Policies
User Agreement
1. Definitions.
This website (www.hotelsexguide.com) is the interactive online service operated by Hotel Sex Guide (“HSG”), a project of eMage eMarketing on the World Wide Web of the Internet, and consists of information, services, and content provided by the Online Service Provider. “User” means each person who accesses the HSG’s website. By accessing the website, the User is deemed to have agreed to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof.
2. General.
HSG shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the website, including, but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use.
3. Changed Terms.
HSG shall have the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to the User’s use of the website or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions, or deletions shall be effective immediately upon posting on the website or by any means of notification by which the User obtains actual knowledge thereof. Any use of the website and its products and services by the User after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by the User of such changes, modifications, additions or deletions.
4. Equipment.
The User shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telephone, computer hardware, and other equipment needed for access to and use of the website, its products and services and all charges related thereto.
5. User conduct.
(A) The User shall use the website for lawful purposes only. The User shall not post or transmit through the website any material which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or which, without HSG’s express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a User that in HSG’s discretion restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the website will not be permitted.
(B) The website contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of the website are copyrighted as a collective work under Canadian copyright laws. The HSG owns and/or controls copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. The User may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part. The User may download copyrighted material for the User’s personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of HSG and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice shall be made.
(C) The User shall not submit, upload, post or otherwise make available to HSG any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with the User. The User may submit and upload public domain materials and is responsible for and assumes all risks with respect to the determination of whether materials submitted and uploaded are in the public domain. The User shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyrights, proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such submission. The User hereby grants HSG the non-exclusive right without limitation to edit, copy, publish and distribute any material submitted to and made available on the HSG website by the User, including but not limited to any material submitted via email and the online form and posted by the User on the website’s bulletin boards, comment forms and forums, and any email queries submitted by the User to HSG, including without limitation publish and distribute such material on the website and in any print publications published and distributed by HSG or any of its affiliates. Specifically, without limitation, HSG may from time to time reproduce selected User email queries on its bulletin boards or forums so that other subscribers may respond hereto.
6. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability.
(A) THE USER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT USER’S SOLE RISK. HSG PROVIDES THE CONTENTS OF THIS WEBSITE FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AND FOR GENERAL INTEREST AND ENTERTAINMENT ONLY. BY USING THE WEBSITE THE USER AGREES NOT OT RELY ON ANY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL HSG BE LIABLE FOR THE USER USING SUCH INFORMATION NOR SHALL HSG BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS IN THIS WEBSITE OR THE MATERIALS IN ANY WEBSITE WHICH MAY BE LINKED TO THIS WEBSITE, EVEN IF HSG OR A HSG AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
(B) THE ONLINE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED ,INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.
(C) THIS DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY APPLIES TO ANY DAMAGES OR INJURY CAUSED BY ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, COMMUNICATION LINE FAILURE, THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF RECORD, WHETHER FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORTIOUS BEHAVIOR, NEGLIGENCE, OR UNDER ANY OTHER CAUSE OF ACTION. THE USER SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE ONLINE DISTRIBUTOR IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE, OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER SUBSCRIBERS OR THIRD PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH SUBSCRIBER.
7. Monitoring.
HSG shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the website, including bulletin boards and forums, to determine compliance with this Agreement and any operating rules established by HSG. HSG shall have the right in its sole discretion to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on the website. Without limiting the foregoing, HSG shall have the right to remove any material that it finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable, and the additional right to deny any User who fails to conform to any provision of this User’s Agreement access to the website.
8. Indemnification.
The User agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Hotel Sex Guide and eMage eMarketing from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of the use of the website by the User or the User’s Account.
Privacy Policy
The HotelSexGuide.com website (the “Website”) is operated by operated by the Hotel Sex Guide, located at 1770 Kitchener Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V5L 2W3, Canada (”HSG”). We can be reached by email at info@HotelSexGuide.com .
HOW HSG USES INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU: This Website does not collect personally identifying information about individuals except when specifically and knowingly provided by such individuals, which can occur in a variety of contexts. For example, HotelSexGuide.com visitors may be required to provide such information as part of or during (1)written submissions of reviews, stories and other Website content; (2) contests and sweepstakes; (3) registration for specific activities (for example, bulletin boards or email newsletters) or membership on our Website; (4) marketing surveys; and/or (5) customer support or technical service. We do not require personal information to gain access to the Website, however you will not be able to access areas that require registration without disclosing personally identifiable information.
Information collected may include your name, address, phone number, and email address.
A user’s personally identifying information will not be sold or rented to any other party without prior consent.
For registered users of HotelSexGuide.com, we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to HotelSexGuide.com, such as service announcements, administrative messages, and requests for feedback. We may also communicate with registered users to provide news or information about features, products and services that HSG is offering. In addition to the uses described above, a user’s personally identifying information may be used by HSG, its parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates for editorial or quality control purposes. HotelSexGuide.com may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to applicable law or comply with legal process served on HotelSexGuide.com or the Website; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of HotelSexGuide.com, the Website or the users of HotelSexGuide.com, and (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety or users of HotelSexGuide.com, the Website or the public.
If we desire to use your information for purposes not disclosed above or at the time we collect the information, we will announce such a plan and ask you to “opt in.” If you wanted to share your personal information for such purposes, you would have to respond. In the absence of such a response, your information would not be disclosed for the new purpose.
If you have any concerns about the above, feel free to email us at info@HotelSexGuide.com. In the subject line of your email, please type the phrase “PRIVACY POLICY.”
HotelSexGuide.com users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personal information (such as an email address) within the body of a post on the bulletin boards, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or parties.
While your personally identifying information is protected as outlined above, we collect anonymous aggregated Website usage data on HotelSexGuide.com for statistical purposes, and we often provide it to third parties as a measure of the popularity of our Website.
Whatever the purpose may be, we will only collect information to the extent reasonably necessary to fulfill your requests and our legitimate business objectives.
HYPERLINKS: This Website, including any email communications, contains hyperlinks to other sites. These hyperlinks include links from advertisers, vendors of products and services referenced on the Website, and other third parties. For example, if you click on a banner advertisement, or a promotion by a third party, or to purchase software products from a third-party vendor, the “click” takes you off the Website. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our Website and to read the privacy statements of each and every Website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Website.
ADVERTISING: The ads appear on this Website. Information about your visits to this site, such as the number of times you have viewed an ad (but not your name, address, or other personal information), is used to serve ads to you.
COOKIES: Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes. HSG places cookies in the browser files of a HotelSexGuide.com user’s computer, and these cookies either enable certain site functions, such as the bulletin boards, or allow for the anonymous aggregation of user activity on the HotelSexGuide.com Website for statistical purposes. The cookies themselves do not contain any personally identifying information although some can enable HotelSexGuide.com to relate a user’s use of HotelSexGuide.com to information that the user has specifically and knowingly provided to HotelSexGuide.com. Any personally identifying information associated with such cookies will be subject to the provisions outlined above. HotelSexGuide.com publishes advertiser banners and badges containing links to advertiser Websites, may engage in ecommerce affiliate programs with other Websites, directs users seeking to purchase software products to third-party vendors, and provides hyperlinks to other Websites for editorial purposes. If you view these banners and badges, or link to any of these sites, you also may get cookies from them. HotelSexGuide.com does not control these cookies and these cookies are not subject to this policy. The use of cookies is common in the Internet industry, and we encourage you to read the privacy policy of any Website that issues you a cookie. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, it is possible that some portions of HotelSexGuide.com will not function properly if you do so.
AGE OF USERS: No information should be submitted or posted on this Website by children under 18 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian.
PARENTS: We encourage you to get involved with your children’s online usage and to be aware of the activities in which they are participating. Unless otherwise disclosed during collection, HotelSexGuide.com does not knowingly collect or provide any personally identifying information of children under 18 years of age for any purpose whatsoever.
HotelSexGuide.com may, however, collect certain personally identifiable information to protect the integrity of the Website and the safety of children under 18 using the Website. In the event HotelSexGuide.com collects such information, it will be deleted from the HotelSexGuide.com systems as soon as possible. We do not knowingly use any information collected from users under 18 years of age for any marketing or promotional purpose or for member directories. You should be aware that anonymous aggregated data is sometimes provided to our advertisers for statistical purposes described above.
Finally, you should be aware that if your child voluntarily discloses his or her name, email address, etc. on various bulletin boards or chat areas, such disclosure may result in unsolicited messages from other parties. Accordingly, you should discourage your child from doing so.
If you have any concerns, do not hesitate to contact us at the above email address.
ASSIGNMENT: HSG may change its ownership or corporate organization while providing the Website and services. As a result, please be aware that HSG may transfer your information to another company that is affiliated with HSG or with which HSG has merged.
CHANGES: As our Website continues to develop, we may add new services and features to our Website. In the event that these additions affect our Privacy Policy, this document will be updated appropriately. We recommend that you read this Privacy Policy each time you use the Website in case you missed our notice of changes to the Privacy Policy.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS: By using this Website, you signify your acceptance of the HotelSexGuide.com Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes, provided however, that any material changes to this policy will not be implemented with respect to personally identifiable information collected prior to the announced changes, without your prior consent.
CORRECTING AND UPDATING INFORMATION: HotelSexGuide.com also permits you to correct or update personally identifiable information that you have previously provided to us. To do so, send us an email here indicating the information that you wish to be corrected or updated.
OTHER TERMS: Other terms and conditions governing your use of HotelSexGuide.com can be found in our User Agreement. Please read it.
