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Terms of Use

1.  Contract       All use of this website, www.btpartners.org (the "Site"), is subject to the terms and conditions set forth below (the "Agreement").  By accessing and using any portion of this Site, you agree and accept the terms and conditions described below.  This Agreement represents a binding contract between you and Beyond Travel Partners, Inc. and any of its partners, affiliates, directors, employees or agents, (collectively referred to as "BTPartners").  This Agreement is in addition to any other agreements between you and BT Partners.  If you do not agree with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, please do not use this Site.  In addition, this Site is not intended for users under the age of 13 and any user under the age of 13 is hereby expressly prohibited from submitting any information to the Site, including but not limited to any personally identifiable information.

BTPartners reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these terms at any time for any reason.  Such changes shall be effective immediately upon posting.  Your use of the Site after we have posted changes to this Agreement is deemed your acknowledgement and acceptance of these terms and conditions as modified.  In the future, BT Partners may offer new features through the Site.  Such features shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the then-current Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

2.  User Conduct and Content.      You may use the Site for lawful purposes only.  The Site may not be accessed, reproduced, transmitted or distributed (i) without BT Partners's permission or (ii) as otherwise provided herein.  You may not commingle any portion of the Site with any other information and may not edit, modify or alter any portion of the Site.

You may not input, distribute, upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available any content through the Site that:

           (a) is promotional in nature, including spam or the like, without the prior written permission of BT Partners;

            (b) is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy or otherwise objectionable;

            (c) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware, or telecommunications equipment;

            (d) is harmful to minors;

            (e) violates any third party's intellectual property, privacy or publicity rights or
           
            (f) falsely states or otherwise represents an affiliation with a person or entity or otherwise disguises the origin of any content you are making available on the Site.

With respect to any forms and/or reservations you make through the Site, including the submission of any payment, you represent to BT Partners that:

            (a) you are at least 18 years of age and have the authority submit such forms, make such reservations and enter into a legally binding contract and

            (b) all information provided to BT Partners is accurate and complete.

3. Intellectual Property           The content contained on this Site is owned or licensed by BT Partners and is protected by applicable copyrights, trademarks, service marks and/or other intellectual property rights.  Content on this Site is provided for your personal, non-commercial use only and may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced, distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed or otherwise exploited for any other purposes whatsoever, (i) without the prior written consent of Beyond Travel or (ii) as otherwise stated in the Site.  In addition, you may not copy, distribute, modify, post, frame or deep link any graphics, user interface design, logos or any other intellectual property featured on this Site without the prior written consent of BT Partners.  Beyond Travel hereby expressly reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Site and its content.

You may not input, distribute, upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available any content through the Site that is protected by copyright, trademark and/or other intellectual property rights owned by a third party without the express permission of such third party; you are responsible for obtaining any necessary permission from such third party. You shall be solely liable for any and all liability for any type of damages including, but not limited to, indirect, incidental, consequential or special damages, or losses or expenses, resulting from any infringement of any intellectual property rights, or any other harm resulting from, your input, distribution, uploading, posting, e-mailing, transmission or otherwise making available any content through the Site. 

By submitting content to any publicly accessible area the Site, you automatically grant, or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted to BT Partners the non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual right and license to use, reproduce, copy, perform, display, modify, adapt, publish, translate and distribute such material on the Site (in whole or in part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or hereafter developed for the full term of any intellectual property rights that may exist in such material.  You also permit any other users of the Site to access, view, store or reproduce the material for that user's personal use. 

If you believe that any material located on the Site infringes upon your copyrights, you may submit a notification in writing to BT Partners in accordance with the BT Partnersl Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy (the "DMCA Policy") [link to DMCA Policy].  If a DMCA notice is valid, BT Partners is required by law to respond to it by disabling access to the allegedly infringing content.  BT Partners will notify the content provider in the event that such provider's content is disabled pursuant to the DMCA Policy.

4. Privacy Policy.           To review the BT Partners Privacy Policy, click on the hyperlinked text, [link to Privacy Policy].

5.  Monitoring.    BT Partners shall have the right, but not the obligation, to edit, refuse to post or remove any material submitted to or posted on this Site.  Without limiting the foregoing, BT Partners shall have the right to remove any material that BT Partners, in its sole discretion, finds to be in violation of the provisions hereof or otherwise objectionable.

6. Term and Termination.        BT Partners shall have the right to immediately terminate your access to the Site in the event of your breach of any of these terms and conditions.  BT Partners may discontinue or change this Site, or its availability to you, at any time and for any reason.  All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, but not limited to, intellectual property provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

7. Indemnification.        You agree to indemnify BT Partners from all damages, liabilities, costs, charges and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, which BT Partners may incur as a result of either: (i) your breach of these terms and conditions; or (ii) content that you input, distribute, upload, post, e-mail, transmit or otherwise make available through BT Partners. 

8. Disclaimer    Some of our pages provide links to other websites. These websites are operated by independent third-party entities, and BT Partners is not responsible for the products or services offered or the information contained on these websites. 

THE CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS OR OTHER ITEMS, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD- PARTY RIGHTS AND FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS.  BT PARTNERS DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY OR COMPLETENESS OF CONTENT ON THIS SITE AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN SUCH INFORMATION AND MATERIALS.  BT PARTNERS DOES NOT WARRANT THE UNINTERRUPTED AVAILABILITY OF THIS SITE OR ANY CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS SITE. 

ALTHOUGH BT PARTNERS TAKES STEPS TO PROTECT CREDIT CARD INFORMATION AND OTHER PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION, YOU AGREE THAT BT PARTNERS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES OR LIABILITY RESULTING FROM ANY LOSS, THEFT OR INTERCEPTION OF SUCH INFORMATION RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE SITE.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BT PARTNERS HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY TYPE OF DAMAGES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSSES OR EXPENSES, IN EACH CASE ARISING FROM THE USE OR ATTEMPTED USE OF THIS SITE, ANY CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS SITE OR ANY LINKED WEBSITE, OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, INTERRUPTION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS, OR COMMUNICATION LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE.

9.  Miscellaneous.            (i) The failure of BT Partners to insist upon strict compliance with these terms and conditions shall not be construed as a waiver with regard to any subsequent failure to comply with any term or condition herein.  (ii) You may not assign your rights or obligations under this Agreement to anyone.  (iii) If any provision in this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.  (iv) This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of law principles of New York.  (v) You hereby submit freely to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the Southern District of the State of New York and hereby irrevocably waive all defenses of lack of personal jurisdiction and forum non-conveniens.

I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF ITS TERMS.  MY USE OF THIS SITE SHALL BE DEEMED MY ACCEPTANCE TO BE LEGALLY BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT.

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