, or others’ rights, privacy, safety, or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
  • audit our internal processes for compliance with legal and contractual requirements or our internal policies;
  • enforce the terms and conditions that govern the Services; and
  • prevent, identify, investigate, and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical, or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.
• Cookies and similar technologies. In addition to the other uses included in this section, we may use the cookies and similar technologies described above for the following purposes:
  • Advertising. To help our advertising partners collect information about how you use the Services and other online services over time, which they may use to show you ads on other online services that they believe will interest you, and measure the performance of those ads.
• Analytics. To help us understand user activity on the Services, including which pages are most and least visited and how visitors interact with the Services. For example, we may use Google Analytics for this purpose. You can learn more about the information collected by Google Analytics by visiting its privacy policy. You can also learn about how to prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your user activity here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

C. HOW WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION

We may share your personal information as follows:

• Third Parties Designated by You. We may share your personal information with third parties where you have provided your consent to do so.
• Our Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your personal information with our third-party service providers who provide services such as data analysis, information technology and related infrastructure, email delivery, and other similar services. We require that our third-party service providers use your personal information only to provide the services we’ve requested.
• Payment Processors. Any payment card information you use to make a purchase on the Services is collected and processed directly by our payment processors, who may use your payment data in accordance with their privacy policies.
• Our Advertising Partners. We may share your personal information with our third-party advertising partners who enable us to place ads on our Sites, or on third-party websites. For additional information, including options for opting out of our (and our advertising partners’) use of cookies and similar technologies, refer to the section below entitled Advertising Choices.
• Other Disclosures. We may share personal information as we believe necessary or appropriate (a) to comply with applicable laws; (b) to comply with lawful requests and legal process, including to respond to requests from public and government authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements; (c) to enforce our Privacy Policy; and (d) to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of you or others.

D. COOKIES

We use several types of cookies on our sites:

• Analytics and Performance Cookies. These cookies are used to collect information about traffic to our Sites and how users use the Sites. The information is aggregated and anonymous and does not identify any individual visitor. It includes the number of visitors to our Sites, the pages they visited, and other similar information. We use this information to help operate, maintain, and improve our Sites.
• Social Media Cookies. These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button on our Sites or engage with our content on or through a social network such as Facebook or Twitter. The social network will record that you have done this.

E. YOUR CHOICES

Advertising Choices. Like many companies online, we may use services provided by Google and other companies that rely on technologies — such as cookies and web beacons — to collect information directly from your device about your browsing activities, your interactions with websites, and the device you’re using to connect to the Internet. There are a number of ways to opt-out of having your online activity and device data collected through these services, which we have summarized below:

• Blocking cookies in your browser. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Site may not work properly.
• Blocking advertising ID use in your mobile settings. Your mobile device settings may provide functionality to limit use of the advertising ID associated with your mobile device for interest-based advertising. Please check the instructions for your operating system: iOS or Android.
• Using privacy plug-ins or browsers. You can block our websites from setting cookies used for interest-based advertising by using a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or by installing browser plug-ins that block third-party cookies and trackers.
• Platform opt-outs. The following advertising partners offer features that let you opt-out of the use of your information for interest-based advertising:
  • Google. https://myadcenter.google.com
  • Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/about/ads
• Advertising industry opt-out tools. You can also use these opt-out options to limit use of your information for interest-based advertising by participating companies. Because these opt-out mechanisms are specific to the device or browser on which they are exercised, you will need to opt-out on every browser and device that you use.
  • Digital Advertising Alliance. https://optout.aboutads.info
  • Network Advertising Initiative. https://optout.networkadvertising.org

Cookies. Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, the Services may not work properly. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org.

Blocking images/clear GIFs. Most browsers and devices allow you to configure your device to prevent images from loading. To do this, follow the instructions in your particular browser or device settings.

Do Not Track. Some Internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” please visit https://www.allaboutdnt.com.

Declining to provide information. We need to collect personal information to provide certain services. If you do not provide the information we identify as required or mandatory, we may not be able to provide those services.

F. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it. These purposes may include satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements; establishing or defending legal claims; or fraud prevention.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information; the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information; the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means; and the applicable legal requirements.

When we no longer require the personal information we have collected about you, we will either delete or anonymize it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. If we anonymize your personal information (so that it can no longer be associated with you), we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

G. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER

Your information, including personal information that we collect from you, may be transferred to, stored at, and processed by us and other third parties outside the country in which you reside, including but not limited to the United States, where data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world. By using our Sites, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We will only process your personal information in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. We need certain personal information in order to provide you with access to our Sites. If you are an EU resident and you registered with us, you will have been asked to check a box indicating your agreement to provide this information in order to access our Services. This consent provides us with the legal basis we require under applicable law to process your information. You maintain the right to withdraw such consent at any time. If you do not agree to our use of your personal information in line with this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Sites.

H. SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

Subject to the next two paragraphs, we ask that you not send us, and you do not disclose, any sensitive personal information (e.g. social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through our Sites or otherwise to us.

If you send or disclose any sensitive personal information to us when you submit user-generated content to our Sites, you consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal information, you must not submit such user-generated content to our Sites.

I. STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS

This section applies to California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah residents and provides additional information pursuant to applicable state privacy laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”), the Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”), the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), and the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”) (collectively, the “State Privacy Laws”). In this section, the term “Personal Information” means information defined as “personal information,” “personal data,” or other similar terms under the State Privacy Laws. The State Privacy Laws may provide residents with some or all of the rights listed below. Please note that not all rights listed below may be afforded to all users, and if you are not a resident of one of the states listed above, you may not be able to exercise these rights. In addition, we may not be able to process your request if you do not provide us with sufficient detail to allow us to confirm your identity or understand and respond to it. We may decline your request in certain cases as permitted by law.

Your privacy rights. The State Privacy Laws may provide residents with some or all of the rights listed below. However, these rights are not absolute and some State Privacy Laws do not provide these rights to their residents. Therefore, we may decline your request in certain cases as permitted by law.

• Information. You can request the following information about how we have collected and used your Personal Information during the past 12 months:
  • The categories of Personal Information that we have collected.
  • The categories of sources from which we collected Personal Information.
  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting Personal Information.
  • The categories of third parties with which we share Personal Information.
  • The categories of Personal Information that we disclosed for a business purpose.
  • The categories of third parties to whom the Personal Information was disclosed for a business purpose.
• Access. You can request a copy of the Personal Information that we have collected about you during the past 12 months.
• Appeal. You can appeal our denial of any request validly submitted.
• Correction. You can ask us to correct inaccurate Personal Information that we have collected about you.
• Deletion. You can ask us, subject to certain exceptions, to delete the Personal Information that we have collected from you.
• Opt-out of certain processing for targeted advertising purposes. You can opt-out of certain processing of Personal Information for targeted advertising purposes.
• Nondiscrimination. You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination as prohibited by the State Privacy Laws.

How to exercise your rights to information, access, appeal, correction, or deletion. You can submit requests to exercise your rights to information, access, appeal, correction, or deletion by emailing us: drblockbooks@gmail.com.

Exercising your right to opt-out of processing for targeted advertising purposes. Like many companies, we use services that help deliver interest-based ads to you as described above. The State Privacy Laws may classify our use of some of these services as “sharing” your personal information with our advertising partners. You can opt-out of this tracking by visiting the advertising partner websites listed above.

We share the following categories of Personal Information with advertising partners: Device data and Online activity data.

Additional information for California residents

• Sensitive personal information. We do not use or disclose Sensitive Personal Information for purposes that California residents have a right to limit under the California Consumer Privacy Act.
• Sources and purposes. We collect all categories of Personal Information from the sources listed in the What We Collect section above and use them for the purposes described in the What We Do With This Information section above.
• Collection and disclosure. The list below describes the Personal Information we collect by reference to the categories of Personal Information specified in the CCPA (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.140), and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose it. The terms in the list refer to the categories of information and third parties detailed above in the What We Collect and the How We Share This Information sections. Information you voluntarily provide to us, such as in forms, may contain other categories of Personal Information not described below. We may also disclose Personal Information to professional advisors, law enforcement and government authorities, and business transferees as described above.
  • Identifiers. Identifiers may include Contact data, Demographic data, Profile data, Communications data, Transactional data, Marketing data, Promotion data, Data about others, Device data, Online activity data, and Communication interaction data. We may disclose this information with the following categories of third parties: Third Parties Designated by You, Our Third-Party Service Providers, Payment Processors, Our Advertising Partners, Our Other Services, Corporate Restructurings, or Other Disclosures.
  • California customer records. California customer records may include Contact data, Demographic data, Profile data, Communications data, Transactional data, Marketing data, Promotion data, Data about others, Device data, Online activity data, and Communication interaction data. We may disclose this information with the following categories of third parties: Third Parties Designated by You, Our Third-Party Service Providers, Payment Processors, Our Advertising Partners, Our Other Services, Corporate Restructurings, or Other Disclosures.
  • Commercial information. Commercial information may include Contact data, Demographic data, Profile data, Communications data, Transactional data, Marketing data, Promotion data, Data about others, Device data, Online activity data, and Communication interaction data. We may disclose this information with the following categories of third parties: Third Parties Designated by You, Our Third-Party Service Providers, Payment Processors, Our Advertising Partners, Our Other Services, Corporate Restructurings, or Other Disclosures.
  • Financial information. Financial information may include Transactional data and Payment data. We may disclose this information with the following categories of third parties: Our Third-Party Service Providers, Payment Processors, Our Other Services, Corporate Restructurings, or Other Disclosures.
  • Online identifiers. Online identifiers may include Contact data, Demographic data, Profile data, Communications data, Marketing data, Promotion data, Data about others, and Communication interaction data. We may disclose this information with the following categories of third parties: Third Parties Designated by You, Our Third-Party Service Providers, Payment Processors, Our Advertising Partners, Our Other Services, Corporate Restructurings, or Other Disclosures.
  • Internet or network information. Internet or network information may include Communications data, Device data, Online activity data, and Communication interaction data. We may disclose this information with the following categories of third parties: Third Parties Designated by You, Our Third-Party Service Providers, Payment Processors, Our Advertising Partners, Our Other Services, Corporate Restructurings, or Other Disclosures.
  • Inferences. Inferences may be derived from any of the above categories. We may disclose this information with the following categories of third parties: Third Parties Designated by You, Our Third-Party Service Providers, Payment Processors, Our Advertising Partners, Our Other Services, Corporate Restructurings, or Other Disclosures.
  • Protected classification characteristics. We do not intentionally collect this information, but it may be revealed in information we collect.

J. CONTACT INFORMATION

Thanks for using our site, and for reviewing our Privacy Policy. We welcome your comments or questions about this Privacy Policy. If you have any feedback, we encourage you to contact us at drblockbooks@gmail.com.

6. Your conduct

You agree that all information or data of any kind, whether text, software, code, music or sound, photographs or graphics, video or other materials (“content”), made available publicly or privately, will be under the sole responsibility of the person providing the said content, or of the person whose user account is used. You agree that this web site may expose you to content that may be objectionable or offensive. The site editor will not be responsible to you in any way for content displayed on this web site, nor for any error or omission.

By using this web site or any service provided, you explicitly agree that:
(a) you will not provide any content or conduct yourself in any way that may be construed as: unlawful; illegal; threatening; harmful; abusive; harassing; stalking; tortious; defamatory; libelous; vulgar; obscene; offensive; objectionable; pornographic; designed to interfere with or disrupt the operation of this web site or any service provided; infected with a virus or other destructive or deleterious programming routine; giving rise to civil or criminal liability; or in violation of an applicable local, national or international law;
(b) you will not impersonate or misrepresent your association with any person or entity; you will not forge or otherwise seek to conceal or misrepresent the origin of any content provided by you;
(c) you will not collect or harvest any information about other users;
(d) you will not provide, and you will not use this web site to provide, any content or service in any commercial manner, or in any manner that would involve junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of unauthorized advertising or commerce; you will not use this web site to promote or operate any service or content without the site editor’s prior written consent;
(e) you will not provide any content that may give rise to the site editor being held civilly or criminally liable, or that may be considered a violation of any local, national or international law, including — but not limited to — laws relating to copyrights, trademarks, patents, or trade secrets.

7. Submission of content on this web site

By providing any content to this web site, including email sent to an @drblockbooks.com or drblockbooks@gmail.com email address:
(a) you agree to grant the site editor a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive right and license (including any moral rights or other necessary rights.) to use, display, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, distribute, perform, promote, archive, translate, and to create derivative works and compilations, in whole or in part. Such license will apply with respect to any form, media, technology already known at the time of provision or developed subsequently;
(b) you warrant and represent that you have all legal, moral, and other rights that may be necessary to grant the site editor the license specified in this section 7;
(c) you acknowledge and agree that the site editor will have the right (but not obligation), at the site editor’s entire discretion, to refuse to publish, or to remove, or to block access to any content you provide, at any time and for any reason, with or without notice.

8. Third-party services and affiliate sales

Goods and services of third parties may be advertised and/or may be made available on or through this web site. Representations made regarding products and services provided by third parties will be governed by the policies and representations made by these third parties. The site editor will not in any manner be liable for or responsible for any of your dealings or interaction

The Federal Trade Commission requires anyone who maintains a website to disclose information about the use of testimonials and endorsements in advertising and marketing. The owner of DrBlockBooks.com will earn a small commission from the following sources if you click on a link that takes you to their website:  Amazon, Barnes and Noble.  DrBlockBooks.com may sell its own products on this site.  Any product reviews contains the honest opinion of the DrBlockBooks.com editor.

9. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the site editor and the site editor’s representatives, subsidiaries, affiliates, related parties, officers, directors, employees, agents, independent contractors, advertisers, partners, and co-branders, from any claim or demand, including reasonable legal fees, that may be filed by any third party, arising out of your conduct or connection with this web site or service, your provision of content, your violation of these Terms of use, or any other violation by you of the rights of another person or party.

10. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND OF ANY SERVICES OR CONTENT PROVIDED (THE “SERVICE”) IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED TO YOU “AS IS”, AND THE SITE EDITOR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

THE SITE EDITOR MAKES NO WARRANTY, EITHER IMPLIED OR EXPRESS, THAT ANY PART OF THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, VIRUS-FREE, TIMELY, SECURE, ACCURATE, RELIABLE, OR OF ANY QUALITY, NOR IS IT WARRANTED EITHER IMPLICITLY OR EXPRESSLY THAT ANY CONTENT IS SAFE IN ANY MANNER FOR DOWNLOAD. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT NEITHER THE SITE EDITOR NOR ANY PARTICIPANT IN THE SERVICE PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL ADVICE OF ANY KIND AND THAT ANY ADVICE OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION OBTAINED VIA THIS WEB SITE MAY BE USED SOLELY AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND THAT THE SITE EDITOR WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE IN ANY WAY.

Some jurisdictions may not allow disclaimers of implied warranties, and certain statements in the above disclaimer may not apply to you as regards implied warranties; the other terms and conditions remain enforceable notwithstanding.

11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE SITE EDTIOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES; THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE SITE EDITOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM (I) THE USE OF SERVICES OR THE INABILITY TO USE SERVICES, (II) THE COST OF OBTAINING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND/OR SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY TRANSACTION ENTERED INTO ON THROUGH SERVICES, (III) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR DATA TRANSMISSIONS, (IV) STATEMENTS BY ANY THIRD PARTY OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY USING SERVICES, OR (V) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO SERVICES.

In some jurisdictions, it is not permitted to limit liability and, therefore, such limitations may not apply to you.

12. Reservation of rights

The site editor reserves all of the site editor’s rights, including but not limited to any and all copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, and any other proprietary right that the site editor may have in respect of this web site, its content, and goods and services that may be provided. The use of the site editor’s rights. and property requires the site editor’s prior written consent. By making services available to you, the site editor is not providing you with any implied or express licenses or rights, and you will have no rights to make any commercial use of this web site or provided services without the site editor’s prior written consent.

13. Notification of copyright infringement

If you believe that your property has been used in any way that could be considered a copyright infringement or a violation of your intellectual property rights, the site editor’s copyright agent may be contacted via the contact page.

14. Applicable law

You agree that these Terms of use and any dispute arising out of your use of this web site or products or services provided will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, notwithstanding any differences between the said applicable legislation and legislation in force at your location. By registering for a user account on this web site, or by using this web site and the services it provides, you accept that jurisdiction is granted to the courts having jurisdiction over the site editor’s domicile, and that any disputes will be heard by the said courts.  Venue for any lawsuits is the County of San Diego, California, USA.

15. Miscellaneous information

(i) In the event that any provision of these Terms of use is deemed to conflict with legislation by a court with jurisdiction over the parties, the said provision will be interpreted to reflect the original intentions of the parties in accordance with applicable law, and the remainder of these Terms of use will remain valid and applicable; (ii) The failure of either party to assert any right under these Terms of use will not be considered to be a waiver of that party’s right, and the said right will remain in full force and effect; (iii) You agree that any claim or cause in respect of this web site or its services must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause arose, or the said claim or cause will be forever barred, without regard to any contrary legislation; (iv) The site editor may assign the site editor’s rights and obligations under these Terms of use; in this event, the site editor will be relieved of any further obligation.

If you would like to contact the owner of this site, please do so by using the contact form at DrBlockBooks.com/contact.