Welcome to the Hollywood Global Entertainment Network (HGEN) website ("Site"). PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. These terms and conditions govern your use of, and your purchase of products and services from this Site. Please note that your use of this Site constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by these terms (the "Agreement").
We may from time to time, without notice, change the terms that govern your use of this Site. Accordingly, we suggest you check these terms periodically for changes. Your use of this Site following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the terms as changed.
Unless otherwise noted, all materials, including images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, and written and other materials that appear as part of this Site (collectively, the "Contents") are copyrights, trademarks, trade dress and/or other intellectual properties owned, controlled or licensed by Hollywood Global Entertainment Network ("HGEN"). The Site as a whole is protected by copyright and trade dress, all worldwide rights, titles and interests in and to which are owned by Sandra Lord or HGEN. The Contents of this Site, and the Site as a whole, are intended solely for personal, noncommercial (other than for the purchase of membership to and merchandise from our Site) use by the users of our Site. You may download or copy some of the Contents and certain other downloadable materials displayed on the Site for your personal use only. No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading or copying. You may not reproduce (except as noted above), publish, transmit, distribute, display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of, or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Contents, the Site, or any related software.
All comments, feedback, suggestions, ideas, and other submissions disclosed, submitted or offered to HGEN on or by this Site or otherwise disclosed, submitted or offered in connection with your use of this Site (collectively, "Comments") shall be and remain HGEN's property. Such disclosure, submission or offer of any Comments shall constitute an assignment to HGEN of all worldwide rights, titles and interests in all copyrights and other intellectual properties in the Comments. Thus, HGEN will own exclusively all such rights, titles and interests and shall not be limited in any way in its use, commercial or otherwise, of any Comments. HGEN is and shall be under no obligation (1) to maintain any Comments in confidence; (2) to pay to user any compensation for any Comments; or (3) to respond to any user Comments. You agree that Comments submitted by you to this Site will not violate any right of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal or proprietary rights. You further agree that Comments submitted by you to this Site will not be or contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive, vulgar, obscene, defamatory, harassing, threatening or obscene material. Furthermore, you will not make any bigoted, hateful, religious or racially offensive statements, you will not advocate illegal activity or discuss illegal activities with the intent to commit them, and you will not post or distribute any chain letters, spam or software or other materials that contain a virus or other harmful component.
We reserve the right to remove or edit content posted to this Site at any time and for any reason. You are and shall remain solely responsible for the content of any Comments you submit to this Site.
You agree that HGEN may use and/or disclose information about your demographics and use of the Site in any manner that does not reveal your identity.
This Site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that HGEN is not responsible and does not control the availability, content, associated links, privacy and security practices, resources, or services associated with a third party site. You agree that HGEN shall not be liable for any loss or damage of any sort associated with your use of third party content. Links and access to these sites are provided for your convenience only. Any concerns you have regarding any such third party site should be directed to the party responsible for such site.
This Site and all contents of the site are provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including without limitation warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant that the functions contained in the materials on this Site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the servers that make such materials available are free of viruses or other harmful components. You acknowledge, by your use of the Site, that your use of the Site is at your sole risk, that you assume full responsibility for all costs associated with all necessary servicing or repairs of any equipment you use in connection with your use of our Site, and that neither HGEN nor its web hosting provider shall be liable for any damages of any kind related to your use of this Site.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless HGEN, its employees, attorneys and agents ("Indemnitees") against all claims, expenses, liabilities, losses, costs and damages, including reasonable attorney's fees, that the Indemnitees may incur (i) in connection with your use of the Site or any hyperlinked Web site or (ii) resulting from content you supply.
HGEN is committed to maintaining your privacy and the security of the information you provide to us.
HGEN collects information from our members at several different points on our website. HGEN is the sole owner of the information collected on this Site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others. HGEN may share site user profiles to advertisers in much the same way that magazines provide subscriber information. Member names or identities are never tied to the general information provided to advertisers. HGEN may release information to comply with valid legal requirements such as a law or regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order. If we are legally compelled to disclose information about you to a third party, we will notify you unless doing so would violate a court order.
To use most of the features on this website, a member must first complete the registration form and pay the required membership fee posted at the time via a valid credit card, bank card, check or money order. During registration, a member is required to provide certain contact information (such as name and e-mail address). This information is used to contact the member with information regarding the Site and his/her membership. We also require members to provide certain other information (such as occupation, geographic location) so we can continue to better serve them in accordance with the goals of this Site.
In the same fashion as most standard website servers, we use log files. This includes IP (internet protocol) addresses, browser type, ISP (internet service provider), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks. These files are used to analyze trends, administer the Site, track member's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Retail establishments, including websites, utilize third party credit card processing firms to bill their customers for purchases of goods or services. These credit card processors are prohibited from using personally identifiable information except for the purpose of such billing. Accordingly, they do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purpose.
This Site contains links to other web sites. Please be aware that HGEN is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. If you link from our Site to any other site, we encourage you to read the privacy statement of that other site. This Privacy and Security Statement applies solely to information collected by this Site.
HGEN takes every reasonable precaution to protect our members' information. When you submit sensitive information via the Site, your information is protected both online and offline. When our registration form asks members to enter their credit card number, that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry, Secure Socket Layer (SSL).
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect member information offline. All of our members' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices and the facilities of our web hosting provider, HGENOnLine.com. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job, e.g., a billing clerk or a customer service representative, are granted access to personally identifiable information. Furthermore, all employees are promptly notified of changes to our security and privacy practices. Lastly, the servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
We make every reasonable effort to prevent the alteration, theft, loss or misuse of our members' information by others. However, please remain cognizant that there is always some risk in transmitting information over the Internet.
We send all new members a welcoming e-mail to verify password and member name. You agree that HGEN may send electronic mail to you for the purpose of advising you of changes or additions to this Site, as well as apprising you of any of HGENs events, products, services or opportunities, or, at HGENs discretion, the events, products, services or opportunities from members of HGEN, or a third party, or for such other purpose(s) as HGEN deems appropriate.
If we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect member information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our website and we will send an e-mail to members notifying them of the change.
Please be aware that if you disclose personally identifiable information online through the Forum, you will be making that information public. Such disclosure may increase your chance of receiving spam or unsolicited e-mail. HGEN strongly recommends that you utilize your discretion when disclosing information on this Site or any other website. HGEN is not responsible for personally identifiable information posted on the Forum. Please read Forum Rules in the Forum section of this site additional information governing participation in the HGEN Forum.
HGEN is most concerned with the safety of children when they use the Internet. Accordingly, to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without prior verifiable parental consent. No information should be submitted to or posted at this site by visitors under the age of 13 without the consent of their parent or legal guardian. If we become aware that a subscriber is under the age of 13 and has signed up without prior verifiable parental consent, we will remove his or her personally identifiable information from our files. Parents or legal guardians may provide HGEN with consent to collect such information by e-mail, by facsimile or by postal mail at the number/addresses set forth below under "Contact Us".
HGEN encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate in the interactive activities offered on this site. Parents should consider using parental control tools available from online services and software manufactures to help supervise their childrens online activities. These tools can also prevent children from disclosing their name, address, and other personal information online without parental permission.
Unless otherwise specified and except to the extent HGEN products are offered for sale in the United States through this Site, this Site and the Contents thereof are displayed solely for the purpose of promoting HGEN's products and services available in the United States and select foreign markets. This Site is controlled and operated by HGEN from its office in Los Angeles, California and the California office of its web hosting provider, HGENOnLine.com. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to any conflict of law provisions. Any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be resolved exclusively by the state and federal courts of the State of California, County of Los Angeles and/or the Southern District of California.
This Agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or HGEN. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by notifying us at info@HGENOnLine.com, but if you do so, your membership will be terminated as well and you will thereafter be denied access to the Site. HGEN also may terminate this Agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the Site, if in HGEN's sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this Agreement. Upon any termination of this Agreement by either you or HGEN, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded or otherwise obtained from this Site, as well as all copies of such materials, whether made under the terms of this Agreement or otherwise.
Members may request, and receive, membership refunds within seven (7) days of signing up. Due to the informative nature of this Site, considering the opportunities and accessibility herein made immediately available to members, no refunds will be issued by HGEN thereafter. Refund requests that fall within the aforementioned time frame should be made by notifying us at membership@HGENOnLine.com.
If any provision or provisions of these Terms of Use shall be held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the law of any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.