Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
These Terms of Use apply to the Palmer Lake Economic Development Group website located at www.palmerlakecolorado.org (the “Site”). The Site is the property of Palmer Lake Economic Development Group (“PLEDG”).
BY USING THE SITE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS OF USE AND OTHER POLICIES AND GUIDELINES IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE SITE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THE SITE.
PLEDG reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of the Terms of Use at any time. Use of the Site following posted changes means that you accept and agree to the changes. As long as you comply with the Terms of Use, PLEDG grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Site.
Privacy Policy Palmerlakecolorado.org respects the privacy of its Users. The terms and conditions of PLEDG’s Privacy Policy, below, are incorporated herein by reference. By using the Site you acknowledge and agree that Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure, and any information you send to the Site may be read or intercepted by others, even if there is a special notice that a particular transmission is encrypted.
Content All text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, trademarks, logos, sounds, music, artwork and computer code (“Content”), including but not limited to design, structure and “look and feel” of Content on the Site, is owned, controlled or licensed by or to PLEDG, and is protected by copyright, patent and trademark laws, trade dress and various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws.
You may not upload, post, reproduce, modify, remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part, without prior written permission of Pledg. You may use information on products and services made available for downloading from the Site, provided that the copies are made only for your personal use; you maintain any notices contained in the Content, such as copyright notices, trademark legends or other proprietary rights notices; and you do not modify such information. Use of any software content shall be governed by the software license agreement accompanying such software.
You agree not to interfere with the proper working of the Site or any transaction being conducted on the Site. You may not use the Site or Content for any unlawful purpose or to infringe upon the rights of palmerlakelife.org or its users. You may not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Site. You may not test the vulnerability and you may not breach the security or authentication measures of the Site or any network connected to the Site. You may not trace or attempt to trace any information on any other user of the Site.
monthly newsletter until such time as you may elect to unsubscribe.
Third-Party Content In some instances, Content available through the Site represents opinions and judgments of the third party providing such Content. PLEDG neither endorses nor is responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice, or statement made on the Site by anyone other than PLEDG. Under no circumstances shall PLEDG or its affiliates, or any of their officers, directors, employees, or agents, be liable for any loss, damage or harm caused by a user’s reliance on information obtained through the Site. It is your responsibility to evaluate the information, opinion, advice, or other Content available through the Site.
Purchases; Other Terms and Conditions Additional terms and conditions may apply to purchases of goods or services and to specific portions or features of the Site, all of which are made a part of these Terms of Use by this reference. PLEDG’s obligations, if any, with regard to its products and services are governed solely by the agreements pursuant to which they are provided, and nothing on this Site should be construed to alter such agreements. PLEDG may make changes to any products or services offered on the Site, or to the prices, at any time without notice.
Materials about products and services may be out of date, and PLEDG makes no commitment to update the materials on the Site with respect to such products and services.
Jurisdiction and Disputes All disputes of any kind with PLEDG or palmerlakelife.org shall be governed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, United States of America.
All disputes under this Agreement shall be resolved by litigation in the courts of the State of Colorado including the federal courts therein and any and all parties consent to the jurisdiction of such courts, agree to accept service of process by mail, and hereby waive any jurisdictional or venue defenses otherwise available to it.
Disclaimers PLEDG DOES NOT PROMISE THAT THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT, SERVICE OR FEATURE OF THE SITE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT YOUR USE OF THE SITE WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESULTS. THE SITE AND ITS CONTENT ARE DELIVERED ON AN “AS-IS” AND “AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS.
ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. PLEDG CANNOT ENSURE THAT ANY FILES OR OTHER DATA YOU DOWNLOAD FROM THE SITE WILL BE FREE OF VIRUSES OR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. PLEDG DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF ACCURACY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. PLEDG DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR THE ACTS, OMISSIONS AND CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND/OR ANY PLEDG SERVICES. YOU ASSUME TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND ANY LINKED SITES.
YOUR SOLE REMEDY AGAINST PLEDG FOR DISSATISFACTION WITH THE SITE OR ANY CONTENT IS TO STOP USING THE SITE OR ANY SUCH CONTENT. THIS LIMITATION OF RELIEF IS A PART OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
The above disclaimer applies to any damages, liability or injuries caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction of or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use, whether for breach of contract, tort, negligence or any other cause of action.
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 MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
Acknowledgment The Terms of Use, including all documents and policies referenced herein and including individual terms of use accepted by buyers as a condition of each sale transaction, represent the entire understanding between you and PLEDG regarding your relationship with PLEDG, and supersede any prior statements or representations. When using the Site or making a purchase from the Site, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE.
Limitation of Liability Except where prohibited by law, in no event will PLEDG be liable to you for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental or punitive damages, including lost profits, even if PLEDG has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
If, notwithstanding the other provisions of these Terms of Use, PLEDG is found to be liable to you for any damage or loss which is in any way connected with your use of the Site or any Content, PLEDG’s liability shall in no event exceed US$100.00.
Disclaimer Any and all information found herein is for educational purposes only. It is NOT intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent disease or replace the advice of a licensed healthcare practitioner. Statements made herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. PLEDG does not dispense medical advice, prescribe, or diagnose illness. In addition, any views or ideas expressed by PLEDG or its officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, faculty, guest authors or contributors, subsidiaries and affiliates are NOT intended to be a substitute for conventional medical or veterinary advice or service. You agree that no responsibility or liability will be incurred to any person or entity with respect to any loss, damage, or injury caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained herein. If you have a severe medical condition, please see a licensed healthcare practitioner.
Indemnity You agree to indemnify and hold PLEDG, its officers, directors, shareholders, predecessors, successors in interest, employees, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), made against PLEDG by any third in connection with your use of the Site.
Violation of Law or Terms of Use PLEDG reserves the right at all times to disclose any information that PLEDG deems necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
PLEDG also may disclose your information when PLEDG determines that applicable law requires or permits such disclosure, including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection purposes, or if we determine that such disclosure is necessary in connection with any investigation or complaint regarding your use of the Site, or to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be intentionally or unintentionally causing injury to or interference with the rights or property of PLEDG or users of the Site. You acknowledge and agree that PLEDG may preserve any transmittal or communication by you with PLEDG through the Site and may also disclose such data if required to do so by law or PLEDG determines that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) comply with legal process, (2) enforce these Terms of Use, (3) respond to claims that any such data violates the rights of others, or (4) protect the rights, property or personal safety of PLEDG, its employees, users of the Site, and the public.
Termination of Usage PLEDG may suspend or terminate any user’s access to all or any part of the Site including any account thereon, without notice, for any reason in PLEDG’s sole discretion.
Modification PLEDG reserves the right to do any of the following, at any time, without notice: (1) modify, suspend or terminate operation of or access to the Site, or any portion of the Site, for any reason; (2) modify or change the Site, or any portion of the Site, and any applicable policies or terms; and (3) interrupt the operation of the Site, or any portion of the Site, as necessary to perform routine or non-routine maintenance, error correction, or other changes.
Additional Provisions If any part of the Terms of Use is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable, such provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary and replaced with a valid provision that best embodies the intent of the Terms of Use, so that the Terms of Use shall remain in full force and effect. The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and PLEDG.
These Terms of Use were last revised on April 11, 2023.
PRIVACY POLICY
Palmer Lake Economic Development Group (PLEDG), the provider of palmerlakecolorado.org, understands that our users may be concerned about how we collect, use, and disclose Personal Information. Your privacy is very important to us, and we are committed to safeguarding it. This policy explains what we will do with your personal information.
When you first visit our website, consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy permits us to use cookies every time you visit our website.
We have created and implemented the following Privacy Policy to govern our use of our users’ Personal Information. By using the Website or purchasing products or services from the Website, you are accepting the practices and activities as described in this policy. Any questions concerning this policy or the use of Personal Information may be directed to info@pledg.com.
Types of Information Collected
The following types of personal information may be collected, stored, and used:
- information about your computer including your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, and operating system;
- information about your visits to and use of this website including the referral source, length of visit, page views, and website navigation paths;
- information, such as your email address, that you enter when you register with our website;
- information, such as your name and email address, that you enter in order to set up subscriptions to our emails and/or newsletters or place an order in our online store;
- information that you enter while using the services on our website;
- information that is generated while using our website, including when, how often, and under what circumstances you use it;
- information relating to anything you purchase, services you use, or transactions you make through our website, which includes your name, address, telephone number, email address, and credit card details; however, palmerlakelife.org does not store credit card information.
- information that you post to our website with the intention of publishing it on the internet, which includes your username, profile pictures, and the content of your posts;
- information contained in any communications that you send to us by email or through our website, including its communication content and metadata;
- any other personal information that you send to us.
Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person’s consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this policy
Use of Personal Information
Personal information submitted to us through our website will be used for the purposes specified in this policy or on the relevant pages of the website. We may use your personal information for the following:
- administering our website and business;
- personalizing our website for you;
- enabling your use of the services available on our website;
- sending you goods purchased through our website;
- supplying services purchased through our website;
- sending statements, invoices, and payment reminders to you, and collecting payments from you;
- sending you non-marketing commercial communications;
- sending you email notifications that you have specifically requested;
- sending you our email newsletter, if you have requested it (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require the newsletter);
- sending you marketing communications relating to our business or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties which we think may be of interest to you, by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications);
- providing third parties with statistical information about our users (but those third parties will not be able to identify any individual user from that information);
- dealing with inquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to our website;
- keeping our website secure and prevent fraud;
- verifying compliance with the terms and conditions governing the use of our website (including monitoring private messages sent through our website private messaging service); and
- other uses.
If you submit personal information for publication on our website, we will publish and otherwise use that information in accordance with the license you grant to us.
Your privacy settings can be used to limit the publication of your information on our website and can be adjusted using privacy controls on the website.
We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information to any third party for their or any other third party’s direct marketing.
Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose your personal information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group of companies (this means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and all its subsidiaries) as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
We may disclose your personal information:
- to the extent that we are required to do so by law;
- in connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
- in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);
- to the purchaser (or prospective purchaser) of any business or asset that we are (or are contemplating) selling; and
- to any person who we reasonably believe may apply to a court or other competent authority for disclosure of that personal information where, in our reasonable opinion, such court or authority would be reasonably likely to order disclosure of that personal information.
- to our marketing partners and affiliates, if any. In the course of providing you the Products or Services, we may at our option use third party service providers to provide some or all of the Products or Services you may purchase or request in your use of the Website. An example of this would be the use of third party online payment processing companies to process payments made by Site Customers to PLEDG. We make all commercially reasonable efforts to make sure that these third-party vendors use your Personal Information only to the extent necessary to provide the Services to you. However, we cannot guarantee that a third-party vendor will not disclose your Personal Information.
Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.
International data transfers
- Information that we collect may be stored, processed in, and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate in order to enable us to use the information in accordance with this policy.
- Information that we collect may be transferred to the following countries which do not have data protection laws equivalent to those in force in the European Economic Area: the United States of America, Russia, Japan, China, and India.
- Personal information that you publish on our website or submit for publication on our website may be available, via the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use or misuse of such information by others.
You expressly agree to the transfers of personal information described in this section.
Disclosure of Non-personally Identifiable Information
We may disclose any Non-personally Identifiable Information we collect to our strategic business partners, potential business partners, investors, advisors, and customers. This information is usually disclosed in terms of aggregate numbers. Since the information cannot be traced back to you directly, you may not “opt-out” of our use of such Non-personally Identifiable Information.
Security of Personal Information
We employ commercially reasonable technology and systems to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access and disclosure. For example, sensitive information is transmitted to us in an encrypted format using secure socket layer technology. However, no protection methods are 100% secure, and therefore we cannot guarantee the 100% security of your Personal Information. We are not responsible for any disclosure of Personal Information due to any errors in the transmission of your information, any unauthorized third-party access or any other acts by third parties, or any acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control.
Public Nature of Certain Website Content
The Services provided by palmerlakelife.org now or in the future may be accessible by the public. Examples of publicly accessible information include but are not limited to any posts to any chat groups, forums, or discussion boards hosted by palmerlakelife.org. We are not responsible for third parties uses of any Personal Information contained in these public disclosures.
The Use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use cookies to help identify you and reduce the number of times you need to sign in to the Website and to personalize and track your use of the Website. Most cookies are session cookies, meaning they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. Our use of cookies does not track or otherwise utilize any of your Personal Information.
The names of the cookies that we use on our website, and the purposes for which they are used, are set out below:
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- We use Google Analytics and AWStats on our website to recognize a computer when a user visits the website, track users as they navigate the website, enable the use of our shopping cart on the website, improve the website’s usability, analyze the use of the website, administer the website, prevent fraud and improve the security of the website. In the future we may use cookies to personalize the website for each user, target advertisements which may be of particular interest to specific users, or for similar purposes.
- Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies—for example:
- in Internet Explorer (version 10) you can block cookies using the cookie handling override settings available by clicking “Tools,” “Internet Options,” “Privacy,” and then “Advanced”;
- in Firefox (version 24) you can block all cookies by clicking “Tools,” “Options,” “Privacy,” selecting “Use custom settings for history” from the drop-down menu, and unticking “Accept cookies from sites”; and
- in Chrome (version 29), you can block all cookies by accessing the “Customize and control” menu, and clicking “Settings,” “Show advanced settings,” and “Content settings,” and then selecting “Block sites from setting any data” under the “Cookies” heading.
Blocking all cookies will have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites. If you block cookies, you will not be able to use all the features on our website.
- You can delete cookies already stored on your computer—for example:
- in Internet Explorer (version 10), you must manually delete cookie files (you can find instructions for doing so at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835 );
- in Firefox (version 24), you can delete cookies by clicking “Tools,” “Options,” and “Privacy”, then selecting “Use custom settings for history”, clicking “Show Cookies,” and then clicking “Remove All Cookies”; and
- in Chrome (version 29), you can delete all cookies by accessing the “Customize and control” menu, and clicking “Settings,” “Show advanced settings,” and “Clear browsing data,” and then selecting “Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data” before clicking “Clear browsing data.”
- Deleting cookies will have a negative impact on the usability of many websites.
Outbound Links
In providing much of the informational content on palmerlakecolorado.org, direct links to other third-party websites will navigate you away from palmerlakecolorad.org. We do not control these websites and each website will have its own terms of service, and privacy policy, which may not be consistent with PLEDG or palmerlakelife.org policies. Users are encouraged to examine these third-party policies before using the third-party websites.
Receipt of Marketing Materials
You may “opt-out” from receiving marketing materials from us at the time you are providing us with the Personal Information. For example, when becoming a registered User with us, you will have the opportunity to decide whether you want to receive additional promotional materials from us in the future. If at any time you wish to discontinue receiving promotional materials from palmerlakecolorado.org, please email info@pledg.org.
Information Concerning Children
Our Services are only for those adults and children over the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect any information from children under the age of 13. We will affirmatively delete any information which we have knowledge came from or pertains to a child under the age of 13. Children between the ages of 13 and 18 may use our Website and Services only under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a child between the ages of 13 and 18 and you do not want your child’s Personal Information in our records, or do not wish to receive communications from us, please contact us by writing to PLEDG, PO Box 1397, Palmer Lake, CO 80133
Changes to this Privacy Policy
PLEDG and palmerlakecolorado.org reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy in its sole discretion from time to time. Any notification of the changes to the privacy policy shall be made in accordance with the Terms of Service for the Website. If you receive a notification of a change in this Privacy Policy, you must review the policy prior to your continued use of the Website and the Services. Your continued use of the Website and the Services after notification of a change to this Privacy Policy shall constitute your affirmative acceptance of any such change