About: Privacy/Credits

Copyright

Our Navigation bar menus are copyright Stu Nicholls. Some of the icons used on the website are copyright famfamfam.com. Map courtesy of Things to See & Do brochure. Some photos are used with permission from Eileen Hiromura (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eieioio/), Sara M. Sellards (http://www.flickr.com/photos/saramarie/), Jessica Spiegel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andiamo/), Lucius Kwok (http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciuskwok/), Garrick Ramirez (http://www.flickr.com/photos/amygarrick/), Richard Eriksson (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sillygwailo/), Delina Pryce McPhaull (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcpryce/), Stephanie Monk (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefohnee/), Rachael (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachaelj/), Marie Diamond (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m-gem/), Lisa DiVenti (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesamonster/), and Catherine (http://www.flickr.com/photos/cathrund/).

Portions of the site’s materials may be printed or downloaded strictly for non-commercial use, provided that you agree not to change or delete any copyright or proprietary notices from the materials.

Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THIS USER AGREEMENT AND THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE. Your use of this site is expressly conditioned on your acceptance of the following terms and conditions. By using this site, you signify your assent to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with any part of the following terms and conditions, you must not use this site.

This website and the computers (including software and files) used to run and maintain it are the property of Hometown Advantage LLC (dba Portland Walking Tours) and its affiliates (“HA”). This site, the computers hosting this site, and the content provided in this site, including the text, graphics, button icons, audio and video clips, digital downloads, data compilations and software are the exclusive property of HA, and may not be accessed, copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted or distributed without the written permission of HA, and/or its third party providers and distributors, except that you may access this site and download, display and print the materials presented on this site for your personal, non-commercial use only.

You may not without the expressed written permission of HA use any computer code, data mining software, “robot,” “bot,” “spider,” “scraper” or other automatic device, or program, algorithm or methodology having similar processes or functionality, or any manual process, to monitor or copy any of the web pages, data or content found on this site or accessed through this site. The only entities that have an exception to the aforemetioned sentence is Dogpile, EntireWeb, WiseNut, Yahoo!, AOL and MSN Search, Kanoodle, About, Ah-Ha, AlltheWeb, GoClick, FindWhat, Overture, Google, dmoz.org, Ask, and Altavista. You also may not: engage in the mass downloading of files from this site; use the computer processing power of this site for purposes other than those permitted above; flood this site with electronic traffic designed to slow or stop its operation; or establish malicious links to or from other websites to this site.

HA is not responsible for any altered or printed versions of the information provided in this website or linked websites, nor any warranty or representation with regard to products or services that are advertised or promoted at linked sites. HA assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in any website materials. Information contained in this website (including the Terms of Use and Privacy Statement) is subject to change without notice.

You may not download (other than page caching) or modify any portion of this site except with express written consent of HA. You may not: (i) resell or make commercial use of this site or its contents; (ii) collect and use any product listings, descriptions, or prices displayed on this site; or (iii) create, reproduce and/or distribute any materials derived from the content provided on this site.

You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, indecent, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. In addition, you are prohibited from posting or transmitting any information which (a) infringes the rights of others or violates their privacy or publicity rights, (b) is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right, unless with the express written permission of the owner of such right, (c) contains a virus, bug or other harmful item, or (d) is used to unlawfully collude against another person in restraint of trade or competition. You shall be solely liable for any damages resulting from any infringement of copyright, trademark, or other proprietary right, or any other harm resulting from your use of this site.

THE CONTENT OF THIS SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND/OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL HOMETOWN ADVANTAGE LLC (DBA PORTLAND WALKING TOURS) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY. OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE ACCESS OR USE OF THIS WEBSITE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

This Agreement and its performance shall be governed by the laws of the State of Oregon, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. You consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Multnomah county in the State of Oregon, United States of America, in all questions and controversies arising out of your use of this site and this Agreement.

The above description of the prohibited activities is not intended to be all inclusive and may be altered at any time by HA without notice. If you have any questions as what is considered an authorized use of this site, click here to contact us.

Privacy Statement

This Hometown Advantage LLC (dba Portland Walking Tours) (herein known as “HA”) Privacy Statement informs you of our privacy practices and of the way your information is collected online and how that information is used.

Physical Contact Information, Financial Account Identifiers Information, Transaction Data

We collect information that would allow HA to contact or locate a user in the physical world via address, phone number, full name, or some other combination of data. Only when making a purchase, we collect information from a user about a particular financial instrument such as a credit card or bank account number that would allow HA to associate a user with that financial instrument. Users of the website www.hometownadvantage.com and www.portlandwalkingtours.com could generate data through explicit interactions such as queries to search engines, online purchases, or other transactions. HA uses this data information for the purpose of completion and support of current activities. This information may be distributed to ourselves and our agents.

Online Contact Information

We collect information that would allow HA to contact a user on the Internet via email or website URL. HA uses this information for the purposes of completion and support of current activity and contacting visitors for marketing of services or products. This information may be distributed to ourselves and our agents, organizations following our practices, organizations following different practices and unrelated third parties or public fora.

Computer Information

In standard HTTP log files and statistical analysis software, we collect information about a users computer system and associate this information with other identifiable information collected from the user. HA uses this information for the purposes of website and system administration and customization of a website to an individual. This information may be distributed to ourselves and our agents.

Clickstream and Navigation Data Information

In standard HTTP log files and statistical analysis software, we passively gather information from a user during his/her browsing session such as which pages are visited and how long users stay on each page. HA uses this information for the purpose of website and system administration. This information may be distributed to ourselves and our agents.

Cookies

When you visit our website, we send one or more cookies – a small file containing a string of characters – to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.

General Disclosure

HA does not make a disclosure regarding the capability for a user to cancel or renegotiate an existing agreement at a future time. HA does not make a disclosure regarding how long data is retained.