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1. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS OF SERVICE www.equestrianblogging.com, owned and operated by EquestrianConnection.com ("EC"), is provided to 

you ("Member") under the terms and conditions of this EC Blog Terms of Service (ECBTS) and any operating rules or policies that may be published by EC. The 

ECBTS comprises the entire agreement between Member and EC and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties regarding the subject matter contained 

herein. <B>BY COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION PROCESS, YOU ARE INDICATING YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE ECBTS.</B>

2. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE www.equestrianblogging.com provides Member with various publishing and community services, including but not limited to the 

capability to post information to a web page and participate in web-based discussions. The requirements or fees for any service or option will be clearly 

explained and separately agreed to when Member implements those options, if any. Member must: (1) provide all equipment, including a computer and modem, 

necessary to establish a connection to the World Wide Web; (2) provide for own access to the World Wide Web and pay any service fees associated with such 

access.

3. MODIFICATIONS TO TERMS OF SERVICE EC may change the terms and conditions of the ECBTS from time to time. Upon major changes in the terms and conditions of 

the ECBTS, EC will notify you by posting the changes as a start-up screen prior to your subsequent use of the Service. If you agree to be bound by the 

changes, you must again click the "I Accept" button that will follow the posted changes. If you do not click the "I Accept" button, you may terminate your 

use of the Service at that time. Minor changes in the terms and conditions of the ECBTS will be posted to http://www.blogs.equestrianconnection.com.

Member's continued use of the Service constitutes an affirmative: (1) acknowledgment by Member of the ECBTS and ECBTS modifications; and (2) agreement by 

Member to abide and be bound by the ECBTS and ECBTS modifications.

4. MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE EC reserves the right to modify or discontinue the Service with or without notice to Member. EC shall not be liable to Member or 

any third party should EC exercise ECBTS right to modify or discontinue the Service.

5. PRIVACY POLICY All information entered into www.equestrianblogging.com by Member is available to other www.equestrianblogging.com members and the 

public, through www.equestrianblogging.com or otherwise.

It is EC's policy to respect the privacy of Members. Therefore, EC will not disclose to any third party Member's name or contact information. EC will also 

not monitor, edit, or disclose the contents of a Member's information unless required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is 

necessary to: (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on EC; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of EC; or (3) act 

under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of ECBTS members or the public; (4) fix or debug problems with the www.equestrianblogging.com 

software/service.

6a. CONTENT OWNERSHIP Unless stated otherwise for specific services, Member will retain copyright ownership and all related rights for information he or she 

publishes through www.equestrianblogging.com or otherwise enters into www.equestrianblogging.com -related services.

6b. CONTENT RESPONSIBILITY Member acknowledges and agrees that EC neither endorses the contents of any Member communications nor assumes responsibility for 

any threatening, libelous, obscene, harassing or offensive material contained therein, any infringement of third party intellectual property rights arising 

therefrom or any crime facilitated thereby.

7. MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD, AND SECURITY Once you become a member of the Service, you shall receive a password and an account. You are entirely responsible 

if you do not maintain the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities which occur 

under your account. You may change your password at any time (to do so, login to your account, click on "Control Centre" and then "User Settings"); you may 

also set up a new account and close an old one at your convenience.

Member agrees to immediately notify EC of any unauthorized use of Member's account or any other breach of security known to Member.

8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES: MEMBER EXPRESSLY AGREES THAT USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT MEMBER'S SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS 

AVAILABLE" BASIS.

EC EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 

FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

EC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DOES MAKE 

ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE 

SERVICE OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.

MEMBER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT MEMBER'S OWN 

DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT MEMBER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO MEMBER'S COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF 

SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.

EC MAKES NO WARRANTY REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE.

NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY MEMBER FROM OR THROUGH THE SERVICE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: EC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR THE 

INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE OR FOR COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES OR RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASE OR OBTAINED OR 

MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SERVICE OR RESULTING FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF MEMBER'S TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA, 

INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE, EVEN IF HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT 

APPLY TO YOU.

10. STORAGE AND OTHER LIMITATIONS EC assumes no responsibility for the deletion or failure to store information entered into blogs.equestrianconnection.com.

EC has set no fixed upper limit on the number or posts Member may send or receive through the Service or the amount of storage spaced used; however, EC 

retains the right, at EC's sole discretion, to determine whether or not Member's conduct is consistent with the letter and spirit of the ECBTS and may 

terminate Service if a Member's conduct is found to be inconsistent with the ECBTS.

11. MEMBER CONDUCT Member is solely responsible for the contents of his or her transmissions through the Service. Member's use of the Service is subject to 

all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations.

Member agrees: (1) to comply with Canadian law regarding the transmission of technical data exported from Canada through the Service; (2) not to use the 

Service for illegal purposes; (3) not to interfere or disrupt networks connected to the Service; and (4) to comply with all regulations, policies and 

procedures of networks connected to the Service.


The Service makes use of the Internet to send and receive certain messages; therefore, Member's conduct is subject to Internet regulations, policies and 

procedures. Member will not use the Service for chain letters, junk mail, spamming or any use of distribution lists to any person who has not given specific 

permission to be included in such a process.

Member agrees not to transmit through the Service any unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, or harmful material of any kind or nature. Member 

further agrees not to transmit any material that encourages conduct that could constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise 

violate any applicable local, provincial, national or international law or regulation. Attempts to gain unauthorized access to other computer systems are 

prohibited.

Member shall not interfere with another Member's use and enjoyment of the Service or another entity's use and enjoyment of similar services.

EC may, at its sole discretion, immediately terminate Service should Member's conduct fail to conform with these terms and conditions of the ECBTS.

12. INDEMNIFICATION Member agrees to indemnify and hold EC, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, 

including reasonable attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of Member's use of the Service, the violation of this ECBTS by Member, or 

the infringement by Member, or other user of the Service using Member's computer, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.

13. TERMINATION Either Member or EC may terminate the Service with or without cause at any time and effective immediately. EC shall not be liable to Member 

or any third party for termination of Service.

Should Member object to any terms and conditions of the ECBTS or any subsequent modifications thereto or become dissatisfied with the Service in any way, 

Member's only recourse is to immediately discontinue use of the Service.

Upon termination of the Service, Member's right to use the Service and Software immediately ceases. Member shall have no right and EC will have no obligation 

thereafter to forward any unread or unsent messages to Member or any third party.

14. NOTICE All notices to a party shall be in writing and shall be made either via email or conventional mail. EC may broadcast notices or messages through 

the Service to inform Member of changes to the ECBTS, the Service, or other matters of importance; such broadcasts shall constitute notice to Member.

15. PARTICIPATION IN PROMOTIONS OF ADVERTISERS Member may enter into correspondence with or participate in promotions of the Advertisers showing their 

products on the Service. Any such correspondence or promotions, including the delivery of and the payment for goods and services, and any other terms, 

conditions, warranties or representations associated with such correspondence or promotions, are solely between the corresponding Member and the Advertiser. 

EC assumes no liability, obligation or responsibility for any part of any such correspondence or promotion.

16. PROPRIETARY RIGHTS TO CONTENT Member acknowledges that content, including but not limited to text, software, music, sound, photographs, video, graphics 

or other material contained in either sponsor advertisements or email-distributed, commercially produced information presented to Member by the Service 

("Content") by EC or EC's Advertisers, is protected by copyrights, trademarks, service marks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws; therefore, Member 

is only permitted to use this Content as expressly authorized by the Service or the Advertiser. Member may not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create 

derivative works from this Content without expressly being authorized to do so by the Service or the Advertiser.

17. LAWS The ECBTS shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the province of Ontario, excluding ECBTS conflict of law provisions.

Member and EC agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the the province of Ontario. If any provision(s) of the ECBTS is held by a court 

of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision(s) shall be construed, as nearly as possible, to reflect the intentions of the parties 

with the other provisions remaining in full force and effect.

EC's failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the ECBTS shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision unless acknowledged and 

agreed to by EC in writing.

Member and EC agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to this Service must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action arose; 

otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred. The section titles in the ECBTS are solely used for the convenience of the parties and have no legal 

or contractual significance.


18. VIOLATIONS Please report any violations of the ECBTS to blogs@equestrianconnection.com.
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