WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY & TERMS OF USE
This Website is owned, operated, and made available to you by CertifiedShops.com, (“CertifiedShops.com”). By using this Website and the information and links accessible through this Website, you expressly agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions and any other additional disclaimers and caveats (“Terms of Use”) that may appear throughout this Website. If you do not agree to be bound by this Terms of Use, please leave this Website immediately. Otherwise, this Terms of Use is effective upon your first visit hereto and every visit thereafter.
1. PRIVACY POLICY. This Website is encrypted and secure to protect any personally identifiable information that may be collected. Such information may include your name, phone number, email address, vehicle identification number, license plate number, and/or other content relating to your potential or actual auto repair. Should you provide personally identifiable information in connection with your submitted content, you agree that CertifiedShops.com, may use this information to contact you and/or for other administrative purposes relating to your potential or actual auto repair. CertifiedShops.com, will not release or share your information to third parties without your express or implied consent. This Privacy Policy may be updated at any time without notice. However, in the event of any material changes to this Privacy Policy, CertifiedShops.com, will notify you of such changes by reasonable means, such as posting a notice to this Website or sending an email.
2. AMENDMENTS. Except as provided in Section 1 “Privacy Policy,” CertifiedShops.com, reserves the right to modify, without notice, this Terms of Use and/or its policies or programs relating to its products and services at any time, effective upon posting of an updated version on this Website. You are responsible for regularly reviewing this Terms of Use upon visiting this Website. Continued use of this Website after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes. CertifiedShops.com, will take steps to highlight the fact that changes have been made and will do so for a reasonable period after such changes are made.
3. MONITORING OF ACTIVITY. Any activity on this Website is subject to monitoring by CertifiedShops.com By using this Website, you consent to such monitoring and agree that CertifiedShops.com, may use the results of such monitoring without limitation.
4. INTERFERENCE WITH THIRD PARTIES. It is a condition of your use of this Website that you do not restrict or inhibit any other user from using this Website, unless that user intends to violate or otherwise contradict this Terms of Use.
5. SUBMITTED CONTENT. With respect to any content you submit to this Website, you represent, warrant, and agree that the content is accurate, and does not contain any information you know to be false or misleading, and further that the content will not promote the products or services of any company other than CertifiedShops.com
6. USE OF WEBSITE. Without the prior written permission of CertifiedShops.com, you may not publish, copy, reproduce, distribute, transfer, upload, post, transmit, or otherwise use any materials contained on this site, or any materials accessible through this site, in whole or in part. Also, use of this Website to provide a commercial advantage to any person or entity other than CertifiedShops.com, is prohibited.
7. ILLEGAL CONDUCT. While using this Website or the content contained therein, you agree not to do any of the following:
A. Violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance, or regulation.
B. Access, tamper with, or use any non-public areas.
C. Attempt to probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network.
D. Breach any security or authentication measures.
E. Attempt to access or search with any engine, software, tool, agent, device, or mechanism other than software and/or search agents provided by CertifiedShops.com, or other generally available third party web browsers.
F. Send unsolicited junk mail, “spam,” chain letters, or promotions.
G. Attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer any of the software used to provide this Website or its content.
H. Interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, the access of any user, host, or network, including, but not limited to, sending a virus, overloading, flooding, spamming, or mail-bombing this Website.
8. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. This Website, including any content or information contained within it or any Website-related service, is provided “as is” with all faults and with no representations or warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and the express warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. You assume total responsibility and risk for your use of this Website, Website-related services, and hyperlinked Websites.
9. ACCURACY OF WEBSITE. Although CertifiedShops.com, attempts to ensure the integrity and accurateness of this Website, CertifiedShops.com, makes no guarantees whatsoever as to the correctness or accuracy of this Website. In the event that an inaccuracy arises, please inform CertifiedShops.com, so that it can be corrected. Information contained on this Website may be changed or updated without notice.
10. APPLICABLE LAW/JURISDICTION. This Terms of Use shall be governed by the laws of the State of California. You hereby also submit to personal jurisdiction in Los Angeles, California, for any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or related to this Terms of Use.
11. LIABILITY. You agree to hold CertifiedShops.com, free from any liability resulting from another user’s breach of this Terms of Use.
12. INDEMNIFICATION. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless CertifiedShops.com, and its suppliers and vendors from any liability, loss, claim, and expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) related to your violation of this Terms of Use.
13. WAIVER. No waiver of any provision of this Terms of Use shall be valid, unless the waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced. Moreover, no valid waiver of any provision of this Terms of Use at any time shall be deemed a waiver of any other provision of this Terms of Use.
14. ENFORCEMENT OF PROVISIONS. CertifiedShops.com’s failure to insist upon strict enforcement of any provision herein shall not be construed as a waiver of any such provision or right. A waiver of any provision must meet the conditions set forth herein.
15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Terms of Use contains the entire, integrated agreement of the parties, and there are no other promises or conditions in any other agreement, whether oral or written.
16. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Terms of Use shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision of this Terms of Use is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid and enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited.
17. REASONABLENESS. You have carefully read and considered the individual and expressly written paragraphs in this Terms of Use and, by having done so, agree that the restrictions set forth herein are fair and reasonable and are reasonably required for the protection of CertifiedShops.com’s business interests.