Terms of Use

Welcome to CraftSkills Forge!

These Terms of Use outline the rules and regulations for the use of the CraftSkills Forge website (“the Site”), located at CraftSkills.blog. By accessing this website, we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use CraftSkills Forge if you do not agree to take all the terms and conditions stated on this page.

The following terminology applies to these Terms of Use, Privacy Statement, and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements:

• “User,” “You,” and “Your” refer to you, the person accessing this website and accepting the Company’s terms and conditions.
• “The Company,” “Ourselves,” “We,” “Our,” and “Us,” refer to CraftSkills Forge.
• “Party,” “Parties,” or “Us,” refers to both the User and ourselves.
• Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization, and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to the same.

Use of the Site

• By accessing CraftSkills Forge, you warrant that you are at least 18 years of age or have parental consent to access or use the Site.

• You are granted limited license only for the purpose of viewing the material contained on this website.

• You must not:

  • Republish material from CraftSkills Forge
  • Sell, rent, or sub-license material from CraftSkills Forge
  • Reproduce, duplicate, or copy material from CraftSkills Forge
  • Redistribute content from CraftSkills Forge

User Comments

• This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.

• Certain parts of this website offer the opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions, information, material, and data (“Comments”).

• Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who posts their views and opinions.

• To the extent permitted by applicable laws, CraftSkills Forge shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages, or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of the use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website.

• CraftSkills Forge reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments that can be considered inappropriate, offensive, or causes a breach of these Terms of Use.

• You warrant and represent that:

  • You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so
  • The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent, or trademark of any third party
  • The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent, or otherwise unlawful material or material which is an invasion of privacy
  • The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote any commercial activities or unlawful acts

Hyperlinking to our Content

• The following organizations may link to CraftSkills Forge without prior written approval:

  • Government agencies
  • Search engines
  • News organizations
  • Online directory distributors
  • Systemwide Accredited Businesses, except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups that may not hyperlink to our website without prior written approval.

• These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

• We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:

  • commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources
  • dot.com community sites
  • associations or other groups representing charities
  • online directory distributors
  • internet portals
  • accounting, law, and consulting firms
  • educational institutions and trade associations

• We will approve link requests from these organizations if we determine that: (a) the link would not reflect unfavorably on us or our accredited businesses (for example, trade associations or other organizations representing inherently suspect types of business, such as work-at-home opportunities, shall not be allowed to link); (b) the organization does not have an unsatisfactory record with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility associated with the hyperlink outweighs the absence of CraftSkills Forge; and (d) where the link is in the context of general resource information or is otherwise consistent with editorial content in a newsletter or similar product furthering the mission of the organization.

• These organizations may link to our home page, to publications, or to other website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way misleading; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement, or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.

• If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to CraftSkills Forge. Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Allow 2-3 weeks for a response.

• Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:

  • By use of our corporate name
  • By use of the uniform resource locator (Web address) being linked to
  • By use of any other description of our Website or material being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.

• No use of CraftSkills Forge’s logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.

Content Liability

• We shall not be held responsible for any content that appears on your website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that are rising on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene, or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of any third-party rights.

Reservation of Rights

• We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amend these terms of use and its linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms of use.

Removal of links from our website

• If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us at any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to do so or to respond to you directly.

• We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.

Disclaimer

• To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:

  • limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury
  • limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation
  • limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law
  • exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law

• The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort, and for breach of statutory duty.

• As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.