By entering the Web Site ("Site") of Dianne M. MacMillan, Children's Book Author (www.diannemacmillan.com or DianneMacMillan.com collectively), you acknowledge and agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions. You assume all responsibility for the use of this Site and hereby waive all claims against Dianne M. MacMillan or her agents, employees, information providers, and programmers that may arise from the use of this Site. If you do not agree with all of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions, do not use this Site.

Use of Site Material

This Site and all of its contents (articles, text, photographs, images, illustrations, graphics, video material, audio material, software, games, puzzles, quizzes and so forth, collectively, the "intellectual property"), are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws of the United States, as well as international conventions and the laws of other countries. The intellectual property is owned or controlled by Dianne M. MacMillan or the party credited as the provider of the intellectual property. Additionally, the Site itself is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or compilation.

No portion of this Site may be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose that is not expressly permitted by Dianne M. MacMillan.

You may browse through the Site and occasionally download small amounts of materials appearing on the Site that are of personal interest to you for personal, non-commercial use. You must keep intact all copyright, trademark and other notices contained in your personal copies. You may not reproduce or allow others to reproduce your personal copies of downloaded materials, nor may you make them available electronically. You may not save or archive a significant portion of the material appearing on the Site. You may not attempt to alter or modify the content posted on the Site. Except as expressly set forth in this paragraph, you may not copy, download, display, distribute, publish, enter into a database, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit, post, decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or in any way exploit any of our intellectual property or the Site itself.

Proper Use of Our Site

You may not use this Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this Terms of Use statement, or cause damage on or through this Site. You promise that none of your communications with or through the Site will violate any applicable local, state, national or international law. You further promise that none of your communications with or through the Site will infringe upon the rights of any third party or contain defamatory, libelous, abusive or obscene material.

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Dianne M. MacMillan or her agents, employees, contractors, business associates, and suppliers harmless from and against any actual or threatened claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your use of the Site in a manner that violates or is alleged to violate this Terms of Use statement or any applicable law.

Use of Communications from You

Any communication that you send to us (a) will be treated confidentially, (b) may be used by us only for marketing-oriented testimonials in which you are identified only by first name, last initial, and job title (if applicable), (c) will not be otherwise reproduced, disclosed, or distributed by us without further consent from you. The preceding sentence is limited only by the terms of our Privacy Policy.

Links to Other Sites

This Site may provide links to web sites not operated by Dianne M. MacMillan. Access to any other sites linked to this Site is at your own risk. Such links do not imply Dianne M. MacMillan's endorsement of material on any other site, and Dianne M. MacMillan assumes no responsibility for third-party web sites.

Although DianneMacMillan.com may open a new browser window when you click on a link to a third party’s site, the Site does not guarantee that you will receive this alert when you leave this Site. It is your responsibility to determine when you have left this Site.

Linking to DianneMacMillan.com

Unless otherwise set forth in a written agreement between you and Dianne M. MacMillan, you may link your web site to the home page of DianneMacMillan.com, provided that you adhere to the following linking policy: (i) any link to DianneMacMillan.com must be a text only link and clearly marked "Dianne M. MacMillan Web Site," (ii) the appearance, position and other aspects of the link may not be such as to damage or dilute the goodwill associated with Dianne M. MacMillan's names, (iii) the appearance, position and other attributes of the link may not create the false appearance that your organization or entity is sponsored by, affiliated with, or associated with DianneMacMillan.com, (iv) when selected by a user, the link must display the DianneMacMillan.com Site on full-screen and not within a "frame" on the linking Site, and (v) Dianne M. MacMillan reserves the right to revoke its consent to the link at any time and in its sole discretion.

Severability

If any clause or provision set forth in this Terms of Use statement is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future law, the clause or provision shall be deemed to be deleted without affecting the enforceability of all remaining clauses or provisions.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

The DianneMacMillan.com Site is operated by Dianne M. MacMillan. The laws of the State of California shall govern these Terms of Use, without reference to its choice of law rules. Dianne M. MacMillan makes no representation that the information in the Site is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to the DianneMacMillan.com Site from territories where the content of the DianneMacMillan.com Site may be illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access the DianneMacMillan.com Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. This Terms of Use statement and all policies and documents incorporated herein by reference constitute the entire agreement between Dianne M. MacMillan and you with respect to the subject matter herein.

For More Information

If you have any questions regarding our Terms of Use statement, please visit the Contact Me page and use one of the methods provided.