Last updated: July 1, 2004

Buckingham Books and its affiliates provide their services to you subject to the following conditions. If you visit or shop at the Buckingham Books Web site, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future Buckingham Books service or visit or purchase from any business affiliated with Buckingham Books, whether or not included in the Buckingham Books Web site, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business.

Privacy

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to the Buckingham Books Web site, to understand our practices.

Electronic Communications

When you visit the Buckingham Books Web site or send emails to Buckingham Books, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by email or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Copyright

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of Buckingham Books or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of Buckingham Books and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of Buckingham Books or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

License and Site Access

Buckingham Books grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Buckingham Books. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Buckingham Books. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of Buckingham Books and our affiliates without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing Buckingham Books's name or trademarks without the express written consent of Buckingham Books. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Buckingham Books. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of the Buckingham Books Web site so long as the link does not portray Buckingham Books, its affiliates, or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any Buckingham Books logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.

Your Customer Account

If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your customer account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. Buckingham Books does occasionally sell products for children, but it sells them to adults, who can purchase with a credit card. If you are under 18, you may use the Buckingham Books Web site only with involvement of a parent or guardian. Buckingham Books and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.

Comments, Communications, and Other Content

Visitors may send communications and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false email address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of the content. Buckingham Books reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content.

If you do submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant Buckingham Books and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant Buckingham Books and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you submit; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify Buckingham Books or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. Buckingham Books has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. Buckingham Books takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content submitted by you or any third party.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

This site is provided by Buckingham Books on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Buckingham Books makes no representations or warranties of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the operation of this site or the information, content, materials, or products included on this site. You expressly agree that your use of this site is at your sole risk.

To the full extent permissible by applicable law, Buckingham Books disclaims all warranties, expressed or impied, including but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Buckingham Books does not warrant that this site, its servers, or email sent from Buckingham Books are free of viruses or other harmful components. Buckingham Books will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of this site, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, and consequential damages.

Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply to you, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions, or limitations may not apply to you, and you might have additional rights.

Applicable Law

By visiting the Buckingham Books Web site, you agree that the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and Buckingham Books or its affiliates.

Site Policies, Modification, and Severability

We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.