Terms of Service:

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the alphabet-linguistics.com website and all content, services and products available at or through the website (taken together, the Website). The Website is owned and operated by Alphabet Linguistics, LLC (“Alphabet “). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, Alphabet’s Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by Alphabet (collectively, the “Agreement”).

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Alphabet, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.

1.Responsibility of Contributors.

If you comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;

if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;

you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;

the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;

the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);

the Content is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;

you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by Alphabet Linguistics or otherwise.

By submitting Content to Alphabet for inclusion on your Website, you grant Alphabet a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog. If you delete Content, Alphabet will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Alphabet has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Alphabet’s sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Alphabet’s reasonable opinion, violates any Alphabet policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in Alphabet’s sole discretion. Alphabet will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.

2. Payment and Renewal.

General Terms.

By selecting a product or service, you agree to pay Alphabet the one-time and/or monthly or annual subscription fees indicated (additional payment terms may be included in other communications). Subscription payments will be charged on a pre-pay basis on the day you sign up for an Upgrade and will cover the use of that service for a monthly or annual subscription period as indicated. Payments are not refundable.

Automatic Renewal.

Unless you notify Alphabet before the end of the applicable subscription period that you want to cancel a subscription, your subscription will automatically renew and you authorize us to collect the then-applicable annual or monthly subscription fee for such subscription (as well as any taxes) using any credit card or other payment mechanism we have on record for you. Upgrades can be canceled at any time by submitting your request to Alphabet in writing.

Services.

Fees; Payment. By signing up for a Services account you agree to pay Alphabet the applicable setup fees and recurring fees. Applicable fees will be invoiced starting from the day your services are established and in advance of using such services. Alphabet reserves the right to change the payment terms and fees upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to you. Services can be canceled by you at any time on thirty (30) days written notice to Alphabet .

Support. If your service includes access to priority email support. “Email support” means the ability to make requests for technical support assistance by email at any time (with reasonable efforts by Alphabet to respond within one business day) concerning the use of the VIP Services. “Priority” means that support takes priority over support for users of the standard or free alphabet-linguistics.com services. All support will be provided in accordance with Alphabet standard services practices, procedures and policies.

3. Responsibility of Website Visitors.

Alphabet has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, Alphabet does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Alphabet disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted

4. Content Posted on Other Websites.

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which alphabet-linguistics.com links, and that link to alphabet-linguistics.com. Alphabet does not have any control over those non-Alphabet websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Alphabet website or webpage, Alphabet does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Alphabet disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-Alphabet websites and webpages

5. Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy.

As Alphabet asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by alphabet-linguistics.com violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Alphabet in accordance with Alphabet’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy. Alphabet will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. Alphabet will terminate a visitor’s access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Alphabet or others. In the case of such termination, Alphabet Linguistics will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to Alphabet Linguistics.

6. Intellectual Property.

This Agreement does not transfer from Alphabet Linguistics to you any Alphabet Linguistics or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Alphabet. Alphabet, alphabet-linguistics.com, the alphabet-linguistics.com logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with alphabet-linguistics.com, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of Alphabet or Alphabet’s licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Alphabet or third-party trademarks.

7. Changes.

Alphabet Linguistics reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. Alphabet may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

8. Termination.

Alphabet may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your alphabet-linguistics.com account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have a paid services account, such account can only be terminated by Alphabet if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure such breach within thirty (30) days from Alphabet’s notice to you thereof; provided that, Alphabet can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties.

The Website is provided “as is”. Alphabet and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Alphabet nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.

10. Limitation of Liability.

In no event will Alphabet , or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to Alphabet under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. Alphabet shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

11. General Representation and Warranty.

You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the Alphabet Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

12. Indemnification.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Alphabet, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.

13. Miscellaneous.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Alphabet and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Alphabet, or by the posting by Alphabet of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the state of Delaware, U.S.A., excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Kent County, Delaware. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. (“JAMS”) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in state of Delaware, U.S.A., in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; Alphabet may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

Privacy Policy:

Alphabet Linguistics, LLC (“Alphabet “) operates alphabet-linguistics.com and may operate other websites. It is Alphabet’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Alphabet Linguistics collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Alphabet’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Alphabet’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Alphabet may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Alphabet Linguistics also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on alphabet-linguistics.com blogs/sites. Alphabet only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Alphabet’s websites choose to interact with Alphabet Linguistics in ways that require Alphabet Linguistics to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Alphabet gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at alphabet-linguistics.com to provide a username and email address. Alphabet Linguistics discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Alphabet’s behalf or to provide services available at Alphabet’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Alphabet’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Alphabet Linguistics will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Alphabet Linguistics discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Alphabet Linguistics believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Alphabet Linguistics, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Alphabet Linguistics website and have supplied your email address, Alphabet Linguistics may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Alphabet and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Alphabet Linguistics takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
To improve our website in order to better serve you.
To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
To quickly process your transactions.
To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)

How do we protect your information?

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

We use regular Malware Scanning.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

Aggregated Statistics

Alphabet may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Alphabet may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Alphabet does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Alphabet uses cookies to help Alphabet identify and track visitors, their usage of Alphabet website, and their website access preferences. Alphabet visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Alphabet’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Alphabet’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Google

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en

We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.

We have implemented the following:

Demographics and Interests Reporting

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

Opting out:

Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.

Business Transfers

If Alphabet Linguistics, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Alphabet Linguistics goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Alphabet may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.

Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.

Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.

You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:

On our Privacy Policy Page

Can change your personal information:

By emailing us
By calling us
By logging in to your account

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions
Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders.
Send you additional information related to your product and/or service
Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.
Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.
Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.
Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at

info@alphabet-linguistics.com and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Alphabet may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Alphabet’s sole discretion. Alphabet encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a alphabet-linguistics.com account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Miscellaneous

Your use of this site shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the state of Delaware, U.S.A., without regard to choice of law provisions and not by the 1980 U.N. Convention on contracts for the international sale of goods. You agree that jurisdiction over any venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this site (including but not limited to the purchase of Alphabet Linguistics’ products or services) shall be in the state or federal courts located in Kent County, Delaware. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the site (including but not limited to the purchase of Alphabet Linguistics’ products) must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. Alphabet Linguistics’ failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these terms and conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practices shall act to modify any of these terms and conditions. Alphabet Linguistics may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.

https://www.alphabet-linguistics.com/

244 Weybosset

Providence, Rhode Island 02903

United States

info@alphabet-linguistics.com

401-227-9248

Last Edited on 2017-02-10