Terms and Conditions – Boston Shoe Travelers

Please read these terms and conditions (“terms and conditions”, “terms”) carefully before using www.BostonShoeTravelers.org (“Site”) website operated by Boston Shoe Travelers Association (BSTA).

Conditions of use

By using this website, you certify that you have read and reviewed this Agreement and that you agree to comply with its terms. If you do not want to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, you are advised to stop using the website accordingly. BSTA only grants use and access of this website, its products, and its services to those who have accepted its terms.

Privacy policy

Before you continue using our website, we advise you to read our privacy policy regarding our user data collection. It will help you better understand our practices.

Intellectual property

You agree that all materials, products, and services provided on this website are the property of BSTA, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, suppliers, or licensors including all copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property. You also agree that you will not reproduce or redistribute the BSTA’s intellectual property in any way, including electronic, digital, or new trademark registrations.

You grant BSTA a royalty-free and non-exclusive license to display, use, copy, transmit, and broadcast the content you upload and publish. For issues regarding intellectual property claims, you should contact the company in order to come to an agreement.

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise explicitly stated, the materials on the Website are provided “as is”, are experimental, and are for commercial use only, and all express or implied conditions, representations and warranties, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement, are disclaimed, except to the extent that such disclaimers are held to be legally invalid. BSTA makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees as to the quality, suitability, truth, accuracy or completeness of any of the materials contained on the Website. Any questions regarding the materials should be directed to the providers of such materials.

BSTA and/or its respective suppliers make no representations about the suitability of the information contained in the documents and related graphics published for any purpose. All such documents and related graphics are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. BSTA and/or its respective suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, including all warranties and conditions of merchantability, whether express, implied or statutory, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. In no event shall BSTA and/or its respective suppliers be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortuous action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information available from the services.

The documents and related graphics published on the services could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are periodically added to the information herein. BSTA and/or its respective suppliers may make improvements and/or changes in the product(s) and/or program(s) described herein at any time.

Limitations of Liability

BSTA shall not be liable for any damages suffered as a result of using, modifying, contributing, copying, distributing, or downloading materials from its Website. In no event shall BSTA be liable for any indirect, punitive, special, incidental, or consequential damage (including loss of business, revenue, profits, use, data or other economic advantage) however it arises, whether for breach or in tort, even if BSTA has been previously advised of the possibility of such damage.

You agree to hold BSTA harmless from, and you covenant not to sue BSTA for, any claims based on using the Website.

Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless BSTA, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses or expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with your access to or use of the Site.

Submissions

Unless otherwise explicitly stated, herein, or in the Privacy Policy above, any Materials provided by you in connection with this Website shall be deemed provided on a non-proprietary and non-confidential basis. BSTA shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such Materials and shall be free to use or disseminate such Materials on an unrestricted basis for any purpose. You acknowledge that you are responsible for the Materials that you submit, and you, not BSTA, have full responsibility for the Materials, including their legality, reliability, appropriateness, originality and copyright.

Applicable Laws

All matters relating to your access to, and use of, the Site shall be governed by U.S. federal law or the laws of the State of Massachusetts. Any legal action or proceeding relating to your access to, or use of, the Site shall be instituted in a state or federal court in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. You and BSTA agree to submit to the jurisdiction of, and agree that venue is proper in, these courts in any such legal action or proceeding.

Disputes

Any dispute related in any way to your use of this website or to products you purchase from us shall be arbitrated by state or federal court in Middlesex County, Massachusetts and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts.