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Copyrights

All content on this site (such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, and audio clips) is the property of The Horatio Alger Society, except when noted otherwise. It is protected by United States and international copyright laws.

    Exceptions

  1. Some of the content on this site is owned by others. Some content is in the public domain.
  2. Brief quotations are occasionally used under fair use rules, with no intention of exploitation or profit.
  3. The site may contain graphics and Java scripts whose use is widespread on the Internet (for example, rollover buttons). Our thanks to the original programmers.

Copyright Complaints

The Horatio Alger Society respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe we have used your work in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please inform us at copyrights@horatioalgersociety.net.

License and Site Access

The Horatio Alger Society grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site.

This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents. You may not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, visit, or otherwise exploit this site for any commercial purpose without the express written consent of The Horatio Alger Society.

You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to The Horatio Alger Society's home page. The link must not portray The Horatio Alger Society or our products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise offensive manner.

You may use any Horatio Alger Society logo or other proprietary graphic as part of the link, provided you have written permission from The Horatio Alger Society. Just drop us an e-mail at permissions@horatioalgersociety.net.

Submissions

You may submit content for use on the site. Use of your content is at the sole discretion of The Horatio Alger Society.

If you do submit content, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant The Horatio Alger Society a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any medium.

You grant The Horatio Alger Society the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if we choose. At your request, we will withhold the name, but you must supply a name. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content you submit; that the content is accurate; and that you will indemnify The Horatio Alger Society from any and all claims that may result from our use of content you supply.

Links to Other Sites

We may from time to time provide links to other sites, primarily for the purposes of promoting a diversity of views, sharing entertaining content, or adding dimension to your Internet experience.

We are not responsible for examining or evaluating these sites and we do not warrant the offerings of these sites. We just think they are interesting links.

Privacy Policy

The Horatio Alger Society knows that you care how information about you is used and shared. We follow this privacy policy:

  1. We do not collect any information about site visitors.
  2. We cannot therefore share what we do not collect.
  3. If you provide personal information, such as when ordering a book, we will not share that information without your permission.
  4. Personal information collected by third parties, such as Paypal, is governed by their privacy rules.
  5. We will not use your name on the website without your permission.
  6. Our site does not set cookies.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY THE HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY ON AN AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE BASIS. THE HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS, OR E-MAIL SENT FROM THE HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. THE HORATIO ALGER SOCIETY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.

Disputes

Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to the Horatio Alger Society site shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Nevada City, California, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate The Horatio Alger Society's intellectual property rights, The Horatio Alger Society may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of California, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

Applicable Law

By visiting the Horatio Alger Society site, you agree that the laws of the state of California, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and The Horatio Alger Society.

Site Policies, Modification, and Severability

We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

Changes

Our website changes constantly. The details of this Conditions of Use page may change, but the principles will remain the same.