TERMS OF SERVICE & PRIVACY POLICY

Please read TheFreshSophisticate.com"s  (“Site”) Terms of Service and Privacy Policy below.

By accessing, browsing, or in any way using the Site, you agree to be bound by TheFreshSophisticate’s Privacy Policy and this Terms of Service Agreement  (“Terms of Service” or “Agreement”). This Agreement is between you and TheFreshSophisticate (“TheFreshSophisticate”, “TheFreshSophisticate.com”, “TFS”, “we” or “our”).  Your access to and use of the Site is expressly based on your compliance with this Agreement and all applicable laws. If you do not agree to be bound by this Agreement, or TFS’s Privacy Policy as well as all applicable laws, you should leave the TFS Site immediately and discontinue its use.

TFS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify, delete, add to this Agreement at any time without notice. Your continued use of the Site after TFS posts a revised Agreement signifies your acceptance of the revised Agreement. Use of the site is void where prohibited by law.

TFS is a blog website that provides tips on fashion, style, beauty, food, travel and lifestyle.  You may not modify, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, exploit or publicly display any of TFS’s Content in whole, or in part, except as expressly authorized in writing by TFS. TFS does not grant any express or implied rights, and all rights related in and to the Site and to TFS’s Content, are retained by TFS.

TFS gives no express warranties, guarantees, or conditions and does not warrant that the Site or its content will be accurate, error-free, virus free or uninterrupted.  TFS or its directors, employees or agents will not be liable to you or any third person for any loss or damage resulting from your use of, or inability to use the site or the material, information or other content on the site regardless of the basis upon which liability is claimed. 

You agree to indemnify and hold TFS and any of its affiliates, officers, agents, subsidiaries, or other partners or employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Site, your violation of this Agreement, or your violation of any rights of another including but not limited to copyright, other intellectual property rights or defamation.

TFS provides viewers with an opportunity to contribute to the Site.  You, not TFS, are solely responsible for any and all information you upload and publish including but not limited to, data, text, links, articles, software, photographs, graphics, video, music, sound, messages, (hereinafter, “post”) on the Site or otherwise submit to TFS (collectively, “Visitor content”). You must ensure that no copyright, trademark, trade secret, publicity or privacy rights, or other intellectual property rights are being violated by your posting or transmission of any Visitor content via the Site. You may not post, transmit, or share Visitor content on the Site that you did not create or that you do not have permission to post. In contributing to the Site you also agree not to use the Site to defame, threaten, stalk, defraud, incite, harass or advocate the harassment of another person, or otherwise interfere with another user’s use of the Site.  You may not use the Site to post sexually explicit material or pictures that include nudity, transmit or post spam, junk email or other mass messages, whether commercial in nature or not, or promote discrimination against anyone.  You may not use the Site for promotional or commercial purposes, except when deemed so via express written permission by TFS. You may not violate any third party rights, modify, remove, reproduce, distribute or in any way exploit the Site, or TFS’s content unless authorized by TFS. TFS does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, appropriateness, or quality of any Visitor content. The Visitor content posted by users or other third parties does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of TFS and under no circumstances will TFS be liable in any way for any Visitor content, including, but not limited to, any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Visitor content posted, emailed, or otherwise transmitted via the Site. TFS holds the right to remove any Visitor content at any time at its sole discretion. 

When you post your Visitor content to the Site, you grant TFS, an irrevocable, non-exclusive, world- wide, royalty free, transferable license to use, reproduce, translate, alter, publicly display, adapt, publish, excerpt (in whole or in part) and distribute such Visitor content, in all present and future media and in any manner relating to the Site.  This includes, without limitation to and in connection with the appearance of such Visitor content on TFS and on the sites of any of its affiliates, partners and others with whom TFS may have business relationships relating to the Site and the distribution and promotion of the Site. You further agree that TFS is free to use any ideas, know-how, concepts, techniques or other materials you send us for any purpose without any restrictions or compensation (including credit) to you.

TFS may, at any time delete, modify or prevent from displaying to any other users, any Visitor content, for any reason and at its sole discretion. Once deleted, any content you have stored on the Site cannot be retrieved.

PRIVACY POLICY

TheFreshSophisticate.com may collect  personal information about its users.  Personal information is information that identifies you as an individual, or relates to an identifiable individual. Collecting such information helps us improve our website and enhance your experience. If you disclose any personal information relating to others, you represent that you have the authority to do so and thus allow us to use that information in accordance to this Privacy Policy.

The personal information we collect can include the following: contact information such as name, address, e-mail address and phone number; customer comments and suggestions, photographs and any other content you may provide. 

Information you provide is on an optional and voluntary basis.    TFS collects information through tracking related tools and cookies, including, but not limited to services such as Google Analytics. Read about Google's privacy policy here.  This information is not correlated with specific individual information.  Such information helps us to tailor TFS content to our reader’s interests more effectively and help our advertisers and sponsors understand our audience demographics. We do not share personal information about individuals to third parties.  However, TFS may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights. TFS does not knowingly ever request personal information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.

Every user has the right to opt-out and not participate in any discussions, comments, submissions or registrations.  If you choose to submit photos, comments, recommendations, or any personal information for publication, you are engaging in a public activity and should be aware that this information can be read by others. Any personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the Internet and may be available around the world. TFS is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party.  

COOKIES

TheFreshSophisticate.com uses cookies to collect and track information regarding the use of its website. Cookies are identifiers that are sent to a user's browser from a website's computer and stored on a user's computer's hard drive, tablet, mobile phone.  Cookies store a small amount of data on your computer or device about your visit to a website.  Cookies are used to track user traffic patterns so that we can improve the quality of our website. We may also use "web beacons" or similar technologies to enable us to know whether you have visited a certain page.  You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to a website.   Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.  Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Ad Settings or by visiting aboutads.info. Please note that disabling, blocking or deleting cookies in your browser settings may impact your ability to fully use TheFreshSophisticate website. We collect information about the computer you are using

Last Updated May 24, 2018.