Shopping Cart

No products in the cart.

Terms & Conditions

Last updated: February 1, 2019

Welcome to Your Green Homestead! Our mission is to inspire people to use sustainability principles and analysis in the design of their households. We consider the practice of reviewing and sharing opinions about rules, regulations, terms & conditions, and policies governing various communities, organizations, and households to be sustainable. We encourage the users of Your Green Homestead online community to provide their feedback about the outlined below Your Green Homestead Terms & Conditions in the forum named YGH Governance dedicated to these topics.

1. Acceptance of Terms

Thank you for using Your Green Homestead! These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and Your Green Homestead and govern your use and access to Your Green Homestead service, including our forum discussions, communication and review tools, mobile applications, ecommerce tools, and other services (collectively the “Service”) that are made available through the website https://yourgreenhomestead.com (the “Site”).

By using the Service in any way, you agree to and accept these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and any other legal notices or guidelines posted on the Site. If you are using our Service for an organization, you are agreeing to these Terms on behalf of that organization. These Terms will also apply when you use the Service on a trial basis. If Users do not wish to be bound by this Agreement and our Privacy Policy, they are not authorized to use this Site.

You are prohibited from creating or using a Your Green Homestead account or otherwise using the Service if you are not legally capable of entering into contracts, for example, if you are not the age of majority in your Country of Residence. If you are not the age of majority in your country or region, you may only create or use a Your Green Homestead account with the supervision and consent of a parent or guardian or alternatively through a special student account created by a teacher, provided the teacher has obtained signed consent from your parent or guardian. By using our Service, you represent and warrant that you meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements. If you do not, you must not access or use the Service.

Your Green Homestead reserves the right to modify this Agreement at any time which changes shall be effective immediately and apply to all Service thereafter. You agree to review the Agreement periodically to be aware of such modifications and your continued use of the Service shall be deemed to be your conclusive acceptance of any modified Agreement. We reserve the right to withdraw or amend this Service in our sole discretion without notice. From time to time we may restrict access to some parts or all of the Service to users.

2. Description of Service

Our web-based Service allows users who register for an account (each an “Account Holder”) to create and update an online Profile. Once registered, each Account Holder receives his or her own Profile and may post “Content” (defined in Section 8). Any new features on the Service, including the release of new Your Green Homestead tools and resources, shall be subject to these Terms. To use the Service, you must have access to the Internet, either directly or through devices that access web-based content, and you must pay any fees associated with Internet access. In addition, you must provide all equipment necessary to make such connection to the Internet, including a web-enabled computer. The Service may include certain communications from us, such as service announcements, administrative messages, and the Your Green Homestead Newsletter. These communications are considered part of Your Green Homestead community membership. You may not access the Service by any means other than through the Service interfaces we provide you.

Your Green Homestead cannot and does not assess, verify or guarantee the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any material or the suitability or safety of any content or products provided on this Service. Your Green Homestead expressly disclaims all responsibility and endorsement and makes no representation as to the validity of any opinion, advice, statement or other information posted on the Service by users. You bear sole responsibility for your own research and decisions.

Information on this Service is provided for educational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by relevant professionals. If You purchase any products or services through our Service or a link on this Service, you should read carefully such providers’ terms of use, our Privacy Policy as set forth at and all product packaging, service descriptions and instructions. There may be risks associated with the products and services mentioned on this Service. You use these products and services of your own free will and accord, knowingly and voluntarily assuming all risks associated with such activities. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Testimonials, case studies, and examples found on this Service are not intended to represent or guarantee that anyone will achieve the same or similar results. You should always perform due diligence and not take presented information at face value. We are not responsible for any errors or omissions in typical results information supplied to us by manufacturers or other reputable third parties. If a product or service is new, you understand that it may not have been available for purchase long enough to provide an accurate results history.

3. Registration

To register as an Account Holder, you must provide us with a valid email address and other personal information (“Registration Data”). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account, and for all activities that occur under your account. In consideration of use of the Service, you agree to maintain and update true, accurate, current and complete Registration Data. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or if Your Green Homestead has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, we may suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service or any portion thereof. In addition to the restrictions on selling set forth in Section 9 below, individuals under the age of 13 are prohibited from creating or using accounts through YourGreenHomestead.com. Students under the age of 13 may, however, use Your Green Homestead through special student accounts created by their teachers, provided the teacher has obtained signed parental consent from the student’s parents.

4. Your Green Homestead Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy (available at: https://www.yourgreenhomestead.com/privacy), which is part of these Terms, describes how we collect, protect, and use your Registration Data and certain other information about you. We encourage you to read the Privacy Policy, and to use the information it contains to help you make informed decisions.

5. Your Account and Security

You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account for all activities that occur or actions taken under the account or in connection with the Site. Account Holders agree not to allow any third party to use their Registrant Profile to access the Site and to safeguard the information that would allow another person or entity to access the Site by using their Registrant Profile to keep all such information confidential. No part of your Profile may be transferred or sold to another party. You agree to immediately notify us in writing of any unauthorized uses of the account or any other breaches of security. We will not be liable for any loss or damage from your failure to comply with this security obligation. You acknowledge and agree that under no circumstances will Your Green Homestead or any of its affiliates, officers, directors, or employees be liable, in any way, for any of your acts or omissions or those of any third party, including damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

6. Proprietary Rights

The Site and Service are owned by Your Green Homestead. The Site and Service use and display content, features, and functionality, including but not limited to proprietary software, inventions, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, service marks, logos, slogans, and taglines, owned by Your Green Homestead or other unaffiliated third parties, that are protected by U.S. and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret and/or other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. No portion of the Site or Service may be copied, reproduced, displayed, transmitted, or otherwise used for any purpose without the prior written permission of Your Green Homestead or the respective third-party intellectual property owner, or except as otherwise specifically provided herein. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in these Terms.

The Service, all confidential and proprietary software used in connection with the Service, Materials (as defined below), content contained in sponsor advertisements or in information presented to you through the Service or by advertisers, and all other materials and services provided by or through Your Green Homestead are protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property laws.  You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of such Materials, including any “professional photos” or “free photos” made available through the Service, is done solely in accordance with all relevant laws, and any terms or conditions applicable to such Materials.  In no event shall Your Green Homestead be liable to you or any third party for your use of Materials in violation of law, or any terms or conditions applicable to such Materials.

“Materials” means any and all software, text, software documentation, designs, “look and feel,” layout, photographs, graphics, audio, video, messages, interactive and instant messaging, design and functions, files, documents, images, or other materials, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, as well as all derivative works thereof, in each case, made available by or through Your Green Homestead or the Service.

You may use the Materials to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to access and use the Service in accordance with these Terms and, in the case of Materials owned by third parties made available to you by or through Your Green Homestead or the Service, any third-party terms or conditions applicable to such Materials. This permission does not permit you to store, copy, reproduce, republish, modify, upload, post, translate, scrape, rent, lease, loan, sell, distribute, transfer, transmit, display, decompile, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, decipher (or otherwise attempt to discover any programming code or any source code used in or with the Materials), or otherwise distribute in any way the Materials other than as specifically permitted in these Terms. You may not sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in or otherwise attempt to transfer any right in the Service or Materials, create derivative works based on or in any manner commercially exploit the Service or Materials, in whole or in part, other than as expressly permitted in these Terms. Any use of the Service or Materials for any purpose other than as specifically permitted herein and in any relevant third-party terms of service is expressly prohibited. We reserve all rights not expressly granted in these Terms.

All trademarks, service marks, logos, slogans, and taglines (individually and collectively, “Mark” or “Marks”) are the property of Your Green Homestead. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, no license or right to use any Mark is granted to you without the express written permission of Your Green Homestead or the respective third-party Mark owner.

By purchasing and/or using any “professional photos” available through the Service, you agree that: (i) you will use such “professional photos” on your Your Green Homestead account only, for display solely in digital form; (ii) you will not sell, modify, re-use, re-sell, distribute, display, reproduce, or make any other use of such “professional photos”; (iii) where a “professional photo” features an individual and is used in connection with a sensitive, unflattering or controversial subject, you will include a statement that the image is used for illustrative purposes only and that the individual featured is a model; and (iv) you will not activate the “right-click” function in any “professional photo”, remove any metadata in any “professional photo”, or reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble your site to enable the download or use of any “professional photo” on a standalone basis.  In addition, you may not use any “professional photo”: (i) on a standalone basis with no other content; (ii) for pornographic, defamatory, or other unlawful purposes; (iii) to create or enable the creation of printed products; (iv) in physical or digital retail products, such as e-cards, calendars, posters, or screensavers; (v) to suggest or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or affiliation by or with any of the subject matter contained within the “professional photo;” (vi) for the purpose of enabling file-sharing of the image file; or (vii) in logos, trademarks, service marks or any other branding or identifiers.

7. Your rights in your Content

Your Green Homestead does not claim ownership of your Content (as defined below), but you give us your permission worldwide to host your Content on the Service and to perform all acts necessary to host your Content on the Service (such as making copies, reformatting, and distributing your Content). In other words, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully-paid, transferable, irrevocable, perpetual, and sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, prepare derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display your Content throughout the world in any media.

We do not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through the Service or by email. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by an authorized Your Green Homestead representative, any material, information or idea you transmit to us by any means may be disseminated or used by us without compensation or liability to you for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products. However, this provision does not apply to Content or to personal information that is subject to our Privacy Policy.

Content guidelines

These types of content are not allowed on Your Green Homestead:

  • Copyrighted Content:  data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, goods, products, services or other materials that you do not own the rights to.
  • Adult:  involving nudity in a sexual context, exposed genitalia or adult themes.
  • Hate Speech: content that promotes violence or incites hatred against certain individuals or groups, such as race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. The foregoing are examples, and not meant to constitute an exhaustive list of individuals or groups that may be the target of hate speech.
  • Spam/SEO:  content which sole purpose is to gain Google ranking, Facebook “likes”, etc., including collection of data using automated means without our prior permission.
  • Phishing:  content meant to trick users into providing their username and password.
  • Illegal Content:  content which may be illegal in the United States or under the laws of other countries.
  • Scams:  get rich quick, pyramid/MLM, or other dubious schemes.
  • Injurious Experience:  content using the “Custom HTML” element that provide a horrible user experience, such as extreme flashing banners, excessive animated movement, viruses/malicious code, or content that could provoke seizures in unsuspecting visitors.
  • Illegal/Inappropriate Products: pages that offer or sell items that are illegal, weapons, counterfeit, stolen, fraudulent, infringing, violate rights of privacy/publicity, offensive, pornographic, or manufactured/intended to be weapons.

To help support our community, we encourage you to report content or conduct that you believe violates your rights or Your Green Homestead Terms and policies using the forum YGH Governance.

8. Content and conduct rules and obligations

All information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, goods, products, services or other materials you post on the Service (“Content”) are the sole property of the person from which such Content originated. You are responsible for all Content that you upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available via the Service. We do not control the Content you post via the Service. Your Content does not include non-personally identifiable buyer/seller transaction or behavioral data derived from the use of Your Green Homestead’s eCommerce platform (collectively, “Platform Data”). Your Green Homestead owns all Platform Data and uses it for Service operations, improvements, and analytics. You are also responsible for creating back-up copies of your Content.

By using the Service, you may be exposed to content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will we be liable for your Content or the content of any third party, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in your Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, transmitted or otherwise made available via the Service. You acknowledge that we do not pre-screen Content, but that we shall have the right (but not the obligation) to refuse, move or delete any Content that is available via the Service. We shall also have the right to remove any Content that violates these Terms or is otherwise objectionable in our sole discretion. You must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any Content. You may not rely on any Content created by us. You acknowledge and agree that we may preserve Content and may also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to: (a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce these Terms; (c) respond to claims that any Content violates the rights of third-parties; or (d) protect our rights, property, or personal safety and those of our users and the public.

The technical processing and transmission of the Service, including Content, may involve (a) transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.

You will not:

A.    upload, post, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that:

  1. is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another’s privacy (up to, but not excluding any address, email, phone number, or any other contact information without the written consent of the owner of such information), hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
  2. you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements);
  3. infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, rights of privacy or publicity, or other proprietary rights of any party (e.g., music, movies, images, e-books, or games you do not own the rights to);
  4. is unsolicited commercial email or “spam”. This includes unethical marketing, advertising, or any other practice that is in any way connected with “spam”, such as (i) sending mass email to recipients who haven’t requested email from you or with a fake return address, (ii) promoting a site with inappropriate links, titles, descriptions, or (iii) promoting your site by posting multiple submissions in public forums that are identical;
  5. contains software viruses, worms, Trojan horses or any other computer code, files, or programs that interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of the Service, computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, or may impact the ability of any Your Green Homestead user to access the Service;
  6. is intended to take advantage of a user such as “get rich quick,” “get paid to surf,” pyramid/multi-level marketing, or other dubious schemes; or
  7.  is adult in nature, such as any nudity in a sexual context or any Content with adult themes or reveals exposed genitalia;

B.    harm minors in any way;

C.     “stalk,” “bully,” or otherwise harass another;

D.    impersonate any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a Your Green Homestead employee, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;

E.     forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content transmitted through the Service;

F.     interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers or networks connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Service;

G.    intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, federal or foreign laws or regulations. You must comply with all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside. If you use the Site, the Service, or the Materials outside the United States of America, you are solely responsible for compliance with all applicable laws, including without limitation, rules regarding acceptable online conduct, data privacy, and export and import regulations of other countries;

H.    promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote any act of cruelty to animals. This may include, without limitation, providing instructions on how to assemble bombs, grenades and other weapons or incendiary devices;

I.      use the Service as a forwarding service to another web site or to fraudulently manipulate Google or other SEO ranking or Facebook or other social networking or website “likes” and similar voting mechanisms;

J.      solicit a third party’s passwords or personal identifying information for unlawful or phishing purposes;

K.     exceed the scope of the Service that you have signed up for (e.g., by accessing and using the tools that you do not have a right to use, or deleting, adding to, or otherwise changing other user comments or content);

L.    post Content that provides an injurious user experience with custom programming. Examples include, but are not limited to, extreme flashing banners, excessive animated movement, or content that could provoke seizures in unsuspecting visitors;

M.    use, under any circumstance, any open source software subject to the GNU Affero General Public License v.3, or greater;

N.     Abuse our customer support services or agents; or

O.    Take any other action while using the Service that is detrimental to the Service or Your Green Homestead’s reputation, as determined by Your Green Homestead in its sole discretion.

We retain the right to terminate any account or user who has violated any of the above prohibitions.

12. Money Back Guarantee

All paid Your Green Homestead vendor accounts, except month-to-month accounts, include a 30-day money back guarantee. If you are dissatisfied with such account service for any reason, you can receive a full refund if you cancel your account within 30 days of activation, or within 30 days of your contract being renewed. Please submit your refund requests using Your Green Homestead CONTACT US form. At any time during your contract term, you may upgrade or downgrade your service with Your Green Homestead. In the event of a service downgrade, a prorated credit will be issued to your Your Green Homestead account for the difference in the cost of the two services for the remainder of your original contract term. This credit will be applied to future months of service with Your Green Homestead, and cannot be refunded to you in cash. Downgrading your account may cause the loss of Content, features, or capacity of your account. We do not accept any liability for such loss.

13. Commercial Transactions.

Purchases. Products and/or services are offered for sale through the Site. In the event you wish to purchase any of these products or services, you will be asked by Your Green Homestead or an authorized third party (such as a vendor of Your Green Homestead MarketPlace) to supply certain personally identifiable information (“PII”), including without limitation, your full name, address, telephone number and credit card information. You agree to provide Your Green Homestead or such third party with accurate, complete and current information at all times, and to comply with the terms & conditions of any agreement with vendors in Your Green Homestead MarketPlace that you may enter into which governs your purchase of such product or service. You shall be responsible for all charges incurred through your account as well as any shipping and applicable taxes.

Payment. Your right to use any service or product that is available for purchase through the Site is conditional on our receipt of payment for such service or product. If payment cannot be charged to your credit card or if a charge is refunded for any reason, including chargeback, Your Green Homestead reserves the right to either suspend or terminate your account, thereby terminating this Agreement and all obligations hereunder.

14. Links to Third Party Websites

Your Green Homestead is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage incurred as a result of your use of any third party’s service, product, software, or website, including but not limited to any content thereon such as text, documents, designs, images, clips, photographs, videos, artwork, graphics, audio, audio-visual files, messages, interactive and instant messaging, posts, functions, files, documents, or other materials (collectively, “Third Party Materials”) whether or not you were linked to or directed to any Third Party Materials by or through the Site or Service. Your Green Homestead does not endorse or assume responsibility for any Third Party Materials and makes no guarantee regarding the reliability, accuracy, nature, origin, quality, or use of such Third Party Materials. You are solely responsible for ensuring that your use of any Third Party Materials, including those made available by or through the Site or Service, is done solely in accordance with all relevant laws, and the terms and conditions of any applicable licenses or other agreement.  In no event shall Your Green Homestead be liable to you or any third party for your use or alleged use of any Third Party Materials.

Further, Third Party Materials, such as email, e-commerce and payment services, may be subject to the applicable third party terms of service and privacy policies, and you are solely responsible for reviewing, agreeing to, and complying with any such terms before you use any Third Party Materials. Your use of any Third Party Materials is at your own discretion and risk. If you do not agree to the third party’s terms of service or license agreement, do not download or use the Third Party Materials. Your use of any Third Party Materials obtained through the Service does not transfer to you any rights, title, or interest in or to the Third Party Materials beyond the terms contained in the third party provider’s terms of service or license. Any reference on the Site to any Third Party Materials is not an approval or endorsement by us of such Third Party Materials.

Third Party Payment Processors: Your Green Homestead uses third party payment processors to assist us in securely processing your personally identifiable payment information. Such third party processors’ use of your personal information is governed by their respective privacy policies which may or may not contain privacy protections as protective as the Your Green Homestead Privacy Policy.

15. Indemnity

You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Your Green Homestead, and its licensors, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders, partners, employees, successors, and assigns (collectively “Indemnified Parties”) from any and all liability, loss, claim, damages, expenses, costs or demands, (including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees), incurred or made against the Indemnified Parties by any third party in connection with any claim arising from or related to: (a) your use (or anyone using your account/s) use of the Service, the Site or the Materials, (b) your Content, or (c) any Commercial Products you offer on or through the Site or using our Services. This includes, but is not limited to, any breach or violation of these Terms by you or anyone utilizing your account. You must fully cooperate at your expense as required by an Indemnified Party. Each Indemnified Party may, at its election, assume the defense and control of any matter for which it is indemnified hereunder. You shall not settle any matter involving an Indemnified Party without the consent of the applicable Indemnified Party.

16. Disclaimer of warranties

A.     YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

B.    WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE, LOSS OF DATA, CUSTOMER INFORMATION OR VENDOR DATA, REVENUE, OR OTHER HARM TO BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF DELAYS, MISDELIVERY OR NONDELIVERY OF INFORMATION, RESTRICTION OR LOSS OF ACCESS, BUGS OR OTHER ERRORS, UNAUTHORIZED USE DUE TO YOUR SHARING OF ACCESS TO THE SERVICE, OR OTHER INTERACTION WITH THE SERVICE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING AND BACKING-UP YOUR DATA AND INFORMATION THAT MAY RESIDE ON THE SERVICE. YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD DOES NOT WARRANT THAT (i) THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, (ii) THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (V) ANY ERRORS IN THE SERVICE WILL BE CORRECTED.

C.     ANY MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH MATERIAL.

D.    ANY DATA, INFORMATION, CONTENT OR MATERIALS CONTAINED IN OR MADE AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE, SKILL AND JUDGMENT OF TAX, LEGAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONALS. THE SERVICE DOES NOT PROVIDE TAX OR LEGAL ADVICE. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING SUCH ADVICE AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO PRIOR TO, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH, USING OUR SERVICE.

E.     THESE TERMS APPLY SOLELY TO THE SERVICE. AS PART OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO OTHER YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD USERS, WE USE SERVICES OF CERTAIN THIRD PARTIES (“THIRD PARTY SITES”). THIRD PARTY SITES INCLUDE CONTENT GENERATED BY THIRD PARTIES AND ARE NOT UNDER THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD. YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH THIRD PARTY SITES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ACCURACY, SUFFICIENCY, CORRECTNESS, RELIABILITY, VERACITY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS THEREOF, ANY LINK CONTAINED THEREIN, OR ANY CHANGES OR UPDATES THERETO, OR ANY GOODS OR SERVICES SOLD THEREON. YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF ANY THIRD PARTY SITE IS GOVERNED BY THE TERMS APPLICABLE TO SUCH THIRD PARTY SITE. THE HOSTING OF ANY THIRD PARTY SITE BY YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD DOES NOT IMPLY AN ENDORSEMENT THEREOF BY YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD, OR OF THE PROVIDER OF SUCH CONTENT OR SERVICES, OF ANY THIRD PARTY SITE.

F.     NEITHER YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD NOR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS, PARTNERS, OR AFFILIATES WARRANT THAT THE SITE, ITS SERVERS, THE MATERIALS OR THE SERVICE, OR ANY EMAIL SENT FROM THE SITE OR ANY THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS, PARTNERS, OR AFFILIATES ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

G.    YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION THAT THE SERVICES, MATERIALS, OR SITE ARE APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE IN ALL GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS.

17. Limitation of Liability

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (a) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE; (b) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICE; (c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICE; OR (e) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICE.

IN THE EVENT OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE SITE, THE SERVICE, OR THE MATERIALS, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY, AS PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IS TO CEASE USING THE SITE, THE SERVICE, AND THE MATERIALS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER YOUR GREEN HOMESTEAD, ITS AFFILIATES, NOR LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITE, THE SERVICE, THE MATERIALS, YOUR CONTENT, THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OR THIRD PARTY USER GENERATED CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS, ANY INFRINGEMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OR OTHER RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF, OR RELATED TO, THE USE OF THE SITE, THE SERVICE, THE MATERIALS, YOUR CONTENT, THE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS OR ANY THIRD PARTY USER GENERATED CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE.

18. Exclusions and Limitations

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 20 AND 21. ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF SECTIONS 20 AND 21 MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

19. U.S. Government Restricted Rights

The materials on the Service are provided with “RESTRICTED RIGHTS.” Use, duplication, or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in applicable laws and regulations. Use of the materials by the U.S. Government constitutes acknowledgment of our proprietary rights in them.

20. General

We may provide notices to you via either email or regular mail. The Service may also provide notices of changes to these Terms or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you generally on the Service. If your Country of Residence is the United States or Canada, these Terms and the relationship between you and Your Green Homestead shall be governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and Your Green Homestead agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Nashville, Tennessee. If your Country of Residence is the United Kingdom, Ireland, or anywhere except the United States, Canada, Japan, or Australia, these Terms and the relationship between you and Your Green Homestead shall be governed by the laws of England and Wales.  If your Country of Residence is the Japan these Terms and the relationship between you and Your Green Homestead shall be governed by the laws of Japan.  If your Country of Residence is Australia, these Terms and the relationship between you and Your Green Homestead shall be governed by the laws of Victoria. The failure of Your Green Homestead to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and us and govern your use of the Service, superseding any prior agreements (including, but not limited to, any prior versions of these Terms). You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate or other services, third-party content or third-party software. If any provision of these Terms or incorporated documents are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action brought by you arising out of or related to use of the Service or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. You acknowledge and agree that you are each waiving the right to participate as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class action or representative proceeding. Further, more than one person’s claims may not be consolidated under any circumstances, in any form of any class or representative proceeding or otherwise.

21. Violations

Please report any violations of these Terms using the forum YGH Governance.