LEGAL / PRIVACY / DISCLAIMER

Privacy Policy: Phases of Womanhood, Inc.

This website ("Company Website") is operated by Phases of Womanhood, Inc., a 501©(3) tax-exempt organization.  The policies outlined below apply to all websites owned, operated, and controlled by the Company. This policy does not cover information collected on sites linked to or from the Company's Websites.

We reserve the right to change or modify these privacy practices from time to time simply by posting a revised Privacy Policy on this Company Website. Any such change shall be effective as soon as the revised Privacy Policy is posted on this Company Website. We reserve the right to make the revised Privacy Policy effective for or applicable to the information we already have about you, as well as any information we receive in the future. We encourage you to check back often to determine any changes to this Privacy Policy so that you understand our current privacy practices. Continued access of the Website by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Privacy Policy.

PARENTS AND CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 16:

THIS SITE IS NOT MEANT FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 16. CHILDREN SHOULD GET THEIR PARENT’S PERMISSION BEFORE VISITING THE SITE AND SHOULD NOT PROVIDE PHASES OF WOMANHOOD, INC. WITH ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. PHASES OF WOMANHOOD, INC. DOES NOT DETERMINE THE AGE OF A WEB SITE VISITOR, SO IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHILD AND PARENTS TO MAKE SURE THE CHILD IS NOT VIEWING THE WEB SITE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE PARENT. PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION SHOULD ONLY BE ENTERED BY PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 18.

SHOULD YOU BE MADE AWARE OF ANY INFORMATION BEING SENT BY PHASES OF WOMANHOOD, INC. TO A MINOR, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMPANY SO THAT WE CAN REMOVE THE MINOR FROM OUR LISTS.

Introduction

Our privacy policy describes the information we collect, how we use it and your rights to it. We are firmly committed to protecting your private information. By using this Company Website, you acknowledge and agree to the terms and conditions of this Website Privacy Policy Statement ("Privacy Policy"). If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this Company Website.


We will never share, sell, or rent your personal account information or subscriber data with anyone without your advance permission or unless ordered by a court of law. Information submitted to us is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information and to contracted service providers for purposes of providing services relating to our communications with you.

Information We Collect

The Company collects personal information, voluntarily submitted by you, on the Company's Websites. This personal information may include, but is not limited to, your name, address, telephone number, email address, gender, year of birth, home address, work address, landline phone number, cell phone number, credit card number, income level, education, number of children and their ages, and other personal preferences such as religion, interests, preferred brands, wish list, and products and services purchased. Listed below are the kinds of interactions that provide us with information about you and which permit us to contact you, on-line or by other means. 

Customer/Consumer Actions

• Subscribing to email newsletters or other correspondence;
• Joining the Phases of Womanhood, Inc. on-line community;
• Subscribing to print or digital versions of Company publications or other information;
• Completing a request, registration, survey, application, comment, or other form;
• Requesting information on a product or service from us or from one of our vendors, suppliers or other agents;
• Submitting any content or materials to this Website;
• Participating in a contest, sweepstakes, or any form of promotional activity sponsored by the Company, affiliate or third party;
• Registering for any event sponsored by us or promoted directly on our website;
• Requesting materials from the Company or one of its affiliates;
• Requesting e-mail, fax, mail or telephone support or services.

You will be asked for your credit card information if you register online for an event sponsored or co-sponsored by the Company, or if you buy any product from this Site. Your credit card information, along with the personal identifying information you submit, is transferred to and used by third party fulfillment and financial institutions to verify the credit card numbers, to authorize the processing of the transaction, to register you for the event or to fulfill a subscription or product order. Be sure to review all privacy policies published by our third party service providers and contact them directly if you have questions as they may have privacy terms that differ from The Company's Privacy Policy.

The Company's Websites sometimes may offer contests or promotions that are sponsored by or co-sponsored by one or more third parties. These organizations may obtain personally identifiable information that you voluntarily submit in order to participate in the offered promotion or contest. The Company has no control over the third-party sponsors' use of this information. Be sure to review all privacy policies published by these third parties and contact them directly if you have questions, as their privacy policies may differ from The Company's Privacy Policy.

The Company also collects non-personally-identifiable information from your Web browser to determine aggregated trends and usage statistics for purposes of site administration and to compile aggregate information about Website usage. This information may include, but is not limited to, number of visitors, time spent on the Website, browser type and version, pages requested, and pages visited. The non-personally-identifiable information that is collected will not permit individual identification; you will remain anonymous. Personally identifiable information is obtained if you elect to provide us with this information during your visit to the Company Website.

The Company will also work with service providers contracted to provide tracking and data collection technologies. These companies may collect personal information about your visits to the Company’s Websites and your interaction with the Websites, including advertising, in order to:

• Select and serve ads across the Company's Websites,
• Deliver and track email communications;
• Process purchase orders through e-commerce transactions;
• Fulfill print and digital subscription orders;
• Process event registrations.

You may choose not to provide us with any personal information. In such event, you can still access and use many portions of the Company's Websites; however, you will not be able to access and use those portions of this Company Website or the services available on or through this Company Website that require your personal information.

Using Information

We may use the information we collect to:

• Enhance the online customer experience, provide more relevant content and information, customize and/or personalize communications, improve page load time, deliver more relevant advertising and promotional offers, develop new products and Websites, and improve the overall site navigation and usability;
• Respond to customer service inquiries;
• Communicate about your subscription and account information or other customer service needs;
• Communicate about the on-line Phases of Womanhood community; 
• Improve our service;
• Track your visits to the site and usage of the site;
• Administer contests, promotions, surveys or other website features;
• Provide technical support to you; and   
• Communicate with you about our Company services, events, products, and other promotional purposes;
• Perform any other lawful acts except for those acts expressly prohibited by the terms and conditions set forth herein.

Information Sharing and Necessary Uses

We will never share, sell, or rent your personal information to third parties for any reason without your advance permission or unless ordered by a court of law or covered by the Necessary Uses below; information submitted to us is only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information, and to contracted service providers for purposes of providing services relating to our communications or transactions with you. We provide such parties with the personal information they need to perform their respective services and we use commercially reasonable measures in an effort to require them to safeguard your personal information and limit their use of it.

Necessary Uses: The Company also may disclose personal information about you upon request by the government; in response to a court order; when required by law or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law; to enforce our Privacy Policy, terms and conditions or other agreements and polices on the Company's Websites; upon your request; or to contact, identify or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our or others' rights or property including, but not limited to, claims for infringement of intellectual property, trespass upon any of the Company's Web sites, invasions of privacy or situations involving threats or alleged threats to the physical safety of a person's property. We may also share information with companies assisting in fraud protection or investigation. We do not provide information to these agencies or companies for marketing purposes.

Protecting Your Information

We use commercially reasonable measures in an effort to safeguard and secure your personal information while stored on our computer systems. Regardless of these efforts by us, no system connected to the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

We use commercially reasonable measures in an effort to safeguard and secure the transmission of your personal information from your computer to the Company's computers. When you access your personal information or place orders, we offer the use of a secure server. Regardless of these efforts by us, no data transmission over the public Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Use of Web Beacons

When we send you emails, we may include a web beacon to allow us to determine the number of people who open our emails. When you click on a link in an email, we may record this individual response to allow us to customize our offerings to you. Web beacons collect only limited information, such as a cookie identifier, time and date of a page being viewed, and a description of the page on which the Web Beacon resides (the URL).

Web Beacons can be refused when delivered via email. If you do not wish to receive Web Beacons via email, you will need to disable HTML images or refuse HTML (select Text only) emails via your email software.

Cookies and Pixel Tags

The Company's Websites use cookies. A cookie is a small, removable data file that is stored by your Web browser on your computer. Cookies allow you to place an order on this Company Website and allow us to enhance, facilitate and personalize your online surfing and user experience. For example, we use cookies to:

• Recognize you when you return to this Company Website;
• Present relevant content to you when you visit this Company Website;
• Analyze visitor behavior; and
• Facilitate other similar types of activities.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your Web browser settings. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many features that make your visits to the Company's Websites more efficient and enjoyable, and in some cases, some of our services will not function or will function with limited capability.

Tell a Friend

If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. The Company collects the email address of your friend for the sole purpose of automatically sending the friend an email inviting them to visit, but does not use this information for any other purpose.

Chat Rooms, Blogs, Forums, and Consumer Generated Media

This Company Website may now or in the future include web logs (i.e., blogs), chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups. Any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. The Company may also syndicate this content using RSS or other technologies that permit the display of such content on other unaffiliated third party Websites. You should exercise caution before disclosing your personal information via these public venues, which you do at your own risk. If you do so, you may receive, among other things, unsolicited emails or "spam" from others. Company cannot safeguard the privacy of personal information that is disclosed online in this manner. If you elect to submit content that includes personally or non-personally identifiable information, you must assume that the content submitted to a Company Website can and may be displayed on any Website on the Internet.

Other Websites

As stated previously, when browsing the Company's Website, you may be directed to other Websites that are beyond the control of the Company. These other Websites may use cookies and pixel tags, collect data, or solicit personal information. We have no control over these other Websites or how they collect, distribute or otherwise use your personal information or how they safeguard and secure your personal information. Company is not responsible or liable for the conduct, policies or actions of the owners of such other Websites or the content displayed on these websites. You acknowledge that accessing any Website that is linked to the Company's Websites is done at your own risk.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about the Company's Privacy Policy or its implementation please contact us via email or at the following address:
 
The Company's address is:
 
Phases of Womanhood, Inc.
P.O. Box 222931
Chantilly, Virginia 20153

For information: info@phasesofwomanhood.org
Website editor: editor@phasesofwomanhood.org
Advertising: editor@phasesofwomanhood.org
Executive Director: mbuonforte@phasesofwomanhood.org

Media inquiries: media@phasesofwomanhood.org

Opt Out Provision

If you prefer not to receive promotions or online marketing from this Company, please click here.

If your request is sent by traditional mail, please include in your request the list you would like to be removed from the date of your request, your postal mailing address, and contact information in case we need to personally contact you in an effort to handle your request. If the Company receives such a letter from you, we will remove your information as requested from future mailings.

In some limited circumstances, such as to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our policies, the Company may retain in our files the information you have requested to remove. Therefore, you should not expect that all of your personal information will be completely removed from our databases in response to your requests.

We reserve the right to send you certain communications related to this Company Website that are considered part of your account, such as technical alerts, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.

Questions and Feedback

We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about this Privacy Policy and our privacy practices. Please send us feedback pertaining to these matters or any other issue you may have with Company or this Company Website to:
 
Phases of Womanhood, Inc.
www.phasesofwomanhood.org

Last Updated: May 1, 2009

Revised Phases of Womanhood, Inc. Terms of Service

Subscriber and Member Agreement

This Agreement sets forth the terms and conditions which apply to the use by you of the Phases of Womanhood, Inc. websites and any other subscription product or service offered for sale by Phases of Womanhood, Inc. and/or its affiliates (collectively, "the Company"). The right to use any product or service offered by the Company is personal to you and is not transferable to any other person or entity.

1. Definitions.

The "Company Sites" shall mean all areas and any subscription or other paid products and services offered or available on the interactive online service operated by the Company on the World Wide Web. The Company Sites consist of information services and content provided by the Company, affiliates of the Company and third parties. The term "Community Areas" means the bulletin boards, chat rooms, blog comments, and other user participatory areas on the Company Sites.

2. General.

The Company shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of the Company sites including, but not limited to, the Community Areas, website content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including but not limited to, posting on the Community Areas a revised version of this Agreement or notification by electronic mail. Any use by you of the Community Areas after such notice shall conclusively be deemed to be acceptance by you of such changes, modifications, additions or deletions. You agree to review the terms and conditions of this Agreement periodically to be aware of such revisions.

3. Use of the Company Sites and the Community Areas.

A. The Community Areas shall be used for lawful purposes only. No material shall be posted on or transmitted through the Community Areas which violates or infringes in any way upon the rights of others, which is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable, which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, gives rise to civil liability or otherwise violates any law. No conduct shall be undertaken that, in the Company's judgment, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the Community Areas. Advertising or commercial solicitation may be posted on or transmitted through the Community Areas but only with the Company's express prior approval and only if the advertising or commercial solicitation complies with all conditions imposed by the Company.

B. The Company Sites and the Community Areas contain copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information including text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound, and the entire contents of the Company Sites are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. The Company is the owner of the copyright in all the Company Sites, unless an author has specifically claimed copyright, in which case the copyrighted material shall be clearly labeled with the owner of the copyright. The Company owns a copyright in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. Each third party content provider owns the copyright in content original to it. You may not modify, publish, transmit, display, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit the content of the Company Sites or any portion of it. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, you may not copy, redistribute, publish, display or commercially exploit any material from the Company Sites without the express permission of the Company and the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of material from the Company Sites, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark, legend or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by downloading copyrighted material.

C. You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on the Community Areas any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right. You are responsible for determining that such material is not protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, or any other harm resulting from any uploading, posting or submission.

D. You hereby grant to the Company royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display any message posted in the Community Areas and/or any e-mail sent by you to the Company (in whole or in part) and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or later developed.

E. You may not (i) select or use a member name or e-mail address of another person with the intention of impersonating that person; (ii) use a member name or e-mail address of anyone else without authorization; (iii) use a member name in violation of the intellectual property rights of any person; or (iv) use a member name that the Company considers to be offensive.

F. You shall provide the Company with accurate, complete and updated information provided by you at the time of registration.

G. The Company Sites contain links to other web sites, resources and advertisers. The Company is not responsible for the availability of these external sites nor does it endorse or is it responsible for the contents, advertising, products or other materials made available on or through such external sites. Under no circumstances shall the Company be held responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any loss or damage caused or alleged to have been caused to a user in connection with the use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on such external site. You should direct any concerns to such external site's administrator or webmaster.

H. The Company has carefully designed the Company Sites with the purpose of delivering certain content to users in a particular format and with a particular appearance. No third party shall have the right to utilize the content of the Company Sites in any way that interferes with that purpose. In particular, the Company prohibits any party from displaying the content on the Company Sites in any format where third party advertising or other materials that the Company did not authorize is viewed or viewable together with the Company's proprietary content.

4. Monitoring.

The Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor the content of the Community Areas to determine compliance with this Agreement and any other operating rules that may be established by the Company from time to time. The Company shall have the right in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on the Community Areas. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to remove any material that the Company, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof, otherwise objectionable or stale. Notwithstanding this right of the Company, users shall remain solely responsible for the content of their messages. You acknowledge and agree that neither the Company nor any of its affiliates shall assume or have any liability for any action or inaction by the Company with respect to any conduct within the Community Areas or any communication or posting on the Community Areas.

5. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability

A. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE COMMUNITY AREAS AND THE COMPANY SITES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. NEITHER THE COMPANY, ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, THIRD PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT THE COMPANY SITES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF THE COMPANY SITES OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED THROUGH THE SITES OR THE COMMUNITY AREAS.

B. THE COMPANY SITES AND THE COMMUNITY AREAS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS", "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.

C. THE DISCLAIMERS OF LIABILITY CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 5 APPLY 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. YOU SPECIFICALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE FOR THE DEFAMATORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES AND THAT THE RISK OF INJURY FROM THE FOREGOING RESTS ENTIRELY WITH YOU.

D. IN NO EVENT WILL THE COMPANY OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING THE COMPANY SITES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE COMPANY SITES OR OUT OF THE BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY. YOU HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 5 SHALL APPLY TO ALL CONTENT ON THE COMPANY SITES AND/OR THE COMMUNITY AREAS. THE COMPANY'S LIABILITY TO USERS, IF ANY, SHALL IN NO EVENT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID TO THE COMPANY.

E. THE COMPANY NEITHER ENDORSES NOR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT ON THE COMPANY SITES, NOR FOR ANY OFFENSIVE, DEFAMATORY OR OBSCENE POSTING MADE ON THE COMMUNITY AREAS BY ANYONE OTHER THAN AUTHORIZED COMPANY EMPLOYEE SPOKESPERSONS WHILE ACTING IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY YOUR RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH EITHER THE CONTENT ON THE COMPANY SITES AND/OR ANY POSTINGS ON THE COMMUNITY AREAS. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COMPANY SITES AND/OR THE COMMUNITY AREAS. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FINANCIAL, HEALTH, MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGOCAL, OR LIFESTYLE INFORMATION, OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT. INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THIS SITE BY ANY PROFESSIONAL, INCLUDING DOCTORS, THERAPISTS, ATTORNEYS, FINANCIAL ADVISORS, OR OTHER PROFESSIONALS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL, GENERAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS CREATING A DOCTOR/PATIENT OR PROFESSIONAL/CLIENT RELATIONSHIP AND IN NO CASE SHOULD BE RELIED UPON AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PERSONAL TREATMENT OR ADVICE OBTAINED FROM A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION.

F. THE COMPANY DOES NOT ENDORSE, WARRANT OR GUARANTEE ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH THE COMPANY SITES AND WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY MONITOR ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN USERS AND THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. AS WITH THE PURCHASE OF A PRODUCT OR SERVICE THROUGH ANY MEDIUM OR IN ANY ENVIRONMENT, YOU SHOULD USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT AND EXERCISE CAUTION WHERE APPROPRIATE. THE COMPANY MAKES PRODUCTS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE ON THE COMPANY SITES WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF TITLE OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OTHER THAN THOSE WARRANTIES WHICH ARE IMPLIED BY AND INCAPABLE OF EXCLUSION, RESTRICTION OR MODIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO THIS AGREEMENT.

6. Indemnification.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless The Company, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use by you of the Company Sites and/or the Community Areas.

7. Termination.

The Company shall have the right to immediately terminate this Agreement with respect to any user which the Company, in its sole discretion, considers to be unacceptable, or in the event of any breach by you of this Agreement.

8. Trademarks.

All trademarks appearing on the Company Sites are the property of their respective owners, including, in some instances, the Company.

This Agreement and any operating rules for the Company Sites and the Community Areas established by the Company constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Virginia without regard to its conflict of laws rules. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.