Conditions of Use
These Terms of Use are entered into between you and The Fishin’ Ships (“Company,” “we,” or “us”). The following terms and conditions (“Terms of Use”) govern your access to and use of www.fishinships.com (“Website”), including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website. The Website is owned by us and provided as a service to its current and potential customers.
1. Acceptance of the Terms of Use. Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start using the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when that option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use, our Terms of Sale, and our Privacy Policy (collectively, “Terms & Conditions”), which are incorporated into these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the Terms & Conditions, you must not access or use the Website.
2. Changes to Terms of Use. You should periodically review the Terms of Use. In our sole discretion, we may modify or revise the Terms & Conditions at any time. By continuing to use the Website, you agree to be bound by such changes. Nothing in the Terms & Conditions shall be deemed to confer any third-party rights or benefits. Changes to the Terms & Conditions are effective upon their posting to the Website.
3. Changes to the Website. We may update the content on the Website from time to time, but its content is not necessarily complete or up to date. Any of the material on the Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.
4. Online purchases and other terms and conditions. All purchases through the Website or other transactions for the sale of goods or services through the Website or resulting from visits made by you to the Website are governed by our Terms of Sale, which are incorporated into these Terms of Use. Additional terms and conditions may also apply to specific portions, services, or features of the Website, which are also incorporated into these Terms of Use. By submitting information relevant to your purchase, including, but not limited, to your credit card, its expiration date security code, your address, and billing information, you grant us (or the third-party collecting that information on our behalf) the right to provide such information to third parties for purposes of facilitating the completion of transactions initiated by you or on your behalf. Verification of information may be required prior to the acknowledgement or completion of any transaction. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO USE ANY CREDIT CARD(S) UTILIZED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSACTION. ANY PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES DESCRIBED ON THE WEBSITE ARE ONLY OFFERED IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE THEY MAY BE LEGALLY OFFERED FOR SALE. THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE IS NOT AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION BY ANYONE IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION CANNOT LEGALLY BE MADE OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE A SOLICITATION.
5. Accessing the Website and account security. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend the Website and any service or material that we provide on the Website in our sole discretion and without any notice. We will not be liable if for any reason all or part of the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. From time to time, we may restrict access to some parts (or all) of the Website to users, including registered users.
You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website and ensuring that all persons who have access to the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.
To access the Website or some of the resources that it offers, you may be asked to provide certain registration details or other information. It is a condition of your use of the Website that all information you provide on the Website is correct, current, and complete. You agree that all information you provide to register with the Website or otherwise, including, but not limited to, through the use of any interactive features on the Website, is governed by our Terms of Sale and Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions that we take with respect to your information consistent with our Terms of Sale and Privacy Policy.
If you choose or are provided with a username, password, or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential, and you must not disclose it to any other person or entity. You also acknowledge that your account is personal to you and you agree not to provide any other person with access to the Website or portions of it using your username, password, or other security information. If you share this information with a third party (or authorize a third party to have access to or be linked to your account through any of the Website’s features), that individual may have access to your account and personal information, including, but not limited to, your credit card information. You agree to take responsibility for actions taken by an individual with whom you have shared or authorized access to your account.
You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access to or use of your username or password or any other breach of security. You also agree to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. You should use particular caution when accessing your account from a public or shared compute so that others are not able to view or record your password or other personal information. We have the right to disable any username, password, or other identifier when chosen by you or provided by us at any time in our sole discretion for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, if, in our opinion, you have violated any provision of these Terms of Use.
6. Internet delays. The Website may be subject to limitations, delays, and other problems inherent in the use of the Internet and electronic communications. We are not responsible for any delays, delivery failures, or other damages resulting from such problems.
7. Intellectual property rights. The Website and its entire contents, features, and functionality (including, but not limited to, all information, software, text, displays, images, video, and audio, and their design, selection, and arrangement) are owned by us, our licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws.
You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, transmit, or otherwise use any of the material on our Website, except as follows:
• Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
• You may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes.
• You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages on the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or distribution.
• If we provide desktop, mobile, or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.
• If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features.
You may not:
• Modify copies of any materials from the Website.
• Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
• Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from the Website.
If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Website in breach of the Terms of Use, your right to use the Website will stop immediately and you must, at our sole option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Website or any content on the Website is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by us. Any use of the Website not expressly permitted by these Terms of Use is a breach of these Terms of Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
8. Copyrights. You should assume everything you see or read on the Website is copyrighted (unless otherwise noted) and may not be used (except as provided in these Terms of Use or explicit text found on the Website) without our written permission. We neither warrant nor represent your use of materials displayed on the Website will not infringe on the rights of third parties not related to us. Images, photographs, or illustrations displayed on the Website are either our property or used with permission. Your or your representative’s use of these materials is prohibited unless permitted by these Terms of Use or explicit text found on the Website. Any unauthorized use of the images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.
9. Trademarks. Our company name and logo, and all trade names, product and service names, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, designs, and slogans (collectively, “Trademarks”) on the Website are protected intellectual properties of us, or our affiliates or licensors. Nothing contained on the Website should be construed as granting, by implication or otherwise, any license or right to use such Trademarks without our written permission. All other names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans on the Website are the trademarks of their respective owners.
10. Copyright infringement. If you believe that any content on the Website violates your copyright, please send a notice by email to [email protected]. Be advised that claimants who make misrepresentations about copyright infringement may be liable for damages, including court costs and attorneys’ fees.
11. Prohibited uses. You may use the Website only for lawful purposes in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Website:
• In any way that violates applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the United States or other countries).
• For the purpose of exploiting, harming, or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way by exposing them to inappropriate content, asking for personally identifiable information, or otherwise.
• To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or reuse any material that does not comply with these Terms of Use.
• To transmit or procure the sending of any advertising or promotional material, including any junk mail, chain letter, spam, or other similar solicitation.
• To impersonate or attempt to impersonate us, our employees, another user, or any other person or entity (including, without limitation, by using email addresses associated with any of the foregoing).
• To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website or that, as determined in our sole discretion, may harm (or expose to liability) us or the users of the Website.
Additionally, you agree not to:
• Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the Website or interfere with any other party’s use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.
• Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.
• Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use.
• Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
• Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Website.
• Attack the Website through a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
• Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.
12. Reliance on information posted. The information presented on or though the Website is made available solely for general information purposes. This information is not designed to provide any professional advice, including accounting, compliance, tax, or legal advice. While we use reasonable efforts to include accurate, reliable, and up to date information on the Website, we do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information. Any reliance that you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such material by you or any other visitor to the Website or by anyone who may be informed on any of its contents.
The Website may include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by users and third-party licensors. All statements and/or opinions expressed in these materials and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than content provided by us, are solely the opinions and responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. These materials do not necessary reflect our opinions. We are not responsible or liable to you or any third party for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties.
13. Information about you and your visits to the Website. We may collect (or you may provide) your personally identifiable information. All information we collect on the Website is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Website, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy.
14. Linking to the Website. You may link to the Website, provided you do so in a way that is fair, legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it, but you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part.
15. Links from the Website. If the Website contains links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, these links and resources are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have not reviewed all of these third-party sites and have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites linked to this Website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites. You should review the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
16. Geographic restrictions. The owner of the Website is based in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. We provide the Website for use only by persons located in the United States. We make no claims that the Website or any of its content is accessible or appropriate outside of the United States. Access to the Website may not be legal by certain persons or in certain countries. If you access the Website from outside of the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws. By using the Website, you represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country on the U.S. Treasury Department’s list of specifically designated nationals or the U.S. Commerce Department’s table of deny orders or denied persons list.
17. Disclaimer of warranties. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE CANNOT AND DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT ANY FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING FROM THE INTERNET OR THE WEBSITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE CODE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUFFICIENT PROCEDURES AND CHECKPOINTS TO SATISFY YOUR PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR ANTI-VIRUS PROTECTION AND ACCURACY OF DATA INPUT AND OUTPUT AND FOR MAINTAINING A MEANS EXTERNAL TO OUR WEBSITE FOR ANY RECONSTRUCTION OF ANY LOST DATA.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A DISTRIBUTED DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACK, VIRUSES, OR OTHER TECHNOLOGICALLY HARMFUL MATERIAL THAT MAY INFECT YOUR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, DATA, OR OTHER PROPRIETARY MATERIAL DUE TO YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE OR TO YOUR DOWNLOADING OF ANY MATERIAL POSTED ON IT OR ANY WEBSITE LINKED TO IT.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, AND ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. NEITHER US NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH US MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPLETENESS, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, ACCURACY, OR AVAILABILITY OF THE WEBSITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER US NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH US REPRESENTS OR WARRANTS THAT THE WEBSITE, ITS CONTENT, OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT OUR SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT THE WEBSITE OR ANY SERVICES OR ITEMS OBTAINED THROUGH THE WEBSITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, COURSE OF DEALING, USAGE OF TRADE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
18. Limitation of liability. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PROVIDED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OUR AFFILIATES, OUR RELATED COMPANIES, OR OUR LICENSORS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, OR DIRECTORS BE LIABLE TO ANYONE FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE WEBSITE, ANY WEBSITES LINKED TO IT, ANY CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE OR SUCH OTHER WEBSITES, AND ANY INTERRUPTION, INACCURACY, ERROR, OR OMISSION, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR THE CONTENT, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PERSONAL INJURY, PAIN AND SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOSS OF REVENUE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF SALES, LOSS OF PRODUCTS, GOODS, OR PROPERTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FOOD SPOILAGE, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF GOODWILL, LOSS OF DATA, OR LOSS OF ANY OTHER ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, AND WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF FORESEEABLE.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
19. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us, our affiliates, related companies, licensors, and service providers, and our and their respective officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, suppliers, successors, and assigns from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of or relating to your violation of these Terms of Use or your visit to or use of the Website, including, but not limited to, any contributions made by you, any use of the Website’s content, services, and products other than as expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, or your use of any information obtained from the Website.
20. Applicable laws. These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to its conflict of law provisions.
21. Resolution of disputes. You agree that any disputes and claims related in any way to these Terms of Use, your visit to or use of the Website, or to the products you purchase through the Website will be resolved through final and binding arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association applying the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, instead of in court, except that to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate our intellectual property rights, we may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. By agreeing to arbitration, you agree to waive your right to a trial by jury or participate in a class or representative action.