Terms of use

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 Bar and Drinker Magazine, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 21 years old.

• The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
• Neither we nor any third parties provide any warranty or guarantee as to the accuracy, timeliness, performance, completeness or suitability of the information and materials found or offered on this website for any particular purpose. You acknowledge that such information and materials may contain inaccuracies or errors and we expressly exclude liability for any such inaccuracies or errors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
• Your use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements.
• Any website or photo you advertise in your signature must be owned by you
• This website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This material includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics. Reproduction is prohibited other than in accordance with the copyright notice, which forms part of these terms and conditions.
• Unauthorized use of this website may give rise to a claim for damages and/or be a criminal offence.
• Do not post obscene, indecent, hateful, offensive, defamatory, abusive, harassing or profane material.
• Do not post junk mail, pyramid schemes, chain letters or advertisements.
• Do not engage in personal attacks.
• Vulgar and insulting nicknames will be removed. Nicknames attempting to impersonate other users will be removed.
• Do not post anyone’s telephone number, street address, or any other personal information.
• Do not post an e-mail address belonging to another person.
• Do not post information that encourages criminal activity of any kind, or any statements that may give rise to civil liability.
• If you post a link to another site, please provide a brief explanation of where the link goes as a courtesy to other users.
• Do not post copyrighted material, including newsletter items, newspaper articles, excerpts from books, music, poems, photographs, video files or any other material, unless you own the copyright to that material, or have written permission to post it.
• Do not attempt to impersonate other users, site staff or any other person
• Do not post the same message in multiple locations on the site.
• Lively debate and opposing opinions are welcome, but please behave courteously and responsibly.
• Submissions regarding the administration or moderation of forum posts or comments are not permitted and will be removed. If you have an issue or question regarding our administrative policies or actions please contact us.
• Keep your messages on topic for the particular discussion you are involved in.
• Do not use multiple account nicknames in one discussion. Do not answer your own posts using another nickname
• No affiliate links are allowed
• We do not tolerate ANY harassing, insulting or disrespecting against forum Members or Staff
• No website promotion
• Racist, sexist, hateful or any other post that the Staff of this forum determine to be not suitable will be deleted and the member may be banned
• Posts should be made in the correct forum and also be on topic

The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. While we endeavor to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.

Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under our control.  We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.

Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, we take no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.

Responsibility of Contributors If you comment on a post, 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

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, we have the right (though not the obligation) to, in our sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in our reasonable opinion, violates any 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.

Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material made available through the websites and webpages to which we supply links, and that link to us. As such, we do not have any control over those websites and webpages, and are not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a website or webpage, we do not represent or imply that we endorse 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.

Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy. As B&D asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on our site violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify us by forwarding:

• A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf;
• An identification of the copyright claimed to have been infringed;
• A description of the nature and exact location of the content that you claim to infringe your copyright, in sufficient detail to permit us to find and positively identify that content; for example we require a link to the specific blog post (not just the name of the blog) that contains the content and a description of which specific portion of the blog post – an image, a link, the text, etc – your complaint refers to;
• Your name, address, telephone number and email address; and
• A statement by you: (a) that you believe in good faith that the use of the content that you claim to infringe your copyright is not authorized by law, or by the copyright owner or such owner’s agent; (b) that all of the information contained in your Infringement Notice is accurate, and (c) under penalty of perjury, that you are either the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf.

We will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. We will terminate a visitor’s access to and use of the site if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of us or others.

Changes. B&D 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 site following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes.

Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Bar and Drinker Magazine, 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.

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is critically important to us. We have a few fundamental principles:

• We don’t ask you for personal information unless we truly need it. Any information supplied when you register at this site may be marked “private” or edited within your personal settings.
• We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
• We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.

• Please do not give out any personal information such as phone number, postal address, zip code, last name, or anything you do not wish others to know. If you choose to ignore this request, we cannot be held responsible for the consequences. Full Name, Age, Gender, Location, and Birthday are all optional in your settings. Please know privacy is very important to us; we will never divulge your email address to anyone without first asking your consent.

• ‘Personal Messages’ are a function of the forums which allow a member to post messages to another member or group of members away from the public view. Abuse of this privilege will result in a suspension or outright ban from sending any Private Message on the forum, no leniency will be provided.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, we collect 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. B&D’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use our website. We also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on  our site.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change our Privacy Policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion. Bar and Drinker Magazine encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

*Violation of any of rules can result in your account and IP address being banned from our Community.  If you have any questions, please contact us.*