By using The Seattle Courant, you agree to abide by the terms and conditions below ("Terms of Service"). PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. These rules and guidelines are intended to protect you and to ensure that The Seattle Courant is safe and productive for everybody. By agreeing to these terms, you agree taking responsibility for your own actions. If you do not agree with these Terms of Service, your use of and access to this site is unauthorized.

By joining The Seattle Courant you agree that all information you provide in the registration is accurate. You agree to maintain only one active registration with The Seattle Courant at all times, and you certify that you currently have no other registration(s) with The Seattle Courant. We reserve the right to terminate your membership without notice if we learn that you have provided us with false or misleading registration information, interfered with other users or the administration of The Seattle Courant services, or violated these Terms of Service. The Seattle Courant will delete any account and associated data if the account as not been accessed for one year.

The Seattle Courant may update these Terms of Service or its sites, at any time and from time to time, at its sole discretion. The Seattle Courant may modify these Terms of Service at any time, and such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting of the modified Terms of Service. You agree to review these Terms of Service periodically, and your continued use of this site shall be deemed your acceptance of the modified Terms of Service.

All content included on this site, including without limitation, text, graphics, images, animations, computer programs, data, designs, logos and button icons, and the arrangement, collection and assembly of the same, is the property of The Seattle Courant and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

Information collected by and communications with The Seattle Courant will be used by The Seattle Courant for editorial, feedback, marketing, promotional and statistical purposes as well as for product development and site content improvement.

You will choose a username and password during the member registration process. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password, and are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your member username or password. You agree to immediately notify The Seattle Courant if you believe that any unauthorized use of your member username or password, or any other breach of security has occurred.

Cookies are small bits of information that our site places on the hard drive of your computer to enable us to do a number of things to make your visit and future visits more enjoyable. The Seattle Courant uses cookies to manage your active session. Cookies are not used to obtain information about a user that was not previously provided in a cookie. The cookie itself does not contain any personally identifiable information about a user, and The Seattle Courant does not use cookies in order to obtain such information. Cookies are used by most major sites on the Internet. Visitors may receive cookies from third parties, but The Seattle Courant cannot control the content of these cookies. Users should consult their browser user's manual for instructions on how to refuse cookies.

The Seattle Courant provides, and members may include in their communications, links that reference information located worldwide throughout the Internet. Because we have no control over such sites and information, we make no guarantees as to their accuracy, currency, content or quality. The Seattle Courant is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with use of or reliance on any content, goods or services available on such external sites or resources.

You alone are responsible for the content and the consequences of your communications. These communications include message board postings, e-mail messages, and property listings. The Seattle Courant reserves the right to terminate your membership immediately and without notice if it becomes aware and determines, in its sole discretion, that you are violating any of the following guidelines.

You agree to not use our services to send, or post on any place on The Seattle Courant, any message or material that is harassing, libelous, fraudulent, defamatory, threatening, racially offensive, inaccurate, or objectionable material of any kind or nature or that otherwise violates The Seattle Courant's community standards.

You agree that if you use our services to send or post any message or material that is prohibited by the Terms of Service or otherwise, then The Seattle Courant may remove your message and/or terminate you membership.

The Seattle Courant reserves the right to delete any such material from our site who violate these Terms of Service.

Although we reserve the right to remove without notice any content we find objectionable or offensive, we have no obligation to delete or monitor content, including without limitation, content that you may find objectionable, offensive, or inaccurate.

Rental Property Listings are considered member content, and thus are subject to the same guidelines covering all other member content included in this Terms of Service statement. In addition, Rental Property Listing's are subject to the following guidelines.

The Seattle Courant is not responsible for the validity of any Rental Property Listing.

The Seattle Courant may choose to feature or promote particular Rental Property Listings on other areas of the site. The selection of a listing for this purpose does not imply an endorsement of that listing.

You agree that The Seattle Courant has no responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store e-mail messages or other communications or other content maintained or transmitted by us. We may delete any or all information stored on our servers at any time.

You understand and agree that The Seattle Courant services are provided "is" and "as available." The Seattle Courant assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings.

YOU UNDERSTAND AND EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT USE OF THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES ARE AT YOUR SOLE RISK, THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND THAT YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM OR LOSS OF DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF SUCH MATERIAL AND/OR DATA.

THE SEATTLE COURANT DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE CONTENT, INFORMATION AND MATERIALS CONTAINED WITHIN OR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THIS SITE. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SEATTLE COURANT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT AND IT MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES, REGARDING THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, USEFULNESS, CURRENCY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES, REGARDING ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED THROUGH THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES, REGARDING ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES OR THAT THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES WILL MEET ANY USER'S REQUIREMENTS, BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR FREE.

THE SEATTLE COURANT WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, COMPENSATORY, EXEMPLARY, RELIANCE OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR THE BASIS OF THE CLAIM, RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OR ACCESS TO THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES, THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES, RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH THE SEATTLE COURANT SERVICES, RESULTING FROM LOSS OF, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF A USER'S TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA OR FOR THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, BUSINESS, PROFITS, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLES, EVEN IF THE SEATTLE COURANT HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Seattle Courant, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents from any and all third party claims, liability, damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, attorneys fees) arising from your use of our services, your violation of the Terms of Service or your infringement, or infringement by any other user, of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. The Terms of Service will inure to the benefit of The Seattle Courant's successors, assigns and licensees.

These Terms of Service constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and replace all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.

If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us.