Shutterbugs Terms and Conditions:

NOTICE. PLEASE READ THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS CAREFULLY.
BY ACCESSING THIS WEB-SITE YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS & CONDITIONS STATED BELOW. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS & CONDITIONS STATED BELOW, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THIS WEB-SITE. SHUTTERBUGS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE, MODIFY OR AMEND THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITHOUT ANY NOTICE.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In no event shall Shutterbugs or its licensors, suppliers, or vendors, their officers, directors, employees, or agents, be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages of any kind, or for any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether or not Shutterbugs has been advised of possibility of the damage, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of the site or of failure to provide services that you order from Shutterbugs or its affiliates, including without limitation, damages arising from mistake, omission, virus, delay, or interruption of service. In no event shall Shutterbugs be liable or responsible for any damages or consequences arising from or related to your inappropriate or unauthorized use of the site or its content.

MEMBER CONTENT

You understand that all information, data, text, photographs, graphics, messages or other materials ("Content") are the sole responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This means that you, and not Shutterbugs are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post or transmit via the Service. Recognizing the global nature of the Internet, you agree to comply with all local rules regarding online conduct and acceptable Content. You agree to not use the Service to send, upload, post or otherwise transmit any Content that contains (i) child pornography or anything indecent, obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy or vile; (ii) a threat to kidnap or injure a person, a threat to injure the personal property or reputation of another person, a threat to accuse any person of a crime, a threat to inform another that a person has violated any law of the United States, or a threat of blackmail; (iii) any matter advocating or urging treason, insurrection, or forcible resistance to any law of the United States; (iv) any defamatory remarks directed at any other person or company; or (v) any content that infringes the intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights of Shutterbugs or any third party does not control posted by Members and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of the Content Under no circumstances will Shutterbugs be liable to you in any way for any Content you may be exposed to that you may find offensive, indecent or objectionable. Products and services, are provided for your personal use only. You agree to abide by these terms of service and not to use these products and services or related messages for any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation to our Membership.

With all due respect to our membership, we request that our forums not be used for political issues, solicitations, charities and issues outside of the general purpose of this web site. We understand that we all have things in our lives that we feel very strongly about. Things that are important to us on a personal level. The intent of these forums is to exchange information about our hobby/art and communicate on a friendly and enjoyable level.

You acknowledge that Shutterbugs does not pre-screen Content, but that Shutterbugs and its affiliates shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to remove any Content that violates the terms of service or may otherwise be objectionable. You further acknowledge and agree that Shutterbugs may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the terms of service; (c) respond to claims that the Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect the rights, property, or personal safety of Shutterbugs, its users and the public.

ADVERTISING AND MATERIAL CONNECTION DISCLOSURE:

Shutterbugs.biz and Robyn Lakeman may have an affiliate relationship and/or other material connection to the providers of advertising, goods and/or services mentioned on this web site and may be compensated when you make a purchase from an advertiser and/or service provider via a link or banner on this web site. Advertisers may also pay for ad space directly with no further compensation or relationship other the display of their advertisement(s).

The content of posts on this web site are not influenced by sponsors, advertisers or any other form of affiliate partnership, nor are posts written for the sole purpose of promoting a good or service. Any reviews, product placement or other form of display is at our request as we feel that it may be relevant, educational or otherwise helpful to the membership and visiting traffic.

Robyn Lakeman is not paid to do reviews of any goods or services. We do not pay anyone to perform reviews for us. Robyn Lakeman may receive a sample(s) of the reviewed product in exchange for doing or arranging a review for display on this web site and/or other sites under our ownership, influence or control.

Robyn Lakeman does not pay for the goods or services we award as prizes or giveaways with the exception of items that we giveaway or award ourselves. Products are provided to us by their respective manufacturers or legitimate distributors in exchange for advertising and legitimate promotion. We do use the sponsor prizes to promote this web site as well as recognize the sponsor support of our web site.

Consumers should perform their own due diligence before buying goods or services from anyone via the internet or offline.

SHARING OF CONTENT

Pages, articles, artwork, photography and other content on this site are protected by copyright laws. Due to the ease of sharing content on this site with Social Networks, Blogs and other similar web sites and media, Shutterbugs.biz cannot be held liable for the sharing of any content on this web site as it is out of our control. Sharing of any content on this site DOES NOT constitute any release of rights, ownership or approval, implied or otherwise, by Shutterbugs.biz, its current or past members, sponsors, advertisers and contributors.

GOVERNING LAW

MacMillan, Inc. is based in Georgetown, Kentucky and all transactions take place on MacMillan, Inc's servers located in Georgetown, KY. Any legal action or proceeding relating to or arising from your access to or use of this Site shall be instituted in Georgetown, KY. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of The Commonwealth of Kentucky courts and agree that venue in these courts is proper in any such legal action or proceeding.

POTENTIALLY HARMFUL AGENTS

Shutterbugs takes all reasonable care to ensure that information, documents and files posted on the Website are free from viruses and other potentially harmful agents. However, we cannot guarantee that documents or files downloaded from the Website will be free from viruses and we do not accept any responsibility for any damage or loss caused by any virus or other potentially harmful agent. Accordingly, for your own protection, you should use virus-checking software when using the Website. You must not post or provide to us via the Website, any document or file which you believe may contain a virus. You must virus check any document or file which you intend to post or provide to us via the Website or email.

Shutterbugs is not responsible for any computer virus, Trojan, time-bomb, worm, or any other rogue programming that may be contained in any of the information or software contained on this Site. Shutterbugs has no obligation to detect the presence of any Rogue Programming. Any downloading of software or other materials or any other use of the Content and Materials on this Site is at your risk, and you are advised to take adequate precautions to minimize any loss to your system caused by Rogue Programming, including use of anti-virus programs and proper backup of files. You agree not to post, transmit, or make available in any way through this Site any software or other materials that contain Rogue Programming. This Site is provided on an "As Is" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Shutterbugs does not warrant that any information is complete or accurate, that this Site will be uninterrupted or error free, or that any information is free of Rogue Programming.

Shutterbugs strongly suggests you keep a self updating virus check software package running on your computer to protect your computer from computer viruses or other potentially harmful agents. Shutterbugs has received many virus infected emails from others who have virus infected computers. Many of these virus emails have ‘from’ and ‘to’ addresses as coming from the shutterbugs.biz domain, which is not true. Before contacting us to inform us that you have a spam or virus email from us, check the email header, you will find the email did not originate from shutterbugs.biz mail server IP address, but from another computer that is virus infected.

You understand and agree that by placing your email address in your profile and by making it publicly available; anyone may send you unsolicited email or add your email to third party mailing lists to send Spam without your knowledge. You understand and agree that by making your email address publicly available that anyone with a virus infected computer could send email with your email address without your consent. In accepting to these “Terms of Use” and opting to use this web site, you agree to hold harmless Shutterbugs and MacMillan, Inc. from any liability.

INDEMINITY

You agree that you shall indemnify and defend Shutterbugs and all parties from whom Shutterbugs has licensed portions of Content, and their directors, officers, and employees, against all claims, liability, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses arising out of or related to (i) your breach of these Terms of Use or (ii) any suit, claim, or demand arising from or relating to any text, photograph, image, graphic or other material you publish to or relate to Shutterbugs

Shutterbugs.biz reserves the right to refuse service.