PRIVACY POLICY: All of us at Friendship's Garden respect those who use our website. It
is our concern and goal to protect any information that you supply us with. Therefore, we do not sell or share your information with anyone for any purpose. We use the information you give us to provide a service to you and to allow us to track the website usage and needs of our customers. The personal information we collect is used to process orders. It is necessary that any billing information in regard to credit card usage be correct. Credit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV codes are encrypted to insure privacy and safety. This information is never shared with a third party except when necessary for banking purposes. We ask for your state location because many Forum users may want to know your proximity when discussing gardening issues.
ACCEPTIBLE USE POLICY: The rules listed below are very important for the protection
of our web site users. They will be enforced. Our goal is to provide a wholesome, family oriented place to share ideas and discuss gardening and decorating matters. Any member who violates these rules will be removed from the site without refund of subscription fees.
1. Friendship's Garden Forum is for the discussion of topics relating to the products sold on our
website and their usage, along with sharing ideas and questions that are related to gardening and
decorating. Education and enjoyment is the goal of this forum experience, and by participating
in our services, you are agreeing to comply with any and all of the rules and regulations.
2. There are no warranties, expressed or implied, in relation to Forum discussions and that such
discussions and information that are submitted by a member are representative of the member's
views and not necessarily endorsed by Friendship's Garden.
3. Any material provided to the Friendship's Garden site allows unrestricted use of that material by Friendship's Garden. The contributor's information will not be published other than first name
and state in order to credit the contributor. By submitting content, the contributor is granting
permission to Friendship's Garden, Inc. to modify, reproduce, and redistribute the information
as needed for any reason. We acknowledge that copyright privileges remain with the
contributor.
4. The information on this site is expressly provided for your personal use. You may use it solely
for your private, non-commercial use. This website and it's contents are copyrighted by
Friendship's Garden and unauthorized reproduction or use is strictly forbidden by law. You will
be held responsible for any and all liability arising from the misuse, violation, or infringement
of proprietary rights or copyrights, and any libelous or unlawful material that may be contained
within your submitted content. This includes but is not limited to attorneys' fees.
5. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Friendship's Garden, Inc., its officers, employees,
representatives, and/or affiliates from any penalties or liabilities, including attorney's fees, that
may arise from the use of this web site.
6. It is unlawful for children under the age of 13 to participate in our discussion forums.
7. Because our site is family oriented, please do not post any material that could be considered
offensive, hateful, vulgar, objectionable, libelous, unlawful, profane, harrassing, indecent or
abusive. No political or religious postings will be allowed. Although we are not obligated, we
reserve the right to remove or edit and content that we feel violates our standards. Members
who have been removed from our site will not be eligible for refund of membership fees.
Although we monitor the Forum, we are not always available to remove objectionable postings
immediately. We do our best to be alert and will remove those postings as quickly as possible.
8. Discussions will be limited to the products provided on our site, including but not limited to
ideas, suggestions, and questions in relation to those products. Discussions may also include
gardening and decorating topics beyond the scope of Friendship's Garden products as long as
they do not promote or create business opportunities. Please see item #9.
9. Members may not use this Forum/site for self-promotion of any kind, or to solicit other
members for fundraisers or charities. Members may not use this forum/site for promotion of
business opportunities or advertising of products or services of any kind.
10. Members may not post information or images that is not their own original work. Non-original
work may only be posted with permission from the originator and that originator's credit given.
Any infringements in this regard will be the sole responsibility of the violating member and
Friendship's Garden will not be held responsible in any way.
11. It is the responsibility of the member to logout of Friendship's Garden to prevent unauthorized
use of their account.
12. Friendship's Garden reserves the right to terminate member accounts and remove member
information at any time, without notice, for anything that may be harmful for any of our
members or for Friendship's Garden business or any other reason that we may deem
appropriate.
13. Friendship's Garden, Inc. is not liable for system outages, deletions, file corruptions, server
reliabilities or anything related to the network system or related services.
14. Friendship's Garden, Inc. is not responsible for any inaccuracies or ommissions relating to
Forum content contributed by members, nor do we guarantee the reliability of any information
provided by members or other websites that may be linked to FriendshipGarden.com.
15. Friendship's Garden, Inc. reserves the right to amend these guidelines at any time without
notice.
16. Any disputes relating to Friendship's Garden, Inc. and/or FriendshipGarden.com will be
governed by and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
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