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TERMS OF USE

The following Terms and Conditions dictate the rules and regulations for using the website: https://healthyblueplanet.org. Referred to in this document as HealthyBluePlanet.

Accessing this website implies your acceptance of all Terms and Conditions herein. If you disagree with these terms, please refrain from using the HealthyBluePlanet website.

The following terminology applies to these pages: Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statements and Disclaimer Notices, and all Agreements:

Client", "You," and "Your" pertain to you as the individual accessing or using this Website and agreeing to our Terms and Conditions. "Ourselves", "We", "Our" and "Us", and where applicable "HealthyBluePlanet", refer to the owners of this website.

Cookies and Your Privacy

We utilize cookies to assist us in retrieving user details for each visit. Our Website uses cookies to enable the functionality of certain areas, making it easier for persons visiting our Website. Additionally, should you visit any linked site, such as our affiliate or advertising partners, when present, they may also use cookies. We are not responsible for or in control of other sites' policies. For more information about how we use cookies and how they relate to your privacy, please visit our Privacy Policy page.

License

Unless explicitly stated, HealthyBluePlanet and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on HealthyBluePlanet. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access content on HealthyBluePlanet for your own personal use, subject to restrictions outlined in these Terms and Conditions.

You are prohibited from the following actions without our express written permission:

  • Republish material from HealthyBluePlanet;
  • Sell, rent, or sub-license material from HealthyBluePlanet;
  • Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from HealthyBluePlanet;
  • Redistribute content from HealthyBluePlanet.

This Agreement shall be in force from January 1, 2024.

Parts of this website may allow users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. HealthyBluePlanet does not filter, edit, publish, or review all comments. Unless stated otherwise, any comments submitted by you or others do not reflect the views and opinions of HealthyBluePlanet, its agents, and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions only of the person who posted them.

To the extent permitted by applicable laws, HealthyBluePlanet shall not be liable for Comments posted by others or for any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the comments on this website.

HealthyBluePlanet reserves the right to oversee all comments and remove any comments considered inappropriate or offensive, solely as we judged. Should you find comments that you deem to be inappropriate, offensive, or in violation of any law, please report them to us for review here.

You Warrant and Represent that:

You are entitled to post the comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;

The comments do not invade any intellectual property rights, including without limitation copyrights, patents, or trademarks of any third party;

The comments you make do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material, which is an invasion of privacy;

The comments you make will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity;

You hereby grant HealthyBluePlanet a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit, and authorize others to use, reproduce, and edit any of your comments or other materials in any forms, formats, or media that you upload to HealthyBluePlanet.

Hyperlinking to Our Website

You are permitted to link to our website without prior written consent, under the condition that the link:

  • Is not in any way deceptive;
  • Does not falsely imply sponsorship by us, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services;
  • Fits within the context of the linking party's site;
  • Link or surrounding context does not present HealthyBluePlanet in a negative or misleading manner;
  • The organization or party does not have any negative records with us, and the link is in the context of general resource information.

We must approve any other links in writing after you submit them for review by email to HealthyBluePlanet. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information, and the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Our not responding to such a request does not constitute our approval of your request.

No use of the HealthyBluePlanet logo or other artwork is allowed for linking.

iFrames

iFrames, which are HTML documents embedded inside another HTML document on a website, are not permitted without our express prior approval and written permission. Even when permission is given, you may not create frames around our web pages nor make alterations that change our website's visual presentation or appearance.

Content Liability

We are not responsible for any content on your website that is linked to ours. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims concerning your website. No link(s) should appear on any website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of any third-party rights.

Reservation of Rights

We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our website. You agree to immediately remove all links to our website upon request. Without notification, we also reserve the right to amend these Terms and Conditions and our linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking Terms and Conditions.

Removal of Links from this Website

If you find any link on our website that you consider offensive for any reason, please contact us and inform us of your concerns. We will consider requests to remove links, but we are not obligated to do so or to respond to you directly.

Disclaimer

We do not guarantee the correctness of the information on this website; we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy, nor do we pledge to maintain the website's availability or that the materials on the website are current.

To the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, we disclaim all representations, warranties, and conditions concerning our website and its usage. No part of this disclaimer will restrict any of our or your liabilities in a way not permitted under relevant law or preclude any of our or your liabilities that cannot be excluded under applicable law.

The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this section and elsewhere in this document (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort, and for violating statutory duty.

If you have any questions or concerns about this document or any other issues on this website, please contact us.