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Terms of Use
If you disagree with any of the below terms of use, do not
use this site.
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indicated. Your use of this site constitutes your agreement to
abide by these Terms of Use. A to Z Home's Cool and its affiliated
companies, as well as its agents and assignees, as applicable,
reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to modify, alter
or otherwise update these Terms of Use at any time and by any
use subsequent to any such modification, alternation or otherwise,
you agree to be bound by such modifications, alterations or updates.
You agree to review these Terms of Use on a periodic basis. A
to Z Home's Cool hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive,
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for home, noncommercial and personal use only, one copy of any
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incorporated in or generated by the software (collectively the
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Material.
Submissions
Policy
Although we welcome your comments about this site, A to Z
Home's Cool is not obligated to review or act on any such submissions.
Also, while we appreciate your comments, A to Z Home's Cool cannot
make any guarantee that it will respond to your message. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if you do send us a submission, whether requested
or not (collectively the "Submissions"), such Submission
shall immediately become A to Z Home's Cool's property. A to
Z Home's Cool may use any such Submissions as it deems fit, but
shall have no obligation to use any of them. You agree not to
assert any proprietary right of any kind in the Submissions (including,
but not limited to copyright or trademark) and you waive the
right to receive any financial or other consideration in connection
with such Submission including, but not limited to, credit. You
agree that any Submissions may be used, edited, removed, modified,
published, transmitted, and displayed by A to Z Home's Cool without
any notice to you. In addition, you agree to waive any and all
moral rights in such Submissions. Co-branders are responsible
for the content of their sites.
A submission is defined as a request to have some information posted on the A to Z Home's Cool website or Yahoo Groups. It does not include ordinary emailings with questions or comments you wish me to respond to privately.
Linked Sites
A to Z Home's Cool , may be, but is not necessarily affiliated
with sites which are linked to or from this site and in either
case is not responsible for their content ("Linked Sites").
The Linked Sites are for your convenience only and you access
them at your own risk.
Disclaimers
and Limitations on Liability
A to Z Home's Cool is not responsible or liable for any infections
or contamination of your system or delays, inaccuracies, errors,
or omissions arising out of your use of this site or with respect
to the Material contained on this site. This site and all Materials
contained on it are distributed and transmitted "as is"
without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including,
without limitation, warranties of title or implied warranties
of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The entire
risk as to the quality, accuracy, adequacy, completeness, correctness
and validity of any material rests with you. A to Z Home's Cool
is not responsible for any special, indirect, incidental, or
consequential damages that may result from the use of, or the
inability to use, the materials contained on this site whether
the material is provided or otherwise supplied by A to Z Home's
Cool or anyone else. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event
shall A to Z Home's Cool's total liability to you for any and
all claims, damages, losses, and causes of action (whether in
contract or tort or otherwise) exceed the amount paid by you,
if any, for accessing this site.
A to Z Home's Cool has made every effort to provide site visitors
with essays and links that are of the highest moral character,
professionalism and quality. However, A to Z Home's Cool
encourages all parents to exercise discretion in determining
products, services or information to purchase or secure.
Indeed, any reliance you place on information, products or services
secured from these organizations or individuals is solely your
responsibility. A to Z Home's Cool assumes no legal liability
or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, reliability,
usefulness, or currency of the products or services you purchase
or secure. Additionally, A to Z Home's Cool makes no representations
or warranties, express or implied, with respect to merchantability
or fitness for a particular purpose of any product, service,
or information provided by any outside essayist or link offered
through any A to Z Home's Cool sponsored page.
Rules for Bulletin
Boards and Chat Rooms
A to Z Home's Cool is not responsible for any material posted
on the Bulletin Boards, Chat Rooms, or other forums conducted
on this site ("Forums"). You shall not upload, transmit,
distribute or otherwise publish through such Forums any content
which: a) libels, defames, or is obscene, pornographic, abusive,
or threatening; b) infringes any intellectual property right
of any entity or person, including, but not limited to violating
anyone's copyrights or trademarks; c) violates any law; d) advocates
illegal activity; e) advertises or otherwise solicits funds or
is a solicitation for goods or services; You agree to indemnify
and hold A to Z Home's Cool harmless for any and all claims,
damages, losses, and causes of action arising out of your publication,
replication or transmittal of Non-Approved Material or your failure
to comply with these Terms of Use. While A to Z Home's Cool does
not and cannot review every message posted by users in the Forums
and is not responsible for the content of these messages, A to
Z Home's Cool reserves the right to delete, move, or edit messages
that it, in its sole subjective discretion, deems abusive, defamatory,
obscene, in violation of any copyright or trademark laws, or
otherwise unacceptable.
Other
This site is controlled and operated by A to Z Home's Cool
from its offices in the State of California, United States of
America. A to Z Home's Cool makes no representations that materials
in this site are appropriate or available for use in other locations.
Those who choose to access this site from other locations do
so at their own risk and are responsible for compliance with
any and all local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.
No software from this site may be downloaded, exported or re-exported
into (or to a national or resident of) any countries that are
subject to U.S. export restrictions. This agreement shall be
governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of California, as it is applied to agreements entered
into and to be performed entirely within such State. Any action
you bring to enforce this agreement or any matters related to
this site shall be brought in either the State or Federal Courts
located in Santa Clara County, California. If any provision of
this agreement is void or unenforceable in whole or in part,
the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected
thereby.
Privacy Policy
All personal information collected on this Website by A to
Z Home's Cool and/or its affiliated companies will be utilized
primarily for internal purposes and/or to enhance visitor enjoyment
and experience. A to Z Home's Cool may also use email addresses
or other personally identifiable information to contact visitors
who directly communicate with A to Z Home's Cool. For example,
to notify visitors that they have won a game/contest, to provide
a requested newsletter, or respond to visitors' questions. Any
such contact by A to Z Home's Cool is deemed by you to be at
your request and with your permission, and shall be deemed by
the parties, respectively, to be in compliance with any and all
anti-spamming laws that now exist or, shall hereafter be enacted.
In some instances, where specified, personal information submitted
by visitors may be used for marketing and promotional purposes
relating to the Website or other informational properties. A
to Z Home's Cool currently does not share any personally identifiable
information provided by visitors with third parties, unless specified
at time of collection. A to Z Home's Cool bears no responsibility
for any action or policies of any third parties who collect any
information visitors may disclose on the bulletin boards, chat
areas, other public forums, or other company hosted websites
linked within this Website.
A to Z Home's Cool runs several Yahoo Groups. In their Privacy Policy they do recommend Family Accounts so adults may supervise the use of the groups by young people.
No personal sign up is required for using the chat room for conversations. PulpChat only has my personal data, as I pay for the service. Here is their Privacy Policy
A to Z Home's Cool utilizes Extreme Tracker to help determine trends and interests of visitors. You may see a sample of the type of data collected here.
A to Z Home's Cool utilizes Google Analytics to help determine
.trends and interests of visitors. You may see a sample of the type of data collected here.
A to Z Home's Cool utilizes Quantcast to help determine the audience composition. You may see a the type of data collected here. Most visitors are females (56%), ages 35-44 (33%), with a household income of $30-100K (71%). While most are caucasian (85%), there are a healthy number of other ethnic groups who participate. 84% of the heads of households have a college or grad school education. The majority have children ages 6-17 in their household. 90.9% visit A to Z Home's Cool, while the rest visit GoMilpitas.com, my community website. Regular visitors account for 28% of the sites' traffic. Quantcast Privacy Policy
A to Z Home's Cool's affiliates may utilize a "cookie"
on this Website. A cookie is a piece of information that is transferred
to a visitor's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. If visitors
choose to, they have the option to set their browser so that
they have the ability to refuse cookies. A to Z Home's Cool requests
that all visitors to the Website that are under the age of 18
not disclose or provide any personal information on this Website
unless they provide written authorization to A to Z Home's Cool
from their parent or legal guardian.
HSClicks.com is a network of 1 homeschool website, namely
A to Z Home's Cool. It's a non public site and simply was done
to have the "Sponsor Ads" processing server to reside
next to the database server for performance reasons. We don't
collect any personal information, as there is none. The only
use of cookies is to track impression to click without profiling,
only to see how many people click on this ad, verses that ad
and for advertiser accounting purposes.
Some ads are from affiliate services. Though A to Z is not
responsible for their privacy terms, I shall link the major affiliates here for
your information:
A to Z Home's Cool reserves the right to modify, alter or
otherwise update this policy at any time so visitors are encouraged
to review this policy from time to time.
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- Rebecca Rupp presents a structured plan to ensure that your
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