Privacy Policy
Gathering and use of information
Shelsky’s may or may not collect personally identifiable information from visitors to our sites. Such personally identifiable information may include your name, postal address, e-mail address, company name and/or telephone numbers, etc. (collectively referred to herein as “Personal Information”).
We will never sell, transfer or disclose any Personal Information we gather at our Web sites to any third parties without your prior consent, except in cases when we believe in good faith that we have a legal obligation to disclose such Personal Information.
We may collect Personal Information primarily to e-mail consumers and/or customers with updates and news, to send out brochures, etc., via regular mail to subscribers, and for use in our online and off-line marketing and advertising campaigns. Currently we do not share aggregate information about our users (for example, the percent of male and female visitors to our sites) with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, or other third parties.
We may use “cookie” technology to track customer visits through our sites. Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. They enhance the online experience by saving your preferences while you are visiting a particular site. The cookies Shelsky’s may use do not contain any personally identifying information and cannot profile your system or collect information from your hard drive.
We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our Web sites, and also to gather broad demographic information.
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Terms of Use
By accessing and browsing any web site owned and/or operated by Shelsky’s, (collectively the “Site”), you accept, without limitation or qualification, the following Terms and Conditions. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions, please exit this site.
1. CONTENT OWNERSHIP. The content or other materials on the Site including, but not limited to, all text, audio, images and other materials or elements (collectively the “Content”) are owned and copyrighted by Shelsky’s, its licencors or others with all rights reserved. You should assume that the Content is copyrighted and owned by Shelsky’s unless otherwise noted and you may not use the Content, except as provided in this Legal Policy, without the prior written permission of Shelsky’s.
All trademarks, trade names and logos and all related product names, design marks and slogans which appear on the Site are either the trademarks or service marks (registered or unregistered) of Shelsky’s or its licencors unless otherwise stated herein. Shelsky’s and its licencors expressly reserve all intellectual property rights in all Content on the Site. No license is granted to you in connection with such Content contained on the Site.
In its sole discretion, Shelsky’s or its licencors may seek to enforce their intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the possibility of seeking criminal prosecution.
Except as otherwise expressly directed by Shelsky’s, any communication or material you transmit to Shelsky’s at the Site by electronic mail or otherwise, including any data, questions, comments, suggestions, or the like is, and will be treated as, non-confidential and non-proprietary. Such communications or materials may be used by Shelsky’s or its subsidiaries and affiliates for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting.
Shelsky’s agrees that it will not communicate or divulge to, or use for the benefit of, any other person, partnership, association, or corporation, other than authorized Shelsky’s employees and agents, any of the trade secrets, formulas, or secret processes, used or employed by the company in or about its business, that may be communicated to Shelsky’s by virtue of your application. Submission and investigation of this application does not entail any commitment upon the part of the applicant or of Shelsky’s in any way, until agreement for said purpose is duly entered into by both parties.
2. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES. The Site may contain links to other Internet sites not under the ownership or editorial control of Shelsky’s. Such links are provided for your convenience only and are not express or implied warranties, endorsements or approvals by Shelsky’s of any products, services, advice or information available from such sites. Shelsky’s does not warrant and specifically disclaims any and all responsibility or liability for your use of such sites and you hereby release Shelsky’s and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors and agents from any and all such responsibility or liability for the same.
3. EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY. Neither Shelsky’s nor any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, nor any of their respective agents will be liable for any damages or injury that accompany or result from your use of any Shelsky’s site and your use of any Shelsky’s site is at your own risk. This includes (but is not limited to) damages or injury caused by any of the following: use of (or inability to use) the site; use of (or inability to use) any site to which you hyperlink from our site; failure of performance; error; omission; interruption; defect; delay in operation or transmission; computer virus; line failure; intrusion, hacking or violation of any Shelsky’s site by any third party; or any illegal activities of any third parties.
Shelsky’s is not liable for any damages, including but not limited to the following: direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, loss of profits, loss of data, loss of use, or other damages arising out of or in any way related to the use of the site or the content therein whether based in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Furthermore, Shelsky’s is not liable even if it has been negligent or if our authorized representative has been advised of the possibility of such damages or both.
The above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you to the extent that applicable law may not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages.
4. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. The content of any Shelsky’s site is provided “as is” and Shelsky’s disclaims any warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the following warranties:
- The content is of any particular level of quality or fit for a particular purpose;
- The content is error-free and accurate;
- The functional elements contained in the content will be uninterrupted or error-free;
- Defects will be corrected;
- The site or the servers that make them available are free of viruses or other harmful components;
- Successful results or outcomes will result from properly following any instructions, directions or recipes contained in the content;
- The content on this site is non-infringing; and/or
- The site is secure from tampering, hacking or intrusion by third parties.
5. REVISIONS TO THE TERMS. Shelsky’s may at any time, in its sole discretion and without notice, revise or modify the Terms and Conditions. Users are bound by any such revisions and should periodically visit this Site to review the current Terms and Conditions.
6. SITE SECURITY. Users are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Site, including without limitation, (a) accessing data not intended for such user or logging onto a server or an account which the user is not authorized to access; (b) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (c) attempting to interfere with service to any user, host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to the Site, overloading, flooding, spamming, mailbombing or crashing; (d) sending unsolicited e-mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services; (e) forging any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail or newsgroup posting; (f) by using any device, software or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any activity being conducted on the Site; or (g) by using or attempting to use any engine, software, tool, agent or other device or mechanism (including, without limitation browsers, spiders, robots, avatars or intelligent agents) to navigate or search the Site other than the search engine and search agents available from Shelsky’s on this Site. Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. Shelsky’s may investigate occurrences that potentially involve such violations and may involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in such violations.
7. CHOICE OF LAW. This Legal Policy and your use of this Site is governed by the laws of the State of New York in the United States of America, without regard to its choice of law provisions.