Etowah river beekeepers

Terms of Use for the Etowah River Beekeepers Website

Welcome to the official website of The Etowah River Beekeepers (the "Club," "we," "us," or "our"). By accessing or using our website located at www.etowahriverbeekeepers.com (the "Site"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use ("Terms"). Please read them carefully before using the Site. If you do not agree with these Terms, you may not access or use the Site.  

1. Use of the Site:

The Site is provided for informational and community-building purposes related to beekeeping. You may use the Site for lawful purposes only and in accordance with these Terms. You agree not to:

• Use the Site in any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation.   
• Impersonate or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity, including the Club.
• Interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Site or the servers or networks connected to the Site.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Site or any other systems or networks.   
• Collect or harvest any personally identifiable information from the Site without the express written consent of the individual.   
• Post or transmit any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically, or otherwise objectionable.   
• Post or transmit any content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any party.   
• Post or transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "spam," "chain letters," or "pyramid schemes."

2. User Content:

You may have the opportunity to submit or post content to the Site, such as comments, forum posts, or images ("User Content"). You are solely responsible for your User Content. By submitting User Content, you represent and warrant that you have all necessary rights to do so and that your User Content does not violate these Terms or any applicable laws.   

You grant the Club a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, translate, distribute, and display your User Content in any media, whether now known or hereafter devised.

The Club has the right, but not the obligation, to monitor and remove any User Content that it deems, in its sole discretion, to violate these Terms.

3. Intellectual Property:

All content on the Site, including text, graphics, logos, images, and software, is the property of the Club or its licensors and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. You may not use any content from the Site without the express written consent of the Club.   

4. Disclaimer of Warranties:

The Site is provided "as is" and without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied. The Club does not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any defects will be corrected.

5. Limitation of Liability:

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Club shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or related to your use of the Site.   

6. Governing Law:

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of [Your State], without regardto its conflict of law principles.   

7. Changes to these Terms:

The Club reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. Any changes will be posted on the Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.   

8. Contact Us:

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us at riverbankbees@gmail.com

Effective Date: 1/31/2025