Copyright, Privacy and Legals

Copyright

The contents of this site are © Copyright 2004 Ruth Ostrow. Service and materials available through the service are the property of Ruth Ostrow and/or her affiliates or licensors, and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. No material may be reproduced in any format without our written permission.

Copyright entitles the owner to the exclusive right to copy and reproduce the materials. Copying or reproducing the materials may infringe the copyright. You are permitted only to download, display, print or reproduce the materials in unaltered form for personal, non-commercial use, research or study.

You may not reproduce, retransmit, distribute, sell, publish, circulate or forward copies to others of the contents of the website/service or materials or information found on the website/service in whole or in part, in any form including electronic means without our prior written permission.

Requests for authorisation to use the materials contained on this site for any other purpose should be directed to ruth@ruthostrow.com

Use of the service

We (being Ruth Ostrow, her affiliates, agents and licensors) have made all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this website, but take no responsibility for any errors or omissions therein. The information on the website is provided on the basis that all persons accessing the website undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its content.

Privacy

We respect the privacy of the users of the website service. Please take a moment to review our Privacy Policy:

When you visit this website, the following information provided by your browser may be logged for statistical purposes only: the type of browser and operating system you are using; the address of the last site you visited; your server's IP address (a number which is unique to the machine through which you are connected to the Internet: usually one of your service provider's machines); the date and time of your visit; and the address of the pages accessed and the documents downloaded.

All of this information may be used only for statistical analysis or systems administration purposes. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities.

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address). The customer's contact information is only used to contact the visitor when necessary. Any information collected from the visitor is only used by Ruth Ostrow and her affiliates. We do not sell, rent or otherwise disclose this information to third parties without your consent.

This site contains links to other sites. Ruth Ostrow is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Ruth Ostrow uses your registration information for internal purposes only. Your privacy is respected and protected.

Disclaimers

This website may contain links, frames or other references to other parties and their websites. Ruth Ostrow and her associates cannot control the contents of those other sites, and make no warranty about the accuracy, timeliness or subject matter of the material located on those sites. We make no warranties or representations that material on other websites to which this website is linked does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person anywhere in the world.

The links we have incorporated do not and should not be taken as implying an endorsement or approval of the content of those web sites or the activities of the organisations and businesses responsible for those web sites

Use at your Own Risk. The website service is provided on an "as is" basis, and the information, materials and services available through the website are for information purposes only. Because of the inherent hazards and uncertainties of electronic distribution, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in the materials or information available through the website service.

No responsibility is assumed. The information in this website should not be used as a substitute for advice and assistance from relevant bodies. We strongly recommend that such advice and assistance be obtained before you act on any information you've found on the website. You should confirm any facts that are important to your decision. If you rely on any information or materials available through this service, you do so at your own risk. You understand that you are solely responsible for any damage or loss you may incur that results from your use of the service or any material and/or information from or otherwise provided through the website service.

No warranties. We (being Ruth Ostrow, her affiliates, agents and licensors) have made all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this website, however all materials available through the site are provided to you "as is," "with all faults," and "as available." We cannot and do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, currentness, non-infringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of the service or any information or materials available through the website, nor do we guarantee that the service or materials or information available through the website service will be error-free, or continuously available, or free of viruses or other harmful components.

Limitations on our liability. Under no circumstances shall Ruth Ostrow, her affiliates, agents or licensors be liable to you or anyone else for any damages occasioned to us arising out of any claim alleging that the website and writing or information contained therein contains anything libellous, defamatory, obscene, in breach of copyright or otherwise unlawful. Under no circumstances shall Ruth Ostrow, or her affiliates, agents or licensors be liable to you or anyone else for any damages arising out of use of the service or any information or materials available through the service, including, without limitation, liability for consequential, special, incidental, indirect, or similar damages, even if we are advised beforehand of the possibility of such damages. Nor shall we be liable for the actions of any third party taken as a result of anything read or seen on the website.

We cannot guarantee or warrant that the service or materials that may be downloaded from the website service do not contain viruses, worms, or other destructive features. If you download any files from the website service, you do so at your own risk. In entering this website you agree to use the service at your own risk. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from claims and expenses arising out of any breach by you or parties associated with you, of this agreement.