Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Global Computer & Technology Services, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 13 years old.

 If you create a blog/site on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and blog, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the blog. You must not describe or assign keywords to your blog in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and Global Computer & Technology Services may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause Global Computer & Technology Services liability. You must immediately notify Global Computer & Technology Services of any unauthorized uses of your blog, your account or any other breaches of security. Global Computer & Technology Services will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

 If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, "Content"), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;

if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;

you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;

the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;

the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);

the Content is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;

your blog is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;

your blog is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your blog's URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and

you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by Global Computer & Technology Services or otherwise.

By submitting Content to Global Computer & Technology Services for inclusion on your Website, you grant Global Computer & Technology Services a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog. If you delete Content, Global Computer & Technology Services will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, Global Computer & Technology Services has the right (though not the obligation) to, in Global Computer & Technology Services sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in Global Computer & Technology Services reasonable opinion, violates any Global Computer & Technology Services policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in Global Computer & Technology Services sole discretion. Global Computer & Technology Services will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.

General Terms.

By selecting a product or service, you agree to pay Global Computer & Technology Services the one-time and/or monthly or annual subscription fees indicated (additional payment terms may be included in other communications). Subscription payments will be charged on a pre-pay basis on the day you sign up for an Upgrade and will cover the use of that service for a monthly or annual subscription period as indicated.

Automatic Renewal. 

Unless you notify Global Computer & Technology Services before the end of the applicable subscription period that you want to cancel a subscription, your subscription will automatically renew and you authorize us to collect the then-applicable annual or monthly subscription fee for such subscription (as well as any taxes) using any credit card or other payment mechanism we have on record for you. Upgrades can be canceled at any time by submitting your request to Global Computer & Technology Services in writing by e-mail or through our ticketing system.

GCTS reserves the right to establish the price for every Service We offer. We may change the price of any Service at any time, in Our sole discretion. We reserve the right to charge a price for a Service that was previous offered for free. If We decide to increase the price of Service for which You are subscribed, We will make every effort to communicate this pricing change to You via email. We do not need to notify You if We decide to raise the price of a Service for which You are not subscribed.

For most subscription Services, We generally offer a full, thirty (30) day money-back guarantee. If You provide written notification of Your request for cancellation of the subscription Services within the first thirty (30) days of Your original purchase of a subscription-based Service, the fees that GCTS has received from You will be refunded. No refunds will be provided for subscription-based Services after the thirty (30) day guarantee period. For monthly subscription Services, You are welcome to cancel at anytime without obligation to pay for additional monthly payments.

All set-up fees, one-time or annual, in connection with Services, including but not limited to hire-a-pro and custom website design services, the GCTS API and GCTS Pro are non-refundable.

If and when participating in a free trial of a Service, You shall have the right to use the Service for the duration of the free trial without charge until the expiration date of the trial at which point Services shall be discontinued if You do not elect to purchase a subscription to the Service. If You do elect to purchase a subscription to the Service, the free-trial period shall be considered concurrent with the thirty (30) day guarantee period and no further thirty (30) day guarantee period will be offered.

You are and shall be fully responsible for the payment of any taxes that apply to Your use of the Site or the Services.

The Services, including without limitation payment processing, may be handled directly by Us or by online third parties. Where a third party handles a payment, the payment is subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of such third party (including among others payment methods, tax liability, collection and use of Your personal information, and support levels). We recommend that You review the terms of use and privacy policy of such third parties before submitting any personal information and using such third parties' services.

You may access and use the Site and Services only for purposes as intended by the normal functionality of the Site and Services, and so long as You are in compliance with all provisions of this Agreement. In connection with Your use of the Site and the Services, You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations and not, nor allow or facilitate a third party to, violate or infringe any rights (including without limitation copyrights, rights of publicity or privacy and trademarks) of others, Our policies or the operational or security mechanisms of the Services, and without limiting the foregoing, You may not:

use (i) the Site, (ii) the Services, or (iii) any Content, services, features, data, information, text, images, photographs, graphics, scripts, sounds, video, music, sound recordings, programming, logos, trademarks, services marks, HTML code, compilation of content, format, design, user interface and software made available through or which appears on the Site or Services to promote, conduct, or contribute to fraudulent, obscene, pornographic, inappropriate or illegal activities, including without limitation deceptive impersonation, in connection with contests, pyramid schemes, surveys, chain letters, junk e-mail, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise);

interfere with the access, use or enjoyment of this Site or the Services by others (including without limitation causing greater demand on the Services than is deemed by Us reasonable, attacks such as "flaming" other participants in a manner that might incite or perpetuate a conflict or argument, and creating usernames to attack other participants' identities); harass or defame others; or promote hatred towards any group of people;

harvest or otherwise collect non-public information about another user obtained through the Site or the Services (including without limitation email addresses), without the prior written consent of the holder of the appropriate rights to such information;

add a Site member to Your email or physical mailing list without their consent after adequate disclosure, or use their email address or contact details for antisocial, disruptive, or destructive purposes, including "flaming," "spamming," "flooding," "trolling," and "griefing" as those terms are commonly understood and used on the internet;

use any Content except for the intended purposes of the Services and Site, subject always to the terms of this Agreement. You may not display, import or export feedback information relating to the Site or use it for purposes unrelated to the Services without Our prior written consent;

alter, modify, delete, forge, frame, hyper-link, create derivative works or otherwise interfere with or in any manner disrupt, circumvent, or compromise any part of the Site, the Services, any Content, or features;

access or attempt to access any of Our systems, programs or data that are not made available for public use, or attempt to bypass any registration processes on the Services;

decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to discover any source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of the Site or the Services except if and to the extent permitted by applicable law;

copy, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly display, publicly perform, rent or sell any portion of the Services, the Site or the Content;

use any robot, spider, other automated device or any tool-bar, web-bar, other web-client, device, software, routine or manual process, to monitor or scrap information from this Site or the Services, or bypass any robot exclusion request (either on headers or anywhere else on the Site);

fail to deliver timely payment for Your purchases;

use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing any trademarks or intellectual property owned or licensed by Us;

create or provide any other means through which the Services may be accessed, for example, through server emulators, whether for profit or not;

'deep-link', redistribute or facilitate the redistribution of Content; and

abuse or use any other means to affect or manipulate the Services in general or the prices quoted through the Services

We are not responsible for the accuracy, usefulness, safety or intellectual property rights of or relating to any Content, other than Content provided by Us.

Fees; Payment. 

By signing up for a Services account you agree to pay Global Computer & Technology Services the applicable setup fees and recurring fees. Applicable fees will be invoiced starting from the day your services are established and in advance of using such services. Global Computer & Technology Services reserves the right to change the payment terms and fees upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to you. Services can be canceled by you at anytime on thirty (30) days written notice to Global Computer & Technology Services.

Support.

If your service includes access to priority email support. "Email support" means the ability to make requests for technical support assistance by email at any time (with reasonable efforts by Global Computer & Technology Services to respond within one business day) concerning the use of the VIP Services. "Priority" means that support takes priority over support for users of the standard or free GlobalComputerPR.com services. All support will be provided in accordance with Global Computer & Technology Services standard services practices, procedures and policies.

Global Computer & Technology Services has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material's content, use or effects. By operating the Website, Global Computer & Technology Services does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. Global Computer & Technology Services disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.

We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which GlobalComputerPR.com links, and that link to GlobalComputerPR.com. Global Computer & Technology Services does not have any control over those non-Global Computer & Technology Services websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-Global Computer & Technology Services website or webpage, Global Computer & Technology Services does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. Global Computer & Technology Services disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-Global Computer & Technology Services websites and webpages.

As Global Computer & Technology Services asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by GlobalComputerPR.com violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify Global Computer & Technology Services in accordance with Global Computer & Technology Services Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") Policy. Global Computer & Technology Services will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. Global Computer & Technology Services will terminate a visitor's access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Global Computer & Technology Services or others. In the case of such termination, Global Computer & Technology Services will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to Global Computer & Technology Services.

This Agreement does not transfer from Global Computer & Technology Services to you any Global Computer & Technology Services or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with Global Computer & Technology Services. Global Computer & Technology Services, GlobalComputerPR.com, the GlobalComputerPR.com logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with GlobalComputerPR.com, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of Global Computer & Technology Services or Global Computer & Technology Services licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any Global Computer & Technology Services or third-party trademarks.

Global Computer & Technology Services reserves the right to display advertisements on your blog unless you have purchased an ad-free account.

 Global Computer & Technology Services reserves the right to display attribution links such as 'Blog at GlobalComputerPR.com,' theme author, and font attribution in your blog footer or toolbar.

 By activating a partner product (e.g. theme) from one of our partners, you agree to that partner's terms of service. You can opt out of their terms of service at any time by de-activating the partner product.

 If you are registering a domain name, using or transferring a previously registered domain name, you acknowledge and agree that use of the domain name is also subject to the policies of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), including their Registration Rights and Responsibilities.

Global Computer & Technology Services reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. Global Computer & Technology Services may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. 

Global Computer & Technology Services may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your GlobalComputerPR.com account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have a paid services account, such account can only be terminated by Global Computer & Technology Services if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure such breach within thirty (30) days from Global Computer & Technology Services notice to you thereof; provided that, Global Computer & Technology Services can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

 

 The Website is provided "as is". Global Computer & Technology Services and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither Global Computer & Technology Services nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.

In no event will Global Computer & Technology Services, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to Global Computer & Technology Services under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. Global Computer & Technology Services shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the Global Computer & Technology Services Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

 You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Global Computer & Technology Services, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and resellers from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.

 This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between Global Computer & Technology Services and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of Global Computer & Technology Services, or by the posting by Global Computer & Technology Services of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. ("JAMS") by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the spanish language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys' fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties' original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; Global Computer & Technology Services may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.