Terms of Service

TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. BY
ACCESSING OR USING OUR SITES AND OUR SERVICES, YOU HEREBY AGREE TO BE
BOUND BY THE TERMS AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE. IT IS
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOU, THE USER, CUSTOMER, OR PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMER
TO READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO USE THIS SITE. IF
YOU DO NOT EXPRESSLY AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, THEN
PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE OUR SITES OR OUR SERVICES. THIS TERMS OF
SERVICE AGREEMENT IS EFFECTIVE AS OF 06/12/2018.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
The following Terms of Service Agreement (the “TOS”) is a legally binding agreement that shall
govern the relationship with our users and others which may interact or interface with
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC,  located at Charlotte, North
Carolina and our subsidiaries and affiliates, in association with the use of the website,
which includes www.bessharringtoncarter.com, (the “Site”) and its Services, which shall be
defined below.
DESCRIPTION OF WEBSITE SERVICES OFFERED
The Site is a blog which has the following description:
A fitness and lifestyle blog to document workouts, outfits, home decor, travel, and more.
Any and all visitors to our site shall be deemed as “users” of the herein contained Services provided
for the purpose of this TOS.
The user acknowledges and agrees that the Services provided and made available through our
website and applications, which may include some mobile applications and that those
applications may be made available on various social media networking sites and numerous other
platforms and downloadable programs, are the sole property of BessHarringtonCarter, LLC. At its
discretion, BessHarringtonCarter, LLC may offer additional website Services and/or products, or
update, modify or revise any current content and Services, and this Agreement shall apply to any
and all additional Services and/or products and any and all updated, modified or revised Services
unless otherwise stipulated. BessHarringtonCarter, LLC does hereby reserve the right to cancel
and cease offering any of the aforementioned Services and/or products. You, as the end user
acknowledge, accept and agree that BessHarringtonCarter, LLC shall not be held liable for any such
updates, modifications, revisions, suspensions or discontinuance of any of our Services and/or products.
Your continued use of the Services provided, after such posting of any updates, changes, and/or
modifications shall constitute your acceptance of such updates, changes and/or modifications, and as
such, frequent review of this Agreement and any and all applicable terms and policies should be made
by you to ensure you are aware of all terms and policies currently in effect. Should you not agree to the
updated, revised or modified terms, you must stop using the provided Services forthwith.
Furthermore, the user understands, acknowledges and agrees that the Services offered shall be
provided “AS IS” and as such BessHarringtonCarter, LLC shall not assume any responsibility or
obligation for the timeliness, missed delivery, deletion and/or any failure to store user content,
communication or personalization settings.
PRIVACY POLICY
Every member’s registration data and various other personal information are strictly protected by
t h e BessHarringtonCarter, LLC Online Privacy Policy (see the full Privacy Policy at
https://www.bessharringtoncarter.com/privacy-policy/). As a member, you herein consent to the
collection and use of the information provided, including the transfer of information within the
United States and/or other countries for storage, processing or use by BessHarringtonCarter, LLC
and/or our subsidiaries and affiliates.
INTERSTATE COMMUNICATION
Upon registration, you hereby acknowledge that by using www.bessharringtoncarter.com to send
electronic communications, which would include, but are not limited to, email, searches, instant
messages, uploading of files, photos and/or videos, you will be causing communications to be
sent through our computer network. Therefore, through your use, and thus your agreement with
this TOS, you are acknowledging that the use of this Service shall result in interstate
transmissions.
CAUTIONS FOR GLOBAL USE AND EXPORT AND IMPORT COMPLIANCE
Due to the global nature of the internet, through the use of our network you hereby agree to
comply with all local rules relating to online conduct and that which is considered acceptable
Content. Uploading, posting and/or transferring of software, technology and other technical data
may be subject to the export and import laws of the United States and possibly other countries.
Through the use of our network, you thus agree to comply with all applicable export and import
laws, statutes and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Export Administration Regulations
(http://www.access.gpo.gov/bis/ear/ear_data.html), as well as the sanctions control program of
the United States (http://www.treasury.gov/resourcecenter/
sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx). Furthermore, you state and pledge that you:
a) are not on the list of prohibited individuals which may be identified on any government
export exclusion report (http://www.bis.doc.gov/complianceandenforcement/liststocheck.htm)
nor a member of any other government which may be part of an export-prohibited country
identified in applicable export and import laws and regulations;
b) agree not to transfer any software, technology or any other technical data through the use
of our network Services to any export-prohibited country;
c) agree not to use our website network Services for any military, nuclear, missile, chemical
or biological weaponry end uses that would be a violation of the U.S. export laws; and
d) agree not to post, transfer nor upload any software, technology or any other technical data
which would be in violation of the U.S. or other applicable export and/or import laws.
CONTENT PLACED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR COMPANY SERVICES
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC shall not lay claim to ownership of any content submitted by any
visitor or user, nor make such content available for inclusion on our website Services. Therefore,
you hereby grant and allow for BessHarringtonCarter, LLC the below listed worldwide, royaltyfree
and non-exclusive licenses, as applicable:
a) The content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible areas of
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC’s sites, the license provided to permit to use, distribute,
reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display said Content on our
network Services is for the sole purpose of providing and promoting the specific area to
which this content was placed and/or made available for viewing. This license shall be
available so long as you are a member of BessHarringtonCarter, LLC’s sites, and shall
terminate at such time when you elect to discontinue your membership.
b) Photos, audio, video and/or graphics submitted or made available for inclusion on the
publicly accessible areas of BessHarringtonCarter, LLC’s sites, the license provided to
permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt, publicly perform and/or publicly display
said Content on our network Services are for the sole purpose of providing and promoting
the specific area in which this content was placed and/or made available for viewing. This
license shall be available so long as you are a member of BessHarringtonCarter, LLC’s
sites and shall terminate at such time when you elect to discontinue your membership.
c) For any other content submitted or made available for inclusion on the publicly accessible
areas of BessHarringtonCarter, LLC’s sites, the continuous, binding and completely sublicensable
license which is meant to permit to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, adapt,
publish, translate, publicly perform and/or publicly display said content, whether in whole or
in part, and the incorporation of any such Content into other works in any arrangement or
medium current used or later developed.
Those areas which may be deemed “publicly accessible” areas of BessHarringtonCarter, LLC’s
sites are those such areas of our network properties which are meant to be available to the
general public, and which would include message boards and groups that are openly available to
users. However, those areas which are not open to the public, and thus available to members
only, would include our mail system and instant messaging.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMPANY WEBSITE
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC provides an area for our users to contribute feedback to our website.
When you submit ideas, documents, suggestions and/or proposals (“Contributions”) to our site,
you acknowledge and agree that:
a) your contributions do not contain any type of confidential or proprietary information;
b) shall not be liable or under any obligation to ensure or maintain confidentiality, expressed
or implied, related to any Contributions;
c) shall be entitled to make use of and/or disclose any such Contributions in any such
manner as they may see fit;
d) the contributor’s Contributions shall automatically become the sole property of ; and
e) is under no obligation to either compensate or provide any form of reimbursement in any
manner or nature.
INDEMNITY
All users herein agree to insure and hold BessHarringtonCarter, LLC, our subsidiaries, affiliates,
agents, employees, officers, partners and/or licensors blameless or not liable for any claim or
demand, which may include, but is not limited to, reasonable attorney fees made by any third
party which may arise from any content a user of our site may submit, post, modify, transmit or
otherwise make available through our Services, the use of Services or your connection with
these Services, your violations of the Terms of Service and/or your violation of any such rights of
another person.
COMMERCIAL REUSE OF SERVICES
The user herein agrees not to replicate, duplicate, copy, trade, sell, resell nor exploit for any
commercial reason any part, use of, or access to ‘s sites.
MODIFICATIONS
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC shall reserve the right at any time it may deem fit, to modify, alter and
or discontinue, whether temporarily or permanently, our service, or any part thereof, with or
without prior notice. In addition, we shall not be held liable to you or to any third party for any
such alteration, modification, suspension and/or discontinuance of our Services, or any part
thereof.
ADVERTISERS
Any correspondence or business dealings with, or the participation in any promotions of,
advertisers located on or through our Services, which may include the payment and/or delivery of
such related goods and/or Services, and any such other term, condition, warranty and/or
representation associated with such dealings, are and shall be solely between you and any such
advertiser. Moreover, you herein agree that BessHarringtonCarter, LLC shall not be held
responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any nature or manner incurred as a direct result of
any such dealings or as a result of the presence of such advertisers on our website.
LINKS
Either BessHarringtonCarter, LLC or any third parties may provide links to other websites and/or
resources. Thus, you acknowledge and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of
any such external sites or resources, and as such, we do not endorse nor are we responsible or
liable for any content, products, advertising or any other materials, on or available from such third
party sites or resources. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that BessHarringtonCarter,
LLC shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any such damage or loss which
may be a result of, caused or allegedly to be caused by or in connection with the use of or the
reliance on any such content, goods or Services made available on or through any such site or
resource.
PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
You do hereby acknowledge and agree that BessHarringtonCarter, LLC’s Services and any
essential software that may be used in connection with our Services (“Software”) shall contain
proprietary and confidential material that is protected by applicable intellectual property rights and
other laws. Furthermore, you herein acknowledge and agree that any Content which may be
contained in any advertisements or information presented by and through our Services or by
advertisers is protected by copyrights, trademarks, patents or other proprietary rights and laws.
Therefore, except for that which is expressly permitted by applicable law or as authorized by
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC or such applicable licensor, you agree not to alter, modify, lease, rent,
loan, sell, distribute, transmit, broadcast, publicly perform and/or created any plagiaristic works
which are based on BessHarringtonCarter, LLC Services (e.g. Content or Software), in whole or
part.
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC herein has granted you personal, non-transferable and non-exclusive
rights and/or license to make use of the object code or our Software on a single computer, as
long as you do not, and shall not, allow any third party to duplicate, alter, modify, create or
plagiarize work from, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise make an attempt to locate
or discern any source code, sell, assign, sublicense, grant a security interest in and/or otherwise
transfer any such right in the Software. Furthermore, you do herein agree not to alter or change
the Software in any manner, nature or form, and as such, not to use any modified versions of the
Software, including and without limitation, for the purpose of obtaining unauthorized access to our
Services. Lastly, you also agree not to access or attempt to access our Services through any
means other than through the interface which is provided by BessHarringtonCarter, LLC for use
in accessing our Services.
WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS
YOU HEREIN EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT:
a) THE USE OF BESSHARRINGTONCARTER, LLC SERVICES AND SOFTWARE ARE AT
THE SOLE RISK BY YOU. OUR SERVICES AND SOFTWARE SHALL BE PROVIDED
ON AN “AS IS” AND/OR “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. BESSHARRINGTONCARTER, LLC
AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS,
PARTNERS AND LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
b) BESSHARRINGTONCARTER, LLC AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS MAKE NO SUCH
WARRANTIES THAT (i) BESSHARRINGTONCARTER, LLC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE
WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (ii) BESSHARRINGTONCARTER, LLC SERVICES
OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE;
(iii) THAT SUCH RESULTS WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE
BESSHARRINGTONCARTER, LLC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL BE ACCURATE
OR RELIABLE; (iv) QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, ANY INFORMATION OR
OTHER MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH
OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (v) THAT
ANY SUCH ERRORS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE SHALL BE CORRECTED.
c) ANY INFORMATION OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED BY
WAY OF BESSHARRINGTONCARTER, LLC SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE
ACCESSED BY YOUR SOLE DISCRETION AND SOLE RISK, AND AS SUCH YOU
SHALL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS
AND CAUSES OF ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER
AND/OR INTERNET ACCESS, DOWNLOADING AND/OR DISPLAYING, OR FOR ANY
LOSS OF DATA THAT COULD RESULT FROM THE DOWNLOAD OF ANY SUCH
INFORMATION OR MATERIAL.
d) NO ADVICE AND/OR INFORMATION, DESPITE WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, THAT
MAY BE OBTAINED BY YOU FROM BESSHARRINGTONCARTER, LLC OR BY WAY
OF OR FROM OUR SERVICES OR SOFTWARE SHALL CREATE ANY WARRANTY
NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE TOS.
e) A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF SOME USERS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME DEGREE OF
EPILEPTIC SEIZURE WHEN EXPOSED TO CERTAIN LIGHT PATTERNS OR
BACKGROUNDS THAT MAY BE CONTAINED ON A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHILE
USING OUR SERVICES. CERTAIN CONDITIONS MAY INDUCE A PREVIOUSLY
UNKNOWN CONDITION OR UNDETECTED EPILEPTIC SYMPTOM IN USERS WHO
HAVE SHOWN NO HISTORY OF ANY PRIOR SEIZURE OR EPILEPSY. SHOULD YOU,
ANYONE YOU KNOW OR ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAVE AN EPILEPTIC
CONDITION, PLEASE CONSULT A PHYSICIAN IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS WHILE USING OUR SERVICES: DIZZINESS, ALTERED
VISION, EYE OR MUSCLE TWITCHES, LOSS OF AWARENESS, DISORIENTATION,
ANY INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT, OR CONVULSIONS.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU EXPLICITLY ACKNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT
BESSHARRINGTONCARTER, LLC AND OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OFFICERS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, PARTNERS AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR
ANY PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO
THE LOSS OF ANY PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA AND/OR OTHER INTANGIBLE
LOSSES, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF SUCH POSSIBILITY THAT
SAID DAMAGES MAY OCCUR, AND RESULT FROM:
a) THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OUR SERVICE;
b) THE COST OF PROCURING SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES;
c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR THE ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS
AND/OR DATA;
d) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY SUCH THIRD PARTY ON OUR SERVICE;
e) AND ANY OTHER MATTER WHICH MAY BE RELATED TO OUR SERVICE.
RELEASE
In the event you have a dispute, you agree to release BessHarringtonCarter, LLC (and its officers,
directors, employees, agents, parent subsidiaries, affiliates, co-branders, partners and any other
third parties) from claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and
nature, known and unknown, suspected or unsuspected, disclosed and undisclosed, arising out
of or in any way connected to such dispute.
SPECIAL ADMONITION RELATED TO FINANCIAL MATTERS
Should you intend to create or to join any service, receive or request any such news, messages,
alerts or other information from our Services concerning companies, stock quotes, investments or
securities, please review the above Sections Warranty Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability
again. In addition, for this particular type of information, the phrase “Let the investor beware” is
appropriate. BessHarringtonCarter, LLC’s content is provided primarily for informational purposes,
and no content that shall be provided or included in our Services is intended for trading or
investing purposes. BessHarringtonCarter, LLC and our licensors shall not be responsible or
liable for the accuracy, usefulness or availability of any information transmitted and/or made
available by way of our Services, and shall not be responsible or liable for any trading and/or
investment decisions based on any such information.
EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS
THERE ARE SOME JURISDICTIONS WHICH DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN
WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OF EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THEREFORE, SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OF
SECTIONS WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY MAY NOT APPLY TO
YOU.
THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
You herein acknowledge, understand and agree, unless otherwise expressly provided in this
TOS, that there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this agreement.
NOTICE
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC may furnish you with notices, including those with regards to any
changes to the TOS, including but not limited to email, regular mail, MMS or SMS, text
messaging, postings on our website Services, or other reasonable means currently known or any
which may be herein after developed. Any such notices may not be received if you violate any
aspects of the TOS by accessing our Services in an unauthorized manner. Your acceptance of
this TOS constitutes your agreement that you are deemed to have received any and all notices
that would have been delivered had you accessed our Services in an authorized manner.
TRADEMARK INFORMATION
You herein acknowledge, understand and agree that all of the BessHarringtonCarter, LLC
trademarks, copyright, trade name, service marks, and other BessHarringtonCarter, LLC logos
and any brand features, and/or product and service names are trademarks and as such, are and
shall remain the property of BessHarringtonCarter, LLC. You herein agree not to display and/or
use in any manner the BessHarringtonCarter, LLC logo or marks without obtaining
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC’s prior written consent.
COPYRIGHT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS NOTICE
& PROCEDURES
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC will always respect the intellectual property of others, and we ask that
all of our users do the same. With regards to appropriate circumstances and at its sole discretion,
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC may disable and/or terminate the accounts of any user who violates
our TOS and/or infringes the rights of others. If you feel that your work has been duplicated in
such a way that would constitute copyright infringement, or if you believe your intellectual property
rights have been otherwise violated, you should provide to us the following information:
a) The electronic or the physical signature of the individual that is authorized on behalf of the
owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
b) A description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you believe has
been infringed upon;
c) A description of the location of the site which you allege has been infringing upon your
work;
d) Your physical address, telephone number, and email address;
e) A statement, in which you state that the alleged and disputed use of your work is not
authorized by the copyright owner, its agents or the law;
f) And finally, a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the aforementioned
information in your notice is truthful and accurate, and that you are the copyright or
intellectual property owner, representative or agent authorized to act on the copyright or
intellectual property owner’s behalf.
The BessHarringtonCarter, LLC Agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual
property infringement can be contacted as follows:
Mailing Address:
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC
Email: hello@bessharringtoncarter.com
CLOSED CAPTIONING
BE IT KNOWN, that BessHarringtonCarter, LLC complies with all applicable Federal
Communications Commission rules and regulations regarding the closed captioning of video
content. For more information, please visit our website at www.bessharringtoncarter.com.
GENERAL INFORMATION
ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This TOS constitutes the entire agreement between you and BessHarringtonCarter, LLC and shall
govern the use of our Services, superseding any prior version of this TOS between you and us
with respect to BessHarringtonCarter, LLC Services. You may also be subject to additional terms
and conditions that may apply when you use or purchase certain other BessHarringtonCarter,
LLC Services, affiliate Services, third-party content or third-party software.
CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM
It is at the mutual agreement of both you and BessHarringtonCarter, LLC with regard to the TOS
that the relationship between the parties shall be governed by the laws of the state of North
Carolina without regard to its conflict of law provisions and that any and all claims, causes of
action and/or disputes, arising out of or relating to the TOS, or the relationship between you and
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC, shall be filed within the courts having jurisdiction within the County of
Mecklenburg, North Carolina or the U.S. District Court located in said state. You and
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts as previously
mentioned, and agree to waive any and all objections to the exercise of jurisdiction over the
parties by such courts and to venue in such courts.
WAIVER AND SEVERABILITY OF TERMS
At any time, should BessHarringtonCarter, LLC fail to exercise or enforce any right or provision of
the TOS, such failure shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of
this TOS is 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 the TOS remain in full force and effect.
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
You acknowledge, understand and agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any
claim or action arising out of or related to the use of our Services or the TOS must be filed within
1 year(s) after said claim or cause of action arose or shall be forever barred.
VIOLATIONS
Please report any and all violations of this TOS to BessHarringtonCarter, LLC as follows:
BessHarringtonCarter, LLC
Email: hello@bessharringtoncarter.com