Legal Disclosure

DISCLOSURES, DISCLAIMERS, TERMS, & CONDITIONS

Last updated: February 13, 2021

DISCLOSURES

I may have a financial relationship with some of the merchants I mention.

From time to time, my blog posts and pages may contain affiliate links, which means I may get compensated and/or earn a commission at no extra cost to you if the affiliate links are utilized to make a purchase.

My editorial content, including the advice I provide for educational purposes and the opinion I express on products, services and merchants is not influenced in any way by advertisers or affiliate partnerships and the integrity of my content is in no way compromised by such financial relationships.

I only affiliate with products, services, and merchants that I believe will provide value to my readers. I only endorse products, services and merchants that I have personally used or tested and consider of the highest quality standard.

It remains solely your personal responsibility to conduct your own investigation to determine whether to purchase an affiliate product or service.

You will not rely on any recommendation, reference, or information provided by me and I cannot be held liable or responsible for any damages resulting from your purchase.

DISCLAIMERS

The information provided by me on bookrecsbyjess.com (the “Site’) and in the resources available for download through the Site, is for educational and general informational purposes only.

All information on the Site is provided in good faith and every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate and complete as possible and free from errors; however, I assume no responsibility for errors, omissions, or contrary interpretation, and make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, relevance, validity, reliability, availability, timeliness or completeness of any information on the Site.

Under no circumstance shall I be held liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental loss or damage or any damages of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the Site or reliance on any information provided on the Site.

By using the Site, you accept full personal responsibility for any harm or damage you suffer as a result of your actions arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site or its content.

You agree to use judgment and conduct due diligence to verify any information obtained from the Site before taking any action or implementing any suggestions or recommendations set out on the Site.

Your use of the Site is solely at your own risk and you expressly agree not to rely upon any information contained in the Site.

I reserve the right to make additions, deletions, or modification to the contents on the Site at any time without prior notice.

I do not warrant that the Site is free of viruses or other harmful components.

Any perceived slights of specific persons, peoples, or organizations are unintentional.

Any product, website, and company names mentioned on the Site are the trademarks or copyright properties of their respective owners. I am not associated or affiliated with them in any way.

External links disclaimer

The Site may contain links to external websites that are not provided or maintained by or in any way affiliated with me. The Site does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, relevance, validity, reliability, availability, timeliness or completeness of any information on these external websites.

Affiliate links disclaimer

I may have a financial relationship with some of the merchants I mention.

Some links may be affiliate links, which means I may get compensated at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase through a link.

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Please refer to my disclosures above for further information.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Jessica Myers

Book Recs by Jess (“I”, “me”, or “my”) owns and operates bookrecsbyjess.com (the “Site”).

This web page (together with the documents referred to on it) is a binding agreement and represents the Terms of Use for my Site.

Please read these Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Site.

By accessing the Site, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing the Site. The materials contained in the Site are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

By visiting and using the Site, you represent and warrant that you meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements.

By visiting and using my Site, you indicate that you accept these Terms of Use and that you agree to fully comply and abide by them.

Content

All information on the site, including any and all copyrights, trademarks, design rights and other intellectual property rights related to the content and work product on the site, are owned by Jessica Myers Book Recs by Jess operating bookrecsbyjess.com.

The copying, redistribution, use, or publication by you of any such Content is strictly prohibited. Your use of my Site does not grant you any ownership rights to the Content of my Site.

The reproducing in any format (including on another website) of any part of my Site (including content, images and designs) without my prior written consent is strictly prohibited.

Requests for prior written consent should be addressed to the following email: info@bookrecsbyjess.com

You may provide links to my Site as long as

you clearly give credit to me as the author,
include a hyperlink to my Site
you do not remove or obscure any portion of my Site by framing or otherwise,
your website does not engage in illegal or pornographic activities, and
provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage my reputation or take advantage of it.

You must not provide links in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on my part without my prior written consent.

You must not provide links from any website that is not owned by you.

You must cease providing links to my Site immediately upon my request.

Reliance on Content

The Content of the site is meant for informational purposes only and is not intended to amount to professional or specific advice on which reliance should be placed.

Please refer to my disclaimers above for further information.

Every effort has been made to only provide complete and accurate information. However, I disclaim all responsibility and liability arising from any inaccuracies and any reliance placed on the information presented on the site and shall not be liable for any damages or harm.

The materials on the Site are provided ‘as is’. The Site makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties, including without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Further, the Site does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its websites or otherwise relating to such materials or on any website linked to the Site.

Revisions and Errata

The materials appearing on the Site may include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. The Site does not warrant that any of the materials on its website are accurate, complete, or current. The Site may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. The Site does not, however, make any commitment to update the materials.

Limitation of Liability

In no event will my company or its directors, employees, or agents be liable to you or any third person for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage incurred in connection with the use, inability to use, or results of the use of my Site, any website linked to it and any materials posted on it.

In no event shall the Site be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on the Site, even if the Site or an authorized of the Site has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage. Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

Prohibited Use

As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms.

You are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate any security features of the Site; damaging, disabling, or impairing or attempting to damage, disable or impair the Site; gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access to any portion or feature of the Site; interfering with or causing disruption in the operation of the Site; modifying, reverse-engineering, decompiling, disassembling, participating in the transfer or sale, creating derivative works or in any way exploit, in whole or in part, any of the content available on the Site..

You agree to use the Site for lawful purposes only and any violation of any provision contained in these Terms may subject you to civil and/or criminal liability.

Comments

When you leave a comment on my Site, your comment will be publicly available to other visitors of the Site.

For spam detection purposes, I collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string in accordance to my Privacy Policy.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

If you leave a comment on my Site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Your comment may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including any data you have provided to me. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

I reserve the right to remove any comment that I determine to be unlawful, inappropriate, offensive or otherwise objectionable or in violation of intellectual property laws or these Terms.

Privacy Policy

While using the site, you may provide certain personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address or IP address.

I process information about you in accordance with my Privacy Policy.

By using my Site, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Links to Other Websites

The Site may from time to time contain links to third-party websites.

The Site has not reviewed all of the websites linked to its websites and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked websites. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by the Site. Use of any such linked websites is at the user’s own risk.

I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content or practices of any third-party websites or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

I recommend that you review the privacy policy and terms and conditions of those third-party websites. Once you leave my Site, you are no longer governed by my Terms of Use.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Content on the Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.).

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Affiliate Links

I may have a financial relationship with some of the merchants I mention.

The Site may contain affiliate links, which means I may get compensated at no extra cost to you if you make a purchase through a link.

My editorial content, including the opinion I express on products, services and merchants are not influenced in any way by advertisers or affiliate partnerships.

I only endorse products, services and merchants that I have personally used/tested and consider of the highest quality standard.

Please refer to my disclosures for further information.

Use of Downloadable Digital Content

When downloading a free digital product in exchange for your email address from my Site, you are granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license of my materials for your personal use only.

You acknowledge and agree that under this license you have no right to:

– modify, copy, reproduce or sell the materials;

– use the materials for any commercial purpose;

– decompile or reverse engineer;

– remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials;

– transfer the materials to another person;

– create derivative works based upon the materials;

– offer any competing products based upon the materials.

Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of any downloadable materials on the Site for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:

modify or copy the materials;
use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on the Site;
remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
transfer the materials to another person or ‘mirror’ the materials on any other server.

This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by me at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use and any dispute or claim arising from or in connection with them shall be governed in accordance with the laws of The United States of America.

Termination

I reserve the right to terminate your rights under these Terms without notice if you fail to comply with any of these Terms.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold me and my partners, consultants, agents, officers, directors, employees, subcontractors, successors, service providers, and affiliates free from any liability, loss, claim, and expense, including reasonable attorney fees, related to your violation of these Terms, your use of my Site or your infringement, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.