Terms and Conditions

Agreement Between User and susanmetallo.com

Welcome to susanmetallo.com, the official author website of Susan Metallo. The susanmetallo.com website (the “Site”) is comprised of various webpages operated by Susan Metallo (“Susan”). Susan uses this website to promote books and related services.

Susanmetallo.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the “Terms”). Your use of susanmetallo.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Please read these terms carefully and keep a copy of them for your reference.

Privacy

Your use of susanmetallo.com is subject to Susan Metallo’s Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection policies.

Electronic Communications

Visiting susanmetallo.com, submitting forms on susanmetallo.com, or emailing Susan constitutes electronic communications. You consent to read electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we provide to you electronically via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Links to Third Party Sites/Third Party Services

Susanmetallo.com may contain links to other websites (“Linked Sites”). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Susan and Susan is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Susan is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Susan of the site or any association of its operators.

Certain services made available via susanmetallo.com are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service, or functionality originating from the susanmetallo.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Susan may share such information and data with any third party with whom Susan has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service, or functionality on behalf of susanmetallo.com users and customers.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use/Intellectual Property

You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use susanmetallo.com strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to Susan that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any way which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party’s use or enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.

All content included as part of the Service, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Susan or our suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights.

You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.

You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. Susan Metallo content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content.

You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Susan and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Susan or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

International Users

The Service is controlled, operated and administered by Susan from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the content accessed through susanmetallo.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Susan, our officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, for any losses, costs, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. Susan reserves the right, at our own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you will fully cooperate with Susan in asserting any available defenses.

Liability Disclaimer

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES INCLUDED IN OR AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. SUSAN METALLO AND/OR OUR SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THE SITE AT ANY TIME.

SUSAN METALLO AND/OR OUR SUPPLIERS MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON THE SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SUCH INFORMATION, SOFTWARE. PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND. SUSAN METALLO AND/OR OUR SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL SUSAN METALLO AND/OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE, WITH THE DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE SITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SUSAN METALLO OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE, OR WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE.

Termination/Access Restriction

Susan reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New Mexico and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in New Mexico in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Susan as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. Susan ‘s performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Susan ‘s right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by Susan with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Susan with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Susan with respect to the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.

Changes to Terms

Susan Metallo reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to change the Terms under which susanmetallo.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Susan encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates.

Contact Us

Susan welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms:

Email Address:
support [at] susanmetallo.com

Effective as of November 30, 2023.