Caninecolumn.com and its affiliates (“we,” “our,” “us”). By accessing and using our website (together with all subdomains, the “Site”), you agree to abide by the following Terms of Use. Please carefully read these terms, which govern your use of the Site. We reserve the right to modify the Site at any time, including the availability of any feature, database, or content.
Using the Site
All Content available on the Site, including all products, services, information, images, graphics, and other components, are owned and copyrighted by Caninecolumn.com unless otherwise indicated. Such Content is provided solely for lawful purposes and is for informational purposes only. Any unauthorized use of the Content may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offense. Without prior written permission from Caninecolumn.com, you are not permitted to modify, copy, distribute, or republish any Content on the Site.
For your convenience, the Site may include links to websites owned or operated by other companies. When you use a link to visit a third-party website, you understand that the third-party website operates under its own terms of use, privacy policy, and security practices. Caninecolumn.com does not control such third-party websites and is not responsible for any information, tools, or statements provided on those websites.
ARBITRATION NOTICE: THESE TERMS CONTAIN AN ARBITRATION CLAUSE A LITTLE LATER ON. YOU AND CANINECOLUMN.COM AGREE THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN US WILL BE RESOLVED BY MANDATORY BINDING ARBITRATION, AND YOU AND CANINECOLUMN.COM WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.
Privacy Policy
To better understand how we handle personal information collected on this Site, please take a moment to read our Privacy Policy. This policy outlines our practices regarding the collection and use of personal information.
Electronic Communications
By using our Site or sending e-mails, text messages, and other communications from your desktop or mobile device to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive electronic communications from us, such as e-mails, texts, mobile push notifications, or messages on this Site. You may retain copies of these communications for your records. You also agree that any agreements, notices, disclosures, or other communications we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
Trademark Protection
The trademarks, service marks, and logos (“Marks”) used on the Site or service are the property of Caninecolumn.com and/or its parents, agents, providers, or licensors, and are both registered and unregistered trademarks. The owner of the Marks has exclusive rights to the Marks, and any unauthorized use of the Marks is strictly prohibited. This means that you may not use, copy, or display the Marks without prior approval from the owner of the Marks.
Content Available Through the Site
All Content on Caninecolumn.com is provided on an “as-is” basis. We offer information, articles, and advice on this site for educational purposes only. It is important to note that any information provided through this site is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure your pet, and should not be used as a substitute for veterinary care provided by a licensed veterinarian. For any medical or health-related advice concerning the care and treatment of your pet, we strongly recommend that you contact your veterinarian or local animal hospital.
User Content
If you submit comments, feedback, suggestions, or other information to Caninecolumn.com through any means, including social media (e.g., Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter) or by using features on the Site (e.g., user profile, product review, question & answer), it will be considered User Content. By submitting User Content, you grant Caninecolumn.com an irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, and fully paid worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and perform, prepare derivative works of, incorporate into other works, and otherwise use your User Content. This license is granted solely for the purpose of including your User Content in the Site, Caninecolumn.com’s social media platforms, or marketing initiatives.
You acknowledge and agree that any User Content you provide to us will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary. You also agree that you will not submit any information or ideas that you consider to be confidential or proprietary unless you have a written agreement that states otherwise. You are solely responsible for your User Content and assume all risks associated with its use, including any reliance on its accuracy, completeness, or usefulness by others or any disclosure of your User Content that makes you or any third party personally identifiable.
You affirm, represent, and warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, and/or consents to use your User Content with the Site as described herein, and that your User Content does not violate Caninecolumn.com’s Acceptable Use Policy. You may not state or imply that your User Content is in any way provided, sponsored, or endorsed by Caninecolumn.com. You acknowledge that you alone are responsible for your User Content and may expose yourself to liability if it violates Caninecolumn.com’s Acceptable Use Policy. Caninecolumn.com is not obligated to back up any User Content and makes no representation that it will do so, and you agree that we may delete User Content at any time.
By submitting your User Content or using it with the Site, you automatically grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, to Caninecolumn.com an irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, and fully paid worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and perform, prepare derivative works of, incorporate into other works, and otherwise use your User Content. You also agree to irrevocably waive (and cause to be waived) any claims and assertions of publicity or moral rights, or attribution with respect to your User Content.
Acceptable Use Policy
You agree not to use Caninecolumn.com to collect, upload, transmit, display, or distribute any User Content that violates any third-party rights, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right. Additionally, you agree not to use the Site to post any content that is unlawful, harassing, abusive, tortious, threatening, harmful, invasive of another’s privacy, vulgar, defamatory, false, intentionally misleading, trade libelous, pornographic, obscene, or patently offensive material of any kind or nature, or that is harmful to minors in any way.
Furthermore, you agree not to use the Site to commercially exploit it or to engage in any of the following activities: uploading, transmitting, or distributing any computer viruses, worms, or software intended to damage or alter a computer system or data; sending unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, pyramid schemes, or any other form of duplicative or unsolicited messages, whether commercial or otherwise; harvesting, collecting, gathering or assembling information or data regarding other users, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; interfering with or disrupting servers or networks connected to the Site or violating the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks; attempting to gain unauthorized access to the Site, other computer systems or networks connected to or used together with the Site, through password mining or other means; or harassing or interfering with another user’s use and enjoyment of the Site.
We reserve the right to review any User Content, investigate, and/or take appropriate action against you at our sole discretion, if you violate the Acceptable Use Policy or any other provision of this Agreement. This may include removing or modifying your User Content, terminating your Caninecolumn.com account or subscription, and/or reporting you to law enforcement authorities. We may also remove or modify your User Content if it, in our sole judgment, violates the rights of, harms, or threatens the safety of any other person, or creates liability for us or any other person. In order to cooperate with legitimate governmental requests, subpoenas, or court orders, or to protect our business and members, we may access and disclose any information we consider necessary or appropriate, including your Caninecolumn.com account username and password, IP address and traffic information, usage history, and your User Content.
Third Party Sites and Other Users
Caninecolumn.com may contain links to third party websites or advertisements for such websites (“Third Party Sites”). These Third Party Sites are not controlled by Caninecolumn.com, and we are not responsible for their content, availability, or any other aspect of them. We provide links to Third Party Sites only as a convenience, and we do not endorse or make any representations about them. You use Third Party Sites at your own risk and subject to their terms and policies.
You are solely responsible for any User Content that you submit or post on Caninecolumn.com. We do not control User Content and are not responsible for its accuracy, currency, suitability, or quality. We assume no liability for any User Content. Your interactions with other users of Caninecolumn.com are at your own risk, and we are not responsible for any loss or damage arising from such interactions. If there is a dispute between you and any other user of Caninecolumn.com, we are not obligated to become involved.
By using Caninecolumn.com, you agree to release us, our officers, employees, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, parents, joint ventures, successors and any other companies under common control with us from any claims, demands, losses, damages, rights, claims, and actions, including personal injuries, death, and property damage, that are either directly or indirectly related to or arise out of any interactions with or conduct of other users of Caninecolumn.com or Third Party Sites.
Site and Service Territory
Caninecolumn.com and its services are maintained in the United States and are intended for a United States audience. They are not intended to subject Caninecolumn.com, its affiliates, agents, providers, or licensors to the laws or jurisdiction of any other country or territory.
Disclaimer
Caninecolumn.com may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors, and we reserve the right to make changes or improvements to the Site at any time. The Content on the Site is provided “as is” and “as available” without any warranties, either expressed or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. We disclaim all warranties of merchantability, non-infringement, and fitness for a particular purpose. We do not guarantee that the Site’s functions will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Site and its servers are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or results of the use of the Content on the Site in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise. We make no commitment to update the Content on the Site.
You assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction, and we shall not be liable for any results obtained or not obtained as a consequence of using the information contained on the Site. Any commercial use of the information on the Site, including citation in any advertising, sales collateral, or other marketing materials, is strictly prohibited without our prior written consent
Restriction of Liability
IN NO EVENT SHALL CANINECOLUMN.COM, OUR OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, PARENTS, JOINT VENTURES, SUCCESSORS AND ANY OTHER COMPANIES UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH US BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY LOST PROFIT OR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CANINECOLUMN.COM, YOUR USE OF THE SITE, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, OR THIRD PARTY SITES, EVEN IF THERE IS NEGLIGENCE OR EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR BOTH. ACCESS TO, AND USE OF, THE SITE, CONTENT, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND THIRD PARTY SITES ARE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA RESULTING THEREFROM. THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU TO THE EXTENT THAT APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. CANINECOLUMN.COM’s TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION (IN CONTRACT, TORT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE, PRODUCT LIABILITY AND STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE) WILL NOT BE GREATER THAN THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO ACCESS THIS SITE IN THE PRIOR 12 MONTHS. WE AGREE THAT ANY CLAIM BETWEEN US MUST BE BROUGHT WITHIN TWO (2) YEARS.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold ourcaninecolumn.com, its officers, employees, agents, affiliates, subsidiaries, parents, joint ventures, successors, and any other companies under common control with us harmless, including costs and attorneys’ fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party arising out of (i) your use of the Site or Content, (ii) your User Content, or (iii) your violation of this Agreement. Ourcaninecolumn.com reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any matter without the prior written consent of ourcaninecolumn.com. Ourcaninecolumn.com will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.
Arbitration
ou and CanineColumn.com agree to waive any rights to litigate claims in court or before a jury, or to participate in a class action or representative action with respect to a claim. Other rights that you would have if you went to court, such as access to discovery, also may be unavailable or limited in arbitration.
Any dispute between you and CanineColumn.com, its agents, employees, officers, directors, principals, successors, assigns, subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively for purposes of this section, ‘CanineColumn.com’) arising from or relating to these Terms of Use and their interpretation or the breach, termination or validity thereof, the relationships which result from these Terms of Use, including disputes about the validity, scope or enforceability of this arbitration provision (collectively, “Covered Disputes”) will be settled by binding arbitration administered by the JAMS, Inc. under its rules applicable to consumer disputes, in effect on the date thereof. Information on JAMS and how to start arbitration can be found at www.jamsadr.com or by calling 800-352-5267. For purposes of this section, these Terms of Use and related transactions will be subject to and governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. sec. 1-16 (FAA).
Prior to initiating any arbitration, the initiating party will give the other party at least 60-days’ advanced written notice of its intent to file for arbitration. CanineColumn.com will provide such notice by e-mail to your e-mail address on file with CanineColumn.com and you must provide such notice by e-mail to legal@caninecolumn.com. During such 60-day notice period, the parties will endeavor to settle amicably by mutual discussions any Covered Disputes. Failing such amicable settlement and expiration of the notice period, either party may initiate arbitration. The arbitrator will have the power to grant whatever individual relief would be available in court under law or in equity and any award of the arbitrator(s) will be final and binding on each of the parties and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.
CANINECOLUMN.COM AND YOU AGREE THAT ANY COVERED DISPUTE HEREUNDER WILL BE SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS ONLY. NEITHER CANINECOLUMN.COM NOR YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ARBITRATE ANY COVERED DISPUTE AS A CLASS, REPRESENTATIVE OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY ACTION AND THE ARBITRATOR(S) WILL HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO PROCEED ON A CLASS, REPRESENTATIVE OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL BASIS. If any provision of the agreement to arbitrate in this section is found unenforceable, the unenforceable provision will be severed and the remaining arbitration terms will be enforced (but in no case will there be a class, representative or private attorney general arbitration).
Notwithstanding any provision in these terms to the contrary, we agree that if CanineColumn.com makes any future material change to this dispute resolution provision, it will not apply to any individual claim(s) that you had already provided notice to CanineColumn.com. In the event that this arbitration agreement does not apply to a given dispute, then the parties agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in Broward County, Florida to resolve such claims.
Term and Termination
CanineColumn.com or you may terminate this agreement at any time. You may terminate this agreement by destroying all materials obtained from the Site and all related documentation and all copies and installations. CanineColumn.com may terminate this agreement immediately without notice if, in its sole judgment, you breach any of these Terms of Use. Upon termination, you must destroy all materials obtained from the Site and all related documentation and all copies and installations. You may not access the Site after termination of this agreement without the written approval of CanineColumn.com, provided, however, that CanineColumn.com shall retain all rights, including all copyright rights and the right to use User Content as provided herein, and the limitations on use and treatment of the Contents shall remain in full force. The provisions herein related to our intellectual property rights, User Content, acceptable use, disclaimer of warranties, indemnity, restriction of liability, and arbitration together with any other rights and obligations which by their nature are reasonably intended to survive such termination, will survive any termination of these Terms of Use.
Respect for Copyright Law
Our CanineColumn.com respects the intellectual property of others and expects users of our Site to do the same. You are not permitted to access or use any of Our CanineColumn.com’s intellectual property without our prior written consent or the consent of such third party that may own intellectual property with respect to Content displayed on the Site. In connection with our Site, Content, and any services we offer, we have adopted and reasonably implemented a policy respecting copyright law that provides for the removal of any infringing materials and for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of users of our Site who are repeat infringers of intellectual property rights, including copyrights. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement and wish to have the allegedly infringing material removed from our Site, you must provide the following information in the form of a written notification (pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)) to our designated Copyright Agent:
- Your physical or electronic signature;
- Identification of the copyrighted work(s) that you claim to have been infringed;
- Identification of the material on our services that you claim is infringing and that you request us to remove;
- Sufficient information to permit us to locate such material;
- Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
- A statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the objectionable material is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or under the law; and
- A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are either the owner of the copyright that has allegedly been infringed or that you are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.
Please note that, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), any misrepresentation of material fact (falsities) in a written notification automatically subjects the complaining party to liability for any damages, costs, and attorneys’ fees incurred by us in connection with the written notification and allegation of copyright infringement.
You may submit your counter notification to our Copyright Agent by mail or email.
General
The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and our caninecolumn.com and govern your use of the Site, its Content, and services (excluding any products and services provided under separate written agreements), and replace any prior terms of use or agreements between you and our caninecolumn.com concerning the Site, its Contents and services. Each time you use our Site, you should visit and review the then current terms and policies that apply to your transactions and use of our Site. If you do not agree to be bound by the then current Terms and Policies, your sole remedy is not to use our Site. If any term or provision of these Terms of Use is unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that term or provision will be deemed severable from the Terms of Use and will not affect the validity or enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Notices concerning these Terms of Use should be directed to: