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WEB SITE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF USE

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ChineseMiniDiggers.com holds the authority to modify these terms and conditions whenever necessary. By accessing ChineseMiniDiggers.com, you consent to comply with the most recent terms and conditions displayed on our website at www.ChineseMiniDiggers.com (referred to as the ‘Web Site’).

General Terms of Use

By visiting ChineseMiniDiggers.com, you consent to abide by the Web Site’s Terms & Conditions of Use, all relevant laws, and regulations. You acknowledge that you are solely accountable for adhering to any applicable local laws. If you disagree with any of these terms, you are advised not to use this site. Any disputes related to ChineseMiniDiggers.com will be subject to the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, USA. The content available on the Web Site is safeguarded by the relevant copyright and trademark laws.

Unless explicitly allowed by additional terms, our sites and services are designed for individuals who are 18 years old or older. Unauthorized access or use by anyone under this age is strictly prohibited.

Internet Etiquette

Electronic platforms such as email distribution lists, web-based forums, and classified advertising lists provided by ChineseMiniDiggers.com have established guidelines and etiquette for posting content. Users are expected to respect the norms and sensitivities of others when distributing material electronically. It is not permissible to use the Web Site to impersonate another individual or falsely claim that you are authorized to represent ChineseMiniDiggers.com or any other entity. All messages sent by you should accurately identify you as the sender. Any attempts to modify the system settings, breach network security, gain unauthorized access to other users’ email accounts, or any other ‘hacking’ attempts are strictly forbidden. Such actions will lead to immediate termination of all access and privileges and may result in criminal and/or civil charges.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

The Web Site includes links and pointers to third-party Internet sites, sometimes presented through third-party advertisements. Our association with these third-party sites does not indicate our endorsement or sponsorship of such sites, or the information, products, or services provided on or through these sites. Furthermore, neither we nor any of our affiliated companies have any control over or operate any information, products, or services that third parties may provide on or through the Web Site or on websites we link to.

The information, products, and services offered on or through the site and any third-party sites are provided “as is” and without any kind of warranties, either express or implied. To the maximum extent allowed by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We do not guarantee that the site or any of its functions will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that any part of this site, including bulletin boards, or the servers that make it available, are free of viruses or other harmful components.

We do not make any warranties or representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the site or materials on this site or on third-party sites in terms of their correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, or otherwise.

You are required to provide and are solely responsible for all hardware and/or software necessary to access the Web Site. You bear the entire cost of and responsibility for any damage to, and all necessary maintenance, repair, or correction of, that hardware and/or software.

The Web Site is provided solely for informational purposes and is not intended for trading or investing purposes, or for commercial use. The Web Site should not be used in any high-risk activities where damage or injury to persons, property, environment, finances, or business may result if an error occurs. You expressly assume all risk for such use.

Certain parts of the website enable you to buy a variety of products and services online provided by third parties. We do not guarantee the quality, accuracy, timeliness, reliability, or any other aspect of these third-party products and services. If you purchase from a merchant on the website or a site linked from our website, the information gathered during your visit and the information that you provide during the transaction, such as your credit card number and contact details, may be collected by both the merchant and us. A merchant might have privacy and data collection practices that differ from ours. We bear no responsibility or liability for these independent policies. Moreover, when you purchase products or services on or through the website, you may be subject to additional terms and conditions that specifically apply to your purchase or use of such products or services. For more details about a merchant, its online store, its privacy policies, and/or any additional terms and conditions that may apply, visit the merchant’s website and click on its information links or directly contact the merchant. You absolve us and our affiliates from any damages that you incur, and agree not to assert any claims against us or them, resulting from your purchase or use of any products or services made available by third parties through the website.

You agree to bear the financial responsibility for all purchases made by you or someone acting on your behalf through the website. You commit to using the website and purchasing services or products through the website solely for legitimate purposes. You also agree not to make any purchases for speculative, false, or fraudulent purposes. You commit to purchasing goods or services only for yourself or for another person for whom you are legally allowed to do so. When making a purchase for a third party that requires you to submit the third party’s personal information to us or a merchant, you affirm that you have obtained the explicit consent of such third party to provide their personal information.

ChineseMiniDiggers.com or its service providers, affiliates, associates, subsidiaries, or partners shall not be liable for any damages, including, but not limited to, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption, resulting from the use of or inability to use the materials contained on the website, even if ChineseMiniDiggers.com has been informed of the potential damage. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you. 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 information and viewpoints shared in Bulletin Boards, Chat Rooms, or other electronic forums on the website do not necessarily reflect those of ChineseMiniDiggers.com or its service providers, affiliates, associates, subsidiaries, or partners. ChineseMiniDiggers.com does not make any representations or warranties about that information or those opinions. Neither ChineseMiniDiggers.com nor its service providers, affiliates, associates, subsidiaries, or partners shall be held responsible or liable for any loss, damage (whether actual, consequential, punitive, or otherwise), injury, claim, liability, or other cause of any kind or character whatsoever based on or resulting from any information or opinions provided in such forums.

Limited License

ChineseMiniDiggers.com provides you with a limited license to view, print, or download any content available on the website for which no fee is charged, strictly for non-commercial, personal, or educational purposes. However, you are not permitted to use such content for commercial purposes, either alone or in conjunction with any product you distribute, or to copy or host such content on your or any other person’s website or FTP server. This limited license does not confer any rights in any copyright, trademark, trade name, or other proprietary property of ChineseMiniDiggers.com or any other party who owns or has proprietary rights to the content, information, and materials provided on the website.

Preservation of Intellectual Property Rights

All content on this site, including but not limited to images, illustrations, and multimedia materials, is protected by copyrights owned and controlled by ChineseMiniDiggers.com or by other parties that have licensed their material to ChineseMiniDiggers.com. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute in any way material from this website or any other website owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by Carbon Media. Modifying the materials or using them for any other purpose constitutes a violation of the copyrights and other proprietary rights held by the respective owners. The use of any such material on any other website, FTP server, or network environment is strictly prohibited.

Changes and Improvements

ChineseMiniDiggers.com reserves the right to make changes, improvements, modifications, or amendments to the products, services, information, and materials available on the website, including the terms and conditions of your use of this website, without any liability.

Jurisdictional Issues

Due to the global nature of the Internet, ChineseMiniDiggers.com cannot limit access to its website only to jurisdictions where it operates. Some or all of the products and services offered on this website may not be eligible for solicitation in your jurisdiction. If you are accessing this website from such a jurisdiction, you should not consider anything on this site as an offer to sell or a solicitation to purchase any product or service from ChineseMiniDiggers.com. This site is intended for use only by individuals residing in jurisdictions where such products and services can be legally sold.

ChineseMiniDiggers.com provides services and programs in many parts of the world. The website may mention certain services or programs that are not available globally. Without limiting the offers made on this website, reference to such services or programs does not imply that ChineseMiniDiggers.com plans to offer these services or programs in all countries or locations.

Unless otherwise specified, the materials on the website are presented primarily for the purpose of providing information to individuals located in Florida, USA. ChineseMiniDiggers.com does not claim that any of the materials on the website are suitable or available for use in other locations or jurisdictions. Those who choose to access this site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws apply.

This agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan and the laws of the USA, and users of the website irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Michigan. Any provisions of this Agreement that are or may be deemed invalid, unenforceable, or illegal will be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, unenforceability, or illegality, without affecting the validity, enforceability, or legality of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties regarding the subject matter herein and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, negotiations, and discussions, whether oral or written, of the parties.

Privacy

ChineseMiniDiggers.com has implemented a privacy policy that addresses the collection, use, and disclosure of user information.

Submissions

When you post or send a message in any public electronic forum on the ChineseMiniDiggers.com website, you implicitly agree to have that message, along with your name and/or user name, publicly displayed here and in other promotional and advertising materials, as well as on other websites, without any compensation. It’s important to note that ChineseMiniDiggers.com does not guarantee the posting of every submission. All messages shared here reflect the opinions of the individuals or organizations posting them and do not necessarily represent the ideas or viewpoints of ChineseMiniDiggers.com. While you are welcome to copy the posted messages for personal use, any redistribution requires written permission from ChineseMiniDiggers.com. By accepting this authorization, you also agree that any copies you make of messages located on this website will retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein

By posting or sending a message in any public electronic forum on the ChineseMiniDiggers.com website, you implicitly agree to the following terms:

1. You represent and warrant that you either own the content posted by you on the website or have the right to grant the license set forth below. Additionally, the posting of your content should not violate the privacy rights, publicity rights, copyrights, contract rights, or any other rights of any person.
2. You grant ChineseMiniDiggers.com, and its subsidiaries a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license to:
   • Reproduce, distribute, transmit, sublicense, and create derivative works of any materials and other information you submit to public areas, chat rooms, bulletin boards, newsgroups, or forums on ChineseMiniDiggers.com.
   • Publicly display, publish, and perform the submitted materials and other information.
   • Use your name and/or user name in connection with the submitted materials and other information for advertising, marketing, and promotional purposes related to ChineseMiniDiggers.com.
3. You acknowledge that any copies you make of messages located on the website will retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein.

Remember, this authorization does not give you any recourse for alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your communications to ChineseMiniDiggers.com.

To ensure an informative and valuable service that caters to the needs of Web Site users while preventing harm from false, malicious, or harmful statements, the following rules have been established to safeguard against abuse.

You may not:

Do not prevent or limit any other user from enjoying the Web Site. Do not pretend to be someone else or lie about your relationship with a person or entity when using the Web Site. Do not interfere with or disrupt the Web Site or its features, or the servers or networks that we use to provide the Web Site, or violate any rules or policies of those networks. Do not use the Web Site to incite or encourage others to break the law or harm anyone or anything, or interfere with anyone’s business or contractual rights. Do not access the Web Site, or any account, computer system, or network connected to the Web Site, without authorization, by using methods such as hacking, password mining or other illegal means. Do not obtain or try to obtain any materials or information that are not deliberately made available through the Web Site. Do not use the Web Site to post or transmit any information of any kind that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, libelous, hateful, offensive (regardless of sex, race, religion or otherwise), defamatory, obscene, vulgar, harassing, pornographic, profane or indecent, or that may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, result in civil liability or violate any local, state, provincial, national or international law. Do not use the Web Site to post or transmit any information, software or other material that infringes on the rights of others, including material that invades the privacy or publicity rights of others, or that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or derivative works thereof, without first getting permission from the owner or rights holder.
Do not post or transmit any information, software or other material that has a virus or other harmful component on the Web Site. Do not post, transmit or exploit any information, software or other material on the Web Site for commercial purposes, or that has advertising. Do not advertise or solicit on the Web Site to anyone to buy or sell anything, to stop using the Web Site, to go to another competing Web Site, or to make any donations, without our written permission. Do not collect any email addresses or other personal information of other users of the Site for marketing purposes. You agree to protect ChineseMiniDiggers.com and all of its officers, directors, employees, agents, distributors and affiliates from any third party claims, demands, liabilities, costs, or expenses, including legal fees, that result from your violation of any of the above, or other terms and conditions of service.

We are not responsible for monitoring any user-generated content or material on the Web Site. But we can always reveal any information we think is needed to comply with any law, regulation or government request, or to reject or delete any information or materials, partially or completely, that we find objectionable or against these Terms and Conditions of Service. We can also block anyone from accessing the Web Site or any of its features, for any reasons, especially if they break these Terms and Conditions of Service or if they prevent or harm others from enjoying our website.

Moderators

Moderators of a forum on ChineseMiniDiggers.com are volunteers who do not work for ChineseMiniDiggers.com or Carbon Media. They are not affiliated with or endorsed by them. ChineseMiniDiggers.com and Carbon Media are not liable for what moderators do or don’t do.

If you act as a moderator, you agree that:

• As a moderator, you agree to the following:
• Be honest and respectful as a moderator.
• Do not take any bribes or rewards from anyone for your moderating actions.
• Do not favor or endorse any specific product, brand or service, and be fair and unbiased.
• Follow these Terms and Conditions of Service, and the moderating rules and content policies of Chineseminidiggers.com that are given to you. Act accordingly when you see content that breaks Chineseminidiggers.com policy or report it to Chineseminidiggers.com for review. Chineseminidiggers.com for guidance if you are unsure what to do in certain situations.
• Do not claim to be a representative or agent of Chineseminidiggers.com or make any promises or commitments on behalf of Chineseminidiggers.com.
• Keep any confidential and/or non-public information that you may receive or access as a moderator private and secure. Do not share or post any of this information online or with anyone else. Do not use any of this information for any other purpose than your moderating role. Contact Chineseminidiggers.com immediately if you think any of this information has been compromised. Follow this rule even after you stop being a moderator.
• Chineseminidiggers.com can take away your moderating rights at any time, for any reason, and can undo any action or decision that you make.

Copyright Policy

ChineseMiniDiggers.com respects the intellectual property rights of others and follows the law. You can read our copyright policy at ChineseMiniDiggers.com

We may shut down or block the accounts of users who keep breaking the law or are accused of breaking the law by copying or using the work of others without permission.

Passwords

You will get a username and password when you sign up on the Web Site. You must keep your password and account secret, and you are in charge of everything that happens with your password or account. You must tell us right away if someone else uses your password or account or if there is any security problem, and you must log out of your account when you are done. We are not responsible for any loss or damage if you do not keep your password or account safe.

Classified Advertising

You can use the Web Site to post some classified ads. When you post an ad on the Web Site, you agree that we own the ad as it shows on the Web Site and you give us all the rights to the ad under the law. Posting an ad does not mean we will publish it, and publishing an ad does not mean we will keep it. We only take standard abbreviations and proper punctuation. We can change, move, fix, refuse or remove any ad at any time, as we see fit.

Affiliate Links

ChineseMiniDiggers.com makes money by linking to websites like Amazon.com and other similar programs. ChineseMiniDiggers.com can change or replace any links that users post on ChineseMiniDiggers.com with our own links. You agree not to post or share any content that has “affiliate marketing,” “link referral code,” or “spam.”

Termination

We can stop or end your use of the Web Site or any part of it at any time, without telling you. If we do that, you cannot use the part of the Web Site that we stopped or ended. The rules about what you can do with the material you got from the Web Site, and the statements that say we are not responsible for anything, still apply.