Website Terms of Use for Michigan Quarter Horse Association

User Agreement www.miquarterhorse.com is owned and operated by the Michigan Quarter Horse Association. This website is offered to the user on the condition that the user accepts without modification the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein. By accessing and using this website, the user agrees to the following terms: www.miquarterhorse.com contains material which is derived in whole or in part from material supplied by the Michigan Quarter Horse Association and other sources and is protected by copyright and trademark laws.

The site is for your personal use and you may not modify, copy, sell, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, or license any material from this site, including code or software. The user acknowledges that bulletin boards, chats, conferences, guest books, and any other form of communication hosted by this website are public and not private communications. The content of these communications forums by yourself and others are not to be considered an endorsement by the MQHA, and shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by the MQHA. All comments, guest book entries, suggestions, ideas, notes, or information disclosed or offered to or in response to the MQHA through this website shall remain the property of the MQHA. By utilizing this website as a vehicle for communication, you grant the MQHA a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, unrestricted license to use any comments for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the author or provider of the comments.

Copyright and Trademark Notice All contents of this website are: © 2015-2030 Michigan Quarter Horse Association, P.O. Box 278, Greenville, Michigan 48838. All rights reserved. The Michigan Quarter Horse Association, its logo, and its programs and products are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Michigan Quarter Horse Association. Applicable Laws As a visitor of www.miquarterhorse.com, you shall abide by all applicable federal, state, or local laws including, but not limited to, areas such as libel, slander, indecency, trade libel, product disparagement, harassment, invasion of privacy, obscenity, indecency, and copyright and trademark infringement. Information on this website includes Intellectual Property that is protected under copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws of the United States. These applicable laws generally prohibit the unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or exhibition of all text, photographic and graphic (art and electronic) images; music, sound, and video samples; and other protected materials. Violation of applicable Intellectual Property laws may give rise to civil and/or criminal penalties Limitations of Liability Use of www.miquarterhorse.com is at the discretion of the user.

Under no circumstances shall MQHA, its officers, directors, employees, or agents be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages that may result from the use of, or the inability to use, MQHA materials, including those consisting of this website. You specifically acknowledge and agree that the MQHA is not liable for any defamatory, offensive, or illegal content of any user. If you are dissatisfied with any MQHA material, or with any of the MQHA’s terms and conditions, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using or visiting www.miquarterhorse.com. Pages within this website may also contain links to other internet websites that are maintained by third parties and are not under the control, direct or indirect, of the MQHA. Accordingly, the MQHA makes no representation or endorsement concerning the content of any third-party website, which you shall review “as is” and use at your own discretion. Changes to Our Terms of Use These Terms of Use are effective as of December 1, 2007.

From time to time, it may be necessary for MQHA to change the Terms of Use of this website. If we change our Terms of Use, we will post the revised version here so we suggest that you check your periodically for the most up-to-date version. How to Contact Us If you have any questions about MQHA’s Terms of Use, kindly contact us using the information on this website or by calling our Executive Secretary.

Privacy Policy

Please be assured that the MQHA uses its best efforts to protect the privacy of visitors to this website. Except when express permission is specifically provided by you, the website user, MQHA collects no personally identifying information about individuals.

The name, address, and payment information (if applicable) that the user might provide when using this website may be processed or disclosed by the MQHA as permitted under the website’s Terms of Use, which the user agrees to upon using the information and services of www.miquarterhorse.com It is necessary to gather certain information from you in order to provide an efficient and pleasant experience of your shopping or submitting online payment for an MQHA activity. By using a number of security technologies in our website, we maintain as a priority, the privacy of your information.

We also adhere to strict policies preventing the unauthorized use of your personal information. Information collected is for internal use only; WE DO NOT SELL OR COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR THE USE OF OTHER PARTIES.

Finally, please note that this policy applies only to www.miquarterhorse.com and not to our sponsors or other websites to which we link. Secure Shopping/Payment MQHA has incorporated the latest Internet technological standards into the design of the secure purchase/payment areas of www.miquarterhorse.com We also monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to access, upload, or change information on the website and across the network.

Any information you send us while within the secure shopping/payment area is protected by the highest possible technology, making your transaction safe and reliable. Your payment to MQHA online through the Internet is no more risky than other means of shopping. The encryption methods utilized by the MQHA’s server and the credit card processing entity make credit card fraud more difficult than mail or phone orders. Certainly, if you experience a fraudulent use of your credit card as a result of using our website, notify your credit card company immediately pursuant to its rules and procedures. Most credit card companies will either cover the fraudulent purchases or hold you liable for no more than $50. MQHA needs to know your name, e-mail address, mailing address, credit card number, and expiration date in order to process and fulfill your order or payment you may submit to us through this website. We might also request additional information that you choose to submit about your experience with the site. The name, address, and payment information that you might provide when using our website may be processed or disclosed by MQHA as permitted under the website’s Terms of Use to which you agree upon utilizing the information and services of our website.

Cookies

In addition to the information that you submit to us, we may also utilize cookies, which are small pieces of information sent to your web browser by a website that you visit. Used as a method of tracking, cookies also enable the MQHA to relate a visitor’s use of MQHA’s information to any information that the visitor may have specifically and knowingly provided to the MQHA. Any such voluntarily provided information, if applicable, may be used by MQHA for editorial, marketing, or promotional purposes. Such identifying information, if applicable, will not be transferred to any other party unless otherwise stated at the time of collection.

Children and Privacy

MQHA is concerned about protecting children’s privacy. If you are aged 12 or under, we DO NOT want your personal information. Do not submit any personal information to us. Although there may be some areas within our website where people may post messages or provide feedback, children are discouraged from providing any personal information. If a visitor known to be a child (under the age of 13) sends an e-mail to the MQHA, we will only use it to respond to the e-mail and not to create profiles or otherwise retain the information.

Links to Other Websites

We may offer links to sites that are not operated by us. If you visit one of these linked sites, you should review their privacy and/or other policies. We are not responsible for the policies and practices of other businesses, members, professionals, farms, or companies, and any information you submit to those companies is subject to their privacy policies.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

This MQHA privacy policy is effective as of December 1, 2007. From time to time, it may be necessary for MQHA to change this privacy policy. If we change our policy, we will post the revised version here so we suggest that you check your periodically for the most up-to-date version. Rest assured, however, that any changes will not be retroactively applied and will not alter how we handle previously collected information. How to Contact Us If you have any questions about MQHA’s website privacy policy, kindly contact us using the information on this website or by calling our Executive Secretary