Hollywood Global
Entertainment Network (HGEN)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Welcome to the Hollywood Global Entertainment Network
(HGEN) website ("Site"). PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. These terms and conditions govern your
use of, and your purchase of products and services from this Site. Please note
that your use of this Site constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound
by these terms (the "Agreement").
GENERAL
We may from time to time, without notice, change the terms that govern your
use of this Site. Accordingly, we suggest you check these terms periodically
for changes. Your use of this Site following any such change constitutes your
agreement to follow and be bound by the terms as changed.
SITE CONTENTS
Unless otherwise noted, all materials, including images, illustrations, designs,
icons, photographs, and written and other materials that appear as part of this
Site (collectively, the "Contents") are copyrights, trademarks, trade
dress and/or other intellectual properties owned, controlled or licensed by
Hollywood Global Entertainment Network ("HGEN"). The Site as
a whole is protected by copyright and trade dress, all worldwide rights, titles
and interests in and to which are owned by Sandra Lord or HGEN. The Contents
of this Site, and the Site as a whole, are intended solely for personal, noncommercial
(other than for the purchase of membership to and merchandise from our Site)
use by the users of our Site. You may download or copy some of the Contents
and certain other downloadable materials displayed on the Site for your personal
use only. No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software
is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. You may
not reproduce (except as noted above), publish, transmit, distribute, display,
modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of, or
exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Contents, the Site, or any
related software.
USER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND OTHER SUBMISSIONS
All comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions disclosed,
submitted or offered to HGEN on or by this Site or otherwise disclosed, submitted
or offered in connection with your use of this Site (collectively, "Comments")
shall be and remain HGEN's property. Such disclosure, submission or offer of
any Comments shall constitute an assignment to HGEN of all worldwide rights,
titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties in
the Comments. Thus, HGEN will own exclusively all such rights, titles and interests
and shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of
any Comments. HGEN is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments
in confidence; (2) to pay to user any compensation for any Comments; or (3)
to respond to any user Comments. You agree that Comments submitted by you to
this Site will not violate any right of any third party, including copyright,
trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights. You further agree
that Comments submitted by you to this Site will not be or contain libelous
or otherwise unlawful, abusive, vulgar, obscene, defamatory, harassing, threatening
or obscene material. Furthermore, you will not make any bigoted, hateful, religious
or racially offensive statements, you will not advocate illegal activity or
discuss illegal activities with the intent to commit them, and you will not
post or distribute any chain letters, spam or software or other materials that
contain a virus or other harmful component.
We reserve the right to remove or edit content posted to this Site at any time
and for any reason. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content
of any Comments you submit to this Site.
You agree that HGEN may use and/or disclose information about your demographics
and use of the Site in any manner that does not reveal your identity.
LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES AND SERVICES
This Site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that HGEN is not responsible
and does not control the availability, content, associated links, privacy and
security practices, resources, or services associated with a third party site.
You agree that HGEN shall not be liable for any loss or damage of any sort associated
with your use of third party content. Links and access to these sites are provided
for your convenience only. Any concerns you have regarding any such third party
site should be directed to the party responsible for such site.
GENERAL DISCLAIMER
This Site and all contents of the site are provided on an "as is"
basis 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. We do not warrant that the functions contained in
the materials on this Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects
will be corrected, or that this site or the servers that make such materials
available are free of viruses or other harmful components. You acknowledge,
by your use of the Site, that your use of the Site is at your sole risk, that
you assume full responsibility for all costs associated with all necessary servicing
or repairs of any equipment you use in connection with your use of our Site,
and that neither HGEN nor its web hosting provider shall be liable for any damages
of any kind related to your use of this Site.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless HGEN, its employees, attorneys
and agents ("Indemnitees") against all claims, expenses, liabilities,
losses, costs and damages, including reasonable attorney's fees, that the Indemnitees
may incur (i) in connection with your use of the Site or any hyperlinked Web
site or (ii) resulting from content you supply.
PRIVACY AND SECURITY
HGEN is committed to maintaining your privacy and the security of the information
you provide to us.
Information Collection and Use
HGEN collects information from our members at several different points on our
website. HGEN is the sole owner of the information collected on this Site. We
will not sell, share, or rent this information to others. HGEN may share site
user profiles to advertisers in much the same way that magazines provide subscriber
information. Member names or identities are never tied to the general information
provided to advertisers. HGEN may release information to comply with valid legal
requirements such as a law or regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court
order. If we are legally compelled to disclose information about you to a third
party, we will notify you unless doing so would violate a court order.
Registration & Membership
To use most of the features on this website, a member must first complete the
registration form and pay the required membership fee posted at the time via
a valid credit card, bank card, check or money order. During registration, a
member is required to provide certain contact information (such as name and
e-mail address). This information is used to contact the member with information
regarding the Site and his/her membership. We also require members to provide
certain other information (such as occupation, geographic location) so we can
continue to better serve them in accordance with the goals of this Site.
Log Files
In the same fashion as most standard website servers, we use log files. This
includes IP (internet protocol) addresses, browser type, ISP (internet service
provider), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number
of clicks. These files are used to analyze trends, administer the Site, track
member's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information
for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable
information.
Sharing - Credit Card Processors
Retail establishments, including websites, utilize third party credit card processing
firms to bill their customers for purchases of goods or services. These credit
card processors are prohibited from using personally identifiable information
except for the purpose of such billing. Accordingly, they do not retain, share,
store or use personally identifiable information for any other purpose.
Links
This Site contains links to other web sites. Please be aware that HGEN is not
responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. If you link from
our Site to any other site, we encourage you to read the privacy statement of
that other site. This Privacy and Security Statement applies solely to information
collected by this Site.
SECURITY
HGEN takes every reasonable precaution to protect our members' information.
When you submit sensitive information via the Site, your information is protected
both online and offline. When our registration form asks members to enter their
credit card number, that information is encrypted and is protected with the
best encryption software in the industry, Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also
do everything in our power to protect member information offline. All of our
members' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is
restricted in our offices and the facilities of our web hosting provider, HGENOnLine.com.
Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job, e.g., a billing
clerk or a customer service representative, are granted access to personally
identifiable information. Furthermore, all employees are promptly notified of
changes to our security and privacy practices. Lastly, the servers in which
we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
We make every reasonable effort to prevent the alteration, theft, loss or misuse
of our members' information by others. However, please remain cognizant that
there is always some risk in transmitting information over the Internet.
Communication from the Site
We send all new members a welcoming e-mail to verify password and member name.
You agree that HGEN may send electronic mail to you for the purpose of advising
you of changes or additions to this Site, as well as apprising you of any of
HGENs events, products, services or opportunities, or, at HGENs
discretion, the events, products, services or opportunities from members of
HGEN, or a third party, or for such other purpose(s) as HGEN deems appropriate.
Notification of Changes
If we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect
member information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent
notice on our website and we will send an e-mail to members notifying them of
the change.
About the Forum
Please be aware that if you disclose personally identifiable information online
through the Forum, you will be making that information public. Such disclosure
may increase your chance of receiving spam or unsolicited e-mail. HGEN strongly
recommends that you utilize your discretion when disclosing information on this
Site or any other website. HGEN is not responsible for personally identifiable
information posted on the Forum. Please read Forum Rules in the Forum section
of this site additional information governing participation in the HGEN Forum.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998
HGEN is most concerned with the safety of children when they use the Internet.
Accordingly, to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of
1998, we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from
anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. No information
should be submitted to or posted at this site by visitors under the age of 13
without the consent of their parent or legal guardian. If we become aware that
a subscriber is under the age of 13 and has signed up without prior verifiable
parental consent, we will remove his or her personally identifiable information
from our files. Parents or legal guardians may provide HGEN with consent to
collect such information by e-mail, by facsimile or by postal mail at the number/addresses
set forth below under "Contact Us".
HGEN encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children
and to participate in the interactive activities offered on this site. Parents
should consider using parental control tools available from online services
and software manufactures to help supervise their childrens online activities.
These tools can also prevent children from disclosing their name, address, and
other personal information online without parental permission.
MISCELLANEOUS
Unless otherwise specified and except to the extent HGEN products are offered for sale in the
United States through this Site, this Site and the Contents thereof are displayed solely for the
purpose of promoting HGEN's products and services available in the United States and select foreign
markets. This Site is controlled and operated by HGEN from its office in Los Angeles, California and
the California office of its web hosting provider, HGENOnLine.com. This Agreement shall be construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to any conflict of law
provisions. Any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be resolved exclusively by the state and
federal courts of the State of California, County of Los Angeles and/or the Southern District of
California.
TERMINATION
This Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or HGEN.
You may terminate this Agreement at any time by notifying us at info@HGENOnLine.com,
but if you do so, your membership will be terminated as well and you will thereafter
be denied access to the Site. HGEN also may terminate this Agreement at any
time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly deny you access
to the Site, if in HGEN's sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or
provision of this Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement by either
you or HGEN, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise
obtained from this Site, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made
under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise.
REFUNDS
Members may request, and receive, membership refunds within seven (7) days of
signing up. Due to the informative nature