document: title: disclaimer | privacy statement
text: IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ THIS LEGAL STATEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. By accessing or using the site, you agree to be bound by this agreement. The information and services on this site are provided by Earth's Magic LLC. ("The Labor of Love") and its suppliers, subject to your agreement to the terms and conditions below. 

Ownership \- This site, www.thelaboroflove.com, is owned, operated and maintained by Earth's Magic LLC and has been created for your entertainment. This site and all perceptible components hereof, including without limitation text, images and audio, are copyrighted by The Labor of Love. 

Restrictions on Use \- This site is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, post, distribute, transmit or modify in any way all or any part of this site. 

Trademark Notice \- All names, logos and trademarks are the property of The Labor of Love and you may not use any of such materials for any purpose without the express written agreement of The Labor of Love. 

Disclosure and Use of Your Communications \- Postings to this site and electronic mail delivered to The Labor of Love are not confidential and The Labor of Love shall not be liable for any use or disclosure thereof. All communications and other materials, with the exception of articles in the Family Room and poems in Parent Prose, you send to this site or to The Labor of Love by electronic mail are, and shall remain, the sole and exclusive property of The Labor of Love and may be used by The Labor of Love for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation. 

Jurisdiction \- The products referred to in this site are available in the United States and may not be available in your country. This site is controlled and operated by The Labor of Love from the United States and The Labor of Love makes no representation that the information and materials in this site, including without limitation the information and other materials promoting the products identified herein, are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Also, some software from this site may be subject to export controls imposed by the United States Government and may not be downloaded or otherwise exported or re-exported into (or to a national or resident of) any country to which the U.S. has placed an embargo. If you download or use the software, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, or under the control of, or a national of any such country or on any such list. 

Use of Information \- The information (including without limitation advice and recommendations) and services on the site are intended solely as a general educational aid and are neither medical nor health care advice for any individual problem nor a substitute for medical or other professional advice and services from a qualified health care provider familiar with your unique facts. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition and prior to starting any new treatment. Nothing contained in this site is intended to be used for medical diagnosis or treatment. The information and services are provided with the understanding that neither The Labor of Love nor its suppliers or users are engaged in rendering legal, medical, counseling or other professional services or advice. Your use of the site is subject to the additional disclaimers and caveats that may appear throughout the site. The Labor of Love and its agents assume no responsibility for any consequence relating directly or indirectly to any action or inaction you take based on the information, services or other material on this site. 

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES \- THE LABOR OF LOVE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENT (TEXT AND IMAGES) OF THIS SITE. TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, THE LABOR OF LOVE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SERVICES, AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 

Limitation of Liability \- The Labor of Love shall not be liable for damages of any kind, including without limitation special or consequential damages, arising out of your access to, or inability to access, this site or your use of, or reliance upon, this site or the content hereof. In addition, The Labor of Love has no duty to update this site or the content hereof and The Labor of Love shall not be liable for any failure to update such information. While The Labor of Love strives to keep the information on this site accurate, complete, and up-to-date, The Labor of Love and its suppliers cannot guarantee, and will not be responsible for any damage or loss related to, the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information. Further, The Labor of Love is neither responsible nor liable for your use of other web sites which you may access via certain links within this site. These links and other "resources" referenced on this site are provided merely as a public service to users of the World Wide Web and inclusion in our site does not constitute an endorsement by or affiliation with The Labor of Love. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH ABOVE ARE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE SITE WOULD NOT BE PROVIDED TO YOU ABSENT SUCH LIMITATIONS. 

Indemnification \- You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Labor of Love, its affiliates and suppliers from any liability, loss, claim and expense (including attorneys' reasonable fees) related to (i) your violation of this agreement, and (ii) your posting of material to this site. 

Other \- The Labor of Love, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to (1) change this Legal Statement, (2) monitor and remove postings, and (3) discontinue site availability at any time without notice. If any term, condition, or provision of this Legal Statement is determined to be unlawful, invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms, conditions and provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. This Legal Statement constitutes the entire agreement between you and The Labor of Love relating to the subject matter herein. 

This agreement and the resolution of any dispute related to this Agreement or the site shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of North Carolina, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. The Labor of Love's failure to insist upon strict enforcement of any provision of this agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Any legal action or proceeding between The Labor of Love and you related to this agreement shall be brought exclusively in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction sitting in North Carolina, County of Wake. 

By using this site, you are acknowledging your consent to the foregoing terms and conditions. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.   


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## Privacy Statement for The Labor of Love

Earth's Magic LLC has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: The Labor of Love.

We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our site. This practice can be seen if you use our Community Message Boards.

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name and email address). We use customer contact information from the registration form to send the user information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary and shared with other companies who may want to contact our visitors. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below.

Areas on the site where you are requested to provide information and who, if any one, we share this information with:

  * Message Boards: The information provided when you register for use of the message boards is not shared with any out side party. We may use your registration to send you weekly newsletters, but you are able to opt out of this by setting your user prefrencence for "Allow Bulletin Board Administrators and Moderators To Send You Email Notices?" to no in your Profile.
  * BabyUniverse.com and The Labor of Love Freedraw: The information we collect for our free draw will be shared with BabyUniverse and Cybergold (if you decided to join). 
  * Magazine Offers and Free Offers: Information that you provide for these offers will be shared with the resective sponsors.
  * Email Announcments: The information you provide (email address and zip code) will be stored and the lists will be rented to outside parties who have offers that will be of interest to you based on the categories that you have selected. At no time, will your information be released to another party. The offers will be sent through a third party, PostMaster Direct, and you will be easily able to opt out of this service. You will, at no time, receive spam from this service.
  * Email Newsletter: The information that you provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, will not be shared with any outside party. The information will be used to send our weekly newsletter only. If you no longer wish to recieve our newsletter, you can unsubscribe by visiting http://www.onelist.com/community/lolnews or sending and email to: lolnews-unsubscribe@onelist.com



This site contains links to other sites. The Labor of Love is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Our online surveys ask visitors for contact information (like their email address) and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level). We use contact data from our surveys to send the user information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. This information is shared with advertisers on an aggregate basis.

We run contests on our site in which we ask visitors for contact information (like their email address). We use contact data from our contests to send users information about our company and promotional material from some of our partners. The customer's contact information is also used to contact the visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. 

The Labor of Love works with a third party that serves ads to this site. To find out more about how 24/7 Media manages the privacy of information in conjunction with serving ads on this site, please go to: http://www.247media.com/privacy.htm. 

## Public Forums

This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

This site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided. 

  1. email vickie@thelaboroflove.com



## Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact Vickie Barnes Earth's Magic LLC P.O. Box 1246 Apex, NC 27502 vickie@thelaboroflove.com