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User Agreement and Disclaimer


PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. By accessing or using this site, you agree to the following terms and conditions and you are legally bound by them, just as though you and we had signed a written contract. Please review the terms and conditions on a periodic basis as they are subject to modification, alteration or update at any time and at Welcome to Puerto Rico! sole discretion. If you do not agree to any term or condition, you should not use this site.

  1. Copyrights and Trademarks
    Copyright © 1995-2005 by Magaly Rivera. This site is owned by Magaly Rivera. The entire content of this site is copyrighted under United States law and protected by worldwide copyright laws and treaty provisions. All content displayed on the Welcome to Puerto Rico! web site is either the property of Magaly Rivera, or used with appropriate permission by the given authors. User may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, materials, text, images or other content obtained from this web site. Welcome to Puerto Rico! does not authorize the use of any trade name, trademark, logo or copyrighted material contained or referenced herein. Any such action (whether you do it yourself or you enable someone else to do so) constitutes a violation of your agreement with us and may constitute civil and/or criminal copyright infringement and/or a violation of other applicable laws.


  2. Liability Disclaimer
    There are certain risks in using any information, software or products found on the Internet; and Welcome to Puerto Rico! cautions you to make sure that you completely understand these risks before retrieving, using, relying upon anything via the Internet. Visitors to this site assume all responsibility and risk for the use of this site.

    Information provided or contained in this site is provided without charge as a convenience to visitors only. Welcome to Puerto Rico! does not warrant or represent that this site content is accurate, complete, or up-to-date, nor does it warrant or represent that access to or use of this site or the server which makes it available will be uninterrupted, error-free. You hereby acknowledge that the content of this site may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Nothing in this site constitutes investment advice.

    The materials in this site, are provided "AS IS" and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. WELCOME TO PUERTO RICO! DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


  3. Limitation of Liability
    Welcome to Puerto Rico! is not responsible for any infections, contaminations, delay in operation or transmission, line failure, errors, omissions, interruptions or defects arising out of your use of this site or with respect to the material provided or contained in this site.

    In no event shall Welcome to Puerto Rico! be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, consequential damages or other damages of any kind, resulting from whatever cause, including but not limited loss of use, loss of profits, loss of data or loss of business opportunity. Not with standing the above, in no event shall Welcome to Puerto Rico!’ liability to you for any and all claims, damages, losses, and causes of action of any type exceed the amont paid by you, if any, for accessing this site.


  4. Communications and Submissions
    Any communication or material which you post or transmit to Welcome to Puerto Rico! over the Internet is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary and will forever be the sole property of Welcome to Puerto Rico!. By posting or transmitting any information, communication or material to this site, you agree that Welcome to Puerto Rico! will not be liable to you for its use and you agree that Welcome to Puerto Rico! shall be free to use such information, communication or material for any purpose whatsoever.

    Welcome to Puerto Rico! does not rent, sell or exchange information about its users. E-mail addresses submitted to Welcome to Puerto Rico! are kept confidential and will not be sold or otherwise distributed to third parties.

    You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) on a guestbook or in a chat room, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other parties.

    Do not post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic or profane material or any other material that would constitute or encourage conduct that is a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law. You are solely responsible for any information, communication or material you submit to this site and you, not Welcome to Puerto Rico!, have fully responsibility for such information, communication or material, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality or copyright.


  5. Service Contact
    Contact Magaly Rivera with questions or problems with this web site.


  6. Source Access
    If you access Welcome to Puerto Rico! web site through another source (such as America Online), this agreement shall be in addition to any agreement between you and the other source (as well as any terms and conditions constituting part of that agreement.)


  7. Third Party Sites
    Welcome to Puerto Rico! may provide links or pointers to other sites maintained by third parties and may provide third party materials on this site. These third party sites or materials are provided for your convenience only. Welcome to Puerto Rico! does not operate or control in any respect any information, products, services or material available on these third party sites and Welcome to Puerto Rico! is not responsible for their content. The fact that Welcome to Puerto Rico! has provided a link to such sites is NOT an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, affiliation, joint venture or partnership by Welcome to Puerto Rico! with respect to such sites, its owners or providers. You access these sites at your own risk.


  8. General
    Welcome to Puerto Rico! reserves the right to make any and all changes to this web site at its sole discretion without notice to the User. Welcome to Puerto Rico! reserves the right to deny access to this web site to anyone at anytime.

    This Agreement shall be deemed to include all other notices, policies, disclaimers, and other terms contained in this web site; provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between such other terms and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

    User acknowledges that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between the User and Welcome to Puerto Rico! as a result of this Agreement or use of this web site. User agrees not to hold himself or herself out as a representative, agent, or employee of Welcome to Puerto Rico! and Welcome to Puerto Rico! shall not be liable for any representation, act or omission of the User.

    Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.


  9. Termination
    This Agreement is effective until terminated by either party. You may terminate this Agreement by destroying all materials obtained from this site and all related documentation and all copies or installations thereof. This Agreement will terminate immediately without notice from Welcome to Puerto Rico! if, in Welcome to Puerto Rico!’ sole discretion, you fail to comply with any term orprovision of this agreement. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from this site and all related documentation and all copies or installations thereof.


  10. Jurisdiction and Choice of Law
    This site is operated by Welcome to Puerto Rico! from the State of Georgia, United States of America. Those who access this site from other locations do so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with any and all local laws. This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State of Georgia, without regard to choice of law rules. Any legal action regarding this Agreement or this site shall be brought in the either State or Federal Courts located within the State of Georgia and by using this site you consent to personal jurisdiction within these courts. If litigation results, and you're held liable, you agree to pay us back for our attorneys' fees and court costs. In addition, you'll be liable for any y costs which we incur in finding your street address in order to serve process upon you.


For further information about these terms, send a message to Magaly Rivera.



Did You Know?

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