LONGISLANDEXCHANGE.COM “LONG ISLAND EXCHANGE” IS MAINTAINED, EDITED, OWNED AND OPERATED BY LONG ISLAND MEDIA INC., AND IS PROVIDED TO YOU UNDER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
| This agreement was last updated on: May 22, 2018
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS Long Island Exchange provides its service to you, subject to the following Terms of Service (“TOS”), which may be updated by us from time to time without notice to you. |
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DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
Long Island Exchange currently provides access to a collection of resources, including, information, various communications tools, shopping services, search services, and branded programming through its network of properties (the “Service”). You also understand and agree that the Service may include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for Long Island Exchange to provide the Service. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service shall be subject to the TOS. You understand and agree that the Service is provided “AS-IS” and that Long Island Exchange assumes no responsibility for errors, timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings. You are responsible for obtaining access to the Service and that access may involve third party fees (such as Internet service provider or airtime charges). You are responsible for those fees, including those fees associated with the display or delivery of advertisements. In addition, you must provide and are responsible for all equipment necessary to access the Service.
LONG ISLAND EXCHANGE PRIVACY POLICY
LongIslandExchange.com collects information automatically and through the use of electronic tools. Information collected may be used for purposes including but not limited to site administration and troubleshooting. You can visit many pages of our site without providing any information at all, while other pages may prompt you to provide information, such as when you register for access to portions of our site, sign up for membership, request certain features, or place an advertisement or classified ad. You may also provide information when you participate on message boards, in chat rooms and other interactive areas of our site. We use this information only as permitted by law and as set forth in this policy.
In an effort to respect your privacy, Long Island Exchange does not share, rent, or sell personally identifiable information with anyone outside of our organization. We do share general site traffic data such as “overall viewership statistics” and “readership”. This information does not identify any user specifically.
Some areas of our site may use “cookies” (explained below) to store your user name and password, sparing you from having to re-enter that information each time you visit. Please note that certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our web site (our web hosting service, for example) may have access to limited amounts of information.
This site puts forth reasonable efforts to prevent the collection of data from minors. For example, some registration areas require users to indicate that they have been born sometime prior to 1992 in order to sign-up for an account. You may also refer to ‘parental control protections’ below for child safety.
CONSENT FOR DATA PROCESSING WHERE APPLICABLE (GDPR)
Beginning March 25, 2018, some countries outside of the United States will require explicit consent to process and/or use data gathered on certain sites. However, this site is controlled, operated and administered entirely within the United States. It offers its service only in the English language and does not target users in any other counties. If you are located outside the United States, please be aware that while visiting this site information you provide to us through the site may be processed and transferred to the U.S. The privacy and data protection laws in the U.S. may not be equivalent to such laws in your country of residence. By using the Services, you consent to this collection, transfer, storage, and processing of information to and in the U.S.
THIRD PARTY ADVERTISING PRIVACY AND “COMPUTER COOKIES”
Long Island Exchange uses third-party advertising companies (specifically Google/DoubleClick) which may use cookies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use basic information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. Users may opt out of the use of the GOOGLE / DoubleClick cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.
Here is how Google explains cookies: “A ‘cookie’ is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies.”
BUSINESS TRANSFERS AND YOUR PRIVACY
In the event that LongIslandExchange.com is involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, your information may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. The promises in this policy will apply to your information as transferred to the new entity. In any of these possible events, commercially reasonable and good faith efforts would be taken to protect your privacy.
If you have questions about this privacy policy, the practices of this site, or your interaction with this Web site, please contact:
LONG ISLAND EXCHANGE
67 HARNED ROAD, SUITE 3C,
COMMACK, NEW YORK 11725
Local: (631) 592-4425
OWNERSHIP: LONG ISLAND MEDIA INC.
CONTENT SUBMITTED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR INCLUSION ON THE SERVICE
All information submitted for publication on this site is the opinion of the submitter and not necessarily the opinion of the site itself. By submitting or posting content on any area of the Long Island Exchange website you automatically grant as well as represent and warrant that you have the right to grant to Long Island Exchange an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display, and distribute such information and content. Long Island Exchange has the right to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing.
You acknowledge that Long Island Exchange may or may not pre-screen content, but that Long Island Exchange and its designee shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse, or move any content that is available via the Service. Without limiting the foregoing, Long Island Exchange and its designees shall have the right to remove any content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content. In this regard, you acknowledge that you may not rely on any content created by Long Island Exchange or submitted to Long Island Exchange including without limitation information on Long Island Exchange message boards, and in all other parts of the Service.
FORUMS, CLASSIFIEDS AND INTERACTIVE POSTING RULES
Registration is free. We do insist that you abide by these policies and TOS although the administrators and moderators of Long Island Exchange will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off public posted areas of our site, it is impossible for us to review each individual message or upload. All ads and messages express the views of the particular author thereof, and the owners of Long Island Exchange will not be held responsible for the content of any message or advertisement.
In addition, from time to time the administrators may set rules that pertain to information, data, images, or links posted within the public areas of the website. These rules pertain to the atmosphere, quality control and/or other standards set by the Long Island Exchange and must be followed at all times. The owners of Long Island Exchange reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread, post, classified, content or account for any reason.
By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any content that is obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.
Please note that you are directly responsible for the content you post. According to Title 47 of Chapter 5, Subchapter II, Part I, of § 230 (Protection for private blocking and screening of offensive material) It is the policy of the United States that no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider. The term “information content provider” means YOU or any person or entity that is responsible for the creation or development of information provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer service.
Long Island Exchange strives to protect its users from spam and abuse. Technical abuse and other user account abuse is not tolerated on LongIslandExchange.com, and will result in permanent account suspension. Any accounts engaging in publishing links to malicious content intended to damage or disrupt another user’s browser or computer or to compromise a user’s privacy may be investigated for abuse. Long Island Exchange reserves the right to immediately terminate your account without further notice in the event that, in its sole and final judgment, its administrators, editors or moderators have determined you have violated any of these rules or the Terms of Service.
YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In consideration of your use of the Service, you represent that you are of legal age to form a binding contract and are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction. You also agree to: (a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Service’s registration form (such information being the “Registration Data”) and (b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Long Island Exchange has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Long Island Exchange has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT
It is our policy to respond to notices of alleged infringement that comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (found at the U.S. Copyright Office) and other applicable intellectual property laws. It is our policy to immediately remove material from public view that we believe in good faith to be copyrighted material that has been illegally copied and distributed by any of our members or users. If we remove or disable access to comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act we will make a good-faith attempt to contact the owner, author, or administrator of each affected site so that they may make a counter notification pursuant to sections 512(g)(2) and (3) of that Act.
INFRINGEMENT NOTIFICATION
If you believe that content residing on or accessible through this website infringes a copyright for which you own or are a designated agent, please send a notice of infringement by contacting us with information that sets forth the items specified below.
To expedite our ability to process your request, please use the following format:
- Title of the specific thread or article that contains the copyrighted work.)
- Date the specific post that contains the copyrighted work was published (available on each post) .
- Link to the specific post or article you believe contains the copyrighted material.
- Specific nature of the copyright infringement you believe is occurring.
- Details of your claim to the material, or your relationship to the material copyright holder.
- Provide your full name, address, and telephone number should we need to clarify your claim.
- Provide a working email address where we can contact you to confirm your claim.
- Include the following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the allegedly infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.”
- Include the following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner to make this complaint.”
DELIVER THIS NOTICE WITH ALL ITEMS COMPLETED TO THE DESIGNATED COPYRIGHT AGENT:
Copyright Agent
67 Harned Road. Suite 3C
Commack, NY 11725
Telephone +1 (631) 587-7050
We will review your claim and determine its merit. If, after our review, we believe your claim is sufficient to remove the information from public view, we will do so immediately and provide you with confirmation. If your claim is insufficient to act upon, or, in our consideration the material has been published with a good faith effort and compliant with the DMCA, we will notify you and provide you opportunity to clarify or seek additional remedy.
BUSINESS LISTING SUBMISSION
Listings added to the Long Island Exchange business directory should be quality listings that add original content and value to the directory. Businesses and websites which have one or more of the following criteria should not be submitted:
- Any business selling or otherwise distributing information on illegal firearms, explosives, or weapons.
- Any business selling or otherwise distributing information or items that are indecent or obscene, that are hateful or racially, sexually, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, that contain pornography, that are otherwise pornographic in nature.
- Any business selling or otherwise distributing information for items that are counterfeit or stolen.
- Any business selling or otherwise distributing goods or services that do not, in fact, exist.
- Any business selling or otherwise distributing items that violate or infringe the rights of other parties.
- Any business selling or otherwise distributing items they do not have the legal right to sell.
- Any business websites that contains hidden text, redirects, cloaks, or anything else that may classify as web spam.
BUSINESS LISTING ACCEPTABILITY
- Listing title should be accurate, and factual. Some titles will need abbreviations in order to fit in the allotted space. We suggest using your actual business name and not some made up keyword driven name. For example, using fictional business names like “AAA Plumber Company” only to attempt to appear higher on the page, in first position, or above other listings (in most cases) will not be acceptable.
- Use your official business address registered with your county or state. If you choose not to have your address listed, you can leave it blank or include a note that you wish for it to be unlisted. Do not submit a fictional address for the purpose of appearing to service a particular area which, in reality, you do not service.
- For featured listings, do not capitalize the first letter of every word in the promotional text or description. Use correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. Proofread your featured promotional text or descriptions.
- For featured listings, write descriptions or promotional text in English, and note in the description if the site is multilingual or only available in a language other than English.
BUSINESS LISTING EDITORIAL DISCRETION
LONG ISLAND EXCHANGE EDITORS, IN THEIR SOLE AND FINAL JUDGMENT, SHALL DETERMINE THE SUITABILITY, PLACEMENT, TITLE AND DESCRIPTION OF ALL BUSINESS LISTINGS AND WEB SITES LISTED IN THE DIRECTORY. DIRECTORY SUBMISSION AND/OR PAYMENT DOES NOT NECESSARILY ENSURE THAT YOUR LISTING WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE DIRECTORY OR THAT IT WILL RECEIVE THE SITE PLACEMENT OR DESCRIPTION THAT YOU REQUEST. LONG ISLAND EXCHANGE RESERVES THE RIGHT, BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION, TO LIST, MODIFY, CHANGE, MOVE, UPDATE, OR PERMANENTLY REMOVE ANY SITE OR LISTING FOR ANY REASON AS DEEMED NECESSARY.
NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OBLIGATES LONG ISLAND EXCHANGE TO LIST, LINK TO, ACCEPT OR OTHERWISE HOST YOUR LISTING ANYWHERE ON LONGISLANDEXCHANGE.COM OR IN THE DIRECTORY. DETERMINATION FOR ALL LISTINGS IS MADE BY LONG ISLAND EXCHANGE EDITORS. IN ADDITION, IF YOUR LISTING IS ACCEPTED, NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OBLIGATES LONG ISLAND EXCHANGE TO KEEP OR PLACE YOUR LISTING WITHIN A SPECIFIC CATEGORY OR SUBCATEGORY OF THE DIRECTORY, OR TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS OR ANNOTATIONS WITH THE LISTING OF YOUR SITE, UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED IN WRITING.
COMMUNICATIONS
By communicating in any way with Long Island Exchange, such as, but not limited to, through the submission of a business listing, whereas you are providing contact information such as your phone number, mailing address, email address, telefax, etc., which is transmitted to Long Island Exchange, through any inquiry field, feedback form, registration area or other means, regarding the service, you understand that you are authorizing Long Island Exchange, and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees to respond and/or communicate with you through those means in order to process your request.
INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify and hold Long Island Exchange and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Content you submit or make available through the Service, your use of the Service, your connection to the Service, your violation of the terms of service, or your violation of any rights of another.
PARENTAL CONTROL PROTECTIONS
Parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist customers and parents in limiting access to material that may be harmful to minors.
In compliance with the Child Online Protection Act, the following is a choice of vendors who provide software that limits access to materials that may be harmful to minors: Cyber Sitter – http://www.solidoak.com, Net Nanny – http://www.netnanny.com
While Long Island Exchange does not, in any way, endorse the above referenced vendors or the services that they provide, Long Island Exchange would like to inform its users of the availability of such software.
NO RESALE OF SERVICE
You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, trade, resell or exploit for any commercial purposes, any portion of the Service (including your username and password), use of the Service, or access to the Service.
MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
Long Island Exchange reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof) with or without notice. You agree that Long Island Exchange shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension or discontinuance of the Service.
DEALINGS WITH ADVERTISERS
Your correspondence or business dealings with, or participation in promotions of, advertisers found on or through the Service, including payment and delivery of related goods or services, and any other terms, conditions, warranties or representations associated with such dealings, are solely between you and such advertiser. You agree that Long Island Exchange shall not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings or as the result of the presence of such advertisers on the Service.
LINKS
The Service may provide, or third parties may provide, links to other World Wide Web sites or resources. Because Long Island Exchange has no control over such sites and resources, you acknowledge and agree that Long Island Exchange is not responsible for the availability of such external sites or resources, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any Content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such sites or resources. You further acknowledge and agree that Long Island Exchange shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any such Content, goods or services available on or through any such site or resource.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You acknowledge and agree that the Service and any necessary software used in connection with the Service (“Software”) contain proprietary and confidential information that is protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You further acknowledge and agree that Content contained in sponsor advertisements or information presented to you through the Service or advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws. Except as expressly authorized by Long Island Exchange or advertisers, you agree not to modify, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute or create derivative works based on the Service or the Software, in whole or in part. Long Island Exchange grants you a personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive right and license to use the object code of its Software on a single computer; provided that you do not (and do not allow any third party to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt to discover any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer any right in the Software. You agree not to modify the Software in any manner or form, or to use modified versions of the Software, including (without limitation) for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to the Service. You agree not to access the Service by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Long Island Exchange for use in accessing the Service.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
You expressly understand and agree that: your use of the service is at your sole risk. The service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Long Island Exchange expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Long Island Exchange makes no warranty that (i) the service will meet your requirements, (ii) the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, (iii) the results that may be obtained from the use of the service will be accurate or reliable, (iv) the quality of any products, services, information, or other material purchased or obtained by you through the service will meet your expectations, and (v) any errors in the software will be corrected. Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the service is done at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of any such material. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from Long Island Exchange or through or from the service shall create any warranty not expressly stated in the TOS. A small percentage of users may experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or backgrounds on a computer screen or while using the service. Certain conditions may induce previously undetected epileptic symptoms even in users who have no history of prior seizures or epilepsy. If you, or anyone in your family, have an epileptic condition, consult your physician prior to using the service. Immediately discontinue use of the service and consult your physician if you experience any of the following symptoms while using the service — dizziness, altered vision, eye or muscle twitches, loss of awareness, disorientation, any involuntary movement, or convulsions.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
You expressly understand and agree that Long Island Exchange shall not be liable to you for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses (even if Long Island Exchange has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the service; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the service; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the service; or (v) any other matter relating to the service.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
Long Island Exchange, the official Long Island Exchange logo, Long Island Exchange service marks and other Long Island Exchange logos and product and service names are marks of Long Island Exchange (the “Long Island Exchange Marks”). Without Long Island Exchange’s prior permission, you agree not to display or use in any manner, the Long Island Exchange Marks with exception to uses defined in link to us. Trademark Registration Number: 3138442
INFORMATION DISCLAIMER
Information provided on this website is intended to allow the public immediate access to public information. While all attempts are made to provide accurate, current, and reliable information, Long Island Exchange recognizes the possibility of human and/or mechanical error. Therefore, Long Island Exchange, its employees, officers and agents make no representations as to the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or suitability of the information provided by this website, and deny any express or implied warranty as to the same.
By your use of the Service, you acknowledge and accept the above policies and Terms of
Service. If you do not agree to or accept the above policies and Terms Of Service, you must immediately exit the service.
